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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

He speaks for an hour

“Will Hammond do what May has not done and set out where we stand on Brexit? Hammond has said he thinks the financial sector should be in the single market. I would be amazed if he speaks for an hour and doesn’t say what he thinks about Brexit. People will want a clear sense from him of where we are going.” (Alistair Darling, former chancellor.)

What does "he speaks for an hour" mean in the context above?
  

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He will talk about the UK budget for an hour.

— Teechr

  • He will talk about the UK budget for an hour.
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He will talk about the UK budget for an hour.
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teechrHe will talk about the UK budget for an hour.
Thank you for the reply.
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AnonymousI would be amazed if he speaks for an hour and doesn’t say what he thinks about Brexit.
It would be amazing for him to spend an entire hour making his speech without mentioning anything about his opinions on Brexit during all that time.

In brief, "and doesn't say" = "without saying".

But maybe you already knew that, because your ques
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CalifJimBut maybe you already knew that, because your question was about a different clause.
No, I didn't. I'm a non-native and when I can't catch the meaning at once, I start to think 'out-of box'; in this case I thought, wrongly, that the prepositional phrase "for an hour" means that he speaks "to fill an argumentation gap now, for that very moment, for 'tha
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AnonymousNo, I didn't. I'm a non-native and when I can't catch the meaning at once, ...
Ah. Well then, I hope you understand it a little better now.
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