noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Dragons' Den
gambling dens (= places for illegal gambling )
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The police raided a number of illegal gambling dens .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
opium
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I haven't found out yet what they got up to in their opium den with Coleridge and de Quincey.
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The Vang Vieng area, north of Vientiane, is reputedly still full of opium dens .
van
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He then regained the 200m record that Pieter van den Hoogenband had claimed along with the Olympic title five months ago.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
beard sb (in their den)
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He is soft-spoken, bearded , with a friendly smile and an ability to laugh at himself.
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He was an awe-inspiring sight, his beard jutting out fiercely and his brow knotted in anger.
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It was an older man, with a beard .
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Often he would shave it off, but the next day he would have a beard just the same.
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Protest music made by men with beards for people with fuzzy minds and books in the glove compartments of their Morris Travellers.
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Some of their fathers wore beards .
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The provodnik, my jailer, showed a young bearded man into my compartment.
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With his grizzled beard and his peg-leg he looked like an extra from Treasure Island.
the lion's den
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an opium den
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fifteen men stood silent, with their heads bowed, moments before entering the lion's den .
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Instead, he said, they toted their shotguns inside the mansion, burst into the den , and emptied their weapons.
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Joyce explained to Paul in a very loud voice that her den was this way.
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She was shaking with the cold, but the fire in the den had been irritating and overbearing.
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Skunks roll out of their dens in February or March and embark on a long prowl.
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The family moved on past their old den , over the bank and out of sight.
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They hoped for a home theater and a showcase kitchen blending seamlessly into their den .