talk about

parler de

Parler avec quelqu'un d'une personne, d'une chose ou d'un sujet précis.

En anglais simple : To speak with someone about a particular person, thing, or subject.

• We talk about school.
• They talked about their holiday yesterday.
• Can we talk about changing the plan?

Comment l'utiliser : talk about someone/something (We talked about our families.); talk about doing something (They talked about moving abroad.)

Synonymes : discuss, speak about

Expressions courantes : talk about something, talk about someone, talk about work

ça, pour être

Se dit pour souligner qu'une personne ou une chose illustre une qualité de façon particulièrement forte.

En anglais simple : You say this to show that someone or something is a very strong example of a quality.

• Talk about luck! I found my lost ring.
• He ignored every warning. Talk about careless!
• Talk about a mess! Who left all these dishes?

Comment l'utiliser : talk about + noun or adjective (Talk about expensive! That sandwich cost twenty pounds.)

Expressions courantes : talk about luck, talk about waste, talk about something

voilà ce que je voulais, ça, c'est bien

S'emploie pour montrer avec enthousiasme que quelque chose correspond exactement à ce qu'on voulait ou espérait.

En anglais simple : You use this expression to show that something is exactly what you wanted or hoped for.

• We won! That's what I'm talking about!
• Now that's what I'm talking about: a proper holiday.
• You fixed it perfectly. That's what I'm talking about.

Comment l'utiliser : that's what I'm talking about (Fresh bread and hot soup! That's what I'm talking about.)

Synonymes : that's more like it

Expressions courantes : what someone talk about, what I talk about

dire

Dire quelque chose, notamment pour rapporter les paroles de quelqu'un dans un récit familier.

En anglais simple : To say something, especially when repeating someone’s words in a casual story.

• She came in talking about, “Where is my dinner?”
• He kept talking about, “I did nothing wrong.”
• They were talking about, “We want our money back.”

Comment l'utiliser : talk about + quoted words (He was talking about, “Nobody told me!”)

Synonymes : say

Expressions courantes : talk about leaving, talk about something