Talk inconsequentially with religious teacher before start of term (6)
I believe the answer is:
rabbit
'talk inconsequentially' is the definition.
'rabbit' can be an answer for 'talk' (rabbit can informally mean to talk). I'm unsure of the 'inconsequentially' bit.
'religious teacher before start of term' is the wordplay.
'religious teacher' becomes 'rabbi' (Jewish teacher).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'start of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'term' is 't'.
'rabbi'+'t'='RABBIT'
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rabbit that I've seen before include "may be pulled out of Derby, perhaps" , "Burrowing creature" , "Updike's Harry Angstrom" , "Cony" , "Animal with hole" .)