speak of

speak of
transitive verb
sprechen von

speaking of Mary — da wir gerade von Mary sprechen; apropos Mary

nothing to speak of — nichts Besonderes od. Nennenswertes

* * *
speak of
vt
1. (opinion)
to \speak of ill/[very] highly [or well] of sb/sth schlecht/[sehr] gut von jdm/etw reden [o sprechen]
she \speak ofs highly of the new director sie lobt den neuen Direktor in den höchsten Tönen
2. (form: mention)
to \speak of of sb/sth von jdm/etw reden [o sprechen]
he didn't \speak of of his father all evening er hat seinen Vater den ganzen Abend nicht erwähnt
to \speak of of certain things bestimmte Dinge ansprechen
3. (suggest)
to \speak of of sth für etw akk sprechen, etw zeigen
the whole robbery spoke of inside knowledge on the part of the criminals der ganze Einbruch lässt erkennen, dass die Verbrecher über interne Informationen verfügten
4.
none [or nothing] to \speak of of nicht der Rede wert
not to \speak of of ... ganz zu schweigen von ...
\speak ofing of sth da wir gerade von etw dat sprechen
\speak of of films ... da wir gerade beim Thema Film sind ...
\speak ofing of which ... in diesem Zusammenhang ..., apropos ...
* * *
speak of v/i
1. sprechen von oder über (akk):
this is nothing to speak of das ist nicht der Rede wert oder nichts Erwähnenswertes;
not to speak of (Redew) ganz zu schweigen von; academic.ru/20058/devil">devil A 1
2. etwas verraten, zeugen von
* * *
transitive verb
sprechen von

speaking of Mary — da wir gerade von Mary sprechen; apropos Mary

nothing to speak of — nichts Besonderes od. Nennenswertes


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