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Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A short clause or portion of a period.

Livelong :: Livelong (a.) Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness..

Phraseological :: Phraseological (a.) Of or pertaining to phraseology; consisting of a peculiar form of words.

Make :: Make (v. i.) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.

Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies..

Trust :: Trust (n.) To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.

Aisle :: Aisle (n.) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle..

Proverbialism :: Proverbialism (n.) A proverbial phrase.

Lag :: Lag (a.) Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end..

Circumlocution :: Circumlocution (n.) The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.

Statutable :: Status quo () The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war..

Colloquial :: Colloquial (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style..

Sake :: Sake (n.) Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health..

Interjectional :: Interjectional (a.) Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark..

Caboodle :: Caboodle (n.) The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle.

Paraphrased :: Paraphrased (imp. & p. p.) of Paraphras.

As :: As (adv. & conj.) For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations..

Syllable :: Syllable (n.) An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only

Phrase :: Phrase (v. t.) To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style..

Parlance :: Parlance (n.) Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance..

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