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the accent of British English which has become the standard for teaching and learning is known as Received ......
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all the words known to a particular person
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a group of words that form a statement, command, exclamation, or question, beginning with a capital letter and ending with one of the marks (!/./?)
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telling someone who's done something stupid that he's "absolutely brilliant"
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a variety of language, spoken in one part of a country, different in some words or pronunciation from other forms of the same language
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"pretty" is an ...... of "ugly"
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"wealthy" is a ...... of "rich"
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"Look before you leap" or "A friend in need is a friend indeed"
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expression used so commonly that it has lost much of its expressive force
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a language; "Spanish is her mother ......"
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a particular way of speaking, usually connected with a country, area, or class
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phrases which mean something different from the meanings of their separate words e.g. "make up my mind"
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language that is hard to understand, especially because it is full of special words known only to members of a certain group e.g. linguistics or schoolboys
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informal language used among friends but not suitable for good writing or formal occasions
