talk

I

n.

address, lecture

1) to give a talk

2) a pep; sales talk

3) a talk about, on (she gave an interesting talk on bringing up children)

conversation

chatter

4) to have a talk (with)

5) blunt, plain; idle, small; loose; table talk

6) a long talk (she had a long talk with him about his work)

7) sweet talk ('flattery')

8) double, fast talk ('deception')

9) a heart-to-heart ('frank') talk

10) straight ('frank') talk

11) (colloq.) big talk ('boasting')

12) talk about, of; with (there is talk of her resigning)

13) talk that + clause (there is talk that there will be a strike)

type of speech

14) baby talk (to use baby talk)

II

v.

1) to talk bluntly, candidly, frankly, freely; loud, loudly; openly

2) (D; intr.) to talk about, of, on (they were talking about the elections; she was talking of her trip; to talk on a topic)

3) (d; tr.) to talk into ('to persuade') (to talk smb. into doing smt.)

4) (d; tr.) to talk out of ('to dissuade') (to talk smb. out of doing smt.)

5) (d; intr.) ('to speak') to talk to, with (esp. AE) (I will talk to them about this problem)

6) (misc.) to talk big ('to boast'); to talk oneself hoarse

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[tɔːk]

candidly

frankly

freely

idle

loose

loud

loudly

of

openly

plain

sales talk

small

table talk

to talk oneself hoarse

fast talk ('deception')

with (I will talk to them about this problem; esp. AE)

with (there is talk of her resigning)

on (they were talking about the elections; she was talking of her trip; to talk on a topic)

(D; intr.) to talk about

(d; intr.) ('to speak') to talk to

['address, lecture'] to give a talk

a heart-to-heart ('frank') talk

a pep

a talk about

blunt

double

to talk bluntly

talk about

(colloq.) big talk ('boasting')

sweet talk ('flattery')

straight ('frank')

(misc.) to talk big ('to boast')

talk that + clause ('type of speech'; there is talk that there will be a strike)

a long talk (she had a long talk with him about his Work)

baby talk (to use baby talk)

(d; tr.) to talk into (to talk smb. into doing smt.; 'to persuade')

(d; tr.) to talk out of (to talk smb. out of doing smt.; 'to dissuade')

['conversation'] ['chatter'] to have a talk (with)