{"query": "A parable — Speech silence", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f8186323a970", "title": "A parable — Speech silence", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. The proverb is dry. It does not say the fool became wise. It only says he was"}, {"id": "card_c_04072367124b", "title": "A parable — Silence better ↔ A parable — Speech silence", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Silence is sometimes the most honest contribution. (A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)  — a concord the card itself states; mi"}, {"id": "card_n_e518ae8c8e4c", "title": "A parable — Doubt silence", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The psalmist cried: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He cried it day and night, and there was no answer. 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He"}, {"id": "card_src_word_speech_defect", "title": "speech defect", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "speech defect: (noun) a disorder of oral speech — syn: speech disorder, defect of speech"}, {"id": "card_src_word_speech_disorder", "title": "speech disorder", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "speech disorder: (noun) a disorder of oral speech — syn: speech defect, defect of speech"}, {"id": "card_src_word_defect_of_speech", "title": "defect of speech", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "defect of speech: (noun) a disorder of oral speech — syn: speech disorder, speech defect"}, {"id": "card_src_word_non_standard_speech", "title": "non-standard speech", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "non-standard speech: (noun) speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community"}, {"id": "card_src_word_speech_organ", "title": "speech organ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "speech organ: (noun) any of the organs involved in speech production — syn: vocal organ, organ of speech"}, {"id": "card_src_word_organ_of_speech", "title": "organ of speech", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "organ of speech: (noun) any of the organs involved in speech production — syn: speech organ, vocal organ"}, {"id": "card_src_word_visible_speech", "title": "visible speech", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "visible speech: (noun) a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century · (noun) spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically"}, {"id": "card_src_book_33421", "title": "The Speech of Monkeys — R. L. (Richard Lynch) Garner", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Speech of Monkeys, by R. L. (Richard Lynch) Garner. Subjects: Monkeys; Speech; Sound production by animals. 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