Like is common in conversation in comparative metaphors; as is still used in conversation, but it's more frequent in written English.

like是个常用语谈话中单词，一般用于比较；as也会被使用语口语聊天中，但是更是用于书面表达。

" Get" also is common to idiomatic expressions.

" get" 在惯用语中也很常见。

However, women tend to prefer innocuous and direct lines over cute, flippant ones.

但女性比较喜欢无害或直接版搭讪用语，对轻浮搭讪词就没什么好感。

There's a lot of ambiguous language in this contract.

这份合同里有模糊用语了。

Then he put his hand into pocket, and took out a phrasebook.

然后他把手伸进了衣袋，掏出了一本常用语手册。

As with many rhyming compounds, nitty-gritty is informal.

和许押韵复合词一样，nitty-gritty是非正用语。

" Queer, " said Lenina. " Very queer." It was her ordinary word of condemnation.

“这儿很怪，”列宁娜说，“怪了。”那是她表示谴责一贯用语。

If you're writing because you want to find a solution to a problem, here are some useful phrases: " I'm concerned about..." or " I need to bring something to your attention."

如果因为你想找到问决方法才写邮件，那么这里有些实用用语：“我很关心… … ”或者“我希望你能注意到某事。”

McCain's unadorned sound fits neatly with the words of his speeches.

麦凯恩朴实无华声音与他演讲用语十分地契合。

Then he put his hand into his pocket, and took out a phrase book.

然后他把手伸进了衣袋，掏出了一本常用语手册。

These often have different grammatical rules, and thus different conventional word orders.

这通常要用到不同语法规则和不同惯用语序。

She uses a wide range of vocabulary, including idiomatic language.

她使用了广泛词汇，包括习惯用语。

Is that some stupid paleontology word that I wouldn't know because I'm just a waitress?

那是什么？是因为我是女服务生而不懂愚蠢古生物用语吗？

And this actually means " to die, " but we use it quite affectionately.

那其实就是指“死掉”，但我们把这个用语用得比较有感情一点。

He learns a few phrases from a travel phrasebook and goes to meet native speakers and starts having conversations with them right away.

他从一本旅行用语书中学到了一些短语，然后去见母语人士，并立即开始与他们交谈。

Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: Do your own thing.

大家在美国人中经常听到一些用语都充分体现了他们对个人主义热爱，比如：做你自己事。

There is a military expression that dates back to Roman times, I'll spare you another Latin lesson but the phrase translates or the phrases translates roughly to leave no one behind.

有一种军事用语可以追溯到罗马时代，我不给你们再上一堂拉丁语课了，这则用语大概意思就是，一个都不能少。

But when you get a compound word, the two parts of the compound are usually stylistically very homogeneous, in other words, they are the same style: formal first part - formal second part, and so on.

你看到复合词，其组成部分通常在文体上很相似。换句话说，组成复合词两部分都具有相同特征--第一部分是正用语，第二部分也会是正用语 （如果第一部分非正，则第二部分也会如此）。

We'll see if you can guess from the language.

我们来看看你能不能从用语中猜出来。

Now, all I know is that's a gambling term.

我只知道这是个赌博用语。