talk away . spend time in talking在谈话中度过

The young lovers talked the night away．这对年轻的情人谈了一夜。

talk big . speak boastfully； make exaggerated statements or excessive claims in order to impress people说大话；吹大牛；言过其实以期引人注目

He always talked big but never amounted to anything．他总是夸口，但毫无成就。

We dislike those who talk big and do nothing．我们不喜欢那些专讲大话而不做事的人。

I don't believe all he says about the profits he is making; ever since I have known him he has liked to talk big．我不相信他说他正在赚钱的那一套话，自从我认识他起，我就知道他爱吹牛。

 talk down . make silent by talking louder or longer高声压过（别人的话）；使哑口无言

He tried to argue back but his opponent talked him down．他想反驳，但他的对手高声压倒了他的话。

Such an eloquent man will easily talk us down．这样一个有口才的人，很容易把我们驳得哑口无言。

 talk down . speak disparagingly of; belittle 说…坏话；贬低

The hostile newspapers talked down the importance of the Minister's arrival here．持敌对态度的报纸对部长来此访问的重要性加以贬低。

 talk down . give radio instructions for landing an airplane because of instrument failure or poor visibility（因仪器故障或能见度低）用无线电通讯引导飞机降落

His flying instruments have all been destroyed by enemy gunfire，so the air traffic controllers will have to talk him．他的飞行器械都给敌人的炮火击毁了，所以机场导航员只能通过无线电讲话引导他降落。

 talk down .use words or ideas that are too easy用太简单的字或观念

The speaker talked down to the students， and they were bored．演讲者讲的内容太简单，学生们都听得不耐烦了。

 talk down . speak in a condescending or superior manner以高人一等的口吻说话

She talks down to everyone，particularly young people．她对谁讲话都摆出高人一等的样子，特别是对青年人。

The audience do not like being talked down to．听众不喜欢听人用高人一等的口吻同他们讲话。

 talk into . persuade by talking说服（某人）干（某事）

Can you talk father into buying a new car? 你能说服父亲买一辆新车吗?  

A clever salesman can talk a person into buying something he does not really want．一个聪明的售货员能说服一个人买他并不真正想买的东西。

at last we talked him into consent．最后我们说服了他，他表示同意。

 talk of .  talk about . mention谈到；说到

In his lecture，Professor Wang talked of peaceful uses of atomic energy．在讲座中，王教授谈到了和平利用原子能。

We have talked of what we shall do next．我们讨论了下一步该干什么。

We are just talking of the most exciting book that we have read recently．我们正在谈论最近读过的一本十分动人的书。

 talk of .  talk about . debate as a possibility; discuss 讨论…之可行性；讨论

The two companies have been talking about a merger．这两家公司一直在讨论合并的可能性。

What are you talking of? 你们正谈论什么?

talk of the town . something． that has become very popular or of great prominence家喻户晓的事情；大家谈论的话题

Their love affair has become the talk of the town．他俩谈恋爱的事成了众所周知的事情。

Recent nudity on the New York stage has been the talk of the town.最近纽约舞台上出现裸体的事情已经成为街谈巷议的话题。

His success has become the talk of the town.他的成功已成为大家谈论的话题。

talk out of . persuade； dissuade somebody  from doing something. 劝阻…不做

Jim wants to give up his job; can you talk him out of such a foolish idea? 吉姆想辞职，你能否劝他放弃这个愚蠢的想法?

He planned to have a duel with John，but we talked him out of it.他打算和约翰决斗，但我们劝阻了他。

Once he has set his mind on a course of action he is not to be talked out of it ．一旦他下决心采取某一个行动，谁也说服不了他。

I'd like to go camping，but my wife's trying to talk me out of it ．我想去野营，可是我妻子竭力劝阻我。

talk over . consider； discuss in detail考虑；讨论

Come to my office and we will talk it over．请到我办公室来讨论一下这个问题。

Jim always talks things over with his parents before he makes an important decision.吉姆在做重要决定之前总是先与父母商量一下。

I suggest we talk the matter over in earnest．我建议，我们认真讨论一下这件事。

talk over . cause somebody to change his opinion；convince by talking说服（某人）改变立场；说明

He is very good at talking opponents over to his viewpoint.他善于说服对方改变立场赞成他的观点。

 talk round . persuade； convince劝说；说服

At first my friend refused to fall in with the scheme we had suggested， but eventually I managed to talk him round．起初我的朋友不同意我们提出的计划，但我终于设法说服了他。

I don't know whether I can talk him round．我不知道我能否使他回心转意。

 talk round . avoid approaching（a subject）directly兜圈子谈（问题）

He didn't really come to the point；he just talked round it ．他其实并没有讲到点子上，而只是在兜圈子。

 talk somebody 's head off . speak to somebody at great length对某人讲得太多

He's been talking my head off．他一直跟我唠叨不休。

talk to . speak to同…谈话

Don't talk to that rough boy any more．不要同那个粗野的男孩再谈下去了。

The teacher is talking to some students on the campus．老师正在校园里和一些学生谈话。

talk to .  reprove责骂

I'll talk to him when he gets home．他回来时我会教训他的。

He talked to them very sharply.他严厉地训斥了他们。

The boy needs to be talked to．这男孩需要好好教训一下。