Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction: Frequently Asked Questions -- 1. Speaking -- 2. Preparation/Anticipating the Speaker -- 3. Complex Syntax/Compression -- 4. Word Order/Clusters -- 5. General Adverbial Clauses -- 6. Untranslatability -- 7. Figures of Speech -- 8. Argumentation -- 9. Diction/Register -- 10. Formal Style -- 11. A Policy Address -- 12. Quotations/Allusions/ Transposition -- 13. Political Discourse -- 14. Economic Discourse -- 15. Humor -- 16. Latinisms -- 17. Numbers -- 18. Note-taking -- Annex I: Additional Reformulation Strategies -- Annex II: Memory Drill -- Annex III: Patterns in Speech -- Annex IV: Political Discourse - Additional Exercise -- Bibliography -- Index