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n. gesprek; lezing--------v. spreken, praten; zich uitdrukkentalk1[ to:k]2 gesprek♦voorbeelden:1 gepraat♦voorbeelden:4 there is talk of • er is sprake van (dat), het gerucht gaat dat→ tall tall/————————talk2♦voorbeelden:do the talking • het woord voerentalk away for hours • urenlang pratentalk round something • ergens omheen draaien/praten2 people will talk • er zal geroddeld worden, er wordt nu eenmaal geroddeld→ talk about talk about/, talk at talk at/, talk back talk back/, talk down talk down/, talk of talk of/II 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉1 spreken (over) ⇒ discussiëren over, bespreken♦voorbeelden:1 〈 informeel〉 talk someone's head/ 〈Amerikaans-Engels; slang〉 ear off • iemand de oren van het hoofd pratentalk one's way out of something • zich ergens uitpratentalk oneself hoarse • praten tot men hees is¶ talk someone round (to something) • iemand ompraten/overhalen (tot iets)talk someone into (doing) something • iemand overhalen iets te doentalk oneself into a job • door overredingskracht een baan krijgentalk someone out of (doing) something • iemand iets uit het hoofd praten -
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adj. groot; omvangrijk; dik; gewichtigbig1[ big] 〈bijvoeglijk naamwoord; bigger; bigness〉1 groot ⇒ omvangrijk, dik, zwaar; (hoog)zwanger, (hoog)drachtig3 groot ⇒ ouder, volwassen♦voorbeelden:big money • grof geld, het grote gelda big woman • een grote/zware vrouwbig with child • (hoog)zwanger, op alle dagenbig business • het groot kapitaal, de grote zakenwereldhe is a big name in show business • hij heeft een grote naam in de showwereldthe big opportunity • de grote kans3 my big sister • mijn grote/oudere zus4 the Big Bang • de Grote Knal, oerknal, oerexplosie; omwenteling, Big Bang 〈 met betrekking tot de Londense beurs in 1986〉〈 informeel〉 have big ideas • ambitieus zijn, het hoog in de bol hebbenbig talk • grootspraak, gebluf5 big words • bombast, grote woordenhave a big heart • gulhartig zijnthat was very big of him • dat was erg grootmoedig van hemBig Brother • Big Brother, Grote Broeder 〈de dictator in Orwells roman ‘1984’〉〈 ironisch〉 big deal! • reusachtig!〈 vaak figuurlijk〉 bang/beat the big drum • de grote trom roeren, hoog van de toren blazen〈 techniek, technologie〉 big end • (grote) drijfstangkop, big endwhat's the big hurry? • vanwaar die haast?what's the big idea? • wat is hier aan de hand?————————big2〈 bijwoord〉♦voorbeelden: -
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См. также в других словарях:
talk big — {v.}, {informal} To talk boastfully; brag. * /He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn t won a game./ … Dictionary of American idioms
talk big — {v.}, {informal} To talk boastfully; brag. * /He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn t won a game./ … Dictionary of American idioms
talk big — ► talk big informal talk confidently or boastfully. Main Entry: ↑big … English terms dictionary
talk big — (informal).See boast verb sense 1. → talk * * * phrasal : to talk boastfully or bombastically here was an unknown … who talked big but could he deliver Neal Stanford people have come to country towns, talked big or tried to organize fantastic… … Useful english dictionary
talk big — in. to brag; to make grandiose statements. □ She talks big, but can’t produce anything. □ He has some deep need to talk big. He can’t do anything … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
talk big — talk boastfully, brag He is always talking big but nobody believes what he says … Idioms and examples
talk\ big — v informal To talk boastfully; brag. He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn t won a game … Словарь американских идиом
talk big — informal talk confidently or boastfully. → big … English new terms dictionary
talk big — Synonyms and related words: Barnumize, aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, blow, blow off, blowhard, bombast, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make… … Moby Thesaurus
talk big — brag, exaggerate, promise a lot Bert talks big before a game. He s more humble afterwards … English idioms
To talk big — Big Big (b[i^]g), a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English