noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a mood/sense of optimism
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A mood of optimism prevails in the White House.
be in a party mood (= want to enjoy yourself at a party )
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Kate wasn’t really in a party mood, so she stayed home.
expansive mood
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Hauser was in an expansive mood .
festive mood
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John was obviously in a festive mood .
filthy mood/temper
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Simon had been drinking and was in a filthy temper.
lighten the atmosphere/mood/conversation
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Nora didn’t respond to my attempts to lighten the conversation.
mood music
mood swings
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She suffers from mood swings .
mood...swing
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His mood could swing from joy to despair.
prevailing mood
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The prevailing mood of public opinion remained hostile.
receptive mood
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You might find them in a more receptive mood tomorrow.
sense sb’s mood (= be aware of how someone is feeling )
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He instinctively sensed her mood and changed the subject.
somber mood
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We were all in a somber mood that night.
suit sb's mood
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You can adjust the colour of the lighting to suit your mood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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The feeling of contentment produced by gin-and-water had now disappeared, and the beadle was in a bad mood once more.
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Jerome had just changed his, but he was none the less still in a very bad mood .
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He was away all week and now arrived back on Friday evenings in a ready-made bad mood .
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No, our bad mood is caused by the bad mood of the adolescent children with whom we live.
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Today he was in a particularly bad mood .
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Despite bad moods and worse manners, the car could always be tamed by appreciation, patience and just enough rein.
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Ignore her, she is in a bad mood today.
confident
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At this stage in the negotiations, Green was in a relatively confident mood .
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Edward approached his third attempt to pass Responsions in a confident and relaxed mood .
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Then, on 22 March, the confident mood was poisoned.
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There was a confident mood at the rally in the park.
expansive
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He was in an expansive mood , and enjoyed chatting to the sales assistants.
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As noted, the frontier and the West had their own expansive mood .
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Mr. Salmond Given that the Minister is in such expansive mood I will press him on the matter of training.
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Why not go along with Luke's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink?
festive
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Richmond, you might say, is in festive mood , and the whole country can benefit from that.
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For the 1991 elections, the polling station in Lalmatia Girls High School had been in a festive mood .
foul
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That M. Dupont's arrived in the foulest mood imaginable.
general
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About time Paris was returned to the pedestrian was the general mood .
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In keeping with the general mood of the time, these novels tended to sentimentalize the past.
good
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I believe he was in a very good mood .
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I was surprised to see he was in a good mood .
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Because everyone was in such a good mood , he must have collected several thousand francs.
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Bill was in such a good mood these days.
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But everybody was in a good mood that morning, and his apologies were returned with a smile.
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But Joe does not argue or order another; the bartender has put him in a good mood .
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He was in a good mood , it looked like being one of those easy days.
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Suddenly, for the first time in months, I found myself in a very good mood .
national
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This did not suffice, but the national mood had changed.
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Isolationism reigned in the Congress, reflecting a national mood .
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His vivid persona might have been contrived, but it chimed in with the national mood .
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But it also may be a clue to the national mood .
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Already, they have contributed to great national mood swings.
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If the national mood is wrong, even the very best organisation is unlikely to win a local election.
new
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The new mood established in 1979 seemed amply confirmed.
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In keeping with the new mood at the company, Mr Newhouse has even toned down his own lifestyle a bit.
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Nor did she understand this new playful mood of fitzAlan's.
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A new mood quickly came over the wing as people realized how extensively they were changing for the better.
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There is a new mood afoot.
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But that may contain a fatal misreading of the new mood .
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The elements of the new mood are starting to shape the look of the Nineties.
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Every fashion comes with its own set of justifying phrases, and the new mood is no different.
optimistic
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And Dexter tried to calm his faint resentment against her for casting a shadow over his optimistic mood .
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The stock market reflected the more optimistic mood , with the FTSE-100 index closing up 18.2 at 2,400.9.
present
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Yet the present mood of well-being is curious.
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Dana was best left unanswered in her present mood .
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In the Sixties Gurus and pop music were the thing; the present mood is sombre and apocalyptic.
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She poured them more tea and he kept silent, anxious not to disturb her present mood .
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She reread Howard's End, twice, it was so beautifully fatalistic, she said, it suited her present mood .
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And to her, in her present mood , that meant tell Coffin.
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With the president in his present mood it is probably too optimistic to expect any improvement until after next year's election.
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But didn't the Party in its present mood need a touch of conciliation?
public
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But the public mood is more ambivalent.
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Despite such incidents, photocopies of articles critical of Niyazov circulate anyway, as do jokes that reflect the public mood .
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The public mood seemed to be that more organizations mean more bureaucracy, complexity and expense.
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New events, new information or simply an irrational wave of national dyspepsia can change public mood toward its leaders overnight.
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If you try and interpret the public mood , you become a bit of a slave.
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The public mood is necessarily confused.
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Indeed the long-term success of free-market policies depends on a change in public mood .
■ NOUN
change
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Yet when the stage is empty of mourners, there emerges a solitary dancer and the entire mood changes .
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Then, there are women who report having mood changes premenstrually that they find upsetting.
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Neil's reminder of Jett's quick mood changes niggled in my mind like biscuit crumbs in the bed.
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Why should daily mood changes not be mental disorders if monthly ones are?
disorder
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Origins of schizophrenia Schizophrenia is primarily a thought disorder , whereas depression is dominated by a mood disorder.
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The data is similar, though not as strong, for mood disorders .
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Exactly the same as the mood disorders and behavioural characteristics of the primary disease.
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Both schizophrenia and mood disorders show evidence of decreased activity in frontal lobes and abnormal function of the system for directed attention.
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Some patients had a short lived mood disorder , which would be likely to resolve rapidly, perhaps without treatment.
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Seiden suspects that the long-term result could be depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, and other mood disorders .
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Poets seem to have the highest rates of mood disorders and suicide.
music
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But it's mood music , really - that's how I see the band.
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Certainly, the mood music of summitry was transformed by the end of the Cold War.
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Start with the mood music , where Maastricht sets a tone but not much more.
swing
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His mood swings are generally only related to the latest project he's working on.
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Loi was well on his way down into the depths of a mood swing .
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They caused me to have terrible mood swings and it put my relationship with Stuart under a lot of strain.
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The mood swing was worrying, but at least it was an upbeat beginning to the day.
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It was the beginning of a frustrating period for Hunt and his mood swings were on the downturn.
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It gives you enormous mood swings , which nobody told me about.
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Pat Jerrom says Danniella had violent mood swings and threatened to commit suicide.
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A woman who is not ovulating escapes the sharp changes in hormone levels that can lead to mood swings .
■ VERB
affect
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Colour can affect mood and create atmosphere.
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Depression is a leading cause of suicide in the elderly, and also affects mood , behavior and physical health.
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The answer to that may be that lowering cholesterol influences the level of serotonin, a neurotransmitter which affects mood .
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However, because she is so perceptive, she can some-times be too affected by the moods and feelings of others.
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In addition they have to appreciate that all movement is affected by moods , emotions and actions.
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The smell is faint and subtle, but it powerfully affects my mood .
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This is one way in which food may affect mood and drowsiness.
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Every aspect of government policy was affected by the new mood .
capture
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This is ideal for note-taking or capturing the mood of a shot in the accompanying audio.
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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, captures this mood .
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I am talking about phrases which speak to the country by capturing its mood or its hopes.
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The soundtrack captures the mood of the film with some macho exciting music combined with some mellow saddle-up-and-ride-into-the sunset stuff.
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No one has captured the moods of the sea better than Claude Debussy in his symphonic sketches, La Mer.
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But Michael Foot was a formidable orator and on occasions he could coin a phrase which captured the mood perfectly.
create
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All colours create moods and illusions.
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This evenness of meter creates the mood of impersonal curiosity characterizing the poem.
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What part does repetition play in creating a mood of sorrow, of hopelessness?
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Remember, good news creates a good mood .
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Accompaniment is like this permeating background tone, creating the mood , influencing all that is added to it.
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He creates his mood with two factors: harmony and rhythm.
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It not only creates mood , it is also the chief unifying factor of the music, which otherwise is somewhat fragmentary.
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Do we want to create a restless mood , or a calm, pacific one?
lighten
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Just trying to lighten the mood a bit.
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The sun was streaming in through the window, yet it did nothing to lighten his mood .
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Don't paint the red apple as seen, brighten and lighten its mood or subdue and cool its expression.
match
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It was a grey, rain-streaked day and the lessons had matched the mood of the morning.
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Right now the bitter taste matched her mood .
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Her own wardrobe is extensive - with an outfit to match every mood .
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Pearle Vision insists that you need two pairs of glasses so that your frames can match your mood .
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It matched her mood , and her movements against him were desperate with hunger.
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She chose a dark green fitted dress - not quite in mourning, but a sombre colour to match her mood .
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The dale had weather to match every mood , Ruth thought.
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With one to match every mood , you know it makes scents!
reflect
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Cheney's announcement nevertheless reflected a mood of caution at the Department of Defence.
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Despite such incidents, photocopies of articles critical of Niyazov circulate anyway, as do jokes that reflect the public mood .
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The bags under their eyes reflect the wild mood swings that have afflicted the party since the first week.
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Isolationism reigned in the Congress, reflecting a national mood .
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Easy Rider happened to become the film of the moment because it reflected the mood of the moment.
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The main colour in your scheme should reflect this mood .
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As usual Congress reflects the mood .
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The stock market reflected the more optimistic mood , with the FTSE-100 index closing up 18.2 at 2,400.9.
set
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This can set a mood or enhance a period of reflection.
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Just as warm and cool colors visually manipulate the size of a garden, they set the mood as well.
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I'd just set off wherever the mood took me.
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First, silents were never silent; the accompanying music was as important to setting the mood as the pictures.
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In 1979 Labour was obviously in a panic - that set the mood .
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The poetry of the first four volumes depends heavily on the simile to set the mood of the poem.
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Bedroom lighting is particularly important in setting a mood , and for guests who read or work.
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That kind of really sets the mood .
suit
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But it had suited her mood , too.
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Sculptors after this give statues of women a new dress which better suits the changed mood .
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She reread Howard's End, twice, it was so beautifully fatalistic, she said, it suited her present mood .
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It suited Charles' melancholy mood well.
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It doesn't suit the mood .
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The physical privation of lying for hours on cold wood suited her mood .
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With the paths so well marked it's easy to make up walks to suit your mood and fitness.
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Willis Meals to suit every mood from self-service snacks to cafe society fare served in elegant luxury.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be in a bad mood
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I had to wait two hours for the train, which really put me in a bad mood.
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Why were you in such a bad mood this morning?
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But I was in a bad mood with myself.
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He seems to be in a bad mood about something.
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Ignore her, she is in a bad mood today.
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Maybe he was in a bad mood.
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Nubenehem was in a bad mood, reaching for her liquor jar and belching.
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Sister Isabel is in a bad mood.
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The feeling of contentment produced by gin-and-water had now disappeared, and the beadle was in a bad mood once more.
in a foul mood/temper
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Back at the Fernandez house, the mood was glum.
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Darla's a typical teenager - her moods change like lightning.
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In keeping with the general mood of the time, these novels tended to sentimentalize the past.
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Labor leaders figured that given the political mood of the time, Truman was the best candidate.
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Mondovi provoked severe unrest, contributing to the rebellious mood of the entire region.
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Pessimism replaced the mood of democratic optimism that existed before World War I.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to the few aid workers remaining in the town, the mood there is tense.
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But if his mood was optimistic, the stakes have never been more serious.
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But then, his mood suddenly darkens.
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Fen seemed to be in an amiable mood today.
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His ears pricked themselves to attention as he became aware of the master's mood .
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Sometimes the Party establishment, in its political moods, falls to judge the mood of its new recruits.