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  • Talk — Talk, n. 1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more. [1913 Webster] In various talk the instructive hours they passed.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of 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

  • 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 — [[t]tɔ͟ːk[/t]] ♦ talks, talking, talked 1) VERB When you talk, you use spoken language to express your thoughts, ideas, or feelings. He was too distressed to talk... A teacher reprimanded a girl for talking in class... The boys all began to talk… …   English dictionary

  • 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

  • talk down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms talk down : present tense I/you/we/they talk down he/she/it talks down present participle talking down past tense talked down past participle talked down 1) talk someone down British to talk loudly so that… …   English dictionary

  • And Be a Villain — infobox Book | name = And Be a Villain title orig = translator = image caption = author = Rex Stout cover artist = Bill English country = United States language = English series = Nero Wolfe genre = Detective fiction publisher = Viking Press… …   Wikipedia

  • talk — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by to, with) converse or communicate ideas by spoken words. 2 intr. have the power of speech. 3 intr. (foll. by about) a have as the subject of discussion. b (in imper.) colloq. as an emphatic statement (talk about …   Useful english dictionary

  • down-to-earth — adjective sensible and practical has a straightforward down to earth approach to a problem her earthy common sense • Syn: ↑earthy • Similar to: ↑realistic * * * adj commonsense, commonsensical, hard headed, matter of fact, mundane, no nonsense,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • down — up, down In geographical terms, down means south and up means north, and so you go up to Scotland from London and down to Atlanta (Georgia) from Chicago. A conventional exception to this straightforward logic arises with capital or major cities;… …   Modern English usage

  • talk turkey — tv. to talk serious business; to talk frankly. □ We’ve got to sit down and talk turkey get this thing wrapped up. □ It’s time to talk turkey and quit messing around …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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