memorable speech
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmemorableandspeech
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memorable
adjective
uk/ˈmem.ər.ə.bəl/us/ˈmem.ər.ə.bəl/
likely to be remembered or ...
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speech
noun
uk/spiːtʃ/us/spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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(Definition ofmemorableandspeechfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I have been told that it is likely to be the mostmemorablespeechof my life.
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It was perhaps the most stirring andmemorablespeechof the debate.
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It was amemorablespeech.
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It was amemorablespeech, and alas!
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Anyway, it was amemorablespeech.
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In amemorablespeechhe said that, when you hear the rafters cracking and see the fire leaping through the roof, that is not the moment to insure.
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In the course of onememorablespeechhe was able to earn the admiration of us all and to regenerate to the full his reputation as a great statesman.
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Shakespeare juxtaposes registers to an even more daring degree in many of his most memorable speeches.
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There have been some memorable speeches in this debate.
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We have had a number of memorable speeches.
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It has been wonderful for those who have been present to hear magnificent and memorable speeches.
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We have heard some memorable speeches this afternoon from people with much greater authority and experience in education than myself.
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Well, we have today, in many memorable speeches heard deployed all the arguments for and against devolution.
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It is an honour to take part in a debate which has been marked by so many memorable speeches.
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I said there were two memorable speeches.
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Kripalani, horrified, made one of his most memorable speeches, saying this provision is physically undesirable, morally unwanted and aesthetically disgusting.
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