v.
1) ('to talk') to ~ bluntly, candidly, frankly, freely; coherently; correctly; fluently; glibly; incorrectly; irresponsibly; loudly; openly; politely; quickly, rapidly; quietly, softly; responsibly; rudely; slowly; truthfully
2) ( D ; intr. ) ('to talk') to ~ about, of (to ~ about politics)
3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to be a spokesperson for') (she spoke for all of us; who will ~ for the accused?)
4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to talk') to ~ from (to ~ from the heart; to ~ from experience)
5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to converse') to ~ in (they were ~ing in English; more usu. is: they were ~ing English)
6) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to address') (she spoke to the crowd; to ~ to the subject; to ~ to the question on the agenda; don't ~ to him)
7) ( D ; intr. ) ('to converse') to ~ to, with (she spoke to me about several things; I spoke with them for an hour)
8) ( misc. ) to ~ well of smb. ('to praise smb.'); to ~ ill of smb. ('to criticize smb.'); it ~s for itself ('it is self-evident'); roughly ~ing ('approximately'); strictly ~ ('in concrete terms')