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talk at

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talk at someone
to say words at someone; to talk to someone in a desultory manner. You are just talking at her and she isn't paying attention. Talk to me, not at me. I want to communicate with you.
See also: talk


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That's what they do to you; they set you right down and they talk AT you.
Be sure you try on that small talk at the three at-homes.
Notwithstanding that the fact had been notorious beforehand to all the tea-drinkers, and had been discussed and expatiated on at every tea-drinking in the neighbourhood for the last twelve months, this official communication was no sooner made than they all began to talk at once and to vie with each other in vehemence and volubility.
 
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