| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | a cold discourse | безжизненная речь |
| gen. | a dark discourse | неясная речь |
| gen. | a familiar discourse | безыскусственная речь |
| gen. | a familiar discourse | простая речь |
| gen. | a lagging discourse | растянутая речь |
| gen. | a melting discourse | трогательная речь |
| gen. | a rambling discourse | бессвязная речь |
| gen. | A sufficient quantity of tokens of a given type of construction will ever appear in a piece of spontaneous discourse | Достаточное количество репрезентаций конструкции данного вида никогда не появляется в отрезке спонтанной речи (ssn) |
| gen. | assume a discourse | держать речь |
| polit. | avoid speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse | избегать непарламентских выражений (CNN, 2020 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| philos. | avoid speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse | избегать выражений, которые своей по форме или содержанию не способствуют дискуссии с целью достижения взаимопонимания (CNN, 2020 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| polit. | be a centerpiece of political discourses | быть центральной темой политических дискуссий (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk) |
| polit. | be a centerpiece of political discourses | находиться в центре политических дискуссий (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | branch out into a long discourse | пуститься в длинные рассуждения |
| polit. | conduct a discourse | дискуссировать (In a festival interview with ABC presenter Jonathan Green, Latham refused to answer questions or conduct a civil discourse.It didn't propose any answers; it just told us how to conduct political discourse.  ludwig.guru Andrey Truhachev) |
| polit. | conduct a discourse | вести полемику (In a festival interview with ABC presenter Jonathan Green, Latham refused to answer questions or conduct a civil discourse.It didn't propose any answers; it just told us how to conduct political discourse. ludwig.guru Andrey Truhachev) |
| polit. | conduct a discourse | вести дискуссию (In a festival interview with ABC presenter Jonathan Green, Latham refused to answer questions or conduct a civil discourse.It didn't propose any answers; it just told us how to conduct political discourse. ludwig.guru Andrey Truhachev) |
| polit. | conduct a discourse | диспутировать (In a festival interview with ABC presenter Jonathan Green, Latham refused to answer questions or conduct a civil discourse.It didn't propose any answers; it just told us how to conduct political discourse. ludwig.guru Andrey Truhachev) |
| polit. | conduct a discourse | полемизировать (In a festival interview with ABC presenter Jonathan Green, Latham refused to answer questions or conduct a civil discourse.It didn't propose any answers; it just told us how to conduct political discourse. ludwig.guru Andrey Truhachev) |
| polit. | conduct a discourse | дискутировать (In a festival interview with ABC presenter Jonathan Green, Latham refused to answer questions or conduct a civil discourse.It didn't propose any answers; it just told us how to conduct political discourse. ludwig.guru Andrey Truhachev) |
| relig. | deliver a discourse | выступить с речью |
| gen. | deliver a discourse | произнести речь |
| gen. | he fired up an unfiltered Gitane and sailed into a bizarre discourse on Moliere, Rostand, Balzac, Musset | он зажёг сигарету "житан" без фильтра и пустился в витиеватые рассуждения о Мольере, Ростане, Бальзаке, Мюссе |
| gen. | hold a discourse with | беседовать с (кем-л.) |
| gen. | point one's discourse at a person | намекать в разговоре на (кого-л.) |
| Makarov. | spin out a discourse | затягивать беседу |
