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  • 41speak of the devil! — If you are talking about someone and they happen to walk in, you can use this idiom as a way of letting them know you were talking about them …

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  • 42speak — /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… …

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  • 43speak — [[t]spi͟ːk[/t]] ♦ speaks, speaking, spoke, spoken 1) VERB When you speak, you use your voice in order to say something. He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him... He speaks with a lisp... [V to/with n] I rang the h …

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  • 44speak — v. 1) ( to talk ) to speak bluntly, candidly, frankly, freely; coherently; correctly; fluently; glibly; incorrectly; irresponsibly; loudly; openly; politely; quickly, rapidly; quietly, softly; responsibly; rudely; slowly; truthfully 2) (D; intr.) …

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  • 45Speak Now — This article is about the album. For the song, see Speak Now (song). Speak Now Studio album by Taylor Swift …

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  • 46Speak (artist) — Infobox musical artist Name = Speak Background = solo singer Img capt = Birth name = Tamás Deák (Tom Deak [ [http://index.hu/gal/?dir=0601/velvet/speak/ Index.hu Képek Speak ] ] ) Alias = Speak Born = birth date and age|1976|5|31 Budapest,… …

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  • 47They Liked You Better When You Were Dead — Infobox Album Name = They Liked You Better When You Were Dead Type = Studio Album Artist = Fightstar Released = flagicon|United Kingdom February 28, 2005 flagicon|United States April 12, 2006 Recorded = 2004 Genre = Length = 25:39 / 38:06 (US… …

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  • 48Speak Mandarin Campaign — The Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC; zh sp|s=讲华语运动|p=jiǎng huáyǔ yùndòng)is an initiative by the government of Singapore to encourage Singapore s Singaporean Chinese population to speak Mandarin, one of the four official languages of Singapore. The… …

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  • 49speak — verb 1 have a conversation ADVERB ▪ briefly ▪ We spoke briefly on the phone. ▪ at length ▪ hardly ▪ Ben hardly spoke to me all evening …

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  • 50Speak No Evil — This article is about the Wayne Shorter album. For the Flora Purim album, see Speak No Evil (Flora Purim album). For the episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot, see List of My Life as a Teenage Robot episodes. For the adage, see See no evil, hear… …

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