noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bachelor flat
bachelor party
bachelor's degree
eligible bachelor
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Stephen was regarded as an eligible bachelor .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
eligible
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I have it on good authority, meanwhile, that Manny is an eligible bachelor .
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Many would regard him, I think, as an eligible bachelor .
old
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An old bachelor like him must be lonely.
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Now an old bachelor , he had pictures of nude Western women hanging on the wall in his room.
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Andrew intends to move back into his old bachelor pad at Windsor Castle when his Balmoral hols are over.
■ NOUN
flat
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It was late afternoon, so I invited Parastaev to my bachelor flat in Bayswater.
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Definitely a two-bachelor flat .
pad
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Andrew intends to move back into his old bachelor pad at Windsor Castle when his Balmoral hols are over.
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But the shy and introspective Allen habitually returned to his bachelor pad - after dropping in to kiss the children goodnight.
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He is spending a fortune tailoring the house to his specifications to make it a perfect bachelor pad .
■ VERB
receive
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He received a bachelor of arts degree from Syracuse University and in the early 1950s did graduate studies in musicology at Princeton.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a confirmed bachelor/atheist/vegetarian etc
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There a hybrid service takes place, to which even a confirmed atheist could hardly object.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ben was the only bachelor among all the married couples and felt quite out of place.
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His home had the look of a bachelor flat - clean but empty.
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Now that Derek's bachelor days were over he'd have to start behaving in a more responsible manner.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Jim moved to another state, defaulted on child-support payments, and proceeded to live the life of a care free bachelor .
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This dated back to Roman times when bachelors led the bride to the ceremony and married men escorted her back.
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Uncle Bill was a bachelor , and I liked biding with him best.