Examples
“Form _infinitive phrases_ from the following verbs, and use these phrases as _adjectives, adverbs_, and _nouns_, in sentences of your own building.”
“Hence they combine whole phrases more than words -- _phrases banales_.”
“_fugitive phrases_, which are the cant of ordinary discourse, just as tragedy phrases, _dead idioms, _ and exaggerations of dignity, are of the artificial style, and yeas, verilys, and exaggerations of simplicity, are of the natural. -- p. xvi.”
“And for this and other causes we have in many places reserved the Hebrew phrases, notwithstanding that they may seem somewhat hard in their ears that are not well practised and also _delight in the sweet sounding phrases_ of the holy Scriptures. "[”
“I use the term phrases because these parties themselves do not believe seriously in the possibility of carrying out their intentions, and because in the second place they themselves are the accomplices mainly responsible for the present development.”
“Plus you can use Latin phrases, which is far more indicative of both intelligence and fairness than using Spanish ones, apparently.”
“And before Raevmo goes off on another tangent about * what* the challenge of those findings is, let me just go ahead and re-type the key-word phrases from the cited copy …”
“Modern law picks certain phrases from the Presser case, phrases where the Presser Court is addressing Presser’s argument that the 2nd amendment protects a right to parade, and turns them into a federal hands-off of state/local laws that prohibit keeping and/or bearing arms.”
“The Jutes, Angles and Saxons opposed and bartered with the Romans before relocating to the British Islands and had thus already acquired some Latin phrases before the coalescence of Old English.”
French/english Translation: the Unusual History of the English Language « Articles « Literacy News
“Although, if you happen to be walking through Concourse J in the Miami International Airport, then your inner word nerd will be delighted to see phrases from the bookThe Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘phrases’.
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Tunie: Almost Speechless
Tunie #2. Is the song about love, or language? Or a love of language?
Too Marvelous for Words
by Johnny Mercer
I search for phrases
To sing your praises
But the...words, love song, very, very, much too much, swell, wonderful, amorous, glamorous, glorious, marvelous, magic adjectives, praises and 1 more...
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