colloquial in the PONS Dictionary

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colloquial [or informal] language
разговорна реч

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While considered inappropriate in formal writing, colloquial terms are typically considered acceptable in speech across a wide range of contexts, while slang tends to be considered unacceptable in many contexts.
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Their design incorporated a large basement; the colloquial term was an airey.
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The image of the ivory tower, a colloquial metaphor for academia, sustains the metaphor.
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Other variations on the fish and chip shop name include fish bar, fish shop, chip shop and the colloquial chippy.
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It should be an impossible marriage -- the formal structures of music and the haphazard meanderings of colloquial speech.
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It can also be used as a measure of energy, for truck classification, or as a colloquial term.
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Colloquial terms such as let's play it by the ear, take it as it comes, and make it up as we go along are all used to describe improvisation.
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As a colloquial term, "breaking the bank" means spending more money than one has.
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A tornado is also commonly referred to as a twister, and is also sometimes referred to by the old-fashioned colloquial term "cyclone".
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Martin wanted phrases that were specific to different areas, colloquial terms and such.
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