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‘Talk’ is used to express informal conversation between limited numbers of people.
Examples of various ways to use ‘Talk’ include:
to express yourself by speaking – “I want to talk to my people about the changes that are coming.”;
to have a conversation – “She talked about her busy day at the office for over one hour”
to discuss a subject – “ Let’s talk business.”;
to communicate – “They will now talk using sign language.”
speak a particular language – “I will now talk in my native Italian language.”
to reveal information – “The police questioned him but he wouldn’t talk.”;
to gossip or spread rumors – “The neighbors began to talk about the new teacher in town.”;
to make sounds – “When is my baby going to begin to talk?”;
to influence or persuade people – “Money talks, BS walks.”
‘Talk’ is often used with the preposition ‘about’ when introducing the subject of conversation, and ‘to’ when introducing the conversational partner.
Let’s give them something to talk about.
Talk to me like you mean it.
Verb Forms: Talk – Talked – Talking
Now let’s start talking and stop fighting. War is hell.
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