noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a marble floor
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He strode across the marble floor.
a marble/stone/bronze etc statue
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a magnificent marble statue of Frederick the Great
a stone/marble/bronze etc sculpture (= made of stone, marble etc )
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Opposite the chapel is a bronze sculpture of Cardinal Schwarzenberg.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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A black marble eagle crouches at his feet.
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They were dignified men with stiff white shirts and shoes as shiny as black marble .
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She noticed an open fireplace with an ornate mantelshelf in black marble .
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The façades are in three stages in black and white marble , surmounted by a low roof and lantern.
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But it wouldn't mean building the whole Store, said Nisodemus, his eyes shining like two bright black marbles .
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Through the telescope I could see the eyes glint like black marbles .
cold
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The goose lay, neatly trussed, on a cold , marble slab.
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I followed on socks down the cold marble floor to the living room.
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Not that cold , white marble with the grey veins.
green
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His eyes were the milky, undersea colour of green marbles .
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The floor was a deep green marble , and it went on and on.
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His head was shaped like a lightbulb and his eyes were bulging green marbles .
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The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds.
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The nave pillars were of green marble .
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But what interested Dorothy most was the big throne of green marble that stood in the middle of the room.
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The old structure is cocooned within a contemporary shell of glass, steel and polished green marble .
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The green marble clock on the grey marble chimney-piece ticked the minutes away on its golden face.
pink
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In the drawing room a pair of pink marble pillars supported the embrasure of the windows.
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The pink marble reception area was a monument to the vulgarity of mass tourism.
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The crowd parted before them and they stared, unbelieving, at the three girls on the bloodstained pink marble floor.
red
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It is faced with stone on the outside and red marble inside.
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The second bet is that drawing a red marble wins £1000, drawing a blue marble wins nothing.
white
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The order is Corinthian and the capitals and bases are of white Pentelic marble .
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A half-block-long hallway lined with white marble columns, arches and artwork.
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The white marble squares on the pavement glowed as if on a phantom chessboard.
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Howard cried as she hurried down the walk to the white marble church.
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Not that cold, white marble with the grey veins.
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He installed 17 white marble replicas of Michelangelo's David statue where the pine trees had stood.
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The staircase and walls are of white marble , with the addition of lapis lazuli for the geometrical floor pattern.
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For example, Bodnar had chosen a white streaked marble .
■ NOUN
bathroom
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So many hotels resemble each other, with fashionable limed wood furniture, chintz fabrics and marble bathrooms .
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Gorgeous women in fabulous saris floated through kitsch marble bathrooms with gold taps, trailing pink toilet paper behind them like veils.
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In the bedrooms fabric wallcoverings combine with cream wood furniture, and benefit from new marble bathrooms with a hair dryer.
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Mark found the marble bathroom almost offensive.
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A double-sink marble bathroom with separate tub and glassed-in shower.
bust
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The dining room possessed a huge marble bust of Stalin, but little succulent to eat.
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A generous pile of cushions, or a treasured marble bust can add the required decorative touch.
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High bookcases lined the library walls and stood between the windows, each topped with a marble bust .
column
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Fine old paintings, marble columns and period furnishings add charm.
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A half-block-long hallway lined with white marble columns , arches and artwork.
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The interior is in simple, brick design with high vaults and brick piers and marble columns .
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Only fragments of the mosaics remain but there are some interesting basket type leaf capitals surmounting the marble columns .
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The fabulous Crillon, with its marble columns , crystal chandeliers and tapestries, was probably the most exclusive hotel in Paris.
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At one end of the bar marble columns and curves suggest a memorial chapel with tables for drinkers replacing tombs.
fireplace
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Over the marble fireplace was a portrait, presumably of the baronet who had commissioned the house.
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We occupy the sun porch, a windowless living room with a fake marble fireplace and a dining room behind glass doors.
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Inside, high ceilings, plaster cornices, marble fireplaces and a pine staircase contribute to its air of grandeur.
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A black leather suite was arranged around a white marble fireplace standing starkly against slate-grey walls and carpet.
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The Prince took his customary place before the plain white marble fireplace .
floor
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The functional simplicity of the gym contrasts with the opulence of the marble floors , the paintings and the drapes.
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I followed on socks down the cold marble floor to the living room.
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A cleaning woman was laboriously washing the marble floor of the foyer.
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We would cross the marble floor of the lobby to reach the pool in the garden beyond.
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He beckoned her into a high-ceilinged room with a marble floor covered with rush mats.
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There is a central font with marble floor around it.
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They walked out on to the marble floor , a dancing floor.
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In an old domed church, sunlight painted rainbow jewels on the marble floor .
hall
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I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls , is how it goes.
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I followed him along the marble hall .
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So marble halls , crystal chandeliers, obsequious waiters were going to be in.
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At the top an arched door opened into a grand marble hall with an elegant horseshoe staircase.
pillar
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The water fountain became an altar, standing on marble pillars and graced by its own fan design.
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Bailiffs, armed for this solemn occasion, are positioned at the forward corners of the bench beside the marble pillars .
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Opened in 1903, the building had a huge domed trading hall lined with marble pillars and stained glass.
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In the drawing room a pair of pink marble pillars supported the embrasure of the windows.
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A lead Cupid aimed his arrow from the top of a marble pillar .
sculpture
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Lasers are also being used to vaporise the dirt from limestone and marble sculpture .
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He heard tourists go past his door talking about the sights, the beautiful subway stations, amazing bronze and marble sculpture .
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Possibly the beginning of marble sculpture should be brought down.
slab
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The goose lay, neatly trussed, on a cold, marble slab .
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On a marble slab near to the cooker there was a joint of ham and a fat salami ready for slicing.
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In the Mortuary Like soft cheeses they bulge sideways on the marble slabs , helpless, waiting to be washed.
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He lay on the marble slab in the centre of the tiny oblong chapel like a king lying in state.
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Consequently she kept digging into the supply of tissues that Lee kept on the marble slab in the kitchen.
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Our favourite photo was taken of me on the marble slab .
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We were shown the great marble slab covering Arthur's coffin and the chalice well which provided water for the brothers.
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Sister Martha's hair is cut off with a pair of gold scissors, she lies arms outflung on the marble slab .
stair
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Our classroom had a chart; on it an apricot glow marked the apotheosis of a vast flight of yellowed marble stairs .
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Julia Patterson as she linked arms with two other senators and escaped down the marble stairs .
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He flung himself down the marble stairs , and out through the front doors of the school.
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We joined the surge out through the doors and down the marble stairs .
staircase
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There was a grand marble staircase , spiralling up to the eaves and the upper areas of the casino.
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I am far up above a marble staircase past a balcony in a large room with long tables.
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A marble staircase leads to wide corridors of bedrooms, which are comfortably furnished and equipped with modern bathrooms.
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Flanked by the two men, they walked down a wide marble staircase , and out into the brilliant sunshine.
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Karl von Bruhel, waiting impatiently at the foot of the curving marble staircase to greet his guests, glanced angrily upwards.
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Ahead was a short marble staircase , leading to what appeared to be a lecture-room on the next floor.
statue
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It should also be borne in mind that ancient marble statues were painted.
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You have a face like a perfect marble statue , yet I know you are not stone inside.
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Museum chiefs say the marble statue should be removed from the portico of the gallery and replaced by a replica.
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This is surely not only the earliest marble statue we possess but one of the first made.
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In the case of the marble statue , molecules in solid marble are continuously jostling against one another in random directions.
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In this way it is possible for a marble statue to wave at us.
top
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On entering the shop, facing you was a glass showcase with a marble top for the counter.
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Opposite her was a small washstand with a coarse crockery toilet set on a fake marble top .
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Berger pulled himself up, hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh.
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The inlaid marble top of the gilt table in the centre of the saloon.
■ VERB
lose
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The runner in question hasn't lost his marbles - he's just upholding an old and well-loved Lincolnshire tradition.
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The old boy had lost his marbles somewhere along the line.
play
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The girl knelt down and began to play a game of marbles with the Doctor.
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At this time, children play with marbles by themselves.
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In History Endill spent his time underneath the floorboards playing marbles .
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The girl playing marbles didn't even look up as the travellers left.
walk
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They walked out on to the marble floor, a dancing floor.
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Flanked by the two men, they walked down a wide marble staircase, and out into the brilliant sunshine.
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We explored, we gazed a bit more, and I discovered the pleasures of walking barefoot on marble .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fire leaped in the hearth under a marble mantelpiece identical to the one in her own flat.
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As she walked beside Archer with her long swinging gait her face wore the vacant serenity of a young marble athlete.
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Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over.
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I remember picking up a rock about the size of a marble , and I hit him on the temple.
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If I make an omelette of your eggs or a statue out of your block of marble , that is conversion.
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The word kept rolling around in his mind like a marble .
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While I was there, a pair of huge marble hands designed by Larry Kirkland were being carved into life.
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Would it be possible to start with a full container of water and add marbles and sand?