I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a strong/broad/thick/pronounced accent (= very noticeable )
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She spoke with a strong Scottish accent.
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a broad Australian accent
a thick slice
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Cut the aubergine into thick slices.
a thick/dense forest (= with trees that are growing close together )
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The country we passed through was once thick forest.
a thick/heavy mist
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Outside, a heavy mist obscured everything.
deep/thick darkness literary:
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All around her was the deep darkness of a winter night.
heavy/thick cloud ( also dense cloud formal )
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By midday, heavy clouds had spread across the sky.
heavy/thick curtains (= made of thick material )
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Heavy curtains help to keep the house warm.
stuck by...through thick and thin
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Jean has stuck by her husband through thick and thin .
thick cream British English
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Pour some thick cream over the strawberries.
thick glasses (= with lenses that are thick )
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She peered up at them through thick glasses.
thick layer
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A thick layer of dust lay on the furniture.
thick socks
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Wear thick socks and boots.
thick
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Curtains hung from a thick wire.
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The thick carpet felt warm under her feet.
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She had thick hair down to her waist.
thick
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Thick ice was preventing the ship from moving.
thick
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Lunch consisted of a thick vegetable soup.
thick/deep pile
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Her feet sank into the thick pile of the rug.
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a deep pile carpet
thick/dense smoke
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Thick smoke spread through the building.
thick/dense/heavy fog (= great in amount and difficult to see through )
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The two lorries collided in heavy fog.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
too
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I've sliced the bread too thick .
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If too thick , thin with a small amount of apple cider.
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Aerosol resist coating too thick: - increase exposure time or use spray more sparingly.
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Add a bit more milk if sauce is too thick .
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If too thick for easy brushing, then the varnish can be thinned with white spirit.
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It sounds like his tongue is too thick for his mouth.
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Their faces were too strong, their arms were too thick , their shoulders were wrong.
very
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The columns are circular, very thick and have cubiform capitals.
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The area we were in was triple-canopy jungle, with very thick , huge trees.
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Do not be tempted to make too large a frame from cardboard, unless it is very thick indeed.
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The mixture should get very thick . 5.
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A closer look and I realized that it was not fog but smoke, and very thick at that.
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I walked through hardwood forest of very thick sugar maples and yellow birches.
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Whisk eggs, sugar and essence for 5 mins until pale, very thick and whisk leaves a trail. 2.
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Cook until sauce is very thick .
■ NOUN
carpet
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He wandered along the thick carpets through to the main drawing room.
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Underneath the maps she felt the bare concrete of the warehouse, not the thick carpet of the Mayor's office.
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I stepped out on to a floor of empty desks set on an acre or more of thick carpet .
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Lino and thick carpets cover the floor.
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He scuttled across the rich thick carpet like a toddler, making her laugh.
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They have variable suction for cleaning delicate curtains, as well as thick carpet , and filters that take out allergens as well as dust.
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It was a high-ceilinged, gracious room with thick carpet under-foot and rich curtains over the windows.
cloud
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On approaching the high ground before the Alps themselves we all encountered thick cloud , despite the season, and icing.
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The sun was down, but there was still light buried in the thick clouds patrolling the sky.
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A thick cloud of mosquitoes had arrived on time and soon settled on everything and everybody.
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By morning thick clouds drift over, but the sky between them is deep blue and occasionally the sun peeks through.
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Unfortunately the fireworks must have seeded the thick clouds overhead because it absolutely poured with rain, and we got soaked.
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Dark clouds rolled over denser, thicker clouds and merged with them.
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When they reached the stairway the flights of stairs were almost obscured by the thick clouds of smoke.
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It was like walking into a thick cloud .
fog
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This lasted for half an hour; however, thick fog and bad bumps kept throwing them off course.
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He was walking home in a thick fog , wondering when the crisp, blue skies of autumn might appear.
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Time allowed 00:22 Read in studio Four people have been injured in an accident in thick fog .
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By the time we reached the island, dusk was falling and a thick fog had rolled in.
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Owing to the thick fog all day long, we had to take extra precautions on the road parts of the walk.
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I locked up the office and walked out of the student center into a thick fog .
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The accident happened last night in thick fog on the M-forty.
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We traveled in thick fog and through whorls of brown blowing mist, which made the woods ghostly.
forest
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Spinneys and woods are all that remain of once thick forest cover.
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We stood on the shoulder and peered down through the thick forest of old fir and knew he was there somewhere.
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In such places the abundant rains produce a tall thick forest beneath which the air is constantly warm and humid.
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The country we passed through was once thick forest .
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Hundreds of kilos of muscle and fat manage to snap not even the tiniest twig as they move through thick forest .
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At its foot, the pastures of the valley divide it from the thick forest which rises up the facing mountain.
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Lush mountains, fragrant spice and tea plantations drift via thick forests to fabulous sandy beaches and the stunning Arabian Sea.
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Greens hope to rally crowds to block the road-building crews as they hack their way into the thick forest .
glass
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He had thick glasses and his hearing was not too good towards the end of his umpiring days.
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His eyes were closed behind thick glasses , and his expression was prayerful and vaguely pained.
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Each station has a cutaway wall, framed behind thick glass , showing the strata through which the archaeologists dug.
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But although it only takes a few minutes, life without thick glasses has a cost.
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He was an old man, blinking behind very thick glasses .
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The inspector of schools was a small man with thick glasses who moved in a shuffle.
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Rain lashed at the windows with a new intensity, beating at the thick glass as though demanding entry.
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Ready-cut slabs of thick glass on top of painted, lacquered or carpeted wooden cubes make stunning tables and provide storage space.
hair
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His thick hair , still damp and scored with comb marks, was springing back into its usual lustrous waves.
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Her thick hair fell forward over her face.
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Feeling weightless and soft, she slid her arms further round him, her fingers pushing into his thick hair .
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McMurphy walks up and down in front of that bench, running his hand around in that thick hair .
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His thick hair smelled of incense.
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Black thick hair , a little greasy, shaped, unfashionably for these times, in Elvis Presley style.
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She had big dark eyes and fine lashes, and she kept her thick hair pulled severely back.
skin
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The jaws are armed with spine-like mouth papillae, otherwise covered by thick skin which obscures the associated plates.
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They have a good, thick skin .
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As with all hams, the thick skin is removed before sale or serving.
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We often talk among ourselves about developing thicker skins .
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A prerequisite of being a member of our party is a thick skin and a sense of humour.
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She will just have to grow a thicker skin .
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It requires a high level of stamina, a thick skin and a flexible mind.
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A clear brow argues A thick skin .
skull
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Let him do six months or a year, to get it through his thick skull that he done wrong.
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Orcs have large heads with huge jaws but tiny foreheads behind which lurk a thick skull and not very much brain.
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Neither you nor they seem to be able to get this obvious point through your thick skulls .
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In fact Pachycephalosaurus had a 10-inch thick skull , and probably used it as a battering ram in ritual contests.
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Maybe that had even penetrated his thick skull .
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She couldn't get it into her thick skull that being gay just happens.
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You'd better get that through your thick skull !
smoke
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All three were firing now, but the thick smoke was confusing them; they couldn't see properly through their masks.
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For the stunt, De Cagny trained Clovis to slink low to the ground with thick smoke overhead.
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But they were beaten back by thick smoke before they could reach young Sandy Lee.
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I can just barely make out the forms of the fire-fighters through the thick smoke .
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Neighbours called the fire brigade, who battled through thick smoke to find Sam behind the fridge in the kitchen.
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Flames shot up amidst coils of thick smoke that blackened our kitchen walls and ceiling.
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Five people were rescued from their burning flat and 30 others were led to safety after thick smoke spread through the building.
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You couldn't through thick smoke , however much you wanted to.
wall
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Insulated by thick walls , ceiling and door the ice would last throughout the summer heat.
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The thick walls insulate against the winter cold.
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Rising all around are thick walls of rough-cut travertine, the slightly golden stone that dominates the view from the freeway.
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Instead of endeavouring to penetrate its ten-foot thick walls , the rebels invited Grenville out to parley.
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Once inside, I mounted the battlements and explored hidden alcoves carved into the thick walls .
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There were one or two built into each thick wall of the rectangular keep.
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For thicker walls , a special soffit extension strip can be used between the two sections 6.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blood is thicker than water
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For most cannibals, blood is thicker than water.
give sb a thick ear
have (a) thin/thick skin
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Some people have thick skins , others have thin ones and are more easily hurt.
have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair
lay it on (thick)
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He laid it on top of one of the garbage cans lined up in front of his building.
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I laid it on soil; the shoulders managed a few slow twitches, pulled it an inch forward.
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I laid it on the line.
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I took a card out and laid it on the counter.
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She laid it on the floor of the car.
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She took her coat off and laid it on the bed.
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Tenderly she laid it on the bed.
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That way, unless I've really laid it on thick, I can get along at a cracking pace.
long/thick etc -bodied
sb can't get it into their (thick) skull
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Thick clouds of black smoke went up from the oil fires.
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thick spaghetti sauce
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thick vegetable soup
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Thicker curtains will give you more privacy.
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a thick blanket of fog
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a thick forest
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a thick layer of frosting
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a thick slice of bread
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Bill's voice was thick and gruff.
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He's a nice boy, but he's a bit thick , isn't he?
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If you want to make the sauce thicker, add flour.
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In the hills, all the houses are surrounded by thick brush.
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Is this gravy thick enough?
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It's an old house with very thick stone walls.
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Not wishing to appear thick , but what exactly are you doing?
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shoes with thick rubber soles
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Some of the students they let in these days are as thick as two short planks.
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The ground was covered in a thick layer of snow.
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You have such thick , beautiful hair.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I prod it with a fork and brown it on the fire before introducing it to the thick slice of toast.
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She landed flat on her face in thick mud.
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Stark clasped his thick hands behind his head.
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The thick walls insulate against the winter cold.
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The ceiling was low and there was a thick , suffocating feel to the air and a stale, old stench.
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The mortar joints between bricks were thick , generally about the same as the bricks themselves.
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The running lights flashed off and a thick silence filled up the day.
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The tensions aboard the boat are as thick and ominous as thunderstorm clouds gathering over the ocean.
II. adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Slice the cheese a little thicker.
III. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The thickness of the old walls helped keep the rooms warm in winter and cool in summer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it is enough to keep her in the thick of the race.