| Id | ESLPod_0745_WE_1164 |
|---|---|
| Episode Id | ESLPod 745 |
| Episode Title | Welcoming a Houseguest |
| Phrase | to talk to (oneself) |
| Text | The phrase "to talk to (oneself)," in this podcast, means to think aloud, or to speak quietly without expecting anyone else to listen or answer one's questions: "When Jan is upset, she talks to herself." The phrase "to talk (one's) ear off" means to talk too much: "Janice is nice, but she'll talk your ear off for hours if you let her." The informal phrase "to talk trash" means to say bad things about another person: "Did you hear Marcel talking trash about his cousins?" Finally, the phrase "to talk some sense into (someone)" means to say something that changes a person's behavior and makes him or her act more reasonably or rationally: "Someone needs to talk some sense into that girl before she drops out of school." |
| Topics | Home + Community |
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