memorable phrase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmemorableandphrase
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memorable
adjective
uk/ˈmem.ər.ə.bəl/us/ˈmem.ər.ə.bəl/
likely to be remembered or ...
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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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(Definition ofmemorableandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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At present, she says, in amemorablephrase, he is ' tiptoeing round the margins of life ' (1991 : 7).
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As the authors put it in amemorablephrase, ageing ' takes place behind our backs, creeps up on us and is not, therefore, easily amenable to self-articulation ' (p. 34).
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Thememorablephrasecould be applied, with modification, to some of the present considerations.
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One is reminded of hismemorablephrasethat "the routine words of praise delivered through gritted teeth deceive nobody".
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Perhaps that was the mostmemorablephraseof all.
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He used a very forceful andmemorablephrase.
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I think that he included himself in thatmemorablephrase.
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I would not claim to have invented thatmemorablephrase.
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Let us be true to ourselves, and, in thememorablephrase.
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The report uses amemorablephraseon quality.
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It was amemorablephrase.
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For instance, the first letter of each word in amemorablephrase.
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Like most memorable phrases, this one packs a wallop.
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No doubt it will pass into the lexicon of memorable phrases, together with being "economical with the truth".
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She's funny as an actress, and as a writer makes memorable phrases.
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She had a gift for the pithy comment, and her memorable phrases about films and the people of the film world are still frequently quoted by other journalists.
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