Everything that has meaning can be called language.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

in the proper sense of the word

Slang insinuates itself into a language.

Every word of it is false.

I am having trouble keeping my English vocabulary in active use.

a word of many applications

Sakadachi Lucky can recognize 13 words.

“A fat lot of good [use] that is!" is an ironic expression.

The word ‘portly' connotes dignity. portly

Abstract words are beyond [outside, not within] the ken of children.

A dictionary gives information about words and phrases.

According to American usage, the expression is acceptable.

in the literal sense of the word

an indispensable dictionary

It could read differently in another [a different] context.

Such words will give rise to suspicion.

Try to trace the origins of some familiar loan words.

You must try to find out the meaning of a word from the context.

"Call up" is a phrase that means to telephone.

in words worthy of the occasion

That phrase is used in a figurative sense [figuratively].

The meaning of the words changes completely by how they are used.

The word “fine" is often used ironically.

the word `dog' is animate

in the truest sense of the word

A tongue‐twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to say.

Always keep your dictionary ready (to hand).

It's a terrible [real] mouthful.

Ordinary nouns take ‐s in the plural.

be open to misconstruction

fitting words for the occasion