hold a conversation

Nor from then on did he hold much conversation with Tom or any others in the party.

This is the only place, you know, where I can hold a private conversation with one of my boys.

In any case, she couldn't have held a conversation there.

With some regular practice you can get well enough to hold a conversation within a few months.

Can you hold a conversation or listen to the radio?

She's getting better at speech now, and hold a conversation, but she doesn't understand some things.

He could hold a conversation, on local issues at least, and was willing to listen up to a point.

This pair moved toward the front room to hold a short conversation.

"I don't desire to hold a private conversation with you on the subject of my daughter."

Not that she actually needed another's physical presence to hold conversations.