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talk

/toːk/
/toːk/
/toːk/
/tɔk/

verb
To communicate, usually by means of speech. (Example: Although I don't speak Chinese I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures.)
To discuss; to talk about. (Example: That's enough about work, let's talk holidays!)
To speak (a certain language). (Example: We talk French sometimes.)
(chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned. (Example: Are you interested in the job? They're talking big money.)
To confess, especially implicating others. (Example: She can be relied upon not to talk.)
To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself. (Example: I am not the one to talk.)
To gossip; to create scandal. (Example: Aren't you afraid the neighbours will talk?)
(chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner. (Example: That's not like you at all, Jared. The drugs are talking. Snap out of it!)

talk

/toːk/
/toːk/
/toːk/
/tɔk/

noun
A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal. (Example: We need to have a talk about your homework.)
A lecture. (Example: There is a talk on Shakespeare tonight.)
Gossip; rumour. (Example: There's been talk lately about the two of them.)
(preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion. (Example: She is the talk of the day.)
(preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular:
(not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims. (Example: The party leader's speech was all talk.)
(usually plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter. (Example: The leaders of the G8 nations are currently in talks over nuclear weapons.)
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