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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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Homeworking / teleworking Homeworking used to conjure up images of hard-pressed workers licking envelopes or schoolwork that we never wanted to do.
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Teams, with three or 10 members depending on their category, conjured up their entries on 30-foot by 30-foot plots.
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Staring at his back, she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like, tender, and failed.
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The crema, which Reed also conjures up , has a consistency between sour cream and yogurt.
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Lisa's story had conjured up an arresting image.
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I conjured up an image of Frank at work on one of his stones.
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The pope was still trying to conjure up support for Otto.
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Snow White is a classic tale, one that conjures up wonderful images of mythical creatures.
■ NOUN
air
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An opinion can not be conjured out of thin air - it must be based on something.
image
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Between them, all manner of images were conjured up.
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I began to armor myself against the images my senses were conjuring up.
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The image parents conjured for their children to keep them away from swimming pools and summer birthday parties lived in our house.
name
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The trick is to use the person's name to conjure up a picture in your mind.
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Here are names the selectors might conjure with.
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For David it was a blank in his mind: the name conjured no images.
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Carruthers, a name to conjure with!
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His name would immediately conjure a mood of lonely alienation.
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There is a name to conjure with and let slip easily of the tongue.
picture
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Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up.
thought
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Fine dining at the Biltmore usually conjured thoughts of Bernard's.
vision
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Fused, however, they metamorphosed into something that conjured improbable visions .
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I conjured up visions of wild mushroom risotto, tiramisu, Cherry, Garcia ice cream, and currant scones.
word
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Then I shut my mind to the picture that her words had conjured , for after all - what did it matter?
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The very word partner conjures up a similar sharing of the risks and a shared passion about the business.
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This is partly because the word itself tends to conjure up the picture of performing some type of vigorous sport.
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This drawback is offset by the chance to create absolutely anything words can conjure up.
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What does that word conjure up for you?
■ VERB
try
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Although I try to conjure Belinda from wherever she is in some form-any form she chooses-I fail.
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He tried to conjure up an image of Henry Dark, but nothing came to him.
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Staring at his back, she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like, tender, and failed.
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What's this, another memo from you, Lord? ` Don't try to conjure .
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The pope was still trying to conjure up support for Otto.
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Stephen told me she was distressed when he died ... and now I think somebody is trying to conjure up the dead.
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I think she is trying to conjure up a storm.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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David conjured an endless succession of rabbits out of his hat.
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The threat of computer terrorists may be enough to conjure money for research from Congress.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And now the night conjured up from the waters a gluey fog.
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Even now I find it harder to conjure up memories of Kennedy, harder to fall back under that inexplicable spell.
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Fused, however, they metamorphosed into something that conjured improbable visions.
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I conjured up visions of wild mushroom risotto, tiramisu, Cherry, Garcia ice cream, and currant scones.
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In women's magazines and educational material the apple conjures good food and health.
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It will take a masterly spin doctor to conjure upbeat images from a bleak Kansas youth.
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Memories grow less vivid, recent experiences are unshared, and imagined caresses across the kilometres become harder to conjure .
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Through simple disuse and lack of feedback, she may stop conjuring up stories.