noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a thigh/hip/ankle etc bone
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He was so thin that his hip bones were sticking out.
ankle boots (= only as high as your ankles )
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Ankle boots are fashionable again this autumn.
ankle/knee socks
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The girls wore navy dresses and white ankle socks.
sprained...ankle
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I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
broken
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Lynne Deeley suffered a crushed pelvis, multiple fractures to her leg, a broken ankle and head injuries.
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Flanker Len Dineen received a broken ankle , and no.8 Victor Donnelly knee ligament damage.
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She suffered a broken ankle and was also treated at Dryburn.
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Another man had his leg in plaster, recovering from a broken ankle .
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It was just 12 months ago that he sustained a broken ankle against Leigh tomorrow's home opponents.
injured
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Upon entering the range Jakobs, because of his injured ankle , was permitted to sit in a chair.
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He tried once or twice before hopping to the farmhouse, wincing in pain whenever he jolted the injured ankle .
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The patient's name was Wayne Benfield and he'd been coming into the centre for daily dressings to an injured ankle .
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Vernon was sitting in his armchair by the fire, his injured ankle propped on a telephone book.
left
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Diana fell badly on the ski slopes, tearing all the tendons in her left ankle .
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After two games in right field last week, Bonilla sprained his left ankle .
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She stepped on to the tall boy's left ankle .
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His somnolent reaction was to twist half around-exposing his left ankle and leg.
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The way Strug fought off numbing pain in her left ankle after a fall on her second-to-last vault.
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It was his left ankle which always seemed to cause problems.
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In the second game against Atlanta, he injured his left ankle and was inactive the rest of the season.
right
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This made her left foot very cold, so she twisted it round her right ankle .
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He got permission to fly home to Detroit for a look-see at his troubled right ankle .
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He had hurt his right ankle and it was too painful to put to the ground.
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Defensive tackle Bryant Young sprained his right ankle and is questionable.
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Being a large woman, she'd landed heavily, badly hurting her left hip, her right knee and ankle .
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Left tackle Derrick Deese sprained his right ankle when Steve Young rolled on his leg.
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Full-back Tony Clement is also out after suffering a stress fracture of the right ankle and is replaced by Mike Rayer.
sprained
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Looking after a young woman with a sprained ankle , no job and no family was one thing.
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Full day care facilities are available on request. Sprained ankle ?
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Look, what you've got at the present moment, Private Nobody, is a badly sprained ankle .
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Consuelo had taken them out to get at the anti-inflammatory tablets for the patient with the sprained ankle .
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The result was a severely sprained left ankle which left me unable to walk.
white
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Scottie is mainly black, with a white chest and white ankle socks on black legs.
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She was wearing Ray-Bans, a pale blue sunsuit, and white ankle socks under ivory-colored high-heeled espadrilles.
■ NOUN
injury
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He is suffering from an ankle injury and a virus infection.
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He had been slowed by an ankle injury and was replaced by Jerry Olsavsky.
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He also wants Andersson to have treatment on an ankle injury he picked up in training.
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Terry Battle, normally the No. 2 tailback, played briefly because of an ankle injury .
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Leeds have acting captain Gary McAllister fit after an ankle injury .
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Last employed by Houston, he is trying to recover from a career-threatening ankle injury .
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Ronnie Carey: nursing an ankle injury which may force him to sit out Dungannon's opening All-Ireland League fixture.
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For the Falcons, C Roman Fortin is out with an ankle injury .
ligament
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Vinny Samways is definitely out after damaging ankle ligaments at Coventry.
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Phelan will be out for three weeks with damaged ankle ligaments and Hughes also has an ankle injury.
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Following summer surgery on his damaged ankle ligaments , Sterland hoped to return in Jim Beglin's testimonial against Liverpool.
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Jenkins is still suffering from the effects of an ankle ligament injury.
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He damaged ankle ligaments in the defeat at Chesterfield last Saturday and will be out for about three weeks.
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Ray Daniel, Pompey's regular left-back, will be out for three weeks after damaging ankle ligaments against Millwall.
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Now he is facing his toughest fight yet - back to fitness after suffering a fractured fibula and damaged ankle ligaments .
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Ince needed long treatment and it was later discovered he had damaged ankle ligaments .
sock
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She was wearing Ray-Bans, a pale blue sunsuit, and white ankle socks under ivory-colored high-heeled espadrilles.
sprain
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Case No. 5: 58 year-old woman fell, sustaining a left ankle sprain and bruising over the ankle and tibia.
■ VERB
break
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They stuffed a sock into her mouth, pushed her inside and kicked her to the floor breaking her ankle and wrist.
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Joe Wolf returns after missing the last part of the season with a broken ankle .
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He knows when he does he's going to break his ankle .
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In Calgary, his role is one of their top enforcers, with Sandy McCarthy sidelined by a broken ankle .
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A flight attendant was thrown to the floor, breaking her ankle .
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Metz augured in right behind him, breaking an ankle .
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Twelve days after changing his spikes, J.. Mark Jennings slipped at a different club and broke his ankle .
cross
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Its limbs were delicately crossed at wrists and ankles .
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Lying down with hands at either side of your head, raise your knees and cross the ankles .
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Still lying on the floor, raise your knees and cross the ankles .
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She crossed her ankles and leaned back, resting on one elbow and facing the door.
grab
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As he struggled past the soldier grabbed his ankle .
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He routinely had us grabbing our ankles to receive his stinging paddle across our butts.
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And what if some one actually grabbed hold of my ankle and wrestled me to the ground?
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It grabs her by the ankles and keeps her earthbound.
hurt
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He had hurt his right ankle and it was too painful to put to the ground.
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When the horse slips, its rider hurts his ankle .
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He hurt his back and ankle baling out.
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Especially the one who hurt her ankle and kept on competing.
injure
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However, Sapolu injured an ankle in the game and on Thursday his status was downgraded from questionable to doubtful.
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Clare Wood has found herself restricted to doubles this week after injuring her right ankle in a basketball accident 10 days ago.
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In the second game against Atlanta, he injured his left ankle and was inactive the rest of the season.
leave
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Jesse Sapolu, who normally would back up Brown, is also out with a sprained left ankle ....
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Backup guard / center Jesse Sapolu is questionable with a sprained left ankle .
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Jesse Sapolu, who serves as backup to both Dalman and Brown, is listed as questionable with a sprained left ankle .
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Midfielder Ramiro Corrales returned from under-20 national team duty, but is doubtful with a sprained left ankle ....
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He missed 21 games with a fractured left ankle .
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Bimbo Coles had spent the last four games watching from the sidelines, too, while recuperating from a sprained left ankle .
pull
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Now take hold of your top leg by the ankle and pull back the leg as far as possible without straining.
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But then hands of steel get hold of my ankles and start pulling at me - pulling pulling pulling.
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But they're not steel now, they're snakes, and they're coiling round my ankles , still relentlessly pulling .
recover
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Whyte has recovered from the ankle twisted in last week's 4-0 defeat at Manchester City.
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Last employed by Houston, he is trying to recover from a career-threatening ankle injury.
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Another man had his leg in plaster, recovering from a broken ankle .
suffer
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She suffered a broken ankle and was also treated at Dryburn.
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He is suffering from an ankle injury and a virus infection.
swell
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Her skinny legs and swollen ankles , covered with white stockings, rest unnaturally on the footrests of her chair.
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Usually less serious, but just as annoying, are swollen ankles and leg cramps that can strike.
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Flights in close quarters can also lead to back pain, swollen ankles , leg cramps and psychological distress.
tie
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I mean, who in their right mind would want to jump from a great height with elastic tied round their ankles ?
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A noose was tied round his ankles and the free end led up over his back.
try
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Cross the ankles , then try to pull the legs apart, using the strength from the legs to work against themselves.
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Cross the ankles , then try to pull the legs apart.
twist
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As he fell, he twisted his ankle .
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Underfoot, ice forms sharp peaks and treacherous crevices for slipping, tripping and twisting ankles .
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If I had twisted my ankle , would people be making such a big deal of it?
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She twisted her ankle while getting off the lift and had made the long trip down in pain.
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One morning as she was rushing back to the changing rooms one of the models slipped and twisted her ankle .
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A broken heart is not the same as a twisted ankle .
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Unfortunately he added to his list of injuries by twisting an ankle on landing.
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This helps to avoid twisting an ankle when stalking these animals on the rocky terrain they favour.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bum ankle/leg etc
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C Jeremy Newberry, with a bum ankle and knee, is still expected to start.
a trick knee/ankle/shoulder etc
turn your ankle
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Disembarking from the steamer, she'd turned her ankle.
twist your ankle/wrist/knee
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As he fell, he twisted his ankle.
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Harriet slipped on the stairs and twisted her ankle.
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If I had twisted my ankle, would people be making such a big deal of it?
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One morning as she was rushing back to the changing rooms one of the models slipped and twisted her ankle.
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She twisted her ankle while getting off the lift and had made the long trip down in pain.
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Twice in the morning he left the field, limping and in pain after twisting his knee.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few burns to the feet and ankles are picayune compared to what might have happened.
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At least it s his wrist not ankle .
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For a sprained ankle use rest, ice, compression and elevation.
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Goldie takes one look at Rainbow's shaggy ankles and sighs.
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He had been slowed by an ankle injury and was replaced by Jerry Olsavsky.
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He then jumped to avoid falling and broke his ankle .
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Her ankle was aching badly and she was hot and very fed up.
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Left tackle Derrick Deese sprained his right ankle when Steve Young rolled on his leg.