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                             verb ADV.  carefully The statement was very carefully phrased. | differently I should have phrased my question differently.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                             noun ADJ.  colloquial, idiomatic | key ‘Start slowly’ is the key phrase for the first-time marathon runner. | famous | empty, glib, hackneyed, stock He keeps coming out with the same old stock phrases | memorable, well-turned | musical | adjectival, adverbial, noun, verb VERB + PHRASE  use | coin Who coined the phrase ‘desktop publishing’? PHRASE + NOUN  book PREP.  in a/the~ She was, in her own memorable phrase, ‘a woman without a past’. PHRASES  a choice of phrase Her unfortunate choice of phrase offended most of the audience. | a turn of phrase He is meticulous in his choice of words and turns of phrase.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           phrase adjectives  a famous/well-known phrase  • We all hear the phrase "greenhouse gasses", but do you know what it really means?  a memorable phrase  • Who was it who used that memorable phrase "a monumental error of judgement"?  a colourful phrase  (= interesting or rude ) • His conversation is full of colourful phrases.  a well-turned phrase  (= skilfully invented or chosen ) • She creates lifelike characters with a few well-turned phrases. 
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           noun expression:   It was an interesting phrase.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           phrase  a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together, or which someone uses on a particular occasion:  • What was the phrase he used to describe her? • I’ve never heard of the phrase before. • The President often used the phrase ‘War on terror’.  expression  a fixed phrase which is used in a language and has a particular meaning:  • a colloquial expression (= an informal expression used in everyday spoken language ) • The old-fashioned expression ‘in the family way’ means pregnant. • a common English expression • I was absolutely knackered, if you’ll pardon the expression (= used when you think someone might be offended by the words you have used ) .  idiom  a group of words that has a special meaning which you cannot guess from the meanings of each separate word:  • ‘Under the weather’ is an idiom which means ‘ill’.  cliché  a phrase that is boring and no longer original because people use it a lot:  • The phrase ‘at the end of the day’ has become a real cliché. • There is some truth in the old cliché that time is a great healer.  saying/proverb  a well-known phrase that gives advice about life:  • Do you know the saying ‘A problem shared is a problem halved’? • There is an old Chinese proverb which states ‘A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step’.  slogan  a short phrase that is easy to remember, especially one that is used in advertising:  • advertising slogans • Protesters were shouting anti-government slogans.  motto  a phrase that expresses a person’s or organization’s beliefs and aims:  • The school motto was ‘Truth and Honour’.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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