noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a morning/afternoon appointment
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I asked for a morning appointment.
a morning/afternoon break
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I don’t usually have time for a morning break.
a morning/afternoon/evening shift
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All the machines are cleaned at the end of every afternoon shift.
an afternoon/morning nap
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She has her afternoon nap at about two.
early in the morning/afternoon/evening
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We set off early in the morning.
early morning/afternoon/evening
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The lake looked beautiful in the pale early morning light.
Friday morning/afternoon etc
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Can you meet me Friday morning?
good afternoon
mid-morning/afternoon/week etc
Monday morning/afternoon etc
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Let’s go out for a meal on Monday night.
morning/afternoon/evening calm
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A scream shattered the late afternoon calm.
Saturday morning/afternoon etc
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They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening.
Sunday morning/afternoon etc
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Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet.
take a day/the afternoon etc off
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Dad took the day off to come with me.
the day/time/afternoon etc when
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She remembered the day when Paula had first arrived.
the morning/afternoon/evening sun
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We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunlight
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Their armour glinted in the early morning sunlight.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunshine
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The morning sunshine brightened the room.
Thursday morning/afternoon etc
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There’s a meeting on Thursday night.
Tuesday morning/afternoon etc
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He first heard the news on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday morning/afternoon etc
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I saw Vicky on Wednesday evening.
yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
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Anna left yesterday afternoon.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
early
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I was invited to join in but always found excuses not to do so, saying that I had early afternoon lessons.
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I think it was early afternoon .
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By early afternoon she had had enough and returned to the barn, desperate for the cool interior and something to eat.
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And for the rest of the morning on into early afternoon , HsingHsing eats cake and bamboo and carrots and gruel.
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By the early afternoon the inside of the house was finished.
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He said bank tellers had been notified of the problem by early Tuesday afternoon through an internal computer network.
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It was early afternoon of the following day before Karelius found the opportunity to be alone with her.
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By early afternoon he has unpacked nearly all the boxes and stacked them in the hall.
following
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But it wasn't till after school the following afternoon that I found time to go.
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Laura was sent for, and arrived back in London the following afternoon .
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And she had returned the following afternoon , carrying Timmy on her hip and the rest of her possessions in a backpack.
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Nevertheless I arranged to drive over to Strondonald the following Saturday afternoon and join him for tea.
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After school the following afternoon , Alf Norris and I made a beeline to see the damage.
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But the following afternoon , one of them is brought back, drunk, shrieking, insulting everyone in sight.
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Violence continued into the following afternoon and evening; petrol bombs were thrown and shops looted.
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The following afternoon we flew inland in the Valentia, which was used to deliver mail.
good
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For this week, from everyone on the lunchtime team, good afternoon and have a great weekend.
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Some of the boys have been close to their best this afternoon .
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But for now, from all of us on the team, good afternoon .
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I did not make good that afternoon .
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For now, from everyone on the lunchtime team, good afternoon .
hot
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I was early and made my way slowly through the deserted canyon of skyscrapers on this hot afternoon .
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What kind of farmers would be hanging around in their hut on a hot afternoon like this?
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It was served cold, and we ate it with our fingers on a hot afternoon .
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It was a hot afternoon and the first one for ages when his time had been his own until bedtime.
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His victory here was a tribute to his quiet persistence in an intriguing struggle in the hot afternoon sunshine.
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It was a hot October afternoon , and perspiration dotted her forehead.
late
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It was late afternoon , and the students had finished the day's classes.
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Janir and I arrived at seven, which felt like late afternoon .
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But if he rubbed his eyes that late afternoon it was more from surprise than from exhaustion.
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Toward late afternoon , a strong wind came up and the sky clouded over.
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I think what I w ill do is wait and watch until late afternoon .
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As promised, the assaults began late Friday afternoon and continued into the night.
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That evening I was all right - Joanna would be afloat in the late afternoon , and I could get away before dark.
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In the late afternoon I came back from a run on the Mesa Trail to find Janir fuming.
sunny
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It's a sunny , spring afternoon and, on the surface of it, we're in media heaven.
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On a sunny Friday afternoon , the Open bid farewell to Nicklaus, to date the greatest golfer who has ever lived.
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The wind and currents were set fair when the Hokule'a paddled away on that sunny afternoon in March.
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But the friendship ended on that sunny afternoon .
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On a sunny afternoon we explored the gentler scenery near Henley and Oxford.
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Forecasters said the day would be cloudy early but give way to a partly sunny and breezy afternoon .
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The sort of place that still does double features, which it was doing that bright sunny afternoon .
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Today we have had snow again this morning, but quite a nice sunny afternoon .
■ NOUN
monday
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Robinson, described as the mastermind behind the bombings, was arrested Monday afternoon .
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The group will leave Grand Forks Monday afternoon for Bismarck.
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Petrocelli Monday afternoon began an aggressive cross-examination after Simpson finished five hours of gentle questioning by his own lawyer Friday and Monday.
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Alan tells Jody they will wait for a response until Monday afternoon before they consider their next step.
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Bids for the Hughes unit were due Monday afternoon .
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The competition for one of the Dodgers' few unsettled positions began Monday afternoon and the results were mixed.
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He called Kasser on Monday afternoon to ask for permission to talk to Braun.
nap
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He leads me to a dormitory, where eight boys are settling down into one big bed for their afternoon nap .
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He waited until Lois came upstairs for her little afternoon nap .
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If a group is coming to entertain residents, then bring them in after an afternoon nap .
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Nevertheless, recent research indicates that the body is designed for at least one afternoon nap per day.
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I had bought him a musical tie which woke him up from an afternoon nap when he rolled on to it.
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On the road, the girls sleep ten hours a night, eat many and formidable meals and take long afternoon naps .
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It was by the rice banks, where a coolness congregates near a coconut grove, that I took my afternoon nap .
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When Miles and Evan were little, John and I were very consistent in putting them down for an hour-long afternoon nap .
session
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Funded by the school, seven Friday afternoon sessions are held during the term preceding the child's start date.
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It would be an afternoon session , about two hours.
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The workers merely wish to clear a backlog of clients before the afternoon session begins.
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But she was feverish so Kathy and Jean-Luc returned to Baltimore, and Kathy missed the afternoon session .
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It was almost time for the afternoon session at the Riverside.
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The juror returned for the afternoon session .
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It was a pleasure to have Miss Kay Evans with us for part of the afternoon session .
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The two-hour afternoon session was the second of the day.
sun
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The afternoon sun blazed on us and her scent rose to me, together with her sobs.
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With the afternoon sun pouring through the windows, Mr Strine is on edge.
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Suddenly aware that the afternoon sun had cooled, she shivered, an inexplicable feeling of depression engulfing her.
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Morning sun is more gentle than afternoon sun.
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There, spread out below her in the late afternoon sun , was Florence.
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The earth gave off heat warmer than the afternoon sun .
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The air was filled with tear gas and hordes of these balloons floating on to the streets below in the afternoon sun .
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Shoppers peered into gallery windows and children basked in the afternoon sun , licking ice cream cones.
tea
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However, a couple of houses serve afternoon teas in the Green Quarter.
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Rates are $ 95 to $ 695 per couple daily, depending on season, including afternoon tea .
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Lucy took afternoon tea at about four o'clock, and dinner at eight.
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A votive candle is placed on the dozen or so tables, part of the ritual of late afternoon tea .
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But as he departed for the pantry the bell rang for afternoon tea to be served.
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She and her husband, Tom Goddard, a pastry chef, host afternoon teas and tea tastings at their shop.
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Snacks and afternoon tea can be enjoyed on the sun terrace facing the Jungfrau mountain.
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Du Parc and Villa Pineta All guests are served complimentary afternoon tea .
yesterday
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Golding said in a news conference yesterday afternoon .
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Kushner was not in his office yesterday afternoon , and a secretary said he would have no comment.
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Barnabas pulled the leash from my hand yesterday afternoon , and raced into your yard.
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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.
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It was an odd interview we had yesterday afternoon .
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They are passing an old campesino home Primo remembers from yesterday afternoon .
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Phillip Pogue, 34, of Oceanside had been taking photos of a little girl as she was water-skiing yesterday afternoon .
■ VERB
spend
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He had spent the afternoon teaching Sun Tzu to his senior officers: the final chapter on the employment of secret agents.
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Miles began to gleefully spend an hour each afternoon sitting among his books.
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He spent the afternoon in the Britches, as soon as the last of the party guests had departed.
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I seemed always to be berating myself for visiting with friends and spending a Sunday afternoon talking.
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He spent the morning and afternoon looking round Edinburgh.
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They spent all afternoon with me.
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He'd spent an afternoon with Morton when he first joined the company, as part of his induction.
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Guks spent the afternoon wandering about the city, looking at the bombed buildings, avoiding groups of soldiers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bid sb good afternoon/good morning etc
the following afternoon/month/page/chapter etc
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And she had returned the following afternoon, carrying Timmy on her hip and the rest of her possessions in a backpack.
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Early the following month a radiant Lucy walked up the aisle on her father's arm.
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Expansion and application of some of those ideas will be pursued in the following chapters.
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I describe experiments making use of this criterion in the following chapter.
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In the following chapters, I emphasize what can be done, not what will be done.
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The receiving company went into liquidation the following month.
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We examine these recurrent themes in the managers' first-year biographies in the following pages.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Do you want to go shopping tomorrow afternoon ?
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Harry went to sleep in the afternoon .
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Our tickets are for the afternoon performance.
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We went swimming on Tuesday afternoon .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It starts raining and they rush for the car, where they have an afternoon sleep.
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So he got in his car and took a check down that afternoon .
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This schedule also allots time every afternoon for the teacher to work with children in small group settings.
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We did wonder if we would manage to find the place but we located it one wet Sunday afternoon .