to say things to someone, especially in a conversation;

1. to say things to someone, especially in a conversation;

talk to sb.	· Don’t talk to strangers. · I can’t hear anyone when you all talk at once. · You shouldn’t talk with your mouth full.
talk about	· Vic finds it easy to talk about his feelings. · I haven’t the faintest idea what you’re talking about.

2. to talk to someone about a particular subject, especially about a serious matter that needs to be settled;

talk to sb.	· I can’t make a decision until I’ve talked to my wife.
talk about	· If someone brings me a problem, we just sit down and quietly talk about it.

3. to have a conversation;

talk to sb.	· It’s been nice talking to you.
talk about.	· We talked about what we did when we were children.
talk politics \ sport etc.	· Whenever we meet Veronica we always seem to end up talking politics.

4. to make an informal speech about a particular subject to a group of people for example at a meeting or on the radio;

give sb. a talk	· Mr. Jarvis agreed to give a talk to the Gardening Club.
give a talk on something	· I remember giving her a radio talk on the Women’s Movement in North America.
give sb. a talk	· Dr. Cookson gave us a very interesting talk on her recent visit to Japan.

5. to talk too much about other people’s private lives and behaviour, usually in a disapproving way;

· We mustn’t be seen together in public again. People are starting to talk.

6. to talk to yourself;

· I think he’s crazy – he doesn’t realize that he talks to himself all the time.

· When Betty’s concentrating on a difficult piece of work she has this habit of talking to herself.

TELL

1. to give someone facts or information by speaking to them or writing to them;

tell sb.	· We were told that the manager wanted to see us in his office immediately.
tell sb. what \ where \ who	· Just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh.
tell sb. sth.	· I want you to tell me all the details.
tell sb. about	· She said that she had already told them about.