speak to . talk to对…说

Don't speak to that rough boy．不要跟那个无礼的男孩讲话。

She sometimes blushes when spoken to in the street．当有人在街上跟她打招呼时，她有时会脸红。

 speak to .  talk about谈论

We haven't much time； please speak to the subject．我们时间不多了，请谈正题吧。

I'll speak to that point later．我在后面会说到那一点。

 speak to . scold责备；批评

The boy was late again today；it,is,time you spoke to him．那男孩今天又迟到了，你该批评批评他了。

I'll speak to him about his rudeness at the meeting．他在会上太不礼貌了，我非责备他不可。

 speak to .  be attractive to对…有吸引力

I am afraid this kind of art doesn't really speak to me．恐怕这种艺术对我没有吸引力。

Great music speaks directly to the emotions．伟大的音乐能直接打动感情。

speak up . speak out . speak in a loud or clear voice大声而清楚地说

The teacher told the shy boy to speak up．老师叫那个腼腆的男孩讲得响一点。

Would you please speak up，as we can't hear you? 我们听不清楚，请大声点说，行吗?

speak up . speak out .  express one's opinion fearlessly大胆发表意见

Ed spoke up against letting girls join the club．艾德反对让女孩参加俱乐部。

speak up . speak out . say for somebody 为某人辩护；替某人说好话

Since he was a complete stranger in the town，there was no one to speak up for him when he was brought into court．因为他在这个镇上是一个完全陌生的人，所以当他受到控告时，没有人替他讲好话。

speak well of . express a good opinion of称赞

Everyone that knows him speaks well of him．了解他的人都称赞他。

specialize in . study in detail；work or be knowledgeable in详细研究；专门从事或专长于

After he had worked as a doctor for some years，he decided to specialize in children's diseases．做了几年医生之后，他决定专门研究儿科疾病。

speed up . go faster or cause to go faster（使）加快

You are driving very slowly．Do speed up a bit or we'll never get to Edinburgh．你开得太慢了。开快点，否则我们永远也到不了爱丁堡。

The new government has speeded up the building of houses．新政府加快了房屋建设的速度。

I asked them to speed the delivery up．我要求他们加快交货。

The time saved speeded up production and released workers for other jobs．省下的时间加快了生产进度，解放出了劳动力于其它工作。

We'll be late unless we speed up．我们要不加快点就要迟到了。

spell out . read something very slowly and with difficulty缓慢而费力地读

He is eight now，but he still has to spell out nearly everything he reads．他已八岁了，可他看书的时候，还是要费力地才能把所看的东西读出来。

It took the boy an hour to spell out a page of French．那男孩花了一小时才吃力地读完一页法文。

spell out . explain something in a very clear and simple way清楚地说明；讲清楚

He is so stupid that you have to spell out the most basic things to him．他真笨，连最基本的东西都得给他解释。

His speech spelt out the Government's plans for the army．他的演说清楚地讲明了政府对军队的计划。

Must I spell out everything to you? 我有必要把每件事情都一五一十地跟你讲吗?

I wish someone would spell proposals out for us．但愿有人能给我们把这些建议讲明白。

 spill out   .  scatter out；pour out撒落；溢出

The contents of the box spilled out on the floor．箱子里的东西撒落在地上。

Mind how you carry that pot；you'll spill some of the water out．端那只锅的时候当心一点，不然会把水泼出来的。

spill over . overflow 溢出；溢满

The milk in the pot boiled up and spilled over．锅里的牛奶煮沸溢了出来。

The populations of many big cities have spilled over into the ad joining countryside．许多大城市的居民已外流到毗邻的乡村。

The controversy has spilled over into other fields．这场争论已扩大到其它领域。

 spin out . make something last as long as possible把…拉长

That's all the money there is，so you'll just have to spin it out for the rest of the week．所有的钱都在这儿了，因此你得尽可能地在这星期剩下的日子里节约用钱。

He spun out his story for twenty minutes．他把故事延长了20分钟。

He spun the project out for over three years．这个工程他拖了3年多。

 spirit away .  spirit off . make somebody or something disappear quickly or in a mysterious way 使…不翼而飞；使…神秘地消失

The pop star was spirited off through the back door．那位流行歌星通过后门神秘地消失了。

We caught just one glimpse of him and then he was spirited away by his friends．我们只看见他一面，以后他就给朋友们悄悄拖走了。

Someone seems to have spirited the documents away．似乎有人把文件偷偷地弄走了。

I was sure I left my umbrella in the office，but when I returned to get it ．it had been spirited away．我确信我把伞放在办公室里的，可当我回去取时，伞已经不翼而飞了。

spit out . say something angrily or sharply愤怒地说；尖刻地说

I'll never forget the way he spat out our names．我永远也不会忘了他喊我们名字时的那种愤怒样子。

He spat the story out with bitter anger．他愤怒地讲述这段故事。

 splash down . land in the sea（宇宙飞船在返回地球时在海洋中）溅落

The lunar capsule splashed down in the Pacific．登月密封舱降落在太平洋上。

The returning astronauts splashed down safely．返航的宇航员安全降落。