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# talk

«talk» in Mova's school dictionary: **learning to talk."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (talk, talks, talked, talking); noun (a talk, talks; talk)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To say words; to speak: "The baby is learning to talk." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#m1)

2) To have a conversation: "We talked for hours." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#m2)

3) To discuss: "Let's talk about it." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#m3)

4) As a noun, a conversation or a speech to a group: "The firefighter gave a talk." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and feelings: talking to a trusted adult helps when you are sad, scared or worried. In safety: don't talk to strangers online or follow them. In school: give a talk, talk partners. Phrases: talk to, talk about, talk back, talk over, small talk, pep talk.

### examples

- Can I talk to you? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x1)
- We talked about our holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x2)
- Please don't talk during the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x3)
- A police officer gave a talk at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x4)
- Talk to a trusted adult if you are worried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x5)
- Parrots can learn to talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x6)
- Don't talk to strangers online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x7)
- They talked it over and agreed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x8)
- "Cease your silly talk," said the wagoner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/#x9)

### note

The "l" is silent: "tawk". "Talk to someone" or "talk with someone"; "talk about something". "Talk" is less formal than "speak". Talking about feelings is brave.

### In the corpora

- [Disagreeing is normal; talking it through is how couples decide things together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/11/)
- [She is seeing someone to talk to and is off work for a while.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low/5/)
- [Many families visit graves to remember someone, tidy the spot and leave flowers; talking to the person there is normal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/15/)
- [Families make phone rules so meals are for talking, and adults find them hard to keep because phones are built to grab attention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/5/)
- [«I'm fine» often means «I'm not fine, but I don't want to talk about it now».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «talk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.