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speaker's actual words barrage loud-mouth inaccurate statement say or produce sth reluctantly clonal selection theory utter sth violently or forcefully say what you want to say quickly and concisely say sth in this way talkative tongue-in-cheek sotto voce snuffle talk in similitudes snap at sb speak to sb sharply and rudely talking pure unadulterated nonsense unctuous whom the English-speaking world, ie those parts where English is spoken as the first language speak in a rambling manner Don't talk boloney! speak coaxingly You do talk a load of crap! Marxist doctrine chemical coupling hypothesis fever accompanied with delirium I am sorry to say breakage and reunion hypothesis the marrow of his statement lisp libellous a keynote speech, ie one setting the tone for or introducing the theme of a meeting, etc speak perfect English speaking a particular language pointless a good preacher 100, or 99.8 to be precise100, prolix the English-speaking peoples novel parlance speak without pausing for breath, ie very quickly speak with considerable heat heed what sb says put sth forward as a hypothesis an illustrative quotation say or utter sth with difficulty a facile speaker speak with great fervour fluff one's lines in a play a ,foul-mouthed `child the President's inauguration speech written description of the exact responsibilities of a job cracking jokes with one's friends from the teeth forwards [outwards] keep a civil tongue His [Her] tongue failed him [her]. It used to be said that recover one's voice a wordy speaker lucus a non lucendo trichromatictheory Yes, I do. (No, I don't.) circumbendibus babble auricular auricular articulate barge chiliast brainwash biogenesis antinovel anthropopathy anthropocentric analogize analogise amorist clown equivocator drawl equivocator equivocate epicureanism dumb dithyramb darwinian copernican din din digress comparatively kinetic theory of heat gift of tongues a flying remark find it difficult to explain I fear fabulous heroes be found of gossip the (Holy) Grail kinetic theory of gases Better lose a jest than a friend. speak in an inward voice an incendiary speech in a word [short, a few words] feel impelled to speak calamity howler a thin story have no hesitation in saying be guilty of heresy a habitual liar explanation of symbols an emotive speech speak like a book Domesday Book boil forth anything else word came that without (saying) a word not mince (one's) words speak without book chest voice Chins are wagging. a doctrinal dispute foot-in-mouth disease basic filed descriptor describesb. as speak within compass add comments or explanations a chronic liar kinetic theory of matter That's a nice thing (to do, to say )! be temperate in one's language I'm telling you. I told you so. talking eyes talk at if (it is) otherwise stated spit it out native speaker speak [talk] sense Learn to say before you sing. have one's say so say l Well, I never (did)! foul [befoul] one's own nest Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. Do you mean to say ...? not (to) mince matters I like that ! sit light on give sb. the lie in his throat instruction leaflet to the lay mind unless otherwise noted the novels of Dickens the novelist Dickens rub in a rising novelist pull to pieces poll parrot a very matter-of-fact person Paul Bunyan speak with passion speak the same language sputter rasp quibble pun proverbially prevaricator predestination pornographer philosophize pettish obvert newspeak romancer rumble sententious sputter spout sportscast speechless speechless specifiable speaker sorry sneer snapper smarmy multilingual moan mechanistic harp gossipmonger gibber gibber gibber gallop

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