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Significats de colloquialism en anglès

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разговорный язык
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linguagem coloquial
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estilo coloquial
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llengua col·loquial

Style of the language used for casual communication.

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      llengua col·loquial
      rus
      разговорное выражение
      espanyol
      palabra coloquial

      Linguistic element peculiar to colloquial speech.

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            Examples for "colloquial expression"
            Examples for "colloquial expression"
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            Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch.
            Beasts and Super-Beasts
            2
            I was surprised to hear such a colloquial expression come out of her mouth.
            Somewhere inside
            3
            With regard to questions of devotion the unbeliever, to use a colloquial expression, is not necessarily damned.
            The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
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            I said that the squeaking sound that guy is making is god awful- 'God awful' is a colloquial expression.
            Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
            5
            He, however, to use a colloquial expression, had never been to see for himself, being neither musician, theologian, or metaphysician.
            Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
            1
            Tote in this sense is defined in our standard dictionaries as a colloquial word of the Southern States, used especially by the negroes.
            Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in t...
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            In the original it is sometimes difficult to read, for Folengo has no objection to using the most colloquial words and phrases.
            Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1
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            And that will be reflected in the conversations you hear on Radio New Zealand where there will be many colloquial words and phrases used.
            Radio NZ
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            'Not that one wants to "shirk" anything,' he added, putting the colloquial word between the audible equivalents of inverted commas.
            Eyeless in Gaza
            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
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            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
            Ús de colloquialism en anglès
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            He had personal reasons to know the fundamental accuracy of the colloquialism.
            Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
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            There, Mr. Editor, you have a pleasing comminglement of romance and colloquialism.
            Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
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            But in everyday speech a certain amount of colloquialism is inevitable.
            America To-day, Observations and Reflections
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            The richness of colloquialism moved the vicar of Mount Dunstan to deep enjoyment.
            The Shuttle
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            The colloquialism escaped Homosoto, but he got the gist of it.
            Terminal Compromise
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            The Chinese boy to whom the colloquialism was addressed answered literally, after his habit:-
            Under the Redwoods
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            Kong laughed at her unexpected colloquialism and then turned serious.
            Lost in translation
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            Here they are, and, to use a colloquialism, I want to rub them in.
            White Ashes
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            But their very familiarity and colloquialism make them remarkably effective with English-speaking little ones.
            More English Fairy Tales
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            These elements had, however, to use a colloquialism, an "exceedingly rough time."
            What Germany Thinks; Or, The War as Germans see it
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            It's a place where the word "fag" is a common colloquialism.
            The Guardian
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            In the UK, the colloquialism for it is Blutack, which is also a brand name.
            The South African
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            They, if you'll excuse the colloquialism, have it made.
            Dayworld Rebel
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            He felt at home within this American Hillbilly colloquialism.
            Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
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            To employ a colloquialism, this is not their funeral.
            The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
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            Get yourself into the current of Circumstance-"inthe swim," as the colloquialism has it.
            The Young Man and the World