noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a champagne reception
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Tickets include a champagne reception and buffet supper.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
pink
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Jay's friends were very good on pink champagne .
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Hers the first sip of pink champagne .
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She stopped at an off-licence and recklessly bought pink champagne .
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People drank all they could, and I washed my hair in pink champagne .
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Why, this woman should have bathed in pink champagne .
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Dionne brought pink champagne and a new Nina Simone album.
■ NOUN
bottle
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They took turns with a champagne bottle .
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Leyland, 52, later circled the clubhouse, clutching a champagne bottle and hugging players.
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And then the champagne bottle , still stupidly held, still half full, slipped and fell.
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She had been bludgeoned to death with a champagne bottle by her husband David, 48, who then killed himself.
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His colleagues broke open a champagne bottle inside the City Hall to celebrate.
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No crass shaker of champagne bottles .
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Duclos rattled the empty champagne bottle impatiently against the table-top as he picked them up.
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Ladies of the night dancing on tables among the champagne bottles while watched lecherously by older, affluent-looking chaps.
cork
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The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed.
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Others barely notice the baskets of warm toast, the crisp bacon and popping champagne corks .
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No sooner had the excitement died down in Coventry than champagne corks were popping at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby.
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At the NoS offices the champagne corks had been popping.
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The noises of men talking and laughing and the sound of champagne corks popping filter out into the corridor.
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And the champagne corks were popping as Kirkby's latest housing co-operative celebrated its success.
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Yet no one is popping champagne corks .
drinking
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He spotted Amaranth Wilikins drinking champagne with Charles Harvey and a second man whose name he did not know.
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With precious little to celebrate, and even less money with which to do it, many have stopped drinking champagne altogether.
glass
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But headmistress Helen Williams won't be reaching for the champagne glasses or festive bunting.
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And suddenly she felt as stiff and cold and fragile as the champagne glass that was clutched in her shaking hand.
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Her long fingernails clacked against the rim of a champagne glass .
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Emil told me to collect the champagne glasses , pour the water and put a pot of breadsticks on each table.
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Figuratively or otherwise, they go rather well with the Schroeder hollow-stemmed champagne glasses .
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The heroine collects champagne glasses , and recommends the drink as a diuretic.
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Both the Manhattan and martini are served here in delicate vessels that are shaped like old-fashioned champagne glasses .
reception
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Tickets to include champagne reception and buffet supper £57.50 from At Logiealmond Lodge, Perthshire.
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And they looked happy and at ease as they moved inside to the enormous champagne reception Mel had arranged.
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Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel.
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Stableford competition and a champagne reception and prize-giving.
■ VERB
bring
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Dionne brought pink champagne and a new Nina Simone album.
buy
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Asioz bought them champagne , and they filled his glass with sparkling wine and their own with apple juice from a carton.
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Will you buy champagne if I cook dinner tonight?
drink
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Sunil won't drink the champagne of course.
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Mr Knospe laid the foundation stone and drank his share of champagne at a party in his honor.
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They all drank champagne , and poured some on little Luke's head.
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They had drunk champagne , then turned in for the night in their sleeping bags.
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Charles and Clarissa made thankful noises, drank a little champagne , and metaphorically wiped their faces.
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Most everyone drank free champagne or Manhattans.
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They laughed, talked, and drank champagne: and the natural progression was to his bedroom.
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Inside, mums and dads drank champagne while kids romped in a room full of slides, bouncy chairs and climbing frames.
open
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Let's open the champagne and celebrate!
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No-one knows how to open champagne nowadays, not even waiters.
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Through a doorway to the right I saw two more soldiers opening a crate of champagne with their bayonets.
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He opened a bottle of champagne and before she had a chance to realise what was happening they had been making love.
order
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He'd ordered champagne for her.
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Jane looked relieved, and Mel ordered champagne .
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He orders a crate of champagne and armfuls of red roses to welcome her home.
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Travis ordered champagne with their exquisitely cooked fish.
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I've ordered champagne again - for half-time.
pop
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No sooner had the excitement died down in Coventry than champagne corks were popping at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby.
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At the NoS offices the champagne corks had been popping .
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The noises of men talking and laughing and the sound of champagne corks popping filter out into the corridor.
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And the champagne corks were popping as Kirkby's latest housing co-operative celebrated its success.
pour
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She poured more champagne and noticed her hands were shaking.
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They were greeted by a waiter pouring champagne .
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Attractive junior members of the delegation will be on duty daily, to pour champagne for visitors and serve canapes.
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The young man clucked, poured himself more champagne , and drank it.
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He reaches for the ice bucket and starts pouring the champagne .
serve
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If it's right for the meal, I would probably serve champagne all the way through.
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This year dinner is served , avec la champagne , party favors, and all the extras.
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Also in my job I learn to attractively set out different types of food and serve wine and champagne .
sip
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He glanced up from his hardback and sipped his champagne .
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She nodded and pushed the straw under her mask, sipping the champagne .
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Ibn Fayoud sipped his champagne thoughtfully.
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So she sipped champagne , and smiled, and ate, and all the while her fury against Naylor simmered away.
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An infrequent drinker, he sipped his champagne .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
coffee/wine/champagne etc drinker
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A table of coffee drinkers in a Colorado cafe.
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Founded in 1900, Beaulieu Vineyard is trying to lure younger wine drinkers .
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Good news for the champagne drinker ?
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However, more wine drinkers are consuming Pinot Noir these days, and the biggest reason is sheer pleasure.
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If you are a regular coffee drinker , the aroma of freshly brewed coffee really does set the taste buds tingling.
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Keep the computer in a clean, vibration-free place away from smokers and coffee drinkers .
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Such findings suggest that famous coffee drinkers such as Bach and Kant may have derived little help from their caffeine habits.
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The increased healing rate in wine drinkers is consistent with other reports that moderate alcohol intake may be harmless or beneficial.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aristos, being of course a complete media and fashion victim, had heard of it and ordered champagne .
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But they should keep the champagne corked until they get more from the company.
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Do not expect these wines to taste like champagne .
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Halsey went over to the dresser, poured from an open bottle of champagne into three glasses, and handed them around.
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He was probably lying under a table somewhere dozing the afternoon away after one champagne cocktail too many.
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The champagne , the first sips of which had lifted her spirits, was after a glassful having the opposite effect.
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There will be fireworks from 11: 45 p. m. until 12: 15 a. m., and champagne at midnight awaits.
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We had a fireplace and refrigerator for our champagne .