adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
die alone
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He had a fear of dying alone.
living alone
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I’m quite happy living alone .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
here
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For nearly a year I have been here alone .
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I think they must feel sorry for me, here alone .
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The lawyers had told me that the cottage was let to a girl, who was here alone .
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I have often come out here alone after dark to breathe it in.
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All the same it was a long way down and she hoped that Ana did not ever come here alone .
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Right now all I want to do is sit here alone for a while.
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Then I was here alone for no more than a few seconds.
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I must be guilty of whatever he says I have done, I should not be here alone .
home
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He had got under her skin, and after half an hour she went home alone , not content with second-best.
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The guide contains commonsense recommendations covering situations such as meetings in strangers' offices and homes , walking home alone and car breakdowns.
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For this too was part of the tradition: the daughters came home alone .
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Mr Popple, upon returning home alone , found the spider floating in the toilet-bowl.
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At home alone with Eulah Mae in the stately old house soaked with memories, Miss Tish cried.
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No, this technique is only to be used when travelling home alone , late at night, through fairly deserted streets.
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Williams told police she went home alone at midnight, an hour and a half before the shooting.
out
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Parents should, however, be advised that repeat treatment may be required, particularly when insertion is carried out alone .
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Disappointed customers and forsaken employees pretty much had to tough it out alone .
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Connie Fraser would have to work it out alone , and I hoped she'd make it.
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It was evident that the sensible decision had been reached to let the two most concerned fight it out alone .
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That 90 percent of women are afraid to go out alone at night represents enormous numbers of journeys avoided and trips foregone.
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Left alone in the dairy for a moment, he asks her whether she ever walks out alone.
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I regularly see them sent out alone on shopping errands.
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The farmer gave him a pair of shoes and sent him out alone on the road.
well
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Thankfully it's proved far easier to leave well alone .
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The infatuation will pass: better to let well alone .
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If you had left well alone and let me carry on my business I wouldn't be here.
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If he had been able to shout, Nicholas would have told John to let well alone .
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And the policy of leaving things well alone is working so sweetly.
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You leave well alone , you've done enough damage.
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All in all, I think we'd be well advised to leave well alone .
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We were an autonomous unit, left well alone by the military hierarchy out there.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
in name only/alone
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Don't be fooled by his title: he remains Health Secretary in name only.
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Lewis had been the ward boss in name only, because white precinct captains ran the organization, including him.
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Many of these local mills remain in name alone, having fallen into disuse and demolition.
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Others converted in name only, out of fear, while others stuck to their faith.
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The strong mayor system employed from 1881 to 1914 was strong in name only.
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Their homes are mobile in name only.
leave sb/sth alone
let alone
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I wouldn't work with my mom, let alone my whole family.
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But these images were not arbitrary, let alone trivial.
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Hardly an inspirational notion, let alone a formula for improved customer relations.
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I doubt he would have given one of his grandparents a point that morning, let alone me.
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If your income drops or ends, how will you pay them off, let alone keep up with the accumulating interest?
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It's disappointing that Butman doesn't ask these questions, let alone provide answers.
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It's unwise to let policy be influenced, let alone jeopardized, by outraged personal pride.
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Keeper Judge never touched him let alone trip him.
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Many thousands of children had never even seen, let alone owned a pair of shoes.
stand alone
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Again, standing alone this evidence is not probative of any discrimination in the local construction industry....
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Bedford stood alone and put his drink down on the table.
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But Boston stands alone in saying officially and unequivocally that no such condition exists here.
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Clasper stood alone on the box, clasping a hand microphone to his ranting mouth.
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Frequently the theatre-in-education group is associated with a historical site, although their workshops can stand alone and take place in school.
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He stood alone for a minute, until she was out of sight.
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It is often said of him that he stood alone.
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They stand alone - and fall alone.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dorothy lives alone .
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He felt terribly alone when June left.
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It's an expensive place - lunch alone was $20.
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Kim traveled alone through Europe.
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Stevenson alone is to blame.
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The price alone was enough to make me change my mind.