noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bow and arrow
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a bow and arrow
shoot bullets/arrows
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They shot arrows from behind the thick bushes.
straight arrow
suffered the slings and arrows
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We’ve all suffered the slings and arrows of day-to-day living.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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The oral shields are large and arrow shaped but in some specimens the shield may be more rounded.
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The direction of transcription is shown by large arrows .
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The oral shield is a large , rounded arrow shape.
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The oral shield is quite large and arrow shaped.
straight
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Hoover was certainly, Summers shows, spectacularly indifferent to those straight arrow standards he set for his agents.
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He was no straight arrow , this Santangelo.
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Her eyesight, of course, was 20/20 straight arrow .
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The curved arrows refer to the main carriage and the straight arrows to the lace carriage.
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The straight arrow indicates the direction of the lace carriage.
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Select the needles and move the lace carriage to the left, as shown by the straight arrow and knit two rows.
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The third row has a simple straight arrow pointing to the left.
■ NOUN
key
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To browse the groups, click inside the Newsgroups window and scroll up and down using your arrow keys or mouse wheel.
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It was a short document-short enough for you to find each variable by scrolling through the text with the down arrow key .
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However, by using the up and down arrow keys , the display area can be scrolled to access any remaining lines.
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Highlight the desired file using the arrow keys , then press Return to select 6, the default Look option.
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Using the arrow keys or mouse, you are then able to move the outlined shape around the stitch pattern.
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Press the left arrow key once to place the cursor on the first character.
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If you are using some other printer, press the right arrow key until the number of your printer appears. 3.
■ VERB
draw
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The forces acting have been drawn in as arrows .
follow
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The drawing suggests that the broken arrow rises to follow the management arrow.
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To find the evolution of the system in time, we simply follow the arrows .
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In front of it, follow the waymark arrows across a footbridge and go left.
indicate
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If you roll an arrow the Goblin Doom Diver has missed and veered off in the direction indicated by the arrow.
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Then each appeared to thrust the arrow slowly and painfully down his own throat as far as indicated .
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The central guanine residues are indicated by the arrows .
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Modified nucleotides analysed in our experiments are indicated by arrows .
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Particular characters are high-lighted by a touching arrow whereas important regions are indicated by an arrow slightly removed.
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Move the Fanatic 2D6 inches in the direction indicated by the arrow on the scatter dice.
press
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If you hear a beep when you press one of these arrow keys then there are no more records to be found.
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For a complete forward search, press Home Home up arrow to reach the first page before pressing F2.
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If you are using some other printer, press the right arrow key until the number of your printer appears. 3.
put
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Clarisa could still put an arrow through me, any time.
shoot
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He soared up over her and shot her with his arrows at no risk to himself.
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Both were then shot with arrows by her pursuers.
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They shot poisoned arrows from behind the thick bushes.
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She stood still and fitted an arrow to her bow and shot .
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I shot three more arrows into the same spot and saw the foot re-treat beneath her long skirt.
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In one account, a rural policeman shot an arrow into his leg.
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I bad shot that arrow and pierced her shield.
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As he looked upon her it was as if he had shot one of his arrows into his own heart.
show
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Knit two rows as shown by the curved arrow then select the needles and move the lace carriage to the right.
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Only one small, white-highlighted ripple showed where the supple arrow of his body had pierced the water.
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At A, M will thus increase beyond M, as shown by the arrow .
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The direction of transcription is shown by large arrows .
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Select the needles and move the lace carriage to the left, as shown by the straight arrow and knit two rows.
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Move the template the distance indicated in the direction shown by the arrow .
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They arc shown as a dotted arrow . 9.
suffer
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There are several dings and dents in the body where the guitar has suffered the slings and arrows of a curious public.
use
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Then, hunters began to use arrows rather than spears.
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Highlight the desired file using the arrow keys, then press Return to select 6, the default Look option.
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To browse the groups, click inside the Newsgroups window and scroll up and down using your arrow keys or mouse wheel.
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The game starts off with a view looking through a camera which can be moved around the course using arrow icons.
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Brown Men only eat nuts, berries and apples, and use their bows and arrows to chase hunters away from innocent game.
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It is possible to use the arrow keys if you do not have a mouse but this is rather slow and tedious.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
slings and arrows
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Sufficient working capital must be available to meet the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune!
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There are several dings and dents in the body where the guitar has suffered the slings and arrows of a curious public.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Maybe I had two arrows through me.
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Present-day medicine men use wicker baskets and reed arrows.
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Suddenly a big pole, a sapling, shot across the clearing like a giant arrow .
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They have met the idea of a vector as a crude arrow .
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They shot poisoned arrows from behind the thick bushes.
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Yet bows and arrows are very rare in early Anglo-Saxon graves.