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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hidden meaning
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She felt there was a hidden meaning behind his words.
a hidden motive
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She wondered if there was a hidden motive for his departure.
a hidden talent
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Have a go – you may discover a hidden talent!
be hidden from view
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The inside of the house was hidden from view by curtains.
buried/hidden/sunken treasure
hidden depths
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She’s quiet, but perhaps she has hidden depths .
hidden extras (= additional charges which you are not told about )
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Be careful, there may be hidden extras .
lie empty/open/hidden etc
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The book lay open on the table.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
agenda
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For further advice on tactics for avoiding hidden agendas or surfacing them, see Games on page 71.
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To have no secrets, no abnormal fears, no hidden agenda .
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The London Implementation Group has no hidden agenda .
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There is frequently a hidden agenda in the use of games.
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What proved decisive, however, was part of the hidden agenda of unemployment.
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In fact, as we have argued, governments may have hidden agendas and their priorities may fluctuate according to political cycles.
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The hidden agenda helps to explain although not to justify it.
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I should like to make a couple of points about the Bill's two substantive provisions before turning to its hidden agenda .
costs
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The car, with all its hidden costs in pollution, traffic accidents and congestion, will continue to be more popular.
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Subscription to the list is absolutely free and there is no commercial exploitation or hidden costs .
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Considerable hidden costs in time taken by authority estates and environmental staff over negotiation could be added to this bill.
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Do not forget hidden costs like legal fees; do you anticipate further loans and/or an overdraft?
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In theory at least, a more open defence market should expose some of these hidden costs .
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One of the hidden costs of information technology is security.
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There are no hidden costs with a midland car Loan.
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A market share that is unprofitable does not signify a successful investment. hidden costs 166 Here the investment seems simple at first.
danger
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Underwater there are hidden dangers for river-life.
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Behind the relatively simple physiological basis of oral rehydration therapy lurks a hidden danger .
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Holmes provides practical information about the hidden dangers of food and how to overcome them.
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It may seem obvious to try the investigation yourself first, but this can have hidden dangers .
depth
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But he believes that linen is the ideal instrument by which to probe the hidden depths of marital life.
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One glimpse brought all his prejudices bubbling up from their hidden depths .
meaning
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Sometimes one partner suspects hidden meanings which were genuinely not intended.
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There does not remain within the artist hidden meanings only known to himself.
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Why go to all the effort of perceiving other hidden meanings , finding new interpretations, applying alternative readings?
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He had given them no time for questions, no opportunity to develop theories or surmise any hidden meaning behind his words.
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Yet the shift in surroundings was also an indication of hidden meanings .
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Let's find the hidden meaning in everything.
treasure
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Decorate the room with a treasure chest, and the children all look for hidden treasure when they arrive.
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A Guide to Northampton Welcome to Northampton - a town full of hidden treasures just waiting to be discovered.
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The two museums have some real hidden treasures , including 3,300 items of jewellery from all periods.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hidden video cameras were used to improve security.
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Even after years of psychiatric treatment, she was full of hidden anger.
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He's always joking around to make sure his true feelings stay hidden .
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I've got the kids' presents all hidden away ready for Christmas day.
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She kept the letters hidden in a box in her closet.
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The lyrics of most of his songs have some hidden meaning.
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The pit was hidden from view by branches and leaves that had been laid across it.
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Under the lampshade Harry discovered a hidden microphone.
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You can dance and sing! I never realized you had so many hidden talents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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New methods of non-linear local regression can reveal hidden patterns in a scatterplot.
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Northern Ireland provides a particularly clear illustration of the sometimes hidden problems involved in majoritarian thinking about democracy.
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One strategy in theorizing family law is to uncover hidden assumptions concerning both family and law.
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Risk is the hidden reason behind many failures to sell.
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She contrasts materials, symbolic objects and images in a way that begins to reveal hidden emotions and aspects of identity.
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The centre of Dixie's shirt caves in instantly, as if a hidden mouth inside had sucked at it and vomited blood.
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The overt thing was that we came in from outside, but I think the hidden thing was that we were women.
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We should not forget our animal origins or our brain's capacity to malfunction or the hidden potential of the unconscious mind.