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Among the so-called negative symptoms of schizophrenia are a blunting or flattening of the person's ability to experience (or at least to express) emotion, indicated by speaking in a monotone and by a peculiar lack of facial expressions.
This film is stocked with amusing spy-movie toys of which the most delightful is a voice-activated Rolls-Royce (updated from "Goldfinger") that responds to the name Royce by speaking in a seductive woman's purr.
He recalled that like other British cast and crew members on the set, he was asked not to throw Mr. Day-Lewis off by speaking in a British accent, so Mr. Harris too stayed in character.
The fact that some characters are from Helium might lead you to hope that they will release some balloon animals, or at least enliven the story by speaking in a squeaky-high voice.
Mr. Malkovich — who memorably played another 18th-century womanizer in the 1988 film version of de Laclos's "Liaisons Dangereuses" — contributes to the impression by speaking in a plummy, variable accent that suggests someone who, though born on the continent, attended English boarding schools.
But you made that horrible experience very pleasant by speaking in a very positive way and patiently listening to my explanation.
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Make the bear aware of your presence by speaking in an assertive voice, singing, clapping your hands, or making other noises.
A young Welsh recruit, Shaw, freaks me right out by speaking in an offhand way about his career plans eight or 10 years down the line – "My local regiment is actually right next to me in south Wales, so I'm hoping to get into that when I'm 20 or something, 25" – and the rest of the Junior Soldiers are similar calm about their long-term career prospects in the Army.
By speaking in such a way, governments make a rod for their own backs, and are forced, by their own hand, into more and more punitive actions, to make the policies match the threat they've created.
In such a case, S is enabled to fulfill a conversational maxim (by meaning something other than what she actually expresses) precisely by speaking in such a way that she would flout the maxim, blatantly violate it, if she were to mean what she says.
For Saturday night's rendition, Albini began the song by speaking in some version of a Borscht Belt accent.
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