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 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.
Who are you to say that?
- not running away from complex issues by dogmatically shutting everything down with the insidious and slippery retort "Who are you to say that?"
not running away from complex issues by dogmatically shutting everything down with the insidious and slippery retort "Who are you to say that?"
- by dogmatically shutting everything down with the insidious and slippery retort,
by dogmatically shutting everything down with the insidious and slippery retort,
Why This Island Might be in Canada or Might be in the US
- The problem was, the original text defining which islands were part of Nova Scotia said they were "islands or seas lying near to or within six leagues of any part of the said coasts." To that, I retort: what?
The problem was, the original text defining which islands were part of Nova Scotia said they were "islands or seas lying near to or within six leagues of any part of the said coasts." To that, I retort: what?
- To that I retort, what?
To that I retort, what?
Part 2 - Emma Audiobook by Jane Austen (Vol 1: Chs 10-18)
- Woodhouse's peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort, equally ill-bestowed.
Woodhouse's peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort, equally ill-bestowed.
- a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed.
a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed.
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