I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a piece/slice of cake
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Would you like a slice of cake?
a slice of cheese
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Sue cut six thin slices of cheese.
a slice of meat (= a thin piece of meat cut from a larger piece )
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He helped himself to another slice of meat.
a sliced loaf British English
a slice/piece of bread
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Can I have another slice of bread?
be the hottest thing since (sliced bread) (= used about someone or something that is very good and popular, so that everyone wants them )
cake slice
cut sb a piece/slice of sth
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Shall I cut you a slice of cake?
cut sth into pieces/slices/chunks etc
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Next cut the carrots into thin slices.
cut/slice bread
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Could you cut some bread?
fish slice
slice potatoes (= cut them into long thin pieces )
sliced bread
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He reckons his new mobile phone is the best thing since sliced bread.
slice/piece of pie
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Would you like another piece of apple pie?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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In 1987 an even bigger slice of the budget was apportioned to training, in recognition of its importance.
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A venture capital fund usually lends money but also demands the right to buy a big slice of the firm.
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Like those of Charles Brady, the biggest slice of Mr Samuel's 1999 earnings was paid as a bonus.
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That's why Pastor currently represents a big slice of Maricopa County.
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And of course the birthday boy should always get the biggest slice of cake.
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It is a big slice in one go.
large
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A nearby tray was furnished with a mug and a large plate scattered with the crumbs of a large slice of cake.
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The department took the largest slice of the Government's budget and each year the Treasury demanded economies.
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Hasan was sitting up at the table, eating a large slice of toast.
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But a large slice of the family history is on sale at Sotheby's.
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Robin's nominally in charge of a large slice of the investigation.
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The critics of Spinning were swallowing large slices of humble pie after the reformed gelding completed a fabulous Goodwood double yesterday.
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Our newsletter would take a large slice of the membership fees if we did not have our advertisers.
small
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What is apparent, even from this small slice , is just how diverse that sector is.
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Every garden is really a small slice of the larger biosphere we all are immersed in.
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Lambeth and Southwark comprise the small slice of central London that lies south of the Thames.
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The can of meat he brought back was opened and we were each given a small slice late at night.
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Murray cut a small neat slice and put it deftly on her plate.
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Lily helped herself to the two smallest slices and a generous portion of the crispy brown bubble and squeak.
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Serve in small slices after a fairly plain main course.
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The whole of East-West trade is at present only a small piece of a small slice of a rather small cake.
thick
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He bore a tray with a pint mug of steaming coffee and two thick slices of bread and honey.
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Remove and cut with the grain into neat t / s-inch-#thick slices .
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There would be a table groaning with smoked ham, with thick succulent slices of cold beef and crusty fresh bread.
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I picked up the thick slice of bread and slipped it to her.
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Deftly, he cut four thick slices from the granary loaf, then began his search for the cheese.
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I cut a grocery bag full of eggplants into half-inch-#thick slices and salted half of them.
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That particular mouthful amounted to thick slices of boiled sirloin accompanied by a pancake.
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Note: Ask the butcher or deli person to cut the smoked meat for you in one thick slice .
thin
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Again, all will contain some cream, but a thin slice should do little harm.
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Layer into a bowl, alternating with thin slices of onion and a little salt and pepper.
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A roster for crusts had to be started as these contained more bread than the average thin slice .
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Cut the mushrooms into thin slices .
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Slice lamb into thin diagonal slices .
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Narbutas looked closely at the corners, where two thin slices of granite met.
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Carve thin slices vertically, then repeat.
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A spokeswoman from Asda suggested a thin slice of creamy Wensleydale cheese to turn mince pies into a gourmet treat.
■ NOUN
bread
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Pour egg mixture evenly over bread slices .
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Place bread slices flat in pan.
■ VERB
add
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Strain the mulled wine, add lemon slices and serve hot.
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Chances are you can revise right there-tweaking a word, cutting a sentence, adding a slice of information.
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Mould growth will also be retarded by adding a slice of lemon to the preserving liquid.
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Now add 30 or 40 slices of cheesecake on top of that, and a fella starts to feel a little logy.
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Sprinkle the spring onions, wine and lemon juice over the salmon. Add the lemon slices .
arrange
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Line 9-inch pie pan with 1 / 2 dough and arrange yam slices on it.
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Lightly oil a medium-size baking dish. Arrange zucchini and tomato slices in overlapping rows.
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Transfer the mixture to an ovenproof dish and arrange the potato slices over the top.
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Cut into quarters and arrange around brioche slices .
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Pile the cottage cheese on to the potatoes and arrange slices of kiwi fruit on top.
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Alternating them, arrange pheasant and apple slices on top of salad in spoke design.
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Spread it into cooled baked pie shell. Arrange kiwi slices on top of the filling, overlapping in circles.
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Pour syrup mixture into a 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Arrange six slices of bread on top of syrup mixture.
cut
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Deftly, he cut four thick slices from the granary loaf, then began his search for the cheese.
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Remove from baking sheet to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Cut roll diagonally intoinch slices .
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Very slowly the boy cut himself another slice and began to eat it.
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Peel the ginger, slice thinly with the grain, and cut the slices lengthwise into thin shreds.
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Knedliky, when it arrived, was nothing more sinister than dumplings cut into half-inch-thick slices .
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The lettuce was cut up into slices and had a mustard with small teeth inside it.
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Unmould the stuffing, cut it into slices and serve with the duck.
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With a sharp knife, cut dough intoinch slices .
eat
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Fortunately, he ate his last slice long before the advent of pub beauty contests.
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Hasan was sitting up at the table, eating a large slice of toast.
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And do eat that other slice of bread.
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Being exceedingly hungry, I ate the slice of ham.
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Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.
lay
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Drain in a sieve, reserving any juices. Lay the slices in the bottom of the cake tin.
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Then spread the cream cheese-nut filling on top of the honey-butter. Lay remaining 6 slices of bread on top of filling.
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Spread 1 / 3 of cream mixture on it. Lay banana slices on top to cover.
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The betel nut lay in slices on a white dish.
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Add honey to butter and mix well with spoon. Lay 6 slices of bread on cutting board.
place
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Etching is simply carried out by placing the slice or thin section face up in the chosen etching solution.
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Fakhru rubbed one smooth slice with his thumb and then placed the spotted nut slice on his protruding tongue.
put
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She put down the slice she already had, and looked at the plate.
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Ted put a slice of toast on a plate and gave it to me.
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Then she put two slices of toast into the toaster, and plugged the kettle in.
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He put three slices of bread and some sultanas into a polythene bag.
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She sometimes puts slices of smoked guinea fowl around the edge to give added texture.
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Arrange in an ovenproof dish and put slices of hardboiled egg on top.
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Jimmy put other slices of bread under the grill.
serve
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Garnish with diced anchovy fillets and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serve with thin slices of bread and butter.
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Top pasta with spinach sauce or mix together. Serve with tomato slices and carrot sticks.
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Simmer gently for 20 minutes. Serve with slices of avocado and soured cream.
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By then, the water is so salty that restaurants often serve it with a slice of lemon.
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Dredge with sieved icing sugar, if required, and serve in slices .
spread
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Flatten the bread with a rolling-pin, then spread each slice thinly with mayonnaise. 3.
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Leave for half an hour before rinsing with tepid water. Spread on slices of cooling cucumber or cold bags.
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Chop garlic and parsley, mix with olive oil and spread on to slices .
take
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The department took the largest slice of the Government's budget and each year the Treasury demanded economies.
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Mitchell squirmed; blades of fever took short looping slices at his nervous system.
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Death poured himself a mug of tea and took another slice of bread and butter.
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She estimates it will take at least 5 slices to satisfy each person.
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She took a ready-cut slice of it and ate it.
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Salomon took a tiny slice out of each trade.
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He took a slice from the proffered tray.
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Our newsletter would take a large slice of the membership fees if we did not have our advertisers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a piece/slice of the action
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A police station, so help me, is a piece of the action .
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His successors never again ran the town, as he did, but they always had a piece of the action .
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If you want a slice of the action tickets may still be available on.
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If you want to get a slice of the action book early - no kidding.
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Nation shall speak peace unto nation, and I shall grab a piece of the action .
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Or did evil Uncle Humbert destroy it, because under the law he would then get a piece of the action ?
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So how do you get a slice of the action ?
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Will foreign firms get a piece of the action ?
a slice of the cake
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The latter tend to offer less favourable terms, in order that they may have a slice of the cake .
slice/share/piece of the pie
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Smaller capitalist countries are maneuvering to gain a bigger share of the pie .
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That meant nearly one in five students was moderately to severely work-inhibited-a considerable slice of the pie .
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Virtually every academic institution, it seemed, wanted a piece of the pie .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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''Would you like some more toast?'' ''Just one more slice , please.''
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Cut the roast into thin slices.
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I admired the thick slices of plum cake arranged on the plate.
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The beef was carved into slices so thin you could almost see through them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Line 9-inch pie pan with 1 / 2 dough and arrange yam slices on it.
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Mitchell squirmed; blades of fever took short looping slices at his nervous system.
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Place four slices of pear on top, then cover each one with a slice of cheese.
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Spread the bread with the ginger and roll each slice up into a roll.
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To serve, set several orange slices alongside a slice of chocolate cake.
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Traditionally, this cooling requirement has been accomplished using slices of solid carbon dioxide, better known as dry ice.
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Up ahead, the lights and sounds of the road were a thin vertical slice of freedom.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Rescuers sliced off the roof to reach victims of the crash near the Black Forest.
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Some of it has been sliced off a base of rock thousands of miles away and transported by tectonic forces.
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She would then face him and, saying her own sickle needed sharpening, neatly slice off his head.
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A tiny piece of it was sliced off for each dance, and afterward it was buried to kill its spirit.
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One man had his ear sliced off in the fight and another was arrested, but later released.
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Firebug has his hand sliced off before he dies.
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Once completed the pot can be sliced off the wheel with a wire.
then
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Poach remaining apples for two mins in enough water to cover, then slice thinly and fan across the puree.
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Let stand 15 minutes, then slice thinly.
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Then slice the island like a cake, taking a day to explore each segment.
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Cool 10 to 15 minutes, then slice into wedges and serve.
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Let it cool then slice it.
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Drain thoroughly and then slice them thinly on the diagonal.
thinly
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Pair the rounds with steamed red cabbage and thinly sliced zucchini.
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Just before you toast the bread, halve, core and thinly slice the pear.
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Peel and discard rough outside husks of lemongrass stalks, then thinly slice cores that remain.
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The salmon was fairly simple, just some thinly sliced grilled fish on unremarkable toast points.
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To serve, slice thinly and serve with cornichons and chutney.
through
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Rut the Europa took it in its stride, sucking itself to the tarmac and slicing through .
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I watch the shadow of the blade Slide underneath the surface, slicing through Creamy intricate unseen connections.
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Toast on both sides under a grill, then carefully slice through horizontally, using a sharp thin-bladed bread saw.
up
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There are some who argue that sovereignty or ultimate authority can be sliced up and shared around.
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Each one ended up sliced and splintered and bitten by shells and who knew why?
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Anna started to slice up runner beans.
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Reality is not to be trifled with and sliced up in this way.
■ NOUN
air
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There should have been shouting and huge double-edged swords slicing the air , and giant bonfires with wild, roaring flames.
bread
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I've sliced the bread too thick.
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Nina brought me a plate of smoked salmon and some sliced bread .
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He noticed, as she sliced the bread and spread it clumsily with peanut butter, that her hands were shaking.
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If you try to slice hot bread , the loaf compresses, the weight of the knife crushing the unfinished dough.
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Pastrami on rye Butter sliced dark rye bread and spread thinly with mustard.
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We set up some stout and sliced some bread .
cake
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In my dream, I am slicing a cake with Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Mter slicing the cake for the cameramen, he will step to the microphones for his usual birthday observations.
cheese
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He drew the sliver of light across that limb of the hydra as if slicing cheese .
meat
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After having carefully removed the browned edge of the fillet he sliced the meat quickly and evenly.
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Let cool and pour over sliced meat .
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The women followed to do the butchering, and could slice the meat as thin as paper.
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So instead of cooking it, I sliced the meat and served it raw.
pepper
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The dressing is great tossed with a salad of lettuce, broccoli florets, zucchini and yellow pepper slices .
piece
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The slightly sweet fruit has five angles and when sliced , the pieces are shaped like stars.
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I slice a piece out of my finger, see the blood pour out, and lose consciousness.
shot
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His shirt-tails flapping in the breeze, he faced the green at an angle of forty-five degrees and sliced every shot .
tomato
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Add the tomatoes , skinned and sliced .
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The first tomato Muriel sliced had a hollow center in the shape of a heart.
■ VERB
cut
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Particularly for those who cut or slice the ball, any tendency to try to hit too hard is often disastrous.
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Put each half flat side down and cut crosswise into half-moon slices the same thickness as the onion slices.
peel
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Prepare the fruits by peeling , coring and slicing .
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Dennis peeled the avocados and sliced them while Richard cut up the lettuce.
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Peel the melon, remove the seeds and slice the flesh. Peel, core and slice the apple.
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Opening the brown skin with his fingernail, Mitchell peeled a plantain and sliced the dry-smelling fruit lengthwise into strips.
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The meal ends with a lovely peeled and sliced sweet orange, delicately rearranged within its rind.
serve
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Let sit for several hours before serving over chopped or sliced pork shoulder.
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To serve , slice thinly and serve with cornichons and chutney.
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It came piled on a white plate: a hill of young romaine lettuce served with a sliced lemon.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a piece/slice of the action
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A police station, so help me, is a piece of the action .
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His successors never again ran the town, as he did, but they always had a piece of the action .
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If you want a slice of the action tickets may still be available on.
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If you want to get a slice of the action book early - no kidding.
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Nation shall speak peace unto nation, and I shall grab a piece of the action .
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Or did evil Uncle Humbert destroy it, because under the law he would then get a piece of the action ?
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So how do you get a slice of the action ?
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Will foreign firms get a piece of the action ?
a slice of the cake
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The latter tend to offer less favourable terms, in order that they may have a slice of the cake .
slice/share/piece of the pie
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Smaller capitalist countries are maneuvering to gain a bigger share of the pie .
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That meant nearly one in five students was moderately to severely work-inhibited-a considerable slice of the pie .
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Virtually every academic institution, it seemed, wanted a piece of the pie .
the best/greatest thing since sliced bread
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Now, I didn't get it because I was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Slice the tomatoes about ¼ inch thick.
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Wash and slice the mushrooms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Allow the bread to cool for at least 45 minutes before slicing.
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Just before you toast the bread, halve, core and thinly slice the pear.
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One false feint to the groin, then up and round in a semi-arc to slice the enemy between helmet and hauberk.
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Rut the Europa took it in its stride, sucking itself to the tarmac and slicing through.
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The bullets sliced the dummy in half.
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The scalpel sliced the material more smoothly than butter.
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To serve, slice thinly and serve with cornichons and chutney.
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We were up on the interstate again, slicing through the Louisiana countryside.