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Meanings of colloquial phrase in English
Russian
разговорное выражение Spanish
palabra coloquial Linguistic element peculiar to colloquial speech.
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Examples for "colloquialism"
Examples for "colloquialism"
1
He had personal reasons to know the fundamental accuracy of the colloquialism.
2
There, Mr. Editor, you have a pleasing comminglement of romance and colloquialism.
3
But in everyday speech a certain amount of colloquialism is inevitable.
4
The richness of colloquialism moved the vicar of Mount Dunstan to deep enjoyment.
5
The colloquialism escaped Homosoto, but he got the gist of it.
1
Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch.
2
I was surprised to hear such a colloquial expression come out of her mouth.
3
With regard to questions of devotion the unbeliever, to use a colloquial expression, is not necessarily damned.
4
I said that the squeaking sound that guy is making is god awful- 'God awful' is a colloquial expression.
5
He, however, to use a colloquial expression, had never been to see for himself, being neither musician, theologian, or metaphysician.
1
Tote in this sense is defined in our standard dictionaries as a colloquial word of the Southern States, used especially by the negroes.
2
In the original it is sometimes difficult to read, for Folengo has no objection to using the most colloquial words and phrases.
3
And that will be reflected in the conversations you hear on Radio New Zealand where there will be many colloquial words and phrases used.
4
'Not that one wants to "shirk" anything,' he added, putting the colloquial word between the audible equivalents of inverted commas.
Usage of colloquial phrase in English
1
He thinks, speaks, and dreams "shop," as the colloquial phrase has it.
2
To use a modern colloquial phrase, the cases were "framed up."
3
The ball has been called the Brazuca, a colloquial phrase that references something intrinsically Brazilian in style.
4
To use a common colloquial phrase, he was a man of genius, if ever there was one.
5
For him the coachman and the guard, the chambermaid and the laundress, pore over their English grammars and colloquial phrase books.
6
When you enter the world of good society, drop all your colloquial phrases and mannerisms behind.
7
He took great pains in correcting my Spanish, and supplying me with colloquial phrases, and common terms and exclamations, in speaking.
8
"Oh, that would never do," she answered, catching a colloquial phrase she had often heard long before in Queensland.
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