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Ger vocab- Speech3

German vocab- Speaking: chatting, informal discourse and misc

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to praise so jdn loben
to honour so jdn ehren
to congratulate so jdn gratulieren
to criticise so jdn kritisieren
to moan, grumble, bitch schimpfen
to complain sich beklagen
to moan, complain klagen
to gossip schwatzen
gossipy schwatzhaft
to gossip/bitch (about so) (über jdn) klatschen
gossip/gossipy der Klatsch/klatschhaft
(a) gossip das Klatschmaul
to gossip, natter quatschen
to speak ill of so Schlechtes über jdn sagen, über jdn/von jdm schlecht sprechen
to mock so jdn verspotten
to tease so jdn hänseln
to make fun of so jdn veralbern
to blather, chatter, blab quatschen, schwatzen
talkative, garrulous schwatzhaft
to chit-chat plaudern
talkative gesprächig
to talk rubbish Blödsinn reden
to have the gift of the gab reden können
to keep up a patter ohne Unterbrechung reden
to chatter, blab plappern
to whisper (sth) (etw) flüstern
to make a slip of the tongue sich versprechen
to stutter stottern
to lisp lispeln
to take sth back etw zurücknehmen
to pronounce sth etw aussprechen
to suggest sth etw vorschlagen
to advise so to do sth jdm raten, etw zu tun
to enthuse about sth von jdm schwärmen
to pay tribute to so jdn würdigen
to glorify, praise so jdn verherrlichen
to congratulate so jdm beglückwünschen
to moan, bleat, whine meckern
to complain sich beschweren
to wail, moan jammern
to grumble, grouch brummen
to pour out one's sorrow/grief jdm sein Leid/seinen Kummer vorwerfen
to run so down/pull so to pieces über jdn herziehen
to pull so to pieves über jdn losziehen
to drag so's name through the mud jdsNamen mit Schmutz bewerfen
to malgn so's character jdn in Verruf bringen/jdm Übles nachsagen
to stir up hatred, say malicious things hetzen
to smear so gegen jdn hetzen
to make malicious remarks about so über jdn lästern
to mock so/make fun of so über jdn spotten
to gently mock/tease so über jdn spötteln
to mock, deride, ridicule so jdn verhöhnen
to make fun of so with sth jdn mit etw necken
to rib/tease so about sth jdn mit/wegen etw aufziehen
to go on/harp on about sth auf etw herumreiten
to ramble on about sth sich endlos über etw auslassen
to sweet-talk so jdn beschwatzen
sales patter die Verkaufsargumentation
to babble, mumble sth etw lallen
to babble sth etw labern
to make silly jokes blödeln
to mutter/mumble sth etw brabbeln/brummeln
to waffle, blather schwafeln
to remain silent stillschweigen
to express os sich ausdrücken
to be inarticularw sich schlecht ausdrücken können
to stammer stammeln
to spill the beans alles ausplaudern
to get straight to the point direkt/gleich zur Sache kommen
to confide in so sich jdm anvertrauen
to confide sth to so jdm etq anvertrauen
to give so a lecture jdm eine Strafpredigt halten
to butt in sich einmischen
to add sth etw hinzufügen
to persuade so to do sth jdn überreden, etw zu tun
to insist on sth auf etw bestehen
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