noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
operatic
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With some kinds of solo song, or even operatic aria , the accompaniment should be a mere background murmur.
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Recorded operatic arias for Granada Television.
■ VERB
sing
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Such was the enthusiasm that you might have thought that the Collector had just sung an aria .
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Taking a break from singing an ear-splitting aria , Chang Yaohua casts a glance at the odd building in the background.
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My bladder sings a searing boozy aria , and my brain thinks of nothing but that release catch.
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So now, investors hope the fat lady sings an aria , not a tragic opera.
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He had not won an election, sung an aria , or even built up a business empire.
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My first teacher was a failed bass-baritone who had me singing big dramatic arias .
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After dinner, Mitch Lathrop challenges Campbell to identify sopranos singing various arias Lathrop has spent all day taping from old records.
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My grandmother loved opera, and as she scrubbed the floor she would sing one aria or another.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Wolfgang was set on going to Munich, armed with two new arias for Aloysia.
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Della Jones brings a new vitality to her mezzo arias.
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He had not won an election, sung an aria , or even built up a business empire.
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My first teacher was a failed bass-baritone who had me singing big dramatic arias.
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So now, investors hope the fat lady sings an aria , not a tragic opera.
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The accompanying of the arias was exemplary.
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With some kinds of solo song, or even operatic aria , the accompaniment should be a mere background murmur.