Originally Answered: What is the difference between said and told ? Said is the past participle of say and told, that of tell. Both are informal usages,however, told is more emphatic and means to inform something to someone. We use it mostly in indirect or reported speech.

English Language Learners Definition of translation : words that have been changed from one language into a different language : words that have been translated. : the act or process of translating something into a different language. formal : the act or process of changing something from one form to another.

: the major Dravidian language of Karnataka, southern India.

48510 translation pairs. English Word: do what i say. Tamil Word: நான் சொல்வதை செய்

The past simple of say is said, the past simple of tell is told:

1. They asked if I was looking for work and I said yes.
2. Then he told me how he had got the job by lying about his age.
3. ‘Hello,’ she said.
4. She told him they were going on holiday. (The focus is on the information.)
5. He said, ‘I’m not paying £50 for that. ‘

Yes, you have to use that after told or said if the part within quotation marks is a sentence. If you use asked, you should not use that.

Speak usually only focuses on the person who is producing the words: He spoke about the importance of taking exercise and having a good diet. Talk focuses on a speaker and at least one listener, and can mean ‘have a conversation’: Speak focuses only on the person who is producing the words.

Just like “say” and “tell”, “speak” is an irregular verb. So in the past tense the form is “spoke”. But “talk” is a regular verb, so all you need to do to change the verb to the past tense is add -ed-. The pronunciation of that -ed- is the just a /t/ sound added to the end of the verb: talk/t/.

The only difference is that speak is more formal than talk. For example, talking to a friend is casual while speaking with your students is more formal and informative. Further, talking is more like striking a conversation (2 ways) while speaking comes from the noun speech, which often means relaying information.

The original question is: Which is correct: “speak with” or “speak to”? They are both correct, but don’t mean the same thing. To speak to someone is a one-way communication.

Settings, Google, Account services, Search, assistant & voice, Google assistant,… Make sure your primary account is selected at the top if you have multiple accounts. Select Assistant tab, scroll down to Assistant devices and choose Phone, Scroll down to Voice and speech and make sure “Speech output” is on.

“Speak over someone” means to try to talk louder than the other person, so that your words can be heard over their words. It’s generally rude behavior, and may involve interrupting the other person.

transitive verb. : to review or consider in conversation : discuss.

Interrupting is typically a rude thing to do. In fact, most of the time interrupting a conversation or disturbing someone when they’re talking isn’t recommended, but there are situations that call for speaking up. There are ways to interrupt that aren’t quite so rude or disruptive.

: to think about (something or someone) carefully especially in order to make a choice or decision. : to think about (something that is important in understanding something or in making a decision or judgment)

to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one: As events turned out, we were right to have decided to leave early.

(RESULT) to happen or become known to happen in a particular way: She assured him that everything would turn out all right.

: the act of calculating the amount of something. : the time when your actions are judged as good or bad and you are rewarded or punished. : the act of judging something.

transitive (turn someone​/​something into someone​/​something) to make someone or something change or develop into something different. The freezing temperatures had turned the water in the lake into ice. His first novel was turned into a television film. Synonyms and related words. +

to change or develop from one thing to another: Rain in the morning will turn into snow during the afternoon.

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Some common synonyms of transform are convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify, and transmute.

Verb. transform, metamorphose, transmute, convert, transmogrify, transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function.

(stagnation) Opposite of a marked change in form, nature, or appearance. stagnation.

Somewhat better; of somewhat superior sort.

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