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1 speak well of the dead
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2 speak
v. spreken; zeggen; uitdrukken; een speech geven; opmerken1 spreken ⇒ een toespraak/voordracht houden3 ken ⇒ toon geven, aanspreken♦voorbeelden:legally speaking • volgens de wetpersonally speaking • voor mijn partproperly speaking • in eigenlijke zinso to speak • (om) zo te zeggen, bij wijze van sprekenstrictly speaking • strikt genomenspeak out against something • zich tegen iets uitsprekenspeak out/up • duidelijk sprekenspeak up for someone/something • het voor iemand/iets opnemenspeak for someone • spreken voor/uit naam van iemandnothing to speak of • niets noemenswaard(ig)sspeak ill/well of someone/something • kwaad/gunstig spreken over iemand/ietsspeak to someone (about something) • iemand (om iets) aanspreken; iemand (over iets) aanspreken/aanpakken〈 telefoon〉 speaking! • spreekt u mee!could you speak up please • wat harder a.u.b.speak for something • iets bestellen/reserveren; van iets getuigen; een toespraak houden/pleiten voor 〈 ook figuurlijk〉speak to a subject • iets zeggen over een onderwerpI can speak to his having been here • ik kan bevestigen dat hij hier geweest isII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉1 (uit)spreken ⇒ zeggen, uitdrukken♦voorbeelden:speak one's mind • zijn mening zeggenit speaks volumes for his moderation • het spreekt boekdelen over zijn gematigdheidspeak the word! • zeg het maar!
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