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Sommaire 1 ASK 2 ANSWER 3 EXPLAIN 4 SAY 5 TELL

ASK

• canvas,
• catechize,
• challenge,
• cross-examine,
• demand,
• direct,
• enjoin,
• examine
• give the third degree
• go over
• hunt for
• inquire
• pick one’s brain
• pry into
• pump
• put the screws to
• put through the wringer
• query
• quiz
• request

ANSWER

• acknowledge
• answer back
• argue
• backtalk
• claim
• contest
• counterclaim
• defend
• deny
• disprove
• dispute
• echo
• feedback
• field the question
• give a snappy comeback
• parry
• plead
• rebut
• refute
• rejoin
• remark
• resolve
• respond
• retaliate
• retort
• squelch

EXPLAIN

• account for
• analyse
• annotate
• break down
• bring out
• clarify
• clear up
• construe
• decipher
• define
• demonstrate
• describe
• elucidate
• expand
• go into detail
• illustrate
• interpret
• justify
• make plain
• manifest
• paraphrase
• point out
• render
• set right
• throw light upon
• unfold
• unravel
• untangle

SAY

affirm

allege
announce

assert

claim
come out with
conjecture
convey
declare
deliver

• disclose
• divulge
• estimate
• express
• give voice
• guess
• imagine
• imply
• jaw
• judge
• maintain
• make down
• mention
• opine
• perform
• relate
• remark
• report
• respond
• reveal
• rumor
• state
• suggest
• utter
• vent
• verbalize

TELL

acquaint, advise, apprise, authorize, bid, break the news, call upon, clue in, command, confess, declare, direct, give facts,inform, instruct, keep posted, leak, leave word, let in on, let know, let slip, level, make known, notify, open up, order, proclaim, reel off, represent, require, reveal, spit it out, state, summon.