Reply
Reply verb - To act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence).
Talking to is an antonym for reply.
Talking to
Talking to noun - A lengthy rebuke.
Reply is an antonym for talking to in ask questions and evaluate topic.
Both terms in one sentence
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One of Jimmy Carr's gags, when either talking to a sexually adventurous woman in the audience or as a reply to an audience member whistling at him.
Source: Bathe Her and Bring Her to Me -
Talking to inanimate objects will also, at least once, elicit a reply!
Source: What the Hell, Player? - The Laputan intellectuals in Gulliver's Travels, depicted as so wrapped up in their thoughts that they had servants to alert them when someone was talking to them, when someone was expecting a reply from them, when they were in danger of bumping into something, etc.
Source: TV Genius
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