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What (who) is I Don't Speak the Language - definition
I Don't Speak the Language
1983 DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM BY MATTHEW WILDER
I Don't Speak the Language is the debut album by Matthew Wilder. It was released in 1983 on Private-I/Epic, and is notable for the hit single "Break My Stride".
speak
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Speak (disambiguation); SPEAK; Speak (song); Speak (album); SPEAK (disambiguation); Speak (novel)
<i>v.i>
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) (<i>Di>; <i>intr.i>) ('to talk') to speak about, of (to speak about politics)
3) (<i>di>; <i>intr.i>) to speak for ('to be a spokesperson for') (she spoke for all of us; who will speak for the accused?)
4) (<i>di>; <i>intr.i>) ('to talk') to speak from (to speak from the heart; to speak from experience)
5) (<i>di>; <i>intr.i>) ('to converse') to speak in (they were speaking in English; more <i>usu.i> is: they were speaking English)
6) (<i>di>; <i>intr.i>) to speak to ('to address') (she spoke to the crowd; to speak to the subject; to speak to the question on the agenda; don't speak to him)
7) (<i>Di>; <i>intr.i>) ('to converse') to speak to, with (she spoke to me about several things; I spoke with them for an hour)
8) (<i>misc.i>) to speak well of smb. ('to praise smb.'); to speak ill of smb. ('to criticize smb.'); it speaks for itself ('it is self-evident'); roughly speaking ('approximately'); strictly speak ('in concrete terms')
speak
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Speak (disambiguation); SPEAK; Speak (song); Speak (album); SPEAK (disambiguation); Speak (novel)
(speaks, speaking, spoke, spoken)
<i>Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.i>
1.
When you speak, you use your voice in order to say something.
He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him...
I rang the hotel and spoke to Louie...
She says she must speak with you at once...
She cried when she spoke of Oliver.
...as I spoke these idiotic words.
<i><i>VERBi>: <i>Vi>, <i>Vi> i>to/with<i> <i>ni>, <i>Vi> i>to/with<i> <i>ni>, <i>Vi> i>of/about<i> <i>ni>, <i>Vi> <i>ni>i>
• spoken
...a marked decline in the standards of written and spoken English in Britain.
<i><i>ADJi>: <i>ADJi> <i>ni>i>
2.
When someone speaks to a group of people, they make a speech.
When speaking to the seminar Mr Franklin spoke of his experience, gained on a recent visit to Trinidad...
He's determined to speak at the Democratic Convention...
The President spoke of the need for territorial compromise.
<i><i>VERBi>: <i>Vi> i>to<i> <i>ni>, <i>Vi>, <i>Vi> i>of<i> <i>ni>i>
3.
If you speak for a group of people, you make their views and demands known, or represent them.
He said it was the job of the Church to speak for the underprivileged...
I speak for all 7,000 members of our organization...
<i><i>VERBi>: <i>Vi> i>for<i> <i>ni>, <i>Vi> i>for<i> <i>ni>i>
4.
If you speak a foreign language, you know the language and are able to have a conversation in it.
He doesn't speak English...
<i><i>VERBi>: <i>Vi> <i>ni>i>
5.
People sometimes mention something that has been written by saying what the author speaks of.
Throughout the book Liu speaks of the abuse of Party power...
St Paul speaks of the body as the 'temple of the Holy Spirit'.
<i><i>VERBi>: <i>Vi> i>of<i> <i>ni>, <i>Vi> i>of<i> <i>ni> i>as<i> <i>ni>i>
6.
If two people are not speaking, they no longer talk to each other because they have quarrelled.
He is not speaking to his mother because of her friendship with his ex-wife...
The co-stars are still not speaking.
<i><i>V-RECIPi>: with <i>negi>, <i>Vi> i>to<i> <i>ni>, <i>pl-ni> <i>Vi>i>
7.
If you say that something speaks for itself, you mean that its meaning or quality is so obvious that it does not need explaining or pointing out.
...the figures speak for themselves-low order books, bleak prospects at home and a worsening outlook for exports...
<i><i>VERBi>: no <i>conti>, <i>Vi> i>for<i> <i>pron-refli>i>
8.
9.
If you say 'Speak for yourself' when someone has said something, you mean that what they have said is only their opinion or applies only to them. (INFORMAL)
'We're not blaming you,' Kate said. 'Speak for yourself,' Boris muttered.
<i><i>CONVENTIONi>i>
10.
If a person or thing is spoken for or has been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.
She'd probably drop some comment about her 'fiance' into the conversation so that he'd think she was already spoken for...
<i><i>PHRASEi>: <i>Vi> <i>inflectsi>i>
11.
Nothing to speak of means 'hardly anything' or 'only unimportant things'.
They have no weaponry to speak of...
'Any fresh developments?'-'Nothing to speak of.'
<i><i>PHRASEi>: <i>ni> <i>PHRi>, with <i>brd-negi>i>
12.
If you speak well of someone or speak highly of someone, you say good things about them. If you speak ill of someone, you criticize them.
Both spoke highly of the Russian president...
It seemed she found it difficult to speak ill of anyone.
<i><i>PHRASEi>: <i>Vi> <i>inflectsi>, <i>PHRi> <i>ni>i>
13.
You use so to speak to draw attention to the fact that you are describing or referring to something in a way that may be amusing or unusual rather than completely accurate.
I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak...
<i><i>PHRASEi>: <i>PHRi> with <i>cli>i>
14.
If you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them.
For a long time her mother and her grandmother had hardly been on speaking terms.
<i><i>PHRASEi>: <i>usui> <i>v-linki> <i>PHRi>, <i>ofti> <i>PHRi> i>with<i> <i>ni>i>
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