Definition
Definition
Example
Example
Example
100
words that are not considered part of the standard vocabulary of a language and that are used very informally in speech especially by a particular group of people
slang
100
a word that has the same meaning as another word in the same language
synonym
100
Yo dude! Your new jacket is wicked fresh.
slang
100
I'm a bit of a fish out of water here.
An Idiom
100
We should finish quickly. This is going to be a piece of cake.
idiom
200
a group of words that functions as a verb and is made up of a verb and a preposition, an adverb, or both
phrasal verb
200
an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own
An Idiom
200
I don't really have the time for it anymore. You know what I mean?
colloquial
200
The plane is about to take off.
phrasal verb
200
Don't worry so much. Just go with the flow. It will all come out in the wash anyway.
Idiom
300
What do we call this type of handwriting? 
300
What do we call this style of handwriting?
Cursive
300
The house is small and my room is tiny
synonym
300
He was drowning in paperwork.
Metaphor
300
Tom is such a snob. He looks down on anyone who doesn't own an expensive car like him.
phrasal verb
400
a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar
metaphor
400
In linguistics, the level and style of a piece of speech or writing, which is usually appropriate to the situation or circumstances in which it is used.
register
400
Tom is really bringing his A-game today! Did you see how quickly he finished his test?
slang
400
There was something deeply disturbing about the trial by tabloid dished out to him last week.
a collocation
400
Several stages of development have been distinguished in the first year of a child's life when it develops the skills necessary to produce a successful first word.
Formal register
500
: a particular combination of words that occurs frequently.
a collocation
500
used when people are speaking in an informal way.
: using an informal style.
colloquial
500
The problem facing designers, however, is the apparently insatiable consumer appetite for knockoffs.
collocation
500
But the strike only lasted six hours before unions and government reached agreement.
collocation
500
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
Metaphor