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单词 colloquy
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colloquynoun [ C ]

uk/ˈkɒl.ə.kwi/us/ˈkɑː.lə.kwi/formal

a formal conversation

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Informal talking & conversation

  • a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
  • bants
  • blarney
  • chatter
  • chew
  • conversation-stopper
  • converse
  • exchange
  • gas
  • jaw
  • make yourself understood idiom
  • natter
  • orally
  • pass
  • pillow talk
  • shoot the breeze idiom
  • shoptalk
  • talk shop idiom
  • understand
  • wash your dirty linen in public idiom

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Examples from literature

  • Before the colloquy had ended, the minister's attention was attracted by a second incident. 
  • He appeared to be in earnest colloquy with a man whose bulk matched his own. 
  • She glanced, with eyes that were unusually conscious, to right and left of her, to see if the neighbors had noticed their colloquy. 
  • The reporter and the caretaker were making no progress in their colloquy and Dan was trying to catch a glimpse of the other man, who leaned against the wall quite indifferent to the struggle for the door. 
  • There was a brisk colloquy between the two. 
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