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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 / Genesis
Genesis
Anderson, Poul
© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust
© für die deutschsprachige Ausgabe 2001 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach
Genesis
Anderson, 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.
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.
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 Arbeitswelt
Schone neue Arbeitswelt
Beck, Ulrich
© Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/New York, 1999
The brave new world of work
Beck, 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 / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, 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.
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.
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-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, 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 - 1939
Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939
Gay, Peter
© 1998 by Peter Gay
© С. Н. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Oscar Bеcк), Munchen 1999
My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi Berlin
Gay, 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 Abel
Kain und Abel
Archer, Jeffrey
© 2004 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach
© 1979 by Jeffrey Archer
Kane And Abel
Archer, 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 .
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 / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, 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 / Ursprung
Ursprung
Baxter, Stephen
© 2001 by Stephen Baxter
© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
Origin
Baxter, 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 Literaturtheorie
Einführung in die Literaturtheorie
Eagleton, Terry
© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996
© 1997 J.В. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH in Stuttgart
Literary Theory, An Introduction
Eagleton, 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 / Ursprung
Ursprung
Baxter, Stephen
© 2001 by Stephen Baxter
© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
Origin
Baxter, 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
Pastspoke, *spake
Imperativespeak
Present Participle (Participle I)speaking
Past Participle (Participle II)spoken
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I speakwe speak
you speakyou speak
he/she/it speaksthey speak
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am speakingwe are speaking
you are speakingyou are speaking
he/she/it is speakingthey are speaking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have spokenwe have spoken
you have spokenyou have spoken
he/she/it has spokenthey have spoken
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been speakingwe have been speaking
you have been speakingyou have been speaking
he/she/it has been speakingthey have been speaking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I spoke, *spakewe spoke, *spake
you spoke, *spakeyou spoke, *spake
he/she/it spoke, *spakethey spoke, *spake
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was speakingwe were speaking
you were speakingyou were speaking
he/she/it was speakingthey were speaking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had spokenwe had spoken
you had spokenyou had spoken
he/she/it had spokenthey had spoken
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been speakingwe had been speaking
you had been speakingyou had been speaking
he/she/it had been speakingthey had been speaking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will speakwe shall/will speak
you will speakyou will speak
he/she/it will speakthey will speak
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be speakingwe shall/will be speaking
you will be speakingyou will be speaking
he/she/it will be speakingthey will be speaking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have spokenwe shall/will have spoken
you will have spokenyou will have spoken
he/she/it will have spokenthey will have spoken
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been speakingwe shall/will have been speaking
you will have been speakingyou will have been speaking
he/she/it will have been speakingthey will have been speaking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would speakwe should/would speak
you would speakyou would speak
he/she/it would speakthey would speak
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be speakingwe should/would be speaking
you would be speakingyou would be speaking
he/she/it would be speakingthey would be speaking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have spokenwe should/would have spoken
you would have spokenyou would have spoken
he/she/it would have spokenthey would have spoken
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been speakingwe should/would have been speaking
you would have been speakingyou would have been speaking
he/she/it would have been speakingthey would have been speaking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am spokenwe are spoken
you are spokenyou are spoken
he/she/it is spokenthey are spoken
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being spokenwe are being spoken
you are being spokenyou are being spoken
he/she/it is being spokenthey are being spoken
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been spokenwe have been spoken
you have been spokenyou have been spoken
he/she/it has been spokenthey have been spoken
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was spokenwe were spoken
you were spokenyou were spoken
he/she/it was spokenthey were spoken
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being spokenwe were being spoken
you were being spokenyou were being spoken
he/she/it was being spokenthey were being spoken
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been spokenwe had been spoken
you had been spokenyou had been spoken
he/she/it had been spokenthey had been spoken
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be spokenwe shall/will be spoken
you will be spokenyou will be spoken
he/she/it will be spokenthey will be spoken
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been spokenwe shall/will have been spoken
you will have been spokenyou will have been spoken
he/she/it will have been spokenthey will have been spoken

speak

noun
SingularPlural
Common casespeakspeaks
Possessive casespeak'sspeaks'