I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
life peer
peer group
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the TV shows that are popular with his peer group
peer pressure
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Teenagers often start smoking because of peer pressure.
sb’s peer group (= people of the same age, social group etc )
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Many girls at school derive enormous strength from their peer groups.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hereditary
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For others, it's the removal of the hereditary peers or the Macpherson inquiry into the Stephen Lawrence case.
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But the hereditary peers provide a ballast which distorts any pretence at representativeness.
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The defeat is the second inflicted on the Government since the expulsion of hereditary peers .
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Until his party's death, a hereditary peer , Lord Milford, was the sole Communist in parliament.
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The remaining 275 hereditary peers state no preference, though they would mostly vote Tory if pushed.
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Ironically, the hereditary peers thus became the only people who have the right to democratic representation in the second chamber.
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That would outrage the Tories, who would lose their last hereditary peers .
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Two-thirds of the Lords are hereditary peers who succeeded to the title automatically on their father's death.
tory
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Picture, page 4 Rethink call from Tory peers follows banks' pull-out Minister in corner over student loans.
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The dissenting Tory peers stayed away; and the Bill was passed.
■ NOUN
group
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Cosmopolitans were defined as showing higher levels of commitment to specialized skills and professional peer group judgement than to the employing organization.
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Anything that deviates from what is customary is going to raise questions among the peer group .
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Gradually, Garrett's home manufactured machines began to be noticed by his peer group of treasure hunters.
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The peer group of the extremist-activist typically shares her political opinions.
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Where affection is the preserve of family and friends, status is more the preserve of the wider peer group or community.
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Rather, the programs will use school-based education programs, family members and peer groups .
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The peer group makes decisions in a democratic way, with all owners having a say in the final decision.
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As the individual adolescent seeks to grow more independent of the family, peer groups and friends become important points of reference.
life
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Most of the hereditary element has gone, and more life peers will be created.
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She was created a life peer in 1990.
pressure
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Any lack of required work effort by an individual will affect the immediate group bonus and so peer pressure can be significant.
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They discovered spectator peer pressure , fans nudging recalcitrant neighbors to participate.
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Carl Gunnersley, defending Khan, said his behaviour was also affected by drink and peer pressure .
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In part, the growth of peer pressure will result from revolutionary changes in pay practices.
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These findings highlight the importance of peer pressures in adolescence.
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However, unsophisticated people should not let peer pressure push them into a fad.
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First, there was the peer pressure from my colleagues.
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And they are given interpersonal strategies to avoid peer pressure to make these unhealthy choices.
relationship
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The project runs a well-attended post-placement group where families discuss issues ranging from sexuality to peer relationships .
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How was I spending my time on peer relationships ?
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He expected you to have excellent peer relationships and to help people who depend upon you.
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Managers in the computer company found it somewhat easier to establish supportive peer relationships than those in the securities firm.
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Some work-inhibited students do suffer from poor peer relationships .
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The subtleties of peer relationships are negotiated by generation after generation, in different ways and perhaps with different values or rules.
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A disturbing tendency is that some adolescent work-inhibited students narrow their peer relationships to others who also do poorly in school.
review
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The Geneva group describes peer review , voluntary, and mandatory monitoring schemes, but makes no recommendations.
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A peer review would require no more than a scan of the vast international medical literature.
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The articles amount to premature judgment of an issue that has yet to be subjected to valid peer review .
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It was never published in a reputable journal or subjected to the normal peer review .
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The authors also say that peer review is ineffective as a mechanism for restructuring scientific activity.
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A system of peer review was also introduced to make qualitative judgments about teaching abilities.
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About half of the papers are rejected after being read by two editors without being sent for external peer review .
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The method can thus also be used as form of peer review .
■ VERB
become
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The youth are also taught this questioning strategy when they become peer educators.
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Informal observations suggest that it first becomes popular as a peer group language at the age of eleven or twelve.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At about three years old, children begin to take an interest in their peers.
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Everyone wants to be successful in the eyes of their peers.
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The jury system gives you the basic right to be judged by your peers.
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The respect of his peers in the research community is very important to him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Few of his peers scoffed, but even fewer followed his example of actually taking it on the course.
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How was I spending my time on peer relationships?
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It gives evidence of the approval of peers and keeps one in contact with the traditions of the past.
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Relationships with peers, not superiors, seemed the developmental relationships that mattered.
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Six were Etonians, three were peers, and another three were knights or baronets.
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So we put together a list of students who were peer mentors.
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The Government is to reintroduce a bill curbing the right to jury trial, which has twice been thrown out by peers.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
cautiously
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Again he pressed himself against the wall and peered cautiously into the hall.
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She peered cautiously inside the temple.
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Defries and Ace crawled up to a hollow, and peered cautiously over the lip.
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I thought she might be under the front part of the colonnade, and peered cautiously round the corner.
closely
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Mrs Carson was peering closely at her own image in the mirror.
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I stooped down before the stone and peered closely at it.
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Fen removed the cloth and peered closely at her head.
intently
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Her black eyes peered intently into mine as she nodded sympathetically.
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That means imagining yourself as you were at an earlier time, peering intently into buried memories about yourself.
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With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter.
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I peered intently through my binoculars at the ships riding peacefully at anchor.
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When I looked across a minute later he was still there, peering intently at the coil and slowly turning it round.
■ NOUN
darkness
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Erik Hansen peered into the darkness outside his windshield.
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He unlocked the door and peered out into the darkness .
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I peered into the darkness and saw a little old woman sitting opposite me.
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Master Benjamin was still on the convent wall, peering into the darkness .
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The others peered out into the darkness for minutes before finally seeing the string of lights getting closer.
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Lefevre peered behind into the darkness .
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Ward put his face closer to the window and peered down into the darkness .
edge
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Sitting up, she peered over the edge of the hollow alongside Seb.
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One could not know his measureless glory: the unending string of faces peering over the edge .
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Cautiously Grant peered round the edge of the open door.
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She peered over the edge of the bedstead and saw a cliff of bedcover stretching endlessly to the stone floor.
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I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I couldn't see him at all.
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But there are some silver linings peering over the edges of this dark cloud of history.
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Endill peered slowly over the edge of it.
face
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There were faces peering at him.
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One could not know his measureless glory: the unending string of faces peering over the edge.
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Then had come the shock of seeing a face peering out at him from the attic window.
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She lowered her face and peered .
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Anxious faces were peering at watches.
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They scrunch up their faces , peering into the haze.
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At the kerb the taxi's diesel engine idled noisily as a passenger's face peered uncertainly through the window.
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Ezra swayed below on the rolling deck, looking at the small gray face peering at him from far above.
gloom
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In mounting dismay she peered into the gloom , the invidious nature of her position coming home to her with a vengeance.
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It was very easy to imagine eyes peering from the gloom , or strange beings creeping along the path behind them.
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Opening her eyes, she peered into the gloom .
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He strained his eyes peering into the gloom .
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He was peering into the gloom ahead.
shoulder
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Joey stood in the door laughing his head off and Noreen peered over his shoulder , her hands over her mouth.
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She peered over her shoulder at him.
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Pamela reads it with him, peering over his shoulder .
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Comrades bustled in and out, peering over his shoulder to offer suggestions as he polished sentences.
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Howard peers over the shoulders of the people in front of him, trying to see what's going on.
side
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Sweating, he peered round the side of the car at the house.
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The Colonel peered from side to side trying to locate the heckler.
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Pressing himself against the last wagon he peered around the side for any sign of the guards.
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He peers deeply over the side and into the water flowing past the ship.
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Mr Popple peered over the side of the toilet, his right hand leaning on the toilet-seat.
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Loretta drove slowly, peering from side to side for a glimpse of the Red House.
top
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Broadman, who could read after a fashion, peered over the top of the volume.
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He opened his closet door and peered at the top shelves.
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Stanley peered over the top of his paper.
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She peered over the tops of the high box pews, almost expecting to find some one praying in one.
■ VERB
stand
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As he stood peering up at the blackened brickwork there was little emotion to be found upon his elfin face.
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I stood underneath it and peered up.
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Jinny found some nearer the top, in the open, where she could stand and peer down at the cottage.
try
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I tried to peer in but it was getting too dark to see properly.
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He shielded his eyes with his hands and tried to peer through the window beside him.
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Blake screwed up his eyes, trying to peer through the fog.
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General Shafter corrected, and the three officers, bouncing about as they tried to peer down through the clouds, laughed.
turn
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I had crawled into mine and was turning round peering into the dark where many people sat eating popcorn and candy.
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I slowed, turning to peer at the site with an eerie feeling of detachment.
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Glen turned pointedly and peered out of the far window.
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She turned and peered at him, squinting.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Roger peered into the dark corridor to see what was making the noise.
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She adjusted her glasses and peered at the man.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Having stopped the car, feeling pleasantly lost, he peered through the half-dark.
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I slowed, turning to peer at the site with an eerie feeling of detachment.
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Lok peered at the stick and the lump of bone and the small eyes in the bone things over the face.
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Mattie grunted abstractedly, totally engrossed in peering at the various plastic containers and bowls in the refrigerator.
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Two heads swivelled to peer at her, and she recognized the reporters from the pub.
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Watch any game in a crucial situation and you will see the catcher peering into his dugout before calling each pitch.
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Yanto crouched down and peered under the wagon.