I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cell count (= the number of cells in a particular amount of blood )
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A healthy person' s red cell count is close to 1, 000.
blood count
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Her blood count is very low.
body count
count calories (= control your weight by eating fewer calories )
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Women tend to count calories more than men.
count noun
count/consider/think yourself lucky (= believe that you are lucky in a particular situation )
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You should count yourself lucky you weren’t seriously hurt.
counting house
counts...votes
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It’s the club secretary that counts the votes .
did a head count
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The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids were missing.
first impressions count (= the impression you make when you first meet someone is important )
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When attending a job interview, remember that first impressions count.
head count
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The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids were missing.
pollen count
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The pollen count was high yesterday.
pollen count...high
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The pollen count was high yesterday.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Are suspended pupils to be counted as absent or temporarily off-roll?
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Do major infrastructure investments count as current expenditures?
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Musicians, actors and celebrities all count as false gods. 13.
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But can I count as a reliable source my own childhood memories?
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Culture will specify the relations that exist within the organisation and define what is to count as legitimate or illegitimate behaviour.
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Even though they seem to be there, they can not be counted as present.
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Or, what does sinning greatly count as ?
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It counts as only half a date if you go out with other couples.
on
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The assumption was that she would bring in a number of new people whose loyalty she could count on .
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If she could only count on her shot tonight.
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There were at least three Senators he could count on for verbal support, if nothing more.
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Perhaps he could count on Paul Quinn, a stalwart of the 9: 15 liturgy planning team.
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It's what we're counting on , after all.
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Le Carre can always be counted on to deliver a good read.
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It was body language I'd been counting on to win her round.
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If Lavinia was to be won Aeneas could not count on any help from his future father-in-law.
really
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Of course no one gave that as a reason - except for Abie Klugman, and poor Abie didn't really count .
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I just want to get the maximum... effect out of it, with the people who really count .
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What had really counted to Eva was the covenant service preceding the commissioning.
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What Sugar Bowl lacked in high-tech development, it more than made up for in the bounty of what really counts .
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And this one doesn't really count , considering it's shared with four other tenants.
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On the other hand, no one can really count on a corporate paycheck in the nineties.
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It was the first meeting in nine years - for the day of my father's funeral doesn't really count .
still
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It confirms that breeding still counts for more than achievement.
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So even when he'd got the drop on them they could still count on messing him around somehow.
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But states now want to know exactly who they can spend that money on and still count it toward that 80 percent.
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As we wait at the station are we still counting the cost, and weighing consequences in the balance?
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This meant that by last night individual investors had written cheques for at least £4.8billion, with counting still to finish.
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At least we can still count on self-interest as a predictable factor ... I suppose it's the last to go.
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He was still counting off the height in hundreds as the Kittyhawk smashed through what would have been the desert floor.
■ NOUN
blessing
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Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
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If all this studying is making you a bit queasy, count your blessings .
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You can be sure I count my blessings nowadays.
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About how much fun it is, count your blessings , all of that.
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He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
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Rebecca had refused to count her modest blessings , as her parents counseled.
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It would be far better to count her blessings , she told herself firmly.
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In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases.
calorie
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Without doubt it is what we eat that determines our weight, and calories do count .
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Here we indulged in a cream tea, no calorie counting at all!
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As Linnen's big day drew nearer, aerobics and calorie-counting weren't doing the trick.
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Never let anyone, or any diet, convince you that calories don't count in achieving weight loss.
chicken
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Personally he thought Bett was counting her chickens .
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But captain Alan Lee is not counting any chickens .
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But don't count your chickens .
cost
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Would that count as a track cost or a running cost?
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Remember the New Testament warning, before you undertake a project, be sure to count the cost .
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I sat and began to count the cost in dirhams, then dollars, then pounds to the boy's father.
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Meanwhile residents of Ewyas Harold have been counting the cost of yesterdays flooding.
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But many Cotswold traders are now counting the cost of a lost weekend.
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We count the cost when we are deprived of activities and things we enjoy.
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Left: Sinead counts the cost of caring.
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So count the cost of the holocaust Stand up and fight For peace.
days
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I'd be counting the days now, if I hadn't got parole.
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But the wealthy businessmen who hitherto have been his best customers are counting their change these days .
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He'd been counting the days .
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Alcyone was counting off the days .
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I am beginning to count the days since the landing and to reflect on all that has happened.
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But remember, we swore not to count the days , Isabel.
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He'd known Taylor had the plague, but hadn't realized people were counting the days to his demise.
finger
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You can count on the fingers of one hand the times Mr Kinnock has jumped in among the public.
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She counts on her fingers , like a baby.
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Mr. Vaz Well, perhaps we can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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One day, Mom noticed him counting on his fingers under the desk.
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The number of people whom they knew personally in Berlin could have been counted on the fingers of one hand.
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Gao Yang counted seven old fingers buried in the steamed bun, which had long since given up its original shape.
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The latter can, declares S E Finer with pardonable exaggeration, be counted on one's fingers and toes.
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Sounds as if they were counting on their fingers !
money
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The government, it seems, is counting heavily on getting money from tax dodgers.
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No need to stop and pull out a wallet, count the money and wait for the change.
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She counted over the money in the till and inspected a roll of invoices.
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Hands-on activities, such as counting money to learn a math lesson, are carried out in every classroom.
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There was no point in counting the money .
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But NextWave and others counted on raising money on Wall Street to help fund operations and debt payments.
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The reason is that there is no clear border line between what should and what should not count as money .
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It counted not on the money it had but on the money that was coming, whether it came or not.
number
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For this reason, counting the number of syllables per word is a more convenient measure of complexity.
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The Lotus Fund, founded four years ago, counts a number of Republicans among its estimated 200 members.
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Two investigators independently evaluated the films to count the number of markers within the colon.
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Again they will count and record the number of drops.
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We may want to count numbers living within plumes, circles of fixed radius, buffer zones and so on.
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To insert a conditional page break, type the table, then count the number of lines it occupies.
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Ah! who would then be counted in the Number ?
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Ballard counted the number of students qualified to enroll at City in the 1968 graduating classes of two predominantly black high schools.
support
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In the north, the party can count on fairly widespread support .
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As he recalls, Holder told Quinn that he hoped he could count on his support if Gore were elected.
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I hope we can count on his active support .
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If you are counting on the support of the other kingdoms, forget it.
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There were at least three Senators he could count on for verbal support , if nothing more.
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In addition to the Democrats on the panel, Lake can probably count on the support of moderate Republicans, including Sen.
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General Bourbollon obviously could not count on the support of the entire military.
vote
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Both parties knew before the election that vote-counting would be done by machines that are liable to reject many votes.
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Many Republicans are exasperated at the vice-president's temerity to ask for all the votes to be counted .
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When the first-preference votes are counted any candidate who has secured a quota is declared elected.
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That means white voters are more likely to have their votes counted than blacks-a point made by Gore.
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In each, list votes would be separately counted and seats separately allotted to parties.
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By 56 percent to 39 percent, respondents said they were confident the Florida votes have been counted accurately.
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With 95 percent of the votes counted , he was 0. 7 percent ahead.
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Fortunately, every state has rules on how those votes are counted and which ballots are considered legal.
■ VERB
begin
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My heat was pounding as I began to count the strokes of the church clock.
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I began to count backward, silently, in an attempt to calm my stomach.
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I sat and began to count the cost in dirhams, then dollars, then pounds to the boy's father.
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The clean smell of pine tar rose in the air, and Sam began counting rings.
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Kit Carson chose a target, aimed the four sleek tons of Kittyhawk at it and began counting the seconds aloud.
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Looking over the cumulative collection, she sighed and began to count up the total.
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After a moment a girl shyly took them and began counting in twos.
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Kip lay like a child on his back and began to count them.
stand
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Those who admire her should stand up and be counted .
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This was too much for 15 ladies in the Chula Vista Art Guild, who stood up to be counted .
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The time has come gentlemen. Stand up and be counted .
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Inside, I gestured wildly down to Andre who, while all dressed up, was standing around counting flies.
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I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.
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Did he stand up to be counted in the old days?
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So let's it hear it this morning for Allan Lamb. Stand up and be counted for fair play and truth!
start
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Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
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The patient, being well-rehearsed beforehand, starts counting backward from this number.
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She started to count how many people, who might not confess it in simple language, were relieved MacQuillan had gone.
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I started to count the money in my pocket, because I had to get a shave.
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I start counting from Wednesday which I know because it was the first day of term.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
count your blessings
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About how much fun it is, count your blessings , all of that.
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He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
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If all this studying is making you a bit queasy, count your blessings .
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In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases.
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It would be far better to count her blessings , she told herself firmly.
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Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
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Then put your feet up and count your blessings !
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You can be sure I count my blessings nowadays.
every penny counts
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A doubling of the set-aside rate is not good news, coming at a time when every penny counts.
it's the thought that counts
sperm count
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Although that may seem like plenty, low sperm counts often are warnings of problems with sperm function.
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And one has to remember that sperm counts also show a natural seasonal variation.
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As it turned out, his sperm count appeared normal but his wife continued to fail to conceive.
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For the vast majority of men, the reason for a low sperm count can not be explained.
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It makes an interesting contrast with another related health issue: falling sperm counts.
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Men are still able to father children into their seventies, though their sperm count is lower than in their youth.
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Strictly speaking, there is as yet no definitive evidence for declining sperm counts.
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The only thing Rob could think up as a possible Hank Camden failure was the likelihood of a low sperm count.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Counting playoff games, the Warriors have won 8 of the 9 games they've played against Utah.
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Authorities counted 50 traffic deaths over the holiday weekend.
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First impressions do count , so look your best at the interview.
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Most children know how to count by the time they start kindergarten.
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Shut your eyes, count to twenty, then come and find us.
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The computer can count how many words there are in a document you've written.
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The game teaches children to count and do simple addition and subtraction.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the man who approached Mitchell in the bathroom was not to be counted among them.
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Every minute counts, as buses and more buses pull into place in the line.
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He hugged the banister, counting its bar-like wooden rods until he reached the turn where it met the wall.
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I nodded and counted to a hundred a second time instead.
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So, for example, if wine is being checked, it can be counted by the case or by the bottle.
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These are tiny freedoms, and if a woman enjoys being part of a couple, they should count for nothing.
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They also count on $ 10 million in tax increment financing via the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
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When Alice arrived home, she counted what she had.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
final
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Following the elimination of double or multiple counts of the same individual, a final count of 1,604 individuals was obtained.
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But evangelical anti-abortion voters turned out in droves for Buchanan and the final count was Buchanan 13, Gramm 8.
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At the final count , only 175 remained-here are some of the highlights.
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A final count in the presidential race was not expected until later in the day.
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The final count for the first round of voting recorded a million more votes than voters.
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The final count was 480, though not all were there together.
guilty
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The jury deliberated for five days before finding the accused guilty on all counts .
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Gould was eventually caught last year, and pleaded guilty to 51 counts of racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering.
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Facts: pleaded guilty to three counts of theft and five counts of damaging property.
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In an agreement with prosecutors, she pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter and two counts of armed robbery.
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But in the outcome the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on that count .
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In 1962, the deejay pleaded guilty to two counts of commercial bribery.
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Hogg then pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying methodone to others on February 13, 1999.
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Seale was found guilty on sixteen counts of contempt and sentenced to four years imprisonment by the judge sitting without a jury.
head
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Thirty men in all, by Grant's head count .
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The council tax will retain the most objectionable parts of the poll tax - the head count tax on the individual.
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The importance of the head count element in the property poll tax is most clearly shown in the proposals for the discounts.
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However, there was an exceptional cost of £2.1m due to the staff reduction programme which cut 160 from the head count .
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A head count of the congregation has obvious flaws.
high
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With hands clasped behind and palms facing inwards, raise the arms 35 times, aiming slightly higher with each count .
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A higher body count score, for one thing.
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Hold for a count of 10, pulling up a little higher with each count.
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The finer the threads, the higher the count and the softer the fabric will be.
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Keep the arms straight and try to raise them a little higher with each count .
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Interlocking hands behind you, raise the arms 40 times, moving slightly higher with each count .
low
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Although that may seem like plenty, low sperm counts often are warnings of problems with sperm function.
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I shouldn't think he was searching for anything elusive. Low imagination count .
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The only thing Rob could think up as a possible Hank Camden failure was the likelihood of a low sperm count .
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Stone produces a lower count rate than soil, so buried features can sometimes be detected.
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For the vast majority of men, the reason for a low sperm count can not be explained.
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High exposure to dioxins has been associated with cancer, low sperm counts , behavioural problems and diabetes.
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Iodine in salt may be the reason for low sperm counts , according to New Scientist magazine.
young
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She and the young count were childless.
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And how generous was the young count , to loan his auto to Papa for our family needs.
■ NOUN
blood
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The remedy is to take plenty of rest, and wait until your natural red blood count recovers before having more treatment.
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His white blood count dropped after the treatment, as expected, but is now back up to pre-transplant levels.
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Complete blood count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate were regularly measured at clinic visits.
body
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I think we stayed for about a week just trying to get more and more of a body count .
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There won't be no medals for a body count .
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By this time the body count was getting so high, sensible people refused to ride along with us.
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Police raised their body count in a case they say proves that the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic covered up war crimes.
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A higher body count score, for one thing.
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But a rapidly escalating body count forces her to face up to what's really happening.
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The study is shrewd enough not to get bogged down in body counts , as past examinations have.
calorie
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We turned to the freezer case to look for the desserts that wouldn't kill our calorie count .
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The calorie counts are given after each item, and all the portions are average size unless exact measurements are stated.
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The calorie count - 452 in every 100 grams - stays the same too.
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Again, the calorie counts are given against each item and at the end of each meal.
cell
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Urine analysis, a red blood cell count , and blood pressure were also routinely recorded.
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The baby had a 104-degree temperature and a high white-blood-\#cell count .
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Of the 14 women studied, nine had high pitted red cell counts and the majority of the group had ascites.
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Occasionally, a substantially increased platelet or white cell count may lead to apparent increases in plasma potassium concentration.
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Apart from a moderate increase in the white cell count in both patients, the results of routine investigations were normal.
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In a number of clinical disorders the cell count is subject to periodic or highly irregular variation.
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A blood test will also show a raised white blood cell count , indicating infection present in the system.
felony
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Last week, Lee admitted his guilt on a single felony count .
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He was found guilty of 24 felony counts , including murder and racketeering.
pollen
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At the start of the season sufferers usually begin to experience problems when the pollen count reaches 50.
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When the pollen count is high, keep doors and windows shut and stay inside.
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It was July and the pollen count was high.
sperm
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Men are still able to father children into their seventies, though their sperm count is lower than in their youth.
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Although that may seem like plenty, low sperm counts often are warnings of problems with sperm function.
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As it turned out, his sperm count appeared normal but his wife continued to fail to conceive.
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The only thing Rob could think up as a possible Hank Camden failure was the likelihood of a low sperm count .
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And one has to remember that sperm counts also show a natural seasonal variation.
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For the vast majority of men, the reason for a low sperm count can not be explained.
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Strictly speaking, there is as yet no definitive evidence for declining sperm counts .
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High exposure to dioxins has been associated with cancer, low sperm counts , behavioural problems and diabetes.
vote
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Fair votes will make every elector's vote count .
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There were a number of technical difficulties with the vote count .
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The poll is easy to use and quick to fill in-and your vote counts .
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For example, when the topic was the 1988 election, the classes added the following questions: Does your vote count ?
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If no one does win a majority, a runoff election will pit the two leaders two weeks after the vote count .
■ VERB
charge
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He said that he had been charged with 10 counts of breaking police regulations by talking to reporters about police brutality.
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Claudia Schneider is charged with one count of failing to disclose bankruptcy and has also been held in Miami since May.
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Mr Atkins was charged on four specimen counts of theft.
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Kaczynski has been charged only with one count of possessing explosives in his cabin near the town of Lincoln.
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Skase was charged with two counts of corruption in May 1991, and was declared bankrupt on June 13.
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Both men were charged on seven fraud counts in connection with the 1991 contract.
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He has been charged with four counts of uttering death threats, only one of which is related to his short story.
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Yeoman also was charged with one count of perjury and one count of obstructing justice.
convict
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His wife, Jane, who had been convicted on two counts of extortion and conspiracy, was sentenced to three months.
hold
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Stretch up gently for 10 counts holding each count for 1 second.
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Raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts .
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This tensing should be held for a count of five, then released, and repeated several times.
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Pull the tummy in and raise the elbows, head and shoulders towards your knees. Hold up for 5 counts .
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THIGHS/BOTTOM 1 Hug left knee towards chest, stand tall, don't lean forward. Hold for a count of five.
keep
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I know Fresnans who keep close count of the Southern California transplants filling their blocks.
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The Local kept count of the union dead.
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After that he no longer bothered to keep count .
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It was Tuesday, she had kept careful count .
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He started taking apart the engineering of the scene, keeping count of the timing in his head.
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You can protect yourself by keeping a count of what you drink.
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It is helpful to keep a count of references to home and synonym records.
lose
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I've no idea, I lost count of time.
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Three times they lost by a 4-3 count after having won successive games.
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The Wormwood Scrubs prison houses are still empty after 10 or 12 years - I have lost count .
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He had little idea as to how far they had come and had lost count of how many times they had fallen.
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She counted them; she lost count.
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She had lost count of the number of times she had slapped his hands from her body whenever he waylaid her outside.
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Francis had lost count of the junctions and side-passages they had crossed.
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I, too, have lost count of the number of jobs I've applied for.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
count your blessings
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About how much fun it is, count your blessings , all of that.
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He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
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If all this studying is making you a bit queasy, count your blessings .
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In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases.
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It would be far better to count her blessings , she told herself firmly.
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Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
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Then put your feet up and count your blessings !
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You can be sure I count my blessings nowadays.
every penny counts
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A doubling of the set-aside rate is not good news, coming at a time when every penny counts.
it's the thought that counts
sperm count
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Although that may seem like plenty, low sperm counts often are warnings of problems with sperm function.
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And one has to remember that sperm counts also show a natural seasonal variation.
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As it turned out, his sperm count appeared normal but his wife continued to fail to conceive.
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For the vast majority of men, the reason for a low sperm count can not be explained.
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It makes an interesting contrast with another related health issue: falling sperm counts.
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Men are still able to father children into their seventies, though their sperm count is lower than in their youth.
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Strictly speaking, there is as yet no definitive evidence for declining sperm counts.
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The only thing Rob could think up as a possible Hank Camden failure was the likelihood of a low sperm count.
stand up and be counted
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I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.
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Those who admire her should stand up and be counted.
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We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Henderson pleaded guilty on one count of drunken driving.
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High pollen counts and air conditioners may worsen allergies.
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Ms. Henderson said the final count may exceed 2,000.
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My cholesterol count was a little high.
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the Count of Monte Cristo
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We've seen over 65 patients today, but we don't have an exact count .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He faces a count of second-degree murder in the Nov. 10 shooting death of Brad Hansen, also 13.
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Hold each position for 2 counts.
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Hold for a slow count of 4.
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In articulating life as a chameleon on a rocky mirror, Vernadsky committed heresy on two counts.
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Stretch up gently for 10 counts holding each count for 1 second.
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The scoreboards kept the fans posted as to the ball-and-strike count and the number of outs.