I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bath chair
beach chair
chair a committee (= be the person in charge of a committee )
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Professor Peacock was appointed to chair the committee.
chair a meeting ( also preside over a meeting formal ) (= lead it )
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The meeting was chaired by Professor Jones of the University of York.
chair/bed/sofa etc
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Is that chair comfortable?
director's chair
easy chair
electric chair
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He faces death by the electric chair in a Florida state prison.
lawn chair
musical chairs
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Scott is now the finance director, after a long game of musical chairs among top management.
reclining seat/chair
reproduction furniture/chairs etc
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a reproduction Louis XIV table
rocking chair
sedan chair
swivel chair
the committee chairman/chair
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There will be a new committee chairman next year.
wing chair
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
comfortable
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A comfortable chair , or maybe a bean-bag for the salon.
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A comfortable chair , a rug on the deck, and a favorite picture made it my home.
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He saw a child's head peer round the wing of the comfortable chair , the child from last night.
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A television set is in the center of comfortable chairs and sofas.
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It was a delightful, careless room, untidy and rather deficient in comfortable chairs .
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Lie down or sit in a comfortable chair that supports your head.
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Adam sat down on the one comfortable chair he possessed and pulled his father's envelope out of his inside pocket.
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You see a room containing a number of comfortable chairs .
easy
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They moved across to easy chairs .
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I sit by Raymond on the footstool of the easy chair he is occupying.
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Bedrooms are comfortably furnished, those in the Alte Post a telephone, radio and easy chairs .
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There was an oversize easy chair by his desk.
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There is a pleasant reception area with easy chairs , which leads into the bar.
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Tom Karsten crosses his legs and relaxes even more in a big easy chair .
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Rodney was in an easy chair .
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On the outside of the square are tables and easy chairs for group work and independent reading.
electric
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The judge rejected the recommendation and sentenced Flowers to the electric chair .
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The electric chair for those with spelling mistakes.
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A world-wide protest movement tried to prevent their execution, but they eventually went to the electric chair in 1927.
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Top Florida court OKs electric chair use Tallahassee, Fla.
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If two people push together, only the computer knows which one killed the man in the electric chair .
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The display does include, however, the electric chair that killed Ruth Snyder in 1927&038;.
empty
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Sometimes children must wait for an empty chair at the milk table before they can sit down.
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There was a big table and an empty chair beside her.
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It was empty apart from a few chairs and a couple of tables.
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Two younger women then got up and helped her to an empty folding chair .
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As he gazed now at the empty chair , he knew there was no time for doubt.
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Seeing an empty chair one day, she walked over and sat down amid bewildered stares from the hot-stove regulars.
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Xanthe ambled in in a tousled yawning state and yesterday's clothes and flopped into the empty chair beside Filmer.
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The groups obediently broke up as the women scattered to find empty chairs .
high
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Children's playground; playroom; paddling pool; children's section of main pool; cots and high chairs .
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The handsome sushi bar is distinct from most; the high chairs put diners face to face with the chefs.
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Children's section of swimming pool; children's playground; cots and high chairs available.
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A polite young man brought the high chair and crayons for her.
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He looked at the child in the high chair .
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Stevie banged his spoon on the high chair .
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The child sat in the high chair that was kept for them.
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He cut our hair on the porch, my brother and I taking turns on the high chair .
musical
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They're playing musical chairs over at Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Time passed and we played musical chairs , rotating as the numbers called out got closer to the ones we were assigned.
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They were playing pass the parcel with the ball and musical chairs with the Oldham defence, who froze like statues.
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The band obliged with musical chairs , but after two of the dining room chairs were broken, they left off playing.
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The lute also provided the music for the game of musical chairs they played, with cushions laid in a row.
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When the money goes away on a trading floor, it feels very like when the music stops in musical chairs .
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Since that time Kaunda has operated an unending game of musical chairs between tribal interest groups.
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It is like a grown-up game of musical chairs .
old
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He lowered himself into an old leather chair and continued chewing while he waited.
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Then he sat in one of the old chairs in the lace-curtained room and crossed one leg carefully over the other.
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The old Chorlape chair still operates from the middle station.
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Rawlie sat next to him, in an old chair with a back shaped like a shield.
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Just plain white walls and stripped floors, and the simplest of old tables and chairs .
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If they had, he would not be reclining on an old stuffed chair in the newsroom talking about his business.
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Furniture repair How should old chairs be prepared for remaking?
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Freeing glued joints I have tried to dismantle an old chair using conventional methods but the glued joints won't budge.
wooden
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At their most basic, rush and cane seats provided more comfortable seating than the wooden chairs and stools that preceded them.
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He sat in the wooden chair before the desk and lit a cigarette.
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Those across the way claimed ringside seats on wooden chairs , each sitter shielded by a thick cotton-lace curtain.
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There was one white wooden chair in the corner beneath wall cabinets.
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I leaned back in the wooden chair and stretched.
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Sit down in the chair , Blue, says Black, gesturing with the gun to the wooden desk chair.
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She pulled a wooden chair across in front of him and sat sideways on it, leaning on the back, looking at him.
■ NOUN
kitchen
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She was kneeling on a kitchen chair , her long hair trailing in the margarine, when she heard the steps.
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It could happen right now, sitting on a white kitchen chair in a cool breeze and drinking iced tea.
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Maggie sat huddled on a kitchen chair and Phoebe held her hand.
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There was an available seat, a metal kitchen chair with its back snapped off.
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There was an ironing-board, two kitchen chairs and a couple of broken wooden boxes snaked around the front room.
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Meir Ahronson led me into his bedroom, sat down on the edge of the bed, and indicated a kitchen chair .
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Dilwyn Bowles's hernia appeared last September after he fell over a kitchen chair .
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Minna was sitting on a kitchen chair near the window.
lawn
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All performances are free, with attendees encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets.
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Rob said, rocking back in his philosophic lawn chair .
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In the patio, all four of us are draped over lawn chairs reading.
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Food and beverages will be available, and lawn chairs or a blanket are recommended for comfortable viewing.
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Clean up the lawn chairs and set aside the evenings of April 3 and Sept. 26.
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I peek inside the shed and there, stacked like lawn chairs , are three more caribou stiffs.
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Bring a lawn chair or beach chair for comfortable seating, and leave the alcoholic beverages at home.
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Seating is free for those wishing to bring their own blankets or lawn chairs .
leather
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The floor was covered in thick creamy carpet on which stood squat, natural leather chairs .
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Sam Fermoyle sank uneasily into the leather chair beside the mahogany desk.
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Long black leather chairs invited you to lay back, headphones on, and just jig about to music of your choice.
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The big man has been slouching in the leather chair , shouting at the wall, hands cupped.
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He lowered himself into an old leather chair and continued chewing while he waited.
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There is a large wall-size mirror, plush carpet, a leather chair and warm lighting.
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Walking the length of the table, he stopped behind the magnificent leather chair that belonged to the chairman.
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Sam looked down at his hands and squirmed, his legs damp against the leather chair .
sedan
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Goat-mask turned expectantly to the sedan chair , and stretched out a hand.
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The worshippers dragged Ace before the sedan chair , throwing her to the ground.
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The sedan chair was set down in a space of its own, and the curtains drawn aside.
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Bath is a very hilly town, not easy for carriages or sedan chairs .
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Our Balinese guide pointed to the decorated litter, a kind of oversized sedan chair , parked on the pavement.
swivel
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Did they have to sit him in a swivel chair that swung sideways with every movement of his body?
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I sat down in my swivel chair and propped my feet up, punching the replay button on the answering machine.
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The plastic-covered swivel chair had been torn.
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We got drinks from the waitress and sat in our swivel chairs in front of these ma-chines.
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She carried the Mayor's swivel chair , put it down over City Hall, and sat in it.
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He sat in his swivel chair and prayed as simply as he knew how.
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Behind the desk stood a sturdy swivel chair .
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On the other side of each desk, the applicant sits in a large, heavily padded, executive-type swivel chair .
wing
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She knocked and opened the door and saw Patrick asleep in his wing chair .
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He would be reading, and she would be sitting across from him in a wing chair .
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One large wing chair in an attractive pale pink fabric blends perfectly with the dual colour scheme.
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The big leather wing chair that usually faced the doorway in the library was turned around.
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Louella removed her apron and sat on the vanity bench, as they took their accustomed places in the wing chairs .
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The two red leather wing chairs were drawn up to the fireplace, facing it.
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Barnabas leapt from the sofa and dashed after the biscuit that had skidded under a wing chair .
■ VERB
draw
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Rourke went over to her and drew her towards a chair .
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Marshall drew up a chair for her.
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He drew a chair up to the bed and played one of the poker hands.
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He hovered with a nervous half-smile as the waiter drew out Lucy's chair and seated her.
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In the funereal chill Vassily drew up a chair and poured us both a drink.
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When they reached the cafe, Zeinab drew up a chair beside Hargazy.
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Lunch was set on the terrace, as he'd promised, and Luce let him draw out a chair for her.
lean
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Holmes is alone, leaning back in his chair , reading a manuscript piled on his desk.
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And he leans back against his chair and waits.
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He was leaning back in his chair smoking a long, fat cigarette in a stubby black holder.
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You want the blues? asked Pryor, leaning back in his chair .
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And he was leaning forward on his chair , his hands clasped together.
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She was still sitting down, leaning forward in her chair , burning at him with her round eyes.
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I lean back in my chair and dab at dribbles of juice with a linen napkin.
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Jack leant back in his chair , put his feet on the desk and stared out of the window.
move
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They moved across to easy chairs .
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He moved his chair around and sat facing Lee, with his back to the room.
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There was hardly room to move for large chairs and cupboards.
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Yet if she moved the chair , she saw the spyhole.
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She moved the chair and leaned on it with one hand.
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I moved toward the chair and touched his coat gently.
pull
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Evelyn pulled her chair closer to him.
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After she seated herself at our table, other writers came by and, pulling chairs over, sat down.
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I pulled a chair away from the table.
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He pulled out all their chairs , handed them each an opened menu, then bowed and backed away.
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Nevertheless, he pulled out a chair for her.
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Pap-pap nodded, pulled out his chair , sat heavily.
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Instead, he pulled the chair away and opened the door, gesturing with his gun for Tug to go through it.
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He pulled a chair over for me, dumping clothes on the floor unceremoniously.
push
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He pushed his chair back from the table as if trying to escape.
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They pushed the chairs back and danced as Alvin watched thoughtfully.
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He pushed his chair back and wandered around the room.
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At that I push the chair all the way under the table and we give each other these glowing smiles.
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He pushed back his chair , kissed his wife, and went back to his duties.
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His father pushed back his chair and stood and leaned back against the sink, looking into the middle distance.
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She had managed the steps with Coventry's help and she was strolling along, pushing the lightweight chair .
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Frank said, pushing his chair back fast.
rise
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The slender figure rose from the chair , and flung back its veil.
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Margarett turned, smiled at her young man, and rose from the chair .
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Emily rose from her chair and Eline knew that the meeting was over.
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Not simply because he is so stuffed and drunk that he can't rise up from his chair .
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She rose , the chair tipped with the man's weight.
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One of these types now rose from her chair and came over to where we were sitting.
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We rose , from chair or bed, slowly and stiffly.
settle
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She settled him in his chair , and was relieved to see that he seemed to be calming down a little.
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Stillman settled slowly into his chair and at last turned his attention to Quinn.
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When they came back, Nick settled into his chair and took up his book.
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As soon as he settles into his chair , he returns all telephone calls.
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With a little sigh, Caroline settled into a chair opposite and put her head back.
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The room remained quiet as he settled into his chair , adjusted his robes and pulled the microphone close.
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The first inalienable right of a trainee was to dawdle and amuse himself before he settled into his chair for the morning.
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I settled into my chair and tried to sleep.
sink
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She returned to her seat and he sank languidly into the chair opposite.
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Marge felt herself sinking into the chair she sat in.
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When she was free she took him into the office and sank into a chair as though exhausted.
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Helen sank down in a chair and waited for her father, who had been due back hours earlier.
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She let herself into the kitchen and sank into a chair before the fire that urgently needed mending.
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She went into the drawing-room and sank down into a chair .
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He sank into his chair and tried to compose himself.
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He sank back into his chair as Pyke and I walked away from the table, and tossed the whisky down his throat.
sit
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Jay sat back in her chair .
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The long black beads at her waist rattled against the desk as she sat in the chair next to his.
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There was no way that Jack was ever going to be able to sit on that chair .
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Miriam sat stiffly in her chair next to her husband, Raoul.
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She sat down in her chair and threw its new blue cushion to the carpet.
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The men sat in chairs by the wall.
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I sat silently in a chair by the fire, not moving, getting stiffer and stiffer, and yet not moving.
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I sat down in the chair and started to cry.
slump
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Ruth slumped back into her chair .
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He falls asleep sometimes, slumped in the chair , a hand curled bri the broadloom rug.
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Mum was slumped in a chair , glass-eyed, her face mottled by tears.
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He drinks and then turns to me, slumping back in his chair .
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I slumped down in my chair .
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Hoskins looked in her direction on occasion, but he generally sat slumped in his chair .
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Hilary Robarts had been slumped back in her chair , her eyes fixed on Lessingham.
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Some sat up straight, others slumped down in their chairs .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
draw up a chair
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In the funereal chill Vassily drew up a chair and poured us both a drink.
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Marshall drew up a chair for her.
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Mr Browning drew up a chair for her, as nice as could be, and sat down himself.
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When they reached the cafe, Zeinab drew up a chair beside Hargazy.
orthopedic bed/chair/shoe etc
pull up a chair/stool etc
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Anyway, I pull up a chair by the bed and say hello.
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He pulls up a chair as she starts another game.
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He now pulled up a chair and, turning it about, sat on it, his elbows resting on the back.
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Rose, Victorine, Thérèse and Léonie pulled up chairs to the kitchen table and set to.
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She pulls up a stool and sits down next to us, watching intently, still unable to stifle her laughter.
sb nearly/almost fell off their chair
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hey, you're sitting in my chair .
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Jones is the chair of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ask some one to hand you a chair with its back against the wall.
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He could even talk a little bit about punishing a bean bag chair instead of throwing things.
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He shot me a look brimful of amusement, then drained his cup and sat back in the chair .
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Hicks stayed in his chair as they listened to an engine start up outside the house.
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Like a personal chair , a readership is usually conferred on an individual for merit in scholarship, research and published work.
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One would stand on a chair and cut a piece off at mealtimes.
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The child sprang a little awkwardly from his chair and began to parade around his table.
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They pulled the chair forward and told him about it.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
board
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Typically the chief executive is also a director of his or her own firm and often chairs the board of directors.
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Among his responsibilities, he chaired the supervisory board of Altus Finance.
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The governor also chairs the governing board which has three other members, one from each of the main ethnic groups.
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We do not wish to exclude local authority employees from chairing such a board .
committee
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In the autumn it went before a Cabinet committee chaired by Butler.
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For the Committee chaired by Lord Robbins, there was an essential link between higher education and culture.
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General practitioners and the main specialties were represented on the committee , which was chaired by the local coordinator.
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Democrats and Republicans had split the powerful Rules Committee , and had chaired half of the Assembly committees.
meeting
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You can not both chair the meeting and hard sell an idea to members.
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After this brief introduction the head, who was chairing the meeting , asked staff for comments and questions.
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We will arrange and chair meetings between potential purchasers and the directors as appropriate.
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Mummies don't chair board meetings , mummies are the people who wait at the school gate in the rain.
panel
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The panel was chaired by Miss Irene Shubik, an independent producer.
subcommittee
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DeConcini also chaired the Senate appropriations subcommittee overseeing Customs' budget.
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But the man who chaired the subcommittee says he now disputes the findings.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
orthopedic bed/chair/shoe etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Biden chaired the Senate hearings.
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Her job involves chairing meetings, and producing and circulating the minutes of those meetings.
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The meeting was chaired by Professor Grainger of the Biology Department.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A panel reviewing Decree 2 cases started work on March 13, 1990, chaired by Ajibola.
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Democrats and Republicans had split the powerful Rules Committee, and had chaired half of the Assembly committees.
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Henry Hyde, R-Ill., a longtime abortion opponent tapped by Dole to chair the committee crafting the official party platform.
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Republicans, in a conciliatory gesture, agreed to let the Democrats chair committees during the period.
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Step forward Tom Pendry, who chairs the Labour Party sports committee.