talk

[tɔːk]

Definition:
1. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
2. The act of giving a talk to an audience.
3. A speech that is open to the public.

Use 'talk' in a sentence:

• 1. Talk to your doctor if you're still worried.
• 2. The talk was virulently hostile to the leadership.
• 3. You are not to talk during the exam.
• 4. You hear talk about American business being flabby.
• 5. A child learns to talk by imitation.
• 6. Do call if you want to talk about it.
• 7. Don't phone me at work ─ people will talk.
• 8. The judge's decision became a legal talking point.
• 9. How dare you talk to me like that?
• 10. The boys all began to talk at once.
• 11. Talk to me before you do anything drastic.
• 12. Don't hang up on me—we must talk!
• 13. At last we could relax and talk without constraint.
• 14. We won't talk about that—that's history.
• 15. Don't pay any attention to her ─ she's all talk.
• 16. I don't know what you're talking about.
• 17. He doesn't like to talk about his private life.
• 18. Is Sam there? Let me talk to him.
• 19. I'd sooner not talk about it.
• 20. We're talking £ 500 for three hours' work.
• 21. OK. Now, let's talk some business.
• 22. We may talk of beautiful things but beauty itself is abstract.
• 23. That question is not within the scope of this talk.
• 24. He described talk of sackings as scare stories.
• 25. Have you been talking about me behind my back?
• 26. Let's talk just about investment generally.
• 27. Don't you think talking to her would do some good?
• 28. You can talk frankly to me.
• 29. He's talking in terms of starting a completely new career.
• 30. What we want from the management is fighting talk.
• 31. Talking to others can often help to put your own problems into perspective.
• 32. When they get together, all they talk about is football.
• 33. We don't often have time to talk.
• 34. He was too distressed to talk.
• 35. I didn't know what he was talking about.
• 36. I think it's time we had a talk.
• 37. It's good to talk.
• 38. His refusal to talk was simple stubbornness.
• 39. They talk about it endlessly.
• 40. Talking about my problems doesn't come easy to me.
• 41. It helped being able to talk about it.
• 42. She recast her lecture as a radio talk.
• 43. Have I picked a bad time to talk to you?
• 44. It pleased him to talk to her.
• 45. Let's talk all about it outside, eh?
• 46. We won't talk about that ─ that's history.
• 47. It would be better for him to talk to his parents about his problems.
• 48. The talks look set to stretch into a second week.
• 49. We couldn't understand them because they were talking in Chinese.
• 50. I'm warning you for the last time ─ stop talking!
• 51. My talk falls naturally into three parts.
• 52. I found the talk both informative and entertaining.
• 53. Many people were expecting the peace talks would break down.
• 54. Can you talk me through the various investment options?
• 55. I'd rather not talk about it in mixed company.
• 56. She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.
• 57. I'd like to talk to you about a personal matter.
• 58. I made a mental note to talk to her about it.