adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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colloquial expressions
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It's a useful little phrase book, full of colloquial expressions.
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The best way of improving your colloquial English is by listening to native speakers.
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You shouldn't use phrases like "sort of" in essays -- they're too colloquial .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although some students have a good grasp of colloquial language, few have ever got to grips with the concept of register.
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Catledge inserted the more rustic touches, a kind of hominy style that gave their writing a colloquial flavor.
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For an ordinary wedding a colloquial way of speaking will be suitable.
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The wire services demanded language stripped of the local, the regional, and the colloquial ....
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There is a colloquial standard to learn on the playground and a literary standard to learn in class.
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There is also growing differentiation between colloquial and literal vocabulary.
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There is nothing colloquial about the auditor calling the company his/her client.
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This tale was collected in the Louisiana Creole colloquial speech.