stammer
verb (stammer, stammers, stammered, stammering); noun (a stammer)
Everyday
- To stammer means to speak with pauses and repeated sounds, because you are nervous or because of a speech condition («I-I-I don't know»). tree →
- A stammer is a speech condition that makes a person repeat or stretch sounds or get stuck on words; in the USA it is often called a stutter. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life and PSHE pupils learn that many people have a stammer, that it is not caused by being nervous or less clever, and that the kind thing is to wait patiently, not finish their words or laugh. In stories a character stammers when shocked, scared or embarrassed. Phrases: «stammer out», «have a stammer», «stammer an apology».
Examples
- «S-sorry,» he stammered. tree →
- She stammered when the head teacher asked her a question. tree →
- My friend has a stammer, so I give him time to finish. tree →
- Never laugh at someone who stammers. tree →
- He stammered out his answer. tree →
- Some famous actors and leaders had a stammer. tree →
- Speech therapy can help people with a stammer. tree →
- Nervous, Tom stammered his lines in the play. tree →
- They weren’t here a minute ago,” he stammered. tree →
Note
Regular verb, double m: «stammered». «Stammer» (UK) and «stutter» (US) mean the same. Do not interrupt or finish the words for a person who stammers.
In Jewish tradition
In Isaiah it means speaking in a strange foreign tongue that Israel cannot follow, a sign of invaders.
Interpretation. Tradition reads it as a warning that if Israel will not listen to God's clear words from the prophets, it will hear foreign conquerors' language instead.
Examples
- For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue shall it be spoken to this people; (Prophets ISA.28.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not see the fierce people; a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand. (Prophets ISA.33.19, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Regular verb, double m: «stammered». «Stammer» (UK) and «stutter» (US) mean the same. Do not interrupt or finish the words for a person who stammers.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «stammer» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «stammer» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «stammer» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «stammer» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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