reported speech
91Double negative — specific grammar structure: this linguistic feature is common in colloquial speech and rarely seen in print when not reported speech …
92double negative — Australian Slang specific grammar structure: this linguistic feature is common in colloquial speech and rarely seen in print when not reported speech …
93backshift — noun Grammar the changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect) …
94like — I [[t]laɪk[/t]] adj. (Poetic)lik•er, lik•est, prep. adv. conj. n. interj. 1) of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance[/ex] 2) corresponding or agreeing in general or in some noticeable… …
95point in time — The expression at this point (or moment) in time, meaning ‘currently, now’, is a modern cliché that is more often heard in speech, or in reported speech, than seen in print. See clichés …
96should — ► MODAL VERB (3rd sing. should) 1) used to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness. 2) used to indicate what is probable. 3) formal expressing the conditional mood. 4) used in a clause with ‘that’ after a main clause describing feelings. 5)… …
97oblique — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a slanting; declining from the vertical or horizontal. b diverging from a straight line or course. 2 not going straight to the point; roundabout, indirect. 3 Geom. a (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other… …
98SHOULD — v.aux. (3rd sing. should) past of SHALL, used esp.: 1 in reported speech, esp. with the reported element in the 1st person (I said I should be home by evening). Usage: Cf. WILL(1), WOULD, now more common in this sense, esp. to avoid implications… …
99Laal — Infobox Language name=Laal nativename= yəw láà:l states=Chad region=Gori, Damtar, Mailao villages in Moyen Chari prefecture speakers=749 (As of|2000|alt=2000) iso2=mis iso3=gdm familycolor= fam1=Unclassified language Chad where the Laal language… …
100Gato Fedorento — (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡatu fduˈɾẽtu] Smelly Cat ) is a Portuguese group of comic actors, who previously worked on SIC and RTP; they are currently signed to the Portugal Telecom group, with whom they have a contract of unspecified… …
