to talk a lot of nonsense

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• nonsense — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, arrant (old fashioned), complete, pure, sheer, total, utter ▪ Most of his theories are arrant nonsense …   Collocations dictionary

• talk — talk1 W1S1 [to:k US to:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(conversation)¦ 2¦(serious subject)¦ 3¦(say words)¦ 4¦(a speech)¦ 5¦(secret information)¦ 6 talk sense/rubbish/nonsense etc 7 talk (some) sense into somebody 8 talk to yourself 9 know what you are talking… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• talk — 1 verb 1 CONVERSATION (I) to say things to someone, especially in a conversation: talk to: Who was that you were talking to at the party? | talk with: Bob was talking with a pretty woman from the fire department. | talk about/of: We were talking… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• nonsense — non|sense [ nan,sens, nansens ] noun uncount ** 1. ) ideas, behavior, or statements that are not true or sensible: So you believe the nonsense about ghosts? it is nonsense to do something: It is nonsense to say that they re not paid enough. it is …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• talk — talk1 [ tɔk ] verb *** ▸ 1 communicate ▸ 2 discuss ▸ 3 give lecture ▸ 4 give secret information ▸ 5 achieve something by talking ▸ 6 send information ▸ 7 have power to persuade ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to use words to communicate: Can their… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• nonsense — noun (U) 1 STUPID/UNTRUE (U) ideas, opinions, statements etc that are untrue or stupid: all this nonsense about health foods | “She says she s 39.” “Nonsense!” | a load of nonsense (=a lot of nonsense): If you ask me, these modern teaching… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• talk */*/*/ — I UK [tɔːk] / US [tɔk] verb Word forms talk : present tense I/you/we/they talk he/she/it talks present participle talking past tense talked past participle talked Other ways of saying talk: chat to talk informally in a friendly way: We sat… …   English dictionary

• nonsense — 1. noun 1) that s a lot of damn nonsense Syn: rubbish, gibberish, claptrap, balderdash, blarney; informal hogwash, baloney, rot, moonshine, garbage, jive, tripe, drivel, bilge, bull, guff, bunk, bosh …   Thesaurus of popular words

• talk*/*/*/ — [tɔːk] verb I 1) [I] to speak, or to have a conversation Can their baby talk yet?[/ex] Am I talking too much?[/ex] I saw her talking to Matt.[/ex] Everyone was busily talking with their friends.[/ex] We were talking about you last night.[/ex] See …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• talk through one's hat — make exaggerated or inaccurate statements He is always talking through his hat and you never know if you can believe him or not. Digest 16/2002 to speak without authority on some topic; to talk nonsense Some people drink too much alcohol and then …   Idioms and examples

• make (a) nonsense of something — make (a) ˈnonsense of sth idiom to reduce the value of sth by a lot; to make sth seem ridiculous • If people can bribe police officers, it makes a complete nonsense of the legal system. • The unemployment figures make nonsense of talk of an… …   Useful english dictionary