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In the past the two of them did not get on at all well ; they weren't even on speaking terms.

以前他俩合不来,彼此不搭腔.

"Your children may well come away speaking with a bit of a broad country accent" — "Right." —"because they're mixing with country children."

“你的孩子们走的时候可能会带点儿浓重的乡下口音。”——“嗯。”——“因为他们现在和乡下孩子打成一片。”

She began speaking intensely, without preliminaries.

她一句客套话都没讲就开始热切地说起来.

Generally speaking there was no resistance to the idea.

一般说来，没有人会反对这个观点。

She won't flinch from speaking her mind.

她不会讳言自己的想法.

My new neighbor moved in last weekend and already we're on speaking terms.

我的新邻居上周才搬来,可是我们已经认识.

She is shy of speaking in public.

她怯于在公众面前讲话.

"You said she was a poor widow lady!" — "In a manner of speaking she is," Alison said.

“你说过她是个可怜的寡妇！”——“从某种意义上说，她就是，”艾利森说。

His bad English inhibits him from speaking freely.

他英语学得不好,这使他不能表达自如.

They were speaking in Italian.

他们在讲意大利语.

It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.

科琳娜好像已经去世了：他们谈论她时用的是过去时。

It is the first scene of the play chronologically. I tell a lie, it's actually strictly speaking the second scene.

从时间顺序上来看这是整个剧的第一场。不对，严格说来实际上是第二场。

Mr Baker was speaking off the cuff when he made those suggestions.

贝克先生临时提出那些建议。

There are, broadly speaking, three ways in which this is done.

大致说来，做这件事有3种方法。

I could tell that he was lying because he faced away while he was speaking.

我敢说他撒谎了,因为他说话时总是往旁边看.

You're no more capable of speaking Chinese than I am.

你我都不会说汉语.

Speaking off the bat, I'd say you were right.

说一句不打草稿的话, 我认为你是对的.

Linda and Tina were again on speaking terms; their disagreement was dead and buried.

琳达和蒂娜关系又好了, 他们的分歧早已烟消云散.

If it had not been for the doctor's care I should not be speaking to you now.

要不是医生的照料我现在就不能跟你讲话了.

Do you object to my speaking to him about it?

我去和他谈谈这事,你有意见 吗 ?

Don't be afraid of speaking up.

别怕，大胆地说。

The warmer a place is, generally speaking, the more types of plants and animals it will usually support.

一般而言，一个地方越暖和，能生存的动植物种类通常也就越多。

Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.

他不善言辞又相当害羞，一直害怕在公共场合讲话。

Sloan cleared his throat preparatory to speaking.

斯隆清了清嗓子，准备讲话。

She appears nightly on the television news, speaking for the State Department.

她作为国务院的发言人，每晚都会出现在电视新闻中。

We have all had a shaky hand and a dry mouth before speaking in public.

当众发言前，我们全都手脚发抖，嘴巴发干。

Superintendent Fairbairn was still clucking at the photographers, warning them he'd be speaking to their editor.

费尔贝恩警长还在表达对摄影师们的不满，警告说他会和他们的主编谈谈。

You're really asking for a sea of troubles speaking to me like that.

你这样对我讲话,真是自找麻烦.

She angles her reports to suit the people she is speaking to.

她带着一定的倾向性作报告以迎合她的听众.