If rubber-stamped by Sisi, this law would expand the definition of terrorism to anything that "harms national unity"– loose phrasing that could be applied to the opposition.
They began with an exchange of pennants, followed by a few loose, exploratory phrases that were really his most recent poems, his thoughts from the week.
In very little time, they had covered much of the space, in loose, linear phrases both dancerly (an easy rond de jambe in the air, a soft leap) and pedestrian (a finger raised expectantly), switching directions frequently.
Mr. Knepper's distinctively gruff sound and loose-limbed phrasing were essential elements in some of the most celebrated albums by Mingus, the great bassist and composer, including "The Clown," "Tijuana Moods" and "Mingus Ah Um".
Adele first intended to title the album Rolling in the Deep, her adaptation of the slang phrase "roll deep", which summarises how she felt about her relationship; in her loose translation, the phrase refers to having someone "that has your back" and always supports you.
But he has emerged as if in a rhetorical time capsule from a well-mannered era of soda fountains and AMC Ramblers, someone whose idea of swearing is to let loose with the phrase "H-E-double hockey sticks".
That gave birth to the phrase "loose nukes," a problem addressed, in that instance, with a transfer of the warheads to Russia, but which on a broader scale seems to have been put in the back of a foreign-policy drawer.
There is the large pop-jazz voice with an astringent edge and loose, jazz-influenced phrasing, which treated the Gershwins' "How Long Has This Been Going On?" and "Something's Coming" from "West Side Story" as sprawling bursts of romantic excitement.
I 'd love to let Stephen Colbert loose on that phrase.
The phrase "loose lips sink ships" was invented to keep sensitive information away from wartime enemies.
