[Sửa] Cuộc trò chuyện, cuộc thảo luận

[Sửa] Nói suông (nói mà không làm)

[Sửa] He's all talk

[Sửa] Thằng ấy chỉ được cái tài nói

[Sửa] Bài nói không chính thức, bài nói chuyện

a talk on Russian music

một bài nói chuyện về âm nhạc Nga

[Sửa] Tin đồn, lời xì xào bàn tán

[Sửa] That's all talk

[Sửa] Đó chỉ là tin đồn

the talk of the town

chuyện cả tỉnh người ta bàn tán

[Sửa] (nhất là trong từ ghép) cách nói

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

[Sửa] Nói chuyện, chuyện trò

we talked for almost an hour

chúng tôi nói chuyện với nhau gần một tiếng đồng hồ

[Sửa] Có khả năng nói

baby is beginning to talk

em bé bắt đầu biết nói

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

[Sửa] Don't do that, people will talk

[Sửa] Đừng làm cái đó, người ta sẽ nói ngay đấy

[Sửa] Bắt chước tiếng nói

you can teach some parrots to talk

cậu có thể dạy cho một vài con vẹt nói được

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

to talk English

nói tiếng Anh

[Sửa] Nói về, bàn về, thảo luận

to talk politics

nói chuyện chính trị

[Sửa] Diễn đạt (cái gì) bằng lời

You're talking rubbish

Cậu nói bậy nói bạ

[Sửa] Nói quá làm cho, nói đến nỗi

[Sửa] be all talk (and no action)

chỉ được cái tài nói suông

[Sửa] the talk of something

chủ đề chính của trò chuyện ở (một nơi)

[Sửa] to talk somebody's head off

nói quá làm cho ai nhức cả đầu

[Sửa] to talk oneself hoarse

nói đến khản cả tiếng

[Sửa] 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?

[Sửa] to talk at

nói ám chỉ, nói bóng gió, nói cạnh

[Sửa] 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

[Sửa] to talk out

bàn kéo dài, tranh luận đến cùng

[Sửa] to talk out of

bàn ra, can ngăn, nói để đừng làm

[Sửa] to talk someone out of a plan

ngăn ai đừng theo một kế hoạch

[Sửa] 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

[Sửa] to talk for the sake of talking

nói để mà nói, nói chẳng mục đích gì

[Sửa] to talk to the purpose

nói đúng lúc; nói cái đang nói

[Sửa] to look who's talking

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

[Sửa] to talk big

huênh hoang, khoác lác

[Sửa] to talk dirty

ăn nói tục tĩu

[Sửa] to talk one's head off

nói quá nhiều

[Sửa] to talk somebody's head off

nói lải nhải

[Sửa] to talk the hind legs off a donkey

(thông tục) thao thao bất tuyệt

[Sửa] to talk sense

nói phải, nói có lý

[Sửa] to talk shop

bép xép chuyện làm ăn

[Sửa] to talk turkey

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

[Sửa] to talk at somebody

át giọng, cả vú lấp miệng em

[Sửa] to talk back (to somebody

cãi lại, nói lại

[Sửa] to talk somebody down

nói chặn họng

[Sửa] to talk down to somebody

lên giọng kẻ cả

[Sửa] to talk somebody into/out of doing something

dỗ dành, can

[Sửa] 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

[Sửa] to talk round something

bàn quanh bàn quẩn; bàn vòng vo

[Sửa] to talk somebody/something up

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

[Sửa] nói chuyện

[Sửa] cuộc hội đàm

[Sửa] cuộc nói chuyện

[Sửa] cuộc thảo luận

[Sửa] nói chuyện

confidential talk

nói chuyện riêng

to talk shop

nói chuyện làm ăn

[Sửa] thảo luận

[Sửa] V.

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

[Sửa] 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.

[Sửa] 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.

[Sửa] 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.

[Sửa] 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.

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

[Sửa] 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.

[Sửa] N.

[Sửa] 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.

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

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

[Sửa] 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.

[Sửa] 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.

[Sửa] V. & n.

[Sửa] V.

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

[Sửa] Intr. have the power ofspeech.

[Sửa] 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).

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

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

[Sửa] Intr. (foll. by at) address pompously.

[Sửa] 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).

[Sửa] Intr. reveal (esp. secret)information; betray secrets.

[Sửa] Intr. gossip (people arebeginning to talk).

[Sửa] Intr. have influence (money talks).

[Sửa] Intr. communicate by radio.

[Sửa] N.

[Sửa] Conversation or talking.

[Sửa] A particular mode of speech (baby-talk).

[Sửa] An informal addressor lecture.

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

[Sửa] (oftenin pl.) extended discussions or negotiations.

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

[Sửa] 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.

[Sửa] 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.

[Sửa] (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.

[Sửa] Exaggerate.

[Sửa] Bluff.

[Sửa] 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.

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