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Vocabulary: speech

Language and tongues have two functions: expressing oneself, and of course, communicating with other people. Expressing your thoughts clearly, making oneself understood and heard correctly is fundamental.  

                                                                                   stammer/ stutter

                                                Working with a speech therapist

LANGUAGES and ways of speaking: 

- His mother tongue/ his native language

- To speak with a Greek accent

- To have a strong accent

- To have a good/ poor accent

- It's said that...

- That goes without saying...

- So to speak,

- That's saying a lot! 

- I told you so ! 

- You're telling me!

- A tongue-twister: she sells seashells by the seashore, and the shells she sells are seashore shells, I'm sure ! 

Hope your tongue isn't totally twisted and your brains not totally meddled...

You are ready for the test, now! Go for it! 

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