1. 用言语表达：give witness on behalf of sb. 为某人作证. | give words to 用言语表达. | give a bad account of oneself [俚贬]干得差劲, 表现不好.
1. Zhuang declined to give her full name, worrying her employer may frown upon her words.
2. In that sense they are common words but they are not insignificant, because they help give emphasis to a question or an answer.
3. They are given reading assignments and expected to come prepared to give reports in their own words on the readings.