 | Englisch  | Deutsch |  |
 | incendiary {adj} [fig.] [speech] | 1113 aufhetzend |  |
 | pol. incendiary {adj} [fig.] [speech] | 607 aufrührerisch |  |
 | powerful {adj} [of a book, speech etc.] | 365 eindringlich [Buch, Rede etc.] |  |
 | lengthy {adj} [speech] | 360 ausführlich |  |
 | funeral {adj} [e.g. address or speech, car, cortege or procession, feast or meal] | 357 Leichen- [z. B. Rede, Wagen, Rede, Zug, Schmaus] |  |
 | hateful {adj} [speech] | 341 hasserfüllt |  |
 | lengthy {adj} [speech] | 109 langatmig |  |
 | emotive {adj} [speech, style] | 104 pathetisch |  |
 | racy {adj} [speech, style, play] | 101 schwungvoll |  |
 | racy {adj} [speech, style, play, wine] | 100 feurig |  |
 | tempestuous {adj} [speech] | 98 leidenschaftlich |  |
 | ling. inflated {adj} [e.g. speech] | 72 geschraubt [fig.] [z. B. Sprache] |  |
 | forceful {adj} [speech, words] | 58 eindringlich |  |
 | trenchant {adj} [view, speech] | 53 pointiert |  |
 | incendiary {adj} [fig.] [speech] | 41 aufwiegelnd |  |
 | garrulous {adj} [speech] | 36 langatmig [Rede] |  |
 | diffuse {adj} [speech etc.] | 35 weitschweifig |  |
 | honeyed {adj} [speech, voice] | 21 honigsüß |  |
 | pompous {adj} [pej.] [speech, rhetoric, etc.] | 21 schwülstig [pej.] [Rede, Rhetorik etc.] |  |
 | polished {adj} {past-p} [speech, essay, poem, etc.] | 18 ausgefeilt [fig.] |  |
 | perceptive {adj} [analysis, article, speech, study etc.] | 17 erkenntnisreich |  |
 | diffuse {adj} [speech etc.] | 15 langatmig |  |
 | affected {adj} [manners, speech etc.] | 14 geziert |  |
 | simple {adj} [speech, elegance] | 12 schnörkellos |  |
 | emotional {adj} [speech, manner] | 10 pathetisch |  |
 | sb./sth. knows [reported speech] | 10 jd./etw. kenne [Konjunktiv 1] |  |
 | powerful {adj} [music, speech] [also: blow] | 8 wuchtig [Klänge, Rede] [auch: Schlag] |  |
 | ling. regional {adj} [accent, speech, expression, usage, etc.] | 8 landschaftlich <landsch.> |  |
 | humorless {adj} [Am.] [speech, laugh, book] | 7 trocken [humorlos] |  |
 | audio distorted {adj} [speech test] | 6 verhallt |  |
 | flatulent {adj} [inflated or pretentious in speech or writing] | 6 aufgebläht [pej.] [Rhetorik, Sprache] |  |
 | affected {adj} [manners, speech etc.] | 5 manieriert [geh.] |  |
 | phonet. dental {adj} [of a speech sound] | dental |  |
 | disconnected {adj} [text, speech, etc.] | zusammenhanglos |  |
 | disconnected {adj} [text, speech, etc.] | zusammenhangslos |  |
 | humourless {adj} [Br.] [speech, laugh, book] | trocken |  |
 | pithy {adj} [of a comment, speech, piece of writing, etc.] | kurz und bündig |  |
 | singsong {adj} [monotonous, of speech] | eintönig [Sprache, Sprechen] |  |
 | speaking {adj} [having the gift of speech, esp. animals] | sprachbegabt |  |
 | audio undistorted {adj} [speech test] | unverhallt [Sprachtest] |  |
 | audio undistorted {adj} [speech test] | ohne Verhallung [nachgestellt] [Sprachtest] |  |
Verben |
 | to slur [one's speech] | 768 lallen [z. B. auf Grund von Alkoholisierung] |  |
 | to deliver sth. [speech, sermon, lecture] | 135 etw. halten [Rede etc.] |  |
 | to rehearse sth. [to repeat sth., e.g. a poem, a speech] | 53 etw. einüben [ein Gedicht / eine Rede durch wiederholtes Aufsagen] |  |
 | to structure [essay, speech, organization] | 52 aufbauen [fig.] [strukturieren] |  |
 | to stumble [hesitate in speech or action] | 38 zaudern |  |
 | to polish [fig.] [speech, plan etc.] | 36 ausfeilen [fig.] [Rede, Plan usw.] |  |
 | to interlard sth. [intersperse or embellish a speech or writing] | 10 etw. ausschmücken |  |
 | to deliver [speech etc.] | von sich geben |  |
 | to halt [in speech] | stockend sprechen |  |