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Meanings of turn of expression in anglès

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expresión

A distinctive spoken or written expression.

        expresión
        Usage of turn of expression in anglès
        1
        A slight and natural turn of expression such as this easily fixes itself in the memory.
        The Gospels in the Second Century / An Examination of the Critic...
        2
        The turn of expression is called a Trope, and change of construction is called a Schema.
        Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
        3
        His own poems, even to the slightest turn of expression, became more and more important to him.
        Two Years Ago, Volume I
        4
        To conclude with one more instance of critical emendation: Milton says, with an agreeable turn of expression-
        Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
        5
        She opens it unconcernedly and reads it quickly, giving a little laugh at some quaint turn of expression in it].
        Mrs. Warren's Profession
        6
        Full of this idea, the grammarian Aristophanes exclaimed in a somewhat affected, though highly ingenious turn of expression: O life and Menander!
        Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
        7
        I sought in her countenance and features a likeness to Mr. Rochester, but found none: no trait, no turn of expression announced relationship.
        Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
        8
        I do not dwell upon that thought, but just remind you of a turn of expression which occurs in various connections more than once.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
        9
        No one ever taught her certain turns of expression which she used.
        The Ink-Stain (Tache d'encre) — Volume 2
        10
        She delighted in original turns of expression, which were sometimes far-fetched and artificial.
        The Women of the French Salons
        11
        Banks looked at me sharply, with one of his keen, rather challenging turns of expression.
        The Jervaise Comedy
        12
        Farewell gayety, ease, those happy turns of expressions, which formerly even made my faults escape correction.
        The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 01
        13
        We are not aware that Pope pretended to have discovered any turns of expression peculiar to Addison.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
        14
        All this time he spoke in French, and the English but poorly paraphrases his odd turns of expression.
        Alice of Old Vincennes
        15
        She is master of powerful figures of speech, original, epigrammatic turns of expression, and, sometimes, of a stirring eloquence.
        Halleck's New English Literature
        16
        Vardri was idealist as well as lover, and graceful turns of expression came to his pen readily and without effort.
        The Hippodrome
        Translations for turn of expression