adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brisk walk
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A brisk walk will improve your circulation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
business
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Humor consultants are doing a brisk business everywhere.
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Newsstands here were doing a brisk business selling JonBenet coverage.
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M., the store finally opened, and it immediately did a brisk business in coffee, beer, and cookies.
pace
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Smith has a second claim with his knack of producing wicket-taking spells at a brisk pace .
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We were determined to go through the speakers listed at a calm but brisk pace , then leave.
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He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo.
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With knapsack in hand, a brisk pace is assumed.
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None the less, research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options.
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It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west.
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This proved the correct thing to do, as he turned to the left at a brisk pace .
trade
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The Taunton 150 special anniversary ale almost sold out in the first day and most other stallholders enjoyed a brisk trade too!
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A brisk trade in newspapers was kept up almost continually.
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Men in shirtsleeves and women in summer dresses were strolling around the airport and ice-cream vendors were doing a brisk trade .
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Some retailers have been doing a brisk trade in the new toys, others apparently have not.
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Top Shop is doing a brisk trade in reefer jackets and A-line car coats.
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They have, it seems, been doing a brisk trade .
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Hotels and stores are doing a brisk trade in vampire kits.
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The public bar was already doing a brisk trade .
walk
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Within two or three weeks a brisk walk for a full half-hour becomes an enjoyable experience.
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It was on High Street, only a few minutes' brisk walk away.
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A brisk walk or jog for half-an-hour will do much more to build stamina than a twelve-second sprint.
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A brisk walk , combined with exercise for suppleness, is more suitable.
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If you are out at work, a brisk walk at lunch-time might be possible.
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A brisk walk will help use up the adrenaline which creates the physical manifestations of nervousness.
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After the morning service there was a brisk walk home for lunch which had been prepared and cooked on the Saturday.
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It was ten minutes brisk walk to the Embassy, and he was waiting on the corner as Hannele approached.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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brisk sales
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a brisk fall morning
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a brisk walk
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bigwig, with his usual brisk energy, set to work.
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It was cooler and grey, and a brisk sou'wester spiked with a salty drizzle met us at the crag.
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It was on High Street, only a few minutes' brisk walk away.
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The Committee got off to a brisk start at its first meeting.
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The hours were long and unpredictable compared with the brisk efficiency of the House.
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The musket firing between skirmishers at times was very brisk .
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The teakettle made a brisk whistling sound, but John Wade could not bring himself to move.
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They gave each other a brisk and publicly conscious dose of affection.