I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bridge/close/narrow the gap (= reduce the amount or importance of a difference )
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The book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
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The policies are designed to close the gap between rich and poor.
bridging loan
contract bridge
hump-backed bridge
land bridge
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Thousands of years ago, people crossed the land bridge between Asia and North America.
pontoon bridge
Shard London Bridge, the
suspension bridge
swing bridge
the bridge of your nose (= the upper part, between your eyes )
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Sam pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose.
toll bridge
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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A new bridge was fitted some three months later during the winter.
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Military traffic has been crossing the new pontoon bridge since Dec. 31 at a rate up to 400 vehicles each day.
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Wide roads lead to a new bridge crossing the water and traffic can proceed at a fast pace without a halt.
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The new ice bridge was larger and stronger than any that season.
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Piling for the new bridge was completed by Christmas.
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In low conditions a shingle bar is visible between the old and new bridges .
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BAeSEMA has been contracted by the navy to come up with a new design for bridges incorporating the latest in ergonomic practice.
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The new bridges across the Lagan slowly take shape.
old
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Many of these old bridges have crazy stories behind them.
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In any event, it is certainly the oldest bridge over the Derwent.
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When the old bridge is torn down, the area might not revert to wetlands.
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It had all been so long ago, a lot of peanuts had lodged under the old bridge since then.
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Lyn walked across the cobbles and over the Old Town bridge .
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Then follow the line of telegraph poles to the remains of an old railway bridge .
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That was the old wooden bridge .
small
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Take the planks from the tree to the small bridge and use them to complete it. 16.
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A car has driven off the small bridge and is slowly sinking in the river.
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Quickly, I pulled her off the road and down under a small bridge .
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The chief mate watches the pick from the small flying bridge that is cantilevered out over the water.
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A winter stream runs past and to enter the house, one has to cross a small wooden bridge .
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Sheltered by the underbelly of that small pedestrian bridge , I would practice my singing.
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No sooner had she crossed a small bridge near the farm than the storm resumed with even greater intensity.
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Meandering paths lead among dirt hills into odd little vales and over small bridges .
wooden
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The wooden bridge over the river was destroyed but shortly afterwards was replaced by a similar structure.
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Driving over the white wooden bridge that led to the farm, I found I was nursing an odd, melancholy excitement.
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That was the old wooden bridge .
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Moss gardens, straw-mat rooms, wooden bridges arching in the moonlight, paper lanterns with the fire glowing inside.
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In the wonderful autumn afternoons they walked by streams, crossing on little wooden bridges .
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A winter stream runs past and to enter the house, one has to cross a small wooden bridge .
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The river Limmat flows through Baden and is crossed by an old wooden bridge .
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A maze of paths with unique wooden seats and bridges enables the weathered and moss-covered rocks to be seen at their best.
■ NOUN
railway
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Barnes railway bridge was a sinecure compared with the limbo of the Willesden Marshalling Yards.
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Early the next morning they crossed a railway bridge over the Hantan River.
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But his principal contribution was in the field of civil engineering, as a builder of road and railway bridges .
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Did you know that passengers on Lytham gas trams had to push them over the railway bridge in Lytham Road?
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Then follow the line of telegraph poles to the remains of an old railway bridge .
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The central arch, at 181 feet wide, is the largest masonry span of a railway bridge in Britain.
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The railway bridge at this point represented the steepest gradient on the whole system at 1:16.
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And there was being thrown from the railway bridge and landing on top of the moving carriage.
road
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The engine rode up over three wagons of the coal train and ended up embedded under a road bridge .
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Massive masonry was also encountered when the railway bridge was constructed further north still of the modern road bridge.
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Chub below Asenby road bridge to maggot.
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The bridge is now used only by pedestrians, having been superseded by a new road bridge in 1958.
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Roach and big bream on the Grange stretch below A1 road bridge at Wetherby, also grayling.
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Caster for roach below Boston Spa road bridge .
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River Wear poor and upriver marks around the A19 road bridge best for flounder on a variety of baits.
stone
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The stone bridge across the North Hey was no more.
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It is a stone bridge which was abandoned within twelve years when the railway was re-aligned for steam locomotive operation.
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Cross it by the stone bridge .
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The present stone bridge is a modern one.
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We leaned over a humpbacked stone bridge looking at the trout basking in the crystal water.
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The pretty stone bridge which crosses the stream at the end of the walled garden is also listed.
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Clapper or rough stone bridges are also a familiar part of the Dartmoor scenery.
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Bear right to cross the drainage ditch by the stone bridge .
suspension
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She had panicky thoughts about the Clifton suspension bridge and its alarming suicide rate, but Tavett did not mention Clifton.
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Serrell was given a contract to build a highway suspension bridge over the Niagara between Lewiston and Queenston.
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I got to the top and walked along a bit, and saw the suspension bridge flying away to my left.
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Then in 1850, a wire suspension bridge twisted and crumpled under the tread of marching troops.
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The Albert suspension bridge is all lit up and people cheer us.
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That the suspension bridge was both graceful to look at and economical to build was undeniable.
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Some days ago I saw pictures of the Baghdad suspension bridge being destroyed.
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His drawings ran the gamut from the parabolic suspension bridge to the forms and color of various trees and individual flowers.
swing
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It was a great walk, with swing bridges across the river, and we never met a soul all day.
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Two bascule bridges and one swing bridge further upstream had become totally inadequate.
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At the dock's entrance is a cast-iron swing bridge .
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It was five minutes to eight when Yanto cycled over the low swing bridge on to the wharfs of Sharpness Docks.
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A wrought-iron girder swing bridge at the Northern Entrance Lock may be the original installed by Brunel.
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A bloke jumped out of the boat, ran past me, over the swing bridge and opened it up.
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The dock's redeeming qualities are the old swing bridges and the boats themselves, many of them beautiful old sailing ships.
toll
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It would be preferable to the plans for an ugly toll bridge .
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The causeway near the mill, crossing the creek, is a toll bridge , with tollbooth intact.
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He says there shouldn't be toll bridges in this day and age.
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And for the toll bridge owners it could prove an expensive gamble.
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The tithe barns, the Rectory, the toll bridges no longer controlled daily life, but they still punctuated the landscape.
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This toll bridge was at Whitney suffered damage from the fast flowing flood, and parts of Hereford are already underwater.
■ VERB
build
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I told you, build some bridges now.
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When he built a bridge he supervised every detail, left nothing to chance, prepared him-self for every contingency.
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Patrick was right, she must build bridges now with Lizzy.
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Do we believe we ought build a bridge big enough and wide enough for all of us to walk across.
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Abroad they must be seen as great statesmen anxious to build peacemaking bridges between East and West.
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She could picture her feelings and build bridges between different emotional ideas as a basis for reality testing and impulse control.
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They've built roads and bridges and rail systems.
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Actually, he was building two suspension bridges , side by side, and planning to lash them together.
cover
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The historical theme extends to cover local canals, bridges , floods, natural history and archaeology.
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Robert invites Francesca along as he shoots covered bridges .
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It was falling last night as we left Wilhi's Sausage Haus and said our goodbyes at the covered wooden bridge .
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From Taftsville, on Highway 4, cross the covered bridge and follow signs to the farm.
cross
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We crossed over the bridge and followed the wet and muddy path along the bank.
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Nobody lives beyond that, and the track then crosses a temporary bridge of poplar logs lashed together.
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I had forgotten my fear until I came to cross one of these bridges on Beejay after rediscovering riding in my thirties.
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We cross the bridge over Route 46, and walk down a few more blocks.
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Eventually the traffic moved on, crossing the Thames bridge .
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Military traffic has been crossing the new pontoon bridge since Dec. 31 at a rate up to 400 vehicles each day.
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Now you've crossed Westminster bridge and achieved your goal, we outline the best possible way to recover.
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The troll again asked his question and learned that an even bigger goat would soon cross his bridge .
form
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But it was Cézanne who formed the bridge between their art and the art of the preceding five centuries.
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The newly formed bridge companies encouraged competition to keep down prices.
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For others, it can form a bridge between Standard Grades and Highers.
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An ambitious plan was formed for a bridge of boats to be constructed so that an attack on the mainland could be mounted.
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The new Documenta-Halle, backing on to the Friedrichsplatz, now forms an ideal bridge between the other two buildings.
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In this way these schemes form a bridge between the formal and informal sectors.
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Group I PLA2 contain a cysteine at position 11 forming a disulphide bridge with a cysteine at position 77.
help
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An attempt will be made to identify best practice, to help bridge the gap between theoretical prescriptions and practical modelling procedures.
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He advocates forming private foundations and approaching agricultural and manufacturing businesses to help bridge the gap in state financing.
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Others have appealed for retired nurses to help bridge staff shortages.
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He helped them to build bridges and who knows what all.
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The housing directory will help bridge this gap - although the proposed legal aid cuts do cast a cloud over this.
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He helped man the bridge and co-ordinate the rescue operation after the crew allegedly abandoned ship.
pass
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It was passing over a bridge across the Jumna.
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As he passed under the bridge he grasped one of the girders and climbed safely into the superstructure.
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A big, flat coal barge was passing under the bridge and I averted my eyes from the sight of it.
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He had to summon all his willpower to pass under a bridge because he would experience a crushing pressure on the skull.
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When we reached this area we found a small stream passing under a bridge marked Puente Chinoluiz.
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We have a height limit to go into the city, because we have to pass the tunnels and bridges .
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As he did so, he heard footsteps passing under the bridge and over the point catwalk and continuing under the box.
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At 4: 33, he passed under the bridge and entered the rapids.
play
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She had played three-handed bridge with Angus and Milly; it was still quiet when they had gone to bed.
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She could tell, especially that old lady with her patronizing smile: i used to play bridge with your grandmother Fermoyle.
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After dinner the Colonel gave all the officers tasks, such as playing bridge , winding up the gramophone or reading suitable books.
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So Thomas played bridge with them, and swam, and learned to use an aqualung.
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Corinne taught the children to play bridge .
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Mr and Mrs go to play bridge with the Fountains-Abbotts and Seb takes me to a film.
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In his two charcoal works on paper, Levitch makes childlike images of a young boy playing near a bridge .
provide
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This concept of structuration provides a bridge between our static models of class and the complex dynamic reality of changing inequality.
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In some instances it will be necessary to provide a bridge or underpass.
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Amateurism provided a bridge between the old world of aristocratic values and the new one of bourgeois exertion and competitiveness.
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Others are new opportunities, such as those provided by constructing bridges to make new connections possible.
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Singer Kirsty Yates' vocals and spooky lyrics provide the strongest bridge between Earwig past and present.
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So the seemingly random patterns of the yarrow stalks provide a bridge between your question and the relevant hexagram.
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Finally comes metaphysics which provides a bridge between logic and the special sciences.
walk
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I get up and start walking over to the bridge .
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We walked out on the bridge and then took a walk through the town.
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If you approach a river, how far away from it must you be as you walk to find a bridge ?
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The first half of the mile-long walk across the bridge is slightly uphill.
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Physicians can easily walk across a bridge to the hospital and access its services.
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Then he walked back to the bridge site to meet his wife, who was coolly descending from the iron basket.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be (all) water under the bridge
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However, this is water under the bridge.
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To some extent, that is water under the bridge.
build bridges
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He had a strong commitment to building bridges between the divided community here.
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He helped them to build bridges and who knows what all.
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Instead of building bridges to nowhere, we will build a solid foundation for our nation and its future generations.
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Patrick was right, she must build bridges now with Lizzy.
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She could picture her feelings and build bridges between different emotional ideas as a basis for reality testing and impulse control.
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Stuart knew very little about building bridges.
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The class erupted in laughter and they were like, you build bridges so they can blow them up?
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The landed nobility showed no inclination to build bridges with urban property-owners, let alone workers and peasants.
burn your bridges/boats
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And, now she'd burnt her boats so very finally, he would want it back.
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He was not one for burning his boats.
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She had indeed burnt her boats.
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She was acutely aware that she had burnt her boats.
cross that bridge when you come to it
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"What if they refuse?" "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A tanker had been swept over the bridge just before we arrived.
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He designed the Kelham and Stockwith bridges in Nottinghamshire.
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Helen bought her love seat, a sky blue velveteen fold-out, and also her bridge table.
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One rail bridge , well camouflaged, is not shown on any map.
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The bridge at Yeald Brow was refurbished only last year.
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The bridge spans the watercourse descending from Coire Mhic Nobuil in a very attractive setting, well seen from the parapet.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
divide
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Thankfully, efforts are already under way to bridge the digital divide .
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There are a couple of fudge options at hand, but neither entirely bridges the divide .
gap
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The approach for bridging this gap is frequently called a strategy.
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Later, electrically powered calculators and analog computers bridged the gap to the first primitive digital computers.
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He bridges that gap between the Old and the New.
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Diplomatic sources said the main question now is whether a formula can be found to bridge the gap on both issues.
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Over a stretch of muddy field ... she had to bridge the gap - decide.
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Now the astronauts themselves have bridged the gap between their vision and our earthbound experience.
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Although private funding has bridged much of this gap , declining ticket sales of 35 % have intensified financial pressures.
■ VERB
build
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Check local building codes; bridging may be required in some installations.
try
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With this bill, Republicans went further in trying to bridge differences with the president.
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So Monnens decided to try to bridge the gap between advertisers and Web sites.
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Misner tried to bridge it by filling it with chunks of ice in order to help Miss Hall over.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be (all) water under the bridge
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However, this is water under the bridge.
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To some extent, that is water under the bridge.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A log bridged the stream.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Can they bridge the gulf between the visitors and themselves?
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Thankfully, efforts are already under way to bridge the digital divide.
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This was not so wide as the first one had been, and she bridged it safely.
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What illusion was it that she bridged between this world and that?
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Writtle College has also signposted the three-quarter mile circular trail route, built stiles and bridged a large ditch.