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Meanings of phraseology in English

Portuguese
dicção
Catalan
verbositat

The manner in which something is expressed in words.

        dicção
        Russian
        фразеология
        Portuguese
        fraseologia
        Spanish
        fraseología
        Catalan
        fraseologia

        Discipline studying phraeological units (phrasemes)

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                фразеология
                Usage of phraseology in English
                1
                In elegant phraseology they are providences; in plain language they are milch-cows.
                The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
                2
                A refinement of phraseology had set in; and it served its purpose.
                Great Fortunes from Railroads
                3
                Shocking, isn't it? Crederre said, and again Veppers heard her stepmother's phraseology.
                Surface detail
                4
                Her childish phraseology made Owen smile in the midst of his annoyance.
                The Making of a Soul
                5
                He knew nothing of the unheard-of intricacies in punctuation, spelling and phraseology.
                Nedra
                6
                At one point in his presentation, Michael McDowell's phraseology became almost Marxist.
                The Irish Times
                7
                The reason for my choice of the exact phraseology used was twofold.
                Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
                8
                The occasional phraseology of the Schools which Horace employs should not mislead.
                Horace and His Influence
                9
                The phraseology of the MSS., moreover, is still further modified and polished.
                The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 5 (of 5)
                10
                The conventional phraseology appeased him, though he saw his grief behind it.
                Beauchamp's Career — Volume 6
                11
                But his phraseology was the only thing about him that had changed.
                Between Whiles
                12
                As for Henri V., he is, in sporting phraseology, a dark horse.
                Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
                13
                She did not, in the Mauleverer phraseology, 'take to' the new girls.
                The Golden Calf
                14
                All this issued from the phraseology of a bill-this ,andsomething more.
                The Henchman
                15
                Besides, my ability to maintain a flow of official phraseology is exhausted.
                Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917
                16
                Up or down, if you will allow me to correct your phraseology.
                Home as Found / Sequel to "Homeward Bound"
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                Phraseology through the time
                Phraseology across language varieties
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