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idiom
noun
the style of a particular artist or school or movement
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ˈɪdɪəm
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noun
the style of a particular artist or school or movement
“an imaginative orchestral idiom”
noun
a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
noun
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
noun
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
“the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”
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an imaginative orchestral idiom
the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English
he has a strong German accent
it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy
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