colloquial speech

collocation in English

meaningsofcolloquialandspeech

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colloquial
adjective
uk
/kəˈləʊ.kwi.əl/us
/kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/
(of words and expressions) informal and more suitable for use in speech than ...
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speech
noun
uk
/spiːtʃ/us
/spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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(Definition ofcolloquialandspeechfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcolloquial speech

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This feature occurs very frequently incolloquialspeech.
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Yet, incolloquialspeech, it may also be used as a subordinating element.
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All pre-targeted predicates were selected based on their frequent usage level in everydaycolloquialspeech.
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English verbs used in monolingual conversations have no verbalising suffix, even when they are derived from nouns, as in the verbs to input or to rubbish (incolloquialspeech).
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The verb-final constraint is strictly observed in writing and formal speech; but different orders are acceptable incolloquialspeechwith the exception of embedded clauses, with slightly different pragmatic effects.
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Despite the lack of significance, the general pattern of results suggests that when literary sentences are used, people may have a tendency to ignore prosodic patterns found incolloquialspeech.
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Double negatives nearly always resolve to a positive meaning even incolloquialspeech, while triple negatives resolve to a negative meaning.
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Some auxiliary verbs and personal pronouns are often contracted, especially incolloquialspeech.
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It is however very common incolloquialspeechinvolving distances greater than ten kilometers.
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Because words such as "mataserareru" are considered to be difficult to pronounce, frequently incolloquialspeech, the middle part of the causative passive would contract.
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They may, however, appear when transcribingcolloquialspeech, for example in comic books.
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The resulting propaganda messages often borrowed heavily from militarycolloquialspeech.
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Incolloquialspeech"shall" and "ought" are scarce, "must" is marginal for obligation and "may" is rare.
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The word intensity as used here is not synonymous with strength, amplitude, magnitude, or level, as it sometimes is incolloquialspeech.
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Incolloquialspeech, the pronoun "me" can not be omitted without confusion, unlike when using the standard forms "menemme" (indicative) and "menkmme" (imperative).
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Colloquialspeechin many northern dialects has more extensive erhua than the standardized language.
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Nowadays, it is used only incolloquialspeech.
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Although his work maintained the directness ofcolloquialspeech, it could also be lyrical and rhapsodic.
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Incolloquialspeech, plants may be classified as trees, shrubs, herbs (forbs and graminoids), etc.
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