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ANNOUNCE: To make known by stating or announcing. Speech and language
BE SILENT: To stop speaking or making noise. Speech and language
REFUSE: To not do what is being asked. Speech and language
WHISPER: To speak in a quiet voice, without vibration of the vocal cords. Speech and language
RUMOUR: A piece of information of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. Speech and language
FORBID: To tell not to do something. Speech and language
BOAST: To show off. Speech and language
MUMBLE: To speak unintelligibly and without articulating. Speech and language
CALL BY NAME: To give a name or designation of a common noun that, e.g., reflects a quality. Speech and language
SHRIEK: To make a very high, loud sound. Speech and language
SCOLD: To rebuke. Speech and language
RATTLE: A wooden instrument that makes a loud knocking noise [used by people watching football games]. Speech and language
HOWL: To cry like a wolf, dog, or other canids. Speech and language
LOW VOICE: Speaking quietly: to talk in a low voice. Speech and language
POETRY: The class of literature comprising poems; a poet's literary production; composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns. Speech and language
PAPER: Felted or matted sheets of cellulose fibers, formed on a fine-wire screen from a dilute water suspension, and bonded together as the water is removed and the sheet is dried. Speech and language
SHOUT: To utter in a loud voice. Speech and language
READ: To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. Speech and language
DENY: To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge. Speech and language
TRUMPET: A musical instrument in the brass family. Speech and language
FLUTE: A musical instrument of the woodwind family. Speech and language
PEN: A utensil, usually tubular in form, containing ink used to write or make marks. Speech and language
CHAPTER: A part of a book, a literary work etc. with a distinct content, set apart using typography. Speech and language
REPEAT: To do something again. Speech and language
DRUM: A percussion instrument consisting of at least one membrane that is stretched over a shell and struck directly with the player's hands or with a drumstick. Speech and language
HORN (INSTRUMENT): A wind instrument made of a wound copper tube with a wide sound bucket and valves. Speech and language
BOOK: A collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, usually bound or fastened together within covers, containing writing of any type or blank pages for future inscription. Speech and language
CHARACTER: A symbol used to represent a sound or a word. Speech and language
WHISTLE: To make a sound or a melody by forcing the breath out between closed lips. Speech and language
POET: A person who writes poems. Speech and language
CALL: To address or summon someone. Speech and language
SPEECH: An address or form of oral communication in which a speaker makes his thoughts and emotions known before an audience, often for a given purpose. (Source: RHW) Speech and language
THREATEN: To make a threat of injury or punishment against someone. Speech and language
SING: To produce harmonious sounds with one's voice. Speech and language
ANSWER: To communicate a message of any form in reaction to something that has been asked or expressed, to the being who expressed it; to react verbally. Speech and language
LANGUAGE: A system of communication using the spoken or signed word or using symbols that represent words, signs or sounds. Speech and language
ASK (INQUIRE): To ask (a question) to somebody; to seek an answer to. Speech and language
VOICE: The sound and tones human beings are able to produce with the vocal cords. Speech and language
NAME: Any word or phrase which designates a particular person, place, class or thing. Speech and language
SAY: To utter specific words or notions. Speech and language
WORD: A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern. Speech and language
SPEAK: To communicate by the use of words. Speech and language
WRITE: To form (letters, words or symbols) on a surface in order to communicate. Speech and language
PROMISE: To commit to doing something or assure that something will happen. Speech and language
TELL: To talk about a story giving its details; to give a detailed account of. Speech and language
SIGN: Feature element which permits to refer to anything or any person. Speech and language
ASK (REQUEST): To ask for a service or physical goods, often without returning the favor in kind. Speech and language
STUTTER: To have problems articulating the words, repeting sometimes some syllables. Speech and language
ADMIT: To admit to be true. Speech and language
FOLK SONG: A traditional piece of music with words to sing. Speech and language
STORY: A retelling of real or fictive events. Speech and language
BRASS INSTRUMENT (HORN OR TRUMPET): Any musical instrument that is a member of the brass family of musical instruments, usually a horn or a trumpet. Speech and language
SCREAMING: A loud vocalisation. Speech and language
HOWLING: A loud vocalisation inflicted by pain. Speech and language
LUTE: A plucked string musical instrument with with a neck and a deep round back Speech and language
LANGUAGE OR WORD: A system of communication using the spoken or signed word or using symbols that represent words, signs or sounds or a distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern. Speech and language
GUITAR: Musical instrument with usally six strings. Speech and language
CONDUCT: To lead some kind of musical performance. Speech and language
PLAY (INSTRUMENT): Execute coordinated movements on or with a musical instrument to produce sounds. Speech and language
TALK (PHONE): To communicate by means of a telephone. Speech and language
TAMBOURINE: Musical instrument with round, wooden frame and covered by skin, plastic, etc. with metal discs around the frame. Speech and language
MAKE A SPEECH: To give a speech in front of an audience Speech and language
QUESTION: A sentence used to obtain information by evoking a response. Speech and language
JEW’S HARP: A small musical instruments put between the teeth and played with a finger. Speech and language
JOKE: Something that is said or done in a non-serious, comic way. Speech and language
BEG: To make a living by asking people for money or food. Speech and language
GREET: To welcome someone; to address someone in a friendly and welcoming way upon meeting them. Speech and language
HELLO: A conventional expression, used as a greeting. Speech and language
GOODBYE: A conventional expression, used as a farewell when parting. Speech and language
COME HERE: An order for the person addressed to come near to the speaker. Speech and language
COMPLAIN: To express one's dissatisfaction or unhappiness. Speech and language
AGREE: To have the same opinion as someone else. Speech and language
PERSUADE: To convince someone to do something by giving them good reasons to do so. Speech and language
PROVERB: A widely known and used phrase or sentence, giving advice or reflecting something commonly experienced. Speech and language
HUM: To sing a tune with the mouth closed. Speech and language
HISS: To produce a continuous voiceless sibilant sound like a long /s/. Speech and language
SINGE: To burn the surface of something slightly, usually by mistake, in a way that it does not catch fire; to be burnt this way. Speech and language
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