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He said he had "never talked up the situation in Afghanistan, which is exceptionally serious" .

At the prodding of his neighbour, he talked up for a few second, and then lapsed to a whisper again.

He talked up the amount of foreign investment into Russia, even though he admitted that most of it was in the energy sector.

Senior officials talked up China's importance and leverage over the United States and avoided any actions that could antagonize Beijing.

There, the two talked up the two nation's cooperation in combating Somali pirates, but that wasn't the real point of the meeting.

Sceptics argue that the dangers are being talked up by those eager to be hired to help.

Earlier today, Disney's CEO talked up the resiliency of his business.

Terry took down email addresses, and Natalie and I talked up the crowd.

At first, Robinson was doubtful about Obama because he had been talked up by so many others in the company.

Charlie Whelan, Mr Brown's seasoned former press secretary and now a senior trade-union official, has publicly talked up a snap election.

Now the government has come to its senses. The prime minister has talked up the benefits of open labour markets.

All people talked up at the meeting to find out an effective measure to make the company gain more.

After September 11th the White House talked up American power to an extraordinary degree.

"Yes! " agreed another. Everyone chattered excitedly as they talked up this perfect plan.

Standard Chartered's bigger rival, HSBC Holdings PLC, has also talked up its interest in a Shanghai listing when the rules allow.

The Expo has been talked up here as another grand event, like the Olympics.

At the same time, the organisation also talked up high-speed internet services to sceptical residents, creating demand where it was slack.

Governments and businesses alike have talked up their commitments to sustainability in recent years.

In this spirit Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin's press secretary, recently talked up Leonid Brezhnev as a "huge plus" for the country.

When the credit crunch began last summer, they were talked up as the new "havens" .

Soldiers talked up the threat to get bigger budgets and more sophisticated weapons.

I'm sure he talked up my skills to his boss to make him sure he hired me.

The more it talked up AIA, the more attractive the asset seemed to everybody else.

Moore has talked up the area to Hollywood pals.

But in the past week, several Fed governors have talked up more hawkish options.

The committee talked up late last night.

This dictionary was talked up by the students.

I am relaxed over window, jumped on the ceiling, and the car several classmates talked up.

I sat in the back seat and they talked up front.

I liked the way he talked up at dinner.

she peeped me at my home, talked up on the phone