Vocabulary

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

melt-in-the-mouth feeling

an expression; phraseology

illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

palate

elegant (speech); clear; high-sounding

bad breath; intimation

affidavit; deposition

affidavit; deposition

humming to oneself

mouth; lips

reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

spoken language; spoken words

verbal promise

spoken English

smooth-spoken

dental surgery; oral surgery

rough speaking

teller (in bank)

oratorical talent; eloquence; clever tongue; glibness

hush money

mouth and ear

shallow learning

cajolery; wheedling

leading a horse, cow, etc.

listening to someone talking

oral instruction or teaching or method

slow of speech; prudent

slow of speech; prudent

oral examination

affidavit

writing with the brush in one's mouth

scolding; faultfinding

passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition

being good at conversation; conversationalist; good talker; smooth-talker

napkin

lips

taciturn

gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering