1. speak for oneself : 为自己辩护, 发表个人意见, 说自己的事；
2. speak well of : 说...好话；
3. speak highly of : 赞扬；
4. speak out : 大胆地说；
5. speak to : 对...说话, 说到, 责备, 证明；
6. so to speak : 可以这么说, 打个譬喻说；
7. speak well for : 证明...很好；
8. speak up : 更大声地说, 大胆说出, 无保留地说出；
9. speak of : 谈到..., 论及...；
10. not to speak of : 更不用说；
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1. 说话;讲话
When you speak, you use your voice in order to say something.
1. express in speech
e.g. She talks a lot of nonsense
This depressed patient does not verbalize
Synonym: talkuttermouthverbalizeverbalise
2. exchange thoughts
talk with
e.g. We often talk business
Actions talk louder than words
Synonym: talk
3. use language
e.g. the baby talks already
the prisoner won't speak
they speak a strange dialect
Synonym: talk
4. give a speech to
e.g. The chairman addressed the board of trustees
Synonym: address
5. make a characteristic or natural sound
e.g. The drums spoke