• Speak for: Speak on somebody’s behalf
• Speak for: Claim, reserve, or occupy
• Speak for: Represent an intrinsic quality
• Speak for oneself: Provide an opinion only on one,s own behalf
• Speak for oneself: Expressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another
• Speak for oneself: Have obvious meaning; to require no explanation
• Speak of: Bespeak; show; indicate; foretell; suggest
• Speak out: Assert or promote one’s opinion; to make one’s thoughts known
• Speak to: Resonate with, to feel emotionally relevant to
• Speak up: Talk more loudly or plainly
• Speak up: Make oneself or one’s opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself
