- talk round a subject
- einem Thema ausweichen a.
English-German idiom dictionary. 2013.
talk round a subject
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talk round — 1. To talk of all sorts of related matters without tackling (the subject at issue) 2. To bring to one s way of thinking by talking persuasively • • • Main Entry: ↑talk … Useful english dictionary
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talk */*/*/ — I UK [tɔːk] / US [tɔk] verb Word forms talk : present tense I/you/we/they talk he/she/it talks present participle talking past tense talked past participle talked Other ways of saying talk: chat to talk informally in a friendly way: We sat… … English dictionary
talk around — transitive verb : to talk over talked most of them around … and kept the wagon train moving down the trail A.M.Schlesinger b. 1917 * * * talk around (also chiefly Brit talk round) [phrasal verb] 1 talk around/round (something) : to avoid talking… … Useful english dictionary
talk — /tɔk / (say tawk) verb (i) 1. to speak or converse; perform the act of speaking. 2. to make known or interchange ideas, information, etc., by means of spoken words. 3. to consult or confer. 4. to gossip. 5. to chatter or prate. 6. to reveal… …
talk — talk1 [ tɔk ] verb *** ▸ 1 communicate ▸ 2 discuss ▸ 3 give lecture ▸ 4 give secret information ▸ 5 achieve something by talking ▸ 6 send information ▸ 7 have power to persuade ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to use words to communicate: Can their… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
talk — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by to, with) converse or communicate ideas by spoken words. 2 intr. have the power of speech. 3 intr. (foll. by about) a have as the subject of discussion. b (in imper.) colloq. as an emphatic statement (talk about … Useful english dictionary
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talk — verb 1》 speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; communicate by speech. ↘have the power of speech. ↘(talk something over/through) discuss something thoroughly. ↘(be talking) informal be discussing in specified… … English new terms dictionary
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go all round the houses — go (all) round the houses British to waste time saying a lot of things that are not important before you get to the subject you want to talk about. There s no need to go all round the houses, just tell me straight out what s wrong … New idioms dictionary
