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English translation: talking about


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English term or phrase:talk about / talk of
English translation:talking about
Entered by: David Russi
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12:53 Jul 21, 2010
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Education / Pedagogy / grammar
English term or phrase: talk about/ of
Se puede usar cualquiera de las dos preposiciones en este caso (TALKING ABOUT / OF) Cual es la diferencia gracias!!
Those phrases which start with like, also suggest that we are talking about/of an idiom, for example “like a bat out of hell”, “like water off a duck’s back”.
caritog86
Local time: 16:56
talking about
Explanation:
in your context, I would say "talking about"

Hoever, you might consider "we are dealing with" or simply "that this is"
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David Russi
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Local time: 13:56
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4 +4talking about
David Russi
5 +1talk about/ of
bbt-ruth


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
talking about


Explanation:
in your context, I would say "talking about"

Hoever, you might consider "we are dealing with" or simply "that this is"

David Russi
United States
Local time: 13:56
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 3
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiona Kirton
10 mins

agree  eski: Concur with Fiona: Saludos! eski
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agree  Goldcoaster
18 hrs

agree  B D Finch: Talk about - speak of.
1 day37 mins
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
talk about/ of


Explanation:
talk about

verb
1. to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's 'Inferno'" [syn: discourse]
2. discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things" [syn: talk of]


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/talk+about
bbt-ruth
United States
Local time: 15:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stephanie Ezrol: This makes sense, and is useful.
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Changes made by editors
Aug 4, 2010 - Changes made by David Russi:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Jul 21, 2010 - Changes made by philgoddard:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO
Jul 21, 2010 - Changes made by philgoddard:
Language pairSpanish to English => English


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