单词 | to speak about |
释义 | > as lemmasto speak about —— to speak about —— (see about prep.1 7). Cf. the common Old English sprecan ymb(e. ΚΠ a1300 Cursor Mundi 24795 For to spek abute sum pais. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iii. 87 Were such things here, as we doe speake about ? View more context for this quotation 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 263 He falls on speaking about the success of their business. 1737 [see to speak to —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 1]. 1843 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 430 Sermons which speak more confidently about our position than I inwardly feel. < as lemmas |
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