retort
US /rɪˈtɔ:rt/
・UK /rɪˈtɔ:t/
B2TOEIC
v.i.Intransitive VerbTo reply in a quick and often angry way
He will retort angrily to her angry questions
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Benny Lewis: TEDx talk on Rapid Language Hacking
- Now, um, the thing is, you will find people who kind of, uh, would retort that, saying how it's not so possible for them.
Now, um, the thing is, you will find people who kind of, uh, would retort that, saying how it's not so possible for them.
- would retort that, saying how it's not so possible
would retort that, saying how it's not so possible
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- Oh, well, allow me to retort.
Oh, well, allow me to retort.
- Oh, well, allow me to retort.
Oh, well, allow me to retort.
How to build confidence in speaking (webinar 7/7)
- and by that I mean try to say things you can not say. Now, one might retort, if you don't know anything or you just start
and by that I mean try to say things you can not say. Now, one might retort, if you don't know anything or you just start
- Now, one might retort, uh, if you don't know anything or you just start, start with the language, you, you don't know how to use words, you don't know how to use expressions, etc.,
Now, one might retort, uh, if you don't know anything or you just start, start with the language, you, you don't know how to use words, you don't know how to use expressions, etc.,
Annoying Orange VS Authority Figures!
- My retort to that is in the blue folder.
My retort to that is in the blue folder.
- My retort to that is in the blue folder!
My retort to that is in the blue folder!
Part 1 - A Room with a View Audiobook by E. M. Forster (Chs 01-07)
- "One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort.
"One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort.
- "One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort; "one comes for life.
"One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort; "one comes for life.
Book 01 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-6)
- and there are enough of us ugly incontinents to hope for a fine grinning match." Gringoire would have liked to retort.
and there are enough of us ugly incontinents to hope for a fine grinning match." Gringoire would have liked to retort.
- Gringoire would have liked to retort; stupefaction, rage, indignation, deprived
Gringoire would have liked to retort; stupefaction, rage, indignation, deprived
Part 6 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Audiobook by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Adventures 11-12)
- and Holmes was settling down to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night,
and Holmes was settling down to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night,
- when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night and find
when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night and find
The Strawman Defense: Christianity’s Escape Hatch
- Like, yeah, he left out the part of the kalam that makes it more impenetrable to this kind of retort.
Like, yeah, he left out the part of the kalam that makes it more impenetrable to this kind of retort.
- Like yeah, he left out the part of the kalam that makes it more impenetrable to this kind of retort.
Like yeah, he left out the part of the kalam that makes it more impenetrable to this kind of retort.
Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement
- If they say, "We are educators and the world ain't round," you can retort, "It is round." Contradiction can have weight because sometimes seeing the opposing case stated explicitly is enough to get the point across.
If they say, "We are educators and the world ain't round," you can retort, "It is round." Contradiction can have weight because sometimes seeing the opposing case stated explicitly is enough to get the point across.
- If they say, we are educators and the world ain't round, you can retort, it is round.
If they say, we are educators and the world ain't round, you can retort, it is round.
Part 2 - Anne of Green Gables Audiobook by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Chs 11-18)
- The retort silenced Matthew if it did not convince him.
The retort silenced Matthew if it did not convince him.
- The retort silenced Matthew if it did not convince him.
The retort silenced Matthew if it did not convince him.