Tra từ talk - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

talk [talk talks talked talking] verb, noun BrE [tɔːk] NAmE [tɔːk]
verb

SPEAK TO SB
1. intransitive, transitive to say things; to speak in order to give information or to express feelings, ideas, etc
• Stop talking and listen!
• We talked on the phone for over an hour.
•~ (to/with sb) (about sb/sth) Who were you talking to just now?
•We looked around the school and talked with the principal.
•Ann and Joe aren't talking to each other right now (= they refuse to speak to each other because they have argued).
•When they get together, all they talk about is football.
•What are you talking about? (= used when you are surprised, annoyed and/or worried by sth that sb has just said)
•I don't know what you're talking about (= used to say that you did not do sth that sb has accused you of).
•~ of sth Mary is talking of looking for another job.
•~ yourself + adj. We talked ourselves hoarse, catching up on all the news.

DISCUSS
2. intransitive, transitive to discuss sth, usually sth serious or important
• This situation can't go on. We need to talk.
• The two sides in the dispute say they are ready to talk.
•~ (to/with sb) (about sth) Talk to your doctor if you're still worried.
•~ sth to talk business

SAY WORDS
3. intransitive, transitive to say words in a language
• The baby is just starting to talk.
•~ in sth We couldn't understand them because they were talking in Chinese.
•~ sth Are they talking Swedish or Danish?

SENSE/NONSENSE
4. transitive ~ sth to say things that are/are not sensible
•She talks a lot of sense.
• (BrE)You're talking rubbish!
•See if you can talk some sense into him (= persuade him to be sensible).

FOR EMPHASIS
5. transitive be talking sth (informal)used to emphasize an amount of money, how serious sth is, etc.
•We're talking £500 for three hours' work.
•Do you know what this will cost? We're talking megabucks here.

ABOUT PRIVATE LIFE
6. intransitive to talk about a person's private life
Syn: ↑gossip
•Don't phone me at work— people will talk.

GIVE INFORMATION
7. intransitive to give information to sb, especially unwillingly
•The police questioned him but he refused to talk.
more at speak/talk of the devil at ↑devil, know what you're talking about at ↑know _v., speak/talk the same language at ↑language, money talks at ↑money, knock/talk some sense into sb at ↑sense _n., speak/talk out of turn at ↑turn _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: frequentative verb from the Germanic base of ↑tale or ↑tell.

Synonyms:
talk
discuss • speak • communicate • debate • consult
These words all mean to share news, information, ideas or feelings with another person or other people, especially by talking with them.
talk • to speak in order to give information, express feelings or share ideas: ▪ We talked on the phone for over an hour.
discuss • (rather formal) to talk and share ideas on a subject or problem with other people, especially in order to decide sth: ▪ Have you discussed the problem with anyone?
You cannot say ‘discuss about sth’: I'm not prepared to discuss about this on the phone.
speak • to talk to sb about sth; to have a conversation with sb: ▪ I've spoken to the manager about it. ◇ ▪ ‘Can I speak to Susan?’ ‘Speaking.’ ▪ (= at the beginning of a telephone conversation)
talk or speak?
Speak can suggest a more formal level of communication than talk. You speak to sb about sth to try to achieve a particular goal or to tell them to do sth. You talk to sb in order to be friendly or to ask their advice: ▪ Have you talked to your parents about the problems you're having? ◇ ▪ I've spoken to Ed about it and he's promised not to let it happen again.
communicate • (rather formal) to exchange information or ideas with sb: ▪ We only communicate by email. ◇ ▪ Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.
Communicate is often used when the speaker wants to draw attention to the means of communication used.
debate • to discuss sth, especially formally, before making a decisionor finding a solution: ▪ Politicians will be debating the bill later this week.
consult • (rather formal) to discuss sth with sb in order to get their permission for sth, or to help you make a decision: ▪ You shouldn't have done it without consulting me.
to talk/discuss sth/speak/communicate/debate/consult with sb
to talk/speak to sb
to talk/speak to sb/consult sb about sth
to talk/speak of sth

Example Bank:
•All they talk about is clothes.
•Bruce Springsteen has agreed to talk exclusively to our reporter about his life.
•He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.
•He was so easy to talk to.
•I can't talk about it just now.
•I loved to hear him talk about the old days.
•I need to talk to you.
•I think you'd better talk directly to my manager.
•I'll talk to John this afternoon.
•I've talked with him on the telephone.
•Just shut up and let me talk for a minute.
•Let's talk sensibly about this.
•She talked quite freely about her work.
•Talking of Joe, I met his new boyfriend last week.
•The police questioned him for four hours, trying to make him talk.
•The senior managers talk a good game about customer relations, but really they don't care about the customer.
•We often talked of the war.
•You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?
•a group of students talking earnestly
•talking about their new clothes
•Alex can't talk yet— he's only just one year old.
•Ann and Joe aren't talking to each other right now.
•He talked excitedly of his plans.
•Talk to your doctor if you're still worried.
•They spent the whole evening talking business.
•This situation can't go on. We need to talk.
•When they get together, all they talk about is football
•You're talking nonsense!
Idioms: ↑look who's talking ▪ ↑now you're talking ▪ ↑talk a good game ▪ ↑talk about … ▪ ↑talk dirty ▪ ↑talk of something ▪ ↑talk shop ▪ ↑talk the hind leg off a donkey ▪ ↑talk the talk ▪ ↑talk through your hat ▪ ↑talk tough ▪ ↑talk turkey ▪ ↑talk your way out of of doing something ▪ ↑talking of somebody ▪ ↑you can talk ▪ ↑you're a fine one to talk
Derived: ↑talk at somebody ▪ ↑talk back ▪ ↑talk down to somebody ▪ ↑talk round something ▪ ↑talk somebody down ▪ ↑talk somebody out of something ▪ ↑talk somebody round ▪ ↑talk somebody through something ▪ ↑talk somebody up ▪ ↑talk something down ▪ ↑talk something out ▪ ↑talk something over ▪ ↑talk something through

noun

CONVERSATION
1. countable ~ (with sb) (about sth) a conversation or discussion
• I had a long talk with my boss about my career prospects.
• We need to have a serious talk about money matters.
•I had to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.
•She looked worried so we had a talk.

FORMAL DISCUSSIONS
2. talksplural formal discussions between governments or organizations
•arms/pay/peace, etc. talks
•to hold talks
•~ (between A and B) (on/over sth) Talks between management and workers broke down over the issue of holiday pay.
• High-level talks on arms limitation will reopen next month.
•A further round of talks will be needed if the dispute is to be resolved.
•Union representatives walked out of emergency talks aimed at reaching a pay settlement.

SPEECH
3. countable ~ (on sth) a speech or lecture on a particular subject
• She gave a talk on her visit to China.

WORDS WITHOUT ACTIONS
4. uncountable (informal)words that are spoken, but without the necessary facts or actions to support them
• It's just talk. He'd never carry out his threats.
•Don't pay any attention to her— she's all talk.

STORIES/RUMOURS
5. uncountable ~ (of sth/of doing sth) | ~ (that…) stories that suggest a particular thing might happen in the future
•There was talk in Washington of sending in troops.
•She dismissed the stories of her resignation as newspaper talk.
•There's talk that he's a difficult actor to work with.

TOPIC/WAY OF SPEAKING
6. uncountable (often in compounds)a topic of conversation or a way of speaking
•business talk
•She said it was just girl talk that a man wouldn't understand.
•The book teaches you how to understand Spanish street talk (= slang).
•It was tough talk, coming from a man who had begun the year in a hospital bed.
see also ↑small talk, ↑sweet talk, ↑trash talk
more at fighting talk at ↑fight _v.

Word Origin:
Middle English: frequentative verb from the Germanic base of ↑tale or ↑tell.

Synonyms:
discussion
conversation • dialogue • talk • debate • consultation • chat • gossip
These are all words for an occasion when people talk about sth.
discussion • a detailed conversation about sth that is considered to be important: ▪ Discussions are still taking place between the two leaders.
conversation • a talk, usually a private or informal one, involving two people or a small group; the activity of talking in this way: ▪ a telephone conversation
dialogue • conversations in a book, play or film: ▪ The novel has long descriptions and not much dialogue. A dialogue is also a formal discussion between two groups, especially when they are trying to solve a problem or end a dispute: ▪ The President told waiting reporters there had been a constructive dialogue.
talk • a conversation or discussion, often one about a problem or sth important for the people involved: ▪ I had a long talk with my boss about my career prospects.
debate • a formal discussion of an issue at a public meeting or in a parliament. In a debate two or more speakers express opposing views and then there is often a vote on the issue: ▪ a debate on prison reform
consultation • a formal discussion between groups of people before a decision is made about sth: ▪ There have been extensive consultations between the two countries.
chat • a friendly informal conversation; informal talking. The countable use of chat is especially British English: ▪ I just called in for a chat about the kids.
gossip • a conversation about other people and their private lives: ▪ We had a good gossip about the boss.
a discussion/conversation/dialogue/talk/debate/consultation/chat/gossip about sth
a discussion/conversation/dialogue/debate/consultation on sth
in (close) discussion/conversation/dialogue/debate/consultation with sb
to have a discussion/conversation/dialogue/talk/debate/consultation/chat/gossip with sb
to hold a discussion/conversation/debate/consultation

Synonyms:
speech
lecture • address • talk • sermon
These are all words for a talk given to an audience.
speech • a formal talk given to an audience: ▪ Several people made speeches at the wedding.
lecture • a talk given to a group of people to tell them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course: ▪ a lecture on the Roman army ◇ ▪ a course/series of lectures
address • a formal speech given to an audience: ▪ a televised presidential address
speech or address?
A speech can be given on a public or private occasion; an address is always public: He gave an address at the wedding.
talk • a fairly informal session in which sb tells a group of people about a subject: ▪ She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.
sermon • a talk on a moral or religious subject, usually given by a religious leader during a service: ▪ to preach a sermon
a long/short speech/lecture/address/talk/sermon
a keynote speech/lecture/address
to write/prepare/give/deliver/hear a(n) speech/lecture/address/talk/sermon
to attend/go to a lecture/talk

Example Bank:
•A further round of talks is expected in March.
•All this talk of the boss resigning is nonsense!
•Did you go to the talk on Peru?
•Don't you get enough shop talk at work?
•For all the talk of bringing their children up the same, the boys ended up never doing any of the cooking.
•For all their talk of equality, the boys ended up not doing any cooking.
•He is currently in talks with two football clubs.
•He was never very good at making small talk with her parents.
•He's all talk. He's too scared to do anything.
•I enjoyed our talk about the old days.
•I need to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.
•I never used baby talk to my little girl.
•I will have to have a little talk with that young lady.
•Let me end my talk with a prediction.
•She gave a very entertaining talk entitled ‘My life and hard times’.
•She gave an illustrated talk on Roman architecture.
•She likes straight talk and hates hypocrites.
•Talk turned to money and tempers began to fray.
•Talks are being held over the political future of the province.
•Talks produced agreement on an end to the occupation.
•Talks were scheduled for Rome the following month.
•The US authorities have increased the war talk.
•The agreement was concluded during talks in Beijing.
•The chairman's boasts about future profits was just cheap talk.
•The delegation arrived for talks with their government.
•The peace talks will take place in Cairo.
•The president's true agenda was hidden in political double talk.
•The talks centred on bilateral trade.
•The talks foundered on the issue of compensation.
•The talks remain deadlocked over spending plans.
•The two governments held secret talks on the nuclear threat.
•The union has broken off talks with the management.
•There has been much public talk about bilingual education.
•There is open talk of a leadership challenge.
•There is ridiculous talk of her breaking the world record soon.
•There was excited talk of emigrating to America.
•We can have some girl talk until Joe gets here.
•What all the fine talk came down to was hard cash.
•You often hear talk of the north-south divide.
•the crusade against dirty talk on TV
•the failure of talks between the two communities
•the latest round of talks aimed at ending the civil war
•the pillow talk of lovers
•Every week the sales reps go to their manager's office for a team talk.
•I found the sales talk very persuasive.
•I had a long talk with my boss about my career prospects.
•She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.