speak

Related to speak: speakeasy
See:
  • (something) speaks for itself
  • actions speak louder than words
  • as we speak
  • as we speak, (even)
  • at great length
  • be swift to hear, slow to speak
  • Can I speak to (one)?
  • Can I speak to ? Go to Could I speak to
  • Could I speak to?
  • don't speak ill of the dead
  • doublespeak
  • even as we speak
  • have a forked tongue
  • Honest to goodness
  • I'd like to speak to
  • I'd like to speak to (someone)
  • I'd like to speak to (someone), please
  • in earnest
  • it speaks well for
  • know whereof (one) speaks
  • know whereof one speaks
  • May I speak to (one)?
  • May I speak to ? Go to Could I speak to
  • never speak ill of the dead
  • no something/nothing/not anything to speak of
  • not anything to speak of
  • not much to speak of
  • not to mention
  • not to speak of
  • nothing to speak of
  • out of turn
  • say piece
  • see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
  • so to speak
  • speak (one's) language
  • speak (one's) mind
  • speak (one's) piece
  • speak a mile a minute
  • speak about
  • speak about (someone or something)
  • speak against
  • speak against (someone or something)
  • speak as (one) finds
  • speak as you find
  • speak by the card
  • speak daggers
  • speak down to
  • speak down to (one)
  • speak for
  • speak for (one)
  • speak for (oneself)
  • speak for itself
  • speak for itself/themselves
  • speak for myself, himself, etc.
  • speak for yourself
  • speak from
  • speak from (something)
  • speak from experience
  • speak from the/(one's) heart
  • speak highly of
  • speak highly of (someone or something)
  • speak highly of somebody
  • speak ill of
  • speak ill of (someone or something)
  • speak in circles
  • speak in tongues
  • Speak it!
  • speak language
  • speak mind
  • speak of
  • speak of the devil
  • speak of the devil, and he appears
  • speak of the devil, and he is sure to appear
  • speak of the devil, and he shall appear
  • speak of the devil, and he will appear
  • speak off the cuff
  • speak off-the-cuff
  • speak on
  • speak on (something)
  • speak one's mind
  • speak one's mind, to
  • speak one's piece
  • speak out
  • speak out of both sides of (one's) mouth
  • speak out of both sides of your mouth
  • speak out of turn
  • speak sense
  • speak softly and carry a big stick
  • speak someone’s language
  • speak the same language
  • speak the same language, to
  • speak to
  • speak too soon
  • speak up
  • speak up for
  • speak up for (one)
  • speak volumes
  • speak volumes, to
  • speak well for
  • speak with
  • speak with (someone or something)
  • speak with a forked tongue
  • speak with a plum in (one's) mouth
  • speak with forked tongue
  • speak with one voice
  • speak your mind
  • speak/talk of the devil
  • speak/talk the same/a different language
  • speak/think ill of somebody
  • talk down to
  • talk in riddles
  • the facts speak for themselves
  • think ill of (someone or something)
  • to speak of
  • upspeak
  • Who do you want to speak to?
  • Who do you want?
  • Who do you wish to speak to?
  • With whom do you wish to speak?
  • you shouldn't speak ill of the dead
References in classic literature
"In the absence of your letters, have you any one in London who can speak to your identity?"
"The clothes your ladyship speaks of," she said, "were the clothes of another woman.
The New Magdalen
My doubts--or to speak more correctly, my convictions--were confirmed by Miss Halcombe's language and manner when I saw her again later in the day.
The Woman in White
It is so that she would speak to you herself, and in her name it is that I speak now.'
The Old Curiosity Shop
It was only a few years before that time that any white man in the audience might have claimed me as his slave; and it was easily possible that some of my former owners might be present to hear me speak.
I knew, too, that this was the first time in the entire history of the Negro that a member of my race had been asked to speak from the same platform with white Southern men and women on any important National occasion.
Up From Slavery
"Have you a hut near by, O Chief Bulalio, foe of Dingaan the king, where I, the mouth of the king, may speak with you a while apart, for I would learn your message word by word that I may deliver it without fault.
Now Dingaan, whose shadow lies upon the land, the king whom I serve, and who sits in the place of the Black One who is gone, speaks to you by me, his mouth.
Nada The Lily
"Hear me," he said, "Trojans, Dardanians, and allies, that I may speak even as I am minded.
He then sat down and Alexandrus husband of lovely Helen rose to speak. "Antenor," said he, "your words are not to my liking; you can find a better saying than this if you will; if, however, you have spoken in good earnest, then indeed has heaven robbed you of your reason.
Iliad
With difficulty however could she prevent her from following him herself; and to persuade her to check her agitation, to wait, at least, with the appearance of composure, till she might speak to him with more privacy and more effect, was impossible; for Marianne continued incessantly to give way in a low voice to the misery of her feelings, by exclamations of wretchedness.
Sense and Sensibility
She made her plan; she would speak of something totally differentthe children in Brunswick Square; and she only waited for breath to begin, when Mr.
Emma
She saw all these perils -- and still the cruel courage to face the worst, and speak, was as far from her as ever.
No Name
I took the opportunity of her being from home, to beg to speak to you."
Tale Of Two Cities
And let him be sure to leave other men, their turns to speak. Nay, if there be any, that would reign and take up all the time, let him find means to take them off, and to bring others on; as musicians use to do, with those that dance too long galliards.
The Essays