I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brown/white etc envelope
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There was a large brown envelope on his desk.
a green/brown/yellow etc leaf
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the deep green leaves of the coconut trees
a red/brown/dark etc stain
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There was a brown stain on the bedroom ceiling.
black/brown etc
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Her shoes and handbag were brown.
brown goods British English (= electrical goods that provide entertainment at home such as televisions and stereo systems )
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The company has 22 percent of the total market for brown goods.
brown goods
brown rice
brown rice
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a plate of brown rice
brown sugar
brown
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Her hair was pale brown.
brown/blue/grey/green
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Both their children have blue eyes.
dark brown/pale brown
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His eyes are dark brown.
dark brown/pale brown
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His eyes are dark brown.
dark/brown/black
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a girl with beautiful dark skin
hash browns
the leaves turn red/brown etc (= become red, brown etc )
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The maple leaves had turned a fiery red.
the Smith/Jones/Brown etc family
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The Smith family are living in temporary accommodation.
white/brown bread
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Would you like white bread or brown bread?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bear
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Elsewhere these plains are home to the great grey owl and the shy brown bear .
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Zeus got after her one morning in the guise of a brown bear .
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And lo! how doth the brown bear frolic upon a bank of sempiternal moss!
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White bears can creep up on seals much more easily than brown bears can.
bread
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On home-baked brown bread it takes the place of butter.
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The immediate success of these fillings, and the brown bread they came in, reflected John Bull's broadening palate.
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He came back with two slices of dark brown bread and a semi-transparent lump of fat on the top.
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Why should popular opinion hold that brown bread or brown sugar are so much healthier than the refined, white versions?
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Bread is usually white, although she buys wholegrain brown bread occasionally.
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Sausages and sauerkraut with brown bread .
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And guar improves the texture of brown bread .
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Thus creating a succulently flavoured ham that goes perfectly with a watercress and avocado salad and a few slices of brown bread .
colour
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The addition of iron oxide produced a darker brown colour in the glaze under reducing conditions.
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His crinkly hair was a glossy brown colour still unmarked by grey; his moustache was neat and trim.
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This, in traditional form, is a treacly brown colour and lends a definite antique air to what you are polishing.
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Make caramel sauce by cooking butter and sugar in a pan until it turns a rich brown colour .
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It dyes wool a reddish brown colour , distinctively well known and often referred to in either language as crotal.
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Kremer bistre ink is made to an original recipe and has a deep transparent brown colour .
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If a painter wishes to paint a sombre portrait, he first covers the canvas entirely with a dull brown colour .
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Strong tea can be used in the same way for a lovely brown colour .
envelope
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When he brings his hands out of his pockets, the newspaper masks the brown envelope that he is holding.
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The salary was packaged in a small brown envelope .
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Each one was labelled with a box number and contained a large brown envelope .
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It was a brown envelope with a Yale key inside.
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He got out the brown envelope and spread the photographs on his lap.
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That night at the meeting, Karen had a big brown envelope in her bag.
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This time it was discovered in a brown envelope at the foot of a box.
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No job given without whispers of brown envelopes .
face
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Waves of lacquer black hair curved above their brown faces .
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Her wrinkled brown face was surrounded by white hair.
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The old McClean had his hat in his hand, his brown face turned upward into the sun.
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He was wearing rough clothes, and he was about sixty, with a brown face and long grey hair.
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He was a thin, tough-looking man, about forty years old, with a brown face .
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At any rate Shiva's face was not among the several brown faces.
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A round, plump, jolly, brown face that he remembered from back last summer, when all this business started.
hair
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She had long wavy brown hair , and a gentle, kind face.
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Millar himself is a young-looking man in his mid-thirties with dark brown hair and the demeanor and bearing of a born enthusiast.
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This one had lustreless brown hair , very straight, hanging about a pale, underground face.
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It was warm brown hair , the color of old honey.
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She had light brown hair tied, like Patsy's, with ribbon.
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Marsha runs a hand through her thick, brown hair .
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He had a bald spot, under a straggle of brown hair , and a ratty Fu Manchu moustache.
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Drawn face, brown hair , big mouth, freckles.
leather
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Charlie's eyes settled on the officer's Sam Browne belt and brown leather shoes.
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She wore brown leather shoes with pointed toes and high heels.
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Skintight jeans tucked into a pair of brown leather boots and a terrific figure.
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I warned him, looking down at my brown leather boots.
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He was wearing a brown leather jacket, black jeans and was carrying in a blue holdall.
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Then he put on the pair of brown leather cloves he had stuck into his overcoat pocket.
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He was wearing a peaked cap of brown leather and a long black overcoat.
paper
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Her pups were now piled together in a cardboard box lined with an old woollen jumper and several sheets of brown paper .
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The tellers began wrapping up the ballots in brown paper and masking tape.
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Bob had a brown paper poke in his hand from which he was eating magic mushrooms as if they were lemon drops.
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Into the picture walked a man drinking from a quart bottle of beer partially concealed in a brown paper bag.
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A brown paper parcel arrived by special delivery.
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To her relief, Ludovico walked in through the open front door, carrying two enormous brown paper bags.
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The parcel was substantial, tightly wrapped in brown paper , crisscrossed by waxed brown twine with many knots.
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Paint was flaking from door and window frames, cracked glass in an upstairs window was held together with paste and brown paper .
rice
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Serve with brown rice and a chicory and orange salad.
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Mannke likes to serve his chili with beans and brown rice , which helps mop up the zesty flavors.
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Wild rice , more than corn, brown rice, or oats, evokes a mood and a feeling.
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Good sources include brown rice , wholewheat, bran, barley, pulses, carrots and apples.
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The dish can be served as a first course or as a light dinner entree with brown rice .
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Add the cooked brown rice , honey, and buttermilk and mix.
skin
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She was attractive in a plump, slovenly way, with a mass of jet-black curls, dark eyes and brown skin .
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Roast chicken emerges with a crisp mahogany brown skin and tender, juicy meat.
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She smeared after-sun milk on her satin brown skin before joining Steve at the table with her drink.
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Opening the brown skin with his fingernail, Mitchell peeled a plantain and sliced the dry-smelling fruit lengthwise into strips.
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She knew Rose's smell, her milk and sweat, her brown skin .
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She was slim, five feet four inches tall, and had medium brown skin .
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He had a brown skin , black hair, bright eyes and strong white teeth.
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Then there are the codling; wonderful eating and nothing like that tasteless stuff you buy with a crispy brown skin .
sugar
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I've put a sprinkling of brown sugar and a dash of milk on it.
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In another bowl, place brown sugar , softened butter and flour; mix until mixture is lumpy.
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Meanwhile place apples, water, peel and soft brown sugar and cinnamon in a pan and simmer until tender.
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Combine cup brown sugar , pecans and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over batter.
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Add the soy sauce, brown sugar and vinegar, and process again.
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In medium bowl, combine brown sugar , cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, milk and eggs; blend well.
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Cream well the brown sugar , shortening and egg.
suit
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He had refused to buy any new clothes for the wedding but the brown suit had been brushed and pressed.
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Five men in brown suits sat beside each other on a bench in front of the largest structure.
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His wattle throat sagged above his careful tie and clean brown suit .
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Uncle Art bending over, having a coughing fit, spilling coffee on his good brown suit .
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He was dressed in a crumpled brown suit with a brown shirt and tie.
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She bought him a new brown suit and a new white shirt.
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Fashion critics chuckled when Ronald Reagan wore his brown suits while president.
trout
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The first two are good brown trout waters.
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Richard Reinwald caught the California state record brown trout .
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The loch is full of wild brown trout; where a basket of thirty trout is the rule, rather than the exception.
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And the fishing for brown trout on the nearby lochs is equally excellent.
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These large fish are called ferox, a distinct species of brown trout that make their living by eating their smaller brethren.
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The best Scourie brown trout lochs require a fair degree of fitness to reach.
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Thousands of tiny salmon and brown trout died as slurry robbed the stream of oxygen.
water
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They fought through the night to stop the brown water creeping across their back yard.
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I would watch gulls wheel above the Thames while brown water laps the river walls.
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Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water .
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Farther along I saw a kid standing in the gutter in a pool of brown water .
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Bogwood looks particularly good and the staining gives brown water that looks very natural in the estuarine aquarium.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a brown shirt
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Her skin gets really brown in the summer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dim lights shone in brown parlour windows and there was a trail of yellow in the purpling sky behind the chimneys.
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He left and came back with a brown bag that he threw the bundles into.
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His thick brown hair fell down the sides of his face.
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Riker flew to the lone hill covered with tall brown grass and a few small trees.
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Tall and thin, with dark brown hair, and blue eyes, he was an engineer.
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The floor combined brown linoleum with brown and black tile.
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There were angry feelings on her part because we weren't brown like her.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dark
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All three stores looked lighter and brighter after the dark blues and browns of their old decor gave way to pastel colours.
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Soon they will all be dark brown .
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His hair was dark brown and tied back with a red string.
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His skin was dark , dark brown , his head perfectly slick, his ear pierced by a tiny gold ring.
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His hair was dark brown and he was struggling to grow a mustache that only made him look like a fugitive.
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Its resting color in the box was not the same dark brown it seemed to like when out of the mirrored box.
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Veins are often dark reddish brown and the blade somewhat ornamented by reddish brown irregular spots.
golden
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Dry-fry the chicken until golden brown .
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Cook on both sides until golden brown , then drain on paper towel.
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Rub a little salt and pepper into the chicken and dry-fry the chicken until golden brown on both sides.
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Bake in a preheated oven at 200C, 400F or Gas Mark 6 for 30 minutes until golden brown .
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Place the almonds on a baking sheet and bake them, stirring occasionally, until golden brown , about 10 minutes.
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Bake in a 400-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown .
■ NOUN
hash
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He had a trick of chopping up frying hash browns with the edge of an empty baking powder can.
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Now you can get pancakes, waffles and omelets with hash browns .
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If you are having hot cakes, also order hash browns .
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His western omelet comes with hash browns on the side and a superfluous garnish of an orange slice and parsley.
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Some picked at plates of eggs and hash browns until the session was called to order.
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An Egg McMuffin, hash browns and orange juice is more reasonable.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
medium brown/blue etc
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Beyond Volkswagens and medium blue cars or big black cars, Carla could not tell one car from the other.
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It came in two colours, medium brown or medium grey; it shone with a slightly oily sheen.
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She was slim, five feet four inches tall, and had medium brown skin.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the farmers plow their fields, some of the pastures seem striped; others are rich brown .
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As the wind breathes over it seems to find colours: yellows and browns and greens out there.
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Bamboo pieces also suit rooms painted white and in shades of green, browns and neutrals.
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Her hair was a thick glossy bush of pale fawn brown , not quite shoulder-length.
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The rising sun slowly turns the drab greys and dull browns of the mountains to patches of pale gold and dusty pinks.
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There is an enormous range of colours available, from bright reds and yellows, through buffs and browns, to purplish-black.
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Thus the blacks on the boats reflect as lighter richer browns.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
lightly
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Place in a hot heavy-based pan or wok and cook until lightly browned , stirring occasionally.
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Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to pan and saute onion and garlic until lightly browned .
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Cook the dumplings over a medium heat until they are lightly browned underneath.
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Bake 30 minutes or until topping is lightly browned .
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Put it in an oven-proof dish, and in the remaining fat lightly brown some sliced onions and bacon.
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Add tuna patties and cook, turning once, about 6 minutes per side or until lightly browned .
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Bake at 350 degrees until edges are lightly browned , 25 to 30 minutes.
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Heat, add shallots and mushrooms, and saute until very lightly browned .
nicely
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Turn and continue cooking until nicely browned , 2 to 3 minutes.
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Place quail on rack in roasting pan and roast until nicely browned , about 9 to 10 minutes.
off
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But the results of the Christmas consumer test will give new heart to anyone browned off by the festive ripoff syndrome.
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Outside, some kids, browned off with the phone-booth, had snapped a sapling rowan in half.
■ NOUN
minutes
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Heat the oil and gently fry the spring onions without browning for a few minutes .
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When hot, add fish and brown about 2 minutes per side.
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Bake at 350 degrees until bread crumbs are lightly browned , about 30 minutes .
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In the same skillet, cook the onion until wilted and browning , about 8 minutes .
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Drop the mixture by tablespoons and brown a few minutes on each side until they are crisp.
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Cook until browned , about 5 minutes .
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Cook bacon in bottom of roasting pan over medium-low heat until browned , about 10 minutes .
side
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Dry-fry the pork in a non-stick pan for a few minutes until browned on both sides .
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Turn and brown on second side .
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In a large saute pan, cook the pork in batches over high heat until browned on all sides .
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Carefully add polenta and cook until browned on both sides , about 2 minutes on each side.
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Drop corn mixture by dollops into skillet and saute until lightly browned on both sides .
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Add the lamb shanks, in batches if necessary, and brown all sides , about 15 minutes.
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Melt 2 tablespoons margarine in a large skillet and cook three sandwiches in margarine until browned , turning to brown both sides .
■ VERB
cook
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Place in a hot heavy-based pan or wok and cook until lightly browned , stirring occasionally.
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Turn and continue cooking until nicely browned , 2 to 3 minutes.
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Add garlic and onions and cook until slightly browned .
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To make stuffing, crumble chorizo and place in a skillet. Cook until browned , about 5 minutes.
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Remove and reserve with duck. Cook kielbasa until browned , about 10 minutes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brown the meat in a frying pan.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cook for about 2 minutes, shaking the pan until the yams are lightly browned. 3.
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Even when the blossom was browned by heavy frost just before Christmas, it took only a fortnight to recover.
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In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat oil and saute carcasses until browned.
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Once they are well browned, add the next four ingredients.
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Saute until shallots are soft but not browned.
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Saute, stirring often, until corn is lightly browned.
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We two browned by summer stood against the blanched stonework of Cliff House.