adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
arrive shortly/soon
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My parents are due to arrive shortly.
as soon as possible (= as soon as you can )
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Please let me know your decision as soon as possible .
leave (sth/sb) soon/now/later etc
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If he left immediately, he’d catch the 7.30 train.
soon/not long/shortly after (sth)
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Not long after the wedding, his wife became ill.
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The family moved to Hardingham in June 1983, and Sarah’s first child was born soon after.
would rather/sooner (= used to say what someone prefers )
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I’d rather stay in this evening, if that’s all right with you.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
become
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In private practice, and by virtue of his influential writings, Maudsley soon became the leading alienist of his generation.
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And the competing drive for ever better features by the individual car companies soon became a relic of the past.
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The same may well be true of the comprehensive resources we have suggested may soon become available in fixed sites.
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It soon became widely accepted that Mercury, like the Moon facing Earth, always kept the same side facing the Sun.
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While the diagnosis was straight forward, the business of getting treatment soon became an epic.
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That goal soon becomes many short-term and long-term goals.
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Amy had had previous theatrical work and soon became one of his principals.
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It soon becomes clear to all employees that the product of their organization is tests and medical procedures, not patient care.
begin
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Evenings are their weakest time since they soon begin to feel fatigued and want to go to sleep relatively early.
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Readers of the Amelia books soon begin to play similar language games.
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The population of the town soon began to expand at a phenomenal rate.
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When they act in concert, the individual soon begins to feel stretched to the limit.
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Another wave of kidnappings began soon after I got out there in 1985.
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The extension has since been approved, and construction is expected to begin soon .
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Fears soon began to be expressed that wines from the Midi too would again find their way back into Champagne cellars.
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It will soon begin the same effort in a dozen other cities.
come
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He soon came back, trying not to look intimidated.
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A convergence of prophecies agrees that something big is coming soon , some end of cycle phenomenon.
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Which soon comes off the shoulder anyway.
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And Katherine would be coming soon .
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And coming soon , says the Waveco company, is a gel-filled wrist rest for keyboards.
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It soon comes to realize that to receive human company, barking for a bit should be sufficient.
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Out of this there soon came the normal development of light industry.
die
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She had died soon after Daisy's marriage.
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Minh Mang died soon afterward, and his successor was even more chauvinistic than he.
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Sophy Nkabule has one type, and she will soon die .
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And as for the rest, I will die soon , and you will see more than I-no, no.
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She had severe head injuries and was taken to Milton Keynes hospital but died soon after arrival.
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It requires very cool water and soon dies in aquariums.
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He went into a coma and died soon afterwards.
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Zeus struck Lycurgus blind and he died soon after.
discover
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But Joe soon discovered that naval officials in Rangoon had no record of his Kunming telegram.
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I soon discovered he had a natural feeling for poetry.
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It was soon discovered , by conversation, that it was a bloodless battle.
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Any computer user soon discovers that sometimes hardware, and more often software, is extremely fallible.
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The system had a breaking point, we soon discovered .
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Brandt's secret method of preparation was soon discovered .
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The managers soon discovered their management responsibilities as role models.
find
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The Dottie Banks who opened the flat door was looking expensive; as to her discretion, he would no doubt soon find out.
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With the death of Lenin, the Leninists soon found themselves in a minority in the Bolshevik party they had created.
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Four culprits were soon found and arrested.
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In Loreto Entally, however, the community soon found a more novel way of distinguishing the two.
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Similarly, an expert selling obsolete knowledge may soon find power is withdrawn.
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We came around a bend, and soon found out why the oncoming traffic had stopped.
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I soon found that Bertha and I had nothing in common.
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Not surprisingly, they soon found themselves in deep crisis.
follow
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Just one secondary school and its primary feeders need to take this path and others would soon follow .
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One hundred more polio patients soon followed .
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Yet despite the general improvement in relations and these two releases, we weren't confident that we would soon follow .
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Many other distance measurements of relatively nearby stars soon followed .
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Their marriage, which had followed soon afterwards, was a very quiet, low-key affair.
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Get artificial insects down, and artificial apes will soon follow .
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Sir Edmond had been the first of the Goldsmiths to found a School but his example was soon followed .
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I erupted ten minutes later, and Carlo soon followed .
learn
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And when - inevitably - you do capsize, you soon learn how to not make the same mistakes again.
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Radio reporters in the field soon learned where all the good pay phones were located.
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Institutionalism sets in after a few months, and active people slow down and soon learn not to complain.
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I soon learn there are six other resident hotels within a few square blocks.
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A sensible dog soon learns that barking is not enough and will attract his master's attention in some other way.
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Those who learn from a machine soon learn to live like one.
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I soon learn the bicycle protocol.
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Kreizler and friends soon learn that she may have murdered a number of infants in her care in New York City.
leave
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They left soon after the birth, and Ariel could tell they were glad to.
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The Emerald City was soon left far behind.
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After her mother died in 1949, Reese quit Wayne State University and soon left home.
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She goes out with Moira, the new trainer, but soon leaves her a quarter of a mile behind.
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They soon left the urban sprawl of roundabouts, sodium streetlights and Wimpey homes and Dexter began to speed along country lanes.
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A glance at her watch informed her she would have to be leaving soon .
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Maybe she's booked a cruise that leaves soon .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fool and his money are soon parted
as soon as poss
as soon as your head hits the pillow
as soon/quickly/much etc as possible
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A condition to be rectified as quickly as possible if she didn't want to be labelled a freak, or worse.
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Archibol was committed to relieving himself of the distraction of Isaac as quickly as possible .
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Experts do recommend that parents also put their babies in other positions as much as possible while awake.
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Preston avoided travelling by tube as much as possible , but sometimes it was forced upon him.
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Smokers, stop as quickly as possible and do not smoke in the presence of others.
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The food is freshly cooked using produce from the kitchen garden and local produce as much as possible .
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The Super Bowl was an outgrowth of the desire to take advantage of the merger as quickly as possible .
no sooner/hardly had ... than
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Alas, no sooner had he started than he realised it was no longer what he wanted.
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But no sooner had Miriam gone than Harry suddenly returned looking more cheerful than one might have expected.
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No sooner had he gone than one of the cameramen approached.
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No sooner had it begun than the rain seemed to end.
not a moment too soon
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"Dinner's ready." "And not a moment too soon!"
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The ambulance finally arrived, not a moment too soon.
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It was not a moment too soon.
the sooner the better/the bigger the better etc
would just as soon
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I'd just as soon ride with you, if that's okay.
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Absorbing Costs Self-defeating techniques yield consequences that most organizations would just as soon not deal with.
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After all, he delivers oil to you and would just as soon keep doing it.
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And a lot of them would just as soon not get this junk e-mail.
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And they would just as soon I was not there.
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Fiercely individualistic, Texas would just as soon give back the Alamo as institute a state tax.
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The dismissal of such people would stir up controversy the president would just as soon avoid.
would rather/would sooner ... than
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Driving in the city was hard at first, but she soon got used to it.
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I came as soon as I could.
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It'll soon be Christmas.
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Please reply as soon as possible.
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They came back much sooner than we had anticipated.
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They set off soon after breakfast.
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We soon realized how difficult the job was going to be.
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We need to get him to a hospital, and the sooner the better.
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Why wasn't I told about this sooner?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As soon as the daughter leaves the room, Louise asks what is the matter.
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As soon as the harvesting was done, the overseer called him to the porch of the house.
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But he soon returned and attacked her again.
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In the evening the wind became stronger and soon a great storm broke above us.
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The track soon becomes rocky and steep, but not too much of a challenge for a decent four-wheel drive.
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They left soon after the birth, and Ariel could tell they were glad to.