I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be cast in a mould (= be very like something )
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He didn't want to be cast in the mould of being an academic.
cast (a) gloom over sth (= make people feel sad )
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His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays.
cast a spell (on sb) (= do some magic )
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Suddenly everyone froze, as if a wizard had cast a spell on them.
cast adrift
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Several of the lifeboats were still afloat a month after being cast adrift .
cast down
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She could not bear to see him so miserable and cast down.
cast iron
cast light (= send light onto something )
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the gold circle of light cast by the lamp
cast sb in a role written (= give someone a role, especially one they do not want )
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He found himself cast in the role of guide and translator.
cast sb in a role (= give them a role )
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Television producers would not cast her in lead roles.
cast your vote (= vote in a political election )
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Harkin won 74 percent of the votes cast.
cast...ballots
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Only 22% of voters cast their ballots .
casting aspersions on
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No one is casting aspersions on you or your men, Major.
casting vote
cast...slur on (= criticize )
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How dare she cast a slur on my character?
cast/throw a glance (= look quickly )
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She cast a shy glance toward Shelby.
cast/throw a shadow (= make it appear )
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The building cast a shadow across the narrow street.
cast/throw doubt on sth (= make people unsure about something )
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Research has cast doubt on the safety of mobile phones.
central casting
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Wearing black shoes and a pinstripe suit, he looked like central casting’s idea of the perfect civil servant.
die casting
plaster cast
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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This sent them on their way without having to trouble too much over casting about for tracks.
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They began casting about for an alternative.
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Frantically he cast about , searching the ground.
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Finally mustering the courage to act, Blue reaches into his bag of disguises and casts about for a new identity.
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Cupped the small flame with a trembling hand. Cast about for a taper.
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The constitution prohibits him from staying another, so he is casting about for ways to hold on to power.
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He cast about desperately for something to say.
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In April, about 30 frustrated human resources managers met to discuss their staffing woes and cast about for solutions.
around
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So I cast around for somewhere else and we found this, in a very poor state of repair.
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Again she began casting around for help.
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He's casting around trying to find a way of presenting himself that's different from his past life.
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The mind finds it much easier to work upon something than to cast around in a search.
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We can adapt our theories, or cast around for fresh ones, to suit our intuitions.
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He cast around for somewhere to put them, and at once Mei Ling took them and gave them to a waiting servant.
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After casting around a little, he appointed Chamberlain himself in Davidson's place.
aside
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We should now cast aside all the political rhetoric of the campaign.
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It is too much to expect musicians to deliberately cast aside the fringe benefits of success.
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Every impediment to flight was cast aside .
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Everything else was cast aside , beginning with even elementary care over arrangements to get there on the night.
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University officials have displayed no sense of moral obligation toward a female student cast aside in the rush to pander to Phillips.
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That is my point: you have cast aside the probability of future happiness on a whim.
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Yet the problems are not of such proportions that hope has been cast aside .
away
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Let Marion be reminded of what she had cast away .
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Leaders are either recast or cast away .
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A time to gather stones together, a time to cast away stones.
down
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He was exasperated, but not cast down .
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Every twenty seconds their elongated selves were flung before him, their shadows cast down by the lighthouse beam.
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It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down .
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The slaves rose and backed out of the chamber, their eyes cast down .
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Back at Cultra, Jessica Roberts was also cast down .
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It is rising so high that makes us afraid, he thought, lest we fall or are cast down .
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He cast down monsters and destroyed Chaos warriors with a word.
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Women cast down , on whom life had left its mark, were to him sisters under the skin regardless of station.
off
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You then knit one or two rows and cast off .
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Endued with evenness of mind, one casts off in this very life both good deeds and evil deeds.
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Knit 1 row and cast off in same manner.
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Women are casting off minimalism, starting at the accessory level.
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One who would speak your name and seeks to know the woman in you! Cast off the glooms.
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Guests were encouraged to cast off their inhibitions.
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Luis, it's high time you were off watch! Cast off!
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She had cast off the lines.
out
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In 1st century palatine those who were lepers were literally cast out of society.
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He received the aged Oedipus whom everyone else had cast out .
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The boat is rowed slowly round the lough whilst an angler sitting in the stern casts out at right angles.
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The routine, in fact, is tedious. Cast out .
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Have you nothing to say to me, cast out here like a leper?
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The thugs and wreckers have been cast out .
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As a result she is cast out by society and some members of her family.
■ NOUN
back
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He racked his brains, he cast his mind back .
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Again, more in control of matters, he cast his mind back .
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Oliver cast the occasional glance back .
ballot
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Pupils will cast their ballot papers in mock polling booths before school and at morning break on the day.
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The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots , leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
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He praised the smooth running of the election, and denied reports that people had been forced to cast their ballots .
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Of more than 1, 300 people registered by Hermandad last year, nearly 800 reportedly cast ballots Nov. 5.
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But the only real problem was controlling the crowds of voters pressing forward to cast their ballots .
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Just four Republicans cast ballots for some one other than Gingrich, six short of the number needed to block his selection.
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Less than half the potential voters bothered to cast their ballot .
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Less than half of the voting-age population cast a ballot in November.
cloud
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Armagh's injury worries cast a cloud over their preparations and Fermanagh could mount a smash and grab raid this time.
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Nice touches include steam vents that cast lingering clouds over the courses and new audio cues to warn of danger.
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The housing directory will help bridge this gap - although the proposed legal aid cuts do cast a cloud over this.
die
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Four days later Truman cast the die .
doubt
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They have also cast doubt on his client's character by implying there's been some sort of fraud.
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Yet the history of the bathhouse closures in the mid eighties casts strong doubt on this assertion.
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Today's report must cast real doubt on the degree to which that is now in prospect.
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In the final section, I will begin to cast some doubt on the terms in which the debate has been set.
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However, developers have cast doubt on whether the funds available are sufficient and reach the areas of greatest need.
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Both studies cast doubt on individuals' awareness of tax changes and therefore suggest a low labour response.
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Journalists and diplomatic sources, however, cast doubt on the government's version.
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Such questions cast serious doubts on the likelihood of to having no meaning in these uses.
eye
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He cast a professional eye over the report.
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Bruises cast shadows around his eyes and nose.
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And cast your eye to the mantelpiece.
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And I in turn cleared my throat and cast my eyes downward, away from hers.
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Gurder cast an apprehensive eye over his shoulder.
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The professor shrugged, casting an eye over Davide's good jacket, to inform him that his information was unnecessary.
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He also casts his eye over the proposed law changes.
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The less pubescent diner can cast a detached eye on this ritual from six Formica-topped tables inside the tiny deli-restaurant.
glance
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As Rose left she cast a meaning glance at Gabriel, but she did not speak.
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He cast a genial glance at one of his apprentices.
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They cast furtive glances at one another.
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I was playing with her as usual and casting furtive glances at her six heavy gold bangles.
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John le Grant sat with the others, casting a glance at the pitcher as he passed.
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As he passed through he cast one last glance behind him to assure himself he was free of pursuers.
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What had become of the suspicious anti-warrior of the sixties, casting reproachful glances at the Temple University computer center?
iron
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The hull contained a mass of dissimilar metals: steel, cast and malleable iron , brass. bronze and lead.
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A kitchen appliance part today injection-molded from plastic then would have been cast from iron .
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Traditional fender and cast iron canopy in a choice of two trim finishes: black or brass.
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They were heavy consumers of iron , cast iron and steel.
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Cannons are cast from iron or bronze and are built into solid carriages.
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He designed and made wooden copies of machinery parts to be cast in iron and steel in sand molds.
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The rainwater goods, a mixture of plastic, asbestos and cast iron were fit for the scrap heap.
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But cast iron had severe limitations.
lead
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He cast Nicholson in the lead role and all he needed was a female.
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The pre-filming budget had gone up to the then astronomical sixteen million dollars with Tyrone Power cast in the lead .
light
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Isabel raised her left hand and peered at the ring in the dim light cast by the clock-candle burning near the bed.
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Then it was drawn into the light cast by a battery of exterior spot lamps.
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Standing all day on the wet clay floor under the dropping ceiling in the faint light cast by tallow candles was grim.
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There was a new moon, and its pale light cast soft shadows in the stillness.
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Most low-voltage lights cast a localised beam or a diffused glow.
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Even in the dim, flickering light cast by the fire Guy saw all the colour wash out of her face.
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The dull light cast thick shadows in the small room where her brother-in-law had worked.
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Downstairs Madeleine's hair flamed in the gold circle of light cast by the lamp.
look
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She cast a regretful look at the big double bed with its luxurious continental quilt.
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As the baby grew older, she cast an envying look at pink.
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All he could produce was a stiff upper lip, while young Lady C cast meaningful looks at sturdy gamekeeper Mellors.
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A few days after my gift was discovered, Milagros cast me a worried look at dinner.
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Snyde came closer, reached out a paw and touched Whillan's flank strangely, casting a lingering look at it.
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Hattie Johnson cast an unthinking look at Ezra, her nine-year-old boy.
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He automatically steps into the room, casting a melodramatic look over his shoulder.
lot
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Hence the casting of lots in choosing between the two men.
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Phil Gramm of Texas have now cast their lot with Buchanan.
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The Reagan administration had cast its lot with the power companies.
mind
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I cast my mind back to our excited departure from Gatwick airport.
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She fingered the notes, casting her mind forward.
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Let us cast our minds back to the referendum.
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As she cast her mind about, she realized that there might be something she was especially fitted for.
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He cast his mind back to his homecoming earlier that evening.
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He racked his brains, he cast his mind back.
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Again, more in control of matters, he cast his mind back.
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Time and again, she had cast her mind back to before Maisie was lost in that tragic fire.
net
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But this festival casts its net beyond the musical world.
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They subsequently directed their personnel officials to cast a wider net when searching for potential employees.
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One possibility seems to be that s.61 was intended to cast a wider net of liability than s.62.
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The network has to cast a wide net for this talent.
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It is clearly possible that we are not casting our net sufficiently wide.
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I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
pall
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Few people were talking and the silence of night cast its pall over the city.
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But news of a major management bloodletting, impending layoffs and a possible takeover cast a pall over the festivities.
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Lessard tries to show that the sins of Stanford White cast a moral pall over the White clan.
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But it had cast a pall that had still not lifted.
percent
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Kerekou won by an unsurprisingly huge margin: 86 percent of the valid votes cast compared with 16 percent for Amoussou.
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In the Sunshine state, residents over age 60 cast about 40 percent of the vote.
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Of the votes cast 7 percent were null or void.
role
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The Falcons have been cast in the role of curtain-raisers and will open the show on both days.
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Deronda resents being cast in the role of listener and mentor.
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In his first season at Arsenal he was cast in the role of footballer turned male model.
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Once cast in the role of Guardian of Truth and Traditional Wisdom, a scientist ceases to be scientific.
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After all Meredith was not alluding to her, any more than he was casting himself in the role of Caesar.
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Doctors such as geriatricians and psychiatrists have been cast in the role of fixers and gatekeepers to protect the institutions.
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No longer are local authorities cast in the role of protectors of unpopular, run-down schools.
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Where else will you be cast in the role of a dolphin?
shadow
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Barras conducted a number of interviews that bear moving witness to the long shadow cast by absent fathers.
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Minutes later, I could see the tent shadows cast by Jeep headlights dancing across the side of the Huey.
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The ever-present shadow cast by Camilla merely served to throw fuel on the flames.
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Every twenty seconds their elongated selves were flung before him, their shadows cast down by the lighthouse beam.
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The encounter he now saw as an omen, a shadow cast by a coming event.
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How successful it is and how widely seen it is determines how long a shadow it casts and for how much time.
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Nothing changed except the power of the sun and the angle of the shadows it cast .
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The present is the mouse running from the shadow the hawk casts on the earth, and sometimes it escapes.
spell
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Roll a dice after each spell is cast .
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And again, louder, as if breaking a spell or casting one: Olppajin-saram.
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What was this spell he was casting - and how could she ever hope to be free of it?
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I thought that, if we were to meet again, he would remove the spell that he had cast over me.
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She is afraid you are waking from her spell , casting it off.
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The next day, a woman came up to me and asked what sort of spell I had cast on her husband.
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Many spells may be cast to create creatures which attack the enemy.
stone
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His killer had rifled his wallet before casting the stone into the stream.
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Rather, remain calm, let Mailer be Mailer, refrain from casting stones and you will be rewarded.
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Let he who is without sin cast the first stone , I may be hearing you say.
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A time to gather stones together, a time to cast away stones.
vote
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In a typical United Kingdom five-member constituency 250,000 votes might be cast .
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Its unintended effect was also to crush a succession of much less well-prepared Republican hopefuls before a single vote had been cast .
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The outcome of the election is, at least in simple majority systems, a direct arithmetic consequence of the individual votes cast .
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But neither is a vote he wishes to cast .
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But he still only just squeaked home, by a margin of 47,080 votes out of 1.9m cast .
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In order to be elected, a constituency candidate needs only a plurality of the votes cast .
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The number of illiterate adults exceeds by 16 million the entire vote cast for the winner in the 1980 presidential contest.
voter
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But the only real problem was controlling the crowds of voters pressing forward to cast their ballots.
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Its voters first cast ballots by mail on a state housing initiative in 1993.
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Less than half the potential voters bothered to cast their ballot.
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Stephanopoulos turned thirty-one as New Hampshire voters cast their primary ballots.
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Some middle-class voters have supported the Labour Party and about one-third of working-class voters have traditionally cast their ballots for Conservative candidates.
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By contrast, 11, 000 voters cast early ballots in the recent Super Tuesday presidential primaries.
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It is surely a fundamental principle of fair elections that all voters should cast the same kind of vote.
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In one Daleycontrolled precinct, a commentator remembers, 54 voters managed to cast 84 votes.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be written/set/cast in tablets of stone
cast/spread your net wide
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Furse spread his net wide, but it did not sink deep.
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I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
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It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.
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Later that afternoon the police, who had been diligently searching certain caravans on Turpin's Field, spread their net wider.
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We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
cast/throw pearls before swine
draw/cast lots
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It is a curious turn around from the days when bondholders pleased to be bought out and were driving to drawing lots !
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She took it thoughtfully like some one choosing a straw when drawing lots .
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The players alternate between the white and black pieces and draw lots to determine who plays white in today's first game.
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Then we drew lots to decide the order in which we should improvise, night by night.
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They also took turns administering the city-state, drawing lots to settle who would take on which job.
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They drew lots to decide which should first seize his lady, and fortune favored Ephialtes.
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Was it to be done by casting lots ?
run/cast your eye over sth
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A note from Mellowes instructed me to cast my eye over the draft, pronto, for inaccuracies.
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Above him Cornelius ran his eye over a box of ancient cane carpet beaters.
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And of course Prince also casts his eye over rock too.
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He also casts his eye over the proposed law changes.
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I cast my eye over the front page of the Telegraph while Anne poured the coffee.
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The customs officers run their eyes over us as if we weren't there.
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They've even invited Michael Heseltine, care of Spitting Image, to cast his eyes over the exhibition.
the casting couch
the die is cast
throw in/cast your lot with sb/sth
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All you have to do is throw in your lot with me.
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At the next meeting of the Unionist Cabinet Ministers Boscawen threw in his lot with me.
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Desperate to win in the third most conservative state, Bush threw in his lot with the religious right.
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I suppose we are right to throw in our lot with them.
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Like Dudley Williams, Jamison threw in her lot with Alvin early on, at the start of her career.
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She threw in her lot with the Jowles.
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The Dance caught on everywhere, and eventually Sitting Bull himself threw in his lot with the shakers.
throw/cast caution to the winds
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Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
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My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
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The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
throw/shed/cast light on sth
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Newly found Aztec artifacts may shed some light on their mysterious culture.
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A fretful wind was not enough to open them and shed light on the ruptured earth in which they lay.
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An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.
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Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
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He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will.
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In addition, the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities' changing economic roles.
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Owing to the small sample size, the results can only be expected to shed light on the trends.
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Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.
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This may shed light on Soviet views of such zones.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cast your line across the current and upstream.
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In the tomb they found a statue of a horse cast in bronze.
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Sparks leaped as more wood was cast onto the fire.
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The meat industry complained that the nutrition chart cast its products in an unfavorable way.
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After the artist's death 28 examples were cast in bronze, only 11 of which now remain in private hands.
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But his style casts a dark shadow over the material, rendering it claustrophobic.
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Participants will be helped to identify their own angry inner bums, and cast those barriers aside.
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Phil Gramm of Texas have now cast their lot with Buchanan.
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The same approach can be used where the shade is cast by a wall, fence or building.
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This sent them on their way without having to trouble too much over casting about for tracks.
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You see everybody casts their tuppence worth into the pool but nobody details the route to a better future.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
entire
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The cold air is made even more apparent by the swift footwork when the entire cast jump lightly upwards away from the ground.
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The entire cast -- 23 actors portraying inmates portraying fictional characters based on real ones -- inhabit the stage simultaneously.
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The entire cast took a step forward.
large
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Her large supporting cast never really comes to life, and she allows too many strangely unfocused interruptions to her narrative flow.
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Non-playing colleagues rushed him to the local casualty department, where a large plaster cast was fixed on to the injured area.
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A large cast of characters acts as her chorus.
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Its high quality came from the brilliant device of having the story told by a large cast of characters.
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In Catal Huyuk, women slept on large platforms facing cast , towards the rising Sun.
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With greatly expanded backstage facilities, the company can do shows with larger casts .
original
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Our thanks are due to the original cast for the creation of these offstage characters.
strong
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This kind of action needs precise timing and director Mike Alfreds and his 14 strong cast provide the elegantly energetic execution required.
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Artistic Director Barbara Oliver has done more than put together a strong cast .
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Covent Garden field a strong cast , especially Rene Kollo's marvellous Max.
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Southern poverty also continues to show a strong racial cast .
supporting
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A supporting cast of special guest bands is currently being finalised.
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Her large supporting cast never really comes to life, and she allows too many strangely unfocused interruptions to her narrative flow.
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The supporting cast , especially Danny Glover and Gregory Hines, are also superb.
talented
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The musical numbers were excellently performed by an extremely talented cast .
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However, funny things do happen on the peripheries of the lame story, particularly from the talented supporting cast .
■ NOUN
ensemble
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Despite some good acting from the ensemble cast , the characters slip into the stereotypes needed to establish the political debate.
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Big Apple is a classic crime drama with an ensemble cast .
iron
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The system, he used to say, was like cast iron , rather than steel.
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Start with a five-hundred pound piece of cast iron sitting on the floor.
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At worst... well, you have to remember the hammer had a cast iron head weighing several pounds.
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Engine parts were made from cast iron .
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Two tons of cast iron or more.
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Bea heard the cast iron bell fastened to the front door and went to see who it was.
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It looked like a cast iron person whose head had been cut off.
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The big cast iron range had been picked up and carried out and set down there by eight men.
plaster
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Non-playing colleagues rushed him to the local casualty department, where a large plaster cast was fixed on to the injured area.
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One medium even claimed to have made a plaster cast of a pair of ectoplasmic hands before they dissolved.
■ VERB
head
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Mike Myers heads the cast of this spy spoof.
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Meeker, Maxine Cooper and Gaby Rodgers head the cast .
include
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An all-star cast includes Orson Welles and George Sanders.
join
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We went on the air in October 1986 and Kylie joined the cast about four months into the series.
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Every day on stage at Cinderella Castle, returning visitors join a cast of 75 characters and entertainers in a musical revue.
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They will soon be working again, when Whoopi joins the cast of Cheers.
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Cameron Diaz has joined the cast as a woman stalking Cruise.
support
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He is supported by a wonderful cast which graces a movie that deserves the label of epic.
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Both Sheffield and Thomas enjoy stronger Triple Crown chances this season because of improvements in their supporting cast .
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He benefits, too, from an outstanding supporting cast .
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The rest of the supporting cast ranges from adequate to uncomfortable.
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In this he is supported by a flawless cast .
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However, funny things do happen on the peripheries of the lame story, particularly from the talented supporting cast .
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The series started off a few years ago with a different name and a different supporting cast .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be written/set/cast in tablets of stone
cast/spread your net wide
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Furse spread his net wide, but it did not sink deep.
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I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
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It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.
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Later that afternoon the police, who had been diligently searching certain caravans on Turpin's Field, spread their net wider.
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We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
cast/throw pearls before swine
draw/cast lots
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It is a curious turn around from the days when bondholders pleased to be bought out and were driving to drawing lots !
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She took it thoughtfully like some one choosing a straw when drawing lots .
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The players alternate between the white and black pieces and draw lots to determine who plays white in today's first game.
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Then we drew lots to decide the order in which we should improvise, night by night.
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They also took turns administering the city-state, drawing lots to settle who would take on which job.
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They drew lots to decide which should first seize his lady, and fortune favored Ephialtes.
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Was it to be done by casting lots ?
run/cast your eye over sth
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A note from Mellowes instructed me to cast my eye over the draft, pronto, for inaccuracies.
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Above him Cornelius ran his eye over a box of ancient cane carpet beaters.
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And of course Prince also casts his eye over rock too.
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He also casts his eye over the proposed law changes.
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I cast my eye over the front page of the Telegraph while Anne poured the coffee.
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The customs officers run their eyes over us as if we weren't there.
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They've even invited Michael Heseltine, care of Spitting Image, to cast his eyes over the exhibition.
the die is cast
throw in/cast your lot with sb/sth
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All you have to do is throw in your lot with me.
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At the next meeting of the Unionist Cabinet Ministers Boscawen threw in his lot with me.
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Desperate to win in the third most conservative state, Bush threw in his lot with the religious right.
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I suppose we are right to throw in our lot with them.
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Like Dudley Williams, Jamison threw in her lot with Alvin early on, at the start of her career.
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She threw in her lot with the Jowles.
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The Dance caught on everywhere, and eventually Sitting Bull himself threw in his lot with the shakers.
throw/cast caution to the winds
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Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
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My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
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The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
throw/shed/cast light on sth
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Newly found Aztec artifacts may shed some light on their mysterious culture.
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A fretful wind was not enough to open them and shed light on the ruptured earth in which they lay.
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An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.
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Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
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He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will.
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In addition, the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities' changing economic roles.
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Owing to the small sample size, the results can only be expected to shed light on the trends.
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Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.
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This may shed light on Soviet views of such zones.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Films like 'Ben Hur' were made with a cast of thousands.
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Mandy has to have her arm in a cast for six weeks.
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McIntosh's work consists of plaster casts of the artist's own face.
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The cast includes Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith.
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The entire cast of the play deserves praise for this performance.
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The granite columns give a pinkish cast to the base of the building.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the cast is fairly strong.
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Combined with the near-sleepwalking tendencies of the cast , this rendering offered few hair-raising moments on the vocal Richter scale.
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Given a great script and cast , Steven Soderbergh is unsurpassed as a storyteller.
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The recipes come from an all-star cast of contributors, each a specialist in his or her own right.
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Why don't you have a cast ?