Expressions (A–Z)
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Vocabulary / Lexicon
The total collection of words or expressions.
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Wet one's whistle
By metaphor: drank an alcoholic beverage.
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What kind of shape does it have?
See: "What kind of shape does it have?"
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What the text is referring to / what the written passage speaks about
See: "the text speaks".
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With a single stroke of the hand
All at once; by a brief or sudden action.
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with a smooth tongue
See: "smooth tongue".
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With a stroke of the pen
By a casual or cursory act of writing (see also “with a pull of the quill”).
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With all seriousness
See: “in the height of seriousness.”
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with the definite article (he of the definite article)
See: "the... with the definite article (he of the definite article)".
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