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that appeals to the artist/musician in him
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this word is easy/difficult to pronounce
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that speaks volumes
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he speaks the Berlin dialect
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what is there against it?
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what is there against us doing it that way? ; why shouldn't we do it that way?
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there's no reason not to do it that way
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he speaks perfect Spanish ; he speaks Spanish perfectly
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she speaks fluent French ; she speaks French fluently
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he speaks the Frankfurt dialect
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he always speaks in quotations
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it's the talk of the neighbourhood {or} neighborhood
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his speech is very affected
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he only speaks to his equals
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she speaks Swedish well ; she speaks good Swedish
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he pronounces some sounds too hard
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this is Dr Müller (speaking)
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that flies right in the face of all reason
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he doesn't speak to just anybody {or} anyone
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he speaks (the) Cologne dialect
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he speaks (the) Cologne dialect
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he doesn't speak English very well
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he talks in riddles
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his Italian is terrible
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her English is terrible
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his Japanese is terrible
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that speaks for itself ; it's obvious what that means
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he's changed his tune now
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he doesn't say {or} talk very much
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