| ترجمات رئيسية |
| speech n | uncountable (oral communication) | قول |
| | | كلام، حديث |
| | Free speech is a necessity in a democracy. |
| | حرية القول أمر ضروري في الديمقراطية. |
| speech n | uncountable (pronunciation) | لفظ |
| | People tend to have slurred speech after a few beers. |
| | يصير لفظ البعض غير واضح بعد شرب بضع قناني البيرة. |
| speech n | uncountable (way of speaking) | طريقة الكلام |
| | Most young people's speech is full of slang. |
| | تغلب العامية على طريقة كلام معظم الشباب. |
| speech n | uncountable (faculty of speaking) | نطق، كلام |
| | Speech is one of the things that separates humans and animals. |
| | النطق هو أحد الأمور التي تميز البشر عن الحيوانات. |
| speech n | (declaration, address) | خطاب |
| | The vice president's speech was politely applauded. |
| | قوبل خطاب نائب الرئيس بشيء من التصفيق. |
| speech n | (acting: actor's lines) | نصّ، جُمل |
| | The actor forgot his speech and had to be prompted. |
| | نسي الممثّل جمله فاضطر إلى الارتجال. |
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| acceptance speech n | (speech on accepting [sth]) (لجائزة...) | خطاب القبول |
| | Have you got an acceptance speech prepared just in case you win the Oscar? |
| connected speech n | (sounds of fluent language) | الكلام المتّصل، دَرْج الكلام |
| deliver a speech v expr | (speak publicly) | يلقي خطابًا، يلقي كلمة |
| direct speech n | (actual words spoken) | كلام مباشر |
| elevator speech n | (business: pitch) | رسالة تعريفية |
| figure of speech n | (idiom) | استعارة، مجاز، تشبيه |
| | Should I interpret that literally or is it only a figure of speech? |
| free speech n | (speech unrestrained by censorship) | حرية التعبير، حرية الكلام |
| | Seventy percent of Americans agreed that people should have the right to free speech. |
| freedom of speech n | (right to express oneself freely) | حرية التعبير، حرية الكلام |
| | Freedom of speech is one of the fundamental freedoms of a true democracy. |
| freedom of speech and expression n | (right to express oneself freely) | حرية القول والتعبير |
| | Freedom of speech and expression broadens the concept of free speech to include the visual arts, music, and so on. |
| hate speech n | (speech inciting hatred) | خطاب الكراهية |
| indirect speech n | (grammar: reported speech) (في النحو) | الكلام غير المباشر |
| | An example of indirect speech is, "Marty said he needed to talk to Charlotte." |
keynote address,
keynote speech,
keynote n | (opening speech) | خطاب افتتاحي |
| | We've asked the President to give the keynote address at next year's conference. |
| | The general's keynote speech caused controversy amongst the conference delegates. |
| loss of speech n | (inability to speak due to trauma, etc.) | عدم القدرة على الكلام |
| | After witnessing the horrific murder he experienced temporary loss of speech. |
make a speech,
give a speech v expr | (address an audience) | يلقي خطابًا، يلقي كلمة |
| | At the birthday party everyone asked Grandpa to make a speech. |
| | The father of the bride gave a speech, welcoming his new son-in-law to the family. |
| part of speech n | (grammatical category of a word) | قسم من أقسام الكلام |
| | Can you identify the part of speech of this word? Is it a noun, a verb, or an adjective? |
| | هل يمكنك تحديد القسم من أقسام الكلام لهذه الكلمة؟ أهي اسم، أم فعل، أم نعت؟ |
| prepared speech n | (public talk written in advance) | خطاب مُعَدّ مسبقًا |
| public speech n | (talk made to an audience) | خطاب عام |
| | I have to give a public speech today – that's why I'm feeling so nervous. |
quotation mark,
also UK: speech mark,
also UK: inverted comma n | usually plural (punctuation indicating speech, etc.) | علامة تنصيص، علامة اقتباس |
| | Should quotation marks come before or after a full stop? |
| reported speech n | (indirect quotation) | الكلام المنقول، الكلام غير المباشر |
| | In English, reported speech is often put in the past tense. |
| slurred speech n | (abnormal way of talking) | كلام متداخل، كلام غير واضح |
| | Some people have slurred speech when they're drunk. |
| speech act n | (linguistics) (في اللغة) | عمل كلاميّ، فعل كلاميّ، حدث كلاميّ |
| speech bubble n | (cartoon: spoken text in a balloon) | فقاعة كلام |
| | "Great snakes!" said the speech bubble above Tintin's head. |
speech impaired,
speech-impaired adj | (unable to pronounce words clearly) | ذو صعوبات في النطق |
| speech impediment n | (speaking disorder) | إعاقة في النطق |
| | He has a speech impediment which makes him hard to understand. |
| speech pathology n | (study of speaking disorders) | باثولوجيا الكلام، علم أمراض الكلام |
| speech sound n | (distinctive sound in given language) (صوت مميز في لغة) | صوت كلاميّ |
| speech sound n | (acoustic event in speech) | وحدة صوتية، صَوتة |
| speech sound n | (sound from phonetic system) (في نظام صوتيّ) | وحدة صوتية |
| speech therapist n | ([sb] who treats speaking disorders) | اختصاصي معالجة النطق |
| | When I was a child, a speech therapist helped me with my lisp. |
| speech therapy n | (treatment for speaking disorders) | معالجة النطق، تقويم النطق |
| | Raymond had to have speech therapy following the operation on his tongue. |