Cuộc trò chuyện, cuộc thảo luận

Nói suông (nói mà không làm)

He's all talk

Thằng ấy chỉ được cái tài nói

Bài nói không chính thức, bài nói chuyện

a talk on Russian music

một bài nói chuyện về âm nhạc Nga

Tin đồn, lời xì xào bàn tán

That's all talk

Đó chỉ là tin đồn

the talk of the town

chuyện cả tỉnh người ta bàn tán

(nhất là trong từ ghép) cách nói

( số nhiều) (chính trị) cuộc đàm phán, cuộc thương lượng

be all talk (and no action)

chỉ được cái tài nói suông

the talk of something

chủ đề chính của trò chuyện ở (một nơi)

Nói chuyện, chuyện trò

we talked for almost an hour

chúng tôi nói chuyện với nhau gần một tiếng đồng hồ

Có khả năng nói

baby is beginning to talk

em bé bắt đầu biết nói

Nói nhiều, bép xép; bàn tán, ngồi lê đôi mách, xì xào

Don't do that, people will talk

Đừng làm cái đó, người ta sẽ nói ngay đấy

Bắt chước tiếng nói

you can teach some parrots to talk

cậu có thể dạy cho một vài con vẹt nói được

Nói; dùng (một ngôn ngữ nào đó) khi nói

to talk English

nói tiếng Anh

Nói về, bàn về, thảo luận

to talk politics

nói chuyện chính trị

Diễn đạt (cái gì) bằng lời

You're talking rubbish

Cậu nói bậy nói bạ

Nói quá làm cho, nói đến nỗi

to talk somebody's head off

nói quá làm cho ai nhức cả đầu

to talk oneself hoarse

nói đến khản cả tiếng

to talk about (of)

nói về, bàn về

We'll talk about that point later

Chúng ta sẽ bàn về điểm đó sau

what are they talking of?

họ đang nói về cái gì thế?

to talk at

nói ám chỉ, nói bóng gió, nói cạnh

to talk away

nói chuyện cho hết (thì giờ); nói suốt

to talk the afternoon away

nói chuyện cho qua buổi chiều; nói chuyện suốt cả buổi chiều

Nói tiếp, nói mãi, nói dài, nói dứt không ra

to talk out

bàn kéo dài, tranh luận đến cùng

to talk out of

bàn ra, can ngăn, nói để đừng làm

to talk someone out of a plan

ngăn ai đừng theo một kế hoạch

to talk to

(thông tục) chỉnh, xài, phê bình, quở trách

the lazy boy wants talking to

cần phải xài cho thằng bé trây lười một trận

to talk for the sake of talking

nói để mà nói, nói chẳng mục đích gì

to talk to the purpose

nói đúng lúc; nói cái đang nói

to look who's talking

(thông tục) nói người hãy ngẫm đến ta; sờ lên gáy xem

to talk big

huênh hoang, khoác lác

to talk dirty

ăn nói tục tĩu

to talk one's head off

nói quá nhiều

to talk somebody's head off

nói lải nhải

to talk the hind legs off a donkey

(thông tục) thao thao bất tuyệt

to talk sense

nói phải, nói có lý

to talk shop

bép xép chuyện làm ăn

to talk turkey

(từ Mỹ, nghĩa Mỹ) (thông tục) nói toạc móng heo, nói thẳng thừng

to talk at somebody

át giọng, cả vú lấp miệng em

to talk back (to somebody

cãi lại, nói lại

to talk somebody down

nói chặn họng

to talk down to somebody

lên giọng kẻ cả

to talk somebody into/out of doing something

dỗ dành, can

to talk somebody over/round (to something)

dỗ dành

talk it over with your parents before you reply

hãy bàn kỹ vấn đề đó với thầy mẹ anh đã rồi hãy trả lời

to talk round something

bàn quanh bàn quẩn; bàn vòng vo

to talk somebody/something up

(từ Mỹ, nghĩa Mỹ) nói để ủng hộ ai/cái gì; ca ngợi ai/cái gì

nói chuyện

cuộc hội đàm

cuộc nói chuyện

cuộc thảo luận

nói chuyện

confidential talk

nói chuyện riêng

to talk shop

nói chuyện làm ăn

thảo luận

Sometimes, talk in. speak (in), use, communicate in,converse in, express (oneself) in, discourse in: If you talkEnglish I might understand.

Confer, consult, parley, have a(little) talk, (have a) chat, confabulate, Colloq confab, SlangUS rap: I think we ought to talk before you decide which offerto accept.

Chatter, prate, prattle, jabber, blather orblether, gibber, jibber-jabber, cackle, babble, patter, rattleon, go on, Brit natter, witter, rabbit on, Colloq gab, Slanggas, jaw , US run off at the mouth: They talk continuously,mostly about nothing.

Chat, gossip, palaver, Slang chew thefat or the rag, shoot the breeze, US chin, schmooze, rap, have abull session, bat the breeze, shoot the bull: We were justsitting around talking when Tom suggested we go for a swim. 5inform, confess, give the game away, blab, Colloq come clean,Slang rat, squeal, sing, spill the beans, Brit grass: If theygive him the third degree, you can be sure he'll talk.

Speak,give or deliver a speech or a talk or an address, lecture: Ibelieve that Professor Hale is talking at the County Librarytonight. 7 talk about or over or of. discuss, confer about oron, parley about: I don't want to talk about football all thetime. Can't we talk it over? She talks only of you. 8 talk big.boast, brag, vaunt, crow, bluster, exaggerate, blow or toot(one's) own horn: He was never in the war - he just talks big.9 talk down. a depreciate, deprecate, denigrate, disparage,belittle, minimize, diminish, criticize, Colloq knock, pan, putdown: It's the only thing he's ever done, and you shouldn'ttalk it down. b Usually, talk down to. condescend to, patronize:I resent your talking down to me in that way.

Talk into.convince, bring round, sway, persuade: We have been trying totalk him into running in the marathon.

Talk over. discuss:We talked over the best way to prepare the advertising proposal.12 talk to or with. speak to or with, communicate with, conversewith: Since the episode with the monkey, she refuses to talk tome. I talked with him yesterday. 13 talk up. promote, support,sponsor, advertise, publicize, push, Colloq plug, hype,ballyhoo: She has been talking up the book on her radio show.

N.

Oration, lecture, address, presentation, speech,discourse, report, disquisition, dissertation; sermon; harangue,tirade, Colloq spiel: Claire delivered a talk on computationallinguistics. Every week we have to listen to the same talk aboutsin. 15 conversation, conference, discussion, meeting,consultation, dialogue, colloquy, parley, palaver, chat,tˆte-…-tˆte, confabulation, Colloq confab, powwow, Slangchin-wag, head-to-head, US one-on-one, rap session: We musthave a little talk about your school report.

Subject ortopic of conversation or gossip or rumour: Her behaviour at thewedding was the talk of the town for weeks.

Gossip, rumour,hearsay, information, news, report, Colloq info, Slang dope:There is some talk that you might be leaving.

Palaver,gossip, claptrap, prattle, prattling, chatter, verbiage, cackle,bunk, nonsense, rubbish, balderdash, poppycock, hot air, stuffand nonsense, twaddle, Colloq malarkey, piffle, hooey, hokum,bunkum, bosh, hogwash, horse feathers, Slang bilge(-water),crap, bull, tripe, Brit tosh, balls, US apple-sauce, Taboo slanghorseshit, bullshit: That's just a lot of talk.

Dialect,speech, way or manner of speaking, fa‡on de parler, language,jargon, argot, cant, patois, accent, Colloq lingo: Can youunderstand musicians' talk? My parents' talk is peppered withwords long obsolete in standard English.

V.

Intr. (often foll. by to, with) converse orcommunicate ideas by spoken words.

Intr. have the power ofspeech.

Intr. (foll. by about) a have as the subject ofdiscussion. b (in imper.) colloq. as an emphatic statement(talk about expense! It cost me œ50).

Tr. express or utter inwords; discuss (you are talking nonsense; talked cricket allday).

Tr. use (a language) in speech (is talking Spanish).

Intr. (foll. by at) address pompously.

Tr. (usu. foll. byinto, out of) bring into a specified condition etc. by talking(talked himself hoarse; how did you talk them into it?; talkedthem out of the difficulty).

Intr. reveal (esp. secret)information; betray secrets.

Intr. gossip (people arebeginning to talk).

Intr. have influence (money talks).

Intr. communicate by radio.

N.

Conversation or talking.

A particular mode of speech (baby-talk).

An informal addressor lecture.

A rumour or gossip (there is talk of a merger).b its theme (their success was the talk of the town).

(oftenin pl.) extended discussions or negotiations.

Carry on talking (talk away! I'mlistening). talk back 1 reply defiantly.

Respond on atwo-way radio system. talk big colloq. talk boastfully. talkdown to speak patronizingly or condescendingly to. talk aperson down 1 silence a person by greater loudness orpersistence.

Bring (a pilot or aircraft) to landing by radioinstructions from the ground. talk the hind leg off a donkeytalk incessantly. talk nineteen to the dozen see DOZEN. talkof 1 discuss or mention.

(often foll. by verbal noun) expresssome intention of (talked of moving to London). talk of thetown what is being talked about generally. talk out Brit.block the course of (a bill in Parliament) by prolongingdiscussion to the time of adjournment. talk over discuss atlength. talk a person over (or round) gain agreement orcompliance from a person by talking. talk shop talk, esp.tediously or inopportunely, about one's occupation, business,etc. talk show = chat show (see CHAT(1)). talk tall boast.talk through one's hat (or neck) colloq.

Exaggerate.

Bluff.

Talk wildly or nonsensically. talk to reprove orscold (a person). talk to oneself soliloquize. talk turkey seeTURKEY. talk up discuss (a subject) in order to arouse interestin it. you can't (or can) talk colloq. a reproof that theperson addressed is just as culpable etc. in the matter atissue.

Talker n. [ME talken frequent. verb f. TALE orTELL(1)]