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certain phrase

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certain
adjective
uk /ˈsɜː.tən/ us /ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk /freɪz/ us /freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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Examples of certain phrase


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I am always agreeably surprised by the way in which certain phrases crop up.
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I agree that we have perhaps, used certain phrases a little too loosely.
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If he was not selecting them for that purpose, what is the meaning of certain phrases in the woman's evidence?
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Like certain phrases at the moment, although perhaps not entirely accurate, it is graphic enough it serves to focus attention upon the situation.
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They disclaimed, while refusing to tell us what he did say, certain phrases.
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It is not for them to say whether a certainphrase is right.
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I seem to have got away with using a certainphrase; it did not work this afternoon.
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The reading of a certainphrase in the leaflet aroused quite a chorus of laughter on the other side.
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He said that a certainphrase would mean that the payment of compensation would take place at different dates to different persons.
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We have heard a certainphrase used perpetually from the very start of this campaign for the taxation of site values.
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This is one of the cases in which you find a certainphrase used in an international convention and not exactly squaring with our own law.
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What does an author mean with a certainphrase or word?
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A link can be a certainphrase in the resolution, something the opponent said, something conceded in cross-examination, etc.
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When he finds an anthill with a bird on it, he must say a certainphrase, which causes the bird to transform into a small person.
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There are certain phrases used by politicians which catch on and are accepted without any questioning.
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It is remarkable how certain phrases, by constant repetition, become part of popular folklore.
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A play may appear objectionable as a whole, or certain phrases or passages in it may appear objectionable to the reader.
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There are certain phrases which come into common use, though they may not be found in the dictionary.
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I want to call special attention to certain phrases used in that letter.
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He said that there were certain phrases in the advertisements which might have been more happily worded.
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