잉글리쉬쇼핑

전체 | 어휘 | 표현 | 숙어 | 슬랭 | 콩글리쉬
미드/생활표현 | 사람/표현/명사

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  Speak for  to make a request for something, to ask for something(~을 요구하다): I spoke for the comfortable chair as soon as I entered the room.
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  Speak for itself/themselves  to not need explaining(자명[분명]하다, 분명하여 말할 필요가 없다): Her success speaks for itself. The actions of the men speak for themselves and there is no point talking about it.
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  Speak highly of  to say good things about someone/something(…을 극구 칭찬하다): Everybody speaks highly of the new principal of our school.
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  Speak ill of  to say something bad about someone(…을 나쁘게 말하다, …의 욕을 하다): I wish that my friend would not speak ill of the other people in our class.
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  Speak of the devil  to appear just when someone is talking about you(호랑이도 제 말하면 온다더니): Speak of the devil and he appears, I said as our colleague who we were talking about walked in the door.