Speeches

//ˈspiːt͡ʃɪz//

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locution manner of speaking monologue oral communication oration parlance soliloquy speech communication spoken communication spoken language talking to tongue voice communication words

malapropism manner of speaking meiosis message metaphor metonymy monologue nuncupative onomatopoeia oral oral communication oration oxymoron palaver paper paregmenon parenthesis parlance parley parol

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parole pep talk periphrasis peroration personal usage personification philippic phrase phraseology phrasing pitch pleonasm prattle prepared speech prepared text preterition prolepsis pronounced public speaking public speech question-and-answer session questioning rapping reading recital recitation regression repetition reply report response responsive rhetoric said sales pitch sales talk salutatory salutatory address sarcasm say screed sermon set speech simile similitude social intercourse song and dance sounded speaking speech circuit speech situation speechification speeching spiel spoken spoonerism syllepsis symploce synecdoche talk talkathon talkfest talking telepathic telepathy tirade tongue touch traffic transmissional trialogue truck two-way communication unwritten usage use of words usus loquendi utterance uttered valediction valedictory valedictory address verbal verbalization verbiage vernacular viva voce vocal vocalization vocalized voice voiced voiceful voicing wordage wording words zeugma

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Mr Kaifu is used to making speeches in public.

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So that Michelangelo might paint certain figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so that Shakespeare might write certain speeches and Keats his poems, it seemed to me worthwhile that countless millions should have lived and suffered and died.

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The guests listened to a number of speeches.

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Three students made short speeches and introduced themselves and their countries.

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