noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a food/medicine/clothes cupboard British English
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The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom.
a laundry/clothes basket (= for dirty clothes )
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Will you please put your socks in the laundry basket?
baby clothes/food
casual clothes
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Jean felt more comfortable in casual clothes .
clean clothes
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He had a shower and changed into clean clothes.
clothes basket
clothes brush
clothes hanger
clothes horse
clothes peg
comfortable clothes/shoes/boots etc
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You’ll need comfortable shoes for walking around the city.
designer clothes/jeans/suits etc
dirty clothes/washing/laundry
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She circled the bedroom, picking up dirty clothes.
dress/clothes sense (= an ability to choose clothes well )
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Her dress sense was faultless.
dry clothes
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I had no dry clothes to change into.
food/clothes/meat etc ration
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the weekly meat ration
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a coal ration of 4 kg a month
fuel/clothes/food etc rationing
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News of bread rationing created panic buying.
street clothes (= ordinary clothes, not a special uniform or costume )
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She changed into her street clothes and left the theatre.
swaddling clothes
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civilian
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The constable was on leave and wearing civilian clothes .
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After seizing power, the soldiers changed into civilian clothes and became presidents.
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They found two soldiers in civilian clothes in it and a Thompson sub-machine gun.
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People were running around in civilian clothes , cooking steaks over barbecues.
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He had dressed that morning in his civilian clothes , reckoning that military uniform was unsuitable for the work of the day.
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Elvis Grbac was in civilian clothes .
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Men in civilian clothes moved up and down the steps leading into the narrow three-storey building.
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These articles will be her wardrobe until Thanksgiving, when she gets to go home and wear civilian clothes .
clean
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Then I took my bag into a loo and took everything off and changed into clean clothes .
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Ralph dressed carefully for the visit, in clean clothes .
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The first thing though was to get Nigel into some clean , dry clothes .
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I went home and showered and shaved and put on clean clothes .
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She pulled on one of the towelling robes and wandered back into the bedroom, selecting clean clothes .
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It is a sign that I am good. 60. Clean clothes made us respectable. 61.
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Besides, Ma would be glad of the clean clothes .
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Kat and I searched our packs for our cleanest clothes .
expensive
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They all wore the most expensive clothes and had beautiful, long, curly hair.
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They decided not to buy expensive clothes for the wedding.
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And she is power dressing, wearing beautifully-cut, expensive clothes .
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With his expensive clothes , elite education, and distinguished demeanor, he was different from the rustic and plain Avon folk.
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Everybody was wearing very expensive , fashionable clothes too!
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A tall man of about sixty, he was dressed in expensive country clothes .
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When he did appear, just before opening night he looked an impressive figure in his expensive clothes .
good
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He was in his good clothes .
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Alistair was just getting off the phone when I came in to change out of my good clothes .
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The date for the nearly new sale has been fixed as Saturday March 14 and good quality clothes are needed.
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The princess arrayed herself in her best clothes and jewels.
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He considered her good but unremarkable clothes , and wondered what she did for laughs.
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I knew that poor people often save their best clothes , sometimes their only respectable apparel, for churchgoing.
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They came in their best clothes as if it were a Sunday from the days before the church was closed.
new
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It felt, despite the new clothes , that she hadn't quite made up her mind.
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Zampano is trying on his new clothes , absurdly self-involved in his new-found pinstriped elegance.
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Well, of course, she could get her hair cut and buy new clothes .
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Anyway, Ranieri never really wore his new clothes .
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No new clothes , no holidays, no bothering doctors whatever the pain.
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The new clothes became a clever foil for his old self.
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He had refused to buy any new clothes for the wedding but the brown suit had been brushed and pressed.
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Daniel removes Mordecai to rooms in Chelsea, dresses him in new clothes , and brings Mirah to her brother.
old
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Get the old clothes . 9.
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They began with nothing but the shoes they wore, the old clothes on their backs...
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All were in old , tattered clothes , some in outright rags; many were barefoot and hatless.
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Fermoyles in old clothes and sometimes just barely enough food for the week.
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Wear old clothes and bring a hammer.
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He sent his old clothes home for his brothers.
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A bundle of old clothes - what would gulls want with that?
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William Douglas gave me some old women's clothes .
plain
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Behind them in a doorway is a man wearing plain clothes and dark glasses.
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Normal stores have security people dressed in such plain clothes you wonder how they can afford to do any shopping.
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In the morning, she rose early and dressed in her plainest clothes , flounces and frills had no place in business.
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We recruit uniformed officers into plain clothes so that people like yourself, who are being eliminated, won't feel under pressure.
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They were in plain clothes and, in his opinion, drunk, arrogant and overpowering.
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Female speaker We've got extra foot patrols in uniform and plain clothes to prevent an attack and to pick up information.
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Mr Montesinos was escorted by agents in plain clothes into a helicopter shortly after arriving at Lima airport.
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In uniform and in plain clothes , roughly 50 were on different shifts asking each shopper for more information.
■ NOUN
shop
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There were several repercussions following my slight incident in the clothes shop .
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There's also a very good children's clothes shop nearby which deals in second-hand baby equipment.
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Most clothes shops sell nothing we can wear, and specialist shops are expensive and offer a very limited range of images.
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Businesses, including several clothes shops , a pub, and an estate agent, lay in tatters.
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In the clothes shops , shoppers receive £5 off per voucher.
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It was sub-Post Office, supermarket, hardware store, clothes shop , newsagent's and chemist's packed into one room.
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His clothes shop is allowed to put peepholes in the fitting-rooms; some have hidden microphones, too.
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Shop raid: Burglars raided a Stokesley clothes shop.
■ VERB
buy
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You never buy me any new clothes .
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They decided not to buy expensive clothes for the wedding.
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He had refused to buy any new clothes for the wedding but the brown suit had been brushed and pressed.
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And they buy food and clothes and pay rent.
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They buy the clothes for their designs and fetching colours.
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It was what happened when young people earned decent wages, and had the means to buy clothes and go to discos.
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After the show, there was a queue to buy the clothes and last year's total was doubled.
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Edna stopped buying such clothes for a while.
change
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I took a cold shower and changed my clothes .
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After seizing power, the soldiers changed into civilian clothes and became presidents.
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Rose had changed into the Victorian clothes in the van.
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In less than an hour he was changing his wet clothes .
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While the-shore-bound sections changed into their shore clothes , Hicks busied him-self with a scrupulous cleaning of the bakery.
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Diana quickly appreciated that the only thing the royal family like to change is their clothes .
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We rushed through quick showers and changed into wrinkled civilian clothes .
dress
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In the morning, she rose early and dressed in her plainest clothes , flounces and frills had no place in business.
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Teen-age girls cut their hair and dressed in baggy clothes to be less attractive to the mysterious killer.
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There were people dressed in gay bright clothes walking on the promenade.
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In rehabilitation they saw people dressed in street clothes instead of hospital white.
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To blackmail a man because he likes dressing in women's clothes .
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Daniel removes Mordecai to rooms in Chelsea, dresses him in new clothes , and brings Mirah to her brother.
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When they wake they dress in the loosest clothes , skip breakfast and head for the tennis courts.
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He is dressed in differ-ent clothes .
keep
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Dress: painting smock to keep clothes clean.
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Q: Do you get to keep the clothes ?
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Otherwise, everything was checked behind the bar, with a man who kept his clothes on.
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Do you have any tips on how I can keep my clothes looking good?
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I set up a sort of base here where I can slip back and keep a change of clothes and so on.
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I also kept their clothes and bedding clean, combed and braided their hair, served them their meals.
pull
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She has pulled on her clothes .
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He goes to getting ready for bed, pulling off his clothes .
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He pulls off all his clothes and slides over towards me.
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They lay there watching me pull on warm clothes for the trip, making me feel uneasy and a little guilty.
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Some one was pulling at her clothes , a hand shook her shoulder, and then a thumb rolled back her eyelid.
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As soon as I arrive home at night I wash off my make-up and pull on my scruffiest clothes .
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He pulled on his clothes and stumbled into the kitchen.
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Flavia pulled on the clothes she had been about to change into and ran downstairs.
put
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Get the old clothes . 9. Put the clothes on the scarecrow. 10.
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And put on some nice clothes .
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After 40 days she is encouraged to put aside her black clothes , but she received positive family support.
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As I put on my clothes , I knew they could not keep me warm enough against the freezing weather outdoors.
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Pat puts his work clothes aside, so he can wash them at 60 degrees.
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I went home and showered and shaved and put on clean clothes .
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If he can not put his clothes on himself, learning to get dressed is a necessary part of his rehabilitation programme.
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The elves put on the clothes , and then were never seen again.
remove
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Already distended in his excitement he had difficulty in removing his clothes .
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Much later, he couldn't recall exactly when he removed his clothes or when they got into bed together.
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He had become uncontrollable, removed his clothes and ran down the highway.
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This showed a girl removing her clothes in preparation for going to bed.
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He told me to remove my clothes one by one.
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Although aware he was an android, she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes .
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You hie yourself into your room this instant, and remove those -- clothes .
sell
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But a shop selling only summer-weight clothes in November looked mildly ridiculous.
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These old shops are still in business today, selling second-hand clothes and materials.
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Whitaker, 38, sells clothes at a Lakeland, Fla., shopping mall.
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His existence had been particularly dull, holding down brief part-time work selling clothes in Manchester's underground fashion world.
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Such is the force of commodity culture that a tasteful logo and unconnected image can sell clothes around the world.
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Each company sells clothes which have a clear identity allowing the wearer to convey a particular image to the outside world.
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However, it looks like Boo will not be selling clothes directly.
take
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He dried himself, opened the door of the large mahogany wardrobe and took out his clothes .
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The girl, who still attends high school in Sitka, told police Meekins took off her clothes .
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Just that first Botticelli moment of the first time of her taking her clothes off.
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Lee Ann took all her clothes off and lay down to sun herself on the flying bridge.
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What did they take the clothes for?
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He would return to his apartment, take off his clothes , and sit in a hot bath.
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The girls took her clothes ... Anyway, I decided to go out on my own.
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Then, when what you re seeing looks good, take off your clothes and look some more.
tear
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Everything he wore had to be thick, because he tore his clothes , destroyed them.
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If he had tried to tear the clothes from her, she probably wouldn't - couldn't - have stopped him.
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She would bite herself, bite anybody, and tear her clothes off.
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He looked ready to tear his clothes apart.
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Once the soldiers pushed a woman down on the floor in front of the partition and tore at her clothes .
throw
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There's a robe hanging from the back of the door. Throw me your clothes .
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Pushed books and papers into piles, threw discarded clothes into the bedroom.
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Frank pulled me upright and threw my clothes at me.
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Jane contemplated throwing on her clothes and leaving her refuge to climb farther up the mountainside to the caves.
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You see kids who just throw off their clothes , they want to break down that barrier and get natural again.
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He threw everything out, clothes , shoes, old wellingtons, burrowing underneath all the mess like an overgrown mole.
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I showered and threw some clothes on, and then took off, fleeing the premises.
wash
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Encourage residents to wash and iron their clothes where their eyesight and co-ordination are good.
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When she was pregnant, she washed clothes .
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You were only allowed to wash your clothes once a week.
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Rex, unperturbed, quickly stripped off naked to wash himself and his clothes in the deluge of fresh water.
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He had washed his bloodstained clothes , and the next day scrubbed blood from his trainers.
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He would not let her wash his work clothes .
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Then he calmly washed his clothes and had a bath.
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Even in liberated Scandinavia, it is women who feed the family, wash the clothes , and care for the children.
wear
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I ask why she thinks it is so much better for people to wear clothes .
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What, they wondered, was such a darling boy doing wearing such awful clothes ?
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The man wore fitting and casual clothes and those of Holly were thin.
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They wore heavy clothes which they seldom changed.
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I fell asleep, crouched beside the door, still wearing my clothes .
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Marisa left, but seemed to return when she pleased, sometimes wearing the same clothes , in different clothes other times.
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What I do like about her is her confidence, the way she wears outrageous clothes .
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Both Heracles and Achilles wear female clothes for a time.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
best dress/shoes/clothes etc
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Everyone was in black because their best clothes were for funerals, and everyone danced.
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I washed them, then dressed them in their best clothes, but never new ones.
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She had her best shoes on, and a new hat.
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She had the best dress sense of any girl in Benedict's and a passion for altering the colour of her hair.
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The best car, the wittiest put-down, and the best dress.
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The first best clothes were only for Sunday and when visitors came.
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The princess arrayed herself in her best clothes and jewels.
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They would never let you in alone, even though you are wearing your best clothes.
change of clothes/underwear etc
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As any woman could tell you a change of clothes or hairstyle can instantly change the way people think about you.
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But I decided I wanted a change of clothes in the morning and my own bed that night.
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Clarisa passed him over to me at the window seat so she could pull out a change of clothes.
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Contrite, she backed off, collecting a change of clothes from her bag.
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Dominic could dress quickly when a change of clothes was called for.
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This does not necessarily mean paying out a lot of money for several totally new changes of clothes.
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With a change of clothes and some food, he set off in search of fools.
in plain clothes
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In uniform and in plain clothes, roughly 50 were on different shifts asking each shopper for more information.
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Large men in plain clothes and short haircuts had wanted to know his business.
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Mr Montesinos was escorted by agents in plain clothes into a helicopter shortly after arriving at Lima airport.
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They were in plain clothes and, in his opinion, drunk, arrogant and overpowering.
spare key/battery/clothes etc
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Carrying spare batteries could be a cheaper option to fast charging and all chargers rely on a power point anyway.
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Eventually, the spare key was found and they were released from the clutches of the car.
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I'd got no money, no night things, no spare clothes, no bank card.
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It may include parts of larger support weapons such as mortars, radio equipment and spare batteries.
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Make sure you have a supply of spare batteries too.
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Remember that I had always intended to leave spare key with the Twills next door but never got round to it.
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Some people take a fully charged spare battery along with them just in case!
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Soon she took my visits for granted and I was given the spare key to let myself in the door.
used cars/clothes etc
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Crackdown shows one third of used cars are not safe.
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However, with used cars, who knows?
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Leased a gravel lot for $ 15 a month and sold used cars.
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Now the tax on importing used cars has been slashed.
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The family also sticks to used cars.
working clothes
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As he approached them, Mungo could see that they wore blue uniform trousers under their working clothes.
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But she had to turn up at Maggie's school in her working clothes.
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In fact I felt rather a lout in my working clothes among the elegant gathering.
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Jonadab was not to be hurried and methodically finished changing into his working clothes before putting in an appearance.
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Still clad in her tattered working clothes, her wellingtons pumped away assiduously to give the instrument the breath it required.
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They went from the workplace into the canteen, they sat and opened their lunchboxes in their working clothes.
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They woke on Sunday morning and people wre going to church ... they daren't be seen in their working clothes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dana always wears such nice clothes .
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I need to go buy some new clothes .
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It's hard to find clothes that fit me.
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My mother always made us wear our good clothes for travelling.
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Pete took his clothes off and went to bed.
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The temperature should be around freezing tonight - it's time to get the winter clothes out.
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There are lots of clothes shops on Newbury Street.
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You can pick up second-hand baby clothes very cheaply.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Furniture and appliances, maps and globes, paints and clothes .
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He hadn't wondered where her clothes were when he'd returned to Primrose Cottage at the end of that autumn term.
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I was given her clothes , which were too big and made the soldiers laugh.
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It showed a middle-aged man in the clothes of the late seventeenth-century.
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It was interesting to see everybody in their own clothes .
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Most of it was toys and clothes .
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The princess arrayed herself in her best clothes and jewels.
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We had to wash our own hair and mend our own clothes .