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talking

/ˈtɔkɪŋ/ noun A1
  1. The action of the verb talk. (countable, uncountable)

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“Talking of Captain Leclere, has not Dantès given you a letter from him?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 7 · C1
Reynolds, either from pride or attachment, had evidently great pleasure in talking of her master and his sister.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 276 · B2
She’s been very naughty and I’ll have to give her a talking to about it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 66 · C1
But am I talking too much?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 19 · C1

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