āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
talk down
/tËÉËk dËaĘn/
to talk down
[phrase form: talk]
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āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž, āϤā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž
to speak to someone in a way that suggests they are inferior or less intelligent than the speaker
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's not professional to talk down to clients, regardless of the situation.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻ āĻšā§āĻ āύāĻž āĻā§āύ, āĻā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to describe someone or something in a way that makes them seem less good or important
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She knew how to skillfully talk down the importance of the event to avoid stress.
āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύāϤā§āύāĨ¤
03
āϞā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĄ āĻāϰā§āύ, āϰā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϞā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ
to control an airplane's landing, using radio communication
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The automated system was able to talk down the drone to the designated landing spot.
āϏā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϰā§āύāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϞā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻĒāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻāϰ āĻāώāĻžāĻāώāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻžāύā§
to convince someone to reduce the cost of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They successfully talked the supplier down on the bulk purchase cost.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻĢāϞāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻšāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϞā§āĻ āĻā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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