[语] （习用的固定词组） set phrase，idiom，idioms and allusions，phrase ；

[例句] 小孩子喜欢成语,一遍遍地重复. Young children latch onto phrases and repeat them over and over.

[例句] 他掌握了大量的英语成语. He has a great number of English idioms at his command.

linguistics，philology，glossology ；

[例句] 这些观点迅速成为语言学中新的正统观念。 These ideas rapidly became the new orthodoxy in linguistics.

[例句] 该调查研究在语言学研究领域的重要性应该会得到证实。 The research should prove invaluable in the study of linguistics.

（小声说） whisper，（私下说的话） confidence，[电影]Careful, He Might Hear You；

[例句] 他编辑了《私语》这本文学杂志。 He edits the literary journal, Murmur.

[例句] 不时听得人群中有喁喁私语的声音. There was some little buzz of conversation going on among the people.

slang ；

[例句] 剧中充斥了大量俚语对话。 The play was full of slangy dialogue.

[例句] 我们安下心来讨论英语俚语的用法. We settled down to a quiet discussion of English slang.

sign language，dactylophasia，dactylology，chirology，finger language ；

[例句] 她儿子用手语告诉她发生了什么事。 Her son used sign language to tell her what happened.

[例句] 有些手语可以表达非常复杂的内容。 Some sign languages are very sophisticated means of communication.

cryptolalia ；

[例句] 他们密语了几句后, 就分头行事了. They talked secretly for several minutes, and then took individual action.

[例句] 在耳边甜言密语,拥抱, 拥吻, 更多的拥吻,还有更多的拥吻. Whispering sweet things, cuddles, smooches, more smooches and even more smooches.

[语] （词组） phrase ；

[例句] 她的英语语法上没错，但是里面夹杂着很多法语短语。 While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases.

[例句] 这个短语被采用后很快就流行了. The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.

Chinese (language) ；

[例句] ginseng这个词来自汉语的“人参”。 The word "ginseng" comes from the Chinese word "ren-shen".

[例句] 这些名称是直接从汉语中舶来的。 The names are direct borrowings from the Chinese.

[语] object，accusative ；

[例句] 不带宾语的动词称为不及物动词. Verbs that do not take object are called intransitive verbs.

[例句] 带宾语的动词称为及物动词. Verbs that take object are called transitive verbs.

riddle，conundrum ；

[例句] 儿童谜语书 a book of puzzles for children

[例句] 我不知道这个谜语的答案. I don't know the key to the puzzle.

（古代的词语） archaism，（古话） old saying ；

[例句] 古语说得好: “ 作贼心虚. ” Truly, as it was written long ago : " The wicked flee when no man pursueth. "

[例句] 它的应用古语的趋势却被用语者的懒散所冲淡. Its tendency to archaic language was tempered by the indolence of its exponents.

incantation，curses，imprecation，exorcism，abracadabra ；

[例句] 夏尔马先生点上香，念起梵文咒语。 Mr Sharma lit incense and chanted Sanskrit mantras.

[例句] 再说一遍, 但这次省去那些诅咒语. Say that again, but this time leave out the swear - words.

pun，equivoque，expression with double meaning，a play upon words，paronomasia ；

[例句] 他很喜欢用无礼、下流的双关语。 He has a fondness for outrageous double entendre.

[例句] 他一直在用双关语，一直玩文字游戏。 He is constantly punning, constantly playing with language.

[语] voice ；

[例句] 本句子用的是主动语态. This sentence is in the active voice.

[例句] 我们应该用被动语态翻译这个句子. We should translate this sentence in passive voice.

[语] attribute ；

[例句] 关系代词和关系副词引导定语从句. Relative pronouns and adverbs introduce attributive clauses.

[例句] 定语形容词位于名词前. Attributive adjectives precede the noun.

quotation，citation，oration，speech，text ；

[例句] 引语可能会被篡改，使用时断章取义。 Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.

[例句] 只有直接引语应放在引号内。 Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas.

context，language environment ；

[例句] 甚至看似毫无恶意的言辞在某些语境下都会引起冒犯。 Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.

[例句] 在这一章的语境中，多尔的评论显得很尖刻。 In the context of this chapter, Dore's comments strike a jarring note.

phonetics ；

[例句] 语音学是研究语言声音的. Phonetics deals with speech sounds.

[例句] 语音学是一门语音的科学. Phonetics is the science of sounds.

[语] adverbial modifier，adverbial ；

[例句] 可以作主语 、 谓语 、 宾语 、 定语、状语. It can serve as subject, predicate, object, attribute and adverbial modifier.

[例句] 句子还可用状语, 或称修饰语. Clauses can have an adverbial, also called an adjunct.

words and expressions，terms ；

[例句] 我们被教导要以特定的方式理解这些词语。 We are taught to construe these terms in a particular way.

[例句] 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。 Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam.