noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
living out of a suitcase (= spending a lot of time travelling )
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He was tired of living out of a suitcase .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
heavy
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He had lugged his poor wife round for so long, like a heavy suitcase .
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Six weeks ago the Hosic family touched down at Logan Airport, their hearts as heavy as their suitcases .
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Their soft-soled trainers made little noise and the heavy suitcases were no burden to them.
large
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She picked up her two large suitcases and walked through the small cool ticket office on to the station forecourt.
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I went through the gear very quickly, throwing what I thought was extraneous into a large suitcase .
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Together they packed his clothes and personal belongings into one large suitcase and a leather grip.
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A large suitcase lay on the bed, still full of the clothes he'd taken from the other room.
old
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He returned with an old , torn suitcase and a flat cardboard box.
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Modigliani also tried to sell an old suitcase to an artist friend, but without success.
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Rosenbaum placed the package carefully in his old suitcase .
open
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There were so many vans and stalls and open suitcases he was afraid to think of counting them.
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Tessa's clothes straggled across the carpet from her open suitcase .
small
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She followed him out into the hallway, toting her small suitcase .
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Her father was there, helping arrange her few things in a small suitcase , folding up the bed linens.
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He ranged along his shelves, found the numbered item, a small fibre suitcase , and handed it over.
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There was only her one small suitcase and the bag with the dress in it for Peach.
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Ellis opened the cupboard and took out a small black plastic suitcase .
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He was zipping up a small brown suitcase which he placed under the table he was standing at, next to another one.
■ NOUN
full
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My possessions were a suitcase full of clothes and a steamer trunk full of books.
■ VERB
bring
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After a further few days I brought my suitcases up from London.
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Ludens had brought up two suitcases in the lift.
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A man had brought in the suitcases and stood them in the middle of the floor.
carry
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Some of the fitter ones run round the block carrying a suitcase .
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When they reached the cottage, Wade parked near the porch and carried her suitcase inside.
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Clare, who was carrying Carolyn's suitcase , leaned against a door to hold it open for her.
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Then, staggering under the weight, she carried her suitcases into the waiting room and sat down beside Ollie.
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He bought Dawn a newspaper for the journey and carried her suitcase along the platform to the compartment.
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The man in the worn-out boots limped towards the door carrying an ancient suitcase .
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My father was there, carrying a suitcase .
live
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But amazingly Miranda, who had lived out of a suitcase for so long, did not thrive in London.
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But they were the kind of people who lived out of suitcases for months, sometimes years, at a time.
pack
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I doubt she has ever in her life packed a suitcase !
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He goes to the bedroom, packs a suitcase , and leaves.
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Then the box was packed into a suitcase with a few clothes around it.
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What my wife and I like to do is pack the suitcases first.
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It had taken her far longer to pack her suitcases than it did to unpack them.
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I went on packing the suitcase .
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After all, he wasn't packing suitcases for fun.
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He had packed his suitcases with many gifts-clothes, candies and crayons, notebooks and pencils.
pick
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She picked up her suitcase and made her way along the aisle, pausing to inspect the damage to her legs.
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I asked picking up a suitcase .
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She picked up the blue suitcase standing by the bedroom door and carried it into the foyer.
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Wyatt waved, picked up his suitcase , and started across the meadow.
put
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Delia Sutherland put down her suitcase and closed herself in there.
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Let him put his suitcase in the trunk himself and then you drive him around town for a while.
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It was a relief to be able to put down the suitcase .
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I put it into a suitcase pocket, and then I forgot it.
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I put the suitcase down on the other bed and began packing the contents of the drawers into it.
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Once or twice as he walked up the ramp he put the suitcase down and rested for a moment.
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Once we were in the main concourse, I put down my suitcase and turned to say goodbye.
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I put down my suitcase and sat on the edge of the bed.
take
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Lily watched him as he took it from his suitcase and dabbed at her thighs and at the bottom sheet.
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He saw her getting up and going home, taking a suitcase and catching the noon bus tomorrow.
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She wasn't taking her suitcase .
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Finally he went into the room while she was still asleep and took the suitcase from the closet.
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Roy and Pat took just two suitcases , one for each earring.
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Mildred took her suitcase from the back of the broomstick which was hovering politely, waiting for the next command.
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They came down and took our suitcases into the house.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I said, and went back to my suitcases.
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My possessions were a suitcase full of clothes and a steamer trunk full of books.
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She could fill the second suitcase with her winter coat.
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She followed him out into the hallway, toting her small suitcase .
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There was a suitcase on the seat of my compartment.
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They had left the hospital grounds now, and she thought about the two suitcases in the back of the car.
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Yesterday, after that tearful reunion with my suitcase , I tried to get a negro hand-slapping thing going with Felix.