a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline.
he could hear them uttering merry speeches.
he listened to an address on minor Roman poets.
he recorded the spoken language of the streets.
he uttered harsh language.
her speech was barren of southernisms.
his manner of speaking was quite abrupt.
his speech was garbled.
I detected a slight accent in his speech.
language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals.
the actor forgot his speech.
the teacher gave him a talking to.
they were perfectly comfortable together without speech.