everyday conversation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeverydayandconversation
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everyday
adjective
uk/ˈev.ri.deɪ/us/ˈev.ri.deɪ/
ordinary, typical, ...
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conversation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən/
(a) talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings, and ideas are expressed, questions are asked and answered, or news and information ...
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(Definition ofeverydayandconversationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofeveryday conversation
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Complaining and arguing ineverydayconversation.
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The first one is unlikely to occur ineverydayconversation.
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This is close to the vowel rankings ofeverydayconversation.
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The identified discourses surfaced ineverydayconversationduring ethnographic research.
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There are no real differences here compared with the proportions found ineverydayconversation.
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This variety alternates with colloquial varieties, which are most notably used foreverydayconversation.
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It is the language of the home and family, and of casualeverydayconversation.
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If we group consonants in terms of their place of articulation, there is very little difference fromeverydayconversation.
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Rather than play down disagreement, as we might expect ineverydayconversation, the devil's advocate makes it explicit.
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Moderators and analysts of focus groups may draw on their expectations ofeverydayconversationto interpret these processes.
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Of course, ineverydayconversation, such apparent misunderstandings are often allowed to pass in just this manner.
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What is problematic here is that the activity type is quite different fromeverydayconversationand so has different requirements.
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Despite research on narrative ineverydayconversation, teacher education has not necessarily taken multi-party interaction as a primary locus of analysis.
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Of course, learners are exposed to the commonly available forms ofeverydayconversationmuch more than those learnt in the classroom.
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Propagating stories of abductions, both in the newspaper and ineverydayconversationfed by them, sustained abductions as an active cultural, and therefore political, issue.
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Only 132 (35%) of the consonants are voiceless, but this is almost exactly the proportion we would expect ineverydayconversation.
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Finally, we judged whether each noun was a count or mass noun by thinking of how nouns are used ineverydayconversation(not how they might be used).
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Such cases may of course involve internalized inference, in a way that may have more in common with text comprehension than with most aspects ofeverydayconversation.
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Although individual identity is presupposed in the literature oneverydayconversation, the fact that par ticipants develop a relational identity through speech events has been largely ignored.
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With the decline in collective ritual,everydayconversationbecomes the context in which the life of the deceased is reviewed and a biographical account of the dead created.
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What is said here is noteverydayconversationdown at the local public house and shop.
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The phrase to which she takes exception is certainly one that lacks force ineverydayconversation.
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He is well-read, often quoting poetry ineverydayconversation.
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