well-turned phrase

  • 11well turned — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a phrase or compliment) elegantly expressed. 2) (of a woman s ankle or leg) attractively shaped …

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  • 12well-turned — adj. Well turned is used with these nouns: ↑ankle, ↑phrase …

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  • 13well turned — adjective 1》 (of a phrase or compliment) elegantly expressed. 2》 (of a woman s ankle or leg) attractively shaped …

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  • 14phrase — n. 1) to coin; turn a phrase 2) a colloquial; empty; glib; hackneyed, trite; well turned phrase 3) (grammar) a noun; participial; prepositional; verb phrase * * * [freɪz] empty glib hackneyed participial prepositional trite turn a phrase …

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  • 15well — 1. adv., adj., & int. adv. (better, best) 1 in a satisfactory way (you have worked well). 2 in the right way (well said; you did well to tell me). 3 with some talent or distinction (plays the piano well). 4 in a kind way (treated me well). 5… …

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  • 16phrase — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ colloquial, idiomatic ▪ key ▪ ‘Start slowly’ is the key phrase for the first time marathon runner. ▪ common, familiar …

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  • 17The Well of Loneliness — infobox Book | name = The Well of Loneliness title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the first edition author = Radclyffe Hall cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English publisher = Jonathan Cape genre = Novel release… …

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  • 18Laconic phrase — A laconic phrase is a very concise or terse statement, named after Laconia (a.k.a. Lacedaemon [Greek Λακεδαίμων ] ), a polis of ancient Greece (and region of modern Greece) surrounding the city of Sparta proper. In common usage, Sparta referred… …

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  • 19Democrat Party (phrase) — Democrat Party is a political epithet used in the United States instead of Democratic Party when talking about the Democratic Party.[1] The term has been used in negative or hostile fashion by conservative commentators and members of the… …

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  • 20turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …

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