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Keywords: Lecture, Talk, Rebuke, Lengthy, Protests

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Talk; mention; common saying.

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The act of talking, often involving a verbal interaction and communication with another person.

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An important freedom contained in the 1st Amendment. Courts have ruled it does not only mean talking, but also "symbolic" speech--buttons, signs, protests, demonstrations, etc...

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a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

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a performance, not a lecture

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the act or sounds of talking.

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