Encourage and Talk

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Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Talk and encourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Talk" instead a verb "Encourage".

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Talk verb - To give a formal often extended talk on a subject.

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Encourage and talk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Talk".

Nearby Words: talking, talkative, talker, talkie

friend	encourage friend	talk friend
character	encourage character	talk character
people	encourage people	talk people
peace	encourage peace	talk peace
Other words: someone, parents, rest, way, characters, language, anyone, everyone, daughter, women, girls.

Finally, after a pep-talk from Sheriff Tom and his dad, who encourage him to "be part of the nightmare", he manages to get Jay Hoffer, Jr.

Source: Film / The Big Green
The Pandion Knights in The Elenium encourage rumors of the various ways of making you talk that they have.

Source: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
If you have any sort of pre-existing friendship with the person threatening suicide (or are even just an acquaintance), it's generally better to try to talk to them and encourage them to talk to others, or to contact close friends of the person that can help.

Source: Useful Notes / Suicide

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