{"id":13275,"date":"2026-04-08T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=13275"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:44:08","slug":"collocations-with-talk-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13275","title":{"rendered":"Collocations with &#8216;talk&#8217; &#038; &#8216;tell&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1205\" data-end=\"1360\"><strong data-start=\"1205\" data-end=\"1260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13276\" src=\"http:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tell.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tell-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tell-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tell-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tell-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tell-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>understand a word sb\u2019s saying (\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0445\u043e\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1263\" \/><em>I couldn\u2019t understand a word he was saying. (\u042f \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0433 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0438 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0438\u0437 \u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043e\u043d \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043b.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1481\"><strong data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1396\">talk business (\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1399\" \/><em>Let\u2019s meet tomorrow and talk business. (\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043c\u0441\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0442\u0440\u0430 \u0438 \u043e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0438\u043c \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1627\"><strong data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1518\">talk nonsense (\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0435\u0440\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0443)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1521\" \/><em>Stop talking nonsense and focus on the problem. (\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u044c \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0435\u0440\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0443 \u0438 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0447\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c\u0435.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1773\"><strong data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1677\">talk a lot of sense (\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0443\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0432\u0435\u0449\u0438)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1677\" data-end=\"1680\" \/><em>She talks a lot of sense about education. (\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0443\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0432\u0435\u0449\u0438 \u043e\u0431 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1775\" data-end=\"1879\"><strong data-start=\"1775\" data-end=\"1812\">tell a secret (\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0435\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0442)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"1815\" \/><em>She told her friend a secret. (\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0442.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1881\" data-end=\"2000\"><strong data-start=\"1881\" data-end=\"1925\">tell sb\u2019s fortune (\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0443\u0434\u044c\u0431\u0443)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1925\" data-end=\"1928\" \/><em>The fortune teller told his fortune. (\u0413\u0430\u0434\u0430\u043b\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0441\u0443\u0434\u044c\u0431\u0443.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>understand a word sb\u2019s saying (\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0445\u043e\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e)I couldn\u2019t understand a word he was saying. (\u042f \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0433 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0438 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0438\u0437 \u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043e\u043d \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043b.) talk business (\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430)Let\u2019s meet tomorrow and talk business. (\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043c\u0441\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0442\u0440\u0430 \u0438 \u043e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0438\u043c &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13275\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1263,1256],"tags":[1266,22],"class_list":["post-13275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collocations","category-vocabulary-2","tag-a2","tag-verb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13278,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13275\/revisions\/13278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}