PEVICTORIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARYONTARIOTORONTO,SOURCE:ENCYCLO-PEDICLIBRARYLIBRARYNELSON'S ENCYCLOPAEDICENGLISH IDIOMSENGLISH IDIOMSBYMAIN F.R.S.E.JAMES DIXON, M.A.,PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIALUNIVERSITY OF JAPANTHOMAS NELSON AND SONSPARISLONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN, LEEDS,AND NEW YORKLEIPZIG, MELBOURNE,PEPREFACE.divideIN the instead of topresent volume, attempting"work into ofthe colloquial phrases,"chapters treatingand so I have"cant forth,phrases," "slang phrases,"thrown the whole into and haveform,alphabeticalmarked letters the to inwhich, my opinion,by categoryThis classificationthe to mayphrases ought belong.be studied or be as suits the conveniencemay neglectedor the taste of the consulter.The division chosen is and in afourfold, descendingscale of Prose, Conversational, Familiar, Slang.dignityProse is understood such asBy (P) phrases phrasesor Matthew Arnold use in their seriousmightMacaulayare suit-Conversational again,writings. (C) phrases,able for use in social at whereintercourse, gatheringsare and where we our wordsweighstrangers present,are lessbefore them. Familiaruttering (F) phrasesand are in where we aredignified, only place speakingThe lowest ofintimates.unreservedly among categoryofall is that of which areSlang (S) phrases, generallya local or technical nature that are under-is, they fullystood those of a certain orcoterie, pro-only by locality,fession.This volume does not to exhaust the ...
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