• C1 | Talking Verbs & Expressions
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  • He is always beating around the bush. It really gets on my nerves.
    To talk about lots of unimportant things because you want to avoid talking about what is really important.
  • It's hard to get a firm decision out of him - he's always going off on a tangent.
    To suddenly start talking or thinking about a completely new subject.
  • We could have talked the hind legs off a donkey. We had a lot in common.
    To talk without stopping for a long time.
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