phrases in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for phrases in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

I.phrase [freɪz] N

1. phrase (words not forming sentence):

phrase

словосъчетание nt

verb/noun phrase

глаголна/именна фраза

2. phrase (idiomatic expression):

phrase

израз m

in sb's phrase

както някой казва [o. се изразява]

II.phrase [freɪz] VB trans

phrase

изразявам с думи

phrase book N

phrase book

разговорник m

empty phrase N

empty phrase

празна фраза

Translations for phrases in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary

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заучени фрази

stock phrases

еднозначност на изразите

monosemy of phrases

фраза

phrase

музикална фраза

musical phrase

голи [o. кухи], фрази

empty [or stock] phrases

мъгливи фрази

vague phrases

ефектни жестове/фрази

impressive gestures/phrases

словосъчетание

phrase

изтъркани фрази

trite phrases

phrases Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

verb/noun phrase

глаголна/именна фраза

in sb's phrase

както някой казва [o. се изразява]

to coin a phrase ...

ако мога така да се изразя ...

the speech was all fancy phrases

речта изобилстваше от засукани фрази

skip the difficult phrases in translation

при превод прескачам трудните места

empty [or stock] phrases

голи [o. кухи], фрази

a letter full of polite phrases

писмо, пълно с учтивости

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The two are always hyped and normally speak in manly grunts and monosyllabic phrases.

en.wikipedia.org

They are very fond of high-sounding phrases which are vaguely impressive but mean nothing, no doubt a by-product of all the self-help mumbo-jumbo they peddle.

www.independent.ie

Its lyrics, when written out, look potentially more like a paragraph than a song, and when separated into phrases, the song has a disjointed feeling.

en.wikipedia.org

Access to justice and freedom of choice of solicitor are not empty phrases.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Those for teaching advanced learners (such as youths and adults) have infrequent phonetic annotations for new phrases or characters.

en.wikipedia.org

Similarly, several new slang words and phrases appeared.

en.wikipedia.org

The more traditional bystanders could manage only a few garbled phrases at this tour de force of carnality.

www.independent.co.uk

The adverbs and adverbial phrases that fit the criteria for a conjunctive adverb are always modifiers of the predicate in the first independent clause.

en.wikipedia.org

It was little more than the scripted politics of spin and slogan, as apparatchiks mouthed empty phrases tested to destruction by focus groups and ad agencies.

theconversation.com

In general, relative clauses and attributive prepositional phrases follow the noun they modify.

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