The speech of this fantastic figure was received with an explosion of jeers and laughter.

这个奇人的讲话引起一阵哄堂大笑。

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"The leopard cannot change his spots" is just a figure of speech.

“豹子改变不了身上的斑点”是个比喻，指江山易改本性难移。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Figure 1 shows the speech recognition and interpretation development flow.

图1展示了语音识别和解译开发流程。

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That's all but it's no mere figure of speech though one can make figures enough about it in his poetry very often].

他说的就是这些，不只是语言,虽然人可以说很多这样的话,经常在他的诗歌中这样。

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Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

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He was a master of rhetoric, as he was a master of mimicry, but his preferred figure of speech was one of the lowest, the pun.

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Tuesday kicks off (no mere figure of speech, this) with questions (at 2.30pm) to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, and his smoothly diplomatic deputy, Mark Harper.

BBC: Viewing guide: The pick of the week ahead in Parliament