1) a person's style or way of speaking (diction)
2) (of a way of speaking or writing) wandering from one point or subject to another (discursive)
3) a peculiar kind of behaviour, way of speaking etc, especially one that is a habit (mannerism)
4) not real or genuine; to make fun of (a person, way of speaking etc) (especially by copying in an unkind or disrespectful way) (mock)
5) the way in which a language is spoken; a person's way of speaking a language (pronunciation)
the use of (especially) a pronoun to avoid repetition of a noun or phrase e.g. 'it' in 'I found a cheap camera and I bought it'
turn of expression
the omission of one or more words in a sentence, as in 'a table and chair (for . . . a chair)'
turn of expression
