Converse of object

• market: This is meaningless rhetoric, marketing spiel for selling ribbons, t-shirts and rubber wristbands.

• do: OK, that's the spiel done, here's the exciting bit.

• have: The hospital consultant had a similar spiel, except, this time it was home births in Ethiopia.

• well-rehearse: Roger Moore " , before launching into a well-rehearsed spiel for Unicef.

• write: Cosmeston Relay Results, sorry that there aren't any names, but Clem wrote a spiel on the race.

• ramble: Molko flashes a plastic smile, listens to the rambling spiel and then says he really must be going.

Adjective modifier

• same: I phoned up and used the same spiel as I had done before.

• little: The guy comes out and gives us a little spiel about how he went on an expedition.

• corporate: Even originally billed Hard-Fi would be hard pushed to fit in to the corporate spiel.

• above: Perhaps with the knowledge you might get from the above spiel - you can tell us and we can better assist you.

Noun used with modifier

• marketing: Nope, just the marketing spiel from the Teesside tourist board.

• sale: You have to let your requirements and not sales spiel drive your decision.

• opening: Strangely I never quite understood the opening spiel until just recently.

• usuall: Before all the usuall spiel, these are approvals for house purchase only.