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Abstract.
The article examines the specifics of functioning of the expressive set expressions (set phrases, proverbs, sayings, allusions and clichés) in the novel by M. Atwood. The author identifies nine basic functions of the mentioned units (intensification, precise and brief description, clarification, expression of emotions, borrowing ideas, imperative, contact-making, softening, information coding), illustrates the variability of some of them. The paper emphasizes the high level of dependency of the stable units functioning on the context.
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