I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bundle/pile of laundry
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a pile of laundry waiting to be put away
be a bag/bundle of nerves (= to feel extremely nervous or worried )
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I was a bag of nerves during the interview.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
little
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Then she remembered Kev's little bundle of newspaper cuttings, and she turned to Bri with a kiss.
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Not just discrete little bundles of inert information but a system of stronger and weaker connections between different knowledge areas.
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Except the little bundle of Papers folded together under his pillow. 6.45 a.m.
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Speaking of strains, he was finding it was just that to get three little bundles of blonde mischief settled.
small
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My peeling, sunburnt nose resembles a small bundle of rags.
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We did not have much to carry, only small bundles of clothes.
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John Gittings investigates Lost and found A small bundle in a blanket is whisked through the orphanage gates.
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Jimmy sat next to her, the small bundle containing all his possessions on his lap.
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The captain read the funeral service and the first mate raised the plank and tipped the small bundle into the water.
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Fold the hat into a small bundle and put it inside the cracker.
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His task was made easier by the fact that the papers were clipped together in small bundles .
■ VERB
carry
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The boy carries the bundle off the rock, the two men accompany him.
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Children, also, carrying their bundles and striving in vain to keep up with their seniors.
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Just before dawn Sikes entered the room, carrying a bundle which contained the results of his night's work.
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A woman carried a huge bundle of lopped tree on her head.
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She carried a bundle in her arms.
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They were carrying a glittering bundle which, on closer inspection, proved to be a four-year-old child.
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Men drove horse-drawn carts, women carried bundles of food and firewood.
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One was a small boy of about ten, carrying a bundle of newspapers.
make
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They were making a bundle of money these days, one way or another.
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At Salomon, Parseghian headed trading of collateralized mortgage obligations, the custom-\#made bonds cut from bundles of home mortgages.
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She made out thick bundles of fibres.
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The shape is made by tying on bundles of straw, and the garments help.
tie
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Newspapers are tied up in bundles , or put into plastic bags.
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The field at these sites is particularly intense, as if the magnetic flux lines have been tied into tight bundles .
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After I'd got used to the idea I helped to count the sticks and tie them up in bundles .
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He flattens the empty cardboard boxes, stacks them and ties them into a bundle with cord.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a bundle of twigs
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He put his hand on his pocket, and pulled out a large bundle of £50 notes.
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She keeps all his old letters, tied up in bundles.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Here and there a darker bundle and a glint of jewelry.
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Louis came from the stables with a blanket-wrapped bundle in his arms.
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Low branching and twisting then produces bundles of diverging and spreading fibrils which eventually fill out into the characteristic spherical structure.
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My peeling, sunburnt nose resembles a small bundle of rags.
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Now we find Quine saying that H is never a single hypothesis but a bundle of them.
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She held the bundle up and finished unwrapping it from its white sheet.
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The field at these sites is particularly intense, as if the magnetic flux lines have been tied into tight bundles.
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When we got there I helped her lift the bundles out, and again she tried to pay me for the ride.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth, chopping at it with jungle machetes.
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Shattuck encourages those who would stay healthy to wear a hat and scarf and to bundle up against the weather.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He had been bundled into the back of a Volkswagen by three masked men.
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Her friends managed to get her out of the pub and bundled her home.
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I collected up the dirty washing and bundled it into the washing machine.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Agents bundle four tires together and attach them to the back of the patrol vehicle.
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Borland also will bundle some of its software with Microsoft products to help boost its sales.
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I bundle it away into its folder and shelve it.
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I bundle the blind dummy out.
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In desperation, WordPerfect has let Borland International, a Californian rival, bundle its word-processor into a software package.
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Oh who cares, I thought, and tried to bundle her into the bag right away.
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We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth, chopping at it with jungle machetes.
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You bundle the brothers into warm coats, take them to Boston City Hospital.