say a few words

To give a short speech or present a brief account of something. I've asked Ms. Thompson to say a few words before the assembly begins. Later in the book, I will deal with Samuel Beckett's influence on the avant-garde, but first, I'd like to say a few words about his early childhood in Ireland.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Henye	-	Yiddish
Manasseh	mə-NAS-ə (English)	Biblical
Tighearnach	TEER-nakh	Irish
Cecilia	sə-SEE-lee-ə (English), sə-SEEL-yə (English), che-CHEE-lyah (Italian), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish), se-SEE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), se-SEEL-yah (Danish, Norwegian), SE-see-lee-ah (Finnish)	English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German
Dunja	DOO-nyah (Serbian, Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Junaid	-	Arabic