noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
baking tray
in tray
out tray
system tray
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
baking
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You may prefer to ask an older person to do this for you. 8 Place the baking tray into the oven.
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Place on a baking tray lined with folded newspaper on the lowest shelf of oven.
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Divide dough in 2oz pieces and mould into rounds and place on a baking tray .
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Scatter with a spoonful or two of sugar and slide the dish on to a baking tray .
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Place on a baking tray and bake in an oven at 425°F, 220°C or Gas mark 7 for approximately 1 hour.
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Stand tins on a baking tray lined with a double thickness of brown paper.
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Right at the bottom is a handy storage compartment for all your baking trays , dishes and so on.
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Place thumbnail-size pieces on a baking tray and cook in a hot oven until golden brown.
large
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Willie lifted it up to find Tom standing on the steps, with a large tray in his hands.
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They carry large trays , which they fill with the mushrooms they pick.
pending
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At least avoid the pending tray syndrome.
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Abolishing your pending tray will transform your handling of paper.
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But sometimes the pending tray becomes overloaded.
silver
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He flagged a waiter down and grabbed two drinks from the silver tray .
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Half way through the meal a butler appeared, carrying a folded slip of paper on a silver tray .
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Lily brought in a silver tray with tea and sandwiches and one of Mary's marvellous sponge cakes.
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Waiters offer a selection of waters to drink, served on a silver tray , but only the tap is free.
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Dinner was brought to my room, served up on a silver tray .
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A practical nurse brought old red wine, a silver tray of smoked salmon, crumbled hard-boiled egg, capers and lemon.
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Some one brought mint tea in a silver pot, on a chased, silver tray .
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Behind her walked Jeeves, straight as a broom, clad in white tie and tails and carrying a silver tray .
small
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There were chests of cypress and cedar, small tables bearing trays , silver cups, pewter tankards and flagons.
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This time she didn't wait to see if anyone would come, but swiftly glanced to the small instrument tray .
■ NOUN
ash
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Galvone hurried to place a crystal ash tray on a small table beside him.
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Alice hurriedly put out the cigarette and got up to empty the ash tray .
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The ash tray was getting crowded when I decided there was no percentage in doing any more worrying for a while.
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He was constructing something from a foil ash tray when she approached.
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He placed his unfinished cigar in the ash tray and rose from the table, leaving his brandy untouched.
breakfast
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He shaved and showered, was dressed before the breakfast tray arrived at the prescribed nine o'clock.
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The children wrote get-well notes, which were sent in on the breakfast tray , the lunch tray, the supper tray.
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Early on the following Thursday morning, she grabbed the pale pink copy of the Financial Times from her breakfast tray .
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He eased himself up on the pillow and examined the breakfast tray .
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He was considering the toast on the breakfast tray Brother Edward had just brought into his room.
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She was still struggling with the short introduction when her husband entered, bearing a breakfast tray .
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Just a little critical - a slight sniff when she came to collect the breakfast tray and found I was still in bed.
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Somewhere in my head she is pushing aside her breakfast tray .
hospitality
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All four Karena hotels offer traditional rooms with private facilities, television, telephone, radio and a hospitality tray .
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All bedrooms are of a high standard offering private facilities, satellite colour television, in-house movies and hospitality tray .
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The bedrooms all have facilities, T.V. with in-house films, telephone, mini bar and hospitality tray .
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The rooms are bright and comfortable with full central heating, T.V. and hospitality tray .
litter
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The secret in such cases is to increase the rate of emptying and cleaning the litter tray .
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A final factor has to do with the position of the litter tray .
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Cats hate to defecate where they eat and some people place the litter tray too near the animal's food dish.
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So if a litter tray is in too public a place, this too may drive them elsewhere.
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When you first introduce the litter tray , place the puppy here if you suspect that it is likely to use it.
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The cats shared their room with an overflowing litter tray .
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You can use a large plastic cat litter tray as a dirt-box.
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This means leaving faeces in a prominent place, rather than covering them up in the litter tray .
seed
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Because polyanthus are more difficult to germinate, start them off in seed trays or pots in a greenhouse or cold frame.
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Use a small split cane the width of the seed tray to make a series of depressions in the levelled compost.
shower
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The new range of Access shower trays from Nordic neatly solves all these problems.
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He swayed as he stepped clear of the shower tray .
tea
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I hoped that my relief wasn't too visible when Jill chose that moment to enter with the tea tray .
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But the sound of those guns makes regular meals impossible.... Tea trays pervade the corridors, going everywhere.
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He acquired a new dignity when he brought in the five o'clock tea tray .
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The lowest tier on the tea tray holds four glass containers of jams and custard and the promise of scones to come.
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Mrs Wilson was particularly glad that the maid, Elsie, chose this moment to arrive with the tea tray .
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The tea tray landed on the piano bench, and I set the empty Brown Betty pot teetering on the piano keys.
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Madge, bring in the tea tray and try not to spill it.
tin
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She scooped up coffee-pot, bread-basket, jam-pots, Camembert, on to the tin tray , and made for the door.
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Pots and tin trays were clanging over the whirr of dishwashers; the tables smelled sweet and oily.
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Punters throw coins, trying to score a hit in the tin trays .
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Stone was carrying two steaming mugs on a round tin tray .
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She had promptly dropped her tin tray and her shrill shrieks began to split the crisp winter air.
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An electric kettle, plugged into the wall, steamed on a tin tray , surrounded by waiting cups.
■ VERB
appear
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There was a tap at the door and a Chicano woman with her hair in a braid appeared with a tray .
bake
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Drain well and place on a baking tray .
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A useful tip is to make sure that no more than two brandy snaps are baked on each tray .
bear
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Another girl followed her, bearing a tray of coffee.
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There were chests of cypress and cedar, small tables bearing trays , silver cups, pewter tankards and flagons.
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From nowhere another dark man appeared, bearing a tray , a jug of Campari and soda, a tall iced glass.
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She was still struggling with the short introduction when her husband entered, bearing a breakfast tray .
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At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers.
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She was pleased when the door opened and a maid entered the room bearing a silver tray .
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One balanced a beaker of steaming coffee on a nearby terminal before moving on bearing a full tray .
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He bore a tray with a pint mug of steaming coffee and two thick slices of bread and honey.
bring
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Certainly Dotty was less effusive in her thanks when Stella brought her up a tray of tea in the interval.
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Along with the food, they bring in a tray of beer in bottles.
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Then you can bring the tray in.
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Charpois would be brought , trays of water glasses, sometimes tea.
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Some exhibitors will bring a tray containing about forty berries which have to be classified by colour and weighed.
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I would go to the serving tables and bring both trays to the table.
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Rout out Annunziata, would you, Comfort, and get her to bring up a tray of breakfast.
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Some of the Acutes bring trays to the Wheelers.
carry
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At the sight of her entering the room again carrying a tray , he jumped up and took it from her.
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Pulled so close to shore you could see the plush red cabin and the waiters carrying trays of drinks and food.
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Li Yuan turned from the cabinet, carrying a tray of drinks.
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Instead, park officials announced Friday, the pirates will run after women who carry trays of food.
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I carried in tray after tray of Whiskas to the Gairloch store.
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They carry large trays , which they fill with the mushrooms they pick.
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I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window.
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Behind her walked Jeeves, straight as a broom, clad in white tie and tails and carrying a silver tray .
hold
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Emily was sitting on the edge of the bed in one of his shirts, holding a tray .
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In one corner was a strange life-size wooden cut-out of a black boy holding a tray .
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It turned out to be Pion, holding a tray of what had to be ... fruit, Masklin decided.
lay
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Still whistling, Buzz laid the tray .
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He laid a tray and took his supper into the study to watch the news.
pick
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He picked up the tray of tea things and took them to the kitchen where he glanced at the clock.
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My husband picks up our trays and throws them into the garbage before I can stop him.
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They carry large trays , which they fill with the mushrooms they pick .
place
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Samples are placed on a glass tray supported on an X-Y bearing carriage.
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She placed the tray on the floor and sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at her sleeping husband.
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Her big-boned body felt clumsy and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.
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You may prefer to ask an older person to do this for you. 8 Place the baking tray into the oven.
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Cats hate to defecate where they eat and some people place the litter tray too near the animal's food dish.
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All the circuits were placed in two trays of 24 modules.
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Galvone hurried to place a crystal ash tray on a small table beside him.
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You can grow seeds in the spaces between the plants. Place the tray on a table near the window.
put
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There was a brief exchange of hoots, and the clothed human put down the tray and went out again.
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He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair.
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A huge hand reached down and put a little tray on the packed earth under the floor.
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She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray .
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She put it on a tray with the cups and saucers, sugar, milk.
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She put the tray on a low table and left them together.
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Then use anything - mugs - egg-cups - put them on a tray to catch the drips.
return
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At that moment, Veronica returned , setting a tray on a small table which she moved in front of the fire.
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By the time Edward returned with a tray of beer-cans the fire was blazing with famished enthusiasm.
serve
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With a metal spatula or the wooden peel, slip the pizza off the stone on to a serving tray .
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Waiters offer a selection of waters to drink, served on a silver tray , but only the tap is free.
set
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He set the tray down gently by the bedside, and picked up what was left of the mummy.
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Thereupon a cackling, toothless old maidservant set aside the tray she was carrying and hobbled across to confront him.
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The kettle boiled and he filled the teapot, set it on the tray and carried it through to the sitting-room.
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She stooped, setting the tray down, and Claudine put a hand around her narrow waist, detaining her.
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He would be setting her tray , looking for knives and forks, salt and pepper, plates to heat.
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At that moment, Veronica returned, setting a tray on a small table which she moved in front of the fire.
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Dinah's petite figure bustled into the room and set the tray down on a low table.
stand
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By the side of a registration book stood a tray on which rested a bottle of Scotch and four small glasses.
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Alternatively, you can stand the trays in shallow water until the compost surface appears moist.
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She was standing with a tray of cool drinks.
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As an additional precaution, you should stand the tray on newspaper.
take
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When Rosa had taken the tray Luce picked up the crutch and practised hobbling round the bedroom.
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I will also relieve you, Robert, at eight-thirty, when you take Mr Glastonbury's tray upstairs to his bedroom.
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He went to the refrigerator, took out a tray of ice cubes, built himself a vodka tonic.
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Usually I go and take the tray .
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She heard Stephen order Sally to take a tray upstairs to Mrs Winters and she said nothing.
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Jehan took the tray of cakes out of her hands, and then he grinned ferociously at her so that she backed hastily away.
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She took her tray to the pay desk, opened her bag and felt for her purse.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pending file/tray
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Abolishing your pending tray will transform your handling of paper.
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At least avoid the pending tray syndrome.
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But sometimes the pending tray becomes overloaded.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The tray was heavy with food and drinks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If bulbs look shrivelled when unpacked, immerse in trays of damp peat until plumped out.
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She heard Stephen order Sally to take a tray upstairs to Mrs Winters and she said nothing.
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The door opened and Jenkins entered carrying a tray .
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There are many more, including wheelchairs, sticks, commodes, special non-slip trays, and bath seats.
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Water Grill's dessert tray beckons!
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We had tomato soup for dinner, followed by roast beef and sago pudding, served airline-style on a tray .