spoken; colloquial; conversational
Colloquial French
to say; to tell
To tell the whole truth
Need I say more?
to speak; to talk
The baby isn't talking yet
To talk of this and that
To speak and write Vietnamese correctly
They were talking in American English, so I understood nothing
Theoretically (speaking); from a theoretical point of view
to get at ...; to allude to somebody
Who are you getting at now ? - I'm getting at you !
Do you mean me?
to cite/give/have chapter and verse for something
talk voulubly
invent, make up stories, tell tales; speak in exaggeration
pay lip service
talk again and again, talk back and forth
the long and the short of it
it's no use beating around the bush, I might as well tell you the truth
wildly exaggerated
talk nonsense/rot/drivel
ramble on
tell lies
beat about the bush; prevaricate
talk at random, talk in an disorderly way
speak one way and act another, his speech doesn't agree with his act; (he) does not practice what he preaches
boast, talk through one's hat
talk on and on, talk and talk
sweet-talk (somebody)
speak colloquially
speak nonsense
complain, grumble
talk big
speak the truth and hurt people's feelings
speak bluntly, blurt