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He had personal reasons to know the fundamental accuracy of the colloquialism.
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There, Mr. Editor, you have a pleasing comminglement of romance and colloquialism.
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But in everyday speech a certain amount of colloquialism is inevitable.
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The richness of colloquialism moved the vicar of Mount Dunstan to deep enjoyment.
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The colloquialism escaped Homosoto, but he got the gist of it.
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Tote in this sense is defined in our standard dictionaries as a colloquialword of the Southern States, used especially by the negroes.
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In the original it is sometimes difficult to read, for Folengo has no objection to using the most colloquialwords and phrases.
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And that will be reflected in the conversations you hear on Radio New Zealand where there will be many colloquialwords and phrases used.
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'Not that one wants to "shirk" anything,' he added, putting the colloquialword between the audible equivalents of inverted commas.
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He thinks, speaks, and dreams "shop," as the colloquialphrase has it.
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To use a modern colloquialphrase, the cases were "framed up."
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The ball has been called the Brazuca, a colloquialphrase that references something intrinsically Brazilian in style.
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To use a common colloquialphrase, he was a man of genius, if ever there was one.
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For him the coachman and the guard, the chambermaid and the laundress, pore over their English grammars and colloquialphrase books.
Usage of colloquial expression in English
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Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquialexpression, was knocked off her perch.
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I was surprised to hear such a colloquialexpression come out of her mouth.
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With regard to questions of devotion the unbeliever, to use a colloquialexpression, is not necessarily damned.
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I said that the squeaking sound that guy is making is god awful- 'God awful' is a colloquialexpression.
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He, however, to use a colloquialexpression, had never been to see for himself, being neither musician, theologian, or metaphysician.
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The same idea gave rise to the "ours mal léché" of French, and our own colloquialexpression "an ill-licked cub."
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ColloquialExpressions: Day-to-day speech revolves heavily around colloquial expressions that ultimately find their way into social media.
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Speech poor in colloquialexpressions.
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"I think a colloquialexpression for that, Spacer Rhim, is 'pins and needles.' Is that it?"
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There was too much reiteration, and I shall never discipline my taste to like common colloquialexpressions of life: "How do you do, madame?"
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This transaction "hooks his Adult," to use one of the colloquialexpressions Transactional Analysis abounds with, and the patient usually is eager to hear more.