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    talk back

    US /tɔk bæk/

    ・

    UK /tɔ:k bæk/

    A1
    phr.Phrase
    phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo reply rudely or disrespectfully.
    Don't talk back to your mother!

    Video subtitles

    Jimmy Kimmel's FULL INTERVIEW with President George W. Bush

    19:17Jimmy Kimmel's FULL INTERVIEW with President George W. Bush
    • Well, dogs don't really talk back to you.

      Well, dogs don't really talk back to you.

    • >> DOGS DON'T REALLY TALK BACK

      >> DOGS DON'T REALLY TALK BACK

    A2

    Hooking Up With a P*%# Star

    06:04Hooking Up With a P*%# Star
    • Freeze! Hands where I can see them, young lady. Seriously? You have the right to remain beautiful. You strike me as more of a mall cop. You do not talk back to the teacher.

      Freeze! Hands where I can see them, young lady. Seriously? You have the right to remain beautiful. You strike me as more of a mall cop. You do not talk back to the teacher.

    A2

    Every dad...

    00:59Every dad...
    • I don't know because uh Hey, it's been 15 minutes turn it off dad, please just five more minutes when I was your age I couldn't talk back and five minutes was my lunch break.

      I don't know because uh Hey, it's been 15 minutes turn it off dad, please just five more minutes when I was your age I couldn't talk back and five minutes was my lunch break.

    • Okay, five minutes playtime is over go to work, but dad no no no shut don't talk back You never talk back to me.

      Okay, five minutes playtime is over go to work, but dad no no no shut don't talk back You never talk back to me.

    A1

    Speak English Daily Without a Partner | English Fluency (Upper-Intermediate) | English Podcast B2 C1

    13:35Speak English Daily Without a Partner | English Fluency (Upper-Intermediate) | English Podcast B2 C1
    • Instead, talk back to it.

      Instead, talk back to it.

    • Instead, talk back to it.

      Instead, talk back to it.

    A2

    after few years

    05:23after few years
    • And so I would always talk back to my dad in a rebellious tone, saying like, "So you're going to a top university.

      And so I would always talk back to my dad in a rebellious tone, saying like, "So you're going to a top university.

    • And so I would always talk back to my dad in a rebellious tone saying like...

      And so I would always talk back to my dad in a rebellious tone saying like...

    A2

    Clay Shirky 談論社交媒體如何創造歷史 (中英雙字幕)

    15:48Clay Shirky 談論社交媒體如何創造歷史 (中英雙字幕)
    • The audience can talk back.

      The audience can talk back.

    • The audience can talk back.

      The audience can talk back.

    B1

    Marine's New Vehicle Designed to Defeat China

    18:42Marine's New Vehicle Designed to Defeat China
    • It means that it needs to be able to talk back to the ships located beyond line of sight.

      It means that it needs to be able to talk back to the ships located beyond line of sight.

    • It means that it needs to be able to talk back to the ships located beyond line of sight.

      It means that it needs to be able to talk back to the ships located beyond line of sight.

    B2

    Part 1 - Anne of Green Gables Audiobook by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Chs 01-10)

    07:54Part 1 - Anne of Green Gables Audiobook by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Chs 01-10)
    • There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back--unless it is a

      There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back--unless it is a

    B1

    Simultaneous vs. Consecutive Interpreting ┃ ASL Stew

    06:20Simultaneous vs.  Consecutive Interpreting ┃ ASL Stew
    • So pause, interpret, pause, talk, back and forth, and so forth.

      So pause, interpret, pause, talk, back and forth, and so forth.

    • I interpret. So pause, interpret, pause talk, back and forth.

      I interpret. So pause, interpret, pause talk, back and forth.

    B1

    Rich Girl vs Poor Girl (Social Experiment)

    05:29Rich Girl vs Poor Girl (Social Experiment)
    • People constantly were looking at me and staring at me and interacting with me, and I would ask them and they would actually talk back to me when I was like, "Spare change?"

      People constantly were looking at me and staring at me and interacting with me, and I would ask them and they would actually talk back to me when I was like, "Spare change?"

    • Interacting with me and I would ask them and they would actually talk back to me when I was like spare change

      Interacting with me and I would ask them and they would actually talk back to me when I was like spare change

    A2