colloquial in the PONS Dictionary

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colloquial [or informal] language
разговорна реч

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To distinguish itself from contemporary colloquial language, standard language usage includes archaisms and honorific colours.
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But the colloquial name aptly described not only the new arrivals but also the new area with its modern houses, shopping centre and churches.
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Hives are another cause for skin lumps and are sometimes called "heat bumps" and occasionally "protein bumps" as well, demonstrating the problem with commonly used, non-descriptive colloquial terms.
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Their design incorporated a large basement; the colloquial term was an airey.
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Martin wanted phrases that were specific to different areas, colloquial terms and such.
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Although marketing materials may use the colloquial term camcorder, the name on the package and manual is often video camera recorder.
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As a colloquial term, "breaking the bank" means spending more money than one has.
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The works not focused on the institutional chronology tend to use colloquial terms and definitions, which partially distort the historical retrospective.
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The vendor would call the children his "burritos", as "burro" is a colloquial term for dunce or dullard.
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It should be an impossible marriage -- the formal structures of music and the haphazard meanderings of colloquial speech.
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