• expression "the very happy squirrel" is a noun phrase which contains the adjective phrase "very happy". Phrases can consist of a single word or a complete...
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  • A noun phrase – or NP or nominal (phrase) – is a phrase that usually has a noun or pronoun as its head, and has the same grammatical functions as a noun...
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  • English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. Assertions, such as those by Bryan A...
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  • In linguistics, a verb phrase (VP) is a syntactic unit composed of a verb and its arguments except the subject of an independent clause or coordinate clause...
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  • A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece...
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  • Catchphrase (redirect from Catch phrase)
    catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture...
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  • adpositional phrase is a syntactic category that includes prepositional phrases, postpositional phrases, and circumpositional phrases. Adpositional phrases contain...
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  • Phrasing may refer to: Phrasing (DJ) Musical phrasing Textual phrasing (linguistics) Phrase (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    sometimes applies to units longer or shorter than words, for example a phrase, letter, or groups of letters which are pronounced the same as a counterpart...
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  • Phrase (also known as Phrase Localization Suite) is a software as a service platform designed to automate and streamline translating and localizing digital...
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    In music theory, a phrase (Greek: φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells...
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  • "Gordon Bennett" is an English-language idiomatic phrase used to express surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, or frustration. The expression is thought...
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  • Phrase structure rules are a type of rewrite rule used to describe a given language's syntax and are closely associated with the early stages of transformational...
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    Musical phrasing is the method by which a musician shapes a sequence of notes in a passage of music to allow expression, much like when speaking English...
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  • Latin phrases (A) List of Latin phrases (B) List of Latin phrases (C) List of Latin phrases (D) List of Latin phrases (E) List of Latin phrases (F) List...
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    opening-phrase or incipit used in the Bible in Genesis 1:1. In John 1:1 of the New Testament, the word Archē is translated into English with the same phrase....
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    Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (category Quranic words and phrases)
    Arabic phrase, mentioned in the second surah of the Quran, and meaning "Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we return." The phrase is recited...
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  • A statistically improbable phrase (SIP) is a phrase or set of words that occurs more frequently in a document (or collection of documents) than in some...
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  • An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase whose head is an adjective. Almost any grammar or syntax textbook or dictionary of linguistics...
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    "Lest we forget" is a phrase commonly used in war remembrance services and commemorative occasions in English speaking countries, usually those connected...
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  • translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric...
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  • "Chop chop" is a phrase first noted in the interaction between Cantonese and English people in British-occupied south China. It spread through Chinese...
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  • Idiom (redirect from Idiomatic phrase)
    An idiom is a phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. Some phrases which become figurative...
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    23 skidoo (sometimes 23 skiddoo) is an American slang phrase generally referring to leaving quickly, being forced to leave quickly by someone else, or...
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  • translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric...
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    may, in turn, be composed of one or more phrases (e.g. Noun Phrases, Verb Phrases, and Prepositional Phrases). A clause is built around a verb and includes...
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    slang phrase of uncertain origin. It means "everything which is necessary, appropriate or possible; 'the works'". Similar North American phrases include...
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  • known as R/S statements, R/S numbers, R/S phrases, and R/S sentences, is a system of hazard codes and phrases for labeling dangerous chemicals and compounds...
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  • In DJing, phrasing, also called stage matching, refers to alignment of phrases of two tracks in a mix. This allows the transition between the tracks to...
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    From the river to the sea (category Phrases related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict)
    il-ṃayye la-l-ṃayye, lit. 'from the water to the water') is a political phrase that refers geographically to the area between the Jordan River and the...
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