noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
do
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I was taught how to do a somersault on top of leather mats as lumpy as my face after a bad fight.
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Hang from bar, hang from rings. Do somersault .
turn
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Her stomach was turning nervous somersaults as she rang the bell but she was determined no one should realise it.
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Their coordination is less well-developed, too: they find it harder to turn somersaults or hold a pencil properly for long.
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Sometimes she turns somersaults as she goes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apparently a couple of somersaults ensured a complete write-off.
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I was taught how to do a somersault on top of leather mats as lumpy as my face after a bad fight.
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My stomach contracted and my heart went into a somersault .
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Suddenly one hurtled past the riders' Piper plane from underneath, sending the aircraft into a vicious somersault .
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The Paul Jones and the emotional somersaults when the music stopped and they came face to face for the very first time.
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Then her heart did a double somersault .
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Tricks and routines also have become drastically more complex and high-flying, with triple somersaults even on the beam now the norm.