verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
admire the scenery
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We stopped to admire the scenery.
enjoy/admire the view
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They sat enjoying the view down the valley.
much loved/admired/discussed etc
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The money will buy much needed books for the school.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
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I've always admired Ben Hogan for the way he worked at the game and the determination he showed to succeed.
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Pignalberi added officials of the Arizona Film Development Office have always admired her colorful approach to marketing.
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He'd always admired his superior and never more so than when a victim of his contempt.
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The inauguration of the new astronomer royal presaged a drastic reversal of fortune for John Harrison, whom Halley had always admired .
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I always admired his wonderful modest way when running a course at Woolley Hall.
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I always admired him for his tenacity of purpose and dedication - and envied his super brain-power.
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This is what she will be remembered and always admired for.
greatly
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But a chief from Puna who had greatly admired Naihe's surfing ability sent a servant to wake the sleeping chanter.
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I greatly admire the former San Francisco mayor and legislator.
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Spiers was an unassuming and kindly man, whose painstaking scholarship was greatly admired by those who knew him.
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I have combined here details from three programs that I know and whose directors, students, and ex-students I admire greatly .
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Oliver was very surprised to see all this, and greatly admired them for controlling their sadness so well.
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A friend, whom 1 admire greatly , was hospitalized after a heart attack.
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The beautifully illuminated Gondola, which was so greatly admired a year ago, will recommence nightly voyages.
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They are two singers I greatly admire .
most
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Who do you admire most in your sport and why?
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But what Rob admired most was that Albert was outside the official world.
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Polyp feeding Butterflyfish which die from starvation in captivity Which fishkeeper do you most admire - and why?
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But it was the Triumphal Arch at the end of the reflecting pool that drew the most admiring exclamations.
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So called man-made fish - dye injected Glassfish being a typical example Which fishkeeper do you most admire - and why?
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What I admired most about him was not his piano playing, his conducting or his composing, but his mind.
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Equally, the most brutal and aggressive member of staff is often most admired by the inmates as well as being most deeply hated.
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It was for this, their use of laughter as a survival tactic, that I most admired them.
much
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The patina the bronzes had acquired during burial was much admired , and people assumed that they had originally been patinated.
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Raving Red Sam had ridden a motor-bike once, she remembered, a job that had been much admired by the boys.
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He even had the audacity to claim that his building would be better than Inigo Jones' much admired Banqueting House.
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It is very much admired by foreign parliaments and enables the Prime Minister and others to answer questions in front of us all.
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It is a mentality much admired by the Right everywhere.
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A great musician and much admired teacher, Nikolayeva knew what she was talking about.
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He was much admired for managing to employ more labour for less cash than anyone else since the Pharaohs built the pyramids.
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We very much admired their energy and power of survival.
really
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I really admired the professional attitude of the sport.
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Think of the players you really admire .
widely
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Thomas already was widely admired for his combination of power and pitch selection.
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The choral dances from the Norwich scene are often performed in concert and are widely admired .
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Garway's learning and his frugality were widely admired , and he seems to have demanded of the government the same standards.
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What has the widely admired Basque artist done to deserve such treatment?
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He was widely admired by fellow pilots and show-business colleagues, as well as the general public.
■ NOUN
courage
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The police admire his courage but they'd rather he'd dialed 999.
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Rather than being denigrated and despised, he was admired for his courage , his steadfastness, his devotion to family.
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I can only admire her courage .
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They admired courage and feared death.
handiwork
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She heard him returning just as she sat back to admire her handiwork .
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This cut down on graffiti, Rascon said, because graffiti writers prefer well-lit areas so they can admire their handiwork .
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In a few moments, he shut the beam off, and admired his handiwork .
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She thumb-cocked the piece, and stood back, admiring her handiwork .
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He stood back to admire his handiwork .
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I stood back and admired my handiwork , then I turned to leave.
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Finally she stepped back from the table to admire her handiwork .
man
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One man who admired her and followed her everywhere was the unpleasant Bentley Drummle.
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The qualities these men admired included guile alongside bravery.
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A man admired , respected, whose word was heeded.
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One day he would have to kill this man , admire him or not.
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He left the young man to admire the ibex head that was mounted above the hall clock.
quality
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But it has been seen that Picasso was also attracted to tribal sculpture because he admired its conceptual quality .
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Devious himself, he admired the same quality in her.
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When he was a boy, people admired his great qualities .
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The prime example is the Dada movement, whose nihilistic work is now admired for qualities of imagination.
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He admired the quality of foreign workmanship and noted all new techniques.
skill
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It would, however, be absurd to complain that Blunden and Mellor chiefly admire skill in a poet.
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We may also admire people who have skills and strengths which complement our weaknesses.
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In a way each admired the other's skill at living, while enjoying the odd false step.
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Nevertheless, I admired Mandeville's skill for, as he questioned, I caught the unease of some of them.
view
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How most people prefer to be actively involved in sailing the boat rather than just sitting and admiring the view .
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Or you could simply admire the view of the desert.
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There were numerous tourists admiring the incredible views but to Ruth there was no one in the world but Fernando.
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They stood on the veranda and admired the view and praised what Oliver had been able to do with the old cottage.
way
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Dexter admired the way in which his boss disguised who she was really interested in.
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I especially admired the way he challenged, and overcame, convention.
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I always admired his wonderful modest way when running a course at Woolley Hall.
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I admired the way perfume comes in so many shapes.
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I admired the way you rescued him.
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I admire the way he has virtually renounced ancestral claims to deification.
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I also admired the way he could peel an apple with the skin in one piece, coiled like a spring.
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I must admit I admired the way he didn't even flinch when Richie took his first swing of the day.
work
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After the final touches, Endill and Mould stood back and admired their work .
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You already know that I admire your work .
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Sudhir Kakar, trained as a psychoanalyst in the West, finds much to admire in his work .
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He admired the work going on but said there'd be no extra money.
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So many people admire his work that he can be quite careless of the few who don't.
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Need I say how much I admire your own work ?
■ VERB
help
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But you can't help admiring the chutzpah.
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And I am endeavouring to destroy that worth I can not help admiring ?
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It may mean the kind of outrageously gutsy behavior that one can not help but admire .
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I couldn't help admiring Billy Smart's forward planning.
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One can not help admiring his stubbornness, if not his greed.
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There were inconsistencies here, though: despite himself, d'Indy could not help admiring the Lutheran J. S. Bach.
like
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I liked the way people admired and indulged them.
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He liked Renwick personally, admired him professionally, but there were limits to what could be done.
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But he liked the Master and admired the vigour of his leadership.
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She did not want to be liked or admired .
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Although he liked to be admired for his prowess, he didn't like male-talk of that kind.
love
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She had been impressed by his knowledge and his observation and she loved and admired him a little more.
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Now he wonders if Sir Hugo is not his father, the very guardian whom he has come to love and admire .
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On the contrary, everything I read seemed to point to his having been universally loved and admired by his men.
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There were people who loved and admired him and from them I pieced together a rather different picture.
stand
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After the final touches, Endill and Mould stood back and admired their work.
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She thumb-cocked the piece, and stood back, admiring her handiwork.
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He would stand back and admire .
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She buckled a stiff hard belt around Alexandra's waist and stood back to admire the effect.
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Susan sketched a little while he stood admiring by.
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He stood back to admire his handiwork.
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She dabs a little powder on top, and stands back to admire the effect.
stop
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This hasn't stopped me admiring , respecting and feeling affection for Steffi.
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It stopped an admiring eye like a visual speed bump.
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The walk from Club Zorna along the Porec Riviera is magic, stopping for tea and admiring the wonderful scenery.
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Once on deck he stopped to admire Ellen who was dressed in a brief pair of shorts and a faded tank top.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Corbin is a superb musician. I really admire him.
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I admire the way Sarah has brought up the children on her own.
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I was just admiring your lovely garden.
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Morrow's new production of 'The Nutcracker' has been greatly admired.
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People admired her for her beauty and intelligence.
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Rollins is most admired for her poetry, but she also writes fiction.
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We stopped at the top of the mountain to admire the view.
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We stopped halfway up the hill to admire the view.
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What I admire most about Lee is his patience.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But a chief from Puna who had greatly admired Naihe's surfing ability sent a servant to wake the sleeping chanter.
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I admired him as the ultimate in dandyism.
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I greatly admire the former San Francisco mayor and legislator.
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Old-fashioned amateurs used to admire colours with a golden glow, which conservators have demonstrated were the effect of discoloured varnish.
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Prince Charles admired her sense of style and colour and left the burden of decoration to her.
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Who can fail to admire such immense success?