单词 | to talk french, german, somerset, slang |
释义 | > as lemmasto talk French, German, Somerset, slang b. To use as a spoken language, to speak conversationally: as to talk French, German, Somerset, slang. So to talk sailor (= to use nautical language), etc. to talk Greek, Hebrew, Double-Dutch, gibberish, etc., to use language unintelligible to the hearer. to talk baby, to talk as to a child, use baby-talk. ΚΠ 1859 Habits Good Society (new ed.) 89 We..would not have him talk slang. 1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 146 A single race, whose ancestors once talked a common language. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 82 When we look to be treated as men, don't..talk baby to us any longer. 1881 Cent. Mag. 23 126/2 I..could talk sailor like an ‘old salt’. 1886 Manch. Examiner 3 Nov. 5/6 Hundreds of young women who can talk French and German fluently. 1903 Daily Chron. 12 Feb. 3/1 Englishmen who have visited America will remember their gratification at being invited to ‘talk United States’. < as lemmas |
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