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He did not speak it, but he and she knew that Gaia knew what they foresaw.Er sprach es nicht aus, doch er und sie wussten, dass Gäa sehr wohl wusste, was sie ahnten.Anderson, Poul / GenesisAnderson, Poul / GenesisGenesisAnderson, Poul© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust© für die deutschsprachige Ausgabe 2001 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch GladbachGenesisAnderson, Poul© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust
In the middle of the border zone between the two parts of divided Korea, today some of the imposing large birds physically "unite" North and South, so to speak.Mitten im Grenzgebiet zwischen den beiden Teilen Koreas „vereinen" heute leibhaftige Exemplare des imposanten Großvogels quasi Nord und Süd.http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/ 5/25/2012http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/ 5/25/2012
Ladies and Gentlemen, the figures for the past business year that I am about to present you speak for themselves.Meine Damen und Herren, die Zahlen des abgelaufenen Geschäftsjahres, zu denen ich gleich komme, sprechen für sich.http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/ 5/26/2012http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/ 5/26/2012
The site of the political has become unclear in the age of globalization, or at any rate the formally signposted jurisdictions and lines of communication no longer speak for themselves.Der Ort des Politischen ist im Zeitalter der Globalisierung unscharf geworden, jedenfalls sprechen die formellen, ausgeschilderten Zuständigkeiten und Klingelknöpfe nicht mehr für sich selbst.Beck, Ulrich / The brave new world of workBeck, Ulrich / Schone neue ArbeitsweltSchone neue ArbeitsweltBeck, Ulrich© Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/New York, 1999The brave new world of workBeck, Ulrich© Polity Press 2000© Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/New York, 1999
It was dark and heavy, and the moment she heard him speak Meggie hated it.Schwer und dunkel war sie und Meggie hasste sie nach dem ersten Wort.Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / TintenherzTintenherzFunke, Cornelia© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003InkheartFunke, Cornelia© 2003 by Dressler Verlag© 2003 by The Chicken House
You should speak with your doctor before driving or using machines, as some side effects may impair your ability to do so safely.Sprechen Sie mit Ihrem Arzt, bevor Sie ein Kraftfahrzeug führen oder Maschinen bedienen. Einige Nebenwirkungen von Vectibix können Ihre Fähigkeit beeinträchtigen, dies auf sichere Weise zu tun.© OPUS 2010
The bottom line is that greater efficiency and higher environmental compatibility are the main arguments that speak in favour of the new investment.Unter dem Strich bilden sowohl die höhere Wirtschaftlichkeit als auch Umweltschutzaspekte die ent-scheidenden Argumente für die Neuinvestition.http://www.kfw.de/ 3/12/2012http://www.kfw.de/ 3/12/2012
For I mean to be exceedingly circumstantial; because, were I not to be so, I should much prefer not to speak of these matters at all— though they are as vividly present to my eyes as if I had actually witnessed them.Ich werde sehr umständlich sein, denn anders mag ich nicht von Dingen reden, die mir so lebendig vor Augen stehen, als habe ich sie selbst erschaut.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
We did not speak of this excursion as a final farewell to Germany, but such thoughts must have hovered just beneath the surface.Nie war die Rede davon, daß dieser Ausflug ein Abschied von Deutschland sein sollte; aber unter der Oberfläche müssen solche Gedanken herumgespukt haben.Gay, Peter / My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi BerlinGay, Peter / Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939Gay, Peter© 1998 by Peter Gay© С. Н. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Oscar Bеcк), Munchen 1999My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi BerlinGay, Peter© 1998 by Peter Gay
Abel did not speak on the walk back to the car until the iron gates were once again in sight.Auf dem Rückweg sprach Abel kein Wort, bis man wieder das Eisentor sehen konnte.Archer, Jeffrey / Kane And AbelArcher, Jeffrey / Kain und AbelKain und AbelArcher, Jeffrey© 2004 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach© 1979 by Jeffrey ArcherKane And AbelArcher, Jeffrey© 1979 by Jeffrey Archer
If you have significant abdominal pain or discomfort , do not give yourself the injection , and speak to your doctor or nurse as soon as possible .Falls Sie deutliche Unterleibsschmerzen oder Unwohlsein verspüren , wenden Sie Ovitrelle nicht weiter an und besprechen sich so bald wie möglich mit Ihrem Arzt .© OPUS 2010
What a way to speak to him, Fenoglio, the creator of everything around Orpheus himself, even the air he breathed!Wie er redete mit ihm, dem Schöpfer all dessen, was ihn umgab, selbst der Luft, die er atmete!Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 by Dressler Verlag©2008 by Anthea Bell
It was a peculiar arrangement, in which both of them clearly knew their relative positions of power and yet did not speak of it, as if they were engaged in some formal game.Es war ein subtiles Arrangement, in dem jeder seine relative Machtposition genau kannte, aber nicht darüber sprach - als ob sie sich auf diplomatischem Parkett bewegten.Baxter, Stephen / OriginBaxter, Stephen / UrsprungUrsprungBaxter, Stephen© 2001 by Stephen Baxter© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, MünchenOriginBaxter, Stephen© 2002 by Stephen Baxter
When post-structuralists speak of 'writing' or 'textuality', it is usually these particular senses of writing and text that they have in mind.Wenn Poststrukturalisten von >Schrift< oder >Textualität< sprechen, dann meinen sie es gewöhnlich in diesem besonderen Sinne.Eagleton, Terry / Literary Theory, An IntroductionEagleton, Terry / Einführung in die LiteraturtheorieEinführung in die LiteraturtheorieEagleton, Terry© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996© 1997 J.В. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH in StuttgartLiterary Theory, An IntroductionEagleton, Terry© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996
They had found no others of their kind, save for the sinister-sounding Zealots, of whom McCann was reluctant to speak, who lived some distance from the compound.Sie hatten niemanden sonst von ihrer Art gefunden, außer den fiesen Eiferern, über die McCann nur ungern sprach und die in einiger Entfernung vom Dorf lebten.Baxter, Stephen / OriginBaxter, Stephen / UrsprungUrsprungBaxter, Stephen© 2001 by Stephen Baxter© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, MünchenOriginBaxter, Stephen© 2002 by Stephen Baxter
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Collocations
speak in dulcet tones
flöten
speak under breath
flüstern
speak in tongues
sich gelehrt ausdrücken
so to speak
sozusagen
get to speak
zum Sprechen bringen
speak volumes
Bände sprechen
speak in a whisper
flüsternd sprechen
request to speak
Wortmeldung
speak of the devil
wenn man vom Teufel spricht
wire spoke wheel
Drahtspeichenrad
spoke wheel center
Radstern
spoke nipple
Speichennippel
spoke wheel
Speichenrad
spoke wrench
Speichenspanner
speaking battery
Sprechbatterie
Word forms
speak
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | spoke, *spake |
Imperative | speak |
Present Participle (Participle I) | speaking |
Past Participle (Participle II) | spoken |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I speak | we speak |
you speak | you speak |
he/she/it speaks | they speak |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am speaking | we are speaking |
you are speaking | you are speaking |
he/she/it is speaking | they are speaking |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have spoken | we have spoken |
you have spoken | you have spoken |
he/she/it has spoken | they have spoken |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been speaking | we have been speaking |
you have been speaking | you have been speaking |
he/she/it has been speaking | they have been speaking |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I spoke, *spake | we spoke, *spake |
you spoke, *spake | you spoke, *spake |
he/she/it spoke, *spake | they spoke, *spake |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was speaking | we were speaking |
you were speaking | you were speaking |
he/she/it was speaking | they were speaking |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had spoken | we had spoken |
you had spoken | you had spoken |
he/she/it had spoken | they had spoken |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been speaking | we had been speaking |
you had been speaking | you had been speaking |
he/she/it had been speaking | they had been speaking |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will speak | we shall/will speak |
you will speak | you will speak |
he/she/it will speak | they will speak |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be speaking | we shall/will be speaking |
you will be speaking | you will be speaking |
he/she/it will be speaking | they will be speaking |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have spoken | we shall/will have spoken |
you will have spoken | you will have spoken |
he/she/it will have spoken | they will have spoken |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been speaking | we shall/will have been speaking |
you will have been speaking | you will have been speaking |
he/she/it will have been speaking | they will have been speaking |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would speak | we should/would speak |
you would speak | you would speak |
he/she/it would speak | they would speak |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be speaking | we should/would be speaking |
you would be speaking | you would be speaking |
he/she/it would be speaking | they would be speaking |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have spoken | we should/would have spoken |
you would have spoken | you would have spoken |
he/she/it would have spoken | they would have spoken |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been speaking | we should/would have been speaking |
you would have been speaking | you would have been speaking |
he/she/it would have been speaking | they would have been speaking |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am spoken | we are spoken |
you are spoken | you are spoken |
he/she/it is spoken | they are spoken |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being spoken | we are being spoken |
you are being spoken | you are being spoken |
he/she/it is being spoken | they are being spoken |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been spoken | we have been spoken |
you have been spoken | you have been spoken |
he/she/it has been spoken | they have been spoken |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was spoken | we were spoken |
you were spoken | you were spoken |
he/she/it was spoken | they were spoken |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being spoken | we were being spoken |
you were being spoken | you were being spoken |
he/she/it was being spoken | they were being spoken |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been spoken | we had been spoken |
you had been spoken | you had been spoken |
he/she/it had been spoken | they had been spoken |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be spoken | we shall/will be spoken |
you will be spoken | you will be spoken |
he/she/it will be spoken | they will be spoken |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been spoken | we shall/will have been spoken |
you will have been spoken | you will have been spoken |
he/she/it will have been spoken | they will have been spoken |
speak
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | speak | speaks |
Possessive case | speak's | speaks' |