A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.

此人群中很多人说一种以法语为基础的混合语。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

A growing number of people speak English.

越来越多的人说英语。

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He can't speak because of a throat infection.

他嗓子发炎不能说话。

《牛津词典》

Instead of a young man full of life, they saw an old man who could not speak clearly or control his shaking.

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OK, so now, Romeo: "shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" Fellows, a bit of advice, don't interrupt.

现在，罗密欧，我是继续听下去呢,还是现在就对她说话，同学们，有点建议，别打断。

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It's almost a way of inviting us to visualize the separation of these two people as they speak.

这几乎是吸引我们去观察,说话的两个孤立的个体。

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But when we speak of a person as evidencing copiousness, we speak of someone who is abounding in matter, thoughts or words: Someone who is a veritable fountain of fluidity, spontaneity, repertoire of expression and observation.

FORBES: Cultivate Copiousness

That was a diplomatic way to speak of a target that Britain, which gets 2% of its energy from renewables now, has little chance of meeting.

ECONOMIST: Nuclear power draws nearer as renewables retreat

The growth of good news and an explosion of books by ubiquitous Africa experts also speak of a new age of confidence taking advantage of the fastest-growing economies on the planet, huge discoveries of energy and mineral resources and more billionaires and millionaires than at any other African age.

BBC: African viewpoint: Taming volcanoes