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Characteristic of ordinary informal conversation.

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colloquial

The editor replaced a colloquial phrase in the formal application.
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For the next reading, Leon prepared a short introduction to elucidate the relationship between two narrators. He used the colloquial phrase 'keep an eye on the dates' because the event was informal.
From Saying What Matters.
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