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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be quite a novelty (= seem quite new and different )
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In the 1970s, a woman sports reporter was quite a novelty.
be quite an achievement (= be an impressive achievement )
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Working and bringing up kids on your own is quite an achievement.
completely/totally/quite wrong
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I may be completely wrong.
fairly/quite obvious ( also pretty obvious spoken )
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There are some fairly obvious signs of a poor diet.
I quite agree/I couldn’t agree more (= I agree completely )
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‘We have to talk.’ ‘Absolutely,’ Meredith replied. ‘I couldn’t agree more.’
is quite an art (= it is difficult to do )
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Writing advertisements is quite an art .
just/quite the opposite (= exactly the opposite )
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He wasn’t laughing. Quite the opposite, in fact.
not quite/entirely sure
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‘What are they?’ ‘I’m not entirely sure.’
perfectly/quite possible (= definitely possible )
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Combining a family with a career is perfectly possible .
perfectly/quite satisfactory
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For a small amount of cream, a wire whisk is perfectly satisfactory.
quite a bit more/less
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They’re worth quite a bit more than I thought.
quite a while (= a fairly long time )
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We talked for quite a while on the phone.
quite all right
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‘Thanks for all your help!’ ‘That’s quite all right .’
Quite apart from
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Quite apart from the cost, we need to think about how much time the job will take.
quite content
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He seemed quite content to let Steve do the talking.
quite distinct
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The learning needs of the two groups are quite distinct from each other.
quite exceptional (= very exceptional )
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The level of effort involved is really quite exceptional.
quite like
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I quite like their new album.
quite likely British English (= very likely )
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As parents, if we expect bad behaviour we are quite likely to get it.
quite normal (= completely normal )
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He sounded quite normal when he phoned.
quite perfect written (= absolutely perfect )
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The old bottle was very dark blue and quite perfect.
Quite possibly (= it is very likely )
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‘Was it murder?’ ‘ Quite possibly .’
quite ridiculous (= completely ridiculous )
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I thought his behaviour was quite ridiculous.
quite right (= completely right )
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You were quite right – we should never have gone with them.
quite rightly British English
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There’s a lot of talk, quite rightly, about the dangers of smoking.
quite scared
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Some of the children were quite scared.
quite shocked
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I was quite shocked by her appearance.
quite simply
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It is quite simply the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard.
quite sure
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Are you quite sure she won’t mind?
quite surprised
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I was quite surprised at his reaction.
quite unaware British English (= completely unaware )
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Laura seemed quite unaware that she had offended me.
quite unnecessary British English
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‘I’ll give you a lift.’ ‘Thank you, but that’s quite unnecessary.’
quite useless British English (= completely useless )
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The vehicle proved quite useless on rocky ground.
quite/fairly expensive
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The food’s quite expensive, but it’s really nice.
quite/fairly similar
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The two species are quite similar.
quite/most extraordinary British English
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Chris’s behaviour that morning was quite extraordinary.
quite/perfectly willing
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I told them I was perfectly willing to help.
quite/pretty cold
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It’s going to be quite cold today.
quite/slightly/completely etc absurd
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It seems quite absurd to expect anyone to drive for 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting.
quite/very often
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I quite often go to Paris on business.
quite/very/perfectly properly
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People are, quite properly, proud of their homes.
rather/pretty/quite/fairly unlikely
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I may have thrown it away by mistake, but that’s pretty unlikely.
rather/somewhat/quite/fairly unusual
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The design of the house was somewhat unusual.
relatively/fairly/quite simple
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The rules are quite simple.
relatively/quite/fairly straightforward
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Installing the program is relatively straightforward.
very/extremely/quite/pretty etc clever
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Lucy is quite clever and does well at school.
very/quite often
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Very often children who behave badly at school have problems at home.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
It's one thing to ... it's (quite) another to
be (quite) a different matter
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But the Friday round, during which a steady rain fell unceasingly, was a different matter .
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But the possessions of the church of Canterbury were a different matter .
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But the saying and the doing are different matters and are often worlds apart.
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However, in the workplace, where productivity thrives on positive relationships, it can be a different matter .
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The others looked at me oddly; they didn't have bulimics in their group - that was a different matter .
be (really/quite) something
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But there was something else, too.
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Cancer was something you cut out and that was that.
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It lies unassimilated on the edge of my under-standing; there is something I must learn from it.
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Practice time is something else everyone seems to take for granted.
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She thinks this is something that concerns you, too.
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Surely there was something more to it.
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That is something that special educators have, so far, lamentably failed to offer disabled children and their families.
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Yes, there was something in there and I bet myself it would be Jo's emerald pendant.
not ... just/quite the opposite
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His falsity and hollowness are not just the opposite of the true and the wholesome, but threaten to undermine it.
on the contrary/quite the contrary
quite a bit
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He owes me quite a bit of money.
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Jim has improved quite a bit since he came home from the hospital.
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She's quite a bit shorter than I remembered.
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She said she learned quite a bit .
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The estimates were a fair bit higher than what the final figure was.
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We've had quite a bit of snow this year so far.
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Alongside me was Sam Ratcliffe who, at the tender age of sixteen, had already had quite a bit of publicity.
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But it's already created quite a bit of controversy.
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It gives me hours of pleasurable reading and quite a bit of envious longing for things I can not afford.
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My grandson was over today and they played together quite a bit .
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That had generated quite a bit of business.
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The most noticeable change was in my brother, who had grown quite a bit and was now a third-grader.
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There's quite a bit of noise coming from the kitchens.
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There was quite a bit of war in the delta, so, some-times, sure.
quite a few/a good few/not a few
that's (quite) enough
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Come now, that's enough .
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He's in the fourth year of a six-year, $ 75 million contract, and that's enough for him.
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I think McDunn at least believes me and that's enough for now.
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So it gives pleasure, and that's enough really.
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That's quite enough for one day at altitude, there and back.
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Well that's enough of mechanical problems lets have some questions.