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♦ talk /tɔ:k/n.1 discorso; conversazione; colloquio; abboccamento: I had an interesting talk with him, ho avuto con lui una conversazione interessante3 [u] (= small talk) chiacchiere; ciarle; cicaleccio; vane parole; vaniloquio: loose talk, discorsi a vanvera; He's all talk, parla e parla, ma non conclude nulla; tante belle parole (e pochi fatti); è tutto fumo e poco arrosto4 (pl.) colloqui; negoziati; trattative: peace talks, negoziati di pace; to reopen talks, riaprire le trattative5 [u] diceria; voce; pettegolezzo: There is talk of budget cuts, corre voce che ci saranno tagli al bilancio● ( slang USA) talk box, citofono □ (elettr.) talk-listen switch, interruttore del citofono □ (TV, radio) talk show, talk show; programma in cui un conduttore conversa con noti personaggi del mondo della politica, dello sport, dello spettacolo, ecc. □ to be the talk of the town, essere la favola della città; essere sulla bocca di tutti □ ( sport) to be in talks with a club, avere avviato trattative (o essere in parola) con una società □ It will end in talk, finirà in chiacchiere; non se ne farà nulla □ Let's have a talk, facciamo quattro chiacchiere!; parliamo un po'! □ to talk the talk ► to talk.♦ (to) talk /tɔ:k/A v. i.1 parlare; discorrere; conversare; chiacchierare: This baby cannot talk yet, questo bambino non sa ancora parlare; We talked until late, abbiamo parlato fino a tardi4 (nelle voci della forma in - ing) parlarsi (v. recipr.): Henry and Jane are not talking, Henry e Jane non si parlano (non si rivolgono la parola)B v. t.2 parlare di; discutere di; trattare ( un argomento): to talk politics, discutere di politica; to talk business, parlare d'affari; to talk books [movies], parlare (o discutere) di libri [di film]; (fam.) We're talking several millions here, stiamo parlando di (o si tratta di) parecchi milioni● (fam.) to talk big, spararle grosse; vantarsi □ (fam.) to talk dirty, dire sconcezze; parlare sboccato □ (fam.) to talk sb. 's head off, stordire q. a furia di chiacchiere; fare una testa così a q. □ (fam. GB) to talk the hind legs off a donkey, parlare senza sosta; essere un gran chiacchierone □ (fam.) to talk to hear one's own voice, parlarsi addosso □ (fam. GB) to talk nineteen to the dozen, chiacchierare a ruota libera □ to talk oneself hoarse, diventar rauco a forza di parlare; sfiatarsi, spolmonarsi □ to talk sense, dire cose sensate □ to talk sense into sb., far ragionare q. □ to talk shop, parlare di lavoro; parlare di bottega (fam.) □ (fam. USA) to talk the talk, saper parlare in modo convincente; saperla mettere giù bene (fam.) □ (fam. USA) to talk the talk and walk the walk, non parlare a vuoto; essere uno che traduce le parole in fatti □ (fam.) to talk through one's hat, dire sciocchezze; parlare solo perché si ha la lingua in bocca □ (fam. USA) to talk turkey, parlar chiaro; dire pane al pane; non aver peli sulla lingua □ Now you're talking!, adesso sì (che) parli bene!; adesso sì che ci siamo! □ (fam.) Talk of the devil!, lupus in fabula (lat.) □ (fam. iron.) You can talk, puoi parlare tu! □ (fam.) You can't talk! (o Look who's talking!), senti chi parla!
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