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Translations speaking [ˈspiːkɪŋ] speak adj → sprechend; Italian-speaking people speak → Italienischsprechende pl; to be on speaking terms speak → miteinander reden or sprechen; speaking clock → telefonische Zeitansage How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Why, ma'am,' he returned, 'I am thinking about Tom Gradgrind's whim;' Tom Gradgrind, for a bluff independent manner of speaking - as if somebody were always endeavouring to bribe him with immense sums to say Thomas, and he wouldn't; 'Tom Gradgrind's whim, ma'am, of bringing up the tumbling-girl. Her fine tact warned her that she was speaking too warmly--that the expression of her gratitude might strike him as being strangely exaggerated. Mr Clennam,' she said, hesitating more timidly yet, and speaking so low that he bent his head to hear her. |
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