a brilliant talker fg n # I# (ft A 0 She’s a (great) talker (= she talks a lot). 0 He’s more a talker than
a doer (= he talks instead of
doing things). c> note at speaker ITiTOl see fast
adj. talkie /'toiki/ noun [usually pi] (old-fashioned,
especially NAmE) a film/movie that has sounds and not just pictures £f A — see also walkie-talkie .talking 'drum noun a type of drum from
iMAimtlft^ )
.talking 'head noun [informal) a person on television
who talks straight to the camera ( )
JtW#
nP # ^ : The election broadcast
consisted largely of talking heads. £fA&Alftift#
'talking point noun 1 [BrE) a subject that is
talked about or discussed by many people M; tfe M: The judge’s decision became a legal
talking point. 7&'iffft¥ll$: T W #rfe (ft 4* '0 o 2 (NAmE) an item that sb will speak about at a meeting, often
one that supports a particular argument ( irfe)
-jfcjjg
'talking shop noun [BrE, disapproving) a place where there is a lot of
discussion and argument but no action is taken (
'talking-to noun [sing.] (informal) a serious talk with sb
who has done sth wrong illjff; R; Jr Sc: to give sb a good talking-to !a3KilllA AA—^
‘talk radio noun [U] radio programmes in which sb discusses a
particular subject with people who telephone the radio station to give their
opinions
'talk show noun 1 (especially NAmE) = chat show: a talk-show host ifj ifc A @:Aj#A 2 a television or radio
programme in which a presenter introduces a particular
topic which is then discussed by the audience
(
talk-time /'toiktaim/
noun [U] the amount of time that a mobile phone/cellphone
can be used for calls without needing more power or more payments (
(ft ) mimm, ^a)iabab]
tall 0-w /toil/ adj. (tall-er, tall-est)
1
(of a person, building, tree,
etc. A, WA^)
having a greater than average height j§5 (ft; A
(ft: She’s tall and thin. h&MMMMo 0 tall chimneys jlfiitjift
(M 0
the
tallest building in the world 1ft # ± ft j#j (ft H Sloti tall glass of iced tea — A If 023 short
2
used to describe or ask about the height
of sb/sth
% MM: How tall are you? ifcM
M£'J>? 0
He’s
six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds, jfe MM II 200 o note at high
►
tall ness noun [U] 1771771 stand 'tall (especially NAmE) to show that you are proud and able to deal with
anything Bh
Mi M
^ 15 il be a .tall 'order
[informal) to be very difficult to do AkRfJ;
— more at oak, walk v.
tall-boy /'tpilboi/ (BrE) [NAmE high-boy) noun a tall piece of furniture
with drawers, used for storing clothes in
( ) Mxm
tal low /'taelau; NAmE -lou/ noun [U] animal fat used for making candles,
soap,
etc. ( EQM ffel ji It (ft )
.tall 'poppy syndrome noun [u] (informal, especially AustralE) the fact of criticizing people who are richer or more
successful than others ( #ti¥ITW^c
jfcs&fcjA); viMfe-, fmm
.tall 'story (especially BrE) [NAmE usually .tall 'tale) noun a story that is difficult to believe because what it
describes seems exaggerated and not likely to be true
tally /'taeli/
noun, verb
a noun [pi. -ies) a record of the number
or amount of sth, especially one that you can keep adding to iE ^; fK ;ft A; fffc: He hopes to improve on his tally
of three goals in the past nine games. 4 #l§‘#e ft?# AST H R (ft it A
c 0 Keep a
tally of how much you spend while you’re away.
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mverb (tal-lies, tally-ing,
tal lied, tai-lied) 1 [V] ~ (with sth) to be the same as or to
match another person’s account of sth, another set of figures, etc. ( A %£ )
ifr ) ; HEI match
up: Her
report of what happened tallied exactly with the story of another witness. ttft —
AiE A#Ji£
A M o 2 [VN] ~ sth (up) to calculate the total
number, cost, etc. of sth \\% ( &(ft$St g , ) ;
"frit
.tally-'ho
exclamation used in hunting for
telling the dogs that a fox has been seen fftnf ( TS$tN‘(ftR£Blt A,
/il«I7ii )
the Tal-mud /'taelmud; NAmE also ‘tail-/ noun
[sing.] a collection of ancient writings on Jewish law and traditions <igAi§» ( )
►
Tal mud ic
/.tael'mudik;
-'mju:d-; NAmE also ,ta:l-/ adj. talon /'taelan/ noun a
long sharp curved nail on the feet of some birds, especially birds
of prey (= birds that kill other creatures for
food) ( )
JK —
picture o page R28
taluk /‘tailuk/
(also taluka
/'tailuka:/)
noun (in some countries in
TAM
/taem/
abbr. television audience measurement (research that is used to estimate
how many people watched a particular television programme)
it;
tamarind
/’taemarind/
noun a tropical tree that produces fruit, also called tamarinds, that
are often preserved and used in Asian cooking ^ If iklz
(&*»*-*.); mu ()
tam bour /'tsembu0(r); NAmE -bur/ noun a type
of drum f£
tam bour ine /.taemba'rirn/ noun a musical
instrument that has a round wooden frame, sometimes covered with plastic or
skin, with metal discs around the edge. To play it you shake it or hit it with
your hand. #f£
(
) — picture c> page R8 tame /teim/ adj., verb
m adj. (tamer, tam-est) 1 (of animals, birds,
etc. |A i%^) not afraid of people, and used to living
with them #§)l| tf]; ?)l| IS (K) PT33 wild
2 [informal)
not interesting or exciting ^ W • You’ll find life here
pretty tame after
3
[informal) (of a person A) willing
to do what other people ask n/r{£n&($; : I have a tame
doctor who’ll always give me a sick note when I
want a day off. it
►
tame-ly adv. tame ness noun [U]
* verb [VN] to make sth tame
or easy to control ^l| it; ill IS; :
Lions
can never be completely tamed.
o She made strenuous efforts
to tame her anger.
tamer /'teima(r)/
noun (usually in compounds
I^H) a person who trains wild animals il|#ijfp; ill# #: a lion-tamer il||f A
Tamil
/‘taemil/
noun 1
[C] a member of a race of people living in Tamil Nadu in southern
AAA
A (
2
[U] the language of the Tamils AAAilf ►Tamil adj. Tam-many Hall /.taemani 'hail/ noun
a dishonest political organization that had a lot of influence in
tam-o’shanter /.taema'Jaenta(r)/ noun a round hat
made of wool with a small ball made of wool in the centre, originally worn in
( )
tamp /tmmp/ verb [VN]
~ sth (down) to press sth down firmly, especially into a closed space ^; ’ JEE Tam-pax™ /'taempaeks/ noun
[C, U] [pi. Tam-pax) a type Of TAMPON RUM ( | )