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14 Phrasal Verbs with Talk
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1️⃣ talk over something
▪️ Meaning: to discuss something
After picking up my friends, we went out for dinner and pizza to talk over our weekend plans.
2️⃣ talk at someone
▪️ Meaning: to speak to someone without listening or letting them speak
She talked at me the entire time. Didn’t ask how I was, how life was, didn’t ask me anything at all really.
3️⃣ talk around something
▪️ Meaning: to avoid discussing the important parts of a problem or issue
A few of them just talked around the subject with little reference to the case study.
4️⃣ talk back
▪️ Meaning: to reply to someone in a rude or impolite manner, usually small children do this
My son used to talk back to the teacher when he was small.
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14 Phrasal Verbs with Talk
5️⃣ talk something down
▪️ Meaning: to speak or think of something as having less importance or worth
The secretary has talked down the importance of sealing a global deal on climate change before the end of the year.
6️⃣ talk down to someone
▪️ Meaning: to talk to someone in a way that makes them feel as if they are not as good or less intelligent than you are
This professor talks down to his first-year students as if they are small children.
7️⃣ talk something out
▪️ Meaning: to discuss something in detail in order to find a solution or reach an agreement
I’m glad we talked it out. Now I’m confident that we can work through any problem.
8️⃣ talk someone down
▪️ Meaning: to speak to and calm someone down, to prevent them from doing something life-threatening
When I came to the clinic, everyone was very caring and they talked me down out of my crisis.
14 Phrasal Verbs with Talk
9️⃣ talk someone into something
▪️ Meaning: to persuade someone to agree to something
I came in with pictures of what I thought would look good on me and she talked me into this style that I hadn’t even thought of.
1️⃣0️⃣ talk someone out of something
▪️ Meaning: to persuade someone not to do something
I’d like to go fishing, but my girlfriend is trying to talk me out of it.
1️⃣1️⃣ talk something through
▪️ Meaning: to discuss something in detail, to help someone understand something
As we talked through the issues, I asked if I could get some proper training.
1️⃣2️⃣ talk someone round
▪️ Meaning: to persuade someone to do something that they were against
I was against going to the ballet, but Sarah eventually managed to talk me round.
1️⃣3️⃣ talk something/someone up
▪️ Meaning: to talk about something or someone in a way that makes them seem more important, successful, or better than they really are
My husband was excited to be going because I had talked up the event all week.
1️⃣4️⃣ talk about (doing something)
▪️ Meaning: to consider doing something or make plans for the future
Jessica keeps talking about moving to a different country to get experience.
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