Communicating with Voice And Body Flashcards
Speech
La parole
To tell
Raconter
Come and tell me what happened to you
Viens me raconter ce qui t’est arrivé
To state
Déclarer
A statement
Une déclaration
To make a statement to the press
Faire des déclarations devant les journalistes
To convey
Exprimer
To express oneself
S’exprimer
To convey (literary)
Traduire
To mention
Mentionner
To mention in passing
Faire mention de
A speech
Un discours
Commentator
Un commentateur (trice)
To speak directly to
S’adresser à
To recite
Réciter
To quote
citer
To dictate
Dicter
To speak with an accent
Parler avec l’accent
To be pronounced
Se pronouncer
To stutter (disability)
Bégayer
To stutter (nerves)
Bredouiller
To read aloud (badly)
Ânonner
To pronounce one’s R’s the Parisian way
Grasseyer
To role ones R’s
Rouler les R
To lisp
Zézayer
To whisper (discreet)
Chuchoter
To whisper (tenderly)
Susurrer
To interrupt
Coupler la parole à quelqu’un
To have a lisp
Avoir un cheveu sur la langue
Dont waste your breath
Ne perds pas ta salive
A sponsor
Un annonceur/ceuse
To be a witness
Témoigner
A report (journalism)
Un reportage
To shout at
Apostropher
To let fly at someone
Assener
To moan, grumble
Râler
To talk good sense
Parler d’or
To give somebody a good telling off
Sonner les cloches à quelqu’un
According to him
D’après lui or selon lui
An explanation
Un explication
