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stick one's neck outGamble or venture when odds for success are slim! Step-up, speak up, while still a novitiate, inexperienced and possessing no 'savvy' in a particular venture.Rate it:

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subito, ex tempore (opp. ex praeparato) dicereto speak extempore.Rate it:

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talk a good gameTo speak emphatically and at length about one's ability, intentions, or achievements, without yet producing any clear evidence or actual results.Rate it:

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talk a mile a minuteTo speak quickly or excessively.Rate it:

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talk atTo speak with without truly listening to their response or interacting meaningfully.Rate it:

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talk atTo speak with; to have a conversation with.Rate it:

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talk downTo speak condescendingly or as though the listener is inferior.Rate it:

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talk down toTo speak to another person in a demeaning or patronising way.Rate it:

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talk of the devilAlternative form of speak of the devil.Rate it:

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talk out one's assTo speak authoritatively on a subject which one actually knows little about; to exaggerate.Rate it:

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talk pastTo talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.Rate it:

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talk softly and carry a big stickAlternative form of speak softly and carry a big stick.Rate it:

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talk the talkSpeak like an expert, claim to be knowledgeable about something.Rate it:

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talk through one's hatTo speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts.Rate it:

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tell offTo speak to someone rudely, disrespectfully or angrily; to berate; to unleash one's fury verbally towards someone.Rate it:

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the rain in spain stays mainly in the plainEnglish people use this phrase to try to "correct" people's accents to speak what they like to call "proper" English by changing the way words in this sentence are pronounced.Rate it:

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to know and not to do is not to knowWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "Your actions speak so loudly that your words I cannot hear"Rate it:

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tongue-tiedhaving difficulty expressing yourself i.e. when you are nervous or embarrassed; an inability to speak; a condition you are in when you are at a loss for words; when you try to speak and the words get misspoken; NOT to be confused with "tongue-tie" or Ankyloglossia, which is a physical dental/mouth condition that makes speech difficult (among other symptoms)Rate it:

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turn the air blueTo speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear.Rate it:

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ut ita dicamso to speak (used to modify a figurative expression).Rate it:

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velle aliquem (Plaut. Capt. 5. 2. 24)to wish to speak to some one.Rate it:

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verba facere (de aliqua re, apud aliquem)to speak on a subject.Rate it:

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verum dicere, profiterito speak the truth, admit the truth.Rate it:

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você fala portuguêsDo you speak Portuguese?Rate it:

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vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)to speak, utter a sound.Rate it:

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vous avez la paroleIt is your turn to speak.Rate it:

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waste breathTo speak in a manner which is needless or futile; in discussion or argument to make points which are not appreciated or heeded.Rate it:

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wax poeticTo speak or write verbosely and in an increasingly enthusiastic manner; any discourse which is of an eloquent or poetic nature; similar to ‘wax lyrical’Rate it:

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wenn man vom Teufel sprichtspeak of the devilRate it:

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whistle in the darkTo speak of something despite having little knowledge of it.Rate it:

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woman of few wordsA woman who either does not speak much or speaks only for a brief period of time.Rate it:

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yo no hablo españolI don't speak SpanishRate it:

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yo no hablo inglésI don't speak EnglishRate it:

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вы говорите по-английскиdo you speak English?Rate it:

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вы говорите по-русскиdo you speak Russian?Rate it:

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кто-нибудь здесь говорит по-английскиdoes anyone here speak English?Rate it:

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ты говоришь по-английскиdo you speak English?Rate it:

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ты говоришь по-русскиdo you speak Russian?Rate it:

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я говорю по-английскиI speak English.Rate it:

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я не говорю по-английскиI don't speak EnglishRate it:

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я не говорю по-русскиI don't speak RussianRate it:

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я не разговариваю по-английскиI don't speak EnglishRate it:

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я не разговариваю по-русскиI don't speak RussianRate it:

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אני לא מדבר אנגליתI don't speak EnglishRate it:

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אני לא מדבר עבריתI don't speak HebrewRate it:

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אני לא מדברת אנגליתI don't speak EnglishRate it:

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אני לא מדברת עבריתI don't speak HebrewRate it:

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我不會說普通話I don't speak MandarinRate it:

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