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• speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… …   English dictionary for students

• tire´some|ness — tire|some «TYR suhm», adjective. tiring; not interesting; boring: »a tiresome speech. SYNONYM(S): wearisome, irksome. –tire´some|ly, adverb. –tire´some|ness, noun. Synonym Study Tiresome …   Useful english dictionary

• tire´some|ly — tire|some «TYR suhm», adjective. tiring; not interesting; boring: »a tiresome speech. SYNONYM(S): wearisome, irksome. –tire´some|ly, adverb. –tire´some|ness, noun. Synonym Study Tiresome …   Useful english dictionary

• tire|some — «TYR suhm», adjective. tiring; not interesting; boring: »a tiresome speech. SYNONYM(S): wearisome, irksome. –tire´some|ly, adverb. –tire´some|ness, noun. Synonym Study Tiresome …   Useful english dictionary

• screed — [skrēd] n. [ME screde, var. of schrede, SHRED: sense from “long list on a strip of paper”] 1. a long, tiresome speech or piece of writing 2. a strip of wood or plaster put on a wall to gauge the thickness of plastering to be done 3. Brit. a… …   English World dictionary

• ser´mon|like´ — ser|mon «SUR muhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a public talk on religion or something connected with religion. Ministers preach sermons in church. »A sermon requires meditation, leisure, and a certain loneliness (J. W. R. Scott). 2. Figurative. a) a… …   Useful english dictionary

• ser|mon — «SUR muhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a public talk on religion or something connected with religion. Ministers preach sermons in church. »A sermon requires meditation, leisure, and a certain loneliness (J. W. R. Scott). 2. Figurative. a) a serious talk …   Useful english dictionary

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