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  2. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

  3. Idiom - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense.Categorized as formulaic language, an idiomatic expression's meaning is different from the literal meanings of each word inside it. [1]

  4. Chew the fat - Wikipedia

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    In 1999, in a widespread hoax called "Life in the 1500s", false information was circulated through email regarding "chew the fat". [14] Among offering explanations for many phrases, the email stated: "When company came over, they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it off. It was a sign of wealth and that a man 'could really bring ...

  5. English phrasal verbs - Wikipedia

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    In the traditional grammar of Modern English, a phrasal verb typically constitutes a single semantic unit consisting of a verb followed by a particle (e.g., turn down, run into, or sit up), sometimes collocated with a preposition (e.g., get together with, run out of, or feed off of). Phrasal verbs ordinarily cannot be understood based upon the ...

  6. Horace Fletcher - Wikipedia

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    Horace Fletcher (August 10, 1849 – January 13, 1919) was an American food faddist who earned the nickname "The Great Masticator" for his argument that food should be chewed thoroughly until liquefied before swallowing: "Nature will castigate those who don't masticate."

  7. Phraseology - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, phraseology is the study of set or fixed expressions, such as idioms, phrasal verbs, and other types of multi-word lexical units (often collectively referred to as phrasemes), in which the component parts of the expression take on a meaning more specific than, or otherwise not predictable from, the sum of their meanings when used independently.

  8. American English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    American English has always shown a marked tendency to use nouns as verbs. [13] Examples of verbed nouns are interview, advocate, vacuum, lobby, pressure, rear-end, transition, feature, profile, spearhead, skyrocket, showcase, service (as a car), corner, torch, exit (as in "exit the lobby"), factor (in mathematics), gun ("shoot"), author (which disappeared in English around 1630 and was ...

  9. Chew (comics) - Wikipedia

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    Chew is an American comic book series about a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... IGN gave the first issue a 9.5 out of 10 [40] Chew Vol. 1: Taster's Choice [41] ...