…a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause…
…a word or group of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object…
…a book for people visiting a foreign country, listing useful expressions in the language of the country together with their equivalent in the visitor’s own language…
…an unvarying phrase having a specific meaning, such as ‘raining cats and dogs’, or being the only context in which a word appears, for example ‘amends’ in ‘make amends’…
…a verb with another word or words indicating tense, mood, or person…
…said when introducing a new expression or a variation on a familiar one, or ironically to show one’s awareness that one is using a hackneyed expression…
…a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object…
…a person’s particular or characteristic manner of expression…
…express (an idea or question) in an alternative way, especially for the purpose of clarification…
…a word or phrase, often an item of jargon, that is fashionable at a particular time or in a particular context…
…a well-known sentence or phrase, especially one that is associated with a particular famous person…
…sentence which can be understood in several ways…
