I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a car/textile/shoe etc factory
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There is a large car factory where many of the local people work.
be shaking in your shoes/boots (= be very nervous )
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The President must be shaking in his shoes about Tuesday’s vote.
brake shoe
car/film/shoe etc maker
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a quality furniture maker
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a leading Japanese computer maker
comfortable clothes/shoes/boots etc
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You’ll need comfortable shoes for walking around the city.
court shoe
deck shoe
furniture/shoe/floor etc polish
gym shoe
ladies’ fashion/clothing/shoes etc
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ladies’ underwear
saddle shoe
sensible shoes
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an old woman in sensible shoes and a neat skirt
shoe/clothing/grocery etc store American English (= one that sells one type of goods )
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She worked in a grocery store before going to college.
shoes and socks
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We took off our shoes and socks and waded in the stream.
soles of...shoes
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the soles of her shoes
tennis shoe
toy/pet/shoe/gift etc shop
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Her brother runs a record shop in Chester.
walking boots/shoes
winter coat/shoes (= designed for winter )
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I need a new winter coat.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
comfortable
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In her flat and comfortable lace-up shoes , she made good progress on her daily outing.
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Take strong and comfortable shoes - you will find cobbled streets everywhere. all summer long!
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Families are advised to bring comfortable walking shoes , water bottles, sunscreen and snacks to the site.
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They felt comfortable in sand shoes and bungalows.
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They gave her dresses and stockings, comfortable shoes .
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She was dressed in a tan skirt, comfortable shoes and a sweater.
new
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And then they say - I want a new pair of shoes , Buck sweetie.
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She could not have bought a new pair of shoes since Brook Farm.
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If things weren't going badly enough, her feet hurt inside new shoes , and then he showed up.
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Magically, new shoes ap-peared in his shop overnight.
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She emptied her bag and popped the new shoes inside, covered by her cagoule.
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She placed her new shoes by her bed.
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But, unlike buying a car or new shoes , we don't try it out first.
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Even if you only need new shoe heels and fresh flowers, this would be the place.
old
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Diamond thieves used old shoes in the woods in North Lane to pass on the goods.
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The faded blue jeans she wore that morning, her old tennis shoes , her white cotton sweater.
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Would the Young King step into the Old King's shoes ?
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In this old Kenneth Cole shoe box buried deep in your closet under some other shoe boxes.
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You can often answer these questions by closely examining an old pair of shoes to see the area of most wear.
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Piles of damp clothes lie on the floor next to old pairs of shoes , empty vodka bottles and scraps of paper.
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It was no use for the hound, so he put it back, and another, older , shoe was stolen.
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Please find enclosed one weather-beaten old shoe .
running
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If only a running shoe could utilise carbon technology in this way.
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A gaggle of black leather running shoes was by the door.
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In most running shoes , as many of you already know, wear patterns are uneven.
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His personal and professional mission could be said to be to build a successful business in running shoes .
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There he swung, thin legs jerking, the white, thick-soled running shoes looking incongruously heavy for the bony legs.
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Ask to see the Mizuno range of running shoes and our 1991 catalogue at your specialist sports shop.
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The boy stepped out of the puddle and began to take off his running shoes , still grumbling to himself.
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Instead I rummaged in my suitcase, pulled out a jogging suit, an old pair of running shoes .
sensible
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You won't need sensible work shoes anyway so leave them at home - they deserve a holiday from your feet.
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Are they all gym teachers with short fingernails, sensible shoes and leathery skin?
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Loses its powers of adhesion. Sensible shoes .
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They wore rough overcoats over their hand-woven cotton saris, and sensible shoes suitable for their work.
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We regret we are unable to cater for people with physical disabilities. Sensible walking shoes recommended.
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She looked at them with distaste in their sensible shoes and thick bandage.
sole
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She could feel the separate movements of hundreds of small pointed stones through the sole of her shoe .
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You will be as worthless as a piece of dirt on the sole of my shoe .
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Welling have stuck to Reading like chewing gum to the sole of a shoe .
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Discarded sodden matches and joint stubs jostle around in the pan and urine seeps into the sole of my shoe .
■ NOUN
box
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It would have meant living in a shoe box in Clapham Junction or something similar.
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In this old Kenneth Cole shoe box buried deep in your closet under some other shoe boxes.
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One in particular was a small wooden box , something like a shoe box and was filled with explosives.
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In this old Kenneth Cole shoe box buried deep in your closet under some other shoe boxes.
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Make a post box out of a cardboard box, a shoe box with a lid, or a baby wipe container.
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Information came in almost any form, from computerized files to pictures stored in shoe boxes .
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He dropped the lot into a shoe box and pushed them under the bed.
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Buzz lay on a high, black-barred hospital bed, in a pale green room as small as a shoe box .
court
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Russell &038; Bromley suede court shoes , £79.99.
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Sprat sandals, tuna trainers, cod court shoes pilchard pumps or perhaps even bream brogues.
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Head's Fair Lady court shoe is an alternative prize for female winners.
deck
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She began to drift and was just dozing off when she heard the squeak of Nathan's deck shoes on the ladder.
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Some are in deck shoes , some are in sandals, me in my flip-flops.
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Classic leather deck shoes are blue or white, but you can buy canvas versions in just about any colour you like.
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I had begun wearing deck shoes because the soles of my feet had turned dead white as a result of going barefoot.
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A major advantage of deck shoes is their price - you can easily pick up a pair for a fiver.
gym
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The stolen gym shoe , hurled by Snecky, caught him on the side of the face.
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He had bright white pants, black gym shoes .
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We put on our gym shoes and trooped out to the gym in silence.
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He wears gym shoes , or regular loafers, or of course those wooden clogs of his.
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He pulled on an old army tracksuit and finally tied up his gym shoes .
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Some one swiped one of little Alec Davidson's gym shoes and tossed it ahead to the front of the uneven column.
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He was back: but, the gym shoe signalled, on his own terms.
leather
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When found, she was wearing a pink floral dress, lilac tights, a white cardigan and black patent leather shoes .
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What distinguished the married students from the unmarried ones was their clothing: only married students wore silk attire and leather shoes .
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Charlie's eyes settled on the officer's Sam Browne belt and brown leather shoes .
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I watch him dart into stores in his gleaming leather shoes .
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Brown canvas laced leggings and black leather shoes completed the outfit.
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She wore brown leather shoes with pointed toes and high heels.
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The other concealed itself in a discarded leather shoe .
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No couch grass striping her soft leather shoes with cuckoo-spit here she thinks.
platform
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Flares feature highly in the line up, as do dizzy platform shoes that defy gravity.
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Remember flares, platform shoes and glam rock?
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We all wear mutated versions of the school uniform and platform shoes .
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Carmen Miranda got away with cocaine in her platform shoes .
polish
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Missing were expensive black leather boots, the white shoe polish , a jumbo jar of Nivea.
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His face was a light brown, shoe polish mixed with wax.
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They also won't pay if you get any shoe polish on their socks.
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She smelled of leather and shoe polish .
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To age the look of the gourds, she buffs them with shoe polish .
shop
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Next door was a shoe shop .
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The shoe shop next door is bought out by a firm of metal welders.
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My husband works in a shoe shop .
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I am sad to see that one of my favourite landmarks, R. Soles the shoe shop , has closed down.
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Their father had a large shoe shop in the town.
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I was out with my children when we passed a shoe shop with some wellington boots outside.
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Dekko Moore was a cousin of Paccy Moore's in the shoe shop .
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He never thought I was fit to run a shoe shop .
store
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One unfortunate woman who ran a discount shoe store was oblivious to the fact she was sitting on an old school goldmine.
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As part of the plan, Sears said it is withdrawing from Saxone and Curtess shoe stores .
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Worst-hit are clothing and shoe stores where sales crashed even with up to 70 percent price cuts.
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The only trouble was, there was no ladies' shoe store in Mitford.
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Sally was constantly going back and forth to the shoe store trying to find shoes that Hannah would wear.
suede
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The youth stumbled and trod heavily on Harry's black suede shoes .
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Examine filthy battered weekend trousers and deformed suede shoes .
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These unisex suede shoes were introduced in 1986 as a technical shoe for skateboarders.
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All black suede shoes and double-breasted pinstripe, he seemed central casting's idea of the ideal Establishment man.
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Black polo-neck, black suede shoes , black flop of hair.
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Get those blue suede shoes moving and get down there fast, we told reporter Aileen Taylor.
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Silver grey costume, grey suede shoes and over it all a grey fur coat.
tennis
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Finally, he fishes out a pair of canvas tennis shoes .
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C., sporting goods store where Bishop bought a pair of tennis shoes on his credit card.
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The Ventrola tennis shoe is designed for comfort and performance.
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The impassioned pedestrian has since bought a windbreaker, tennis shoes and an umbrella for his 25-minute trek.
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Her foot in its canvas tennis shoe stung like mad but to her surprise the bolt had moved a little.
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The band of daring old ladies in tennis shoes .
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Wavy-haired, trim, he is all Madison Avenue, even in jeans and tennis shoes .
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The faded blue jeans she wore that morning, her old tennis shoes , her white cotton sweater.
training
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Anyway, everyone knows that training shoes have gone a bit crazy in the past few years.
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He was wearing a white zip-up jacket, blue denim jeans and training shoes .
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Velcro also in evidence all over training shoes , holdalls and generally where it is least needed.
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Saw the vomit, yellow and translucent on my training shoe lying beside the bunk.
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He wore a green and blue fleece coat, blue jeans and brown training shoes .
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It's not a million miles removed from the inside of some one's training shoe .
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These training shoes could provide a clue to the identity of the joyriders.
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He had on ripped jeans, a sweatshirt and an old pair of training shoes .
■ VERB
fill
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Mr. Forth I am constantly conscious of my illustrious predecessors and daily find it difficult to fill their shoes .
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But I think that she would hope that some of her students would help to fill her shoes .
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Nor had they, because the old devils had filled their shoes with earth from Balnagowan in Easter Ross.
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Then, as men often do, I found a woman who could fill her shoes , and married her.
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Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes .
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But the sea rushed in, smoothing away the names, filling her shoes with frothy, sandy water.
fit
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Some are fitted to the accessory shoe on the top of camcorders and operate off their own battery supplies.
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Even the process of fitting shoes has changed.
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Do not wear loose or poorly fitting shoes .
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Choose properly fitting shoes that conform to the natural shape of your foot.
kick
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I kicked off my shoes and changed clothes.
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Jack is down and so is Fogarty, so put on your kicking shoes , folks.
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While Oliver was out of the room she abandoned her chair for the couch, kicked off her shoes and curled up.
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On the train they stay in their seats, kick their heavy shoes off, and sleep.
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To leave the ever-present tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff, formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes .
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I took a couple of Tylenol with codeine, kicked my shoes off, and crawled into the folds of my quilt.
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Jack had kicked off his shoe beneath the table and as they ate his bare foot had lain between Polly's legs.
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White kicked off her shoes and the audience howled, for under her fishnet stockings were toes stuck with corn plasters.
put
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Richard took off his slippers and put on his black shoes again, and they went out.
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This is an amazing substance. Put in on a shoe and it will wipe off in a stiff breeze.
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The reason is that the child usually sits on the floor to put her shoes on and her knees point outwards.
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Jack is down and so is Fogarty, so put on your kicking shoes , folks.
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Our feet often became too sore and blistered to be put into shoes , so we walked home in our stockinged feet.
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As they undressed and put their worn-out shoes beneath their beds, they again scorned the efforts of the soldier.
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Lyddy knelt and put on the shoes she had kicked aside and then brought a hairbrush.
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Some had sense enough to wrap their heads in their shirts, cover their faces with rags, put on their shoes .
remove
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Indeed, many people prefer to remove their shoes when being hypnotized, as they find this more comfortable.
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He sat on the edge of the bed and removed his shoes , setting them down without a sound.
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Two other watchers take hold of him, lift him up to remove his shoes and thrust him into the dance.
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We took the elevator to the sixth floor and removed our shoes at the door.
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He stood watching her, then stooped and removed his shoes .
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We remove our shoes and place them in the shoe rack in the entryway to the temple.
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She helped Tamar on to the bed and, as she removed her shoes , there was a tap on the door.
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The genkan is where you remove your outdoor shoes and replace them with slippers.
shine
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After his father died he did a lot of odd jobs, including shining shoes , boxing professionally and preaching.
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Her shining , her new shoes .
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Filipe now lives on the streets of Luanda, shining shoes .
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You see gentle black men shining shoes .
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They are the favorite targets of the boys who steal a few hours from shining shoes , peddling candy and gathering firewood.
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I feel embarrassed, now that I let adult men kneel before me and shine my shoes .
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I'd taken Monty's advice and shined my shoes .
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She starched his shirts, shined his shoes , and kept lint off his suits.
step
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She stepped into her shoes , grabbed her clothes, and ran that way.
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There are the chronically shod who would only dream of stepping out of their shoes in the shower or in bed.
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Their wives, hand in hand, stepping carefully in expensive shoes over the summer's jetsam, brought up the rear.
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Caroline stepped from her shoes , then from her dress as she made her way across the room.
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Perhaps it is the beauty of the surroundings, the tradition of stepping in the shoes of countless generations of faithful people.
take
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Kalchu took off his shoes and went into the shrine.
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She takes off her shoes , gets into bed and picks up her book, but she does not look at it.
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That was when I took off my shoes .
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He took off his shoe to investigate, then heard a noise overhead and saw a flock of starlings flying past.
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He might even take off his shoes during a game and forget where he put them.
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She took off her shoes , and lay down fully clothed, covering herself with a heavy quilt.
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She takes off her shoes and gets into bed.
wear
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I can't wear soft shoes and a skirt.
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But the girl wanted to wear the shoes for her confirmation.
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She was wearing his favourite peep-toed shoes with ankle-straps and deep two-colour wedges.
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Some of us are wearing stylish golf shoes and some are wearing the high-priced sneakers of Tiger Woods' favorite shoe company.
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Besides, not everyone wore shoes with laces.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
best dress/shoes/clothes etc
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Everyone was in black because their best clothes were for funerals, and everyone danced.
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I washed them, then dressed them in their best clothes, but never new ones.
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She had her best shoes on, and a new hat.
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She had the best dress sense of any girl in Benedict's and a passion for altering the colour of her hair.
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The best car, the wittiest put-down, and the best dress.
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The first best clothes were only for Sunday and when visitors came.
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The princess arrayed herself in her best clothes and jewels.
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They would never let you in alone, even though you are wearing your best clothes.
cast a shoe
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Or had his horse gone lame, cast a shoe?
fill sb's shoes
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New mayor Susan Hammer had to prove she could fill McEnery's shoes.
it bag/dress/shoes etc
open-toed sandals/shoes
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She took off her open-toed shoes.
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There are also these artificial plastic toes that you fit over your artificial foot, so you can wear open-toed sandals.
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Those who did were mostly long-haired, bearded and dressed in open-toed sandals.
orthopedic bed/chair/shoe etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Billy needs a new pair of shoes for school.
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I can't walk in high-heeled shoes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And then they say - I want a new pair of shoes, Buck sweetie.
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I kicked off my shoes and changed clothes.
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Repairing the midsole, often the nerve centre of the modern shoe , can be more difficult.
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The choreography is fairly basic but lively, with bits of tap, soft shoe , swing and rock.
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To leave the ever-present tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff, formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes.
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Whether for dress or athletics, the fit of the shoe can also make or break a pair of feet.
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Williams made his return wearing his infamous red shoes that had specially fitted insoles for his arch.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
best dress/shoes/clothes etc
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Everyone was in black because their best clothes were for funerals, and everyone danced.
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I washed them, then dressed them in their best clothes, but never new ones.
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She had her best shoes on, and a new hat.
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She had the best dress sense of any girl in Benedict's and a passion for altering the colour of her hair.
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The best car, the wittiest put-down, and the best dress.
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The first best clothes were only for Sunday and when visitors came.
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The princess arrayed herself in her best clothes and jewels.
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They would never let you in alone, even though you are wearing your best clothes.
it bag/dress/shoes etc
open-toed sandals/shoes
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She took off her open-toed shoes.
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There are also these artificial plastic toes that you fit over your artificial foot, so you can wear open-toed sandals.
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Those who did were mostly long-haired, bearded and dressed in open-toed sandals.
orthopedic bed/chair/shoe etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And what of the horse that is to be shod?
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Bergman did observe that the young man was shod with brand new moccasins of ox hide.
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Each is adorned with silken cloths and has its tusks shod with iron for the greater efficacy of killing criminals.
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He had had only one shoe , and the court heard his other shoe had been found in the Cavalier later.
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His large feet were shod in trainers.
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The town horses were nearly always leg-weary, and harder to shoe .
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They were crisscrossed by canvas straps, were shod with hinged wooden clogs.