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a number of lines of writing, for example a poem or a word puzzle, in which particular letters from each line form a word or phrase

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a word or phrase used in US English

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a word or phrase that you can make from another word or phrase by putting the letters in a different order. For example ‘mean’ is an anagram of ‘name’.

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a word that is used in British English but not in other types of English

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an English word that is used in another language

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an old word or phrase that is no longer used

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a word or phrase that comes from another language

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a word or expression used in a language that has been translated from another language

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a word, phrase, or group that includes a lot of different things

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a word or phrase that people keep shouting or singing many times

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a statement in which you repeat a phrase in a sentence but with the words in the opposite order. For example ’some people eat to live, and others live to eat’.

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a word or phrase that helps you to guess another word or phrase

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a word or phrase that has recently been used for the first time

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a colloquial word or expression

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the words surrounding a particular word that help to give it its meaning

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a word or phrase that you use deliberately, knowing that it has two meanings, one of which is rude or funny because it refers to sex

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a sentence in which two negative words such as ‘not’, ‘don’t’, or ‘no one’ are used when only one would be correct, for example in the sentence ‘I don’t want no dinner.’

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a word or phrase that you say to someone you love, for example darling or sweetheart

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a word or phrase that describes the main quality of someone or something

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a word or expression that people use when they want to talk about something unpleasant or embarrassing without mentioning the thing itself

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something that you say suddenly and loudly because you are surprised, impressed, angry etc

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a word or phrase

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a word or phrase that gives a general description of a type of person or thing

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words that are repeated together several times because they are thought to have special power

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the activity of saying these words

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an interrogative word or phrase is one that you use for asking a question

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special words and phrases that are only understood by people who do the same kind of work

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a word or phrase that is used to describe someone or something, especially one that is not completely fair or true

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a word, phrase, or idea that is repeated several times in something such as a speech or book and is important for understanding the speech or book correctly

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something repeated again and again

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a word or phrase that means one thing and is used for referring to another thing in order to emphasize their similar qualities

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a combination of metaphors that sounds silly because it creates a strange image in your mind

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a sentence or short poem that you use for helping you to remember something

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a word or phrase that is very long or hard to pronounce

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a new word or expression, or an existing word used with a new meaning

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the use of words such as ‘buzz’ and ‘thud’ that sound like the sound which they refer to

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a word or phrase that is the same whether you read it forwards or backwards, such as ‘noon’ or ‘not a ton’

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a word, phrase, or sentence that is not directly related to what you are saying or writing but is added to give more information

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a secret word or phrase that you need in order to get into a room, building, or area

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a particular word or phrase that you use for referring to an issue or situation in order to make people want to take action

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a word or phrase that comes from a book or a poem

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a standard word or phrase that is used at the beginning of a letter, for example ‘Dear Sirs’ or ‘Dear Julia’

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a phrase that describes something by comparing it to something else using the word ‘like’ or ‘as’, for example ‘He eats like a pig’

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words or expressions that are very informal and are not considered suitable for more formal situations. Some slang is used only by a particular group of people

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things that people say, not things that they write

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a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of it or the whole of something is used to refer to a part, for example ’the crown’ being used to mean ’the King’ or ’the Queen’

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the separation of a word or phrase into two parts, with another word being said between it, used mainly in informal speech for emphasis, for example ’any old how’, in which the word ’old’ comes in the middle of the word ’anyhow’

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an expression or word used for saying that something is extremely good

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romantic words

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a name or phrase that is used as a way of describing someone

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a word or phrase used for referring to something

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a word or phrase used as a name or for describing someone

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a word or phrase that is difficult to say because it contains many difficult sounds, especially ones that are very similar

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a word or phrase that means the same thing as a word or phrase in a different language

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a word or phrase that someone speaks

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a word or phrase that expresses someone’s attitude or intention

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a question that begins with any of the words ‘who’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘why’, or ‘how’

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someone’s words are things that they say

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the use of a word twice in the same sentence but with different meanings. The sentence ‘She broke the record and her leg’ is an example of zeugma.