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a prepared statement

a prepared statement

prepare the table

to speak from notes

to presume to expostulate with one

make a prediction about

a sworn statement

preliminary remarks

withdrawal of a statement

make arrangements for

to form an opinion

to advance a theory―set up a theory―set forth a theory―put forward a theory―propound a doctrine

to set up a theory

declare formally

to lay a proposition before the meeting

set the agenda

the practice of lobbying

to study literature

to inform on

an authoritative statement

to settle a matter privately―arrange a matter privately―settle a matter out of court―settle the matter between ourselves―settle a matter by compromise―compromise a dispute―compromise with the other party―compound a matter

to annotate the text―add explanatory notes to the text

to annotate the text―comment upon the text―add explanatory notes to the text

to volunteer a statement

to pass a sentence―pass judgment―pronounce judgment―on a person

give [hand] in one's notice

to make the arrangements

a qualifying statement

having made preparations

make an assertion