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Meanings of colloquial phrase in anglès

rus
разговорное выражение
espanyol
palabra coloquial

Linguistic element peculiar to colloquial speech.

Related terms
разговорное выражение
Usage of colloquial phrase in anglès
1
He thinks, speaks, and dreams "shop," as the colloquial phrase has it.
Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
2
To use a modern colloquial phrase, the cases were "framed up."
Great Fortunes from Railroads
3
The ball has been called the Brazuca, a colloquial phrase that references something intrinsically Brazilian in style.
BBC
4
To use a common colloquial phrase, he was a man of genius, if ever there was one.
The Book-Hunter / A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
5
For him the coachman and the guard, the chambermaid and the laundress, pore over their English grammars and colloquial phrase books.
Three Men on the Bummel
6
When you enter the world of good society, drop all your colloquial phrases and mannerisms behind.
Book of Etiquette, Volume II
7
He took great pains in correcting my Spanish, and supplying me with colloquial phrases, and common terms and exclamations, in speaking.
Two Years Before the Mast
8
"Oh, that would never do," she answered, catching a colloquial phrase she had often heard long before in Queensland.
The Great Taboo
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