"peculiar" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "Come on in, then," said Archie, rightly taking this peculiar phrase for a formal acceptance.
- By the end of the story, we've learned the full meaning of this peculiar phrase - which has to do with a burial ground and the rituals of a lavish Victorian tea.
- Barker (1947) commented "This pair of charters have certain peculiar phrases, especially the firmiter ... præsumat which takes the place of a form introduced by Si quis in most charters.
- I need scarcely say to my readers that my companion Peterkin was in the habit of using very remarkable and peculiar phrases.
- Sir George frowned, puzzled by the peculiar phrase, and the demon-jester thumped his knee a third time.
- You use all sorts of peculiar phrases, then.
- The RAF has its own peculiar phrase for the truth: we call it 'pukka gen'.
- The peculiar phrase, forgotten as soon as she had put away her school Latin textbooks, made an idiosyncratic return.
- And hadn't he used some peculiar phrase about God?
- The suddenly husky tone of his voice as he uttered that peculiar phrase told the others exactly of whom he was speaking.
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