expletive
दुर्वचन
definition
noun
She let out a long string of oaths and expletives , carefully picking herself up from the floor.
an oath or swear word.
adjective
Icelandic takes the non-referential property of quasi-argumental null subjects as basic, therefore quasi-argumental null subjects in the language can be interpreted as basically expletive .
(of a word or phrase) serving to fill out a sentence or line of verse.
translation of 'expletive'
पद पूर्वक,
पूरा करने वाला
noun
दुर्वचन
adjective
अतिरिक्त,
अनुपूरक
example
‘There’ is used as the subject of an existential sentence in standard English while it is used in most other situations in which a ‘dummy’ or 'expletive' subject is necessary.
A-positions are not necessarily assigned a theta role: The subject position may be occupied by an 'expletive' element.
One man in the audience shouted: ‘You're talking about a man's life, Billy’ but the comic reportedly responded with a four-letter 'expletive' .
Finally, both the antecedent of PRO and PRO itself have to be an argument and cannot be an 'expletive' .
I think people don't use ‘it’ for exactly that reason Todd - it's so often an 'expletive' or a dummy pronoun that it would get confusing.
Icelandic takes the non-referential property of quasi-argumental null subjects as basic, therefore quasi-argumental null subjects in the language can be interpreted as basically 'expletive' .
He asked where the bus was going, lacing his inquiry liberally with four-letter 'expletives' .
In the evening, everyone shared one dressing-room, where the air was choking with cigarette smoke and 'expletives' .
After spitting out a stream of 'expletives' , the boxer reportedly made a threatening move towards the knot of reporters before members of his entourage grabbed him.
Such outbursts would not impress the public; 'expletives' and desecrations of electoral oaths would thus remain behind closed doors.
Darren heard the man scream out a stream of 'expletives' towards him.
She looked exactly like a tiny doll lying there… until a stream of 'expletives' issued from her mouth.
Instead of a lesson in experimental theatre, they were bombarded with graphic scenes of violence and a non-stop stream of 'expletives' .
After all is there anything more pathetic than listening to someone peppering his or her conversation with 'expletives' in the belief that they are impressing someone, anyone.
Stunned, the CEO let loose a stream of 'expletives' and walked out.
He let out a stream of 'expletives' , loud and angry.
While a police captain barked orders through a bullhorn, an angry crowd of 3,000 people shouted back 'expletives' .
Connor swore, uttering 'expletives' as they came to mind.
So from waking up and starting the day off with foul 'expletives' , my mood has changed to one of relative happiness.
He had had enough and a stream of 'expletives' raced through his mind as he raced back towards the rest of his band.
I still haven't calmed down enough after 48 hours to write a rational critique of the ‘show’ without exposing you, dear reader, to even more 'expletives' .
She let out a long string of oaths and 'expletives' , carefully picking herself up from the floor.
While you shout 'expletives' and curse my name, allow me to assure I do remember your suggestion that we promise not to use each others positions to our advantage.
The game remained heated, with the sent-off players voicing their unhappiness on the sidelines and adding to a stream of 'expletives' .
Please excuse the 'expletives' , I'm sure you are all aware of how ‘expressive’ men can get when they are watching sporting events and having a few drinks.
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