S: (v) talk, speak (exchange thoughts; talk with) "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
S: (v) continue, go on, carry on, proceed (continue talking) "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
S: (v) hold forth, discourse, dissertate (talk at length and formally about a topic) "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
S: (v) pontificate (talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner) "The new professor always pontificates"