Award an honour last month and make a speech (8)
I believe the answer is:
decorate
'award an honour' is the definition.
'decorate' can be an answer for 'award' (decorating is a kind of awarding). I am unsure of the 'an honour' bit.
'last month and make a speech' is the wordplay.
'last month' becomes 'dec' (short for December, last month of the year).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'make a speech' becomes 'orate' (oratory is public speaking).
'dec'+'orate'='DECORATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for decorate that I've seen before include "Beautify by additions" , "Award a medal to" , "Honour" , "Add ornament, colour, etc." , "'Adorn, embellish (8)'" .)