We use the expression to clown around when we talk about someone playing tricks and making jokes.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

You will listen to them when they have a problem they need to talk about.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

When people talk about lupus, they usually mean the systemic form of the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

"When we talk about sukuk, we don't guarantee a certain return."

VOA: special.2009.12.11

"They are going to work together in order to achieve the goals of the world -- that really, when you talk about the G20, you are talking about nineteen countries plus the E.U.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

"It was pretty much of a shock when I got here. I mean,if you're going to talk to some of your friends about some of the stuff you saw -- and you can't describe the smells, the feeling of the heat on your body and the sweat running down your back.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

"The Iraq war contaminated democracy promotion, so that when you talk about democracy promotion in the region, people think invasion."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Second,law enforcement has to have a seat at the table when we talk about what to do next.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

The president plans to talk about credit card reform on Thursday (5/14), when he hosts a question-and-answer forum in the Southwestern city of Albuquerque,New Mexico.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

"When,in the context of Iran, you talk about the rise in the price of gas, you will see the impact of that on everything else, and I mean everything: not only transportation, but also production or presentation of tomatoes in the market,bread.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23