And when she remembered this Hermione was jealous, too, of the talent Vere must have, a talent she had longed for, but which had been denied to her. For even if Emile . and then again came the most hateful suspicion of all--but Emile could not lie about the things of art. Had they spoken together of her failure? Again and again she asked herself the question. They must have spoken. They had spoken. She could almost hear their words--words of regret or of pity.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
That was really the sum of all her thoughts. She did not try to recall the words that he had spoken; it was simply the figure of the man who had been before her that now remained on her mind. She did not stop to think whether or not he had spoken as a man with intellect would speak; whether he had spoken as a man whose orthodoxy was beyond suspicion would speak. The question of his orthodoxy, of his intellect (which may be just the opposite), did not occur to her. All she felt was that she had been talking face to face with a man.英文原著 · 《Phyllis of Philistia》
Jane spoke next. She echoed Eliza, but her voice was more emphatic and seemed multiple, as echoes do. "Yes, very strange indeed," said Jane. "Dear Annie is really very singular lately. It has distressed us all, especially father," said Susan, but deprecatingly. Then Imogen spoke, and to the point. "Annie must be in that house," said she. "She went in there, and she could not have gone out without our seeing her." Annie could fairly see the toss of Imogen's head as she spoke.英文原著 · 《The Copy-Cat》
But while His teaching was simple, He spoke as one having authority. This characteristic set His teaching in contrast with that of all others. The rabbis spoke with doubt and hesitancy, as if the Scriptures might be interpreted to mean one thing or exactly the opposite. The hearers were daily involved in greater uncertainty. But Jesus taught the Scriptures as of unquestionable authority. Whatever His subject, it was presented with power, as if His words could not be controverted. 254
Yet He was earnest, rather than vehement. He spoke as one who had a definite purpose to fulfill.英文原著 · 《The Desire of Ages》
Ellida. About storms and calm. Of dark nights at sea. And of the sea in the glittering sunshiny days we spoke also. But we spoke most of the whales, and the dolphins, and the seals who lie out there on the rocks in the midday sun. And then we spoke of the gulls, and the eagles, and all the other sea birds. I think-- isn't it wonderful?--when we talked of such things it seemed to me as if both the sea beasts and sea birds were one with him.英文原著 · 《The Lady From The Sea》
What hope could there have been for him then? What use was there in telling such a tale of love at that time? When he told it, he knew Crosbie had been before him. He knew that Crosbie was at that moment the angel of light. But as he had never before been able to speak of his love, so was he then unable not to speak of it. He had spoken, and of course had been simply rebuked. Since that day Crosbie had ceased to be an angel of light, and he, John Eames, had spoken often. But he had spoken in vain, and now he would speak once again.英文原著 · 《The Last Chronicle of Barset》
Mrs Bartlett never spoke to them. She never spoke to anyone.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》
Good news, when I went out to get us two coffees, I spoke to Juan and Javier, two city workers.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
When I went to the cute coffee place, I spoke to the counter girl, Nabulangi--美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
And we spoke to elders, we spoke to doctors, we spoke to nurses, and we spoke to elders, we spoke to doctors, we spoke to nurses,演讲 · 《One day of peace ~ Jeremy Gilley》