
Episode 34: Useful idioms with "talk"
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How to Persuade Someone to Do Something
If you hear a native english speaker say talk about something it means that whatever just happened or whatever the person just did is a classic example of that adjective or that thing. Some of these are persuading and some of these are dissuading so first talk your way out of if you talkyour way out of something it means that you have talked in such a convincing way that you don't have to do something someone was trying to get you to do. You can persuade and dissuade by saying things like "I'm not paying for this because I've already had enough guacamole" If you're at work, talking to a close friend who says they think their boss is really stupid
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