speak
speak vb. snakke; tale; tale sammen (fx I don't think they have ever spoken since); sige noget (fx you need to learn manners, so speak only when you are asked and not before, I couldn´t speak, I was too shocked); (sprogligt) tale (fx his wife speaks English and French, I haven’t spoken Danish for so long and I’ve forgotten a lot);□ difficulty in speaking talebesvær; be unable to speak (på grund af sygdom) ikke kunne tale, ikke kunne sige noget;
we are speaking for (or on behalf of) everyone vi taler på alles vegne; these data speak for themselves disse data taler deres eget klare/tydelige sprog; I speak from experience jeg ved hvad jeg taler om; speak into existence italesætte; speaking of apropos; nu hvor vi er inde på emnet; nu vi taler om; not to speak of for slet ikke at tale om; speak to tale med (fx the man on the phone asked to speak to the manager, could I speak to the manager?); være på talefod med (fx she has not spoken to her family for one year); snakke med, have en samtale med; speak up ikke undlade at sige noget; påtale et problem; (turde/ikke være bange for at) sige sin mening; (hæve stemmen) tale højere (fx speak up please, I cannot hear you); speak up for (om anden person) tage i forsvar (fx speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves); (om sag) agitere for, være fortaler for; speak up for somebody forsvare nogen; tale nogens sag;
so to speak så at sige;
speak the truth tale sandt; fortælle sandheden;
* Just ten points from 18 games speaks for itself (siger alt) , he had no education to speak of (ingen nævneværdig uddannelse) , it is the first time that some of the participants have spoken (fortalt om) their secrets, I will speak against anything I know to be wrong! , I don´t like being spoken to like a child.