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▸  talk round in AM, usually use talk around PHRASAL VERB If you talk someone round , you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do □ [V n P ] He went to the house to try to talk her round. □ [V P n] It advises salesmen to talk round reluctant customers over a cup of tea.

▸  talk through

1 PHRASAL VERB If you talk something through with someone, you discuss it with them thoroughly. □ [V P n] He and I have talked through this whole tricky problem. □ [V P + with ] Now her children are grown-up and she has talked through with them what happened. □ [V n P ] It had all seemed so simple when they'd talked it through, so logical. □ [V n P + with ] He had talked it through with Judith.

2 PHRASAL VERB If someone talks you through something that you do not know, they explain it to you carefully. □ [V n P n] Now she must talk her sister through the process a step at a time.

▸  talk up

1 PHRASAL VERB If someone talks up a particular thing, they make it sound more interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed. □ [V P n] Politicians accuse the media of talking up the possibility of a riot. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB To talk someone or something up in negotiations means to persuade someone to pay more money than they originally offered or wanted to. [mainly BRIT ] □ [V n P ] Clarke kept talking the price up, while Wilkinson kept knocking it down. [Also V P n] SYNONYMS talk VERB 1

chat:The women were chatting.

chatter:Everyone's chattering away in different languages.

speak:I rang the hotel and spoke to Louie.

converse:Luke sat directly behind the pilot and conversed with him. NOUN 4

speech:She is due to make a speech on the economy next week.

presentation:…a business presentation.

seminar:…a series of half-day seminars on the subject.

lecture:In his lecture, Riemann covered an enormous variety of topics.

talka|tive /tɔː kət I v/ ADJ Someone who is talkative talks a lot. □  He suddenly became very talkative, his face slightly flushed, his eyes much brighter.

talk|er /tɔː kə ^r / (talkers ) N‑COUNT You can use talker to refer to someone when you are considering how much they talk, or how good they are at talking to people. □  …a fluent talker.

talkie /tɔː ki/ (talkies ) N‑COUNT A talkie is a cinema film made with sound, as opposed to a silent film. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

ta lk|ing hea d (talking heads ) N‑COUNT Talking heads are people who appear in television discussion programmes and interviews to give their opinions about a topic. [JOURNALISM ]

ta lk|ing point (talking points ) N‑COUNT A talking point is an interesting subject for discussion or argument. □  It's bound to be the main talking point during discussions between the Prime Minister and the President.

ta lk|ing shop (talking shops ) N‑COUNT If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop , you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed. [mainly BRIT , DISAPPROVAL ]

ta lking-to N‑SING If you give someone a talking-to , you speak to them severely, usually about something unacceptable that they have done, in order to show them they were wrong. [INFORMAL ]

ta lk show (talk shows ) also talk-show N‑COUNT A talk show is a television or radio show in which famous people talk to each other in an informal way and are asked questions about different topics.

tall ◆◇◇ /tɔː l/ (taller , tallest )