Opine

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to hold or express an opinion.



—Synonyms 

say, suggest, allow, guess, imagine.





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opine (v.)   

 

is Standard but seems frequently to be used jocularly, meaning "to give or formally state one’s opinion": She opined that he would [lose] the contest. 



You can use it without humorous intent, despite what some commentators suggest, but you will need to watch context lest you sound either stiffly pretentious or deliberately jocular. 









　

"I've been slogging away for years and then people prick up their ears when they see you in a different language," says the actress. "But it's the idea when I'm in England I play this patrician/cold person, where in (France) the scope is wider and I don't come with so much [baggage]."



Scott Thomas has lived in Paris 28 years, which leads her to opine, "As far as life is concerned, I'm a French person who grew up in England." Whether she slots herself as an English or French actress, Scott Thomas wonders, "Do I have to choose? I don't know."



slog

–verb (used with object) 

1. to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.

2. to drive with blows. 



–verb (used without object) 

3. to deal heavy blows.

4. to walk or plod heavily.

5. to toil. 



–noun 

6. a long, tiring walk or march.

7. long, laborious work.

8. a heavy blow.





 　

The Wheelers, Frank and April, are blinded by love into believing life together will allow them to fulfill their fantasies. Their problem is, they have no fantasies. Instead, they have yearnings -- a hunger for something more than a weary slog into middle age. 





spar

to box with light blows.

and Sands finds himself [verbally] sparring with a priest

clout

blow esp. with hand, cuff. 

Howard uses clout to back [Obama]

Thanks to the box-office [clout] of stars [Taylor] and [Burton], not to mention the [titilation] factor of hearing all those naughty words on the big screen, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf was a hit,

buffet

a blow, as with the hand or fist.

or brilliantly designed capitals of industry in which little people are manipulated and [buffeted] about by the string pullers.

brash

He's hyper-reactive, flickering between [brash], [bashful], playful, and awkward

bash

strike with a crushing or smashing blow

Even Durst’s critically [bashed] follow-up, the 2008 sports film The Longshots was released last Summer.



plod

slow, heavy, laborious

The mailman plods his [weary] way. 

but Regular Lovers plods on [dutifully], exhibiting the same [glum] perseverance as Garrel's career.

trudge

Origin: tread and drudge 

spiritless but steady and doggedly persistent

As he [trudges] across the wilderness, Block is visited by Death (Bengt Ekerot), [garbed] in the traditional black robe. 

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