started talking, began to speak
トムは電話を取り、話し始めた。
Tom picked up the phone and started talking.
少ししてパパは犬の事を話し始めた
A little while later, Dad started talking about the dog.
— 落下の解剖学 (2023)
彼女はその犬に話し始めた。
She began talking to the dog.
エーラーズがうなずくと、彼は話し始めた。
When Ehlers nodded, he began to speak.
で、そこに連れて行かれたそして、話し始めたの?
So, were you taken there, and then did you start talking?
— バジュランギおじさんと、小さな迷子 (2015)
彼はますます雄弁に話し始めた。
He began to speak more and more eloquently.