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idiom — [[t]ɪ̱diəm[/t]] idioms 1) N COUNT: usu sing, with supp A particular idiom is a particular style of something such as music, dance, or architecture. [FORMAL] McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one... It was an … English dictionary
at your command — phrase if you have something such as a skill at your command, you are able to use it well You will need to use all the tact at your command. Thesaurus: available and to be, or to become availablesynonym Main entry: command * * * at your command … Useful english dictionary
your wish is my command — humorous phrase used for saying you will do anything that someone wants Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are willing to do somethingsynonym Main entry: wish * * * your wish is my command humorous used to say that you will do what someone else… … Useful english dictionary
(be) at somebody's command — be at sb s comˈmand idiom (formal) to be ready to obey sb • I m at your command what would you like me to do? Main entry: ↑commandidiom … Useful english dictionary
parlance — I noun address, allocution, choice of words, command of idiom, command of language, command of words, conference, conversation, delivery, diction, discourse, elocution, eloquence, expression, fashion, flow of language, flow of words, fluency,… … Law dictionary
phraseology — I noun argot, cant, choice of language, choice of words, command of idiom, command of language, composition, dialect, dicendi genus, diction, expression, expression of ideas, formulation, idiom, jargon, language, lingo, literary artistry,… … Law dictionary
Huron Indians — • If language may be taken as a fair criterion to go by, the Hurons proper were the original stock from which sprang all the branches of the great Iroquoian family, whether included in the primitive federation of the Five Nations, or standing… … Catholic encyclopedia
dog watching TV — idiom. A person who is viewing or working with something without understanding what it is or what it does. dog watching TV adj. Example Citations: The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center will have a new vice commander Monday as incumbent Brig. Gen … New words
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
