colloquial• You shouldn't use phrases like "sort of" in essays -- they're too colloquial.• The wire services demanded language stripped of the local, the regional, and the colloquial...• There is nothing colloquial about the auditor calling the company his/her client.• There is also growing differentiation between colloquial and literalvocabulary.• The best way of improving your colloquial English is by listening to native speakers.• colloquialexpressions• It's a useful little phrase book, full of colloquial expressions.• Catledge inserted the more rustic touches, a kind of hominystyle that gave their writing a colloquial flavor.• Although some students have a good grasp of colloquial language, few have ever got to grips with the concept of register.• This tale was collected in the Louisiana Creolecolloquial speech.• There is a colloquialstandard to learn on the playground and a literary standard to learn in class.• For an ordinarywedding a colloquial way of speaking will be suitable.