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I am delighted to announce the release of my first Python package, englishidioms. This package is a powerful tool for identifying English idioms, phrases, and phrasal verbs within sentences, with a database of 22,209 unique expressions.
Background: As part of a personal Natural Language Processing (NLP) project, I found the need for a Python package capable of recognizing idiomatic expressions within English sentences. To my surprise, I couldn't find a suitable solution, so I decided to build one from scratch.
This package was developed by parsing all dictionary entries in the "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs." By using Python libraries like python-docx and leveraging predefined formatting, I extracted key points from each entry. These key points include:
Constants: Fixed classes of words that form the core of the idiomatic expression. Variables: Variable classes of words that can be broadly matched. Optional Constants: Additional optional words or phrases within a single idiomatic expression. Verbs: Verbs that usually precede the idiomatic phrase.
