talk — EN↔FR

talk /BrE tɔːk

, AmE tɔk

noun

1 (talking, gossip) propos mpl

there is talk of sth/of doing il est question de qch/de faire, on parle de qch/de faire

there is talk of me doing il est question que je fasse

there is talk that … on dit que, le bruit court que …

there is (a lot of) talk about sth il est (beaucoup) question de qch

he's all talk il parle beaucoup mais agit peu

it's nothing but or talk ce ne sont que de belles paroles

it's just talk ce ne sont que des paroles en l'air

such talk is dangerous/ridiculous de tels propos sont dangereux/ridicules

he dismissed talk of problems/defeat il a refusé de parler des problèmes/de la défaite

they are the talk of the town on ne parle que d'eux

2 (conversation) conversation f, discussion f

to have a talk with sb parler à qn

to have a talk about sth/sb parler de qch (with avec); avoir une discussion à propos de qch (with avec)

3 (speech) exposé m (about, on sur); (more informal) causerie f

to give a talk faire un exposé

radio talk exposé m

B talks

plural noun

(formal discussions) (between governments) discussions fpl (between entre); (between several groups, countries) conférence f; (between management and unions) négociations fpl, discussions fpl (beween entre)

to hold talks tenir une conférence

arms talks conférence sur le désarmement

pay talks négociations salariales

trade talks négociations commerciales

talks about talks négociations pour mettre sur pied une conférence

transitive verb

1 (discuss)

to talk business/sport parler affaires/de sport

2 (speak) parler [French, Spanish etc]

to talk nonsense raconter n'importe quoi

she's talking sense ce qu'elle dit est plein de bon sens

we're talking £2 million/three years informal il faut compter deux millions de livres sterling/trois ans

we're talking a huge investment/a major project informal il s'agit d'un investissement énorme/d'un projet important

we're talking big money here informal (discussing large sums of money) il s'agit ici de sommes considérables; (discussing wealthy people) nous parlons ici de gens très riches

3 (persuade)

to talk sb into doing persuader qn de faire

to talk sb out of doing dissuader qn de faire

you've talked me into it! vous m'avez convaincu!

he talked his way out of it (out of doing a chore) il y a échappé grâce à son bagou informal; (out of a difficult situation) il s'en est tiré grâce à son bagou informal

intransitive verb

1 (converse) parler, discuter

to talk to or parler à or

to talk to oneself parler tout seul

to talk about sth/about doing parler de qch/de faire

to talk at sb parler à qn sans l'écouter

to keep sb talking faire parler qn aussi longtemps que possible

I'm not talking to him (out of pique) je ne lui parle plus

talking of films/tennis… à propos de films/tennis…

he knows/he doesn't know what he's talking about il sait/il ne sait pas de quoi il parle

it's easy or talk, but you don't have to do it! tu peux parler, mais ce n'est pas toi qui dois le faire!

who am I to talk? remarque, je peux parler!

look or talking!, you're a fine one to talk!, you can talk! tu peux parler!

now you're talking! eh bien voilà!

talk about stupid/expensive informal comme idiotie/comme prix élevé, ça se pose un peu là! informal

talk about laugh/work informal qu'est-ce qu'on a ri/travaillé!

2 (gossip) parler, bavarder; derogatory jaser

to give people sth to talk about donner aux gens matière à jaser

3 (give information) [person, prisoner, suspect] parler

Phrasal verbs

■ talk back

répondre (insolemment) (to à)

■ talk down:

talk down to sb

parler à qn avec condescendance;

talk [sb/sth] down

1 Aviation aider [qn/qch] à atterrir en le guidant par radio [pilot, plane]

2 (denigrate) dénigrer

■ talk out:

talk [sth] out,

talk out [sth]

1 (discuss) discuter de [qch] à fond, parler de [qch] à fond

2 British Politics (prevent passing of)

to talk out a bill prolonger la discussion d'un projet de loi (de manière à ce que le vote n'ait pas lieu)

■ talk over:

talk [sth] over

(discuss) discuter de, parler de [matter, issue];

talk [sb] over

(persuade) faire changer [qn] d'avis

■ talk round:

talk round [sth]

tourner autour de [subject];

talk [sb] round

faire changer [qn] d'avis

■ talk through:

talk [sth] through

discuter de [qch] tranquillement

to talk it through en discuter tranquillement

■ talk up:

talk [sb/sth] up,

talk up [sb/sth]

vanter (les mérites de) [candidate, product]