Answer and Talk to

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Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

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Talk to is an antonym for answer.

Talk to verb - To communicate with by means of spoken words.

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Answer is an antonym for talk to in topics: suggestion, ask questions and evaluate.

If you talk to Jack Frost or Pyro Jack, you have the special answer "Mascots aren't scary".

Source: Video Game / Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
A character can talk to animals, and they (mostly) answer as if they, too, were human.

Source: Speaks Fluent Animal
Numerous times, she tries to go over and talk to him, but every answer from him tends to kill conversation.

Source: The Quiet One

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