noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
unedifying spectacle/sight/scene etc
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the unedifying spectacle of players attacking the referee
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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The Grand National, after 154 years, is one of the greatest sporting spectacles in history.
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I say my daughter keeps the place respectable by those great iron spectacles she wears.
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The ceremony at Notre-Dame was one of the great royal spectacles of the sixteenth century.
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The huge conglomerates that assemble on such occasions provide us with some of the greatest spectacles in the animal world.
public
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He had made a public spectacle of them both.
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Second, television does not turn trials into a public event but into a public spectacle .
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We long ago ceased to enjoy hanging as a public spectacle .
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They were not, as Ionce thought, mere executions but genuine public spectacles .
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Hangings were henceforth carried out behind prison walls; the public spectacle which executions had provided came to an end.
thick
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He must have been very shortsighted for I remember the way in which he always peered through his very thick spectacles .
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The second feature you noticed was his thick spectacles which then made you think he might be an academic or doctor.
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It also wore a youthful face, the greater part of which lurked behind the thick pebbled spectacles of the seriously myopic.
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And a short chubby woman with thick pebble-glass spectacles , Mary Dunn, mingled with the crowd.
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His pale blue eyes peered anxiously at Vic through thick rimless spectacles .
■ NOUN
lens
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Although spectacle lenses will correct errors, they can not replace vision that does not exist.
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Each spectacle lens then filters one image out, based on its color or polarity.
■ VERB
enjoy
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The site manager himself, assisted by a worker, was pulling the rope and enjoying the spectacle thoroughly.
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The hills had now come into view, and I enjoyed the grand spectacle of Mount Blue ahead.
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His pain, a round, red, throbbing presence, sat beside him at the window enjoying the spectacle .
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They court death and we enjoy the spectacle so we reward them for it.
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Biff had drawn up a stool nearby and was drinking from a hip flask enjoying the spectacle .
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For the next two hours he relaxed and enjoyed the spectacle that unwound before his eyes.
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The village is to enjoy the spectacle of me, pushing an old woman in a bath-chair.
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Anybody who could afford a ticket could soon enjoy a spectacle that had once been the exclusive privilege of the upper classes.
make
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You and your so-called friends make spectacles of yourselves at the party, litter the garden with debris and vandalise this fountain.
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She did not rant or rave or otherwise make a spectacle of herself.
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You're simply making a spectacle of yourself.
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Wilkinson's fourth case was that of an optical company, making spectacle lenses.
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However, it was obvious that she was intent on making a spectacle of herself.
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He had made a public spectacle of them both.
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Beta is a wide pair; it makes up a lovely spectacle in binoculars, and is in a rich field.
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They didn't make a spectacle of themselves.
put
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Value added tax has been put on spectacles and surgical boots, which we would never have dreamed of doing.
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Stark put on his spectacles and examined it.
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Inside the house the old man put on spectacles and read the invitation carefully.
remove
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Miss Honey put down her pencil and removed her spectacles and began to polish the lenses with a piece of tissue.
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Ask your partner to remove spectacles , earrings, necklaces or anything that may impede the massage.
watch
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From a place on the shady side I watched the most forlorn spectacle I have ever seen.
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They were joined by a growing audience who left the pub to watch the spectacle , jeering and shouting and offering encouragement.
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Trainloads of spectators lined the banks to watch the awesome spectacle of a river of ice racing relentlessly toward the Falls.
wear
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He wore spectacles and a blue sweater and carried a clipboard.
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Because if you did not wear spectacles the brightness and the glory of the Emerald City would blind you.
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Mr Thompson's son Brian said his father should have worn spectacles , but refused to.
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Even those who live in the City must wear spectacles night and day.
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He wore pince-nez spectacles , a round-ended stiff collar, and a moustache.
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He wore sinister rimless spectacles , and had the potential to become frightening.
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A thin man wearing half-moon spectacles and a dark blue three-piece suit made his way over towards my board.
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Thousands, branded parasitical intellectuals merely because they spoke a foreign language or wore spectacles , were systematically liquidated.
witness
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But Bobby just sat there with a wolfish grin as guests moved in to witness the spectacle .
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Thousands camped around the village to witness the spectacle .
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With the winter season at its height, thousands crowded into the two Niagara communities to witness the spectacle .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
horn-rimmed glasses/spectacles
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Eventually Johnny drew him to one side with a shock-haired young reporter who sported horn-rimmed glasses and a velvet bow-tie.
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He had thick horn-rimmed glasses, a heavy shadow and rather bad teeth.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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From our tent, we could see the grand spectacle of Mount Blue.
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Seeing Hank in a dress was quite a spectacle .
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She knew she was making a spectacle of herself with her childish outburst, but she couldn't seem to help herself.
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The sight of European tourists dancing in grass skirts made a bizarre spectacle .
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Visitors to London are often shocked by the spectacle of people begging in the streets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And these are just thoughts about the spectacles qua physical objects of a certain size and weight.
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Coming soon to a computer screen near you: full three-dimensional animation without the need for funny spectacles.
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Ginsburg has seen the Super Bowl transformed from a football game in 1967 to a full-blown media spectacle today.
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He whines that I am ruining his weekend, but is rarely displeased with the spectacle I have paid dearly for.
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The spectacle that confronted him was so overwhelming that he all but stumbled in alarm before the policeman caught and steadied him.
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To attract crowds large enough to fill up the ornate space, big spectacles were de rigueur.