noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a beauty contest (= to find the most beautiful person )
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Miss Colombia won the beauty contest.
beauty contest
beauty mark
beauty parlor
beauty queen
beauty salon
beauty sleep
beauty spot
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Guests will be able to visit some of the local beauty spots.
beauty tips
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The article contains some useful beauty tips.
beauty/hair products
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She doesn’t buy beauty products that have been tested on animals.
hair/beauty salon
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an exclusive hair salon
raving beauty
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She was no raving beauty , but at least she looked smart.
scenic beauty
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a region of scenic beauty
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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The Province Northern Ireland is justly famous for its great natural beauty and the warmth and hospitality of its people.
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In other letters he wrote about the great beauty of the country, the paddies and mountains and jungles.
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They were indeed works of art, great mop-headed beauties made from finely-cut wood shavings which curled into unbelievable shapes.
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Vines are another source of great beauty as well as food.
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You find a parallel world that knows great beauty but can speak only through a tiny box of plastic and tin.
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The wild whooper swan is a bird of great beauty and, I think, on the increase in the Border region.
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In the presence of great beauty I am often left speechless.
natural
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Inter-war Britain was notable for a generation which sought to emphasize the principles and practicalities of the protection of natural beauty .
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We still have a great deal of space and a great deal of natural beauty .
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Formerly farmland, it's in the Blythe Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty with topography just made for golf.
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And then, invigorated by the fresh air and natural beauty , we headed back towards Marloes.
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Traffic is horrendous, walking dangerous and any semblance of natural beauty largely absent.
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Land could be sold off or developed, causing significant harm to present areas of natural beauty and important wildlife habitats.
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Our grandchildren should not have to live in a world stripped of its natural beauty .
outstanding
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So conservationists hope they can preserve the area's outstanding natural beauty and cater for the tourists too.
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Formerly farmland, it's in the Blythe Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty with topography just made for golf.
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But other hostels were successfully established in areas of outstanding beauty or interest, often in historic, unusual buildings.
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An area of outstanding natural beauty .
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The hillside may be windy, but it's also in an area of outstanding natural beauty .
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All this takes place in an area of outstanding natural beauty .
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I am sure when it opens in May 1992, golfers will appreciate its outstanding beauty .
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It is an area of outstanding beauty supporting rare plantlife and the greatest asset to tourism.
physical
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What happens in the pursuit of physical beauty ?
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It helps, too, if the small city is a place of extraordinary physical beauty with no natural walls.
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Women have the potential to link physical and spiritual beauty .
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I marveled at her physical beauty , wanting her to like me, to read to me, to even hold me.
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He did however enjoy the physical beauty of Cambridge, and retained a strong affection for the place on this ground at least.
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Her whole soul breathed out physical beauty .
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At first it had been his physical beauty , then the cast of his mind.
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All her life she had been beguiled by physical beauty in men and in women.
real
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But now, 20 years on, it's aged into a real beauty .
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She was so young, and a real beauty .
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She was a real beauty , or so I thought at the time.
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A couple of them gals were real beauties .
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That is surely the real essence of beauty , nomatterwhat the age.
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That was the real beauty of Zack, the man he was inside.
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But the real beauty of this bass is that the playing of it does not detract from this favourable first impression.
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On a day of surprises, there was a real beauty before the game.
scenic
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The state has long relied on its scenic beauty to draw visitors and attract business.
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Day 4 Pagan-Mandalay A morning flight takes you to Mandalay where scenic beauty and historical tragedy are inextricably meshed.
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This fat guide reviews 300 places suitable for skaters with ratings for scenic beauty and pavement quality.
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Monthly payments will then be made for maintaining the lands in a way that preserves their wildlife and scenic beauty .
sheer
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The sheer beauty of the handsome yard revived her.
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Now the function of the dogwood is to be found in its sheer beauty .
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Whether you are fascinated by the unusual, or enchanted by sheer beauty , there is something for everyone here.
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At that moment they reached the ruined abbey and she fell silent at its sheer beauty .
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She heard him gasp at the sheer beauty of her superb feminine body.
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But the sheer beauty and ingenuity of the animal adaptations were breathtaking and the gorgeousness of the plant life staggering.
■ NOUN
contest
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Just like the outside world, only in a beauty contest you are more aware of it!
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Most interviewers did their jobs like judges at a beauty contest .
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Fortunately, he ate his last slice long before the advent of pub beauty contests .
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College football is as much a beauty contest as it is a game.
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Dave Simpson's adult comedy, set in a beauty contest , returns to Liverpool after a successful run last year.
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Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests .
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He said he had been to a beauty contest where the audience were mostly farmers.
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The play is set in a seedy northern beauty contest , which gives Paula the chance to use her original Mancunian accent.
pageant
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Boxing champion Mike Tyson was, of course, convicted in the 1992 rape of a beauty pageant contestant.
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A beauty pageant , of course.
parlor
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Linda Leung said she swept and washed down the sidewalk every morning in front of her beauty parlor on Wentworth.
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They took long lunches and went to barbershops, beauty parlors , bathhouses, and tearooms during working hours.
product
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Pamper a friend with a natural beauty product by post.
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The flapper had to be a good consumer, keeping up with fashion and buying the latest in beauty products .
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I never bought that stuff about her ever-expanding conscience and I certainly never bought any of her beauty products .
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Industry analysts said the market is ripe for beauty products geared toward ethnic groups.
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Taken on to sell insurance, patent medicines and beauty products , I sold my own animals and bought an old bicycle.
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Then there were coupons on health and beauty products .
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Smaller and less costly items such as pens, beauty products and food are much more obvious candidates for a more general distribution.
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Two promoted silk stockings and Florence Stack appeared in newspaper advertisements praising Tokalon beauty products .
salon
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It has sprouted shopping malls, discos and nightclubs, beauty salons , gymnasia, news kiosks, coffee shops.
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I noticed it only because part of the mixture involved a large quantity of my expensive beauty salon shampoo.
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Gymnasium, sauna, steam room, beauty salon , indoor pool.
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Have your eyelashes dyed at a local beauty salon and then you can simply forget about them all summer.
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Comfortable public rooms include a bar, restaurant, lounge and beauty salon .
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It is also worth going along to a beauty salon a month or so in advance to have your make-up done.
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Ask for Tuenda treatment and homecare products at your Depilex Appointed beauty salon .
sleep
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But Jude is used to going short of beauty sleep-although it doesn't show.
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She started her new job on Monday and she said she needed her beauty sleep before tackling the front attic.
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A girl needed her beauty sleep .
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Playing Desert Storm on my Sega console had not only eroded my morals, it had disturbed my beauty sleep .
spot
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She wears a lot of makeup and even a false beauty spot on her cheek.
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Ted, who has lived for over thirty years in Yorkshire, will guide you to a different beauty spot every day.
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The beauty spot brings back horrific memories for the couple; memories of a night they were not meant to survive.
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Guests can enjoy trips to local beauty spots , dancing at a local hotel, and visits to local theatres.
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He attacked the couple as they cuddled in their car at a remote beauty spot .
■ VERB
appreciate
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May we learn to appreciate its beauty and its comforts whilst we still have them to enjoy.
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One should pass the magnifying glass over to science; the eyes are sufficient to appreciate the beauties of the landscape.
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Let us hope visitors will appreciate the beauty of the house-whatever story they are told about recent history.
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To appreciate all of this beauty relies upon your noticing its subtleties.
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It was here, however, that I learned to appreciate the beauty of wild, unspoiled places.
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I am sure when it opens in May 1992, golfers will appreciate its outstanding beauty .
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It needs to be studied with some form of magnification to be able to appreciate its full beauty .
create
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Each had an individual story that complemented the other, creating ecological beauty and providing spiritual as well as physical sustenance.
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He was ugly to look upon, but he created great beauty .
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Arts of colour and harmony; the ability to create beauty in the environment around you.
enjoy
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Yet we are always doing this, because we so like to enjoy contemplating the beauty of our feline companions.
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But he can not enjoy beauty or joy.
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Guests can enjoy trips to local beauty spots, dancing at a local hotel, and visits to local theatres.
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Rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead more keenly all the time.
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He did however enjoy the physical beauty of Cambridge, and retained a strong affection for the place on this ground at least.
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Advanced cyclists can enjoy the rugged beauty and the challenge of this West Texas terrain.
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Table mats will protect the surface but also allow you to enjoy the natural beauty of the wood grain.
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A little further away you can enjoy the natural beauty of Exmoor National Park.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a vision of beauty/loveliness etc
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In that dream he saw a vision of loveliness: himself as Foreign Secretary.
be evil/beauty/greed etc incarnate
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Eric's new car is a real beauty .
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He had written a poem about Sylvia, praising her charm and beauty .
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I found the temple a place of great beauty .
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I was impressed by the beauty and warmth of the people.
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Millions are spent every year on beauty products.
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Shaw was moved by the beauty of Handel's music.
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She was once considered quite a beauty .
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the beauty of America's national parks
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the beauty of the countryside in spring
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After that we found more dead birds, their beauty still unspoiled.
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But even the hidden threat down there was part of its beauty for him.
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She has a sort of degenerate beauty .
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This beauty comes from Sumatra and prefers soft acid water, which will coax out its best colouration.
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This may help one to see the beauty and wisdom of the natural world in a much more positive light.
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This was the birthplace of the Renaissance and its streets revel in artistic beauty .
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Today the bucolic beauty of the region hides a deeply entrenched and long-standing poverty.