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📖 Определения и значения для слова talk

📒 to say things; to speak in order to give information or to express ideas or feelings

  • Stop talking and listen!
  • We talked on the phone for over an hour.
  • talk to somebody Who were you talking to just now?

📒 to discuss something, usually something serious or important

  • This situation can't go on. We need to talk.
  • The two sides in the dispute are finally willing to talk.
  • talk to/with somebody Talk with your doctor before radically changing your diet.

📒 to say words in a language

  • The baby is just starting to talk.
  • Alex can't talk yet—he's only just one year old.
  • talk in something We couldn't understand them because they were talking in Chinese.

📒 to say things that are/are not sensible

  • She talks a lot of sense.
  • (British English) You're talking rubbish!
  • See if you can talk some sense into him (= persuade him to be sensible).

📒 used to emphasize an amount of money, how serious something is, etc.

  • We're talking £500 for three hours' work.
  • Do you know what this will cost? We’re talking megabucks here.

📒 to talk about a person’s private life

  • Don't phone me at work—people will talk.

📒 to give information to somebody, especially unwillingly

  • The police questioned him but he refused to talk.

📒 to try and persuade somebody to stop behaving in a stupid way, sometimes using rough or violent methods

  • Try and talk some sense into her before she makes the wrong decision.
  • Where would I be without you to knock some sense into my head?

📒 to have knowledge about something from your own experience

  • I worked there for 20 years, so I know what I'm talking about.

📒 used to tell somebody that they should not criticize somebody else for something because they do the same things too

  • ‘George is so careless with money.’ ‘Look who's talking!’

📒 people who have a lot of money have more power and influence than others

📒 used when you like what somebody has suggested very much

📒 people say speak/talk of the devil when somebody they have been talking about appears unexpectedly

  • Well, speak of the devil—here's Alice now!

📒 to say something that you should not because it is the wrong situation or because it offends somebody

📒 to be able to communicate easily with another person because you share similar opinions and experience

📒 used to emphasize something

  • Talk about mean! She didn't even buy me a card.

📒 to talk to somebody about sex in order to make them sexually excited

📒 to talk in a way that sounds convincing, but may not be sincere

  • The senior managers talk a good game about customer relations, but really they don't care about the customer.

📒 to talk too much, especially about things that are boring or not important

📒 used when you are going to say more about a subject that has already been mentioned

  • Talking of Sue, I met her new boyfriend last week.

📒 people say talk/speak of the devil when somebody they have been talking about appears unexpectedly

  • Well, talk of the devil—here's Alice now!

📒 to talk about your work with the people you work with, especially when you are also with other people who are not connected with or interested in it

  • Whenever we meet up with Clive and Sue they always end up talking shop.

📒 to be able to talk in a confident way that makes people think you are good at what you do

  • You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk? (= can you act in a way that matches your words?)

📒 to say silly things while you are talking about a subject you do not understand

📒 to tell people very strongly what you want

📒 to talk about something seriously

📒 to make excuses and give reasons for not doing something; to manage to get yourself out of a difficult situation

  • I managed to talk my way out of having to give a speech.

📒 used to tell somebody that they should not criticize somebody else for something because they do the same things too

📒 used to tell somebody that they should not criticize somebody else for something because they do the same things too

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