verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
continue to exist
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We all hope the human race will continue to exist for millions of years.
continue your education
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I hope to continue my education after high school.
continue your journey
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We stopped for breakfast, then continued our journey.
continued apace
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Expansion of the company has continued apace .
continued survival
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The continued survival of this species of dolphin seems unlikely.
continued unabated
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The storm continued unabated throughout the night.
continue/grow/go unchecked
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We cannot allow such behaviour to continue unchecked.
continuing education
continuing/enduring popularity
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Today, the novel enjoys enduring popularity and ranks among the USA's top-selling books.
maintain/carry on/continue/uphold a tradition (= make a tradition continue in the same way or at the same standard as before )
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We maintain a tradition of cider making dating from Norman times.
sth's continued existence
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The city's continued existence is threatened by rising water levels.
take up/pick up/continue (sth) etc where sb left off (= continue something that has stopped for a short time )
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Barry took up the story where Justine had left off.
talks continue/are underway
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Talks will continue through the weekend.
work continues
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Work is continuing on three major building projects.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
work
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Discussion of less traditional approaches and concerns continues with reference to social work and citizens' charters, citizenship and participation.
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Disease continued its work in the 1850s and 1860s, as did enslavement and outright murder.
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Since Chance's day, other researchers have continued the work .
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Helen continued to look for work , and to economize.
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But we need your help to continue our work .
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Rank, a cocaine addict, commits suicide, but his followers continue his work .
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And removing it would be like asking the local council to continue its work with one hand tied behind its back.
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Tesla asked if Westinghouse proposed to continue his missionary work for the alternating-current system he had invented.
■ VERB
allow
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As it was, they merely added to Government borrowing while allowing the recession to continue as before.
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Subjects who normally smoked or drank were allowed to continue doing so throughout their quarantine.
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I shall allow questions to continue until 4.30.
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Ribeirao Preto and Londrina were allowed to continue to remain independent because they were already in operation at the time.
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The Government have allowed law-breaking to continue .
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If approved by the House, the punishment would allow Gingrich to continue as speaker.
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Arguments then ensued as to who allowed other speakers to continue for more than their allotted time.
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Stalin excused the appalling conduct of his troops and encouraged an official mind-set that allowed the rapes to continue .
expect
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I confidently expect to see continued growth in this area in the years ahead.
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Many economists expect the Fed to continue easing rates during the first half of 1996, further depressing yields.
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Many market analysts expect the sector to continue to climb in 1996, benefiting in part from the colder weather this winter.
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They were expected to continue for a month, with a 10-day break in early September.
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That situation is expected to continue until about 2012, when the baby boomers begin retiring.
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Arms production declined in 1989 and was expected to continue declining.
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That trend is expected to continue .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"That may be," he continued, "but the factory will still be closing at the end of the year."
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Continuing in a quieter voice, she asked how long he'd been married.
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After a while the rain stopped, allowing the game to continue .
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Before they could continue their conversation, Frank Gordon came over to speak to Oliver.
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Despite all the warnings, many people continue to smoke.
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Dry weather will continue through the weekend.
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Have a rest before you continue driving.
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He's not sure whether he'll be able to continue skiing competitively after the operation.
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He has decided to go back to Cambridge to continue his medical studies.
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My teacher advised me to continue with my studies.
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NASA continues its efforts to communicate with intelligent beings in outer space.
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Nate didn't answer, so Murphy continued, "All of this happened before I was hired."
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She continued to live in the same house after the death of her husband.
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Some people have lost work, and this will continue to happen until the computer system is fixed.
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Sometimes she just couldn't see the point of continuing.
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Soviet leaders said they would continue Gorbachev's democratic reforms.
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The concert will continue after a brief intermission.
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The good weather seems likely to continue .
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The project's organizers hope the government will continue funding it next year.
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The review process is expected to continue for several weeks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Development can continue , but alongside conservation, so that those who depend on natural resources can continue to do so.
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He flicked away another cigarette as they made their way towards him to continue the drive still higher into the hills.
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The analogies between jazz and pentecostalism continue into more recent years.
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The hearing continues Thursday with testimony from Federal Reserve Board officials and consumer advocates.
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The result continues to be discrimination.
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Turn and continue cooking on the other side, approximately 4 to 5 minutes.