noun
1 soft part of sb's body
ADJECTIVE
▪ firm , smooth , soft , tender
▪ pale , pink , white
▪ bare , exposed , naked
▪ raw
▪ torn
▪ burned , burning
▪ decaying , rotting
▪ dead , living
▪ animal , human
VERB + FLESH
▪ touch
▪ cut , cut into
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The chain cut into his tender ~.
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His shirt was too small for him and cut into the tender ~ at his armpit.
▪ strip , tear at , tear off
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Falcons usually strip the ~ off their prey.
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African hunting dogs will tear at the ~ of their victim until it is weak.
▪ dig into , pierce , pierce into , tear , tear into
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The weapon tore into his ~.
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Cook the duck until the juices run pale yellow when the ~ is pierced.
▪ eat
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According to Greek mythology, the minotaur would only eat human ~.
▪ become , make sth ( literary )
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In the Christian tradition, God is made ~ (= becomes human) .
FLESH + VERB
▪ crawl , creep ( both figurative )
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The story made his ~ creep (= made him feel afraid) .
FLESH + NOUN
▪ wound
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The injury was only a ~ wound.
▪ tone
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The tights come in various ~ tones.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
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Thousands of fans gathered to see the band in the ~ (= see the band in reality and not just in a picture) .
PHRASES
▪ ~ and blood
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a man of ~ and blood (= not a ghost)
▪ ~ and bone
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The knife cut through ~ and bone.
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Babies are born not just as bundles of ~ and bone (= not simply living bodies without thoughts or feelings) but with already distinctive personalities.
▪ the pleasures of the ~ , the sins of the ~ , the temptations of the ~
▪ the smell of ~
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the smell of rotting ~
2 soft part of fruit/vegetables
ADJECTIVE
▪ soft
▪ sweet
▪ juicy
VERB + FLESH
▪ chop , cut
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Pare the mango and cut the ~ away from the stone.
▪ scoop , scoop out
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Cut the melon in half and scoop out the ~.