familiar phrase
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffamiliarandphrase
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familiar
adjective
uk/fəˈmɪl.i.ər/us/fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/
easy to recognize because of being seen, met, heard, ...
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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 offamiliarandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When writing ' that we are conscious of ourselves as absolutely dependent ' he uses a verbal expression, while the morefamiliarphrase' the feeling of absolute dependence ' is nominal.
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Thefamiliarphrasein discussion and in international resolution has been "equal pay for work of equal value".
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It is the same with anotherfamiliarphrase, "joined-up government": we use it, but does it ever happen?
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Governments that govern—afamiliarphrase—carry out law and preserve order.
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Prelate opposite quoted afamiliarphraseabout an ounce of practice being worth a pound of theory.
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Sometimes, perhaps, such people are regarded as being slightly detached—to use afamiliarphrase—or unfocused.
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The difficulty in a development area, to use afamiliarphrasethese days, is the difficulty of securing take-off.
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That blandfamiliarphrasewill entail important political judgments about the appropriate timing.
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I wonder why it is "private premises"as opposed to"land" or some other slightly morefamiliarphrasein this general context.
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But here comes afamiliarphrase—the amendment as drafted is not quite right.
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Is not all this, to use afamiliarphrase, "too previous"?
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Those who make them appear to me to be, to use a veryfamiliarphrase, considerably wanting in clear thinking.
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This is the basis of thefamiliarphrasethat education is a national service, locally administered.
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That is afamiliarphrasethat we do not wish to hear repeated too often.
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He can always, to use afamiliarphrase, "pass the buck" to someone else.
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It is a perfectlyfamiliarphrasefor that.
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Manipulation of figures and selective quotations sounds afamiliarphrase.
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Clause 61 needs to be amended to enable her to conduct examinations efficiently and effectively—afamiliarphraseto us all.
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I think we recognize that he is, to use afamiliarphrase, striking while the iron is hot.
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