BOTTLE

Meaning of BOTTLE in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a beer bottle/can (= a bottle/can for beer )

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Empty beer cans littered the ground.

a bottle of milk

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I accidentally knocked over a bottle of milk.

a bottle of wine

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They opened a bottle of wine.

a bottle/can of beer (= containing beer )

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The fridge was full of cans of beer.

a bottle/jar of perfume

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He gave me a bottle of my favourite perfume.

a gas bottle (= a small container for gas )

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The gas bottles need to be stored in a safe place.

a glass bottle/bowl/vase etc

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Glass bottles can be recycled very easily.

bottle bank

bottle green

bottle opener

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a bottle opener

bottle top/pen top etc

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Has anyone seen my pen top?

bottled beer (= served in a bottle )

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We sell a wide selection of draught and bottled beers.

bottled water (= water to drink that you buy in bottles )

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Sales of bottled water have rocketed.

can/bottle/glass etc of lager

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a pint of lager

hot-water bottle

litre bottle/drum/container etc

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a litre bottle of wine

milk bottle

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Put the empty milk bottles into the crates.

water bottle

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

empty

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He took the empty bottle and went into the school garden.

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I loved to pick through trash piles and collect empty bottles , tin cans with Pretty labels, and discarded magazines.

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The almost empty bottle of Scotch was in keeping with Moore, and so was one glass.

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As she stood up an empty wine bottle clattered off the bench and rolled down the pavement.

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So now the movie houses are taking empty bottles as payment, turning them back in to the bottlers for cash.

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In front of each team at a distance of about two yards, place a mirror, a spoon an empty bottle or jar.

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Piles of damp clothes lie on the floor next to old pairs of shoes, empty vodka bottles and scraps of paper.

green

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Red check document box; green box; bottle of Lait Moussant.

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The glint of the green bottle on the glass shelf above the basin.

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When the last green bottle accidentally falls, there are no green bottles hanging on the wall.

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It was too late, Fon thought, her mind on the green bottle , far too late.

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The light deepened till she looked like a ballerina in a green glass bottle .

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It comes in a green bottle and that is the major pleasure it affords.

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The outside of the green bottle became crusted with frost.

hot

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She'd come and give me a hot water bottle .

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She has a lid for the pan and a borrowed hot water bottle with her.

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And we've no hot water bottles or extra blankets on board.

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In the example, no claim in tort would lie if the hot water bottle did not give off enough heat.

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A hot water bottle in the small of your back should help.

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Try placing a hot water bottle low down on your tummy and another at your back.

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One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video.

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Example Alice bought a hot water bottle from a retailer which did not give off any heat.

large

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Virtually all the large bottles here are of thick, opaque blue glass.

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A large bottle of Bell's whisky.

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He went into an off-licence and bought a large bottle of Bell's.

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The witchdoctor poured some milky medicine from a large bottle into a spoon and gave it to me to drink.

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A large , teardrop-shaped bottle is the basis of the system we saw.

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The Swan fountain pen and inkwell are filled from a large blue bottle of Stephens's ink.

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She entered and took from its shelves two large bottles of red wine.

little

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The little brown bottle caught my eye again, and putting my cup and saucer down I uncapped and re-examined it.

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The set came equipped with chemicals, minerals, and various treated papers all in little square bottles .

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Sophia noticed that the tall handsome priest sitting over the other side from her also bought a great many of the little bottles .

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I bought a little bottle of Alka-Seltzer and ran home.

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The little bottles with a brush on the end of them are also suitable for this job.

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A little ink bottle and two pens were fastened to its floor by gold brackets.

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I hold the little white bottle .

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Sometimes they have little bottles of stuff called Softwash on hotel shelves, which the guests take with them on leaving.

plastic

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All you need is a light and a few empty plastic bottles .

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A lime-green book cover, a plastic soda bottle , newspapers, a telephone book, a blue Frisbee, something pink.

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Keep refrigerated in small plastic bottles until a demonstration.

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Stash a plastic spray bottle with a mixture of bleach and water under the sink.

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Using tyre tubes and air-filled plastic bottles as life-jackets, they stayed within sight of land and took turns rowing.

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Drinks, of course, were a different matter; all liquids simply had to be kept in plastic squeeze bottles .

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Alternatively, you can make your own by filling two plastic bottles with water or sand or use cans of beans.

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That move is aimed at meeting global demand for plastic bottles .

small

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The small brown bottle contained 28 Carbemazapine tablets, described as small and white.

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Manny walked over to his bed with a small bottle of aspirin.

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The worms can be graded according to size, simply by shaking the harvested worms in some water in a small bottle .

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I took the five dollars and bought small bottles of Swank lotion for the others, which smelled as wonderful as his.

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On it you will find some packets of chemical powders, a small bottle and a book.

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Galvanized metal buckets, filled with ice, can hold beverages such as small bottles of ice tea, juices and water.

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He was dressed in clothes that were much too large for him, and in his hand he held a small bottle .

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The small bottles will sell at retail for $ 1 or less, which Tran hopes will lure first-time users.

whole

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They drank the whole bottle in perfect accord.

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Right next to me was a bottle of antihistamines, and I just ate up the whole bottle.

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With Caliban it's as if somebody made him drink a whole bottle of whisky.

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Or you can take home the whole bottle for $ 370.

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He poured a measure into a shallow quaich, but took thought; and held out to Lachlan the whole bottle .

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Don't make the baby finish the whole bottle if he doesn't seem to want it.

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Sometimes the tunes are ethereal and somnolent like Brian Eno after a whole bottle of Actifed.

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I knew a whole bottle was a mistake.

■ NOUN

bank

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Perhaps soon there will be battery banks as there are bottle banks.

beer

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The incident leading to the court case had been sparked by a beer bottle being thrown at him the previous night.

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But they had a bucket of beer bottles and everything was fine.

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The camera, re-entering the world of normal gravity, dropped hard beside my shoes. Beer bottles were everywhere.

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Zhu had a metal pail, Zheng carried three empty beer bottles , and the policewoman held a ladle.

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She trailed around the room picking up beer bottles , looking oddly like a bee with broken wings.

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The beer bottle played in his big hands like a thimble.

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Needless to say, she was not in the chorus as she had legs like inverted beer bottles .

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Intellekt claims that any old beer bottle fits the description.

champagne

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They took turns with a champagne bottle .

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Leyland, 52, later circled the clubhouse, clutching a champagne bottle and hugging players.

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And then the champagne bottle , still stupidly held, still half full, slipped and fell.

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She had been bludgeoned to death with a champagne bottle by her husband David, 48, who then killed himself.

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His colleagues broke open a champagne bottle inside the City Hall to celebrate.

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No crass shaker of champagne bottles .

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Duclos rattled the empty champagne bottle impatiently against the table-top as he picked them up.

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Ladies of the night dancing on tables among the champagne bottles while watched lecherously by older, affluent-looking chaps.

glass

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Method: Funnel the grapeseed oil into a dark glass bottle , add the essential oils and shake well.

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Officials fear glass bottles could break and injure visitors or, after the show, damage aircraft.

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The first was a heap of glass bottles and flasks, all of them covered with dust and cobwebs.

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In previous years, all coolers were inspected for glass bottles and alcoholic beverages before visitors entered the viewing area.

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These were a dozen or so stoppered glass bottles containing a selection of Wakelate's most virulent and inventive poisons.

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What collectors refer to as historical flasks are glass bottles blown into metal molds between about 1815 and 1870.

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In this bin is placed tin cans, washed and flattened, hard plastics and glass bottles .

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Method: Funnel the distilled water and cider vinegar into a dark glass bottle , add the essences and shake well.

milk

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Several residents have reported that their milk bottles have been torn open by birds.

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Glasses and milk bottles rattled on the counter.

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Doyle was flung back across the table, a milk bottle exploding in the bag he held across his chest.

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Not just the clink of milk bottles , but more strangely, the sounds of a group with a few pintas of potential.

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Albert: Things ... like going around smashing milk bottles .

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He can do his gallivanting in the daylight hours with or without milk bottles .

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On the table in the milk bottle was the daffodil he'd picked.

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Over all this went a soft metal lid, similar to a modern milk bottle top.

top

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Over all this went a soft metal lid, similar to a modern milk bottle top .

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Opening trick: stop nail polish bottle tops from sticking by smearing the grooves with some Vaseline.

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The habit of opening milk bottle tops spread through several species of birds by an analogous cultural process.

water

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In the example, no claim in tort would lie if the hot water bottle did not give off enough heat.

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She has a lid for the pan and a borrowed hot water bottle with her.

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Take the frozen water bottle , remove the lid, invert and rest on the compost towards the centre of the plants.

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Out tumbled a water bottle and three children.

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Agnes hastily passed her the water bottle .

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Families are advised to bring comfortable walking shoes, water bottles , sunscreen and snacks to the site.

whisky

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The vinegar - one plain and one with chilli - comes in whisky bottles .

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Instead he reached for the whisky bottle .

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Harriet pushed back the whisky bottle and poured out two sherries.

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Put away the whisky bottle , unlock the doors and open the windows.

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Jackknifed over the whisky bottle , Barry listened to the radio commentary in closing-time light.

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A friend fills hers with miniature whisky bottles for the men and lace handkerchiefs for the women.

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But put it in a Scotch Whisky bottle , and the tax is 19.81p.

■ VERB

bring

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The first woman to reply told me to bring a bottle of wine.

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They sent Gitler to the kitchen and brought another bottle of wine.

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She brought out a bottle of red wine from the cupboard.

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We must have forgotten to bring the gas bottle .

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He brought out the bottle and the plastic cups.

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Sergio had brought a bottle of wine.

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He brought the bottle over to the stove and poured him-self another shot.

drink

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It was not unusual for him, unaided, to drink two bottles of wine in as many hours.

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Meanwhile, he was passed out in his room, having drunk an entire bottle of Scotch alone.

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They ate out there too and drank one of the bottles of wine they had brought.

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Into the picture walked a man drinking from a quart bottle of beer partially concealed in a brown paper bag.

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Tam drank , lowered the bottle , and examined the contents.

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She drank from bottles hidden in the bathroom, in the closet, or under the bed.

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They drank the whole bottle in perfect accord.

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She was sitting at her desk in the living room, fiddling with a pencil and drinking from a bottle of beer.

hit

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He was hoping to hit bottles he had placed on the roof of the garage opposite.

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The defendant contended that he thought that he was a good enough shot to hit only the bottles .

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Some nights he'd hit the vodka bottle and I'd be crying and begging him to stop drinking.

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So that ruins your idea that I was hit with the bottle standing beside the bed.

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His 1954 marriage to Born Free star Virginia McKenna broke up and he hit the bottle .

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Instead he hit the bottle and blamed her for it.

pass

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They were passing a bottle back and forth between them.

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As I became older, my father would drink his beer and occasionally pass the bottle to me.

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Agnes hastily passed her the water bottle .

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He took three large swallows and passed the bottle to his wife.

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Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle .

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Somebody passed a bottle of rotgut, the bottom of it.

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He had hinted that it might be kind to pass the empty bottle of Scotch over when he'd drunk it.

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The soldiers huddled under the oak tree, passing around a bottle .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

bottled water/beer etc

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But if you are having difficulties, I suggest you drink only bottled water and avoid salads.

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Enjoy with your Tandoori special fine wines, draught or bottled beer.

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Hasn't anyone told Mrs Thatcher that bottled water can cost a thousand times as much as water from the tap?

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It was supposed to be bottled water, but Converse knew for a fact that the porter filled it from the tap.

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Only drink bottled water - check the seal hasn't been broken - and use it to clean your teeth.

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Others chat about the supposed late-night spotting of a large rat dragging a six-pack of bottled water across the warehouse floor.

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People are paying more for bottled water than they are for gasoline.

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Wide range of wines, whiskies and continental bottled beers.

chief cook and bottle washer

crack open a bottle

hit the bottle

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His 1954 marriage to Born Free star Virginia McKenna broke up and he hit the bottle.

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Instead he hit the bottle and blamed her for it.

kill a beer/bottle of wine etc

let the genie out of the bottle

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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Do you want me to give Kayla her bottle ?

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Egon managed to drink half a bottle of schnapps that night.

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I only want one glass, not a whole bottle .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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A bottle of Trazadone, an anti-depressant medicine, was in the cabin.

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It was time for a bit of bottle , not for knocking knees.

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On the table in the milk bottle was the daffodil he'd picked.

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Plastic bags can choke animals and broken bottles can cut them.

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The genie is out of the bottle .

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They found several oil bottles in his car of the same brand as one found at the starting point of the fire.

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We ended up with about a dozen assorted gin, whisky and stout bottles.

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We took our bottles of beer.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

out

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They would see the anti-nuclear movement as having bottled out .

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Here's what the show left out: The rebels originally planned to invade Ulster but bottled out .

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But when he goes for a test, he bottles out and leaves the hospital.

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Talking to some one about how she was feeling and not bottling up her worries. 3.

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House members saw a need to move quickly to avoid having the legislation bottled up by possible impeachment proceedings.

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He bottled up what had happened at Changi.

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Elizabeth Dole, on the other hand, tends to keep her own moderate views bottled up inside.

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They will expect you to bottle up your inner uncertainty, whatever it is about.

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You keep everything bottled up inside of you.

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She couldn't possibly keep a gigantic secret like that bottled up inside her.

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No bottling up for me; no turning the other cheek for Walt.