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dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

grammar collapse: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics or morphology)

indivisible collapse: impossible of undergoing division; "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible"

bagatelle collapse: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over; something of little value or significance; a light piece of music for piano

bog collapse: wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

dead letter collapse: mail that can neither be delivered nor returned; the state of something that has outlived its relevance

mud collapse: slanderous remarks or charges; water soaked soil; soft wet earth; plaster with mud

airs collapse: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me"

epidermis collapse: the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

inkling collapse: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

superficiality collapse: lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling; shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"

puddle collapse: a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry; make a puddle by splashing water; mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"; work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud; dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"; subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"; wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"

colors collapse: a flag that shows its nationality; a distinguishing emblem; "his tie proclaimed his school colors"

manner of speaking collapse: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

sloth collapse: apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins); any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits; a disinclination to work or exert yourself

idiom collapse: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

skeleton collapse: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"; a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"; something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"

facade collapse: the face or front of a building; a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

embellishment collapse: a superfluous ornament; elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

irreducible collapse: incapable of being made smaller or simpler; "an irreducible minimum"; "an irreducible formula"; "an irreducible hernia"

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