noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a horror/adventure/war film
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He likes watching horror films.
adventure playground
amorous adventures
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He was always boasting about his amorous adventures .
an adventure story
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an exciting adventure story for children
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
amorous
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Initially his reaction took the form, from an early age, of a series of not always well-chosen amorous adventures .
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His amorous adventures , however, were by no means over.
big
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For most of the children it was a big adventure , at least when they were setting off with their school friends.
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For Karen this journey to Washington was a big adventure .
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As experienced Yankees know, one of the big adventures is dealing with the metric system.
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One of the biggest economic adventures of all time is, with luck, about to begin.
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Dying wouldn't be such an awfully big adventure for Uncle Vernon - he was too old.
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It was all just a big adventure .
great
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It's a great adventure for me and a big challenge.
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There was no sense that a great adventure , or even a frightening one, was about to begin.
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As with all great adventures and challenges, the rewards and achievements are not handed out on a plate.
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Sometimes I felt like I was having a great adventure with Janir.
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That first time had been a personal triumph, a great adventure .
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The idea of the great adventure was delightful to Jason.
high
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The spirit of high adventure isn't one you'd normally associate with Commercial Paper.
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But what a chance for high adventure !
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It reminded him of pirates and buccaneers and fearless men who roamed the high seas in search of adventure .
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Some of that high adventure found its way into the big downtown Miami law firms.
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Seth was also blessed with good looks and lady-killer charm, which brought many high adventures his way.
military
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The affair revealed that the quickest path to popularity for a President remained a successful military adventure .
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He enjoyed reading about military history and adventure stories.
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A repetition of such military adventures could have incalculable consequences inside the United States.
new
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Each expedition is a new adventure , a new voyage of discovery.
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Then as now, the soprano and tenor saxophonist has thrived by constantly seeking new adventures and doing the unexpected.
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In the new adventure Mario finds the citizens of Mario Land brainwashed by the evil Wario.
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Putnam, persuasively loquacious, was always on the lookout for new adventures and new stories to publish.
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It may be the last farewell from Gloucester, but it's the first of many new adventures .
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They become the testimony of a new adventure in art as well as in life.
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Lovely waterside walks, picnic areas, new adventure playground, refreshments, Visitor Centre.
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Every day was a new adventure .
■ NOUN
arcade
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It's among the best arcade adventures available for the C64, and one of Ocean's better conversions.
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No, the problem was a licence with such potential being turned into such a diabolical arcade adventure .
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This is a fairly traditional arcade adventure but offers excellent graphics and several neat, distinctive touches.
game
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Phantasm is a virtual reality adventure game .
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The story is a riveting one about two chil-dren who find an adventure game which becomes real as they are playing it.
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Secret Agent is an excellent scrolling adventure game that should keep you playing for weeks.
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Suitable for all ages this is sure to be one of the most popular adventure games this month.
playground
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Indoor leisure pool, adventure playground , shop and launderette.
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Many a swimming pool fund has run into choppy water and adventure playground appeals turned into assault courses!
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It's like an adventure playground but everything in it is padded with foam to provide a safe learning environment.
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More recently they have been a popular adventure playground for youngsters.
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Children's Playground A large adventure playground is situated adjacent to the insect house, conveniently near the cafeteria and main picnic lawn.
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Picnic/barbeque areas, play area, adventure playground .
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This first indoor adventure playground contract is worth £80,000.
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Extensive flower gardens, an adventure playground , and cafeteria, all help to make this a delightful place to visit.
story
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The junior adventure story has not suffered the same extremes of literary discrimination.
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He enjoyed reading about military history and adventure stories .
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In a traditional adventure story the pursuit of personal honour is drawn to an absolute conclusion.
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But from a general view the status of the junior adventure story is unassailable.
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Consider, for example, the myriad adventure stories , most of which contain a definite love interest.
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The artistic, literary value of adventure stories for the young is hampered by this kind of declaration of intent.
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Some sort of adventure story , he supposed, which would film well.
■ VERB
animate
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Or send a photo of your younger siblings and watch their faces light up when they see themselves in this animated adventure .
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Balto G A beautifully executed, edge-of-your-seat exciting animated adventure .
excite
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The incipient spouses are of course excited by the adventure , the new life, heralded by marriage.
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It seemed like an exciting adventure to me.
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Apart from anything else, it is more of an exciting adventure and has a different basic quality.
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Balto G A beautifully executed, edge-of-your-seat exciting animated adventure .
follow
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Comedies continued to pull in the biggest audiences, followed by thrillers and adventure films.
play
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You couldn't live in peace, playing adventures all day long, undisturbed by the real world.
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The boy's body was discovered by children playing at an adventure park on the Isle of Man.
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Developed in the style of Eye of the Beholder this game is easily the best role playing adventure available on shareware.
share
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It could have shared the owner's adventures and vicissitudes, occupied his leisure hours, cheered his bleaker moments.
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He was a disappointing hero to share her brave adventure .
write
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Joe wrote , describing his adventure in architecture for the Saturday Evening Post.
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Afterward, Earhart would write about her adventure and crisscross the United States on lecture tours he had arranged.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a whiff of danger/adventure/freedom etc
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Instead of music we offered honest talk and a whiff of freedom.
high drama/adventure
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The movie is full of grandeur and high adventure.
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Any high drama that remains is found deep in technical working party country.
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But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation.
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But now, along with high drama, diners at Checkers can enjoy a lighter menu.
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But what a chance for high adventure!
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The high drama at the Fed involves its decisions on interest rates and the money supply.
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The problem is even more severe with the natural world, where the ratio of observable high drama is much lower.
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They refused to yield against awkward opponents, on a difficult pitch, in a match of high drama and controversial incidents.
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Thus ended an episode of high drama, the excitement of which tends to distort its significance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All right, I'll go without you - you guys have no sense of adventure at all!
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As a young man he went off to Africa, looking for adventure .
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He always used to tell us about his adventures at sea.
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It's a book about the author's real-life adventures in Nepal.
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My grandfather used to tell us about his adventures as a sea captain during the war.
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Willis was a young man looking for adventure .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hunting him down and destroying him for ever can become a full-scale adventure in itself.
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I cursed my luck and began to invent adventures.
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In her new book, she looks back with affection on her wartime adventures.
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They plunged into the thick adrenal details of the adventure .
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To what adventures and extremes will it lead us?