adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a correlation exists between sth and sth
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A strong correlation exists between social class and exam success.
amalgamation between
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an amalgamation between two companies
between...two extremes
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In fact, the truth lies between the two extremes .
blur the distinction between sth and sth (= make it less clear )
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Both sides in the war had been blurring the distinction between military and civilian targets.
bridge the gap between
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Alvin managed to bridge the gap between ballet and modern dance.
intermarriage between
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intermarriage between ethnic groups
measure the distance between things
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Now we are able to measure the distances between the planets.
put some distance between yourself and sb/sth (= go quite a long way from them )
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He wanted to put some distance between himself and his pursuers.
sever ties/relations/connections/links etc (with/between sb)
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The two countries severed diplomatic relations.
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She had severed all contact with her ex-husband.
there is a similarity between things
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There are lots of similarities between the two bikes.
unbridgeable gulf/gap/chasm etc (between sb/sth and sb/sth)
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the unbridgeable gulf between the rich and the poor
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
distinguish
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More and more consultants were distinguishing between performance-only versus performance-and-change assignments.
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You had to go by their strut to distinguish between who should be approached and who avoided.
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Toward the end of Period 1, an infant begins to distinguish between objects, a behavior not present at birth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(put) daylight between yourself and sb
a fine line between sth and sth
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It's a fine line between guilt and shame.
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There's a fine line between clever and stupid and Warrant are nowhere near it.
a happy medium (between sth and sth)
anywhere between one and ten/anywhere from one to ten etc
be (stuck) between a rock and a hard place
be few and far between
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Good jobs are few and far between these days.
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The schools are crowded, and good teachers are few and far between.
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Toys were few and far between, but the children invented games and played together.
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But for all this effort, meaningful accomplishments are few and far between.
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Deaf postgraduates, who are few and far between, have little chance of taking a higher degree.
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Facilities like the recently opened Russell Cairns Unit in Oxford are few and far between.
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Opportunities for young parents to socialize with each other are few and far between these days.
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Rough edges are few and far between.
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Sanatorium beds were few and far between, and often had to be obtained through influence.
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Shop said that all its stores were open but that customers were few and far between.
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The instances of this happening are few and far between.
between Scylla and Charybdis
between the devil and the deep blue sea
between you, me, and the gatepost
betwixt and between
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Although the process has not turned them into ordinary men they have, in some degree, become betwixt and between.
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Both are figures caught betwixt and between, either compromised or radicalized by virtue of being women within a culture.
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They reported feelings of marginality, of being betwixt and between.
draw a line (between sth)
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Accordingly, the law seems to draw a line between lack of consent and lack of authorisation.
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However, there was no facility to simply draw a line and let the computer work out the curves.
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The Office of Government Commerce was set up last April to draw a line under this relatively poor performance.
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They draw a line that the public, according tothe polls, rejects.
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Ventura has effectively drawn a line against his own involvement in the 2000 race.
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What you needed for her to do was to draw a line for you.
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With a fork draw lines over the warm chocolate to resemble bark.
drive a wedge between sb
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Romley's lawsuit drove the wedge even farther between the two former friends.
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The war had driven a wedge between the President and his liberal supporters.
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Instead of driving a wedge between lovers, a child can expand and deepen that love.
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It will potentially drive a wedge between the Catholic H.E.
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She'd driven a wedge between herself and Guy.
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Such opposition to bureaucratic intrusion drove a wedge between many working-class people and the Fabian socialists.
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The deal drove a wedge between the president and fellow Republicans going into the 1992 elections.
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The lawsuit also helped drive a wedge between Arpaio and Romley.
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The men of violence want to drive a wedge between the forces of law and order and the people they protect.
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The papal reform tended to drive a wedge between the educated, celibate higher clergy, and the rank and file.
drive a wedge between sb
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Instead of driving a wedge between lovers, a child can expand and deepen that love.
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It will potentially drive a wedge between the Catholic H.E.
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She'd driven a wedge between herself and Guy.
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Such opposition to bureaucratic intrusion drove a wedge between many working-class people and the Fabian socialists.
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The deal drove a wedge between the president and fellow Republicans going into the 1992 elections.
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The lawsuit also helped drive a wedge between Arpaio and Romley.
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The men of violence want to drive a wedge between the forces of law and order and the people they protect.
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The papal reform tended to drive a wedge between the educated, celibate higher clergy, and the rank and file.
fall between two stools
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Overall, the study seems to fall between two stools.
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That was a bad time for her because she fell between two stools in a way.
get the bit between your teeth
poised between sth and sth
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Ahead of it the Wyrmberg turned from a distant toy to several billion tons of rock poised between heaven and earth.
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Like families gathered at Christmas, social animals are poised between cooperation and conflict.
read between the lines
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Reading between the lines, I don't think they want to train people who might soon leave the company.
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Perseverance is required to understand the story and you have to read between the lines to find the book's full meaning.
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While Anderson did not say directly that changes needed to be made, it was easy to read between the lines.
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Although the financial side is far from the whole story, you can usually read between the lines very clearly.
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Frequently it is necessary to read between the lines.
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Harriet, reading between the lines, knew exactly what her daughter meant.
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Jody goes over the two faxes again, this time slowly, trying to read between the lines.
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Perseverance is required to understand the story and one had to read between the lines to find the book's full meaning.
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Simon presents his story in a typically heroic manner, so I have to read between the lines.
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So beware: if we were able to read between the lines that easily, so too can your family and friends!
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You will use your powers of anticipation and imagination to read between the lines, to understand message and meaning.
somewhere around/between etc
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All the heavy materials came from junk spinning somewhere around in the solar system.
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By dimensions and purpose, the 1997 Ford Expedition falls somewhere between affordable housing and the next Trailways bus to Yuma.
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Possibly somewhere between 1901 and the present, Bobsworth had been caught with his hand in the cash box.
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Problems lie somewhere between puzzles and policy issues.
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The ideal size, in peace, is probably somewhere between 12 and 16.
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The resulting book falls somewhere between the teen diary / confessional genre and the academic feminist treatise.
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There was no definite sound, but he knew that Mabel would be somewhere around.
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Your house current is somewhere around 110 volts, which is enough to fry everything inside your machine.
strike a balance (between sth)
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Eastin is trying to strike a balance between family life and her work.
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Accounts receivable management requires striking a balance between the cost of extending credit and the benefit received from extending credit.
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Effective organizations will strike a balance that allows them not only to accept uncertainty but to take advantage of it.
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He decided to strike a balance.
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How they strike a balance between the two is at the heart of corporate strategy.
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In the staffroom, they talk of trying to strike a balance between children seeing teachers as friends, and being over-familiar.
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No one can insure against all eventualities and so you strike a balance between the re- and pro- active aspects of your work.
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The courts have to try to strike a balance between the two.
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The problem of the Volunteer is to strike a balance.
the/a mean between sth and sth
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It's a case of finding the mean between firmness and compassion.
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A Nothing in comparison with the Infinite, an All in comparison with the Nothing, a mean between nothing and everything.
there is little/nothing to choose between sth
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Both make-ups can be available at the same time and, so far as value goes, there is nothing to choose between them.
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But there is little to choose between the two in terms of overall performance.
there is no love lost between sb and sb
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There's no love lost between Bart and Stephen.
with your tail between your legs
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And that is when the toughest Bruin team in years sent the Huskies home with their tails between their legs.
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He knows he can not come back with his tail between his legs.
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I would go out of the Chamber with my tail between my legs.
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Pottz wiped out three waves in a row and crept back in with his tail between his legs.
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They got scared and ran away with their tail between their legs.
yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between sth)
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A yawning gap was forecast between anticipated social expenditures and resources.
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In publishing the Hepplewhite Guide the Taylors were filling a yawning gap.
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Passion 57% A yawning chasm opens up after these four attributes.
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The yawning gap between the two was deeply worrying.
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There are yawning gulfs stretching down into the abyss which have often swallowed up cities that have fallen into them.
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There is and always has been a yawning gap at the budget end of the amplifier market.
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There was nothing there but a terrible, yawning gap.
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To a yawning gap in how I see the world and how the world sees me.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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two yards with a fence between