CORE

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a core/common curriculum (= the subjects that everyone must study because they are considered very important )

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There has been a lot of debate on the content of the core curriculum.

core an apple (= remove the middle part containing the seeds )

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Core the apples and cut into quarters.

hard core

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the hard core of the Communist party

sb’s core values (= most basic values )

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The party needs to express its core values clearly.

the core/roots/whole of sb’s being

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The whole of her being had been taken over by a desire to return to her homeland.

the Earth’s core (= central part )

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The Earth’s inner core is almost entirely composed of iron.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

central

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The suggestion is that the central core area should be absolutely sacrosanct with slightly less stringent restrictions as you spread outward.

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This question of a more developed central core among the small towns is an important one which requires closer attention.

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A central core of keen and well-informed supporters whose enthusiasm, knowledge and confidence will draw new members like a magnet.

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There was within him, she believed, a central core of steadiness that would save him from courting disaster.

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The problem is solved if the central core is very thin so that there is no room for reflection.

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Tendons which intercept the central core are anchored at the slab / core intersection.

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A central core along the côte of accumulated loess and colluvial weathered deposits of calcareous, clayey-silt and iron-bearing flinty pebbles.

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Finally, there would remain a central core containing the reactor building itself.

hard

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The hard-core idea is a dangerous one.

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There are not, however, too many hard core pumpernickel types left, certainly not enough to support small bakeries.

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As a result the Eurovision Song Contest delays a hard core of trivia-obsessed nutcases for four hours each year.

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I believed the drill instructor was hard core , nose to the grindstone, always screaming and shouting.

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The other kind of move that is ruled out is one that violates the hard core , as we have already mentioned.

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The plotters represented the hard core of the right wing.

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Order is maintained by the inviolability of the hard core of a programme and by the positive heuristic that accompanies it.

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The hard core was protected by changing the theory underlying the observation language, so that telescopic data replaced naked-eye observations, for instance.

inner

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Venus could lack such an inner core because of the lower central pressures corresponding to its lower gravity.

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Now, scientists say the inner core rotates slightly faster than the rest of Earth.

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These are also part of my inner core .

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At the center of one of these glyphs were the words inner core spiritual values.

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Many are trapped in the inner cores because of the unavailability of rented housing beyond the cities.

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In 1936, she proposed that the earth had an inner core as well as an outer core.

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In the majority of his work, he displays a sympathy which reaches to the inner core of his subject.

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The planet had a solid inner core and a liquid outer core, both metallic.

small

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The Moon may have a small iron core .

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Early into the strike, the university backed down, but a small core of radical students continued to occupy the campus.

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If you are aiming almost for pure comedy, then your detective will need only the smallest core of toughness or commonsense.

urban

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However, virtually all were designed at least partially to house people and jobs from the older urban cores .

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These groups tend to locate in the older urban cores as a result of factors examined earlier.

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But there was no abrupt re-orientation of government spending towards the urban cores from 1977 to 1979.

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Why have so many left the older urban cores ?

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It identified a series of constraints impinging on the urban cores and on many of those living within them.

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These functions, as mentioned earlier, are found increasingly beyond the urban cores .

very

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Recruitment and selection are concerned with the very core of the company - ie using the company's personnel.

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The question which feminists are raising then strikes at the very core of Christology.

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So in my view design is absolutely fundamental and at the very core of most businesses.

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At first sight the very core of party support appeared to be rotten.

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The animal rights movement threatens the very core of what the Public Health Service is all about ....

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The focus of his gaze has a startlingly piercing quality; an intensity that seems to strike at your very core .

■ NOUN

activity

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In all its acquisitions, Guinness has sought business opportunities that have enhanced and strengthened its core activities .

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It is good for managers who can concentrate on their core activities , looking for the best deal for their customers.

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This is in accordance with the Council's long standing policy to maintain reserves broadly equivalent to three months' core activity expenditure.

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Biostratigraphic research provides essential stratigraphic support for many core activities both onshore and offshore.

area

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The suggestion is that the central core area should be absolutely sacrosanct with slightly less stringent restrictions as you spread outward.

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At the same time, 3Com has its own employees in jobs in the core areas of its business.

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The group focused heavily on its three core areas , and disposed of several operations which fell outside its strategy.

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It is also seeking an expansion of pinewoods in the core areas of Deeside, Strathspey and the River Beauly catchment.

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In summary, the Plan identifies three core areas for the majority of land for new housing and businesses.

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But in the core areas of the old system the problems were much less tractable.

belief

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In healthy organizations, this core belief sys-tem serves as a source of guidance.

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All organizations have some sort of core belief system.

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If both core beliefs and the actions they inspire are healthy, the organization will ultimately succeed in achieving its long-term goals.

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Banished from the official organizational history, the memory of these unpleasant side effects lingers in the form of unhealthy core beliefs .

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Above all, it requires the steady cultivation of healthy core beliefs that will shore up the organization when setbacks occur.

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Evaluative core beliefs , however, are often highly subjective.

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They dwell instead on invalid core beliefs and the kinds of mythical fear that such beliefs nearly always inspire.

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All individuals with sophisticated belief systems do not necessarily share the same core beliefs.

business

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Our strategy is to focus all our resources on the two core businesses of spirits and beers.

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Additionally, entire segments of some companies will be eliminated as companies identify and refocus on their core business .

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Astra makes more sense as a public company than the Salim Group, mainly because its core businesses are obvious and integrated.

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Will it be able to manage an acquisition outside its core business -- one in no need of fixing?

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During the recession some larger companies recognised a need to dispose of peripheral interests and apply the proceeds to their core businesses .

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Meeting customer needs' Unlike many of our competitors, the provision of credit information has always been our core business .

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None was big enough to become the core business of the company, Ousley says.

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The findings indicate why groups such as the Pearl are finding it heavy going in their core business activity.

course

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In addition to the core course in Theory and Methods of Literary Study, students would normally select two one-term options.

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It is now programmed so that the core course can be done by pupils working in pairs.

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Students follow one of four programmes, consisting of core courses with full and half courses.

curriculum

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New elements will ease their way into the core curriculum .

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But it is not a core curriculum like that being touted by test-and-measure statehouse reformers.

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Once in the classroom the teacher is restricted by the core curriculum and general workload and lack of equipment.

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Every student must pass through an extensive core curriculum , including courses such as World Humanities 101.

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This could be construed as a tailor-made curriculum , which can not be developed into a generic or core curriculum.

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But some professors say library purchases have been cut and they have not been given the promised resources for the core curriculum .

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And it was certainly an improvement on my thoughts about the core curriculum .

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In schools that expect all students to take a core curriculum , students achieve more.

group

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Added to the Right-On readers, they effectively expanded the core group and provided a viable number of buyers.

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Yet this refusal to intervene virtually guarantees that core group behavior will continue to be encouraged by profit-minded entrepreneurs.

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The core group , moreover, would clearly need close co-ordination of fiscal and macroeconomic policies.

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Not all arguments against core group intervention are based on the fear of unintended consequences.

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Administration can be done by double-entry book-keeping, but is quicker and cheaper if the core group has access to a computer.

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Even the core group of 30 who are paid professionals earn salaries unlikely to inspire letters to the editor.

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One possible cause for increased symptom scores in the core group was that they were all involved in seeking compensation.

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So in many ways misinterpreting the concept of core groups can be just as dangerous as ignoring their reality.

reactor

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To protect power station workers from this invisible threat the reactor core has to be encased behind many metres of thick concrete.

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Radioactivity is induced in the metallic containment vessel that surrounds a reactor core by neutrons that escape from the core.

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During the last 30 years there have been 12 accidents around the world that have caused serious damage to a reactor core .

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The accident, which occurred on August 13, did not involve the release of radiation or damage to the reactor core .

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Leaks in primary circuits distributing heat from the reactor core would be uncontrollable, leading to a core meltdown.

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The reactor core erupted in a gigantic explosion, spewing enormous amounts of heat and disintegrated radioactive fuel into the atmosphere.

skill

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In designing the programme, we have tried to emphasise the vocational aspects of the core skills modules wherever possible.

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They had a solid foundation in reading, writing, math, and other core skills .

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In the school system, aspects of core skills were present in the Munn curriculum, introduced in the late 1970s.

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This year, we've not had time to integrate teaching and assessment of core skills into vocational areas.

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Learning activities have been designed to develop core skills such as analysing sources, recording evidence, and understanding chronology.

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Next year, we will cover all of the core skills in two option columns, rather than three.

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The schools would deliver core skills modules in the morning, and the college would deliver the other modules.

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The core skill is the identifying and reducing these obstacles, freeing the group to reach its potential.

subject

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The last two subjects are what they call core subjects which you have to take.

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The six core subjects are: Constitutional and Administrative Law.

unit

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Students take a series of core units in their second and third years.

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The core units focus on the relationship between literature and its background.

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However there are many links with core units .

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Inscriptions on stone could link with the core unit on Roman Britain.

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Students take three compulsory core units and four optional units in each academic year.

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Orc Boar Boyz are the most expensive choice for a core unit .

value

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A little deeper thinking raises the question of why organization participants should accept such core values .

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Despite the emphasis on consistency among beliefs, individuals in the elite can support core values that are in conflict.

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Modernity's core value is freedom, especially the freedom to fashion one's identity and one's life as one will.

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You can search for work that is closer to your core values and beliefs.

■ VERB

form

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It was they who formed the core of the strikers, persuading and supporting other weaker women.

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Iron might not have melted and sunk to form the liquid core , and the magnetic field would never have developed.

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Individual issues develop in three parts which form the core of the course.

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The assumptions of each theoretical position form the core around which each theory is constructed.

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The first type forms a core in the shape of a cube.

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The melting and sinking of iron to form a liquid core at the center was therefore an event of catastrophic proportions.

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The Reiksguard forms an elite core of highly trained, expensively-equipped troops who are loyal to the Emperor in person.

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In effect, IDUs form the critical core group that sustains infection in the heterosexual population.

remain

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Of course there remains a core of consistency which would normally outweigh by far the fluctuations.

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Finally, there would remain a central core containing the reactor building itself.

shake

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Sometimes foundations are shaken to the core by the premature death or prolonged absence of the main attachment figure.

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Lucien was shaken to the core by all this rude conduct.

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His wife, Susan, sustained a permanent nerve pinch in her back, and Ellison was shaken to his core .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

rotten to the core

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Her very moral fiber was rotten to the core.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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MTV's core audience is 18- to 24-year-olds.

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Only the core of the volcano remained.

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Operator errors allowed the radioactive core to overheat.

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She had the ability to cut through to the core of a problem.

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The core of the play's appeal is that the good guys win in the end.

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The Earth has a solid inner core 2500 km in diameter.

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The profit motive is at the core of the capitalist system.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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At the core of the academic studies is a basic rule: Investors believe in the status quo.

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But for that to happen it must appeal beyond its core Shia constituency.

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In fact, both of these subjects are woven into the core courses Jimi has had today.

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It causes the core body temperature to increase to a peak and descend to a trough once every twenty-four hours.

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There are two core elements of support offered to local voluntary groups by the Campaign - information and grants.

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With so much change and fragmentation in the new career world, you need a solid core of self.

II. adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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The government will discuss what they say are the core issues of education and health care.

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We concentrate most of teaching the core skills of reading, writing, and mathematics.

III. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

apple

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Peel and core the apples and cut into quarters.

■ VERB

peel

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Chop the segments. Peel and core the apples and cut into quarters.

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Prepare the fruits by peeling , coring and slicing.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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Core the apple and cut into ¼-inch slices.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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Peel and core the apples and cut into quarters.

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Peel and core the fruit, cut it into crescent-moon slices and put it into the dish.

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Peel it, quarter it, core it, cut it in pieces and then poach it in a sugar syrup.