noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Jack the Lad
lad mag
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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They all tried. Big lads they were and all.
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Some one who, for preference, was a big strapping lad but short on brains.
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I gave your letter to Corky for his tips section, but the big lad says' Stuff off!
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This particular day he had a young fireman called Tom Smith, a big strong lad with a fiery temper.
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They indicate that the big lad from West Birk Hatt is probably one of the finest unsung heroes of the last war.
good
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It might also be necessary to employ a good lad from the village to help.
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A good lad but as they say, a walk through the ocean of his soul would scarcely get your feet wet.
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And we had five good lads aboard, we never thought to run into any trouble we couldn't handle.
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He's a good head lad , Tremayne trusts him, but I wouldn't stake my life on his loyalty.
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I know he mucks about a bit, but he's a good lad really.
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But Tony Cottee's a good lad and I wish him well.
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I thought this was marvellous, good for the lads , and got us all out in the open air.
likely
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McGeechan puts that down to identifying the likely lads early and raising their sights to higher planes.
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Right: A pair of likely lads .
little
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How happy they had been together, he and she and the little lad in the drowsy heat of the meadows.
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Walt the Wonder Boy, the little lad who fired the imagination of millions.
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And I hope you can do something for this little lad here.
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And the little lad was, oh, so welcome!
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But they was lying one on top the other, duck - and the little lad was beneath and upside down.
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At length the little lad grabs her sleeve and becomes insistent, and she is only just in time with the sick bag.
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A few windows were flung open, and two little lads pelted Broomhead with rotten apples before they were chased off.
local
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Formed at college, where Andy studied drama, the FADs are not local lads .
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The best rugby, though, was yet to come stemming from a tigerish rally inspired by a local lad .
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I think that if they had just local lads to contend with there would be no problems.
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In New Zealand public opinion is swinging behind the local lad .
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Young Mark and Matthew, local lads , dealing out the food.
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In Nurly their daughters are wary of marrying local lads , fearing that they may eventually be divorced.
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Boys will be boys and in spite of warnings at least one fatal accident occurred involving local lads , and several were injured.
nice
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He changed from being a nice lad into being violent.
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He was a nice enough lad .
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A nice enough lad ... Matthew.
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Oh, you're a nice lad all right.
other
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The year was 1931 and there were a lot of other lads and lassies standing around anxiously like me.
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And the master carpenter and the other lad turned back for Shrewsbury.
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Safety manager, presented and with their own pen sets as well as those for the other lads on the team.
poor
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But - poor lad - he suffered.
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Then there was Brian, who had frequent fits, poor lad .
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Bet the poor lad didn't even know it was there.
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Harry, poor lad , must wait his turn.
stable
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A young stable lad led out another horse, and stood waiting for the one which the smith had almost finished shoeing.
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He was a stable lad at Kingsley House, Middleham, at the time.
young
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Hadn't he actually been elected to the State Senate - old Jack Ryan's youngest lad ?
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He was driving over to Liverpool to score and had the youngest lad with him.
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Two young lads from Hafnarfjödur, a small fishing village near Reykjavik, were going like loonies.
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He's a young lad who was employed in the house here, living in.
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A young stable lad led out another horse, and stood waiting for the one which the smith had almost finished shoeing.
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There was scope here for a young lad with ability.
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For a young lad , he has surprised me.
■ VERB
meet
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Tell her that as much as you appreciate her efforts, you'd rather meet lads on your own.
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John walked down the hill, on his way to meet some of the lads in the town.
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There he meets a group of lads from Liverpool.
play
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I played one lad and beat him in three successive frames.
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Then I played a second lad and beat him too.