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SPEAKING

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speaking I.

1. adjectiv care vorbeşte; grăitor, expresiv, elocvent;

speaking likeness portret leit / plin de viaţă;

speaking look a) privire expresivă; b) privire elocventă / cu înţeles / plină de înţeles;

speaking! la telefon! la aparat! (răspuns al celui chemat la telefon);

Smith speaking aici (e) Smith, la telefon e Smith.

2. de vorbire, de conversaţie;

to be on speaking terms (with smb.) a cunoaşte (pe cineva) îndeajuns pentru a sta de vorbă cu el;

not to be on speaking terms (with smb.) a nu vorbi, a fi certat (cu cineva);

speaking acquaintance persoană pe care o cunoşti doar într-atât încât să-i dai bună-ziua şi să schimbi câteva cuvinte cu ea.

speaking II. substantiv

vorbire; conversaţie.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Her hand passed softly before my lips while I was yet speaking, and in a moment she had met her father at the door of the room, and was hanging on his shoulder.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

We were speaking of them the other day, you know.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

You don't mind my speaking my mind this way, dear?

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Mrs. Weston had been speaking to her at the same moment.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I looked at it; I smiled at the speaking likeness: I was absorbed and content.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Alternatively, you may have a business reason to go, most likely a speaking or writing engagement.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

They were speaking as they drew near.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

He denied it, however, with the utmost earnestness, and I am convinced that he was speaking the truth.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I must have my share in the conversation if you are speaking of music.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Whilst he was speaking, Jonathan had taken my hand.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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