(外语)常用语手册

[ noun ]
a book containing common expressions in a foreign language along with their translations
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Phrase \Phrase\, n. [F., fr. L. phrasis diction, phraseology,
Gr. ?, fr. ? to speak.]
1. A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually
two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or
being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.

``Convey'' the wise it call. ``Steal!'' foh! a fico
for the phrase. --Shak.

2. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often
employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to
err is human.

3. A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any
one expreses himself; diction; expression. ``Phrases of
the hearth.'' --Tennyson.

Thou speak'st
In better phrase and matter than thou didst. --Shak.

4. (Mus.) A short clause or portion of a period.

Note: A composition consists first of sentences, or periods;
these are subdivided into sections, and these into
phrases.

{Phrase book}, a book of idiomatic phrases. --J. S. Blackie.