Sentences with phrase «too colloquial»

Not exact matches

That's an acceptable colloquial use, and I do not personally believe that Secretary Clinton would mean below the mathematical definition of average; she's far too intelligent to not know what it means.

Using deceptively colloquial language and even humor, Shankar highlights our nearly universal fascination with violent death, a subject too often either sensationalized or pushed under the rug.

I looked it up too out of curiosity, although, it was a colloquial expression my family has used for two generations.

And it's not just a colloquial nickname passed around by locals; trail signs and the USDA Forest Service call them that, too.

We can also teach a child with social skills deficits to recognize non-verbal social cues and the meaning of colloquial and idiomatic language (so they don't take certain statements expressed by their peers too seriously or literally), and to initiate and sustain appropriate conversations with peers and adults.