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单词 to speak few
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to speak few
b. to speak few [compare classical Latin pauca loqui and also to say little at little pron. and n. 1a(b)] : to say little, to utter few words. Obsolete.In quot. a1616: to speak quietly.
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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 120 (MED) He gan breke oute, & his rancour shewe By certeyn signes, þouȝ he spak but fewe.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. SSSiv Be euer doyng well, and speke but fewe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 66 So, in the Name of Iesu Christ, speake fewer.
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