number
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a four/five/six etc figure number (= a number in the thousands/ten thousands/hundred thousands etc )
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Choose a four figure number that you can easily remember.
a group of three, four, five etc
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There was a group of three at the bar, two men and a woman.
a six month/five year etc period
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They studied the behaviour of the ocean during a five year period.
count by twos/fives etc
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It’s quicker to count by tens saying 10, 20, 30 ... .
five hours/two weeks etc solid
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On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid.
five metres/two miles etc wide
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The river is more than fifty yards wide.
five miles/ten feet etc away
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Geneva is about 20 miles away.
five minutes/an hour etc fast
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I always keep my watch 15 minutes fast.
five minutes/two hours etc away
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The beach is only five minutes away it only takes five minutes to get there .
five o'clock shadow
five star general
five/eight etc hours’ sleep
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After eight hours’ sleep, I woke up in pitch blackness.
high five
nine to five
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She didn’t like working nine to five .
serve time/five years etc in jail (= spend time in jail )
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He was finally released after serving 27 years in jail.
ten days’/three months’/five minutes’ etc notice
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His contract said he must give three months’ notice if he decides to leave the job.
ten feet/five metres etc across
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The river is 2 kilometres across.
ten minutes/five minutes etc slow
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The clock is about five minutes slow.
ten to five/twenty to one etc (= ten minutes, twenty minutes etc before a particular hour )
the five senses
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We use all five senses to explore the world around us.
two days/three weeks/five years etc apart
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Our birthdays are exactly a month apart.
working nine to five
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She didn’t like working nine to five .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be five/six/seven etc months gone
be two/five/ten etc years sb's junior
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His wife's name was Sarah; she was five years his junior , and she predeceased him by ten months.
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The 42-year-old princess married Commander Tim Laurence, who is five years her junior , just before Christmas.
be two/five/ten etc years sb's senior
by a factor of five/ten etc
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Other watches of the time sped up or slowed down by a factor of ten seconds for every one-degree change in temperature.
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So look at your friends, see what they are a little vain about and then multiply by a factor of ten.
five feet/two metres etc square
five-speed/ten-speed etc
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It retains a five-speed gearbox: the 959 had six speeds .
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The performance through the five-speed manual gearbox is impressive, and higher speed cruising is effortless and remarkably quiet.
five/ten/many etc times ...
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Besides being one of Henry III's most frequent ambassadors to Rome, Alexander served many times as papal judge delegate.
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I am feeling much better, though there are many times when I feel a dull ache.
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Now, as many times before, the City is missing a chance to put the system right.
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The amount of metal needed is ten times what we used on Mars.
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The males adapt to their new and relaxed home by evolving at ten times the rate of their consorts.
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The prince visited many times more.
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The real frequency of worldwide maternal mortality may be as much as three to five times higher than this ratio.
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Tours leave five times a day.
five/three/nine etc years to the day
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It's three years to the day since Tony Alliss died from gunshot wounds.
in 10 days'/five years'/a few minutes' etc time
sth of five/many etc years' standing
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The medical superintendent of a hospital had to be a duly qualified medical practitioner of five years' standing .
ten days hence/five months hence etc
three years/five times etc running
two points/five seconds etc adrift (of sb)
two-storied/five storied etc