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Tough phrases for foreigners
Answer for the clue "Tough phrases for foreigners ", 6 letters:
idioms
Alternative clues for the word idioms
- Dialects of regions
- "Toe the line" and "thumb a ride," for example: 2 wds
- Is accepting nothing framed in stupid colloquialisms
- Figures of speech
- Distinct styles
- "Hands down" and "Talk turkey"
- Some dictionary entries
- "Hands down" and "eating crow," for two
- They're not to be taken literally
- Clever turns of phrases
Usage examples of idioms.
My preface was in French, but full of Parisian idioms which rendered it unintelligible to all who had not visited the gay capital, and this circumstance gained me a good many friends amongst the younger generation.
But if the French laughed at my mistakes in speaking their language, I took my revenge amply by turning some of their idioms into ridicule.
Tolkien himself provided, introducing unattested idioms or long circumlocutions where necessary to work around gaps in the Tolkien-made vocabulary?
Betty spoke Tuscan with English idioms and an English accent, but her voice was so silvery and clear that her Italian was delightful to listen to.