speak

　　A. vi.说；发言

　　He spoke with me about his childhood.  He was too hurt to speak to us.

　　I’ve never spoken of these things to anyone before.

　　He spoke at the meeting yesterday.

　　Action speaks louder than words.

　　She spoke in broken English.

　　B. vt.说

　　She speaks good French.   Trust me that I am speaking the truth.

　　C.习语

　　speak for…代表……说话；为……辩护

　　I can only speak for myself.

　　speak out大胆讲出来

　　speak out against…发言反对

　　He spoke out against what he thought was unjust.

　　speak up坦率说出自己的看法；说话大声些

　　speak highly/well/highly/ill/badly of…称赞/非议

　　generally/strictly/broadly/roughly/frankly speaking=to speak generally, etc.一般来说，严格地讲，广义地讲，严格地讲，老实地说

　　be spoken of as…被说成为

　　nothing to speak of…不值一说；没有说的价值