I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a capacity/packed audience (= the largest number of people who can fit into a hall, theatre etc )
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The lecture attracted a capacity audience.
a pack of dogs (= a group of wild dogs or stray dogs )
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There are packs of wild dogs in the mountains.
a pack of lies informal ( also a tissue of lies British English formal ) (= a lot of lies )
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Everything he had told me was a pack of lies.
a packed lunch British English , a bag/sack lunch American English (= food such as sandwiches that you take to school etc )
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Most of the children had brought packed lunches.
be crammed/stuffed/packed etc full of sth
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Ted’s workshop was crammed full of old engines.
blister pack
face pack
Home Information Pack
ice pack
lead the world/market/pack/field
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US companies lead the world in biotechnology.
pack a bag (= put things in it preparing to go somewhere )
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Mum packed a bag for a day at the beach.
pack animal
pack horse
pack ice
pack of wolves
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a pack of wolves
pack rat
pack trip
packed lunch
packed out
packed to the rafters (= very full )
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The club was packed to the rafters .
packed...overnight bag
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He packed an overnight bag and left.
packing case
postage and packing BrE, postage and handling American English (= the charge for packing and sending something you have bought )
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It’s yours for £13.99, including postage and packing.
power pack
starter pack
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bag
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As she quickly packed a bag before preparing dinner, it suddenly struck her what a risk she was taking.
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They returned to their hotel, packed their bags , and left for Penn Station to catch a train for Washington.
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A third group have packed their bags and are ready to travel immediately as the snow falls.
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Wash them before packing into plastic bags or containers.
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She packed her bag together and drove like a maniac to the mikva.
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Then I recall that I forgot to bring it with me when I packed my bags in Boston.
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Break your fast and pack our bags .
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We can either pack up our bags or play hard.
belongings
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Adam packed his few belongings , then went next door and did the same for Billie.
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I walked down the corridors of Hard Class to my compartment, to pack my belongings .
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Even the tinkers camped nearby were packing up their few belongings and preparing to leave.
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Outsiders go home, they yelled at us over and over, until the day the missionaries started to pack their belongings .
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He packed his belongings , made his goodbyes, and parted from his hosts.
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So they packed their few belongings and rushed to southeast Washington.
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As she set down her cup, startling the sparrows, she thought she might even pack his belongings .
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Instead of trying to sort it out, he waits until I leave the house, then packs all his belongings and leaves.
book
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Around four o'clock I packed up my books and went into my house to wash and change.
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Every couple years the-urge strikes, to pack the books and unscrew the table legs and haul off to a new site.
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When I was well enough, I packed my clothes and books .
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Goldman packs his book , wall-to-wall, with wisdom born of his own 40-year-plus career.
box
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So I packed my plastic box , and off I went.
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The insignificant operated the machines, waited on customers, packed boxes , assembled products, and provided services.
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She can not help you pack your box at the supermarket and have a tantrum at the same time.
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The Halutzim were busy packing boxes , hammering nails, tying up chests, writing labels with thick pens and pencils.
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I visited one farm that obtained permission to convert a barn for use as a place to pack boxes .
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At the State House, men in their shirtsleeves were packing papers into boxes .
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Voluntary workers help to supervise mentally handicapped people to pack the boxes .
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All packed up in boxes , down in the basement.
car
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The grown-ups were already packing their cars in the hope of driving beyond the fog.
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Christine and I sat in our packed car , trying to decide where to go next.
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His parents packed him into the car for the trip to San Diego.
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We finished eating and paid the bill and said good-bye to Pepe and packed back into the car .
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Trains are packed like cattle cars , and shoving has become an unofficial Olympic sport.
case
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Then he retrieved his clothes and suitcase from the locker-room, dressed himself and packed his case .
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You could get what you need - pack a case .
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The general wards were packed with acute cases and, although I received a sympathetic ear, no one really wanted to know.
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She had packed two cases with clothes, towels and essentials.
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The sellers had agreed to sell a quantity of tinned pears which were to be packed in cases containing 30 tins each.
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They had delivered the correct total quantity of tins but half of them were packed in cases of 24 tins each.
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It was held that the contract requirement that they be packed in cases of 30 was part of the contract description.
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She turned away in confusion and started to pack a small case .
clothes
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I gave her a hand packing up her clothes and stuff.
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She had packed two cases with clothes , towels and essentials.
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She was packing away some clothes .
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I just ran out of the room and went to pack some clothes .
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I think I packed the wrong clothes .
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When I was well enough, I packed my clothes and books.
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Once you've booked your trip, don't bother packing loads of clothes .
gun
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He also packs a stun gun that could be used to send an electric current into any bite.
hall
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They returned in 1976 at the height of their fame to pack the King's Hall , Balmoral.
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He could pack a union hall , as no one in the seventies was supposed to be able to do.
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This was his Proms debut, and a packed Albert Hall was buzzing with excitement.
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Partygoers inside and ticket holders lined up outside the packed concert hall were outraged.
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Four thousand miners packed Sheffield's city hall one night that winter.
ice
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They transport the bodies packed in blocks of ice .
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Or, it could be packed in ice and flown to Boston.
lunch
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There was also a lecture Theatre for people who had packed lunches .
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Instead of having parents pack lunches , he decided the kids should get free, hot meals.
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We had persuaded our landladies to give us packed lunches in place of the statutory second meal.
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I am grateful not to have to pack lunches .
place
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Fernandez, a Miami native, was not packing the place every time he pitched.
punch
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The 40i is small but certainly packs a very special punch-a beautiful design.
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For the first time in a long time, an Eddie Murphy movie packs a punch .
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The paper is light; it doesn't pack a punch .
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He also packed a mean punch , according to his estranged wife Sheila.
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Square-cut and staid to behold, it packs a potent punch quite at odds with its looks.
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At last - takeaway sandwiches with flavour that packs a punch !
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Though it packed a stronger punch in the north-eastern states, it wreaked greater havoc in the south.
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The trick is to pack as much magnetic punch into as small an amount of seawater as possible.
room
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The trouble was, there were too many of them packed into this room .
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Two months ago, as many as 60 people packed the room .
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The audience packed this room to capacity.
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Men, women, and children packed into dark rooms that stank like a stable.
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It was sub-Post Office, supermarket, hardware store, clothes shop, newsagent's and chemist's packed into one room .
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At times, up to seventy iron lungs packed patient rooms , a solarium, and the hallway.
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He was packing in his room at the Georges V when his telephone rang.
suitcase
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I doubt she has ever in her life packed a suitcase !
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He goes to the bedroom, packs a suitcase , and leaves.
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Then the box was packed into a suitcase with a few clothes around it.
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What my wife and I like to do is pack the suitcases first.
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It had taken her far longer to pack her suitcases than it did to unpack them.
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I went on packing the suitcase .
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After all, he wasn't packing suitcases for fun.
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He had packed his suitcases with many gifts-clothes, candies and crayons, notebooks and pencils.
things
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One local woman had said she'd had it with Petrolia, packed up her things and headed south.
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In the morning I again packed up my things .
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She did not want to pack her few things .
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I do not start the tasks to make the garden flourish again, but neither do I pack my things and leave.
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As soon as he hung up the phone, he started to pack a few things .
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Marge had gone upstairs to pack her things and to go to bed.
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Then I hurried back to pack my things .
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But I knew I had done my job when a young couple saw me and started packing up their things .
wallop
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And the charge of the white brigade ... the wallabies that really pack a wallop .
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It also packs a noticeably bigger wallop at altitude.
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Each piece packs a wallop of crunch, and the meat is juicy and aromatic.
■ VERB
begin
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Round midnight, I began to pack .
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Some had begun to pack up their papers.
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Returning to her room, Ellie washed and dressed, and rather dispiritedly began to pack .
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The firm also began to pack bulk grocery supplies centrally at Blackfriars, using factory methods.
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I put the suitcase down on the other bed and began packing the contents of the drawers into it.
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He began to pack things into the picnic basket.
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When the wind rose, cold with moisture, they began to pack up their things.
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She flung herself into her room and began to pack frantically, wanting to cry with rage and shame.
send
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Referee Robert Davies sent him packing after a mass fight.
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Why, I would guess that after tomorrow's visit he will send you packing back off to your home.
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Still, his name was not there, and he was sent packing .
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With a shiver, Rosemary sends the girl packing with a handful of cash.
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They return to afflict the living, so they have to be sent packing .
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History says Arizona gets sent packing .
start
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And if Clinton wins it, George Bush can start packing his bags.
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Outsiders go home, they yelled at us over and over, until the day the missionaries started to pack their belongings.
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As soon as he hung up the phone, he started to pack a few things.
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But I knew I had done my job when a young couple saw me and started packing up their things.
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I thought I should start packing his clothes straight away but decided to wait till after the funeral.
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Before 8: 30, everyone starts packing up.
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Well, I started , but packed up when I broke a fingernail.
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But before anyone starts packing their bags, no date has yet been set for the trips.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be packed like sardines
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We were packed like sardines on the train.
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On the other side of the building turtles are packed like sardines into more tanks.
close/packed/crowded etc together
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The Beastline were standing close together , silhouetted against the sky.
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The main street in Lincoln is narrow, and the little houses are close together .
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These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together .
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They stood close together in silence, listening.
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Though they are close together on the couch, there is in fact a chasm between them.
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We draw close together to complete our plans.
economy size/pack
family size/pack etc
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A more sensitive indicator of fertility behaviour is the average completed family size of women born in the same year.
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Education also increases equality in the marriage relationship, giving women more control over decisions concerning family size.
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It has a lot to do with not making a necessity of limiting family size.
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The decline in the general fertility rate was matched by a reduction in family size.
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The good news is that in many countries the definition of what constitutes ideal family size is already evolving downward.
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The most immediately striking point is family size.
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To preserve expected standards as far as possible, marriage will be delayed and family size kept small.
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Women there have abortions again and again because it is the only way they can limit their family size.
full/packed/stuffed etc to the gills
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If Tapie was a fish he'd be stuffed to the gills this issue!
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It's a surprise then to find the Powerhaus pretty much packed to the gills .
pack your bags
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She should pack her bags and go back where she came from.
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Tell him that if he doesn't shape up, he can pack his bags .
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A third group have packed their bags and are ready to travel immediately as the snow falls.
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And if Clinton wins it, George Bush can start packing his bags .
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In March his doctor told him to pack his bags and go to sunny Arizona for a long rest.
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Mr Wijeratne has suggested that civilians in the area - a million of them - should pack their bags and leave.
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So, once again, Erhardt will be packing his bags .
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Then I recall that I forgot to bring it with me when I packed my bags in Boston.
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They packed their bags , sold the house and left me: I got that news in prison.
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They returned to their hotel, packed their bags , and left for Penn Station to catch a train for Washington.
packed solid
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The air overhead was packed solid with noise that did not move.
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Whalley Range was, and still is, an intensely Bohemian area packed solid with aspiring and struggling bands.
packed with/full of sth
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Fortunately, there are many Web sites packed full of copyright-free graphics and other components.
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Ragu's also packed full of other good things, like herbs and spices.
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They're packed full of Vitamin C to keep your eyes fresh and revitalised.
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This beautiful little fishing town is packed full of narrow winding cobbled streets and colourful terraced houses.
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This final line-up was packed full of skilled musicians, each of whom had his own musical statement to make.
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Zest also includes a 16 page motivation section packed full of ideas about how to get in great shape.
the joker in the pack
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It was I, the unexpected tenant of the empty cottage, who was the joker in the pack.
tightly/loosely/densely packed
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An antique Oldsmobile crawled by, its tires crackling on the sand-covered, tightly packed ground of the flat.
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But at first the cities simply increased in number, grew in population and became more densely packed .
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He gave a six-minute inaugural speech from the South Portico before a tightly packed audience.
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He hoped that the tightly packed deuterium atoms would be set in motion, their nuclei bumping into one another and fusing.
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In the first minute of the plug formation the platelets retain their granules and remain loosely packed .
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Now, outside tightly packed row houses in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, the streets are strewn with debris.
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The functions of the buildings in their tightly packed site are difficult to determine.
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There is a massive file cabinet stuffed with documents so old and densely packed they may be ready to ignite spontaneously.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Pack the knee with ice to reduce swelling.
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a meat packing factory
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Brent had to pack a suitcase and get to the airport in under an hour.
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Can you pack the kids' lunches?
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Did you remember to pack the suntan lotion?
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Don't forget to pack your swimming suit.
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More than 50,000 fans packed into the stadium.
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She packed her suitcase and set off for the airport.
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The tuna is packed in oil.
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Tourists in North Carolina packed ferries to flee the Outer Banks.
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We're going to Greece tomorrow, and I haven't started packing yet!
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We packed all our books into boxes.
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Why do you always pack at the last minute?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Disappointment turned to disbelief among the 18,000 crowd packed into Edgbaston when they were told they would not get a refund.
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He arrives for class with a tiny knapsack packed with his crayons, lunch box and a diaper.
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He could pack a union hall, as no one in the seventies was supposed to be able to do.
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How could people pack and prepare a lifetime's possessions, even with six days' notice?
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On each of the six nights the auditorium was packed to capacity with a seating of 1,500.
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Saturday afternoon I realized I had packed the wrong stuff.
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The robber had packed himself into a carton and had himself delivered to the post office.
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There is a massive file cabinet stuffed with documents so old and densely packed they may be ready to ignite spontaneously.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
free
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The first 200 cards picked out of the bag after that date will receive a free two-roll pack .
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If you'd like more information on the seven car 605 range, call for a free information pack .
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Free newspapers. Free amenity pack .
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For 1992 Dorma is offering the bride-to-be an exclusive bridal pack totally free .
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The campaign comprises nationwide press advertising and the production of 100,000 copies of a free information pack .
full
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For a full product information pack please circle the reader service number or ring our technical department on.
small
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On small packs with more limited space the information may be set out in linear form.
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It was a small pack , maybe eight beasts.
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This was the largest collection of these creatures Chopra had come across; normally, they hunted alone or in small packs .
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It's very ordinary office issue but also available in small packs for domestic use.
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And only the one horse and that small pack ... Thieves!
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Both explained that small packs of products were not only more convenient but also meant less wasted packaging.
whole
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Tell the Constable to lock up these vagrants overnight - the whole pack of them.
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It seems to me you used to get a whole pack for a quarter, and that included the gum.
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After one forward thrust, the whole pack collapsed to the floor.
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The whole pack raced behind on the scent of the fox.
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Away from the whole pack of them.
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So off went Will Perdue and in came what could have been a whole pack of trouble in Rodman.
■ NOUN
action
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Organiser Rose Cuthbertson said the show would be followed up with teachers' action packs and practical workshop sessions on the environment.
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Your Evening News/Media Action pack includes: Basic self-help for day-time drowsiness.
animal
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Any pack animals the adventurers have may get restless and skittish.
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The findings throw fresh light on the camel's former popularity both as pack animal and military mount.
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There are no porters or pack animals in the region, and so all supplies were ferried in by regular helicopter deliveries.
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Her steward walked from the place where the pack animals were tethered, a paper parasol in one hand.
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The man was at the far end of a line of slowly moving pack animals , and he had not noticed anything.
battery
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It can run off a rechargeable battery pack .
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Patients can wear a battery pack or plug into an electrical outlet to recharge the heart's battery.
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Layout of components inside the case showing position of the battery pack .
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After the rehearsal the sound engineer gave me a battery pack and microphone to attach to my evening gown.
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As well as a steel carrying case, the drill comes with battery pack , charger, chuck key and a double-ended screwdriver bit.
cigarette
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He fished out his crumpled cigarette pack and lit up.
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So the red lighter and cigarette pack had just been props for the pub scene.
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Campaigners, for example, are demanding strong warnings on cigarette packs .
face
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Place wine in microwave and frozen fish in freezer, take all your clothes off and apply face pack whilst running bath.
horse
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There are many pack horse trails recorded in this area.
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I crossed over the little pack horse bridge.
ice
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He says didn't realise it was so serious and sent him back to class with an ice pack .
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After the game, Mutombo looked relieved to be sitting in a folding chair with ice packs surrounding both knees.
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Through the ice pack off Murmansk.
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If the plots get any hotter, Jez Quigley will be pushing ice packs .
information
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For a full product information pack please circle the reader service number or ring our technical department on.
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Details and information pack can be obtained by telephoning or writing to the Catholic Social Welfare Society.
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If you'd like more information on the seven car 605 range, call for a free information pack .
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This policy was included in the mid-March information pack .
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Ring for a Western Loire information pack and the Brittany Ferries brochure.
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These observations and facts come from an information pack about National Bike Week, recently published.
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Write or call now for a comprehensive information pack or to arrange a showhouse visit.
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Farmers should ask for our special Finance for Farming information pack .
power
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Bolstering the deal with 13 new Pegasus power packs pushed the shares up 5p to 114p.
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Sometimes I am a real power pack of efficiency; then I hit a bad patch.
rat
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I suspected they were pack rats because they were too smart to get themselves caught in the traps I set for them.
starter
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A starter pack of course material and a three-year development programme are part of the package.
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The starter pack included a free school tie, stationery set and complimentary sports insurance.
wolf
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Like a wolf pack scenting easy prey, they dismounted and spread out.
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A few minutes ago we discovered the fresh tracks of a wolf pack .
years
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Two of three women with adenocarcinoma had accumulated more than 45 pack years each and one was also a heavy drinker.
■ VERB
buy
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Parked it to buy a pack of cigarettes - the car was stolen by a couple of kids going joy-riding.
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I wanted to buy a special begging pack for him, and keep it in the glove box.
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One tube costs just 60p - or buy a triple pack for £1.55.
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I bought a pack each for them; they thanked me.
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I bought a pack of cigarettes - the brand an indistinguishable smear- and lit one up.
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You can also buy special packs of edible egg colourings from some supermarkets and craft shops.
hunt
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He attacked the lobby system of political reporting and the increased tendency for critics to hunt as a pack .
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Coyotes hunt in packs when their food is deer but hunt alone when their food is mice.
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These were the first examples my research threw up, which leads me to wonder why the letter H hunts in packs .
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Mobs hunted in packs , smashing windows and looting goods.
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While they're suitably snotty, they don't hunt in packs - we're not talking Axi Rose's scapegoats here.
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They hunted in packs , and were individually from two to three metres long.
include
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The full text of the Solicitors' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 is included in this pack , together with an introduction.
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The package includes a pack of cards and a booklet which has a riddle running through its pages.
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Again, instructions should be included in the pack .
lead
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With 16 laps to go Mr Mansell was leading the pack .
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I took the lead and led the pack back to Leander.
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Distributor Miramax, which led the pack with 20 nominations, is an autonomous unit of the Walt Disney Co.
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Ian led the pack in fine style, well supported by second rower Warren Aspinall until he retired with a damaged shoulder.
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Older people, in fact, are leading the computer-using pack .
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Primary issuance is expected to gain pace starting this week, with Dean Witter, Discover leading the pack .
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Dallas-based Centex Real Estate Corp. is leading the high-tech pack .
pick
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Beaten 21-6 by Swansea on Wednesday, the world champions have reacted by picking virtually their Test-strength pack .
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At about two o'clock, we picked up our packs and trudged off.
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I picked up my pack , slung it over my shoulder and crossed the little bridge over the burn.
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And I picked up a pack of contraceptives.
produce
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I will produce a practical resource pack for both posts. 3.
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National Office was producing new packs as soon as possible and these would be distributed free to tutors.
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The Energy Efficiency Office has produced an information pack containing details of how your business can improve its energy efficiency.
receive
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The first 200 cards picked out of the bag after that date will receive a free two-roll pack .
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If you don't want to receive a pack , just tell us.
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Children can also join the Cox Club and receive a special pack of goodies, including a badge and an apple poster.
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A hundred runners-up will each receive a pack of Tetley Tea and a Tetley Teafolk biscuit tin.
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New account holders will receive their opening pack immediately, to be followed a few days later by their Route Seventeen Card.
send
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Some three weeks later they are still responding to queries and will continue to send out packs .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
close/packed/crowded etc together
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The Beastline were standing close together , silhouetted against the sky.
▪
The main street in Lincoln is narrow, and the little houses are close together .
▪
These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together .
▪
They stood close together in silence, listening.
▪
Though they are close together on the couch, there is in fact a chasm between them.
▪
We draw close together to complete our plans.
economy size/pack
family size/pack etc
▪
A more sensitive indicator of fertility behaviour is the average completed family size of women born in the same year.
▪
Education also increases equality in the marriage relationship, giving women more control over decisions concerning family size.
▪
It has a lot to do with not making a necessity of limiting family size.
▪
The decline in the general fertility rate was matched by a reduction in family size.
▪
The good news is that in many countries the definition of what constitutes ideal family size is already evolving downward.
▪
The most immediately striking point is family size.
▪
To preserve expected standards as far as possible, marriage will be delayed and family size kept small.
▪
Women there have abortions again and again because it is the only way they can limit their family size.
pack your bags
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She should pack her bags and go back where she came from.
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Tell him that if he doesn't shape up, he can pack his bags .
▪
A third group have packed their bags and are ready to travel immediately as the snow falls.
▪
And if Clinton wins it, George Bush can start packing his bags .
▪
In March his doctor told him to pack his bags and go to sunny Arizona for a long rest.
▪
Mr Wijeratne has suggested that civilians in the area - a million of them - should pack their bags and leave.
▪
So, once again, Erhardt will be packing his bags .
▪
Then I recall that I forgot to bring it with me when I packed my bags in Boston.
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They packed their bags , sold the house and left me: I got that news in prison.
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They returned to their hotel, packed their bags , and left for Penn Station to catch a train for Washington.
packed solid
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The air overhead was packed solid with noise that did not move.
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Whalley Range was, and still is, an intensely Bohemian area packed solid with aspiring and struggling bands.
packed with/full of sth
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Fortunately, there are many Web sites packed full of copyright-free graphics and other components.
▪
Ragu's also packed full of other good things, like herbs and spices.
▪
They're packed full of Vitamin C to keep your eyes fresh and revitalised.
▪
This beautiful little fishing town is packed full of narrow winding cobbled streets and colourful terraced houses.
▪
This final line-up was packed full of skilled musicians, each of whom had his own musical statement to make.
▪
Zest also includes a 16 page motivation section packed full of ideas about how to get in great shape.
send sb packing
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Dozens of workers were sent packing because of harsh new environmental rules.
the joker in the pack
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It was I, the unexpected tenant of the empty cottage, who was the joker in the pack.
tightly/loosely/densely packed
▪
An antique Oldsmobile crawled by, its tires crackling on the sand-covered, tightly packed ground of the flat.
▪
But at first the cities simply increased in number, grew in population and became more densely packed .
▪
He gave a six-minute inaugural speech from the South Portico before a tightly packed audience.
▪
He hoped that the tightly packed deuterium atoms would be set in motion, their nuclei bumping into one another and fusing.
▪
In the first minute of the plug formation the platelets retain their granules and remain loosely packed .
▪
Now, outside tightly packed row houses in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, the streets are strewn with debris.
▪
The functions of the buildings in their tightly packed site are difficult to determine.
▪
There is a massive file cabinet stuffed with documents so old and densely packed they may be ready to ignite spontaneously.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a video gift pack
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Susan took a mint out of the pack .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He pulled a pack of Tareytons out and lit one.
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I set up the bottle on the bedside table and a fresh pack of cigarettes.
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If the pack has become too big and unmanageable, the dominant male must spend all his time trying to control it.
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In 1938, a flood wiped out many of the camps, diminishing the need for the pack trains.
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It was full of people strangely dressed in plus fours and navy blue suits, with packs strapped to their backs.
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No hyena wants to fight outside the pack .
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Then, as you listen closely, you hear an answering pack from a distant ridge.
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This month will see the launch of the Coldwatch campaign and details can be found in this newsletter together with the pack .