idiom
Nouns
- (n) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language parlance,
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(n) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English
- he has a strong German accent
- it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy
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(n) the style of a particular artist or school or movement
- an imaginative orchestral idiom
- (n) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase,