noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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In each case the younger son received the greater blessing .
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Work is one of our greatest blessings .
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It is a great blessing to have Julyan and Lenna Lidstone living and working among us.
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This freedom brought great blessing in its train.
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That, and the electric kettle, given to me by a good friend, are a great blessing .
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This residential healing centre has proved a great blessing to many of my friends.
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These meetings were attended with great blessing .
mixed
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The disintegration of the Takeshita faction was seen as a mixed blessing for Miyazawa.
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Even that has been a mixed blessing .
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For voluntary organisations the budget was more of a mixed blessing .
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The sheer pace of accumulation was itself a mixed blessing .
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Ultraviolet light is a mixed blessing as far as living things are concerned.
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Carmakers view this as a mixed blessing .
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Significant technological advances in underwater excavation and recovery are proving a mixed blessing in the field of marine archaeology.
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Pedagogically the need to be much clearer about what is being taught and why is a mixed blessing .
■ VERB
ask
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I will not ask for your blessing .
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The performers lit incense and asked for blessings , though blankets might have been preferable.
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He ended this eulogy by asking Leopold's blessing on the marriage.
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Starting from my head, she smoothed the linen against my contours, asking for blessings from the protective spirits.
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And people are asking for advice and blessings , telling him about the problems they trust him to solve.
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Many come here to ask blessings for an ill or injured loved one.
count
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Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
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If all this studying is making you a bit queasy, count your blessings .
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You can be sure I count my blessings nowadays.
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About how much fun it is, count your blessings , all of that.
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Rebecca had refused to count her modest blessings , as her parents counseled.
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He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
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It would be far better to count her blessings , she told herself firmly.
give
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Is he really going to give his blessing to Bruce Kent?
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Or was he going to give them his blessing and yet refuse to give custody of the child to Maria Luisa?
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Personally I would advise you to give them your blessing , what with the baby and all.
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He gave his blessing to the meeting and came close to finding himself partnering Desert Orchid in the opening race.
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The permanent secretary, Sir Peter Thornton, saw the sense of this and gave the idea his blessing .
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We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing .
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I can tell you one thing - the pater won't give you his blessing .
receive
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The new plans, which have yet to receive official blessing , would drop this to 1-6 times.
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By refraining I have no doubt I shall receive the silent blessings of the multitude of duffers among whom I find myself.
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May we turn our eyes towards this great sun, draw warmth and strength and comfort from it and receive its blessing .
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Eochaid's hand, still marked with ink, touched his hair, and he received Eochaid's blessing .
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At many Siva temples and Cobra shrines, women are often seen in prayer or receiving the blessings of the attending priest.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a mixed blessing
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But the passenger pigeon, as we now know this bird, was a mixed blessing for the Pilgrims.
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Even that has been a mixed blessing.
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For voluntary organisations the budget was more of a mixed blessing.
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My celebrity was a mixed blessing.
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Such a prestigious credit was something of a mixed blessing.
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Switching to College Prep was a mixed blessing.
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The disintegration of the Takeshita faction was seen as a mixed blessing for Miyazawa.
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The sheer pace of accumulation was itself a mixed blessing.
count your blessings
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About how much fun it is, count your blessings, all of that.
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He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
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If all this studying is making you a bit queasy, count your blessings.
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In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases.
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It would be far better to count her blessings, she told herself firmly.
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Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
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Then put your feet up and count your blessings!
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You can be sure I count my blessings nowadays.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Darren and Teresa planned to live together before they got married, with their parents' blessing .
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It allows patients to live a more normal life, which is a blessing .
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Mayor Wharton gave the proposal his blessing .
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The store is a blessing for those on a budget.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race.
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Hence, the blessing of bread on her feast day.
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Know that every year brings its own peculiar mix of disasters and blessings.
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Many come here to ask blessings for an ill or injured loved one.
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One of the most bizarre things I saw was the lengthy and intricate preparation for the blessing of a new furniture store.
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Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.
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Poor Jonas' death was a blessing in disguise, though one could wish it had happened differently.
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Until then she had not even known she needed a blessing .