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Which of these is to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way?
 
retort
 
mutter
 
exclaim
 
sigh
Which of these is to speak or say something very quietly
 
murmur
 
retort
 
state
 
suggest
He was being almost pedantically/categorically accurate.
pendantically
"Of course I'll help you clean the car," she sighed resignedly
 
she wasn't keen to help
 
she was keen to help
 
she was angry about being asked
"Will you stop biting your nails," her father said reluctantly/peevishly
peevishly
SOME SECRET AGENT: "I've been a double agent all this time" CHOOSE: grumble / reasure / reveal
He revealed he had been a double agent all that time.
Martin Luther King Jr: "Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that" CHOOSE: allege / believe / reveal
Martin Luther King believed hate could not drive out hate and that only love could do that
HE: "I'm innocent!" CHOOSE: allege / admitted / denied
He alleged he was innocent.
SHE: "Can I see your manager?"
She asked if/whether she could see my manager / She asked to see the manager.
HE: "What topic should I pick for my presentation?"
He asked which topic he should pick for his presentation / He asked which topic to pic for his presentation.
SHE: "You didn't need to apologise about what happened this morning, the past is in the past"
She said/ She told me I needn't have apologised about what had happened that morning and that the past was in the past.
SHE: "I should have asked them to show me their identification" CHOOSE: regret / worry / claim
She regretted that she hadn't asked them to show her their identification / She regretted not asking/ not having asked them to show her their identification.
HE: "I didn't want to put too much pressure on them after all they've been through"
He said he hadn't wanted to put too much pressure on them after all they'd been through.
SHE: "I don't want any help from you" CHOOSE: deny / worry / refuse
She refused (to get) any help from me. / She denied that she wanted my help / She denied wanting my help.
HE: "I can't do this on my own, I need someone to help me." CHOOSE: worry / deny / regret
He worried (that) he couldn't do that on his own and that he needed someone to help him.
The Prime Minister: "We will have created a million new jobs by the end of this year" CHOOSE: order / wonder / announce
The Prime Minister announced that they would have created a million new jobs by the end of this/that year.
HE: "I'm sorry I was rude to you earlier today" CHOOSE: apologise / admit / reveal
He apologised for being rude/for having been rude to me earlier that day.
"I must finish this before I can pay attention to anything else" she said.
She said she had to finish that before she could pay attention to anything else.
"Shall I bring you something to drink?" he asked her.
He asked her whether/if he should bring her something to drink.
"Last week has been some of the best days of my life" She said.
She said the previous week had been some of the best days of her life.
HE: "Can you pass me the gravy, please?" tell / ask / order
He asked me if I could pass him the gravy. / He asked me to pass him the gravy.
SHE: "Can I finish this faster if I multitask?" CHOOSE: claim / wonder / hope
She wondered if/whether she could finish that faster if she multitasked.
HE: "Honestly, I didn't intend to copy your work" CHOOSE: announce / swear / check
He swore he had not intendended to copy my work.
HE: "I have a gambling problem" CHOOSE: report / admit / confess
He admitted/confessed he had a gambling problem / He admitted to/confessed to having a gambling problem.
SHE: "I had never seen this man before" CHOOSE: admit / deny / hope
She denied having (ever) seen that man before / She denied that she had ever seen that man before.
HE: "I shouldn't have been so rude to them earlier today" CHOOSE: regret / grumble / reveal
He regretted having been so rude to them earlier that day. / He regretted that he had been so rude to them earlier that day.
HE: "I'm pretty sure you will have your parcel delivered at home tomorrow morning" CHOOSE: encourage / swear / believe
He believed we would have our parcel delivered at home the following morning.
SHE: "You should take up the guitar." CHOOSE: advise / emphasise / hope
She advised me to take up the guitar.
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