adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
batting/catching etc practice
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We'd better do a bit of batting practice before the game.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fish
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It was so clever, his way of catching fish !
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This method of catching fish was an early form of modern-day trawling.
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Read in studio A new method of catching fish is being used to test for river pollution.
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It is believed anglers are catching fish at night and transferring them to their own waters.
sight
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I see her, as she described, catching sight of the husband's village.
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Jack crawled under the table to pick it up, then wriggled over on to his back, catching sight of something.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'm keeping Timmy home from school. He has measles and you know how catching it is.
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I hope Shelly's cold isn't catching .