argue，reason things out，be reasonable ；

[例句] 会谈的气氛是平静的、说理的. The atmosphere was calm with each side reasoning things out.

[例句] 咱们找他说理去. Let's go and reason things out with him.

tell，relate，recount，narrate，pour；

[例句] 他向我诉说他觉得自己像是在受罚。 He confided to me that he felt like he was being punished.

[例句] 她吞吞吐吐地诉说自己深深的苦恼及伤痛。 She spoke haltingly of her deep upset and hurt.

way of saying a thing，wording，statement，version，parlance ；

[例句] 位于伦敦的英国外交部对这些说法表示惊讶. The Foreign Office in London has expressed surprise at these allegations.

[例句] 他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。 He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.

（假设） presupposition，presumption，hypothesis，premise ；

[例句] 她的假说涉及到电磁辐射的作用. Her hypothesis concerns the role of electromagnetic radiation.

[例句] 提出来的解释, 只要它的正确性仍然有疑问, 便称为假说. A suggested explanation, so long as its correctness is still in doubt, is called a hypothesis.

person often sent to win sb. over or enlist his support through persuasion，persuasive talker，one who undertakes to “sell an idea”，hired agent to spea

[例句] 所有出色的说客和推销员都是一样的。 All great persuaders and salesmen are the same.

[例句] 我可不是那位前总统的说客. I am not a hired agent for the former president.

chatting and laughing，josh ；

[例句] 内尔的同事们说他实际上在说笑逗乐，心情不错。 Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.

[例句] 我们说笑了很久。 We talked and laughed a great deal.

go canvassing，go about selling an idea，go about drumming up support for an idea，lobby，canvass for ；

[例句] 他在全国四处游说，号召人们共赴大业。 He barnstormed across the nation, rallying the people to the cause.

[例句] 农业利益集团是华盛顿最具影响力的游说团体之一。 Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington.

plead for mercy for sb.，solicit [ask for] favour on behalf of others，intercede for sb.，intercede，intercession ；

[例句] 当他试着说情时很快被制止了. He was quickly snubbed when he tried to intercede.

[例句] 他替我说情. He interceded in my behalf.

make idle talk，talk behind sb.'s back，talk ；

[例句] 说闲话的人真是旧脑筋! The gossipers really are a bunch of old fogies!

[例句] 说闲话的人都是些老脑筋. Those making the idle talk are all old fogies.

（留待以后办理或考虑） put off until some time later，what's more，besides ；

[例句] 我想和你谈谈，但可以晚点再说。 I want to talk to you, but it can wait.

[例句] 我再说一遍。我厌恶韦德的生活方式。 Let me say it again. I despised Wade's life.

take the words out of sb.'s mouth，bring out，come out with，enounce，get out ；

[例句] 麦克说出最后这两个字时，吓得声音颤抖。 Mack made his voice quiver with fear on these last two words.

[例句] 我一贯大声说出自己的想法，不会迫于压力而一言不发。 I've always had a loud mouth, I refuse to be silenced.

let alone ；

[例句] 别说了，我来告诉你我想要什么。 Just pipe down and I'll tell you what I want.

[例句] 别说我活该，不然让你尝尝我的拳头。 Don't say it serves me right or I'll thump you.

malign，missay，speak ill of；动 badmouth ；

[例句] 说好话如口吐莲花, 说坏话如口吐毒蛇. Kind words are like pure lotus, mean words are like poisonous snakes.

[例句] 说坏话的人和做坏事的人,区别仅在于机会. An evil speaker differs from an evil - doer only in opportunity.

persuasiveness，authority，convincingness，stringency，persuasion ；

[例句] 在那次晚宴上，我听到他作了一番非常有说服力的陈词。 I heard him make a very eloquent speech at that dinner.

[例句] 书中的有些论述肤浅琐碎，毫无说服力。 Some of the discussion in the book is lightweight and unconvincing.

mention，speak of，refer to，as to，at the mention of ；

[例句] 好，就说到这儿吧，下周初我们再谈。 O.K. I'll sign off. We'll talk at the beginning of the week.

[例句] 这个嘛，我看这让我说到正题了。 Well, I think that leads me to the real point.

understate ；

[例句] “下面，闲话少说，让我来介绍一下我们的赞助人。” "And now, without further ado, let me introduce our benefactor."

[例句] 你们都知道我来这里的目的。所以我就闲话少说了。 You all know why I am here. So I won't waste time on preliminaries.

talking ；

[例句] 她说话的时候直盯着他的脸。 She looked him full in the face as she spoke.

[例句] 我们说话的时候，他们家的4个孩子在草地上玩侧手翻。 Their four children turn cartwheels in the grass as we talk.

demonstrative，explanatory，[计] declarative，exponent，expositive ；

[例句] 他们的推理是以一系列未说明的假定为基础的。 Their reasoning was based on a set of unstated assumptions.

[例句] 这是由某些未加说明的方法产生的. It is generated by some specified means.

talk in one's dream，talk nonsense，talk in sleep，somniloquence，somniloquy ；

[例句] 昨晚我听见你说梦话. I heard you talk in your sleep last night.

[例句] 他在说梦话而且在床上不安地辗转反侧着. He was talking in his sleep and moving uneasily on the bed.

break a jest ；

[例句] 他爱说笑话，喜欢谈论啤酒和姑娘。 He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls.

[例句] 李森科说笑话的时候自己咯咯直乐。 Lysenko gave a deep rumbling laugh at his own joke.