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[1] |
talk in
,
speak (in)
,
use
,
communicate in
,
converse in
,
express (oneself) in
,
discourse in
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[2] |
confer
,
consult
,
parley
,
have a (little) talk
,
(have a) chat
,
confabulate
,
(Colloq) confab
,
(Slang) (US) rap
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[3] |
chatter
,
prate
,
prattle
,
jabber
,
blather/blether
,
gibber
,
jibber-jabber
,
cackle
,
babble
,
patter
,
rattle on
,
go on
,
(Brit) natter
,
witter
,
rabbit on
,
(Colloq) gab
,
(Slang) gas
,
jaw
,
(US) run off at the mouth
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[4] |
chat
,
gossip
,
palaver
,
(Slang) chew the fat/the rag
,
shoot the breeze
,
(US) chin
,
schmooze
,
rap
,
have a bull session
,
bat the breeze
,
shoot the bull
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[5] |
inform
,
confess
,
give the game away
,
blab
,
(Colloq) come clean
,
(Slang) rat
,
squeal
,
sing
,
spill the beans
,
(Brit) grass
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[6] |
speak
,
speak
,
give/deliver a speech/a talk/an address
,
lecture
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[7] |
talk about/over/of
,
speak
,
utter
,
discuss
,
confer about/on
,
mouth
,
verbalize
,
parley about
,
verbalise
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[8] |
speak
,
talk big
,
boast
,
brag
,
vaunt
,
crow
,
bluster
,
exaggerate
,
blow/toot (one's) own horn
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[9] |
talk down
,
spill
,
depreciate
,
deprecate
,
denigrate
,
disparage
,
belittle
,
minimize
,
diminish
,
criticize
,
(Colloq) knock
,
pan
,
put downtalk down to
,
condescend to
,
patronize
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[10] |
talk into
,
spill the beans
,
let the cat out of the bag
,
convince
,
bring round
,
tattle
,
blab
,
sway
,
persuade
,
peach
,
babble
,
sing
,
babble out
,
blab out
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[11] |
lecture
,
talk over
,
discuss
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[12] |
talk to/with
,
speak to/with
,
communicate with
,
converse with
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[13] |
talk up
,
promote
,
support
,
sponsor
,
advertise
,
publicize
,
push
,
(Colloq) plug
,
hype
,
ballyhoo
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n. |
[1] |
talking
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[2] |
lecture
,
public lecture
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[3] |
talk of the town
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[4] |
oration
,
lecture
,
address
,
presentation
,
speech
,
discourse
,
report
,
disquisition
,
dissertation
,
sermon
,
harangue
,
tirade
,
(Colloq) spiel
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[5] |
conversation
,
conference
,
discussion
,
meeting
,
consultation
,
dialogue
,
colloquy
,
parley
,
palaver
,
chat
,
confabulation
,
(Colloq) confab
,
powwow
,
(Slang) chin-wag
,
head-to-head
,
(US) one-on-one
,
rap session
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[6] |
subject/topic of conversation/gossip/rumour
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[7] |
gossip
,
rumour
,
hearsay
,
information
,
news
,
report
,
(Colloq) info
,
(Slang) dope
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[8] |
palaver
,
gossip
,
claptrap
,
prattle
,
prattling
,
chatter
,
verbiage
,
cackle
,
bunk
,
nonsense
,
rubbish
,
balderdash
,
poppycock
,
hot air
,
stuff and nonsense
,
twaddle
,
(Colloq) malarkey
,
piffle
,
hooey
,
hokum
,
bunkum
,
bosh
,
hogwash
,
horse feathers
,
(Slang) bilge(-water)
,
crap
,
bull
,
tripe
,
(Brit) tosh
,
balls
,
(US) apple-sauce
,
(Colloq) (Slang) horseshit
,
bullshit
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[9] |
dialect
,
speech
,
way/manner of speaking
,
language
,
jargon
,
argot
,
cant
,
patois
,
accent
,
(Colloq) lingo
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