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To tell (someone) step by step how to do something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The dispatcher will have to talk him through landing the plane in the middle of a hurricane!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: walk through
Antonyms: none provided
To comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'll talk him through the problem.
- She's utterly grief-stricken, so I'm going over to talk her through it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Polish:
tłumaczyć krok po kroku
— to tell someone step by step how to do something
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Polish:
wytłumaczyć krok po kroku
— to tell someone step by step how to do something
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Russian:
объяснять
(obʺjasnjatʹ)
— to tell someone step by step how to do something
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Spanish:
explicar detalladamente
— to tell someone step by step how to do something
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Spanish:
decir paso a paso
— to tell someone step by step how to do something
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Polish:
omawiać
— to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it
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Polish:
omówić
— to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it
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Polish:
przedyskutowywać
— to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it
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Polish:
przedyskutować
— to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it
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Russian:
поддерживать
(podderživatʹ)
— to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it
