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speak
verb▶ speak the real
to speak the truth, unpleasant as it might be US- — Ethan Hilderbrant, Prison Slang, p. 164, 1998
▶ speak the same language
to share a way of thinking about something UK, 1948- The style may be totally different, but [Ian] McCartney and [Peter] Mandelson are speaking the same language about Labour’s second term. — New Statesman, 14 May 2001
▶ speak white
to speak English US
Anglophone Canadian usage.- — p. 170, Summer/Winter 1978: “How to hate thy neighbor: a guide to racist maledicta”
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