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talk

noun
1. (talking, gossip) propos mpl;
  they are the ~ of the town on ne parle que d'eux;
1. (conversation) conversation f, discussion f;
1. (speech) exposé m (about, on sur);
  (more informal) causerie f.

talks plural noun négociations fpl;
(political) pourparlers mpl;
peace ~ pourparlers de paix.

transitive verb parler;
to ~ business parler affaires;
to ~ nonsense raconter n'importe quoi;
to ~ sb into/out of doing persuader/dissuader qn de faire;
he ~ed his way out of it il s'en est tiré grâce à son bagout (familiar) .

intransitive verb parler;
(gossip) bavarder;
to ~ to oneself parler tout seul/toute seule.

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'talks' found in these entries:

English:

collapse - facilitate - hasty - initiate - join - joint - low-key - low-level - peace talks - prepare - proceed - progress - report - restart - round - scuttle - standstill - substance - talk - together - top-level

French:

déboucher - dialoguer - ébaucher - écart - écho - entrevue - importer - issue - pourparlers - poursuivre

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
talk	vi	(speak)	parler vtr ⇒
I'm glad I met you. Can we talk?
Je suis content de te rencontrer. Je peux te parler ?
talk about	vi + prep	(discuss)	discuter vtr ⇒
We talked about the film we had just seen.
Nous avons discuté du film que nous venions de voir.
talk	n	(lecture)	exposé nm
The talk concerned global warming.
L'exposé parlait du réchauffement de la planète.
talk	n	(topic of conversation)	discussion nf
The political talk didn't interest me much, so I went outside.
La discussion politique ne m'intéressait pas vraiment, alors je suis sorti.

Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
talk	n	(conversation)	conversation nf
The talk was about politics.
La conversation portait sur la politique.
talk	n	(way of speaking) façon de parler	langage nm
Her talk made it obvious that she was from New York.
* Surveille ton langage !
talk	n	(gossip)	commérages nmpl
There is too much talk in this town. People should mind their own business.
Il y a trop de commérages dans cette ville. Les gens feraient mieux de s'occuper de leurs affaires.
talk	n	(not action) par opposé à l'action	paroles nfpl
He is all talk and no action. Don't expect that it will ever happen.
* J'en ai assez de toutes ces paroles ! Il est temps d'agir !
talks	npl	(negotiations)	négociations nfpl
The talks to end the war continued.
Les négociations pour mettre fin à la guerre se sont poursuivies.
talk	vi	(be able to speak)	parler vi ⇒
There are some deaf people who can talk.
Certains sourds peuvent parler.
talk	vi	(reveal secrets) révéler un secret	parler vi ⇒
After four hours of interrogation, the witness finally talked.
Après quatre heures d'interrogatoire, le témoin a fini par parler.
talk	vi	(gossip)	jaser vi ⇒
			parler vi ⇒
The old ladies love to talk. I would ignore them if I were you.
Les vieilles dames aiment bien jaser. À ta place, je ne ferais pas attention à elles.
Les vieilles dames adorent parler. Si j'étais toi, je les oublierais.
talk	vi	(give a lecture) en public	s'exprimer vpr ⇒
		en public	parler vi ⇒
The ambassador is going to talk at the university tonight.
L'ambassadeur va s'exprimer à l'université ce soir.
Ce soir, l'ambassadeur va parler à l'université.
talk	vi	(have power)	pouvoir nm
You know that money talks, don't you?
Tu sais bien que l'argent, c'est le pouvoir !
talk	vi	colloquial (exclamation of disgust) exclamation	parler vtr ⇒
Talk about a stupid thing to do! I can't believe you did that!
Tu parles d'un truc stupide ! Je n'arrive pas à croire que tu aies fait ça !
talk	vtr	(express) exposer verbalement	parler vi
He needs to talk his problems out.
Il faut qu'il parle de ses problèmes.
talk into	vtr	(persuade)	persuader vtr ⇒
She talked him into going to the cinema that night.
* Elle l'a persuadé d'accepter cet emploi.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
baby talk	nm	langage enfantin
back talk (US)	nf	impertinence
back-talk	nf	réponse
big talk		paroles creuses
double talk	nmpl	propos ambigus
double talk	v	marquer un temps d'arrêt
double-talk	nfpl	paroles ambiguës
give a talk	v	accorder un entretien à qn
have a talk with	v	parler à
heart-to-heart talk		conversation intime
idle talk	nf	conversation futile
jive talk	v	raconter des salades
little talk		petite conversation
make small talk (chat)	v	faire la conversation
pep talk		discours d'encouragement
refuse to talk	v	bouder ⇒ (ami)
sales talk	nm	argumentaire
sales talk	nm	boniment (Commerce)
small talk		menus propos, banalités
sweet talk	nm	baratin (boniment)
sweet talk	nm	boniment familier
table talk	nf	propos de table
talk about		exposé, causerie sur
talk about		parler de qch
talk about	nf	discussion
talk at	v	parler sans écouter ⇒
talk away	v	discourir ⇒ (bavarder)
talk back	nf	intercommunication
talk big	v	fanfaronner ⇒
talk big	v	se donner de l'importance
talk dirty	v	dire des obscénités
talk down	v	dénigrer ⇒
talk down to	v	parler avec condescendance
talk insanely	v	divaguer ⇒ (psychologie)
talk into (talk someone into doing)	v tr	persuader
talk nonsense	v	divaguer ⇒
talk nonsense	v	débloquer ⇒ ((fam.) en parlant)
talk nonsense	v	raconter n'importe quoi
talk of (there is talk of something/of doing)		il est question de quelque chose/de faire
talk of the town (they are the talk of the town)		on ne parle que d'eux
talk on		exposé sur
talk out		prolonger la discussion de
talk out	v	discuter à fond (couvrir un sujet à fond)
talk out	v	parler à fond (couvrir un sujet à fond)
talk over	v	discuter de (parler de)
talk over	v	faire changer d'avis
talk rubbish (GB)	v	déconner ⇒ (dire des bêtises)
talk rubbish (GB)	v	débloquer ⇒ ((fam.) en parlant)
talk show	nf	émission-débat
talk show	nm	talk show
talk to (I'm not talking to him)		je ne lui parle pas
talk to yourself		parler tout seul
talk together		parler ensemble
talk too much		parler trop
talk up	nf	vanter les mérites de
talk with	v	parler avec
town talk		débat municipal
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talks	nf	discussion
talks	nf	négociation
talks	nm	dialogue
Compound Forms/Formes composées
have talks	v	dialoguer ⇒
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "talks".

...becaue everyone always talks (in the lesson)
for all the talks you share with me when we manage to solve so many of the world's pr
He decided to lead peace talks
he talks a lot of crap
he talks about it
Money talks
money talks
money talks..
navettes = peace talks?
Only talks about his nationality
She seldom talks to her parents
She seldom talks to her parents
she talks about herself
She talks through her arse.
the times of the talks
the way she talks to...
There's something special about the way she talks.
This poem talks about
world trade talks

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