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figure of speech, or one
could interpret a
phrase metaphorically or
metonymically. For example, the
phrase "lend me your ear"
could be
analyzed in a number...
- take
either singular or
plural verb
forms depending on
context and the
metonymic shift that it implies,
while in some
other forms of
English the verb agreement...
-
ambiguities can
arise from the
intentional use of homophonic, homographic,
metonymic, or
figurative language. A pun
differs from a
malapropism in that a malapropism...
- it does, he is
bowled out) and to
score runs
where possible.
Through metonymic usage, the
dismissal of a
batter is
known as the
taking of a wicket, The...
-
National Diet, are, however, not
known as the "Chrysanthemum Throne". In a
metonymic sense, the "Chrysanthemum Throne" also
refers rhetorically to the head...
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Diminutive Double-barrelled
Epithet Animal Common Plant Eponymic Matronymic Metonymic Mononymic Occupational Patronymic Surname Sobriquet Teknonymic Toponymic...
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Diminutive Double-barrelled
Epithet Animal Common Plant Eponymic Matronymic Metonymic Mononymic Occupational Patronymic Surname Sobriquet Teknonymic Toponymic...
- circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin:
panem et circenses) is a
metonymic phrase referring to
superficial appea****t. It is
attributed to Juvenal...
-
colloquially for "compulsive ****ding" and "Plyushkin" is used as a
colloquial metonymic reference to ****ders. Gogol, Nikolai. Dead Souls.
Penguin Books. Cybulska...
- In ****anese,
Joraku (****anese: 上洛) is a
metonymic expression referring to a "March on Kyoto," and
indicating that one
intends to
seize political power...
