talk _verb 

ADVERBS

loudly, quietly 
・Two men were talking loudly to each other outside the bar.

openly, candidly 
・She talked openly about her divorce.

freely
・We can talk freely without fear of being overheard.

length
・In the interview he talks at length about his battle with alcohol.

nonstop 
・While she was driving, Karen talked nonstop about her childhood and her family.

endlessly 
・The other women talked endlessly about their boyfriends.

enthusiastically, excitedly, animatedly
・She talks enthusiastically about her role in the movie.

sensibly
・Maybe we can talk about this more sensibly when you are not so tired.

vaguely
・They had talked vaguely about having a second child.

directly
・The comedian moved to the front of the stage so that he could talk directly to the audience.

PREPOSITIONS

about 
・English people love to talk about the weather.

of 
・Hartigan talked of cutting taxes and running government like a business.

to
・Talk to your teacher if you’re worried.

PHRASES

be easy to talk to
・Abbas was friendly and easy to talk to.

be talking rubbish 
・Don’t believe a word he says – he’s talking rubbish.

talk with your mouth full
・It’s rude to talk with your mouth full.

talk all the time about sth
・He and I used to talk all the time about football.

sb can talk the hind leg off a donkey
・She’s quiet, but her husband could talk the hind leg off a donkey.

talk about sth with sb 
・I didn’t feel comfortable talking about it with my parents. 

talk _noun

1-) an occasion when someone talks about something to a group of people

ADJECTIVES & NOUNS

brief, short
・All visitors receive a brief talk on safety.

interesting, informative
・Thank you for an interesting talk.

entertaining
・The actor gave us a very entertaining talk on life in Hollywood.

introductory
・The course begins with an introductory talk on the study of history.

pep 
・The director always had to give me a little pep talk before I went on stage.

pre-match 
・I’d love to be in the dressing room for the pre-match talk.

VERBS

give, deliver, present
・The professor will give a talk on the history of the island.

go to, attend
・New students are invited to attend an informal talk in the main hall.

hear
・The group heard a fascinating talk on the history of the region.

PREPOSITIONS

on, about
・There will be a short talk on local wildlife before visitors are taken out into the park.

to
・He’s giving a talk to students at his old school.

2-) a conversation about something

ADJECTIVES

long
・I had a long talk with my parents.

little
・I’m glad we’ve had this little talk.

serious
・I need a serious talk with her before she goes to college.

quiet, private
・Could we have a quiet talk when you’re free?

good
・She was upset, but we’ve had a good talk and things are okay now.

nice
・We all had lunch together and a nice talk.

VERBS

have
・I must have a talk with Dad before I leave.

PREPOSITIONS

with
・If there are any problems, have a talk with your teacher.

about
・We must have a talk about holidays soon.

3-) formal discussions between governments, organizations, etc.

ADJECTIVES

direct
・The government wants to have direct talks with the rebels.

high-level 
・The announcement came after a morning of high-level talks.

bilateral
・China and the US held bilateral talks.

multilateral
・It is hoped that these multilateral talks will produce an agreement.

round-table 
・The new rules were agreed after round-table talks between the company and the union.

urgent
・He flew to Washington for urgent talks with the president.

NOUNS

peace
・A new round of peace talks will begin next month.

trade
・Trade talks between the EU and the US have once again collapsed.

crisis 
・The unions will hold crisis talks with the company in an attempt to save jobs.

VERBS

have, hold, conduct
・The government is holding talks with the rebels to try to end the fighting.

enter into 
・The ambassador said that France was prepared to enter into talks on the issue.

start, begin
・China and the US have begun trade talks.

initiate
・The president initiated talks with opposition forces.

walk, pull out of 
・The management walked out of talks with the union this morning.

abandon
・The talks were abandoned due to lack of progress.

TALK + VERB
begin
・Talks began in October and an agreement was signed two months later.

continue
・Talks will continue through the weekend.

break down, collapse
・Talks broke down today between the Russian and Japanese delegations.

resume 
・Talks resumed in Geneva after a month’s break.

end
・The talks ended without a settlement being reached.

fail
・Talks on this issue have failed before.

PREPOSITIONS

with 
・The organization has had talks with various community groups.

between
・Trade talks between these major European nations will continue into next week.

on, about 
・There must be further talks on pay and working conditions.

PHRASES

a round of talks 
・A third round of talks was held in May.

the breakdown/collapse of talks
・The collapse of peace talks is a worrying development.

be in talks with sb
・We’re in talks with consumer groups about ways to improve our service.

talks are under way
・European leaders arrived last night and talks are now under way.