idiomC2used when yourepeatwhat someone said:Hiswife, Mary, was 25yearshisjuniorand, in his words, "myguidinglight".SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesQuoting & making references
aforementioned
allude tosomeone/something
allusion
allusiveness
as forsomeone/somethingidiom
bandysomethingaround
bring
come up
direct speech
indirect speech
pursuant
quote
refer tosomeone/something
reference
referent
rub
rubsomeone'snose in itidiom
rubsomethingin
touch
word
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