I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be still in the race (= still have a chance of winning )
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Swindon Town is still in the race, despite losing to Manchester City on Saturday.
better still/even better
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It was even better than last year.
dead quiet/calm/still
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The room was dead quiet while we waited for Ted to reply.
keep still
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How can I cut your hair if you won’t keep still !
lie still/awake etc
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She would lie awake worrying.
or worse still
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Suppose Rose, or worse still , Peter had seen the photograph?
sit still (= without moving )
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Young children find it almost impossible to sit still.
Stand still (= do not move )
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Stand still and listen to me.
still alive
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My grandparents are still alive .
still exist (= existing in the past and continuing to exist )
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A number of his early photographs still exist.
still in one piece
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Cheer up. At least you’re still in one piece .
still life
still undecided
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I’m still undecided about how I’ll vote.
the still air (= air in which there is no wind )
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Smoke from the chimneys hung in the still air.
Time...stood still
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Time seems to have stood still in this lovely hotel.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
hold
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He was still holding my arm but there was space between us.
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He was still holding my hand and then he rubbed my hair.
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Bodie was in squash gear, still holding his racquet across his knees.
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But instead he takes the mike, turns to me and says: Now see if my. imitation still holds up.
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A key element will be the researching of source material still held by different constabularies.
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If not, try drawing up a daily schedule that fits your needs and still holds a repetitive rhythm.
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But a shared sense of collective values can still hold society together at the local level.
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Yet he still holds a Texas license to provide therapy.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
much/still less
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The average person is unlikely to pick up this type of book, much less read it.
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Equally, science would be much less advanced than it is if the only available data were intuitive estimates of quantities.
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Half a century earlier his behaviour would have seemed much more normal and aroused much less criticism.
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In the end, the tax brought in much less revenue than originally forecast.
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On the battlefield armament was still much less important than discipline and fighting spirit.
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She could not afford the bus fare to see a doctor, much less his fee.
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The grouping of other languages of the world-and even of their number-is much less clear.
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There is not much chance of finding a razor blade, much less using it in the appropriate way.
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There was to be no pause for reflection, nor - much less - for a changeover from military to civilian rule.
stand still
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Could you stand still for just a minute and listen to me?
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Space technology has not stood still.
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But, although Ashley stood still and wary, her son showed no inhibitions.
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I stood still, right where I was, eavesdropping.
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I have stood still instead of fighting on her side as I did in the basement in Lobethal.
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I seemed to be standing still.
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She stood still, all amazed.
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She stood still, savouring the accumulation of days of her life behind her like beads on a string, something tangible.
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The law has not been standing still since Jorden v. Money.
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The young woman stood still, waiting and smiling: small as a child in her glimmering white silk.
the jury is (still) out on sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After two hours the dog was still there, just sitting and staring at our door.
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Are you still going out with that guy you met at Heather's party?
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At the age of 50, Marlene was still a beautiful woman.
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Do you still have her phone number?
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He's been studying French for five years, and still can't speak the language.
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I'm still confused. Would you explain it again?
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I think John is still in medical school.
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She still has that rusty old car.
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Soloviov returned to the town where he was born after more than forty years and found his old house still standing.
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Traffic was bad, but we still made it to the movie on time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because from my point of view it's still a total flop.
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But I still want to know, how do you judge a character?
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Every time he turned, the ghost turned too, and was still behind him.
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Occasional gunshots can still be heard, though no one seems to know who fires the guns and if anyone is hit.
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The Club is still the focal point of his life.
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Though employment growth is down, the area is still attracting health care, high tech, banking and sports-related industries.
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You still think of the mountains.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
better
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Sit yourself down, or better still go into the sitting-room.
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But perhaps the early evening was better still ?
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Getting a cheap company loan, if available, is better still .
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It will be even better still .
very
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We kept very still inside and in the end we could hear them slowly going down the stairs and going away.
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It was very still , with the landscape painted in shades of smoke.
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The air was very still and drops of dew were poised in perfect globes on blades of grass and leaves.
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He was very still , as if he was weighing up what she'd said.
■ NOUN
air
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They twirled just fine in a breeze, but dropped like an arrow if released carefully in still air .
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The notes floated in the still air , strong and clear.
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Red maple seeds, on the other hand, twirled even when released in still air .
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The wind had dropped but the still air winced with frost.
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Smoke rose from several chimneys, straight blue columns in the still air , signs of habitation.
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The lights on the scaffolding shone, unwinking in the still air .
image
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This format uses an electronic camera that stores up to 50 still images on a tiny floppy disk.
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This, in turn, can move into still image work.
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Three still images to encapsulate the key moments in your story.
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They have created a still image showing work down the pit - but one child can't stop giggling.
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The questions which are asked about a still image tell us a great deal about the narrative interest in that image.
lifes
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Western popular prints and Soviet official art both displayed a penchant for landscapes, flower pieces, still lifes and genre.
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The fifty-two year old Berlin artist's work is characterised by highly unconventional still lifes .
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These apocalyptic still lifes emphasise more strongly than the earlier work Christa Dichgans' preoccupation with the psychic reality of objects.
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The Horta still lifes show the same combination of complexity and lucidity.
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Cowie, she insists, used the same rubber apple for batches of his still lifes .
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More important was the introduction of illusionistic nails into three still lifes of early 1910.
night
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It was a hot, still night , and I left the windows open.
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Then an agonising cry rent the still night .
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On either side of us stood two perfectly trimmed orange trees, their light citrus oils flavoring the still night air.
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Blue smoke trembled on the still night air.
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It was a still night and the tall trees stood silently against the stars.
water
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Bone samples in uniform temperature conditions Glacial varves Analysis of accumulation of annual layers accreted in still water .
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Soft light beginning to shimmer on the still water .
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In short, this plant needs nearly still water .
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I think of it more as a diving into still water .
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The floor was dark green and shiny like a sheet of still water , and everything else was white.
waters
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Lead me beside the still waters .
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Here the magnificent oaks and beeches are twice graced by their reflections in the still waters of the lake.
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He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters .
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Beside the still waters of the Serpentine she lay down and slept.
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Once at the 1,000 Island Resort region, embark on a cruise aboard the lake's still waters .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a still pond
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a hot, still , airless day
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Anna looked out across the still waters of the lake.
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Everything was very still inside the little chapel. Nothing broke the silence.
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For once, the house was completely still .
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It was a long, hot, still September afternoon.
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Keep still while I tie your shoes.
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Percy was so thrilled he could hardly sit still .
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There was no wind and the trees were completely still .
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Would you like that still or sparkling, madam?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was another still island day and I could hear the sounds of a motorbike and chainsaw on the mainland.
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The memory was a series of still images, a film broken down to components.
III. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I also have stills taken on the set as a movie was being made.
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There was Mark, who worked as assistant director, and did all the stills photography.
IV. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
much/still less
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The average person is unlikely to pick up this type of book, much less read it.
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Equally, science would be much less advanced than it is if the only available data were intuitive estimates of quantities.
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Half a century earlier his behaviour would have seemed much more normal and aroused much less criticism.
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In the end, the tax brought in much less revenue than originally forecast.
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On the battlefield armament was still much less important than discipline and fighting spirit.
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She could not afford the bus fare to see a doctor, much less his fee.
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The grouping of other languages of the world-and even of their number-is much less clear.
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There is not much chance of finding a razor blade, much less using it in the appropriate way.
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There was to be no pause for reflection, nor - much less - for a changeover from military to civilian rule.
the jury is (still) out on sth
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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When Nicandra came into the morning room, the air was stilled for a moment.