Sentence examples for the general language from inspiring English sources

In the general language, such units are usually generic and polysemic ('esmalte'enamelmel'), for instance, is defined as 'an opaque or semi-transparent glossy substance that is a type of glass, applied by vitrification to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating'9 and it has three meanings, on average, in Portuguese dictionaries).

"English is becoming the general language.

Four years after that F.B.I. report was written, the word sleeper moved from spookspeak jargon into the general language.

Some of the states that have passed legislation include exemptions, but Sambo said the general language could leave the door open for prosecution at the state level.

May's pen was better served by the camera and the zinc block than Leech's had been by end-grain boxwood and gravers, but the general language was the same.

The energy, passion, and lyricism of Vivaldi's concerti and their instrumental colour and simple dramatic effects (which are obtained without recourse to contrapuntal artifice) rapidly passed into the general language of music.

The framers, in his view, did not regard African Americans as being among the "people" for whose benefit and protection the new government was founded, notwithstanding the perfectly general language of the Declaration of Independence and of the preamble to the Constitution.

It has also been evidenced in the previous studies that learners hold a multi-faceted vantage point toward tasks i.e., how to perform the activity, moral of the story, general language skills, and personal and social development are among the factors which influence how they define a worthwhile task (Shak and Gardner 2008, p. 402).

The test was used in order to check the participants' general language proficiency level.

The more general language has allowed more properties and parklands to enjoy status as protected areas by this legislation, a policy developed early in its history.

The combination of limited precedent and the statute's general language should provide the EPA with a broad array of options for setting the emission target and evaluating the adequacy of state plans to achieve it.