I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a big/major/serious/heavy blow
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The earthquake was a serious blow to the area’s tourism industry.
a broad/strong/heavy hint (= one that is very easy to understand )
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He had dropped a heavy hint that they might get married.
a deep/sound/heavy sleep (= a sleep from which you cannot easily be woken )
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The noise woke him from a deep sleep.
a dull/hard/heavy thud
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There was a dull thud as the box hit the floor.
a hard/heavy frost (= a severe frost )
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We’ve had three continuous nights of hard frost.
a heavy heart (= feeling very sad )
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She made her way to the hospital with a heavy heart.
a heavy meal (= with a lot of rich food )
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A heavy meal is likely to make you feel sleepy.
a heavy price
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Any country breaking international law will be made to pay a heavy price.
a heavy ring
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Her fingers were clustered with heavy rings.
a heavy sigh (= a big sad sigh )
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Finally, she turned away from the mirror with a heavy sigh.
a heavy user (= someone who uses something a lot )
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Electricity companies are warning that heavy users face much higher bills.
a heavy/great burden
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Caring for elderly relatives can be a heavy burden.
a light/heavy load (= not much or a lot of work )
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Hans has a heavy teaching load this semester.
a severe/stiff/heavy/tough/harsh penalty
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There were calls for stiffer penalties for killers of police officers.
a strong/heavy emphasis
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There is a strong emphasis on research in the university.
a thick/heavy mist
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Outside, a heavy mist obscured everything.
heavy breather
heavy breathing (= loud breathing )
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When I picked up the phone, all I heard was heavy breathing .
heavy cream
heavy debts (= big debts )
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The company wanted to reduce its heavy debts.
heavy drinker (= he drank a lot )
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He was a heavy drinker .
heavy drinking (= drinking a lot of alcohol )
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after a night of heavy drinking
heavy equipment
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The truck has to be able to carry tanks and other heavy equipment.
heavy fighting
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heavy fighting between government and rebel forces
heavy goods vehicle
heavy hitter
heavy industry (= industries that involve the production of large goods )
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Shipbuilding and other heavy industry developed in the North of Britain.
heavy industry
heavy irony British English (= a lot of irony )
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‘Of course Michael won’t be late; you know how punctual he always is,’ she said with heavy irony.
heavy jowls (= jowls that hang down slightly )
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a man with heavy jowls
heavy losses (= many deaths )
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US forces withdrew after suffering heavy losses .
heavy machinery
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The use of heavy machinery has damaged the site.
heavy make-up (= a lot of make-up )
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a girl in high heels and heavy make-up
heavy metal
heavy petting
heavy reliance
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the country’s heavy reliance on trade
heavy sarcasm (= very clear sarcasm )
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‘Good of you to arrive on time,’ George said, with heavy sarcasm .
heavy seas (= a rough sea )
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The tanker split apart and sank in heavy seas.
heavy shelling
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weeks of heavy shelling
heavy showers
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More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
heavy sleeper (= someone who does not wake easily )
heavy smoker (= someone who smokes a lot )
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My grandad was a heavy smoker .
Heavy snowfalls
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Heavy snowfalls are forecast.
heavy swell (= large movements of the water )
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The sea wasn’t rough, but there was a heavy swell .
heavy work (= hard physical work )
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The heavy work is done by the gardener.
heavy workload
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She’s struggling to cope with the heavy workload .
heavy
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We ran into heavy traffic near the airport.
heavy (= strong )
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She smelled of a heavy perfume he associated with his mother.
heavy (= with a lot of water coming down )
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The rain became more heavy.
heavy (= when a lot of snow falls )
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France has been expecting heavy snow all week.
heavy/clay (= containing a lot of clay )
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The soil was too heavy to grow decent carrots.
heavy/frequent use (= when something is used a lot )
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The heavy use of pesticides in the area led to severe health problems.
heavy/hefty fine (= a large fine )
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If convicted, the men face heavy fines.
heavy/light oil
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2,000 barrels of heavy oil are produced a day.
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The oil corporation announced the discovery of another field of light oil.
heavy/light polling (= with many or few people voting )
heavy/light trading (= a lot of trading or a little trading )
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Shares dropped 10% in heavy trading.
heavy/light
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She was wearing a heavy coat and a thick scarf.
heavy/thick cloud ( also dense cloud formal )
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By midday, heavy clouds had spread across the sky.
heavy/thick curtains (= made of thick material )
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Heavy curtains help to keep the house warm.
severe/heavy bleeding (= when someone is losing a lot of blood )
strong/severe/heavy criticism
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This decision attracted heavy criticism from environmental groups.
the heavy mob British English (= group of strong violent men )
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What happens if they send the heavy mob round to find him?
thick/dense/heavy fog (= great in amount and difficult to see through )
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The two lorries collided in heavy fog.
way heavier/smarter/bigger etc (= much heavier etc )
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The tickets were way more expensive than I thought.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
artillery
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Rangers, meanwhile, are convinced they possess enough heavy artillery to win the war tonight.
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The noise of the explosion resembled the shock of a heavy artillery salute....
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Roxburgh Castle was proof against all but prolonged siege and heavy artillery .
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The sonic assault doesn't have to be all heavy artillery .
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Elite Republican Guard troops deployed tanks and heavy artillery against lightly armed guerrilla units.
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Using tanks, heavy artillery and the threat of air strikes, they succeeded in defeating the rebels in 18 hours.
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It will be some time before the factions upgrade to rockets, missiles and heavy artillery .
blow
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Now think again of the wound on Hector's face - a heavy blow , a wide gash.
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I am not wholly barren of hope, for circumstances have been dealing the conventional wisdom a new series of heavy blows .
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It is knocked to the ground by a heavy blow , seized by the throat or mouth and quickly suffocated.
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For the beneficiaries the change would be almost imperceptible: for the losers it would be a heavy blow .
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He says that both changes will be a heavy blow for young self-employed workers.
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The repression which followed temporarily halted the labour movement and dealt the party a heavy blow .
burden
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We all have heavy burdens on our time.
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The cost of these programs places a heavy burden on those who work.
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If this applies, small indexed sequential files bear a heavy burden compared with larger files.
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Along with the freedom of the press, there was also a heavy burden of social responsibility.
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The loss of Elliott left Hammer very lightweight in attack and placed a heavy burden on regular strikers White and Harris.
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Life is a heavy burden in either case.
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That morning, he had felt a strange relief, almost as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
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Running this place is a heavy burden .
casualty
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In the end, they managed to win but only at a cost of heavy casualties and political humiliation.
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Some other stations don't have such good security, you know, and their crime-fighting shows rack up pretty heavy casualties .
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B Company had already sustained heavy casualties from the landing and the patrol lost.
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He said both sides had suffered heavy casualties .
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According to some reports, both sides sustained heavy casualties .
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Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind has warned any offensive ground action would involve more than 100,000 men and lead to heavy casualties .
cloud
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Under dark, heavy clouds , I returned to the den on the river.
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Looking northwards towards the end of the dale, she frowned to see the accumulation of heavy clouds above the moors.
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During June and July, heavy cloud may at times build up and the weather can become very humid.
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But towards morning heavy clouds spread across.
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Dark heavy clouds were crawling across the sky, blotting out the stars.
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The heavy clouds that had gathered about the summit of Mont Blanc boiled from within.
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While they slept, heavy clouds swirled over the valley in massed ranks and the snow began to fall.
defeat
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Tranmere Rovers went nap in front of their biggest gate of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on promotion chasing West Ham.
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The Bears have had two of their scheduled fixtures washed out and suffered a heavy defeat at Edinburgh.
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That junior may have to pay for the victory with a heavy defeat in the future.
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After his party's heavy defeat in the subsequent general election, Ellis stayed on as chief whip.
demand
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With the singular exception of property stocks, all sectors benefited from heavy demand , almost all leading shares sporting double-figure gains.
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Or the heavy demands of professional careers.
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There are heavy demands on people's time these days and a lot of rival attractions.
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Public service makes heavy demands on a man.
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It is not surprising, therefore, that old people make fairly heavy demands on medical care.
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Games that placed heavy demands on video and processor were never available for Windows.
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I'd say you're looking for a business where they have a heavy demand for rough paper.
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From the point of view of library administration the guided tour type of library orientation makes heavy demands on library staff time.
drinker
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Her husband was apparently a heavy drinker , and their marriage was deeply unhappy.
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But he was not, as Stone contends, a heavy drinker in earlier years.
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Many damaging consequences can result from being a heavy drinker but alcoholism does not come simply from drinking too much.
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In his youth Tom had been a heavy drinker .
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Hispanics are more often heavy drinkers than whites or blacks.
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I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.
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It was crowded with heavy drinkers .
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Two of three women with adenocarcinoma had accumulated more than 45 pack years each and one was also a heavy drinker .
duty
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Perhaps the most impressive beast of all, is the Current Trends Lion with a heavy duty bicycle chain for its mane.
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Cut four sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil into 8-inch squares.
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Soon came the freezer bag, the heavy duty bag, the sandwich bag and the Hefty Bag.
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They were all into loon pants or being heavy duty skinheads.
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Many won't, but some have heavy duty machine.
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The heavy duty generators, ex-Army mobile field units, roared into life when Lawton cranked the handle.
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Nothing is more conducive to inducing mains spikes than heavy duty switch gear.
fine
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The National Union of Mineworkers also had to pay heavy fines and suffer sequestration.
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He was ordered to compensate all of the victims of the fire and pay a heavy fine .
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It can also seek heavy fines on landlords who discriminate.
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Those violating the law could face heavy fines .
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If anyone failed to attend the muster, heavy fines and punishments could be imposed.
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Many faced heavy fines and the distraint of goods.
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Courts inflict heavy fines on egg thieves.
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If convicted they now face heavy fines , confiscation of goods, and even imprisonment.
goods
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Cars increased by 4 percent, but light vans fell by 2 percent, and heavy goods vehicles decreased by 3 percent.
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Added to this is the vibration caused by heavy goods vehicles and the annoyance of air traffic suffered by all city dwellers.
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The main Manchester-London line runs alongside one side of the garden, and a heavy goods line along the other.
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The dock company's estimate of heavy goods vehicle traffic has proved remarkably accurate.
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The number of heavy goods vehicles using the roads did not change much over the past 10 years.
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Sample section headings for the mailing list of a heavy goods vehicle manufacturer.
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The M 1 in Northamptonshire was designed to carry just over 8000 heavy goods vehicles a week by 1979.
hand
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I had paid for but not sipped my drink when a heavy hand fell on my shoulder.
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Even the remotest village councils felt their heavy hand , and the municipalities of Chambery and the other towns lost their autonomy.
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Escape from the heavy hands of Patriarchy!
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The novel contains a number of important historical accidents which reveal the heavy hand of the author.
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Until now, he had managed that, with a heavy hand and crude peasant humour.
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Out of the car, the sun was like a heavy hand .
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The heavy hand roll-mower is 1¾ inches wide.
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Suddenly a heavy hand whacked him in the shoulder blades.
heart
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Eve had spent the day wandering around Dublin with a heavy heart .
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Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart , to suffer and die in battle.
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I bowed to superior will and entered journalism with a heavy heart .
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Virginia went up to her bedroom with a heavy heart , to change out of the clothes she'd worn all day.
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She gave her letter to the postman with a heavy heart , wondering if she would ever see her sister again.
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Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart .
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With heavy heart , fearing the worst, I felt round in the cold nest.
industry
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The result - heavy industry and low value added production kept going long past its time, ineffectually, by subsidy.
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For example, the predominantly agricultural South was now entirely separated from the heavy industry of the North.
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And so, founded on its sure infrastructure of heavy industries , free-flowing capital and cheap labour, the machine is off.
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Light industries and textiles led on to the establishment of some heavy industries.
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Many of the countries in the region built their post-1997 crash recovery efforts on tech-heavy industries .
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Osaka has already set the example, to provide space for the heavy industries attracted there by the huge reservoir of labour.
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Industrial firms in the heavy industries tended to grow in size as the integration of manufacturing processes made further economies possible.
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The latter, involving heavy industry , was made possible by the building of the railways.
load
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Consumers and businesses will find it difficult to service their heavy load of debt.
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Think of it-three jobs-that is a heavy load to bear.
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All these men were encumbered with their heavy loads and had only automatic pistols.
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As they do so, be sure they notice the weights on the crane which balance the heavy loads .
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One day he collapses while pulling a heavy load .
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Then she laid this heavy load on me that she was concerned about my ability to work with the team.
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If you have to carry a heavy load , divide the weight between two bags.
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Ants know how to carry heavy loads .
loss
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If it is stored for too long in rick or barn, rats and mice can cause heavy losses .
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It ended with heavy losses to the enemy and, finally, their retreat.
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This time many were braced for heavy losses again.
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Viruses, generally transmitted by insect vectors, cause very heavy losses in crops.
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If allowed to go overripe, barley ears tend to fall off the stems, and heavy losses can occur.
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They also have inflicted heavy losses with roadside bombs, often disguised to resemble rocks.
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Some short-term interest rates rose by more than 1,000 %, and there were heavy losses on the Istanbul stock exchange.
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There is very little market in them - existing holders can sell only at a heavy loss .
machinery
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Komatsu, which makes heavy machinery , is integrating its research system with that of its suppliers.
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Afterward, you can still drive and operate heavy machinery .
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The stolid chugging, the intense revving of big diesels, the bass throb: it all signalled heavy machinery at work.
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There was quite an array of heavy machinery in sight, but none close enough to be a plausible source of accident.
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Patterns made in fields by the tracks of heavy machinery also frequently resemble patterns associated with archaeological remains.
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The steady hum of the drilling rigs and the rough growls of heavy machinery moving on the road smear the coastal quiet.
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This, and the sound of heavy machinery passing underneath the window, kept me tossing and turning.
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Hall of Power - a range of engines and heavy machinery , most of which are in working order and operated daily.
metal
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Some contamination by heavy metals was detected, notably in the industrial areas of Fife, and also more widely by tin.
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Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
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The most successful title of this type is the heavy metal bible, Kerrang.
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The method is particularly appropriate for assaying heavy metals such as lead in blood. 33-36.
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Daeve Pope would have been in heavy metal heaven.
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And there's a chance too for more heavy metal rocking when Iron Maiden play Belfast tomorrow night.
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The build-up of heavy metals in coastal areas has reached critical levels.
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They wake, they row; not to the morning bells, but a different kind of heavy metal .
penalty
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It is important therefore to build into the existing legal disincentives a heavy penalty to compensate for the difficulty of detection.
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There were heavy penalties for anyone who continued to buy and sell outside the prescribed times.
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This is a matter which can not be too carefully watched since failure to comply renders the member liable to heavy penalties .
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If a member did so there was a heavy penalty .
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They resented the Forest law which forbade them to hunt over their own lands and woods on pain of heavy penalties .
pressure
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Outside, there was arm-twisting and heavy pressure as the Tory whips rounded on potential rebels.
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Grant arrived on the battlefield to find the Federals under heavy pressure all along their front.
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However, she is under heavy pressure to accept cuts of £2 billion.
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Managed-care companies that had kept prices low to attract new customers are under heavy pressure to increase earnings.
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I say again what I said before business questions, namely, that there is heavy pressure on the next two debates.
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San Diego collected four sacks and put heavy pressure on Hostetler throughout the game.
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Newcastle, however, refused to lie down and put Ipswich under heavy pressure in the last 10 minutes.
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The heavy pressure of the pen made each line appear engraved.
price
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Its people now pay a heavy price for the loss of their forests.
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We are now coming to see that economic globalization has come at a heavy price .
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There is a heavy price to be paid for breaking the mould.
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Although Mitterrand escaped personally unscathed, his party paid a heavy price .
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It could be that they are paying a heavy price today for trusting what the politicians told them yesterday.
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Yet things have a way of evening ut, and I paid a heavy price for my hypocrisy.
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They belonged without doubt to the successful minority, but a heavy price had been paid by most of them.
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Sometimes this seems almost to rebuke me, to be a heavy price to pay for a simple preference of male anatomy.
rain
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But when water levels rise, after heavy rain , the caves flood, bringing water into contact with the pollutants.
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A baby carriage was overturned, and a heavy rain of black ash descended for a long while afterward.
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It was believed that the accident happened as an indirect result of heavy rain and snow storms in the city.
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The heavy rains left puddles in the center circle and in the corners.
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And heavy rain , at this period of the siege, was something that the garrison could have well done without.
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The potential for heavy rain , along with strong to severe storms, exists tonight across the entire region.
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Read in studio Farmers say that this month's heavy rain has stopped them harvesting much of their wheat.
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Just after midnight Wade woke to a heavy rain .
reliance
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Also, heavy reliance upon one client is not without risk when building up a practice.
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In the beginning Stax and Motown shared a heavy reliance on the cooperation of black radio to build audiences.
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The very narrow tax base meant continued heavy reliance on massive borrowings and indirect taxes.
sea
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Really heavy seas can force cancellation of services.
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Colored flags flapped in a heavy sea wind.
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What I did was to teeter from side to side like a tall mast on a small ship in a heavy sea .
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It would be much worse when we were in a heavy sea , when the entire cabin could flood.
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In May at least 20 were reported drowned in a similar incident in heavy seas .
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He treads water in heavy seas , yelling to search planes overhead.
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In the echoing corridors the booming of the heavy sea formed a constant background.
smoker
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Mrs R. was a heavy smoker , and this was a fire hazard.
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Occasionally, saturations of greater than 20 percent have been reported in heavy smokers . 402.
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At this age, heavy smokers have 10 to 15 times the rate of fatal heart attacks of nonsmokers.
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Head and neck cancer affects about 500,000 people worldwide each year, mainly heavy smokers and drinkers.
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Cigarette smoking can double our risk of dying from a heart attack and heavy smokers are even more likely to die young.
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Another effect of the job was that I'd become a heavy smoker .
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The children born to heavy smokers are on average 200 grams lighter than those who do not.
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I remember both as heavy smokers .
snow
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However, there had been very heavy snow and the farm was snowed in.
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Shrubs and trees deserve a look after a heavy snow .
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A test of faith at school when I was seven; an aerial photograph of mountain tops under heavy snow .
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For the most part, however, Boston in a heavy snow was skiers' Eden.
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In Towacho, where unusually heavy snow fell recently, Towa High School was the venue for the course.
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Though snow-covered topiary looks fantastical, heavy snow should be removed with a rake or broom.
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The floods, combined with heavy snow , produced 300 calls for help to the police.
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The Staffs-Worcs Canal was frozen but heavy snow in the car parks made access impossible.
snowfall
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There were heavy snowfalls in areas which never expect to see such wintry conditions.
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This occurs in cold climates that have heavy snowfalls during the winter.
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Donald Peterson said at a Pentagon news briefing as heavy snowfall continued to hamper search and rescue efforts near Vail, Colo.
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It was a heavy snowfall and by morning even the most prominent landmark was disguised beneath a thick covering of snow.
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In the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of 1940 and 1981, several trams were stranded and the service suspended for several days.
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Initially scheduled for Basingstoke on February 9, the trial was postponed when heavy snowfalls made travel absolutely impossible for many athletes.
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He began his planning in January but found practice curtailed two weeks ago by a heavy snowfall .
traffic
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On a day of heavy traffic it could take an hour.
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Bright flash in the sky, the way the aircraft lurched forward like a car Jolted in heavy traffic .
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In areas of heavy traffic , like halls and stairs, it's best to lay a good quality, hardwearing carpet.
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Drive own limo to experience heavy traffic .
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The worst fears of the residents were realised as the port was an immediate commercial success and heavy traffic quickly built up.
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He could hear the rumble of heavy traffic only a few kilometres away.
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The physical effort required in speaking would also be less than against a background noise of heavy traffic .
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Although it had almost stopped raining, there was heavy traffic on the road and he soon turned back.
weather
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The ship suffered damage due to heavy weather conditions.
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That was the first part of our dilemma: the heavy weather was shaking Hsu Fu to pieces.
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So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process.
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Some, of course, we had lost in our first bout of heavy weather when leaving Shimoda.
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It may be asked why psychiatry has made such heavy weather of coming round to that view.
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The 4 tries were good enough, but in between, the cherry and whites made heavy weather of the game.
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Although William could understand this, he found Arnold's company fairly heavy weather .
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Some publishers are making heavy weather of 1992.
weight
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Monks tied the locket to a heavy weight and dropped it into the water.
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Both heavy weights and light weights have slow and fast oscillations.
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Marlene woke to the sound of a heavy weight being dragged across the floor.
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I combine cardiovascular and muscular workouts with moderate to heavy weights , a lot of repetitions and no rest in between sets.
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If you lift heavy weights and you lift in the wrong way, you can obviously do yourself damage.
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Steeped again in current events and the heavy weight of the world, I felt my memory grow fuzzy.
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Lifting very heavy weights can also raise your blood pressure considerably for a short time.
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The only sensation was of a heavy weight pressing down on his back.
work
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Sledgehammers were usually wielded by the apprentice; it was hot and heavy work .
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It becomes heavy work to distract Harriet from brooding about lost Elton.
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It was hot and heavy work .
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But, around these parts, big trucks usually are purchased for heavy work by tradespeople.
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Female speaker Women should never have done such heavy work .
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Polycotton is more acceptable and smart, for light duties, but for heavy work 100 percent cotton is the most suitable.
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A large number are incapable of heavy work , and have given up their farms.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be heavy/great with child
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But my wife is great with child !
exact a high/heavy price
heavy going
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Although she usually got on well with children, she found Hilary heavy going .
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Eoin Young's Diary is heavy going .
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He reports that a trip to Catterick Camp to set up rope ladders on the assault course was heavy going .
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Like the writing of all books there are times of great enthusiasm, of heavy going and quite often real blockage.
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Mwangaza was dull and heavy going .
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Postnikova also manages to present in its possible light Tchaikovsky's Sonata, which is distinctly heavy going .
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The findings indicate why groups such as the Pearl are finding it heavy going in their core business activity.
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The resulting interview was heavy going for both of them.
lie heavy on sb
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The duties of leadership lay heavy on him.
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Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water, laced eerily with threads of light from the blaze.
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The river, swollen and bloated, lay heavy on the sunken fields.
make heavy/hard work of sth
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She was making hard work of plucking the goose.
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You can make hard work of an easy job if you don't know the right way to go.
on the small/high/heavy etc side
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Also on the small side is the 14-gallon fuel tank.
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Both versions have the same size fuel tank, which, at 14. 5 gallons, is on the small side .
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Burned by that experience, chip forecasters prepared their 1996 forecasts on the high side .
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For political reasons, these estimates are on the high side .
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The bedrooms, though on the small side , have recently been completed refurbished in sophisticated style.
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The clams and mussels-four of each-are on the small side , but flavorful.
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The little one's a bit on the small side .
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The only complaint we had with the shoe was the weight - it's on the heavy side .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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heavy bread
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heavy cream
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heavy manual work
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a heavy discussion
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a heavy fragrance
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a large, heavy -featured woman
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After a heavy lunch my father fell asleep almost immediately.
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Brian's gotten very heavy since we last saw him.
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Companies that continue to cause pollution will now face heavy fines.
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He wore a heavy jacket and a wool ski hat.
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Heat the oil in a large, heavy saucepan.
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His first wife Joy was a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer.
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It was a fierce battle, and losses on both sides were heavy .
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It was a pretty heavy scene.
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My hiking boots are too heavy .
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She didn't want things to get too heavy at such an early stage in their relationship.
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She has a bad cough, caused by heavy smoking.
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Some people find wholemeal bread too heavy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the beginning Stax and Motown shared a heavy reliance on the cooperation of black radio to build audiences.
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Mr. Mason, who was Chief Engineer to both the electricity and tramway departments, claimed and received heavy compensation for severance.
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She patrolled the aisles like a gaoler and woe betide you if that heavy tread stopped at your desk.
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Still, some snakes prefer spots under rusty metal and heavy rocks.
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Their sheer bulk in the heavy clothing made the people look like beasts.
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There was still a heavy roll of musketry to our left, and some sharp firing on our right.
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They were heavy , as he knew from the numbing pain in his shin.
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We gaze at one another despite the effort of heavy lids, our nodding heads, until the lull of sleep defeats.
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
exact a high/heavy price
heavy going
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Although she usually got on well with children, she found Hilary heavy going .
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Eoin Young's Diary is heavy going .
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He reports that a trip to Catterick Camp to set up rope ladders on the assault course was heavy going .
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Like the writing of all books there are times of great enthusiasm, of heavy going and quite often real blockage.
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Mwangaza was dull and heavy going .
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Postnikova also manages to present in its possible light Tchaikovsky's Sonata, which is distinctly heavy going .
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The findings indicate why groups such as the Pearl are finding it heavy going in their core business activity.
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The resulting interview was heavy going for both of them.
lie heavy on sb
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The duties of leadership lay heavy on him.
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Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water, laced eerily with threads of light from the blaze.
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The river, swollen and bloated, lay heavy on the sunken fields.
make heavy/hard work of sth
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She was making hard work of plucking the goose.
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You can make hard work of an easy job if you don't know the right way to go.
on the small/high/heavy etc side
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Also on the small side is the 14-gallon fuel tank.
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Both versions have the same size fuel tank, which, at 14. 5 gallons, is on the small side .
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Burned by that experience, chip forecasters prepared their 1996 forecasts on the high side .
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For political reasons, these estimates are on the high side .
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The bedrooms, though on the small side , have recently been completed refurbished in sophisticated style.
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The clams and mussels-four of each-are on the small side , but flavorful.
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The little one's a bit on the small side .
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The only complaint we had with the shoe was the weight - it's on the heavy side .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Being Latin, I play a lot of heavies.
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Of course, we realize there are no heavies at all.
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Only two questions remained unanswered - the puzzling absence of any sect heavies and Grant's worrying non-return.
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Some were converting from the heavies such as the Lincoln and Washington, others from the recce and light bomber Mosquito squadrons.
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The heavies will want everybody asleep, including me.
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The real heavies of the piece, the lawyers, offer him deals.
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The third was to contain the sect heavies, once they had been overpowered and captured.
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With two rooms used up holding the heavies, the bedroom's all that is left.