determiner
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
any other
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Are there any other questions?
any other
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This excuse was as good as any other .
at the other/opposite extreme
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At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment.
contradict each other
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The witness statements contradict each other and the facts remain unclear.
each other
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Susan and Robert kissed each other passionately.
for some reason (or other) ( also for some unknown reason ) (= for a reason that you do not know )
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For some reason she felt like crying.
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For some unknown reason, the curtains were always drawn.
go from one extreme to the other (= change from one extreme thing to something totally opposite )
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Advertisements seem to go from one extreme to the other .
other sorts
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What other sorts of books do you like?
played off each other
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The two musicians played off each other in a piece of inspired improvisation.
significant other
some sth or other/another
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Just give him some excuse or other.
somehow or other
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Maybe we could glue it together somehow or other .
the opposite/other end (of sth)
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Jon and his girlfriend were sitting at the opposite end of the bar.
the other day (= a few days ago )
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Mark called the other day.
the other half
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Half the patients were given the drug and the other half were given a sugar pill.
the other/opposite side
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On the other side of the river are some low hills.
this/the other side of the border
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Her friend lives on the other side of the border.
vying with each other
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There are at least twenty restaurants vying with each other for custom.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(in) one way or another/one way or the other
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One way or another, Roberts will pay for what he's done.
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As you grow older, some of those uncertainties - such as whether or not you are lovable - are settled one way or another.
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But the fact is that the way we live our lives often assumes a belief about them, one way or another.
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In one way or another, all these therapies seem to have an effect on the electrical balances of the body.
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In one way or another, the representatives will be compared with the total client system.
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In one way or another, whatever happened, instinct told him that they would both survive.
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Many others were involved in small business issues one way or another.
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My gut feeling is that one way or another Congress will pull through.
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Then one way or another he would have to deal with Capshaw.
all (other) things being equal
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All other things being equal , schools where parents are highly involved are more likely to run effectively.
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Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal .
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But all other things being equal , the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
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But all things being equal , most movie makers would like their facts to be right.
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It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal .
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Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal .
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The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal , the one to be preferred.
all (other) things being equal
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Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.
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But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.
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But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
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It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.
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Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.
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The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.
among other things
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Among other things , Bradley talked about his days as a senator.
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At the meeting they discussed, among other things , recent events in Eastern Europe.
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Businesses were allowed to pay in equipment and acquired, among other things , a few computers.
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It results from, among other things , voluntary acts of charity, which government more and more supersedes.
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It was called oratory, and dealt with, among other things , logic and the art of persuasion....
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Many nurses were aware of this but feared, among other things , a possible ischaemic element.
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New scientific techniques introduced among other things reliable means of dating the prehistoric past.
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Or pressure groups like the Baby Milk Action Group which, among other things , campaigns against women being pressurised into bottle-feeding.
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Sniping by the president's men has, among other things , forced the foreign minister to resign.
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They will have to enter between three huge cans to see, among other things , more than 150 different tins.
among other things/places/factors etc
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But that study was highly criticized for poor mammograms, among other things.
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I'd like him to look specifically at Personnel's computing problems among other things. 3.
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It was noticeable, among other things, that she was drinking faster than anybody else.
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Sniping by the president's men has, among other things, forced the foreign minister to resign.
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That could mean, among other things, grouping inmates by race in counseling.
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That meant, among other things, keeping them from making any deal that gave real estate to the Vietminh.
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The industrial revolution, among other things, necessarily produced general literacy.
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You have to give Cronenberg credit for nerve, among other things.
another woman/the other woman
be at each other's throats
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Congress and the President have been at each other's throats for so long that it's a wonder they can agree on anything.
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Lisa and Nicole were at each other's throats the whole trip.
be made for each other
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Sam and Ellie are made for each other. I just can't think of either of them with anyone else.
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Television and the Muppets were made for each other.
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When they met in Paris last fall, they fell immediately in love and knew they were made for each other.
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A year ago, these same pundits were saying that private investors and the internet were made for each other.
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And everyone uses the E-word: Enya and ethereal were made for each other.
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People and snakes, it would seem, were made for each other.
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When they met in Paris last fall, they knew they were made for each other.
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You and Debbie were made for each other.
be neither one thing nor the other
be/live in each other's pockets
criticize/nag/hassle sb up one side and down the other
every other
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As in the case of every other issue that could have been used against him, Clinton co-opted it.
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At least every other day, even through the winter, something more must be done to keep the garden in good shape.
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Bait should be introduced as often as possible, at least every other day, but every day is much more effective.
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Buildings are casualties of this kind every other month.
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I looked after Jessica and visited him every other day.
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Not enough money to share among the special learners who have an equal right to education with every other child?
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Task analysis, in common with every other perceptual process, is a matter of setting up mechanisms for categorisation and filtering.
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Trash is collected every other day.
go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other
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It goes in one ear and out the other.
have other/bigger fish to fry
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I can't deal with this now - I've got other fish to fry.
how the other half lives
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High-ranking public officials should take the bus so they can see how the other half lives.
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Ye never knew how the other half lives!
it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
look the other way
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Politicians have looked the other way while children go hungry.
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He tactfully looked the other way and did not pause in his stride.
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Mud pools wait until you are looking the other way before plopping discreetly.
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Our safe places were attacked by hooligans, and the authorities looked the other way.
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Running out of time, minding its own business, looking the other way.
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The troops, acting on orders, looked the other way.
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Turn a deaf ear, look the other way.
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Up stepped Purse, who had only just taken over the penalty duties, as 32,000 Brummies looked the other way.
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With hindsight it would have saved a lot of heartbreak if he had looked the other way.
none other than sb
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Another of McGrath's novels, Asylum, is being adapted for the screen by none other than Stephen King.
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Faithless is the result of a close collaboration between Ullmann and her scriptwriter, who is none other than Ingmar Bergman.
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It includes an early set of variations by none other than Ludwig van Beethoven, the program's one big name.
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Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.
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Out of this union Persephone bears none other than Dionysos.
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Sources say Gumbel was summoned there by none other than the potentate of Microsoft himself, Bill Gates.
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That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.
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Why, look, gentlemen, it is none other than our young Pascal.
on the other hand
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Nuclear power is relatively cheap. On the other hand , you could argue that it's not safe.
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The hamburger was tough and overcooked. The fries, on the other hand , were terrific, and well worth the money.
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You want to help your kids as much as you can, but on the other hand , you've got to be careful to help them learn on their own.
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Clinton on the other hand lacks the courage of his cynicism.
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Clinton, on the other hand , understands what Kathie Lee is going through.
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Lind, on the other hand , is a victim of the great urge to simplify.
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Ray, on the other hand , is more of a traditionalist.
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Rickenbacker's whole philosophy, on the other hand , is based upon never making guitars anywhere other than under their own roof.
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Salads on the other hand , are simple, satisfying and sizable.
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The Macintosh, on the other hand , uses the Motorola 68000 and was designed as a closed architecture.
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Your computer, on the other hand , is a digital device.
one after another/one after the other
one after another/one after the other
one on top of the other
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Banana trees dropped their rotting fruit, which lay one on top of the other, dying in layers.
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He taught Callie that when she added, she should stack the numbers one on top of the other.
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Soon our hands are together, perhaps one on top of the other, pointing to the words.
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The flour-dusted man with the two coats, one on top of the other, ran a grocery store.
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There were books piled on three shelves, one on top of the other.
other than
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For brain functions other than language, most of what we know comes from studies of the brains of other animals.
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He insists the designs have no grand meaning, other than that they appealed to his eye.
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It was the greatest honor, other than getting accepted in heaven.
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Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.
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No known clockmaker, other than self-taught Harrison himself, lived or worked anywhere around north Lincolnshire in the early eighteenth century.
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That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.
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There was no reason for this other than a certain unwillingness to emerge from our bond trading shell.
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You can also create mailboxes other than the simple in and out trays and mark them in however you want.
pull the other one (it's got bells on)
sb will be laughing on the other side of their face
still more/further/another/other
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And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
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But the consumer could benefit still further.
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Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
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His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
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I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
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Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
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The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
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With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
the boot is on the other foot
the grass is greener (on the other side)
the other/opposite side of the coin
this, that and the other
turn the other cheek
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It's hard to turn the other cheek when someone insults you.
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Anyway, all I can remember is something about turning the other cheek which I don't believe in.
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Maintaining our resolve for peace does not mean, however, turning the other cheek .
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No bottling up for me; no turning the other cheek for Walt.
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Peregrine responded by turning the other cheek .
your better half/other half