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Meanings of make a speech in English

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Usage of make a speech in English
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Where better to make a speech about the future of Northern Ireland?
The Irish Times
2
Mr Besson was due to make a speech later outlining specific measures.
The Irish Times
3
He could not make a speech, not having been trained to debate.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
4
But no; for Miss Browne arose and began to make a speech.
Spanish Doubloons
5
You should have heard Uncle Denny jump in and make a speech.
Still Jim
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But, as always, she was unable to stay and make a speech.
The Rains Came
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If Donegal won, Murphy was going to have to make a speech.
The Irish Times
8
One of the boys is going to make a speech of welcome.
The Child's World: Third Reader
9
But my uncle intended to make a speech of it, and continued:
French and Oriental Love in a Harem
10
He had been persuading Grafenberg the whole evening to make a speech.
Vivian Grey
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I opened the door, and then turned back, to make a speech.
The Promised Land
12
She tried to make a speech, by the way, and spoke badly.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
13
I intend to make a speech if it kills me-andyou, too.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
14
Doesn't the nominating delegate have to make a speech in his favor?
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
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About 10 o'clock Mr. Lincoln was called upon to make a speech.
Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in t...
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Give Red air; give him room; he's going to make a speech!
Alcatraz
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