Sentence examples for colloquialisms from inspiring English sources

It worked a treat when it came to learning slang and varied colloquialisms, and understanding wasted foreigners for whom English was also a second language.

At times, however, they seem to inspire the lilting, domesticated colloquialisms of Mr Muldoon's native Ireland: "you look/More and more like your mam".

WHEN Britons tuned in to satirical television programmes in the mid-1990s, they saw impressionists doing Tony Blair (with his faux-casual colloquialisms, estuarial accent and other little tricks that voters came to love, then loathe and may soon be exposed to again).

Such differences may seem slight in comparison, but the accumulated result, whether of Mr Mitchell's colloquialisms or Mr Verity's carefulness, render these both rather dull literary works.

Colloquialisms that would be charming once become grating and lazy when you meet them page after page.

Mr Sisi, now 59, is an effective public speaker, with a gift for catchy colloquialisms, a penchant for emotional appeals to nationalism and an aura of quiet strength.

It is getting better, but it still struggles with colloquialisms and idioms.

The "Dictionary of American ­Regional English" (DARE), looking at the colloquialisms of America's vast reaches, was born in 1965.

These poems are written in a nonclassical Persian that includes many colloquialisms.

Although derogatory colloquialisms are typically avoided in legal and political contexts—one would hardly expect to find a treaty between France and England that referred, respectively, to the Frogs and the Roast Beefs—similarly offensive names were commonly used in colonial administrative documents.

He also introduces colloquialisms, humour, and elements from the popular farce.