| 单词 | colloquial |
| 例句 | In Xhosa, Rolihlahla literally means “pulling the branch of a tree,” but its colloquial meaning more accurately would be “troublemaker.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Or did that line mean blow the whistle in the colloquial sense, as in “to reveal a secret or alert someone to a crime”? Either way, it didn’t make any sense to me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hijabis was a sort of colloquial term some people used to describe girls who wore hijab. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “The candidate seems to know nothing about technical terminology, naming all animals in colloquial German, and avoiding systematic nomenclature,” one of the examiners wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Can’t, might set the black damp off,” the old miner said, using the colloquial term for methane. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Sure,” he said, and his English was colloquial and mouthfilling, “the Mexican Canal is overdue. What the hell? It will get finished just the same, old boy.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z We were alert to the gap separating the written word from the colloquial. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what to make of his gesture save its unorthodoxy, its colloquial and unprofessional tone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It is breathtaking not because the Congolese dancer, choreographer and theater maker takes your breath away in the colloquial sense with spectacular movement, although he is certainly capable of that. The incomparable political art of Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Her early fiction included the stories “Lord Randall” and “The Living,” narrated in a colloquial style by black characters and published in the mid-1960s by Negro Digest. Paula Fox, writer whose works resurfaced after years of neglect, dies at 93 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Strong points include dialogue in colloquial Arabic and Hebrew and excellent location work, though there is a glaring geographical error in episode four which aficionados will spot easily. The Promise delivers but still divides 2011-02-14T11:27:00Z His entourage of translators, drivers, a monk, an archaeologist and assorted pilgrims are, like the apostles, colloquial and universal, restless and oblivious souls that are at once amusing and profound. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z We're in lively company, and West's genius for colloquial argot is as pungent as the lyrics in the vintage blues stompers and laments in Jmichael's vibrant score. 'Pullman Porter Blues' carries pungent blues and heavy melodrama 2012-10-05T20:06:04Z Then he puts forward his own opinion on the etymology of the word “slang”, and suggests what constitutes a slang word – he gives 17 qualifications – as opposed to a colloquial or standard English one. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z But it’s also a colloquial term for someone who’s well connected. Thai Food to Hearten the Homesick at Dek Sen in Elmhurst, Queens 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Unlike in English, where speakers often say “shot” or “jab” in colloquial contexts, “vacuna” is used “across all registers,” according to Oxford’s report. Oxford’s 2021 Word of the Year Is a Shot in the Arm 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z She left school after taking A-levels, and it was because of her ability to speak very good colloquial French that she secured a post at the Foreign Office when she was 18. Pat Keen obituary 2013-03-21T13:38:50Z Her plays are marked by colloquial language, with thoughts half-expressed and sentences cut off. Resurrecting Teresa Deevy?s Lost Irish Voice 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z Readers, we learn, want a colloquial style, a decisive main character, a fast-moving, rhythmic plot. “The Bestseller Code” Tells Us What We Already Know 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The diction is not particularly colloquial, but its speed of movement gives that impression, and the rich metaphors are more often hinted than developed. Poem of the week: Modern Love by George Meredith 2012-08-13T13:24:41Z Negm, who wrote in colloquial Arabic, was also critical of the country's first elected leader Mohamed Mursi, who was overthrown by the army in July after mass protests against his rule. Ahmed Fouad Negm dies at age 84 2013-12-03T12:41:24Z “Though the face expresses emotion, and the dancer tells stories, the expression in Bharatanatyam is subtle and almost colloquial at times,” she said. ‘To Master Grace Is Not at All an Easy Task’: Inside Indian Dance 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z “How did you find your way to my bedroom?” the bride asked in a Shakespearean tone, treating the amused guests to a more modern, more colloquial version of a scene from “Romeo and Juliet.” A Lonely Walk in the Rain Leads to Love, Finally 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The singular identity of islanders is marked by cultural differences like the common use of the indigenous Rapanui language and its colloquial mixing with Spanish, which locals call Rapañol. Rapa Nui Is Remote. And Then There’s Its Isolated North Coast 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z I do try to hold onto the bubbly colloquial Aussie way of not taking things too seriously. Hugh Jackman Breaks the Movie Star Rules and Doesn’t Care 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Or is it casual and colloquial, and therefore friendlier? Biden greets MBS, and we once again obsess about a fist bump 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Most television shows, films, and advertisements are in colloquial Arabic, and the past several years have seen further incursions of the dialects into areas traditionally reserved for the literary language. Translating 'Frozen' Into Arabic 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z His atmospheres are solidly imagined, but the tone is breezy and colloquial and amazingly unliterary. Revisiting Roberto Bolaño — ‘the Visceral Realist’ 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z His technique is deceptively simple: The stories are told through sketches of brilliant, eccentric people, experts in their fields, who tend to speak in the same effervescent, colloquial way that Lewis writes. Michael Lewis Wonders Who’s Really Running the Government 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z This is typical Kraus: her style is effortless, but deliberate, artful, colloquial, efficient – in other words, the antithesis of academic. I Love Dick: the book about relationships everyone should read 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z She hung on through all the revisions and delays because, she said, she liked Ms. Cholodenko’s work, her colloquial style and the story. The Carpetbagger: Glimmers of Hope for Small Films During Glittery Oscar Promotions 2010-12-01T22:58:00Z And not "brilliant" in the English colloquial sense. What makes Matt LeBlanc's new show so good 2011-02-03T15:04:00Z He argued that speaking his recollections and opinions, rather than writing them down, allowed him to adopt a more natural, colloquial and frank tone, and Twain scholars who have seen the manuscript agree. Mark Twain?s Unexpurgated Autobiography 2010-07-10T01:43:00Z The photographs are lush, the writing inventively colloquial, the forward pace engrossing. Art Review: Carrie Mae Weems Charts the Black Experience in Photographs 2014-01-23T23:42:31Z And three new plays that premiered during the 2013-14 season — "The Few," "Rest" and "A Great Wilderness" — show Hunter finding poetry in colloquial, everyday speech. Meet MacArthur's new 'genius grant' winners 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z I started the course in earnest, switching between browser tabs I’d pulled up to show interesting colloquial uses of statistics and statistical reasoning. The gig economy goes to class 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z She is amused by the colloquial use of “narcissism” as a shorthand for “everything we want from other people, don’t get and never will.” ‘Love in the Time of Contagion’ Observes Mutations in Domestic Life 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z His opinions if not his colloquial style would fit comfortably in the New York Times or The New Yorker. Everyone's a critic now 2011-01-30T00:06:14Z Persaud displays an ease in inhabiting each of these distinct, colloquial yet poetic voices, jumping back and forth between them without losing each speaker’s unique personality. In Contemporary Trinidad, a Widow Rediscovers the Meaning of Home 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The voice that Plath eventually created is indeed fresh, brazen and colloquial, but also sardonic and bitter, the story of a young woman's psychological disintegration and eventual – provisional – recovery. Sylvia Plath: reflections on her legacy 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z Hoping that this captured something of ancient usage, I decided to give more formal sounding speech the two-word versions, and more urgent or colloquial speech the one-word version. "Eternals" – Marvel consulted me to help superheroes chit chat in Babylonian 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Organized by two seasoned Whitney curators, David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards, the Biennial’s title, “Quiet as It’s Kept” — a colloquial phrase, sourced from Toni Morrison, indicating dark realities unspoken of — suggests the show’s keyed-down tone. A Whitney Biennial of Shadow and Light 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Bachzetsis, a choreographer based in Switzerland, is interested in all kinds of gestures — colloquial, codified, pop cultural — and the collisions among them. ‘A to B via C,’ an Alexandra Bachzetsis Dance Theater Work 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z From 1940 to 1954, he brought feisty opinions and lucid, colloquial prose to The New York Herald Tribune, where he championed living composers, especially Americans. An Essential Music Critic, but Nobody’s Role Model 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The Third, critics asserted, sanctioned scores of words—“finalize,” “irregardless,” “wise up,” “hepcat,” “ain’t”—without the ruler on the knuckles they deserved, labels such as “colloquial,” “erroneous,” “incorrect,” or “illiterate.” Oxford Junior Dictionary Drops "Acorn" for "Broadband" 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The English text of the new book contains a smattering of colloquial Spanish words and phrases — such as “mi’jito” for my little son. Chicano author, illustrator collaborate on animal adventure 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z “I don’t think that writing in a sort of breezy, vernacular, colloquial way is so unusual,” she said. ‘Cat Person’ Author, Kristen Roupenian, Gets 7-Figure Book Deal 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Even without consulting the dinosaur expert who kindly indulged our call, people online have landed on the geologic term that emotionally aligns with its colloquial use. Down and out and extremely online? No problem: Just enter a new ‘era.’ 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z By all means, heed the colloquial advice to "ignore the haters." Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Slawenski is not particularly concerned with assessing Salinger’s gifts as a writer: his uncanny ear for dialogue; his love of colloquial, idiomatic language; his ability to domesticate the stream-of-consciousness innovations of the great modernists. Books of The Times: Peering Into A Reclusive Life 2011-02-10T15:17:01Z Who would figure that Mary Astor’s life would provide such entertaining reading, but in Sorel’s colloquial, eccentric style, the tale he tells is juicy, funny and, in the end, touching. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z I was not prepared for this wild, communicative, colloquial jumping-up-and-down person. Playing for Lenny: Musicians Recall the ‘Magical’ Bernstein 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “Dylanologist,” once a derisive term for the self-styled expert who sifted through the Dylan family’s garbage cans, was now a word with wide colloquial meaning, if not yet a dictionary definition. Books of The Times: ‘The Dylanologists,’ David Kinney’s Look at an Obsession 2014-05-04T21:57:27Z When we talked, Blair veered, as he always does, between registers: low to high, globalist to colloquial. The Return of Tony Blair 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Ijames unpacks it all in a chili-and-cornbread combo of colloquial language and Shakespearean English, with characters that reflect an authentic Black experience. They Invited Shakespeare to the Cookout. They Got ‘Fat Ham.’ 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z And in a calm tone, in colloquial language, she commenced a psychologically insightful, captivatingly clear version of a story that mixes warfare with romance as it hopscotches around the Mediterranean. Review: The Bard as Bedtime Story in ‘Table Top Shakespeare’ 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z A "haint" is a colloquial term for ghost, but perhaps the restless spirit here is the novel's shifting perspective, which moves from character to character like a vulture flitting from corpse to corpse. In 'Haints Stay,' an edgy indie publisher takes on the bloody Old West 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z We don’t call them standards for nothing: they exude the off-the-cuff elegance and colloquial zing that are supposed to be our hallmark. A Brief Tussle with the Great American Songbook 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z He sparked debate with the idea that colloquial Lebanese Arabic should be seen as a separate language to the more formal Arabic commonly used in literature. Prominent Lebanese poet Akl dies at over 100 years old 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z In Alison Anderson’s brisk, colloquial translation from the French, “Life Form” fuses the sincere with the subversive to tell a story as winning as it is perverse. ‘Life Form’: a fan’s notes to a novelist 2013-02-06T23:32:45Z It is printed on plain paper, includes colloquial phrases such as “just plain ugly” and offers broad and clumsy definitions of architectural styles. Perspective | Why Trump shouldn’t be allowed to dictate how federal buildings are designed 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Jarnow employs an engaging, colloquial tone that captures the distinctive personalities and the intertwining voices that made up the Weavers. Music With Messages 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z And, hey, the name Finimondo — “the end of the world” — seems appropriate for these times, though the importer explains that the name is a colloquial expression meaning the wine is terrific. This sauvignon blanc tastes like a splurge, but doesn’t cost like one 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “The all-important spark of genius was there,” The Times’s reviewer wrote, adding that his delivery was “that of conversation, almost colloquial,” a point of contention for British critics. A Battle of the Hamlets 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z It had a nicely colloquial feel but too often resorted to cheap jokes, as when Tamino, hearing Papageno mention the "Star-flaming queen," responds: "Sounds like something out of a drag show!" 'Nixon' headlines SF Opera's summer season 2012-06-15T18:03:09Z As Eric Asimov, the wine critic, said, “it’s practical, colloquial and encourages readers not to get hung up on details of equipment, ingredients and so on.” The Best Cookbooks for Beginning Cooks 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Through Molly, a lawyer who brilliantly code-switches between corporate and colloquial vernacular, the show explores how class mobility often differs for African-American women and men. What TV Says About Race and Money 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z They are made that much more approachable by the book’s profanity, which sounds anachronistic but certainly adds colloquial flourish. Books of The Times: ‘The Son,’ a Novel by Philipp Meyer 2013-06-19T21:01:43Z “His speaking style is effective because he speaks colloquial English,” Stone said. The perilous high-wire act of writing speeches for Donald Trump 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Spoken in modern, colloquial language, Balagan's "Oedipus" begins like Theater Night in a madhouse. Review: Balagan experiments boldly with 'Oedipus' 2010-05-27T20:18:00Z I didn’t know that that was colloquial for fighting. Charlie Hunnam Is a Cat Person 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Nonlinear, visually striking, often highly colloquial, her work has attracted top prizes, among them a MacArthur Fellowship and a Tony Award. Mary Zimmerman?s ?Armida,? With Ren?e Fleming, at Met 2010-04-10T04:13:00Z The poems, with winningly colloquial titles, contain echoes of recent giants from Lucille Clifton to C. D. Wright, and musical quotations from Earl Sweatshirt to Ace Hood. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z It is all about being colloquial: favourite phrases are "as I say" and "as I used to say". The war and the cliches: the sofa syntax of people-friendly Tony 2010-09-01T18:29:00Z The pictures in de Villota’s “The Grays,” named for the colloquial term for Franco’s security cops, are drawn softly but ominously in pencil and pastel. In the galleries: Looking back on a century of Iberian and Latin American works 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The language of the poem was colloquial, unaffected. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Thompson, who hopes to work in Islamic finance one day, learned Egyptian colloquial Arabic, the everyday language in Cairo. More Students Choose a Junior-Year Abroad in the Mideast 2010-08-06T22:00:00Z His homespun but shrewd colloquial voice drives the narrative of “Little Big Man.” Thomas Berger, ‘Little Big Man’ Author, Is Dead at 89 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z He published his first book of poetry in 1937 and eventually adopted the style he called anti-poetry, introducing colloquial language into traditional poetry, the Spanish Culture Ministry said. Spain's Cervantes prize goes to Chilean poet 2011-12-01T14:23:58Z This updated colloquial comedy is not an improvement on the original. Review: ‘Doctor Faustus,’ All That Heaven Won’t Allow 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Knowing that she shared "that fresh, brazen, colloquial voice," she thought she might model herself on JD Salinger, but worried that his first-person perspective could prove "limiting". Sylvia Plath: reflections on her legacy 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z With urbane wit, and often in a colloquial or aphoristic tone, he investigated the relationships between art, reality, death, suffering and language. Peter Porter obituary 2010-04-23T16:54:00Z I've long been a fan of Yazbek's work, as he's struck me as the closest we have today of Frank Loesser -- a master of the colloquial lyric with a genuine jazz sensibility. The Best Theater of 2017 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Its alluring, colloquial title, Mob Museum, is countered with a stern subtitle on the facade of this 1933 neo-Classical former post office and courthouse: the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. Museum Review: Mob Museum Opens in Las Vegas 2012-02-14T00:58:51Z Bidart is unpredictably funny and angry, remorseful and gentle, colloquial and philosophical. A great poet, even without James Franco’s endorsement 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Speed The Cars Drivers Love Best The Highest-Quality Cars of 2010 Learning the Lingo Several of the terms on our list are more colloquial than technical. Automotive Terms You Need To Know 2010-07-26T17:45:00Z Malcolm's opening appearance set the tone with a simple and colloquial plot exposition, and Harry McEntire's youthful enthusiasm made him instantly appealing. Macbeth 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z The difficulty in translating colloquial speech is that Ancient Mesopotamia was a world in which writing was a specific tool, used for specific things. "Eternals" – Marvel consulted me to help superheroes chit chat in Babylonian 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z It’s ardent, and deferential to the colloquial and the mundane, like Jepsen herself. Carly Rae Jepsen’s Ecstatic Hymns to Love 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z So it's more colloquial?Your impulse as a writer is to make the sentences as beautiful as possible, but that wouldn't have made any sense at all for this book. Sheila Heti: 'I love dirty books' 2013-01-19T17:30:01Z Ives would return to Europe to help with rehearsals — the actors made suggestions about making the French more colloquial — and again after the 28-day shoot to assist Polanski with the English subtitles. For 'Venus in Fur' author, working with Roman Polanski was 'heaven' 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z The choreography is tidy, if roguish, the language colloquial. Review: In ‘Chambre,’ Jack Ferver and Marc Swanson Refract a Tale of Murderous Maids 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The rich language of his material is consistently silly and surprising, colloquial but also deceptively nuanced. Norm Macdonald, Comic Nonpareil. (That’s a Word He Might Use.) 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z But I don’t know how much humanity, you know, in the colloquial sense of the word, there was to mine, honestly. ‘Hunters’: David Weil on Hunting Nazis as Collective Catharsis 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z His language has the kind of semi-florid colloquial formality delightful to smart kids working out what language can do: "You there! Power hungry charlatan! You're a jerk!" Cartoons on YouTube: 'Bee and PuppyCat,' 'Dead End,' 'King Douglas' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z In addition to being suspenseful, “The Missing American” is wonderfully atmospheric, with people speaking mostly colloquial English, but also pidgin English and local dialects. Review | Kwei Quartey’s ‘The Missing American’ launches a new detective series. It’s a gem of a debut. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z But many admired his deceptively simple style, which could belie the carefully worked out cadences beneath its colloquial surface. Philip Levine, Former U.S. Poet Laureate Who Won Pulitzer, Dies at 87 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z By reframing Molière in modern, colloquial language, Mr. Burkle means to bring “Don Juan” closer to us and have a bit of fun. Review: A Molière-Born Cad for the Ages in ‘Don Juan’ 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z In it, she shows the final episode of the Turkish television soap opera “Gumus” that drew 80 million viewers after being dubbed in colloquial Arabic. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z The term would also be embraced by the military, whose ranks favored its colloquial meaning as a kind of deferral. The Perfect Phrase for This Relentless Year 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z "Progress happened" ... "a terrible cocktail, superbly written up" – are so colloquial as to be obscure. The Atlantic and its Enemies: A Personal History of the Cold War by Norman Stone 2010-05-15T23:07:00Z Its title riffs on the colloquial name for Aframomum melegueta, a gingerlike West African spice heavily exported to the West for its fabled magical powers and homeopathic healing properties. Top-Notch African Design Comes to New York’s R & Company 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Maum’s writing is easy, eager and colloquial, as oxygenated as ad copy. An Exuberant Satire of the Culture of Swipe 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z His tone is colloquial and gently ironic, but he is unendingly affectionate toward his heroine. ‘The Pope’s Daughter’ review: Dario Fo’s novel defends the Borgia clan 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z They are unusual efforts for a white writer, narrated in colloquial style by black characters and published in Negro Digest, which accepted the stories without meeting the author. Paula Fox looks back on a wayward life 2011-05-05T10:32:09Z The "chickens/ dickens" rhyme is fun, and the line sounds effortless, as a colloquial expression should. Chain Ghazal: Chickens by Esther Greenleaf Mürer 2013-03-18T12:33:15Z His plays drew on folk elements and typically were written in a more casual, colloquial style than his poetry. Derek Walcott, Nobel laureate whose poetry celebrated the Caribbean, dies at 87 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z As David Letterman used to do in his late-night monologues, Gulman savors a colloquial term, repeating it until the mundane starts to sound odd. What Happened After the Joke: A Stand-Up’s Harrowing Tale 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Global Zero, a non-partisan atomic disarmament organisation, backed the YouTube video, which gives a colloquial briefing on the intentions behind the bill – to tonally unsettling effect. Morgan Freeman and Jack Black back Iran nuclear deal for fear of becoming 'super dead' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The script was translated by Aya Ogawa, whose effort for “Enjoy” captured a certain colloquial hipster argot that managed to seem lovely and inarticulate at the same time. The Week Ahead: May 2 ? 8 2010-04-30T18:18:00Z “She has given it muscle and sinew, enlarged its scope, and created a prose style that is lyrical and colloquial, at once faithful to its time and entirely recognizable to us.” Mantel unveils final volume in award-winning Thomas Cromwell trilogy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Castillo’s tone and syntax reach for the chatty and colloquial but come off oddly arch, sometimes surprisingly hard to parse for basic meaning. Three New Story Collections Make Place a Protagonist 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z We see Ludwig’s early efforts at cartoon strips, which flopped: They seem more wordy than witty and lack a colloquial character. Ludwig Bemelmans’s Madeline Celebrates a Milestone 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z "When something sounds like writing, I rewrite it," Leonard often said - and critics adored the flawlessly unadorned, colloquial style. Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:32:52Z Simply referred to as Parm in colloquial settings among friends or at restaurants, the history and meaning of this cherished cheese belies its simple name. From Italian monks to Airbnb: The storied history of Parmigiano-Reggiano 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z This never gets the colloquial response that I’m looking for, but it makes me feel a hundred-and-ten-per-cent American. On the Road with “Little Failure,” Part III 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Suddenly, with the lightly colloquial “cut out for her,” we are in the mind not of an omniscient narrator but of a character — Clarissa Dalloway, as the succeeding lines make clear. Was 1925 Literary Modernism’s Most Important Year? 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z The dance moves are more colloquial than balletic: goof-around treatments of everyday gesture rather than true dance. Review: 'too' is a mix of neat tricks with little payoff 2010-03-26T17:14:00Z He also helped modernize the art form by using scripts written in colloquial instead of classical Chinese. World's oldest opera singer dies at age 98 2010-07-17T09:31:00Z With colloquial language and a tone that approaches fury, the poem is a slow-building argument on gender politics from a female perspective: Poetry Podcast: Jennifer Michael Hecht Reads Lucie Brock-Broido 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Kaling talks as if she were offscreen, writing her lines in the act of speaking them and delivering them with conversational and colloquial emphases and inflections. “Late Night,” Reviewed: Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling’s Incisive Comedy about the Gender Politics of TV 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z In the mode of Ginsberg and Frank O’Hara, Parker’s poems are chatty and colloquial. Morgan Parker Gets a Tattoo 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z They’re still immensely readable, formal yet colloquial—neckties with the knot slightly loosened, the top shirt button undone. Postscript: Alastair Reid (1926-2014) 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z “Her place was goin to be nice,” Ms. Cooper wrote in “Family,” in a passage typical of her plain-spoken, colloquial style. J. California Cooper, author of tales of African American life, dies at 82 Clive Barnes, reviewing the show in The New York Times, wrote that the score “excitingly reflects today rather than the day before yesterday” and called Mr. David’s lyrics “happily colloquial.” Hal David, Award-Winning Lyricist, is Dead at 91 2012-09-01T23:03:16Z Alongside the seductive beauty Ripstein derives from tragedy and misery, he also revels in Mexico’s colloquial language and popular culture with a panache that’s often poetic. The greatest Mexican filmmaker you’ve never heard of 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The opposition candidate wears indigenous clothing, uses colloquial language and is often seen cycling around Mexico City. Mexico edges closer to electing first woman president 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Ms Gálvez wears indigenous clothing, uses colloquial language and is often seen cycling around Mexico City. Xóchitl Gálvez: Mexican opposition pick female election candidate 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z John Day, a Santa Fe-based criminal defense attorney, noted that prosecutors did not say in the filing that Gutierrez-Reed was impaired but rather used the colloquial term “hungover,” which could mean many things. Experts question prosecutors’ strategy against weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z They should learn to “eat bitterness,” Mr. Xi instructed, using a colloquial expression that means to endure hardships. China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z He added, “For over 200 years, America has never failed to pay its debt. To put it in colloquial terms, America is not a deadbeat nation.” Biden says clean debt-ceiling boost crucial for economy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z One could describe it as “business up top, party on the bottom” — a riff on the colloquial description of the mullet. L.A. style is growing in sophistication. It's moving like Fear of God at Hollywood Bowl 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Some of these phenomenon are often also referred to as pineapple expresses, which experts called a more colloquial term for some atmospheric rivers that originate near the Hawaiian islands. Bomb cyclone, atmospheric river, polar vortex: How our weather terminology has grown with recent wild storms 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “There’s a colloquial idea of burnout, which is that it’s being tired, and it’s being really frustrated with work,” he says. A Four-Day Workweek Reduces Stress without Hurting Productivity 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The military refused to make any operators available for interviews but said they are male and female, a range of ages and all able to chat easily in colloquial Russian. Lots of Russian soldiers want to surrender. Ukraine makes it easier with a high-tech hotline 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. indicated that the ordinary colloquial meaning of “major questions” encompassed “what the government proposes to do with student loans.” Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “My intention is to put an end to LAPD’s use of rubber bullets,” Jones said in a 2020 interview with The Times, using a colloquial term for the projectiles that officers use. One man's fight to hold an LAPD officer accountable for a protest shooting 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “Calabazas” means “gourd,” which was also a colloquial term for madness or rash behavior. Perspective | When Velázquez painted marginalized people, it liberated his genius “It was a colloquial expression, an idiom with roots in opera,” she writes. Review | A hunt for the truth of wolves — and a quest for the wolf inside us 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z At times, lines that are meant to be conversational or colloquial feel rote or cliched. Review | ‘The House of Eve’ is a triumph of historical fiction 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z “In perhaps more colloquial terms, it appears to have been an effort to have both the defendant and Witness 1 sing out of the same hymn book,” Kaplan said. FTX founder heads to court after judge rejects bail request 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z With their provocative, colloquial writing styles, the judges are elevating their profiles in far-reaching opinions and public appearances, calling out “cancel culture,” wokeness and sometimes even one another. Trump’s lasting legacy on the judiciary is not just at the Supreme Court 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The celebrity owners, who completed a $2.5 million takeover of the team in November 2020, might pick up some more colloquial phrases if Wrexham can pull off another big upset in the FA Cup. Wrexham eyes Hollywood ending in impressive FA Cup run 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The title is colloquial and reveals only in the most oblique terms what the actors seek to portray: the competitive but loving relationship they forge, as their homeland lies in ruins. Theater at the edge of war: Laughs, brutal truths and a Zelensky spoof 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Translating DFW’s unique omniscient narrator’s voice — simultaneously colloquial and academic, which Schur describes as “writing in the way we think and talk” — presents a tougher challenge, but it’s probably not undoable. Some books are impossible to turn into movies. Why let that stop you? 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z There is even a popular colloquial term for those hierarchies: A pecking order, which is used as a metonym for any social hierarchy, particularly workplace ones. The social lives of birds: Turkeys are violent, back-stabby, and class-obsessed 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z His books were filled with lengthy quotes from primary sources as well as colloquial asides and comparisons to modern life. Thomas Cahill, best-selling explorer of the Western past, dies at 82 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Michael Mansfield KC said the fire was "criminal in the colloquial sense, and in the legal sense". Grenfell Tower fire: Relatives want national remembrance day 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In Tuesday's election, a new party also called Moderates - but with the more colloquial Danish name Moderaterne - is aiming to become kingmaker. Mink cull and TV drama: Five things to watch in Danish election 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In other words, whether or not it's a de facto "strange star" made of strange quarks, this star is extremely strange — in the colloquial, non-quark sense of the word. This star could be a bizarre "strange star" made of matter that shouldn't exist 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Boylan originally was indicted on 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter — a colloquial phrase for the misconduct or neglect charge — in 2020, with each carrying a possible prison term of 10 years if he was convicted. Grand jury: New indictment in California dive boat tragedy 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z At another point, Blatt, a veteran Supreme Court advocate known for her colloquial style, disputed Martinez’s contention that the appeals court judges had not adequately evaluated whether Warhol’s work added new meaning to Goldsmith’s work. Warhol, Prince and a Supreme Court debate over ‘fair use’ 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Among the types of phrases the researchers spotlighted were colloquial language or statements made in Black or ethnic slang. Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z He made a reference to “someone who had no dog in the hunt,” and then quipped, “You must forgive me if I sometimes slip off into my colloquial past.” Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Return to Center Stage. Their Own. 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z So she learned colloquial, L.A.-style English as she studied zoology, getting her bachelor’s and master’s at Cal State L.A., and then going to work for a time as an entomologist for L.A. Who gets to be an Angeleno? Lots of people, and that’s a good thing 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “His choice of being colloquial was a theological choice.” ‘Crushed’ by 2 papacies, John Paul I’s death eclipsed life 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Swain said “heat dome” is a colloquial term for “a particularly persistent and strong region of atmospheric high pressure during the warm months.” A vicious 'heat dome' is broiling California, and the extreme temperatures keep worsening 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The work incorporates the idea of “code switching,” a technique in which people switch between languages or language forms, such as formal and colloquial. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Feeling burned out, mentally exhausted, or brain-fried are all colloquial ways of talking about what neurologists formally refer to as "cognitive fatigue." This is what happens inside your brain when you feel burnt out 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z There is even a name for them: zama zamas, a Zulu colloquial term meaning to persevere, to keep at it. Horrific rape case raises South Africa ghosts 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z That is a C9 — a colloquial term that means a team lost a map because they weren’t playing the objective. Overwatch League team loses tournament in embarrassingly hilarious way 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z "It's a colloquial saying that comes from the islands. It means back home, back with your friends, in your back yard," said Ms Jones. St Paul's Carnival: Scaled-down event honours elders 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z In conversational style, he jokes with the reader, frequently making colloquial asides and drawing pictures—using twin sea snakes, for instance, to portray frequency in electromagnetic radiation. Climate Destroyers Go to Jail, Martian Travel Guide, Bee Interiority, and More 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z He demonstrated his ear for the poetic in the colloquial with finesse, choosing “yare yare” for “good grief,” transcending the lifestyle differences of East and West in the universal world of children and animals. For Japan’s star poet Tanikawa, it’s fun, not work, at 90 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z "His simple and colloquial style of writing made it easy to understand for his audiences. Also, we loved the way he answered his critics thorough his songs," says 27-year-old Niyamat Singh, one of his fans. Sidhu Moose Wala: The edgy India rapper who died in gun violence 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The subtitle is colloquial, referencing the idea that some known things shouldn’t be or aren’t spoken of, that some secrets, especially collective trauma, are held fast. Review | At the Whitney Biennial, mostly serious work for a serious age 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z In popular usage, though, the phrase has a taken on a colloquial meaning as a generic term for someone who’s awful. EXPLAINER: Who’s a war criminal, and who gets to decide? 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “This is what leads me to being very skeptical of an expansion. I don’t think we can afford, in both the literal and colloquial uses of that term, to expand our security commitments in Europe.” Trump praises Putin, putting GOP leaders in a bind 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z It’s a colloquial term that has grown in popularity in recent years, although some experts have mixed feelings about its use. What does ‘high-functioning depression’ mean? We asked experts. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z His recordings encompassed songs in colloquial Sudanese and classical Arabic and works written by contemporary and historical poets. Abdelkarim Elkabli, venerated Sudanese performer, dies at 89 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z “Schizophrenic” has also been usurped by colloquial language, often as an insult. ‘Schizophrenia’ Still Carries a Stigma. Will Changing the Name Help? 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Its colloquial name, coined in 1978 by a Utah neurosurgeon, comes from the head and neck turning involved in aiming a bow and arrow. Hours after a massage, a professor was wildly dizzy and deaf in one ear 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s a colloquial term some Latino Americans use to describe the emotional struggles of children whose parents are immigrants. How Latinos are bonding over first-generation trauma 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Still, Mr. Biden — who built his appeal on a colloquial, off-the-cuff style that leaves him vulnerable to gaffes — has never been especially chatty with reporters. Biden’s Low-Key Media Strategy Draws Allies’ Concern 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Linguists described Facebook’s system as flawed for a region with a vast diversity of colloquial dialects that Arabic speakers transcribe in different ways. Facebook’s language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, there are many universals that the colloquial “everyone” really does agree on. Perspective | 5 truths about dieting everyone can — or should — agree on 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z But in colloquial usage, the terms have become somewhat interchangeable. Was That a Ground-Rule Double or an Automatic Double? 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z It was a tribute he said was inspired partly by the team’s colloquial reputation as the “Bad Boys” of the league. Carl Nassib Made History, but Also a Big Play 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Although it was originally introduced to give a rigorous definition of the colloquial term “natural equivalence,” it also offers a way to think universally about universal algebra and other areas of mathematics as well. Infinity Category Theory Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of Mathematics 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The Moroccan colloquial Arabic, for instance, includes French and Berber words, and is spoken with short vowels. Facebook’s language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z This confusion between the lay and technical uses of “dominance” might not matter if the two sides of life — the colloquial and the scientific — never met. Perspective | What does dominance mean to your dog? 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z “I’ve gone by many titles: King of Hair, King of Pasta, King of Dehydration, or to use a more colloquial phrase, a pitchman or a hawker,” Mr. Popeil said in 1995. Ron Popeil, Inventor and Ubiquitous Infomercial Pitchman, Dies at 86 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The decision to discontinue using the expression, which is common in colloquial speech, implements a recommendation from the Berlin Senate’s diversity programme, a spokesperson told broadcaster rbb. Berlin transport operator to stop calling fare-dodgers "blackriders" 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “Popemobile” is a colloquial term that the Vatican does not use, but it generally refers to the vehicles that the pope uses to greet the masses. An electric popemobile is Fisker’s latest leap of faith 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z In some cases, these dialects are not mutually comprehensible, and there is no standard way of transcribing colloquial Arabic. Facebook’s language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z More generally, Biden said he brought his relatable style of politics into the meeting with Putin, describing his approach as “somewhat colloquial.” Sunshine, fatalism and 2 world views from 2 world leaders 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Kenyan Swahili on the other hand is more colloquial - regarded by some as sloppy and uncivilised, and is often the subject of amusement between the neighbours: Tanzanian Samia Suluhu Hassan's five quotes which charmed Kenya 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z “Those undertaking travel on either side of the ditch will do so under the guidance of flier beware,” she said, using a colloquial term for the Tasman Sea that separates the two island nations. New Zealand opens up travel bubble with neighboring Australia 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z As the documentary notes, he was part of a movement that often prized obscurity — Ezra Pound’s gnomic poems, Gertrude Stein’s redundant prose — and gave it a more colloquial, less artsy feel. Ken Burns' new Hemingway documentary doesn't give you a reason to read Hemingway 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z She invoked the colloquial Chinese expression of “eating bitterness” — the notion of virtuously enduring hardship. Nationwide protests supporting Asian Americans unfold after recent attacks 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Or a writer may code the bot to produce a more colloquial tone: "Wow, I'm sorry you're feeling this way. Why do you think you might be feeling depressed?" COVID-19 has made Americans lonelier than ever — here’s how AI can help 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Bennett, the son of immigrants from California who speaks colloquial English almost as flawlessly as Netanyahu, is a hard-liner on Palestinian and religious issues and known for divisive rhetoric. As Israelis head back to elections, there’s a new twist: Democrats in Washington 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Transcription involves navigating between colloquial Bedouin dialect and standard literary Arabic. Vanishing in the Desert, Traditional Bedouin Culture Lives Online 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Like that wisecrack, Hobson’s style is colloquial throughout; he works in American plainsong even when summoning voices from beyond. Review: In an eerie Cherokee novel, the ghosts and the grieving have their say 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Donald Trump is a proven traitor — at least in the colloquial sense, and perhaps the legal sense as well — who spent four years disavowing the Constitution, attacking our democracy and abusing the public. America's national healing depends on Donald Trump facing real punishment 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z The way that we work is very colloquial, it’s very local. Ava DuVernay and Peter Roth want to diversify crews. And Hollywood's on board 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z His heroically colloquial reply was quickly transmitted worldwide: “Nuts!” AP WAS THERE: Battle of the Bulge, 1944 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z His wit and grasp of colloquial American phrases made him popular with interviewers. Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The children’s stones are cartoon-like and asymmetrical – almost, in the colloquial sense of the term, gothic. Poem of the week: On a Pebbly Beach by John Birtwhistle 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The 48-year-old appellate court judge declared her conservative views in often colloquial language, but she refused many specifics Tuesday. Barrett back on Capitol Hill for senators’ final questions 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z When she escaped to her room in the basement, Mr. Elphicke ran after her, slapped her bottom and chanted “I’m a naughty Tory,” using the colloquial name for the Conservative Party in England. Former U.K. Lawmaker Jailed for 2 Years in Sexual Assaults 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z “Mom rage” is the colloquial term for the unrestrained anger many women experience during pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. ‘I Am Going to Physically Explode’: Mom Rage in a Pandemic 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z I wasn’t racially abused outright, but my use of colloquial language and my style – of a working-class black girl from a council estate in Oxford – was often sniggered at during lectures. What it's really like to be black in the fashion industry? 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Cotton explained that he was using the more colloquial version of the phrase and tweeted examples of Democrats and mainstream media outlets using the phrase in such a manner. Cotton urges deployment of military in response to violence; other Republicans empathize with peaceful protesters, Floyd family 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Scale is the name of the game in the colloquial streaming wars AT&T internet customers who don’t use AT&T Internet 1000 will receive HBO Max for one month for free. AT&T is making HBO Max free to millions of wireless, video, and internet customers 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z A frolic, Mr. Miller explained, “is a colloquial term here that means, ‘Get a bunch of people. In Ohio, the Amish Take On the Coronavirus 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “It’s just very colloquial and how I chat with my mates.” Dua Lipa: 'You have to be made of steel to not let words get to you' 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z I speak a Khampa dialect, a colloquial Tibetan with a strong accent. Rinchen Ato's best photograph: Tibetan twins and their albino rabbits 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z A spokesperson later explained that Foxx only meant that she was recusing herself in the “colloquial” sense, and that she herself would not be involved. Jussie Smollett prosecutor Kim Foxx wins Dem primary in hotly contested race 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Scale is the name of the game in the colloquial streaming wars, and AT&T is using its various distribution lines to help bring as many subscribers as possible to HBO Max. AT&T is making HBO Max free to millions of wireless, video, and internet customers 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The colloquial streaming wars are just heating up. Bob Iger got Disney into the streaming wars, so what happens once he’s gone? 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z During the 1940s she shifted towards colloquial, populist Egyptian music, a canny move as the country chafed under British control. 'She exists out of time': Umm Kulthum, Arab music's eternal star 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Part of the reason is that traditional publications are typically hesitant to use colloquial language until it’s generally understood among readers. How photoshop became a verb 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “Boomer” is a colloquial but not always derogatory term for Americans who were born between 1946 and 1964, a period dubbed “the baby boom” for its heightened birth rates. Chief Justice Roberts wants to know if "OK Boomer" counts as age discrimination 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z “In the colloquial sense, the destruction and altering of police reports is certainly outrageous and intolerable under our criminal justice system,” Moore wrote. A deputy died dodging a stove on the freeway. The man found responsible may soon go free 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The gap between colloquial and legal definitions may reveal more than a linguistic issue. A One-Word Accusation Swirls Around Trump’s Deadly Strike: Assassination 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The result, Vaccines are not an Opinion: Vaccinations Explained to Those Who Really Don't Want to Understand, was a novelty in a country where scientists rarely communicate in colloquial language. This Italian scientist has become a celebrity by fighting vaccine skeptics 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “Mako watan,” he said, a colloquial expression for “this is not a country.” Protesters in Arab world’s newest uprisings face a long haul 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “Mako watan,” he said, a colloquial expression for “this is not a country.” Protesters in Arab world’s newest uprisings face a long haul 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Rather than glossing over cultural and colloquial nuances that would be lost on most Western readers, he tries to highlight them. How Chinese Sci-Fi Conquered America 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Jitney Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Tony-winning revival of August Wilson’s “Jitney,” a triumphant melding of acting and drama, puts the audience in the unique position of eavesdroppers on the colloquial music of life. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Frozen,' 'A Christmas Carol' and more 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z And, to keep it in colloquial terms, they had a lot more followers too, many more cells receiving their messages: a firework of signals, doubly as fast, visible from twice as far away. How a neuroscientist's infant son revolutionized our understanding of autism 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday brushed aside the Latin phrase “quid pro quo” that Democrats have been using to describe Trump’s actions with a more colloquial one: Bribery. Ousted ambassador to testify in Trump impeachment probe 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z I mean that both in the colloquial sense and in the sense that this kind of personal attack on courts and individual judges violates all recognized democratic norms.” Opinion | Trump’s attacks on the judiciary are dangerous. Good for this judge for speaking up. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Ring-billed gulls nest mainly around lakes in Central Washington — one reason experts disapprove of the colloquial name “seagulls.” Gulls are the feathered fabric of our very landscape — and they are a lot like us 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Their more colloquial argument was that there was nothing mysterious about wealth. The French Economist Who Helped Invent Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z It acknowledges that "occasionally" the online translation services may not fully understand "dialect" or colloquial language. Google Translate used to vet refugees 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z In working-class, colloquial and often profane Arabic, he muses on the military’s growing domination of the Egyptian economy. Egypt Protests Came as a Total Shock. The Man Behind Them Is Just as Surprising. 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Their language programs use real, practical vocabulary that will help you get by in real-world situations, while employing native speakers to demonstrate pronunciation and colloquial conversation. From Salon Marketplace: Get access to uTalk's entire 140 language library for life 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z There are a few moments in the book, though, when Kendi uses the word in a more colloquial, less rigorous sense. The Fight to Redefine Racism 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z They can’t explain why they think some patients are more likely to die, because they don’t “think” in any colloquial sense of the word—they only answer. The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Another, more colloquial term for going off label might be “becoming a drug dealer.” “The Little King” 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z So I decided that the military had a colloquial expression for all space service. Author Myke Cole talks writing hard science fiction in his space-set Coast Guard novel Sixteenth Watch 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Timothy McCarthy, a historian of political movements who teaches at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, called Biden’s words a “kind of blue-collar colloquial way of talking.” Bravado or belligerent, it’s Joe Biden’s response to nearly everything: ‘C’mon, man!’ 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z At once erudite and colloquial, the book resists prescriptive judgments, teems with surprising juxtapositions, and evokes the contagious enthusiasm of a cool teacher. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Tapper took issue with the way she blurred her audience’s understanding as it pertains to colloquial and academic understandings of the term. AOC dodges on Clinton, Obama-era ‘concentration camps’ during CNN interview 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z In a music video, as well as rapping, she is dancing, using colloquial phrases familiar to young people and is dressed like them. The election of albino killings and the president’s fake death 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z “Lots of people have different colloquial phrases,” he continued. US attorney John Durham has been reviewing origins of Russia probe 'for weeks': source 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z In colloquial terms, the prism created two newly divergent timelines . . . and it allowed communication between the two. Science Fiction Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z They were written in a more colloquial language than traditional Egyptian texts, and they celebrated the natural world: Into the pharaoh's chamber: how I fell in love with ancient Egypt 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z “It’s a very exciting time for colloquial, niche and unique stories,” White says. A baseball branding bonanza, and 2 guys helping it happen 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The idea is that these shadowy listeners are able to improve Alexa by annotating things like slang and colloquial expressions, and that’s undoubtedly true. California Inc.: After a milestone, all eyes are on the S&P 500 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The encyclical, divided into nine chapters, offers a wide spectrum of commentary, at turns theological and colloquial, and urges young people to fight apathy, find Christian solutions to global problems and treat migrants with empathy. Pope Francis says Catholic Church should support women’s rights 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Bates’s attorney, Kimberly Weber, framed the argument in more colloquial terms. Smart talking: are our devices threatening our privacy? 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z And law professors across the ideological spectrum praise her clear and often colloquial writing style. In Bladensburg Peace Cross case, Supreme Court’s Elena Kagan could have pivotal role 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Trump’s handwritten notes have shed light on a president more comfortable with colloquial language than the more bureaucratic or carefully worded statements typically drafted by national security aides, policy experts or diplomats. Trump and his aides offer the public a glimpse of their private notes — no matter how revealing 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Tellingly, the colloquial terms for these timepieces were the master clock and the slave clocks. Review: In Cameron Rowland's 'D37' at MOCA, the legacy of slavery takes frightfully familiar forms 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z An ordinary writer can, in truth, sometimes camouflage his banality in colloquial color: pure voice can do a fair amount of the novelist’s work. A Début Novel Captures a City on the Boil 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z That part of the field where it’s too close to punt but too far to kick a field goal; also a popular colloquial term for divorce court. Perspective | NFL TV broadcasters are speaking a language all their own 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z So even the bug of the name is a colloquial feature. Whose stadium is it? They tell us it’s ours, only not when it comes to selling the big money name 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z It was not so much the content that surprised me but the use of the colloquial and decidedly juvenile headline. No need for juvenile language in Nature 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z That is the colloquial description of these basins, but it is really a misnomer given their size, she said. What Is Coal Ash and Why Is It Dangerous? 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The letter echoes its envelope, though, in its use of language — like “campaign summons” and “conservative affirmation” — that sounds more legal than colloquial. Ted Cruz’s Campaign Marked a Fund-Raising Letter an Official ‘Summons.’ It Wasn’t Against the Rules. 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z So the team went back to the drawing board, tapping people to translate key listings and steps in the purchase process into colloquial Hindi. Amazon’s strategy to reach 500 million Indians: Speak their language 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The artist has built a fantastical immersive environment inside the museum’s Grand Avenue location inspired by aspects of Afrofuturism and colloquial signifiers of black identity — a clever reimagining of the white cube. Datebook: Lavish life in Renaissance courts, a history of body ink and unseen Irving Penn 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Anyone with functioning gray matter knows “collusion” is a colloquial term, coined to avoid too much legalese. Donald Trump throws his eldest son under the bus: And yes, this “collusion” could be criminal 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Before the Senate Judiciary Committee in June, Donald Trump Jr. explained that he intended only to say thank you to the Russian lawyer, “it was a colloquial term to say hey, great, thank you.” Trump attorney admits to mistakes regarding the infamous Trump Tower meeting 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z In the colloquial sense, collusion simply means an act of secret cooperation, generally for nefarious ends. Collusion is not a crime – but colluding can be 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The artist has built a fantastical immersive environment inside the museum’s Grand Avenue location inspired by aspects of Afrofuturism and colloquial signifiers of black identity — a wry reimagining of the white cube. Datebook: Full-moon performances inspired by gender, the art of transformation, hallucinatory dance 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Hydrogen bomb is the colloquial term for a thermonuclear weapon, a second-generation bomb design with vastly more explosive power than a simple fission warhead. All you wanted to know about nuclear war but were too afraid to ask 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Why not try to think of historical justice as itself an option, in both the colloquial and technical sense? Scholar Robert Meister on a new model: Using the financial markets to fuel historical justice 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z The artist has built a fantastical immersive environment inside the museum’s Grand Avenue location inspired by aspects of Afrofuturism and colloquial signifiers of black identity — a wry re-imagining of the white cube. Datebook: Police violence paintings, a gallery's 25th and enduring images of a photojournalist's life 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z My mom learned to read and write English in college, which she augmented with colloquial English gleaned from “Sanford and Son” and “Three’s Company” episodes. Perspective | Mister Rogers was America’s teacher. I know because he taught me English. 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Observers say the timing of the dinner revelations is awkward, after a video went viral showing Mr Macron talking about money in colloquial language. Macrons' new dinner plates spark cash row 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Some variants of the "distracted Charlie" meme are jokes about the time period, with one user imagining how Chaplin felt about "talkies" - a colloquial term for film with audible dialogue. Chaplin: The original distracted boyfriend 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z On the colloquial level where these determinations are really made, what Messi or Ronaldo do at this tournament could establish either player as the greatest of all time. World Cup Preview 2018: Messi vs. Ronaldo, Magic Cats, Iceland!!, and More 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Trump’s admirers frequently cite his use of colloquial language as key to his success in convincing so many that he is not a traditional politician. Opinion | No one is an ‘animal’ 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z For instance, Duplex is so convincingly human because Google includes ticks like “uh” and “um” and other more colloquial phrases into the Assistant’s verbal library. Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Hinch used a colloquial version of “horse manure” to describe the rule and said it was “a bad interpretation” of it. Pollock, Peralta, pitching propel Diamondbacks to fast start 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z “Byrd’s use of a colloquial, shorthand phrase makes plain that Byrd is alleging that the officers’ use of force was unreasonably excessive,” the court said. Arizona inmate who says police 'beat the crap out of' him can sue 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z A multilingual Latvian with a strong understanding of colloquial English, Porzingis appeared puzzled until someone rephrased the question. Lose Now, Win Later? In Sixers, Knicks Have a Role Model 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z This new colloquial use of “crypto” caused consternation in security circles. Crypto.com is not for sale 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z It was composed in colloquial language so I truly believe that it was written by the Olympian herself and not by a professional writer. What Happens When Athletes Do the Sportswriting? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z He sang in his Palestinian colloquial Arabic, proudly telling his audience to “raise the kufiyah!” The rise and fall of Egyptian Arabic 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z In Mexico, they sweep through fields of maize and alfalfa with large buckets for the very popular chapulines - the colloquial name for a pleasingly lemony species of grasshopper. Where to find the world's tastiest insects 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z She is a millennial writing, in colloquial language that is occasionally profane, for other millennials. Personal Finance for Those Who Don’t Have a Clue 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z In the colloquial way of using “setting” for the word “sitting,” Pruitt said, “We want to be ‘setting’ here as soon as possible.” The Alabama-Georgia national title game feels like it should be played in a backyard 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Part of the problem is that the Guaraní taught in schools is a formal, and somewhat anachronistic, version compared to the colloquial version spoken on the street. Newfound Pride in Guaraní, a Language Long Disdained in Paraguay 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z He was a powerful, colloquial writer, and his words surely had some effect. Opinion | Martin Luther hated Jews. Does he deserve a splash of red paint? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z For his third consecutive start, Nolasco described his performance with the word “decent,” or one of its colloquial derivatives. Angels move further away from a playoff spot 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z This was what politicians and commentators said when they wished to question Trump’s state of mind but feared the consequences of a more colloquial assessment. Review | Is Trump mentally ill? Or is America? Psychiatrists weigh in. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z “That kind of training helps you write for a popular market and means your style is often accessible and colloquial,” Archer says. Want to write a bestselling novel? Use an algorithm 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z When it comes to the first President, watch out for quotations that are a little too colloquial. Vice President Pence Cited a Fake Thomas Jefferson Quote. Here's How to Avoid the Same Mistake 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z It was a very New York show, all colloquial. How we made West Side Story 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Trump Jr. said it was “simply a colloquial way of saying that I appreciated Rob’s gesture.” Donald Trump Jr., on Capitol Hill, denies collusion with Russia 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Trump Jr. said it was "simply a colloquial way of saying that I appreciated Rob's gesture." Donald Trump Jr. Denies Russia Collusion in Senate Hearing 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Trump Jr. sought to explain that remark Thursday by saying it was "simply a colloquial way of saying that I appreciated Rob's gesture." Donald Trump Jr. Says Meeting With Russian Lawyer Wasn't Collusion 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z I adapted my parents’ Urdu to sound like Delhi’s colloquial Hindi. Perspective | How it felt to be Pakistani in India during the triumph of Hindu nationalism 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Then came a rapid summary of the case that was cogent, colloquial and friendly, like a disc jockey talking about a singer’s new release. Neil Chayet, Host of ‘Looking at the Law’ on Radio, Dies at 78 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z He offers a similar kind of colloquial familiarity, but with this difference. 100 best nonfiction books: No 80 - The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (1789) 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z In a separate news release, in which Trump made the remark about national unity, he lashed out at Congress in more colloquial terms than in the formal signing statement. Russia accuses Trump of 'total weakness' for signing sanctions legislation 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z In an upstairs room at Middlesbrough library, the other doctors on the pilot scheme are learning about the inappropriate use of colloquial English in the written form. NHS pilot scheme taps into skills of refugee doctors - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z In colloquial usage, “sticky wicket” means a difficult situation. India Premier League cricket coach preaches teamwork at Redmond summer camp 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z They may scare the public, even terrorize it in the colloquial meaning, but unspoken demands and unclaimed credit do not convey any purpose behind the violence. Perspective | Is it terrorism or mass murder? That depends on our biases. 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z A researcher found that attitudes are mixed about “Newfie,” a colloquial term for Newfoundlanders dating to World War II. But for some, it remains offensive. 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Like that work, Hnath’s is divided into scenes marked by titles and uses language that stresses the colloquial in a period setting. Lucas Hnath’s Leap of Faith Into “A Doll’s House” 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z There had always been some writing in colloquial Egyptian, and a number of intellectuals advocated for expanding this practice. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z In her remarks on Wednesday, Ms. Haley, a former governor of South Carolina, relied on familiar colloquial expressions and offered few specifics about the many foreign policy challenges facing the administration. Nikki Haley Calls U.N. Human Rights Council ‘Corrupt,’ Without Evidence 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Laura is a bit of a flibbertigibbet with a poor grasp of colloquial expressions. Light on laughs, TV Land comedy 'Nobodies' offers up familiar show-biz premise 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Her early fiction included the stories "Lord Randall" and "The Living," narrated in colloquial style by black characters and published in the mid-1960s by Negro Digest. Author Paula Fox, Newbery Medal winner and grandmother of Courtney Love, dies at 93 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z “With regards to Mr. Trump’s comments that SGT Bergdahl is a ‘traitor’ or committed ‘treason,’ such comments were clearly intended to be understood by their colloquial meaning,” the prosecutors wrote in the Feb. 1 filing. Prosecutors: Bergdahl to get fair trial despite Trump jabs 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z In Cairo we switched to Egyptian colloquial, which has a weak literary tradition but a vibrant character. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, is known for his clear, colloquial writing, advocacy for court review of government regulations, defense of religious freedom and skepticism toward law enforcement. Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch skeptical of gov't regulations 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z With a clear, colloquial writing style, Gorsuch has written in favor of courts’ second-guessing government regulations, in defense of religious freedom and skeptically about law enforcement. A look at the reported top contenders for the Supreme Court 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z On this line, Cale resists the temptation to sing “you” as the more colloquial “ya,” which Cohen often did, and cheekily—to make it rhyme in a satisfying way with “hallelujah.” John Cale’s Inventive Retrospection 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z We still generally avoid it in straight-news stories from Washington, because we generally don’t use a lot of nicknames or colloquial terms in those stories. Friday Mailbag: Soda, the Health Act and ‘Mrs.’ Trump 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In some respects, Sisi is a natural politician, and his speeches, delivered in colloquial Arabic, often impress average Egyptians as sincere and sympathetic. Egypt’s Failed Revolution 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The colloquial version of this condition is called the “yips,” but some players use a more ominous name: The Thing. The puzzle of Cubs ace Jon Lester: He's hard to hit but easy to run on 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z She was informal, colloquial, her sentences bookended by the word “see,” a conversational fillip that also strangely felt like a mark of authenticity. To the First Lady, With Love 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Myanmar is the literary, formal name; Burma the spoken, colloquial variant. This place ain’t what it used to be – the politics of geographical names 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z And finally, the packaging contains an eight-page, hard-copy essay from Mr. Parker on the making of the film, and the jacket sleeve offers two-dozen examples, with definitions of the colloquial language spoken by the band. Blu-ray review: The Commitments: 25th Anniversary Edition 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In fact nobody's saying coffee is lethal for you, but that's a dramatic, colloquial expression guaranteed to get attention. We’re So Confused: The Problems With Food and Exercise Studies 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z He loved it - but he settled on a colloquial spelling of “the,” he says, as a cultural statement. A ‘paradise’ amid the rocks and weeds 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z To be honest, though, I’m disappointed that it’s the only colloquial voice trigger listed here. GoPro's Hero 5 will let you tag awesome moments by saying ‘that was sick’ out loud 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Dictionary definitions of words: This might fall under the criterion of knowing the English language, but it's important to recognize that the dictionary definitions of words sometimes differ from common or colloquial meanings. 3 Pieces of Real-World Knowledge the LSAT Tests 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z In addition, the 2013 speech dramatically highlighted one of Kaine’s most noticeable selling points: his fluent, colloquial Spanish, which is unprecedented at this level in contemporary American politics, Jimmy Carter’s best efforts aside. Tim Kaine, en Español 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z He doesn’t mind, similarly, a colloquial adaptation of Shakespeare, something language purists equate with vandalism. How to Write Like Antonin Scalia 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Cuteness aside, though, sandpipers are pretty confusing, because "sandpiper" is both a species name and the colloquial name for the Scolopacidae family of birds. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Because it's a colloquial phrase, the name is likely not a copyright violation. Run the Jewels isn’t happy about Kevin Hart’s unrelated movie called Run the Jewels 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Clinical, or internal, decapitation is a colloquial term for an injury known to surgeons as occipital-cervical dislocation. Good Samaritan Helps Boy Survive ‘Internal Decapitation’ in Idaho Car Crash 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The children of Babyland, which is its colloquial name, are buried in every other space, with empty graves between them. Undertaker tried to sooth child death grief with ‘Babyland’ 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z I had forgotten what a funny, colloquial writer she can be, and how quickly and tartly she can animate a minor character or the fragment of a life. Edna O’Brien’s Charming War Criminal 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The colloquial alias for a football referee in Brazil is “the man in black”. The fall: how diving became football’s worst crime | Alejandro Chacoff 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z But picture the poor lexicographer at the OED who wrote that to bog is a “low word, scarcely found in literature, however common in coarse colloquial language”. From alright to zap: an A-Z of horrible words 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Travel Nevada, the colloquial name for the division, was scheduled to announce the launch of the Trekker program March 22. Nevada’s high-tech twist on adventure tourism 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z However, this essentially means that Trump is the most colloquial of our current crop of candidates, and the colloquialism can be quite the narcotic on the stump. Trump Is Extremely Articulate—That's Why He's So Dangerous 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z “Swiping right” is a colloquial reference to approving of a potential match on Tinder. Sanders supporters banned from Tinder after campaigning on dating app 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z "Swiping right" is a colloquial reference to approving of a potential match on Tinder. Sanders supporters banned from Tinder after campaigning on dating app 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Children are taught in Mandarin at school and, in one poignant scene, Hank’s son walks up to him after class calling him the Mandarin “baba” instead of “loudau” in colloquial Cantonese. Imagining Hong Kong’s Future, Under China’s Tightening Grasp 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z I remind my audiences at period cooking demonstrations that slavery was colloquial and discretionary. What happens when children's books fail to confront the complexity of slavery? | Michael W Twitty 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The word razakar, or “volunteer,” once used to describe members of pro-Pakistan militias, has entered colloquial Bengali as a scathing pejorative. The Islamist War on Bloggers 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Because of narrowing of the throat, the struggle to draw a breath sometimes produces a high-pitched whooping noise, hence the disease’s colloquial name, whooping cough. What the hell’s wrong with us? Autism, vaccines and why some people believe Jenny McCarthy over every doctor 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z I don’t mean that in a colloquial sense; I mean I literally don’t understand it. Rubio's 'biggest weakness' goes unmentioned, for now 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z In partly colloquial Israeli Hebrew with a slight accent, he mocked Israel’s reaction to the recent wave of attacks by “our brothers in Palestine.” A paraglider sails from Israel to Syria -- and thereby hangs a mystery 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z By making the grand and glorious contemporary and colloquial, the comedy dignifies the subject, rather than demeaning it; this is known as the "Drunk History" paradox. TV Picks: 'Manhattan' on WGN, 'Black Jesus' on Adult Swim 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Only one of these worked against the malaria parasite—an extract derived from a plant known as Qinghao in Chinese, Artemisia annua in Latin or sweet wormwood in colloquial English. Medicine Nobel Recognizes Fights Against Malaria and River Blindness 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z And he remains anti-liberal in the colloquial sense of American politics—opposed to dissent that might run against the whole grain of stability and continuity of the Church. The Pope and the Labels of Liberalism 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z It is Krugman who conflates the formal “appointed” with the colloquial “named” in order to accuse Christie falsely of lying. Factitious ‘Fact Checking’ 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The term has recently crossed over from colloquial to mainstream – it’s now also a clothing site, a play, a Shamir song and has appeared as a crossword clue in the New York Times. Haute mess: the fashion for being scruffy 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The rodeo is frequently called by its colloquial name, “The Daddy of ‘Em All.” Dusty Tuckness: Not Clowning Around 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z At any time, a minimum of 30 analysts will monitor huge streams of data in both classical and colloquial Arabic, according to a 2014 Interior Ministry request-for-proposals leaked to the Egyptian media. After Arab Spring, journalism briefly flowered and then withered 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z One page, in colloquial English, says that the company values trust: “It’s why we work hard to protect your data. And why your info is not for sale. To anyone.” When a Company Goes Up for Sale, in Many Cases, So Does Your Personal Data 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z It’s just confusingly imprecise because it uses the term “proposed” in both its colloquial and formal senses. Factitious ‘Fact Checking’ 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z But, they also cover the sciences, humanities, and current events, such as their colloquial explanation of the complex Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Education as Entertainment: YouTube Sensations Teaching The Future 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z In colloquial terms, this is an installment sale. Selling Your Business -- Your Tax Strategies Depend On Who The Buyer Is -- Part 8 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Avoid this colloquial use of “like” as a conjunction. Early and Often 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z While most Mexican politicians’ use of social media consists of anodyne tweets and Facebook posts which read like something from a motivational handbook, Rodríguez uses colloquial language to respond to his constituents, said Ramos. Independent El Bronco aims to buck Mexico's politics-as-usual trend 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z "You must listen to the Party if you 'stir-fry' stocks," said a veteran retail investor in Shanghai, using a colloquial term for taking speculative positions. Reading Beijing's mind leaves investors living on their nerves 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Flakka, which got its name from a Spanish colloquial term for a pretty, enticing woman, is a synthetic cathinone that mimics the khat plant grown in Africa. Police in Florida Grapple With a Cheap and Dangerous New Drug 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z "His language was colloquial but his tone conveyed a very clear message. People in Armenia look at him as a bold guy who stays positive." Why is everyone is suddenly listening to this taxi driver? - BBC News 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts, whose prose is already crisp and inviting, added some colloquial topspin that called to mind the punchy opinions of Justice Kagan. Justices’ Opinions Grow in Size, Accessibility and Testiness, Study Finds 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Craggy and rumpled-looking in worn jeans and sneakers, his colloquial, Midwestern voice rising and falling, he tried to draw out students’ reactions to the sculpture. The Man Making Sculpture Modern 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z We took the question to Team Sanders, and without hesitation, they said that the senator prefers to be called by the more colloquial version of his given name. Today in Politics: Sanders Offers Clinton Both a Potential Foil and a Pitfall 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The phrase "it's not rocket science" even became embedded in the colloquial lexicon to describe tasks that anyone could do. First Click: all hail the new rocket scientist 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z These colloquial shenanigans irritated the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal. How ‘You Do You’ Perfectly Captures Our Narcissistic Culture 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z One radio station played the song written by entertainment star 2Face Idibia in Nigeria’s colloquial English: “Vote not fight; Election no be war!” Hope, fear as Nigerians await results of presidential vote 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z For Arthur Chin, the translator who wrote subtitles for the movie in colloquial Chinese for Cantonese speakers, "Selma" wasn't just another gig. In Hong Kong, pro-democracy protesters find kinship with 'Selma' 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z The colloquial term for a “myocardial infarction” — when heart muscle dies due to a lack of oxygen. NINA RADCLIFF: Heart attack study: Stop blowing your stack 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z One of such mild claims is that people tend to mistake the technical language for the colloquial meanings of those words. Memo To George Mombiot; There Is No Seigniorage In Credit Creation 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z She became one of a small group of accomplished Egyptian poets working in the avant-garde style of free verse but using popular, colloquial Arabic. Killing of Shaimaa el-Sabbagh in Cairo Angers Egyptians 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Some physicists welcomed the attention to a field usually obsessed with particles that most people would find unpronounceable and equations that were less understandable than colloquial Mandarin. Deflation Experiments Show Patriots May Have Science on Their Side After All 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z His cocky, colloquial cadence was a bit much, but it’s hard to deny Obama a victory lap now that Americans are optimistic about the economy after six years of misery. Get used to Obama’s swagger 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Brimming with confidence, the president struck a colloquial tone as he rattled off a series of positive statistics about the country’s recent economic rebound. President Obama, with two years to go, commits to cementing a liberal legacy 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z They then formulate their proofs using those colloquial meanings and transfer back into technical language. Memo To George Mombiot; There Is No Seigniorage In Credit Creation 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Yakata, which is a Nigerian colloquial term meaning “final” or “complete” pioneered and localized the concept of Black Friday within the Nigerian and West Africa e-commerce industry. Sim Shagaya: On Building The Next Big Thing, Konga, Africa's Version Of Alibaba - Part One 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z I’m from Canada and although I’ve never played hockey, there is a colloquial expression in my country known as a “puck hog”. The Collateral Damage of Selfish Leadership 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Many early posters used English that was more technical than the colloquial words used in the affected areas. How Ebola Roared Back 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Note, I don’t mean “nothing” in a colloquial sense, as if they issued press releases that struck me as vapid and meaningless. GOP greets economic news with total silence 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z This is a perfect example of that mixture of concise technical language and colloquial. Memo To George Mombiot; There Is No Seigniorage In Credit Creation 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z This time, however, the judgment served as a diagnosis penned by a physician who, even though he was using the term “madness” in a colloquial sense, admitted that Dupont had “no delusions on other subjects.” Terrorism isn't Madness 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Delivered in rushed colloquial style, much of this fabulous arcana, central to the plot, is hard to understand, and some of it is hard to hear. “Interstellar” and “The Theory of Everything” Reviews 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Most pupils, from kindergarten to eighth grade, dash to bright-colored classrooms for the 8:45 a.m. bell, eager to begin “morning meeting,” a freewheeling conversation in colloquial Mandarin. An American School Immerses Itself in All Things Chinese 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z One might argue that colloquial language is justifiable in the context of a sports-car review. The Slang Patrol 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z This approach is captured by the colloquial Hindi term for “ingenious improvisation” – jugaad. Why Your Global Team Can't Collaborate 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z “What kind of work will they do when there is not one iota of self-discipline? As it is, all the babus do is pass on files,” he added, using a colloquial term for bureaucrats. Tracking India’s Bureaucrats Becomes a Digital Dashboard Venture 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Part of the problem is that most of us bring to images of war an understanding of the concept of "war crime" which is instinctive and colloquial. Israeli-Palestinian conflict: How 'lawfare' has become a weapon 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The year was also exceptionally dry, leading to the colloquial name the Big Dry. Global Warming Fired Up Heat Waves in 2013 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The colloquial expression seems trite and out of place here. The Slang Patrol 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z “In its strong rhythms and colloquial expressions, this book is a living woman’s monologue. At times, Clora even seems to lean toward us, grabbing at our lapels.” J. California Cooper, prolific writer, dead at 82 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z His speech was both patriotic and diplomatic, colloquial yet clearly well-planned. Jack Ma profile - Alibaba's powerful but humble billionaire 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Unusually for someone who had never lived outside China, he spoke fluent, even colloquial English. Jack Ma: The man behind Alibaba 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z "Daesh" is a colloquial designation for Islamic State based on its Arabic name. World leaders vow to help Iraq fight Islamic State using 'all means' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z He grinned broadly, laughed out loud and—showing his mastery of colloquial English—replied simply, “Hell no!” Alibaba: The $200 Billion ‘Open Sesame’ Don’t rush through your replies to the interviewer’s questions, ramble during pauses in the conversation or slip into overly colloquial language. The Secret to Not Flubbing a Job Interview 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z "If the Americans hadn't helped us, Da'ash would be in our houses by now," using the colloquial term for the group also known as Isis. Iraq crisis: Islamic State savagery exposes limits to Kurdish authority 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z So for Francis to talk openly, and with colloquial realism, about his health is both a breach of recent practice and entirely in character. For Pope Francis to talk about mortality and retirement is entirely in character 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z “I’m surprised how many Swedes are aware of the connection and how many of the kids wear Yankee caps,” Mr. Andersson said, invoking a Yiddish word still more colloquial in the Bronx than Swedish. From Bronck to the Bronx, a Name and a Swedish Heritage to Celebrate 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Back in the 90s there were various bans on the import of “Bush legs” for example, the colloquial name given to frozen chicken legs. Russia Misundertands Trade And Bans US And EU Food Imports 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z That lawsuit was the “ill treatment” that Noonan apparently believes is a less of a contributor to the country’s intractable partisan divide than Obama’s momentary dips into colloquial modes of speech. Peggy Noonan: America is divided because Obama is “out there dropping his g’s” 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Put in more colloquial terms, this is the issue of birds of a feather flocking together. The Trifecta of Roommate Selection Technology: Privacy, Prejudice, And Diversity 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Frank, colloquial language delivers a strong sense of spontaneity. A Review of ‘Soldier’s Heart’ in Union 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z De Mistura, 67, speaks seven languages including colloquial Arabic, according to the Italian Foreign Ministry. Diplomats: Staffan de Mistura is new Syria envoy 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z An agonising 10-minute conversation followed in which we two seemed put on earth to vivify that colloquial English phrase "cross purposes". Sex and wheels: Zadie Smith on JG Ballard's Crash 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z On sale were T-shirts reading: “Ni hao, y’all” - combining the Chinese version of “hello” with a colloquial Southernism. Ni hao, y’all: US hinterlands woo Chinese firms 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z This is colloquial Brazilian for the moment of truth, the decisive hour. The language of Brazilian football 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z “Commodity” is an overused word that in colloquial terms applies to things so widely available—toilet paper, milk, dry cleaning— that they are bought and sold almost solely on the basis of price. An excerpt from Kate Kelly's 'The Secret Club That Runs the World' 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z "These are just more modern, colloquial languages that more developers today understand. They are easier to learn, and things don’t break as easily in them," says Chung. The Swift effect: Apple's new programming language means way more iPhone developers and apps 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Australia is progressing from an abbreviated and colloquial lexicon to one reflecting the gravitas of a country viewed with more global credibility than ever before. Is Aussie slang dying out? 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z The colloquial name for these agreements is “mistress contract,” but that is not, of course, the official term. Donald Sterling’s Special ‘Friendship Agreements’ Explained 2014-05-09T21:36:26Z Mr. Fadl called it “Alameen,” meaning “two pens” in formal Arabic and “two slaps on the face” in the colloquial Egyptian dialect. The Saturday Profile: An Egyptian Voice of Dissent Is Muffled, but Not Silenced 2014-05-02T15:23:54Z After school he watched McHale’s Navy alone on a black-and-white television, hoping to learn colloquial phrases that would help him fit in. Inside Sequoia Capital: Silicon Valley's Innovation Factory 2014-03-26T10:00:00Z “There are times we’ll talk and he wants to make it perfect, so he’ll go through the interpreter. But for being colloquial, and the clubhouse culture, he’s fine.” On Baseball: Rangers’ Darvish a Model of Success for Tanaka 2014-02-25T03:22:54Z Zeppelins - used for passenger transport since the late 19th Century but first used for reconnaissance and bombing in WW1 - were soon called by the colloquial, and catchier, word Zepp. The English expressions coined in WW1 2014-02-22T01:37:15Z According to that report, Iranian-born troops were included in the language program, which lasts seven months and twins comprehension of technical terms with Farsi songs and Persian folklore designed to improve eavesdroppers' colloquial skills. Israeli military lifts veil on its Iran listeners 2014-01-09T13:39:04Z Rolihlahla literally means pulling the branch of a tree, but its colloquial meaning is troublemaker. The village where Mandela will be laid to rest 2013-12-13T11:58:13Z But Mr. Mandela’s colloquial manner did not mean there was any lack of reverence toward him, Mr. Phapu said: “We see Mandela as our god.” Hometown Remembers Madiba the Villager, Well Before Mandela the Icon 2013-12-12T02:36:42Z It literally means "pulling the branch of a tree", but its colloquial meaning is "troublemaker". Six things you didn't know about Nelson Mandela 2013-12-10T02:16:35Z Some are very much associated with the war and did not make their way into mainstream colloquial English. The English expressions coined in WW1 2014-02-22T01:37:15Z “Derp,” a colloquial reply to an ignorant or asinine statement, has finally found its moment in the spotlight. Top 10 Memes of 2013 2013-12-09T05:35:24Z Now "hair" is used as a colloquial term among physicists as a stand-in for any other measure needed to describe a black hole that departs from the traditional three-quantity model. Black Holes May Have 'Hair' 2013-10-21T19:15:00.377Z “No one’s going to say, “Hand me the Galaxy,”” she says, referring to a colloquial use of the product’s name. Is Your Startup Named Right? 2013-10-14T21:14:00Z Rather, there is no word for "I" or "you" in colloquial Vietnamese. Where 'I love you' can't be said 2013-08-29T00:43:36Z WW1 gave rise to a number of slang and colloquial expressions such as these, but some lasted longer than others. The English expressions coined in WW1 2014-02-22T01:37:15Z I like reading Jack for his style of observation and writing for which "the colloquial" is an inadequate shorthand. In praise of Ian Jack's small town India 2013-08-22T00:27:04Z “Sikkapatte traffic!” he said, using a colloquial expression in the local Kannada language to describe the excess on the roads. India Ink: A Bangalore Ambulance Driver’s Battle with Traffic 2013-08-21T10:59:49Z “Ciao, capo!” a South Asian vendor shouted to a colleague in colloquial Italian, meaning “Hey, boss.” Rome Journal: Vibrant Market Is Heart of Multiethnic Capital 2013-08-12T03:38:26Z In the “zone,” as the prison camps are known in colloquial Russian, the business owners live, as nearly all Russian prisoners do, in squat wood or brick barracks. Russia’s Stimulus Plan: Open the Gulag Gates 2013-08-09T02:29:10Z The most troubling were the many voices that denounced Yousafzai and her speech as “a drama” – a colloquial expression commonly used to describe “a stunt” or “a hoax.” Malala's Global Celebrity Status Not Matched at Home 2013-07-15T19:05:24Z He decides to try "a more colloquial approach". In praise of Ian Jack's small town India 2013-08-22T00:27:04Z "This colloquial term for a photographic self-portrait has thus far appeared primarily in social media contexts," it notes. How selfies became a global phenomenon 2013-07-13T23:00:01Z The colloquial meaning of the term theory as a hunch, or guess, or plain old stab in the dark, is woefully puny next to its scientific meaning. Reverse Biological Engineering: Tinkering with Life Teaches Us How It Began [Excerpt] 2013-06-14T14:15:04.767Z According to University of California Davis food science professor Charles Bamforth, the colloquial notion of the beer belly — that beer somehow uniquely targets the gut – doesn’t jibe with medical science. Beer Bellies Are a Myth -- We'll Drink to That 2013-06-13T17:20:28Z Burma is the colonial, English name based on the Burmese colloquial word for the country and the one that has long been used by the political opposition. Obama meets with Burmese president 2013-05-20T22:25:38Z Teachers, too, might incorporate shorter, more colloquial sentences on study guides and in textbooks to raise test scores. Neural Networking: Online Social Content Easier to Recall Than Printed Info 2013-01-24T17:45:00.590Z Does that mean the written word is becoming more colloquial? Why You're More Likely to Remember a Facebook Status Than a Face 2013-01-17T19:35:31Z "He's here for your trophy... and your Sheilas," the caption reads, referring to the colloquial Australian term for women. Murray success brings more moans than cheers Down Under 2013-01-15T04:56:37Z They don't mind it if a scientist speaks in a colloquial way. Alan Alda Challenges Scientists to Explain: What Is Time? 2012-12-12T22:00:00Z Xi Jinping, in his speech, used more simple and more colloquial language to express the promise. China media: Xi's new leadership 2012-11-16T04:12:46Z The result could be due to the colloquial and largely spontaneous nature of Facebook posts. Neural Networking: Online Social Content Easier to Recall Than Printed Info 2013-01-24T17:45:00.590Z But, Mr. Elabnoudy said, it was colloquial poetry that spoke to the masses, serving a call for Arab unity in the struggle against imperialism. Abdel-rahman Elabnoudy, Egypt’s Poet of the People 2012-11-07T22:30:58Z This kind of preparation encapsulates the back-and-forth between classical and colloquial that is at the heart of his cooking. | Simsbury: A Review of Millwright’s, in Simsbury 2012-10-14T03:20:03Z "Sheikh Abu Abdullah is ready to see you," he said, using the colloquial term Osama Bin Laden's friends and followers addressed him by. Meeting Bin Laden's man in London 2012-10-09T15:32:24Z The first part was not as efficient, because the official translator was nervous and not very colloquial; finally a top aide, more bilingual than even Mr. Morsi, stepped in. The Lede Blog: Interviewing Egypt's Islamist President: Answers to Reader Questions 2012-09-24T20:53:36Z Throughout the weekend, he posted a series of tweets using colloquial language and acronyms that represented swear words, all of which were subsequently taken down. McLaren play down Hamilton tweet 2012-09-03T10:01:55Z One devotee of Nasser’s vision was Salah Jaheen, a playwright, a cartoonist, an actor, a colloquial poet and a lyricist who wrote the words to the national anthem. Abdel-rahman Elabnoudy, Egypt’s Poet of the People 2012-11-07T22:30:58Z His books are accessible, with plenty of characters, action and melodrama, and written in colloquial, and at times ribald, language. Brazil celebrates Jorge Amado's legacy 2012-08-10T01:29:43Z Another more colloquial term for it is of course, “Free Money”! What Every Student Entrepreneur Needs to Know to Succeed (7) Grants & Competitions 2012-07-23T00:19:08Z One of the compilers said they did not want to draw attention to its more colloquial meaning. Chinese dictionary in 'gay' row 2012-07-21T04:26:08Z I Take It Back The quotations come back redacted, stripped of colorful metaphors, colloquial language and anything even mildly provocative. Latest Word on the Campaign Trail? I Take It Back 2012-07-16T03:07:41Z A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. Thirty words English got from India 2012-07-11T23:36:35Z In response, Coca-Cola, which said it planned no such bid, issued a statement described by The Times as “one of the most blunt, and most colloquial, communiqués from a Fortune 500 company in recent memory.” Dan Dorfman, 82, Dies; His Tips Moved Markets 2012-06-20T03:30:11Z One heartening conclusion is that colloquial English is a lot more vibrant, colourful and expressive than its slightly grander cousin deployed in the Met Office. Fifty words for rain 2012-06-18T00:59:37Z It revealed several trends, including the Queen's avoidance of colloquial contractions such as ‘it's' in favor of the more formal ‘it is', and her tendency to maintain a positive tone in communications. An app that lets you text like the Queen 2012-06-04T09:04:48Z The colloquial example is the straw that breaks that camel's back. Climate Armageddon: How the World's Weather Could Quickly Run Amok [Excerpt] 2012-05-25T16:15:00.393Z A "growler" is a colloquial term applied to icebergs of small mass, which therefore only show a small portion above the surface. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z Yet important differences remain, prompting this rough guide to just a few of the potential colloquial conundrums that await baffled American visitors to the old country. Huh? US and British English to collide at Olympics 2012-04-06T19:27:11Z "Well, so, so," said the marquis, too colloquial by half. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Some of the reasons that “neurotic” has fallen out of colloquial usage are obvious. News Analysis: Where Have All the Neurotics Gone? 2012-04-01T01:39:00Z “Avoid TMI on the first date,” she said, using the colloquial expression for “too much information.” City Room: The Wedding Expo Is Over, but Divorce Is Ready to Go 2012-03-30T21:39:04Z Pope. µ Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his conduct. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z I don't know who his instructor had been; there are said to be no English residents in Mahón, yet the soldier certainly spoke good colloquial English. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z As China’s Commerce Minister from 2004-07, Bo negotiated trade deals with the West and impressed foreign envoys with his charm and colloquial English. The Fall of Bo Xilai: Lessons from One of China's Biggest Political Scandals 2012-03-20T04:05:40Z The chairman concluded a somewhat colloquial address amid a deathly silence, and the deputation and the board glared uncomfortably at one another. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z But as soon as the dialect is adopted, it begins to diverge from the colloquial form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Simple emotion, inherent melody, and colloquial language are combined with fine and differentiating imagery and humor in an under-meaning common to the folk-song. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z "It's a fine day," the Man gave colloquial greeting. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Tussy-mussy was not a colloquial word; it was found in serious, even in religious, text. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The value of this acquisition, even for home use, can scarcely be over-estimated, and without a familiarity with colloquial French, a man can hardly hope to pass muster abroad. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z So is it with the gift of that bright colloquial faculty which bestows such indescribable grace upon the airy nothings uttered in French drawing-rooms. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z The contestants compete by reciting Nabati poetry, a traditional type of colloquial Bedouin poetry known for its spontaneity and simplicity. Gulf poetry show fights Middle East zeitgeist 2012-02-28T12:15:36Z The romances of Baron Frederick Podmaniczky are simpler, and rather of a narrative than colloquial character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z His exuberant thoughts flow from him without effort; he is perfectly easy, frank, familiar, and colloquial, in his style; his illustrations are most happy, often exceedingly brilliant. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The advantage of habitual practice, then, cannot be too highly commended to those who would acquire colloquial skill. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z If "otherwise"—in the colloquial phrasing of the store being "laid-off"—there is the greatest of care and discretion used. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z A striking instance occurs among the Zulus, whose grand dances are merely the accompaniment to the colloquial war and hunting songs, in which the women put questions which are answered by the men. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Three hours afterwards, on our return by the same path, a voice greeted us in a colloquial tone as we passed, 'Maracaná!' Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z His speech dropped from the vocabulary of emotion to the trivial phrases of the colloquial. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z I have recommended the adoption of good, pure English as the most unexceptionable colloquial coin. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z "Arden" gave crude expression to this reaction toward realism in style; "Woodstock" much more effectively; and colloquial directness was mingled with the artificialities of "The Spanish Tragedy" and the beauties of "Edward II." Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Walla, Wallah, wol′a, n. a worker, agent: fellow.—Competition wallah, a term applied in Anglo-Indian colloquial speech to a member of the Civil Service who obtained appointment by the competitive system instituted in 1856. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Right under the nose of the dignified assembly, if we may use so colloquial an expression for so wicked a fact, these conspirators were arranging the last details of their little coup d'�tat. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z This verb 'fries,' like 'stick' and some others, had not in Elizabethan times and later, that colloquial, and therefore in such a context ludicrous, sound that it has to us. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z What would an educated foreigner—Kossuth, for instance, who learned English by the study of Shakspeare—make of the following specimens of colloquial American language? The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z While colloquial directness is not wanting in the play, the prevailing style has the artificialities, the lyricism, and the exuberance we have found prevailing elsewhere. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Ma′am, m�m, n. a colloquial contraction of madam—vulgarly Marm, Mum. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The rise of Castilian as a colloquial and literary tongue was achieved by the ceaseless struggle of the hardy race who spoke it against the Saracen occupation of their native land. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z It was to this respectable exile that the members of the imperial family owed that fluent and colloquial English, which often as much astonished as gratified our countrymen. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Well, you've probably heard of the telephoto lens—a sort of long distance microscope, to use very colloquial language. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Couched in an authentic colloquial style, the dialogue between Citt and Bumpkin progresses in an entirely natural, credible manner. Citt and Bumpkin (1680) 2011-12-21T03:00:27.683Z She had drawn him out, and she thought he had in speaking kept a fair balance between too crude a mode of colloquial expression and poetic elaboration. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z He asks you no questions in jerky, colloquial triplets of song, so you may know by his voice at least that he is not the red-eyed vireo. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z In colloquial usage, therefore, there is a presentment of the fact that the fulfillment of a wish is a main characteristic of the dream. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z In the indefiniteness of colloquial speech we constantly hear the phrase, "School Board education." English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z Abounding with colloquial expressions, contractions, and slang, the vocabulary is common and especially suited to the low characters. Citt and Bumpkin (1680) 2011-12-21T03:00:27.683Z The style of the book is thoroughly easy and colloquial; and the girls talk and act like girls, and not like prim little women. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The colloquial gifts for which she was famous seemed to have deserted her entirely; she was tongue-tied. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Not only this but other colloquial usages also express the same feeling. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Yet one cannot but feel that such men, no matter how great their authority, are simply "pulling the public's leg," to use a colloquial expression. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The best way to acquire colloquial power, so important to a well educated woman, is to listen to those of your sex attentively, who are most remarkable for these gifts. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z The book was printed in Italian--my acquaintance with Italian is colloquial, of the most superficial kind. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z He aspired to share in their colloquial renown, but never was ambition more unfortunate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z This is open partisanship on the part of colloquial usage. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z It’s not usually quite as colloquial as Phaedra’s bitter comment, “That’s what dancing with the wrong man on a Friday night gets you.” | New Jersey: ?Phaedra Backwards,? a Classical Myth in Princeton 2011-10-29T05:52:43Z Tumbleweed is actually the colloquial term for a whole range of bushy plants that use wind-fed journeys to spread seeds, a dispersal method of unfortunate efficiency. Tumbleweeds Are Piling Up Across the Plains 2011-10-27T14:56:40Z “It goes from being counterculture to being mainstream colloquial English.” Occupy (write name here): Protests supply the world with its latest catchphrase 2011-10-27T07:06:18Z Hence literary style is quite different from colloquial style, and far more difficult, because it has to make itself as intelligible as the latter with fewer accessaries. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z In addition to making the science understandable, Shafer offered some colloquial phrases that may resonate with jurors including the words “crazy” and “clueless.” After an emotional start, prosecution hones in on science 2011-10-23T18:20:55Z This time it was dubbed into the colloquial Tunisian Arabic dialect. Tunisia Elections Roiled by Dispute Over the Film ?Persepolis? 2011-10-18T02:30:45Z We are fallen upon harsh and colloquial times. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Although this hope was not gratified, the book was for many years the only one in use in all the American missions, and formed the basis of the colloquial versions which have since superseded it. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z Objectionable modes of expression generally pass muster among them, simply because they labor under the great disadvantage of the national barrenness of intellect and the acknowledged poverty of colloquial literature. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z At which colloquial sally both the Gummidge brothers laughed testily, thereby breaking the laughter record for the afternoon. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z He was a most venerable figure, but his sermons were vastly too colloquial for the taste of Saunders. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z If they had needed anything to tell them they were doomed they might have found it in the colloquial, dry calm of Kane's voice as he said, "We should, perhaps, have sent Miss Hope upstairs." "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z |
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