名 （说出来的能够表达思想的声音， 或者把这种声音记录下来的文字） word，talk；动 （说； 谈） talk about，speak about，saying ；

[例句] 她简单几句话就杀了他的威风。 In a few words she had put him in his place.

[例句] 他话不多，很有礼貌，为人谦和。 He's a man of few words, very polite and unassuming.

have a dialogue or conversation，dialogue，conversation，talk，dialog ；

[例句] 他脑子里回顾了一遍他和史密斯的对话。 He re-ran in his mind his conversation with Smith.

[例句] 双方已经开始了对话，以增进两个社群间的彼此了解。 They have begun dialogues to promote better understanding between both communities.

telephone，phone，phone call，telephone system，telephony ；

[例句] 我拿起了电话，她知趣地进了客厅。 I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.

[例句] 我拿起电话，就听到这个声音：“喂？是艾利森吗？” I answered the phone and this voice went, "Hello? Is that Alison?"

conversation ，dialogue，[计]session，colloquy，dialog ；

[例句] 这门课的主要目的是提高英语会话能力。 The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English.

[例句] 她太轻率了, 她应该学会话出口前想一想. She's too hasty; she should learn to think before speaking.

conversation，talk，statement，chat，converse；

[例句] 妈妈,我们谈话时你不必陪着. Mommy, you don't need to stay while we talk.

[例句] 他谈话时，一架军用喷气式飞机在镇子上空呼啸而过。 As he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the town.

microphone，transmitter，speaking trumpet，megaphone，mike ；

[例句] 他对着手机话筒吼了一通信息。 He bellowed information into the mouthpiece of his portable telephone.

[例句] 布莱克把手绢包在话筒上，以使自己的声音听起来模糊不清。 Blake held his handkerchief over the mouthpiece to muffle his voice.

speak，talk，chat，gossip，speech ；

[例句] 玛丽亚正用儿语和小家伙说话。 Maria was talking baby talk to the little one.

[例句] “嗯，”他承认道，“我有时候说话的确有点吐字不清。” "Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."

malicious remarks，vicious talk，（不好听的话） unpleasant words，cuss，malediction ；

[例句] 格洛弗认为史密斯说他坏话，也许是出于嫉妒。 Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy.

[例句] 她似乎觉得说别人的坏话很难。 It seemed she found it difficult to speak ill of anyone.

mythology，myth，fairy tale，fable，mythos；

[例句] 在斯堪的纳维亚神话里，月亮被赋予了男性身份。 In Norse mythology the moon is personified as male.

[例句] 有关那喀索斯的神话故事在奥维德的作品中有过描述。 The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work.

speak，talk，speech，guide，address ；

[例句] “我们俩在同时讲话。”——“噢，抱歉。” "We're all talking at the same time." — "Yeah. Sorry."

[例句] 他不想刻意重复那种讲话的语调。 He is not attempting necessarily to reproduce the cadence of speech.

chat，chitchat，（不满意的话） complaint，（搬弄是非的话） gossip，claver ；

[例句] 一想到别人在背后说我闲话，我就很恼火。 It vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back.

[例句] “下面，闲话少说，让我来介绍一下我们的赞助人。” "And now, without further ado, let me introduce our benefactor."

lie，falsehood，flam，story ；

[例句] 我从未说过一句假话。 I have never uttered one word of untruth.

[例句] 从他的表情上你可以看出他在说假话。 You could see from his face that he was lying.

utterance ；

[例句] 音乐只是增强了她话语的力度。 Music is merely an enhancement to the power of her words.

[例句] 这种否认仅限于不接受对他所说话语的阐释。 The denial was limited to rejecting the construction put on his remarks.

jargon，cant，gammon and patter，jargoon，lingo ；

[例句] 他们的行话外人听不懂。 Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider.

[例句] 他谈话中使用的行话对我是一团迷雾。 The jargon in his talk was opaque to me.

empty talk，empty words，idle talk，hollow words，bosh ；

[例句] 他禁不住想所有这些不过是“画饼充饥”的空话而已。 He can't help thinking it's all just "pie in the sky" talk.

[例句] 盟军领导人说他们要的是行动，不是空话。 Allied military leaders have said they want actions, not words.

words uttered in one's sleep，somniloquy，daydream，nonsense，drool ；

[例句] 她祖母含混不清地说着梦话。 Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep.

[例句] 老通宝却不耐烦了,怒声喝道: “ 说什么梦话! 刚吃了两天老蚕 呢. " One more day? You're dreaming!'snapped the old man impatiently.

subject of a talk，topic of conversation，gambit，theme，topic ；

[例句] 在车里，她又提起了她最关心的话题。 In the car she reverted to the subject uppermost in her mind.

[例句] 这个话题最能让琼斯唠叨个没完。 Jones harps on this theme more than on any other.

joke，jest，jape；

[例句] 这笔交易看上去太诱人了，要是拒绝它简直是笑话。 The deal seems so attractive it would be ridiculous to say no.

[例句] 莫利笑话我糟糕的方向感。 Molly razzed me about my rotten sense of direction.

heed what an elder or superior says，be obedient，behave，tractable ；

[例句] 这位听话的纽约市市长听命于他。 The malleable mayor of New York was under his control.

[例句] 她哥哥很听话，她却调皮得多。 She was much naughtier than her compliant brother.

the written form of modern Chinese，vernacular，empty promise，groundless talk，colloquialism ；

[例句] 你在医院白话了一整天。 You natter all day long at the hospital.

[例句] 中国人在英语进修方面最弱的环节是英语听力以及英语白话,如同老牛拉慢车. Oral and listening are two weakest aspects of English learning in Dhina.