could+you+speak

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• speak — W1S1 [spi:k] v past tense spoke [spəuk US spouk] past participle spoken [ˈspəukən US ˈspou ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in conversation)¦ 2¦(say words)¦ 3¦(language)¦ 4¦(formal speech)¦ 5¦(express ideas/opinions)¦ 6 so to speak 7 speak your mind …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• speak — /spi:k/ verb past tense spoke past participle spoken 1 IN CONVERSATION (intransitive always + adv/prep) to talk to someone about something or have a conversation: speak to sb about sth: I intend to speak to the manager about the way I have been… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• speak up — verb a) To talk more loudly or plainly. Could you speak up? I cant hear you. b) To make oneself or ones opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself. I feel that somebody has to speak up for those oppressed by the system …   Wiktionary

• speak - talk — Speak and talk have very similar meanings, but there are some differences in the ways in which they are used. When you mention that someone is using his or her voice to produce words, you usually say that they are speaking. He hadn t looked at me …   Useful english dictionary

• could — [[t]kəd, STRONG kʊd[/t]] ♦ (Could is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. Could is sometimes considered to be the past form of can, but in this dictionary the two words are dealt with separately.) 1) MODAL You use could to… …   English dictionary

• speak — verb 1 have a conversation ADVERB ▪ briefly ▪ We spoke briefly on the phone. ▪ at length ▪ hardly ▪ Ben hardly spoke to me all evening …   Collocations dictionary

• could — /kʊd / (say kood), weak form /kəd/ (say kuhd) verb (modal) 1. past tense of can1: he could speak Chinese; I couldn t help overhearing; they said we could go. 2. (referring to a potential event or situation): you could do it if you tried; her… …  

• you could hear a pin drop — mainly spoken phrase used for emphasizing how quiet a place is when no one is talking As the audience waited for him to speak, you could have heard a pin drop. Thesaurus: silent and silencesynonym describing loud and noisy soundssynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• You had an option, sir — (sometimes remembered as You had a choice, sir) was a phrase used by Brian Mulroney against John Turner during the English language leaders debate in the 1984 Canadian federal election. The exchange is considered one of the great knockout blows… …   Wikipedia

• -speak — George Orwell s term Newspeak, used in his novel Nineteen Eighty Four to describe a sinister language used for official communications, gave the English speaking world a new suffix that could be used to form terms for any special mode of speaking …   Modern English usage

• you cannot have your cake and eat it — You cannot consume or spend something and still keep possession of it: once the cake is eaten, it is gone. The positions of have and eat are often reversed. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. ix. L2 I trowe ye raue, Wolde ye bothe eate your …   Proverbs new dictionary