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I'm doing an exercise where I need to complete a sentence, I got this sentence

> 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に..............たくありません

is :

> 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒にもう話したくありません

a correct answer ? I don't know if I understood the sentence correctly but
does the sentence with my answer means "Because Tanaka is mean, I don't want
to talk with him anymore"? At least that's what I aimed with that answer but
I'm really concerned about the use of `一緒に` in that sentence, I know that
`一緒に` means "together" and is used to modify an action verb as in “do
something together”, but in this sentence `一緒に..............たくありません` it's "me"
who don't want to do the action with him so why using `一緒に` if someone can
make it more clear for me it would be nice.

ありがとう :)
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Is this a correct answer
Yes, if two people try to talk to you simultaneously, that's 一緒に話す.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rwMGU.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rwMGU.png)

But if there are only two people chatting, that's also 一緒に話す, although 一緒に is
redundant.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AlkV0.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AlkV0.png)

So your sentence feels a bit redundant but is not wrong. If you can choose an
arbitrary verb, how about 一緒にいたくありません?
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> 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に **もう話し** たくありません

Your answer is nearly correct, but not perfect. If the exercise were not
conditional, you could say like this with the same meaning "Because Tanaka is
mean, I don't want to talk with him anymore" with using the same words:

> 田中さんはいじわるだから、もう一緒に話したくありません

but, the following sentence is the correct answer:

> 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に **話し** たくありません

Generally the ideal answer is the answer that is shown in naruto's answer as

> 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に **い** たくありません

Next,

> ...but I'm really concerned about the use of 一緒に in that sentence, I know
> that 一緒に means "together" and is used to modify an action verb as in “do
> something together”, but in this sentence 一緒に..............たくありません it's "me"
> who don't want to do the action with him so why using 一緒に...

The sentence of the exercise

> 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に..............たくありません

is the short form of

> 田中さんはいじわるだから、 **私は田中さんと** 一緒に..............たくありません

If you omit the conditional clause "田中さんはいじわるだから", it becomes as

> 私は田中さんと一緒に..............たくありません

I know you understand the meaning as

> I don't want to do something together with Tanaka.

Now I know you got it.

You can fill the blank with varous correct answers besides "話｛はな｝し" and "い",
like:

>   * 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に「遊｛あそ｝び」たくありません
>   * 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に「泳｛およ｝ぎ」たくありません
>   * 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に「食｛た｝べ」たくありません
>   * 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に「遊｛あそ｝びに行｛い｝き」たくありません
>   * 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に「泳｛およ｝ぎに行｛い｝き」たくありません
>   * 田中さんはいじわるだから、一緒に「食｛た｝べに行｛い｝き」たくありません  
>
>
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