brief speech

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandspeech

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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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 ofbriefandspeechfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrief speech

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Her analysis is rich and eloquently demonstrates the wealth of information that can be extracted from onebriefspeechevent.
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I conclude thisbriefspeechwith a warning of what will happen.
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When one was listening one realised, even from hisbriefspeech, that the powers he was taking cover every part of our life.
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My only contribution to this plea for comparative silence will be to make a verybriefspeech.
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It was abriefspeechand was an illustration of the technique of making a short speech, which some of us have not yet developed.
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I wish to make abriefspeechand add only one short and, perhaps, comparatively minor point.
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In consequence, mybriefspeechwill unashamedly be a constituency speech.
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This is a good example of someone saying what he has to say in a relativelybriefspeechso as to enable others to participate.
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I wish to make only a verybriefspeechdirected to the amendment.
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It is worth looking back, in abriefspeech, to its origins.
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I shall end mybriefspeechwith a request for just a little more help.
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I hope that he will feel—if not now, by the end of mybriefspeech—that this is a dialogue worth having.
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I turn to the main point in what was originally intended to be abriefspeech.
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I shall make abriefspeechon a rather narrow but important part of the unemployment problem.
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I shall confine myself to a verybriefspeech.
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I shall conclude this relativelybriefspeechby giving an almost breathtaking example.
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I end mybriefspeechby thanking the donor again.
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I will start mybriefspeechby referring to enlargement.
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I am trying to make abriefspeechon important issues.
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