Learn English with Alex - Let’s talk! Learn 5 Easy “TALK” Expressions in English

What’s the difference between talking someone out of something, and talking someone into something? Learn the answer by watching and interacting with this useful English vocabulary lesson. In addition to “talk someone out of something” and “talk someone into something,” you will learn and practice how to use “talk down to someone,” “talk over someone,” and “talk back to someone.” After you level up your vocabulary with this video and the practice quiz at https://www.engvid.com/lets-talk-learn-5-talk-phrasal-verbs , take your English even higher with my book, 100 Practical English Phrasal Verbs! https://www.englishalex.com/product-page/100-practical-english-phrasal-verbs In this lesson: 0:00 5 "TALK-" Phrasal Verbs in English 0:44 talk something over 2:16 talk down to 3:28 talk back to 4:40 talk someone out of something 5:48 talk someone into something 6:53 Review Transcript: Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on 5 Talk Phrasal Verbs. So, we are going to talk about 5 phrasal verbs which use the verb "talk". And before we begin, I will talk you into getting a copy of this book, 100 Practical English Phrasal Verbs. It has 100 useful, common, everyday phrasal verbs. It's available in PDF, eBook, and physical format. You can get more information in the description. So, check out the description to the video, and click the link. So, let's begin with "talk something over". You can also talk over something, like talk over a plan, for example. To talk over something simply means to discuss something in detail. For example, "Can we talk this over during dinner?" Okay? Like, "I don't want to talk about it right now. Can we talk it over? Can we go into detail? Can we spend some time discussing it? Spend some time really discussing it?" Okay? So, you can talk over something that is important, of course. You can talk over your plans for something, or for the weekend. You can talk over a decision that you're trying to make, for example. Okay? So, the most common sentence is, you know, "to talk it over". So, I can say, "Let's talk it over. We need to talk it over." You can also use the phrasal verb "to think something over". So, if I say, "I need to think it over", this means I need to take some time to think about it, to consider it. And then, when you get to the discussion phase, yeah, "We need to talk it over. Let's talk it over." So, repeat after me, "Can we talk this over during dinner?" Okay. Next, we have "talk down to someone". If you talk down to someone, you talk to them in a simple way to make them feel unintelligent or inferior to you. When you talk down to someone, you want them to feel like they are less and like you are superior. It's like, "Oh, yeah? Really? Oh, that's good. Yeah." So, I'm talking in a simple way, like you are a baby. Like, if you are talking to someone as if they are a child, a baby, and you want them to feel dumb, basically, or inferior to you, you talk down to them. For example, "He quit." Like, "He quit his job because his boss always talked down to him." Okay? So, his boss always talked to him like he was a child, or like he was unintelligent, or like he was inferior to his boss, and he quit. So, repeat this after me, "Don't talk down to me." Good. Next, "to talk back to someone". This is usually what young children do to their parents. So, if you talk back to someone, you reply defiantly. Like, "Hey, you can't say that to me." Or, "Hey, my sister did that. Why are you mad at me?" Whoa, that's a very angry response. So, when you answer someone impolitely, when you reply defiantly, when you question what the person is saying to you, you talk back to them. So, for example, "Don't talk back to your mother." Right? So, if your mother says, "Go clean your room." And you say, "I don't want to clean my room. How come Debbie doesn't have to clean her room?" Whoa, don't talk back to your mother. You will get into bigger trouble. Okay? So, "talk back" to reply impolitely, with anger, with defiance, because you want to question the person. Sometimes, it's not a bad idea to talk back to someone if you feel they are disrespecting you, for example. All right, the last two, they are similar but total opposites. So, "to talk someone out of something" means to persuade someone not to do something. You convince someone not to do something. So, imagine that you wanted to do something. You were thinking about, I don't know, buying a new car. But your friend said, "Hey, like, you don't make enough money to buy this new car, and you just went on vacation last month, and it was very expensive. I don't think now is a good time to buy a new car." […]