別頂嘴!
Ruth was disciplined at school for talking back to the teacher.

露絲因和老師頂嘴而受了處分。
It annoys me the way the children talk back to you like that.

這些孩子像那樣與你頂嘴使我很生氣。

哈里很善于開會,但他必須學會不高人一等地對人們說話。
It's always unwise for a lecturer to talk down to his audience.

講演者用高人一等的口氣同聽眾講話是不明智的。 talk sb ? down
Richard is good at talking his opponent down.

理查德善于大聲地把對方講得無話可說。
The children were excited and they talked down their teacher from time to time.

孩子們很興奮,說話聲不時蓋過了他們的老師。

我們最終說服他同意了。
The salesclerk talked the customer into buying the new suit.

店員說服那位顧客買下了這套衣服。
She talked her husband into having a holiday in France.

她說服了她的丈夫去法國度假。
He is a man who talks black into white, right into wrong.

他是一個這樣的人:會把黑的說成白的,把對的說成錯的。
I was talked into doing it.

我被說服同意去做了。

說曹操,曹操就到。
Talking of an aeroplanes, have you ever had a ride in it?

談到飛機,你坐過嗎?
She talked gaily of art and literature and music.

她興高采烈,大談藝術、文學和音樂。
We talked of his plans for the future.

我們討論了他未來的計劃。
What did they talk of?

他們談論了什么?
We were just talking of the most exciting books that we had read recently.

剛才我們正在談論我們最近讀的最令人激動的書。
Bernard Shaw talks again of writing a play for us.

蕭伯納又談起了為我們寫部戲劇。
They talk of building a new library there.

他們談起要在那個地方建座新圖書館。
At one stage my friend talked of throwing up his job in advertising, but nothing much came of it.

有一段時期,我的朋友談到想放棄他在廣告業方面的工作,不過后來并沒有什么結果。
He is talking of going to college.

他打算上大學。
She talked of writing a one-act play.

她打算寫一個獨幕劇。

隨你怎么說得天花亂墜,你也不能把錯的說成對的。
All I wanted was a chance to read my book, but my seatmate talked my ear off.

我只想有個看書的機會,但我的同座卻一直嘮叨個沒完。

在旅途的剩下的時間里她談了藝術、文學和其他東西。

他說服了他的太太不要買那輛新汽車。
His parents talked him out of getting married soon.

他的父母說服了他,使他沒有馬上結婚。

我已經說服他了。
They must have a great deal in common to talk over.

他們一定有許多共同話題可談。
Talk it over with your wife and give me your answer tomorrow.

和你妻子商量一下,明天給我答復。
The matter was talked over at the last meeting.

這事上次會議上討論過。 talk sb over
In the end I was able to talk the other committee members over, and they agreed to vote in favour of the plan.

最后我終于說服了其他委員,他們同意投票贊同那項計劃。

起初他不愿來,但我說服了他。
I was against going to China, but Mary eventually managed to talk me round.

我本不打算去中國,但瑪麗終于說服了我。

談實質問題吧,別兜圈子了。
We don't like talking round things without coming to an decision.

我們不喜歡轉彎抹角地談問題而不作任何決定。

我們一直在熱烈討論那場比賽。 talk up
If you do not talk down to a child, it will surely talk up to you.

如果你對一個小孩子說話不擺大人架子,他一定會對你坦白說話。