repeated phrase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrepeatedandphrase
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repeated
adjective
uk/rɪˈpiː.tɪd/us/rɪˈpiː.t̬ɪd/
happening again ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk/freɪz/us/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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And, in a very worrying butrepeatedphrase, the book constantly addresses itself to social historians if only to chastise them.
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The theme is that evolution has led people and other creatures to infer heuristics that are, in an oftenrepeatedphrase, "fast and frugal" and surprisingly effective.
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This is the meaning of the much used andrepeatedphrase"directly applicable".
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First, there is the oftenrepeatedphrasethat there should be no taxation without representation.
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The 'singles' (strophe 7, for example) often incorporate repeated phrases; the difference is that they are not divided into complete symmetrical versicles.
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Repeated phrases like now you take a big ring a big circle appear frequently in our corpora.
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The advertising calls are loud and distinctive duets consisting of repeated phrases, and are often the only indication that wood-quail are present.
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Colophons and catch phrases (repeated phrases) helped the reader organize and identify various tablets, and keep related tablets together.
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Its song consists of repeated phrases of notes ranging from harsh and scratchy to warbled and flute-like, often interspersed with metallic clicking buzzes.
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The music is often syllablic, and while it sometimes uses repeated phrases, is almost always through-composed (as opposed to the contemporary chanson, which was often strophic).
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