Talk Phrasal verbs

Question 1

TALKBACK

Answer 1

• *to reply rudely or impolitely, esp. of children towards adults [retrucar, responder mal]**
• “If those were my kids, I would not allow them to talk back to me like that”, Jill told Amy. (Se fossem meus filhos, eu não permitiria que respondessem para mim assim”, Jill disse a Amy.)

Question 2

TALK INTO

Answer 2

to persuade someone to do something [convencer alguém a fazer algo, persuadir]

• Even though Fred wasn’t at first willing to buy a bigger apartment, his wife eventually talked him into doing it. (Embora no começo Fred não estivesse disposto a comprar um apartamento maior, sua esposa acabou por convencê-lo a fazer isso.)
• “Why don’t you try to talk Liz into going to the beach with you? It will be a lot more fun if she goes”, Steve suggested to his wife. (“Por que você não tenta convencer Liz a ir com você à praia? Vai ser muito mais divertido se ela for”, Steve sugeriu à esposa.)

Question 3

TALK OUT OF

Answer 3

to persuade someone not to do something [convencer alguém a não fazer algo, dissuadir]

• My mind is made up. Don’t even try to talk me out of quitting my job at the bank. (Minha decisão está tomada. Nem tentem me convencer a não largar o emprego no banco.)
• We were all relieved when a policeman finally talked the woman out of jumping from the bridge. (Nós todos ficamos aliviados quando um policial finalmente convenceu a mulher a não pular da ponte.)

Question 4

TALK OVER

Answer 4

• *to discuss, to talk about something in order to reach a decision [discutir, conversar a fim de chegar a uma decisão]**
• “Moving away to a foreign country is a big change in anybody’s life. Have you **talked **this over with your parents yet?”, Bill’s uncle asked him. (“Mudar-se para um país estrangeiro é uma grande mudança na vida de qualquer pessoa. Você jáconversou sobre isso com os seus pais?”, o tio de Bill perguntou a ele.)

Question 5

TO TALK/SPEAK OUT OF

Answer 5

1. Fig. to say something unwise or imprudent; to say something at the wrong time.
2. to say something that you should not have said or that you did not have the authority to say

• 1. Excuse me if I’m speaking out of turn, but what you areproposing is quite wrong. Bob was quite honest, even if he was speaking out of turn.
• 2. I’m sorry if I spoke out of turn, butsomebody had to tell him the facts.

Usage notes: sometimes used to describe something you did not have the authority to say: The company president said therehad not been any delays, and that the project manager had spoken out of turn.