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 phrase book
 短語集

 Phrase n.
 1. A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.
    =\“Convey” the wise it call. “Steal!” foh! a fico for the phrase.\=   --Shak.
 2. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
 3. A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression. “Phrases of the hearth.”
 Thou speak'st
 In better phrase and matter than thou didst.   --Shak.
 4. Mus. A short clause or portion of a period.
 Note: ☞ A composition consists first of sentences, or periods; these are subdivided into sections, and these into phrases.
 Phrase book, a book of idiomatic phrases.

 phrase book
      n : a book containing common expressions in a foreign language
          along with their translations