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talk 2, noun (oh)



2 W1S1 n
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1 ?conversation?
2 ?discussion?
3 ?speech?
4 ?news?
5 ?type of conversation?
6 be all talk
7 be the talk of the town/Paris etc
8 talk is cheap
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?CONVERSATION?
[C] a conversation
::After a long talk , we decided on divorce.
::John, I'd like to have a talk with you.
talk about
::We must have a talk about money.
?DISCUSSION?
talks [plural] formal discussions between governments, organizations etc
peace/trade etc talks
::The peace talks look promising.
::The president held talks with Chinese officials.
talks with
::Talks with the rebels have failed.
?SPEECH?
[C] a speech
::an entertaining talk
talk on/about
::a talk on local history
give/do/deliver a talk
::Dr. Howard will give a talk on herbal medicine.
?NEWS?
[U] information or news that people talk about and hear about a lot, but that is not official
talk of
::Tickets sold so quickly there's talk of a second concert.
talk of doing sth
::the administration's talk of reducing weapons
talk that
::There's talk that she's difficult to work with.
just/only talk
::It's just talk. He'll never do it.
?TYPE OF CONVERSATION?
[U] type of conversation
::That's enough of that kind of talk.
::persuasive sales talk
::That's fighting talk (=brave and confident words) from Italy's manager.
be all talk
spoken someone who is all talk talks a lot about what they intend to do, but never actually does it
be the talk of the town/Paris etc
someone who is the talk of the town has done something bad, shocking, exciting etc and everyone is talking about them
::She's the talk of London's theatre-goers since her last performance.
talk is cheap
used to say that you do not believe someone will do what they say
-see also pep talk , small talk , idle talk at idle 1 (2), pillow talk at pillow 1 (3)