I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a little/kid sister (= a younger sister )
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She was very fond of her little sister.
jump-up kids (= young people who like this type of music )
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jump-up kids
new kid on the block informal (= the newest person in a job, school etc )
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It’s not always easy being the new kid on the block.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
little
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Even that, the poor little kid didn't like.
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The first two fingers closed together as if he was a little kid pretending he had a gun.
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Will: For little kids it was better as a puppet show.
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A group of little kids were doing what is called the Carrot Dance, over by the groceries.
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She has to be careful not to trip over these little kids who press forward at her knees, begging for autographs.
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Oh yes, one of her sons has leukaemia, poor little kid , hasn't he?
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Coach Wooden saw something in me as a little high school kid .
young
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And the younger kids who wanted to be ultra-mod, exaggerated the look.
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I told Mike today that I feel like a young kid .
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A couple with two young kids starts paying on income over £69.70.
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He soon got to know the young kids who eked a living by carrying luggage, polishing shoes or running errands.
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Simple answers like this seem to delight younger kids , who demand a reason for everything.
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He knew that on these streets young kids with guns used people on the sidewalks for target practice.
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Females with very young kids also tend to keep away from the herd.
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He was a young , good-looking kid , a full-blooded Chippewa with nervous eyes and gentle moves.
■ NOUN
school
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It's crowded out with school kids .
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That a high school kid from southern Missouri would be dazzled by London is not surprising.
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Coach Wooden saw something in me as a little high school kid .
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The only way we got out was following those school kids .
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To multiply several prime numbers into a larger product is easy; any elementary school kid can do it.
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In basketball, you can have good teams consisting of high school kids , old men and women of all ages.
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Sixteen-year-old Jesse Costello-Good wants to create night clubs for high school kids , so teenagers have someplace to go.
■ VERB
get
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All across the board, we get kids from every walk of life.
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Last week, we got a little kid outfitted with glasses.
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Rule two, stop pretending you got engaged to my kid brother for anything but his money.
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The number of kids who enjoyed playing decreased as they got older.
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But New York has my friends and now it's got my kid .
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I was feeling like I had to wrap things up and get dinner for the kids , or whatever.
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L7 give better than they get , but the kids don't get it at all.
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People hear of another horrible case and think: Get the kids out of there, and keep them out.
raise
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At some level they still cling to the idea that tender loving care is the only factor in raising kids .
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They have other things on their minds, such as raising the kids and making a living.
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He certainly had a point, for Mia Farrow has raised 11 kids in all.
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Marie: But then, she raised nine kids .
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Women raised the kids and did Bthe household chores.
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Because of the responsibilities of earning the dough, fathers have routinely sacrificed raising the kids .
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I raise my kids and work.
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People often ask my parents how they managed to raise nine kids , all of whom can be described as hard working.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
latchkey kid
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All I ever wanted was to get married and have kids.
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Billy is Paul O'Brien's kid , isn't he?
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Could you look after the kids this evening?
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Don't be so hard on him - he's just a kid .
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I really enjoy working with kids.
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Jamie's a bright kid .
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Tell the kids next door to turn down their music.
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We have two kids in high school now.
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When we were kids, we used to spend practically the whole summer outdoors.
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Who's the kid in the blue jacket over there?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But New York has my friends and now it's got my kid .
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He was kind to her as a kid .
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I remember the good things about a kid and he showed that tonight.
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I told Mike today that I feel like a young kid .
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I tried out for the swim team when I was a kid .
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Most of these kids live in this neighborhood and are surrounded by gangs and drugs.
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The older kids were at school and two of the women had taken the younger ones to the park.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
just
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Just kidding - I mean the music.
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Oops, just kidding about the computer-science professors.
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Joey is just kidding , but even I have my limits.
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Ha, ha, just kidding .
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They looked at me and I said I was just kidding .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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You've got to be kidding me! What do you mean you lost the tickets?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And who was she trying to kid , anyway? she thought unhappily.
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He tried not to kid himself that he was any longer much of a terror.
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I manage to earwig a conversation between, and I kid you not, two members of Napalm Death.
III. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
brother
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I met his kid brother Ed, the flight nurse, back in Beckley, West Virginia, their hometown.
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Most of them were older than I was, and I was like a kid brother , always hanging around.
sister
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He told me he asked his 4-year-old kid sister the same questions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I really didn't understand the kid gloves, but it was still a slap up-side their right-wing heads.
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Jackson proved once and for all he was no longer the kid star of the Jackson Five days.
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Steve Francis still plays with the joyous ferocity of the kid ninja warrior.