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An idiom is a phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. Some phrases which become figurative idioms, however, do retain the phrase's literal meaning.
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This is a list of words in the English language that originated in the languages of India. Hindi or Urdu. see: List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin.
Words of Chinese origin have entered European languages, including English. Most of these were direct loanwords from various varieties of Chinese.However, Chinese words have also entered indirectly via other languages, particularly Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese, that have all used Chinese characters at some point and contain a large number of Chinese loanwords.
Effusive; excessive in emotional expression; gushy espirando Expiring (i.e. dying away) espressione Expression; e.g. con (gran, molta) espressione: with (great, much) expression espressivo, espress. or espr. (Italian) Expressive estinto Extinct, extinguished (i.e. as soft as possible, lifeless, barely audible) esultazione Exultation et (Fr ...
For the first portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L). Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other dialect; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively.
English. Read; View source; View history; Tools. ... Gender expression; Gender transitioning; ... This is a list of gender identities. Gender identity can be ...
Image depicting temporal, spatial and personal deixis, including a deictic center. In linguistics, deixis (/ ˈ d aɪ k s ɪ s /, / ˈ d eɪ k s ɪ s /) [1] is the use of words or phrases to refer to a particular time (e.g. then), place (e.g. here), or person (e.g. you) relative to the context of the utterance. [2]