TO SPEAK
- To speak for - to represent
He speaks for the group.
- To speak for oneself - to express one's point of view
Speak for yourself! The rest of us are in favor.
- To speak for itself - to be evident.
I don't need to say. The picture speaks for itself.
- To speak one's mind - to express one's opnion.
I didn't care and I spoke my mind over the situation.
- To speak out - to speak to everybody emphatically.
The Green Peace spoke out against violence.
- To speak up - to speak in loud voice.
Speak up! I can't hear you!
- To stutter = To stammer - to repeat the syllables when nervous.
He was so nervous he began to stutter "I-I-I have go-go-gone..."
- To whisper - to speak in low voice.
He whispered something in my ear.
- To mumble - to speak in a low voice but incomprehensible.
The drunk mumbled something nobody understood.
- To grumble - to complain, protest in low voice.
The teenager was grumbling because of his punishment.
- To gossip - to talk about other's lives.
Women love to gossip about other women.
- To slander = to defame - to destroy one's reputation
He slanders people whenever he has a chance.
- To praise - to express approval of a job, etc.
My boss praised my worked and gave me a raise.
TO SAY
- To go without saying - to be obvious
It goes without saying that the world is changing.
- To have a say in something - to have the right to give an opnion
How can I have a say in the matter if I don't even know what's about?
- To have one's say - to have opportunity to give an opnion
OK, you've had your say; now let's hear their opnion.
TO TELL
His sister was smoking and he told on her.
- To tell off - to reprimand
I told my brother off for denouncing me.
- To tell fortunes - to predict the future
Gypsies claim they can tell fortunes.
- To tell apart - to distinguish
They're identical twins, I can't tell them apart.
