I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a green/brown/yellow etc leaf
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the deep green leaves of the coconut trees
a silver/yellow moon
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It was a frosty night, with a cold silver moon.
chrome yellow
double yellow lines (= two lines of paint that mean you cannot park there at any time )
white/yellow
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His teeth were white and even.
yellow card
yellow fever
yellow line
Yellow Pages
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
brick
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The factory is a three-storey building of yellow brick .
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Dorothy helped him over the fence, and they started along the path of yellow brick for the Emerald City.
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But the mythology of footwear began long before Dorothy stepped on to the yellow brick road.
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She bade her friends good-bye, and again started along the road of yellow brick .
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The yellow brick clinic stands vacant.
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There were several roads near by, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow brick .
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The yellow brick of elevator buildings like his own.
card
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Significantly, the yellow cards shown to Kidd and Honor took Airdrie's haul of bookings this season to a dismal 87.
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Then Aunt Della took a folded yellow card out of the box.
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And anyway, I ain't got my yellow card on me.
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The Boro skipper raced across the field to remonstrate with the official and was lucky to escape with just a yellow card .
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As he came on, Rocky got a great reception from the crowd and a yellow card from the referee.
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He was fortunate to be shown only the yellow card .
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Bent's jaw was broken in four places, and Penney was shown the yellow card .
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The offence merited the second yellow card that would have put Ferguson off the park.
cards
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Significantly, the yellow cards shown to Kidd and Honor took Airdrie's haul of bookings this season to a dismal 87.
fever
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Once the rainy season began in April, malaria, yellow fever , typhoid and scurvy began to take their toll.
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The shift could expand the parts of the world where malaria and yellow fever are found.
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Thus, outbreaks of urban yellow fever evolve slowly.
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They died in epidemics of yellow fever , cholera, and smallpox.
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In two of the 16, permission for necropsy was granted and histopathology of liver tissue was compatible with yellow fever .
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Patients were serologically screened for yellow fever , dengue, hepatitis A and B, and leptospirosis.
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The epidemiological findings in the six confirmed cases of yellow fever are summarised in the table.
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About 30,000 workers died during its construction, either from industrial accidents or from rampant yellow fever and malaria.
flag
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The marshal was right when he waved his yellow flag and pointed his finger at his head.
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The Food and Drug Administration has already raised those and other yellow flags .
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If there were any problems, a yellow flag was hoisted and the ship was put in quarantine off Lazareto.
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Then, he was disqualified for ignoring a yellow flag during practice.
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A large yellow flag acted as the centrepiece of the room.
flower
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The creamy yellow flowers grew in profusion on the slopes of an old railway embankment.
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The branching inflorescence bears white or yellow flowers .
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On the other hand the Police Inspector of the district found him standing with a bunch of yellow flowers in his hand.
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Similar in habit to the true waterlily, but with smaller yellow flowers .
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And there are flowers in their hair and loose yellow flowers strewn about under their bare feet on the ground.
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But whether the parent with the yellow flowers supplies the egg or the pollen makes not the slightest difference.
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This is a dwarf water-lily bearing yellow flowers .
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The pretty little Corydalis lutea with yellow flowers likes some shade.
hair
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Her loose yellow hair and the white hospital nightgown made her look like a sick child.
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Only his yellow hair and pale flesh gave any light through the darkness.
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His yellow hair flopped into his blue eyes as he did up her girths for her.
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Her pale yellow hair had long ago gone gray; deep lines ran from her nose to her mouth.
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Blue is the colour of thy yellow hair .
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There is a woman with blowsy yellow hair pushing along an orange plastic chair as she mutters obscenities to herself.
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They had an impression of very red cheeks and moist yellow hair smeared over the scalp like egg yolk.
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The yellow hair worn very short at the sides, the wide, narrow lips.
jersey
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Then in 1952 Coppi was once more in the yellow jersey at the old Parc des Princes track in Paris.
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Mattan and the yellow jersey were right in the middle of the pack as it peddled hard in the blistering heat.
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The greatest pressure in Monday's time trial will be on the yellow jersey .
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Race leader Chris Lillywhite came in 31 seconds behind to keep hold of the yellow jersey .
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He wears the yellow jersey of the leader of the Tour as a whole.
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Expect to see his yellow jersey drawn into battle after battle.
light
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Some cars have got yellow lights .
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The bright yellow light filled the room like sunshine.
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The soft yellow light which looks so gentle to you but which sears my guts.
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The yellow light shone on the wall clock.
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In the yellow light from the shed windows the snowflakes looked beautiful.
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Their enemies, however, are fish that live in water where yellow light penetrates best.
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A yellow light in the street, the yellow smudged with coal or dust.
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The gas shed a harsh yellow light .
line
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And it has also got rid of the yellow lines which once scarred them.
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A double-yellow line garages and fuel stops.
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And collapse in the center of the boulevard, on the double yellow line .
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I parked Armstrong on double yellow lines outside her shop and dived in.
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I had to drive over the double yellow line to pass them.
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A golden yellow line replaces that of the Redline Rasbora, and follows an almost identical path from nose to tail.
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In the original clamping area the decline in parking on yellow lines was 40 percent.
lines
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And it has also got rid of the yellow lines which once scarred them.
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I parked Armstrong on double yellow lines outside her shop and dived in.
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In the original clamping area the decline in parking on yellow lines was 40 percent.
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It was dark in the house after the sun and when she blinked, red and yellow lines jumped in front of her eyes.
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There are small pictures on the wall, mostly red and yellow lines .
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There are, however, to be yellow lines at certain corners in Juniper Green.
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No yellow lines in the streets of Appleshaw - yet, he thought.
onion
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They have more moisture, so are more perishable than yellow onions .
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Add carrots and yellow onion and bring to a boil.
page
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Armed with the yellow pages and a mug of coffee, I settled down by the telephone.
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Consult your yellow pages for the ones nearest you.
ribbon
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And tied around the oak tree was the largest yellow ribbon I'd yet seen.
rose
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Another very successful collection of my pictures has been made by a lady who is very keen on yellow roses .
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On the long windowsill in her office sits an impressive bouquet of long-stemmed yellow roses .
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The next morning Archer scoured the town in vain for more yellow roses .
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When I sent your lilies yesterday afternoon I saw some rather gorgeous yellow roses and packed them off to Madame Olenska.
tooth
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With their ragged appearance, long yellow teeth and simple intelligence, they rank quite low on the social register.
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His yellow teeth gleamed in the abundant black of his full beard.
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He had pointed features and protruding yellow teeth .
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I opened my eyes and saw a set of long yellow teeth glowing right in front of my face.
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He worked the snaffle between the p'tar's huge yellow teeth , then hauled to bring the animal out of the stall.
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With his yellow teeth bared, he looked like a cornered man about to break and run.
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He gave us a grin of yellow teeth .
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It was chewing the rope with its ugly yellow teeth .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(the) Yellow Pages
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Brokers are listed in the Yellow Pages and also advertise in newspapers.
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Forget about your fingers doing the walking through the Yellow Pages.
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He needed blocks to finish some hat bodies and scoured the Yellow Pages for resources.
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Look for names in the Yellow Pages or the Hollis Annual.
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Sdme provide twenty-dollars-off coupons in the Yellow Pages.
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To find the nearest branch look in their Yellow Pages, Gelbe Seiten.
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We usually start by looking through the Yellow Pages and ringing up companies to ask if they will give donations and prizes.
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You will find them listed in the Yellow Pages.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Colouration: Golden upper surface occasionally with red tints, pale yellow lower surface.
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I opened my eyes and saw a set of long yellow teeth glowing right in front of my face.
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Imagine that you can see the yellow glow of the warm sun through your closed eyes.
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The hen with yellow legs in his room on his documents and books was too much one day.
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There are, however, to be yellow lines at certain corners in Juniper Green.
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They were wearing bright yellow coats because of the rain.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bright
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There is an enormous range of colours available, from bright reds and yellows , through buffs and browns, to purplish-black.
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Spring gardens, on the other hand, will contain lots of bright yellows , purples and fresh greens.
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Shirts in red, brilliant blue, bright yellow and orange were worn with navy and charcoal gray suits.
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However, riboflavin is bright yellow , so the treated rice grains could clearly be seen in the final mix.
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It is a uniform bright yellow and has a large lyre-shaped caudal fin.
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Where are your promises of bright yellow and indigo, where are your streaks of red?
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It was bright yellow and shrunken, like a mummy.
pale
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The few rooms were large and high and she had painted the walls in pale yellows and greens.
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The floors, of course, are beige linoleum, the walls a pale yellow .
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These are pale yellow flushed with red.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the time I reached the small town of Pinedale the blue sky had been blotted out by ugly, sulphurous yellow .
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The autumn afternoon was paling and the ivy that covered the façade of number 63 dripped with yellows and browns.
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Warm reds and yellows create a lively setting.
III. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Centuries-old varnish had yellowed and darkened, discolouring the original palette and weakening the composition's depth.
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Fresh green growths should not be cut down, but any stems that have yellowed and withered can be cleared away.
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Here were the upright golden flames of the poplars lining the road, and the willows yellowing down by the creek.
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The yellowed parchment becomes a light-filled emptiness.
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The two bedside tables were covered by stacks of magazines, yellowing newspapers, books and legal pads.
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They have bloomed well, but now the foliage is yellowing and they need pruning.