I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a swimming/bathing cap
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A swimming cap will stop you getting your hair wet.
bath chair
bath mat
bath plug
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the bath plug
bath towel
bath/beach/kitchen towel
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She dried her hands on the kitchen towel.
bathing cap
bathing costume
bathing suit
bathing trunks
bed bath
bubble bath
sth is bathed in light literary (= something has a lot of light shining on it )
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The fields and woods were bathed in golden light.
swimming bath
the kitchen/bath/garden tap
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The water coming out of the kitchen tap had an odd smell.
Turkish bath
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cold
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It's the equivalent to some one being put into constant hot and cold baths .
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The brick vaults were fitted out as hot and cold sea-water baths .
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Hot or cold , her bath water was her own.
hot
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Gin and hot baths , exercises.
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Christine eased out of bed and into the bathroom and ran a hot bath .
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Every pore of his skin felt aware, as sensitive as it did after the luxury of a hot bath .
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Actress Lindsay Wagner revealed her recipe to combat jet lag: Epsom salts and baking soda poured into a hot bath .
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This could cause minor inconvenience when, for example, a family wants several hot baths in succession.
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I was a proper wife, ever ready with a hot bath and a soothing word for my weary provider.
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I take a hot bath and I rub myself off to forget what I want.
long
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I went back to my room and took a long bath .
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She eschews long baths for long talks with her children.
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When he got home he'd have a stiff drink and a long bath , followed by another stiff drink.
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To comfort myself, I take a long warm candle-lit bath .
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All he had planned before his interview with the Foreign Office that afternoon was a long bath and a slow shave.
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And why not have a long , hot bath ?
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Although she had had a shower before going to the boat, she decided to take a long bath .
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One of my rewards is a long bath one evening a week.
private
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All rooms are twin bedded with a private loo and bath or shower.
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Number of rooms: 23; 14 with private bath .
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All rooms are large and well furnished with private bath .
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All rooms are twin bedded with a private loo, bath and shower; some have a lake view.
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Twin bedrooms all have a private bath or shower.
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AH2 Rooms with private facilities with bath or shower and w.c. in one or two star hotels as above.
public
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It was true that it was very hard to work in the public baths .
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The bus station was similarly desolate, while the cinema, cultural centre, public baths and a hospital have closed.
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Then she took herself off to the public baths , open on Friday evenings.
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Among other important structures were libraries, gymnasia and public baths .
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There is a large garden with deckchairs and table tennis and the public swimming bath is just two minutes walk away.
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Other Roman remains include the public baths and triumphal arch of Augustus.
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It was not that I objected to the public baths .
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He presented Widnes with public baths in 1889 and supported convalescent homes in Heswall and Southport.
swimming
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I bought a pass for the swimming baths so I can get in for free.
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There is a large garden with deckchairs and table tennis and the public swimming bath is just two minutes walk away.
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The day after her accident we went to the swimming baths so she could have a shower.
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There was a bust of Marx in the local cemetery and a bust of Freud outside the swimming baths .
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She accepted the Swimsafe challenge and covered 45 lengths of the Blackpool Lido swimming baths to raise over £80 in sponsorship.
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The frigidarium was presumed to be open to the sky and contained a large open-air swimming bath .
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It had not occurred to Nutty how accustomed they had become to the steamy swimming baths and the seventy-five degree water.
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The swimming baths and the football ground faced each other only yards away from the corporation allotments.
turkish
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There's also a fitness room, sauna and turkish steam bath .
warm
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It seemed to Verence that he was lying in a nice warm bath , which was very relaxing and comfortable.
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Relaxing upstairs in a warm bath , he suddenly realized he was not unwinding in just any old bathroom.
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Soaking in a warm bath will open up pores ready for deep cleansing.
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Hold sauce in a warm water bath until serving time, up to 2 hours.
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That evening my grandmother bundled me, weeping, in a large warm bath towel and tried to explain.
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To comfort myself, I take a long warm candle-lit bath .
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Start with a long, warm , aromatic bath .
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By taking a Jacuzzi or a warm bath after a workout.
■ NOUN
bubble
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One reveller was already pouring bubble bath into a huge hot tub so he and his partner could frolic in the suds.
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Eating chocolates in a bubble bath .
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I would lie for hours in my sea grey with the remains of bubble bath .
chair
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In fact, my dear, we've looked out the old bath chair .
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Perhaps they had been staved in by a bath chair which had run amok!
spa
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The poolside spa bath is a particular favourite for easing wearing limbs.
steam
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There's also a fitness room, sauna and turkish steam bath .
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If you haven't enough energy left, wallow in a jacuzzi, sauna or steam bath instead.
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There is a lounge, T.V. room, table tennis, cellar bar, large sauna, solarium and steam bath .
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The girl asked Lucien if he would like his steam bath to be followed by an aromatic rub.
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Other diversions include a sauna and steam bath which is free once a week, but otherwise is payable locally.
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The hotel fitness centre is definitely worth a visit to enjoy a Roman-style steam bath , sauna, swimming-pool and whirlpool.
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It's a steam bath in there.
tin
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On Saturday evenings everybody in the family had a bath one after another in an old tin bath in front of the fire.
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Every Monday Mrs Evans washed all the family's clothes in the tin bath .
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Mr Wood helped him into the kitchen while Mrs Wood filled an old tin bath with warm water.
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Swilled quickly in a tin bath , it hung over the nurse's hand like a wet sock.
towel
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Swallowing convulsively, she rubbed vigorously at her face and hair with a large bath towel until her skin burned.
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She looked round, unseeing, at all the discarded clothes and bath towels looped on the bed and floor.
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That evening my grandmother bundled me, weeping, in a large warm bath towel and tried to explain.
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When he hat finished he reached to the bed and taking the new bath towel put it around her shoulders.
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And now for a cup of tea, she thought, stepping out to wind a large bath towel around her nakedness.
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She was propped in bed, soaking bath towels between her legs, when Andrew came back.
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She was lying flat out on her pink bath towel along the lower level of the dry-heat sauna.
tub
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An old bath tub for this purpose is invaluable.
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So we have to make the bath tub and then fill it with water.
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Don't wash a down bag in a washing machine, but by hand in the bath tub .
water
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The liquid is burnt in a plentiful supply of air and the temperature rise in the surrounding water bath is measured.
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Hold sauce in a warm water bath until serving time, up to 2 hours.
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Cook in a water bath in an oven at 280°F for about 45 minutes.
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Remove immediately from the water bath and allow to cool to room temperature before refrigerating.
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The tube was then incubated in a 37°C water bath , vortexing every five minutes for 30 minutes.
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Any neutrons produced within the palladium will shoot out of the cell into a surrounding water bath .
whirlpool
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Its two suites boasted whirlpool baths in which three could sit comfortably and four even more so.
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All fittings are gold-plated with marbled surrounds to the double basins, and a whirlpool bath .
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Double room with whirlpool bath £6.50.
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A whirlpool bath and relaxing sun-beds are available for hire.
■ VERB
fill
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She was taken back into the house and made to fill a bath and to get into it.
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They return to their business, filling the salt baths , washing, drinking their coffee.
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Mr Wood helped him into the kitchen while Mrs Wood filled an old tin bath with warm water.
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There is no need to fill the bath to the top.
give
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One child suggests we give him a bath .
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Maybe the bad guys on the ground thought we were giving them a bath or something.
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I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths .
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Billie was in the yard, giving Speedo a bath with the hose.
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There was an older woman who gave me a bath .
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He gave them their baths for the first month.
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This time Bernie was giving Maria a bath !
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A week later I was giving Janir a bath in the raised tub in the laundry room.
lie
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But I lay in the bath and thought.
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And lying in a bath of Almond and Mallow will soothe your skin, leaving it feeling soft and supple.
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He kept thinking how nice it would be to lie in a hot bath and soak out the cold and the dirt.
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Anna is still lying low in the bath .
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At the flat that evening, lying thinking in the bath , he was aroused by the telephone.
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I withdrew into my reluctant imagination. 13 Anna lay back in the bath , staring at the wall tiles.
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Her flatmate, Trudy, found her ... lying in a crimson bath , her skin milk-white.
run
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Claudia ran Dana's bath , testing the water carefully.
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Christine eased out of bed and into the bathroom and ran a hot bath .
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She changed into her dressing-gown as Ronnie ran the bath for her.
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She ran her bath , cut her nails viciously one by one.
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She ran herself a deep bath with bath crystals and perfume poured into the water.
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She ran the bath , loading it with bubble-bath, and sank down into the water.
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Skin brushing need take no longer than five minutes each time and can be done while you run the bath .
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Place wine in microwave and frozen fish in freezer, take all your clothes off and apply face pack whilst running bath .
take
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I went back to my room and took a long bath .
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Then Gerard Baker suggested we take a sweat bath .
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He also took a nightly bath containing lavender, clary-sage or chamomile - sometimes a blend of all three essences.
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While Dooley took a bath , the rector made two calls asking for prayer, and gave Miss Sadie an update.
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Antibacterial treatments can take the form of baths , external application to affected areas, injection and oral administration via the food.
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We had long, serious talks and took baths and discussed things with the light on and then with the light out.
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If she had taken a bath she must surely have finished by now.
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Since Christine is the honored guest, she gets to take her bath first.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be bathed in light/sunshine etc
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He threw open a side door off the first-floor hall, and we were bathed in light.
be bathed in sweat
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They make the skin crawl like it is on fire, even as it is bathed in sweat.
run a bath
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Christine got out of bed and ran a hot bath.
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At five-thirty they made gentle love; then Felicity ran a bath.
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Husband wandering about opening curtains, running a bath.
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Marigold was running a bath, stepping into the water.
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Place wine in microwave and frozen fish in freezer, take all your clothes off and apply face pack whilst running bath.
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She ran a bath, defying the rule by more than half filling the tub instead of sticking to the permitted five inches.
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She heard Charles move across the landing to his own room and run a bath.
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She made her way upstairs and ran a bath.
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She went back into the bathroom and ran a bath.
throw the baby out with the bath water
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a bath of black dye
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I love to soak in a hot bath .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After your bath or shower, grit your teeth and splash yourself with cold water!
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Hold sauce in a warm water bath until serving time, up to 2 hours.
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I replaced each plug - in the wash basin, the bath , the sink.
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So she told them she was taking a bath .
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The 1960s home on 6 acres boasts a pool, a tennis court, six bedrooms, four baths and staff quarters.
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The coolness of the water roused me from my reverie, and I left the bath and decided to telephone Toby Greenslade.
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Whilst in bath remember what you've done and race down naked to reverse the contents of freezer and microwave.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bathing/jogging etc suit
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A more natural line evolved as bathing suit and fabric technology was improved to push, pull and lift invisibly.
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Babur puts on his new bathing suit and shows off.
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I shower and lay out all seven bathing suits on the bed and try to picture myself in one in particular.
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Seeing Felix resignedly pick up his towel and bathing suit , Mabs and Tashie rushed behind a rock to change.
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She got into her old pink jogging suit and her sneakers.
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She was looking very pretty in her bathing suit , her hair still damp from swimming.
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There they were, those pretty young girls all in a row, wearing standardized bathing suits , glamour gowns and smiles.
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They have doctorates in education, and pace the halls in jogging suits .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Louise loved being bathed when she was a baby.
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Make sure you bathe the kids and put them to bed before eight.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I bathed and changed and decided to start the evening with the bounce of Sidney Bechet.
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Professional show producers bath their horses all the year round, without ill effect.