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Meaning of turn of phrase | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful.
    countable
  2. A distinctive way of wording things, a distinctive way of writing or speaking.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Català gir
Deutsch Floskel Redewendung
Esperanto esprimo
Español expresión giro de frase
Suomi lauseparsi sanakäänne
Français tour de phrase tournure de phrase
Magyar beszédfordulat fordulat kifejezés kifejezésmód szófordulat szólás
Italiano giro di parole modo di dire modo di esprimersi proprietà di linguaggio
Kurdî gir gir
Polski zwrot
Русский оборо́т ре́чи
Svenska vändning

Examples

“"I should call⟳ it a most nice sort⟳ of surprise⟳," remarked the girl with a quaintly un-English turn⟳ of phrase which he had already noticed and thought the most delightful thing in the world.”
“This author has a beautiful turn⟳ of phrase.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

turn of the century turn of the millennium turn of the screw turn of the year turn of words turn off

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