"speak" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

speak verbo

speak + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 7
opportunity to speak • ability to speak • chance to speak • mouth to speak • right to speak • ...
verbo + speak
Kolokacji: 68
begin speaking • stop speaking • start speaking • refuse to speak • decline to speak • invited to speak • learn to speak • finish speaking • ...
speak + preposición
Kolokacji: 67
speak to • speak with • speak about • speak out • speak up • speak through • ...
speak + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 413
generally speak • speak softly • speak directly • strictly speak • speak quietly • speak publicly • speak slowly • speak aloud • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 104
(3) directly, immediately
Kolokacji: 2
(14) calmly, casually, coolly
Kolokacji: 3
(15) sharply, crisply
Kolokacji: 2
(17) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(21) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(23) later, afterward
Kolokacji: 2
(24) ill, poorly
Kolokacji: 2
(27) properly, rightly
Kolokacji: 2
(28) low, proudly, humbly, modestly
Kolokacji: 4
(30) briefly, shortly, tersely
Kolokacji: 3
(31) commonly, normally, habitually
Kolokacji: 3
(33) urgently, insistently
Kolokacji: 2
(34) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(35) passionately, fervently
Kolokacji: 2
(39) warmly, emotionally, cordially
Kolokacji: 3
(43) relatively, comparatively
Kolokacji: 2
(48) confidently, shyly
Kolokacji: 2
(49) soothingly, reassuringly
Kolokacji: 2
(50) favorably, approvingly
Kolokacji: 2
(52) hypothetically, theoretically
Kolokacji: 2
(53) deliberately, knowingly
Kolokacji: 2
(54) statistically, demographically
Kolokacji: 2
(55) formally, officially
Kolokacji: 2
(57) boldly, bravely
Kolokacji: 2
(59) coherently, incoherently
Kolokacji: 2
(60) movingly, poignantly
Kolokacji: 2
(63) coldly, heatedly
Kolokacji: 2
(65) hesitantly, reluctantly
Kolokacji: 2
(66) pleasantly, nicely
Kolokacji: 2
(68) briskly, energetically
Kolokacji: 2
(69) vaguely, indistinctly
Kolokacji: 2
(72) hurriedly, hastily
Kolokacji: 2
(74) evenly, steadily, uncertainly
Kolokacji: 3
(75) reverently, reverentially
Kolokacji: 2
(77) curtly, gruffly
Kolokacji: 2
(78) extemporaneously, offhandedly
Kolokacji: 2
2. speak offhandedly = mów bezceremonialnie speak offhandedly
  • Miss Casewell - A strange, aloof, masculine woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her childhood.
  • Complaining, worrying, the publisher is also expanding; other friends, who once lived in a communal apartment - eight rooms, 18 people, one bathroom - now speak offhandedly of their annual vacation to Majorca.
  • He spoke offhandedly as if the incident didn't matter.
  • She speaks offhandedly of the N.A.A.C.P. "Are you a member?"
  • The prince, speaking offhandedly, turned back to Haplo.
  • Sergei Kovalyov, a civil rights activist who spent five years in Perm 36 and another two in a jail in Tatarstan, supports the museum, but spoke offhandedly about his experiences.
  • As for what the participating teachers want to do with this experience beyond applying it in their own classrooms, Mr. Suabedissen, speaking offhandedly, seemed to best illustrate why Ms. Monte's "ripple effect" theory just might work.
  • He spoke offhandedly, not caring if the tribune heard, his unconscious assumption of superiority proof against embar- rassment.
  • "For the first time, he spoke very softly and offhandedly. "
  • She spoke offhandedly, as if talking about a matter that did not really concern her.
(79) silently, volubly
Kolokacji: 2
(81) dismissively, indifferently
Kolokacji: 2
(82) impatiently, patiently
Kolokacji: 2
(83) vehemently, fiercely
Kolokacji: 2
(84) darkly, irritably, crossly
Kolokacji: 3
(85) flatly, tentatively
Kolokacji: 2
(86) hoarsely, huskily
Kolokacji: 2
(87) nervously, anxiously
Kolokacji: 2
(90) persuasively, convincingly
Kolokacji: 2
(91) beautifully, awkwardly
Kolokacji: 2
(92) apologetically, defensively
Kolokacji: 2
(94) intimately, familiarly
Kolokacji: 2
(95) explicitly, definitively
Kolokacji: 2
(96) graciously, amiably
Kolokacji: 2
(97) defiantly, willingly
Kolokacji: 2
(98) grandly, expansively
Kolokacji: 2
(100) regretfully, ruefully
Kolokacji: 2
(101) aesthetically, esthetically
Kolokacji: 2
(102) linguistically, etymologically
Kolokacji: 2
(103) audibly, inaudibly, soundlessly
Kolokacji: 3
(104) blithely, gaily
Kolokacji: 2

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