I
n.
address, lecture
1) to give a ~
2) a pep; sales ~
3) a ~ about, on (she gave an interesting ~ on bringing up children)
conversation
chatter
4) to have a ~ (with)
5) blunt, plain; idle, small; loose; table ~
6) a long ~ (she had a long ~ with him about his work)
7) sweet ~ ('flattery')
8) double, fast ~ ('deception')
9) a heart-to-heart ('frank') ~
10) straight ('frank') ~
11) ( colloq. ) big ~ ('boasting')
12) ~ about, of; with (there is ~ of her resigning)
13) ~ that + clause (there is ~ that there will be a strike)
type of speech
14) baby ~ (to use baby ~)
II
v.
1) to ~ bluntly, candidly, frankly, freely; loud, loudly; openly
2) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ about, of, on (they were ~ing about the elections; she was ~ing of her trip; to ~ on a topic)
3) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ into ('to persuade') (to ~ smb. into doing smt.)
4) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ out of ('to dissuade') (to ~ smb. out of doing smt.)
5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to speak') to ~ to, with ( esp. AE ) (I will ~ to them about this problem)
6) ( misc. ) to ~ big ('to boast'); to ~ oneself hoarse