spik
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Oh, yase, you vas more bad dan one vool, Mister Vlinders; I vas vatch yous ze whole of ze voyage, and I spik vat I zink and vat I zees!”
From The Island Treasure by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
"Me understands da Inglis you spik," he muttered, in a sort of growl.
From A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts by Carter, Nicholas
His daughter, la Signorina Costantina, she live wif him—ver’ yong, ver’ beautiful—” Gustavo rolled his eyes and clasped his hands—“beautiful like ze angels in Paradise—and she spik Italia like I spik Angleesh.”
From Jerry Junior by Lowell, Orson
“Tony,” she said, “do you spik any language besides Angleesh?”
From Jerry Junior by Lowell, Orson
He is a great man—I dunno not; but he spik at me like dis, ‘Is dere sick, and cripple, and stay-in-bed people here dat can’t get up?’ he say.
From Northern Lights by Parker, Gilbert
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