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Definition

To speak about concerns, feelings, ideas, etc. which someone understands well and can relate to intimately.

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In Context

  • ""When I'm with you I seem to get back to my natural conditions—the conditions in which I can live and work." . . . He turned to her eagerly. "You're the only one, Lois, who knows what I mean—who can speak my language.""
  • "Mr. Dole, a Republican from neighboring Kansas who made more than a dozen trips to Iowa last year is, according to Calvin O. Hultman, Republican leader of the State Senate, "one of us - he speaks our language.""
  • ""The crucial thing is for young women to look at the magazine and think, ‘Cosmo is speaking my language’.""
  • "If you are one of the more than 70 million Americans who suffer from chronic hurt, The Pain Chronicles could very well be the first time you hear from someone who speaks your language."
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