I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cooked/fried breakfast (= bacon, egg, toast etc )
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Do you feel like having a cooked breakfast?
a cooking apple
catering/restaurant/cooking facilities
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The rooms all have cooking facilities and a fridge.
cook fish
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I think I’ll cook fish tonight.
cook sth over a fire
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They cooked strips of meat over a wood fire.
cooked
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How will I know when the meat is cooked?
cooking apple
cooking chocolate (= chocolate to use in cooking )
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Melt the cooking chocolate and spread it over the tray.
cooking instructions
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The cooking instructions can be found on the side of the packet.
cooking oil
cooking tips
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Most recipes come with added cooking tips.
cook/make a meal ( also prepare a meal formal )
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Who cooks most of the meals?
cook/prepare food
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I have to cook some food for this evening.
do the shopping/cleaning/ironing/cooking etc
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Who does the cooking in your family?
home cooking
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good old-fashioned home cooking
make/cook dinner
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I offered to cook dinner.
short-order cook
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
through
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Fry or grill the steaks in their own juices until they are cooked through and golden brown. 2.
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Test one to see if center is cooked through .
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Fry fish in batches until golden and cooked through , turning occasionally. 6 Serve with chips and minted peas.
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Simmer until livers are just cooked through , 3 to 4 minutes.
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To make sure the meat is cooked through , you should use a meat thermometer.
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Bake in a 350-degree oven for 20 minutes or until cooked through .
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Grill for 5-10 minutes, turning occasionally until the bacon is crisp and sausages are cooked through .
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Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until cooked through .
up
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And there's more to be cooked up yet.
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As for new ideas, yes, the Apple folks cooked up a thick stew of them.
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A real love song is infinitely more appropriate for Christmas than a trashy song cooked up as a commercial gimmick.
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I guess all this shows that Wente can cook up a pretty good deal as well.
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And you can use these more unusual varieties to cook up some tasty and nourishing dishes.
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This is no disgrace, to cook up beans and cornbread and make it last.
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I have vetoed other business arrangements you have cooked up - nothing new about that!
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And you can use your own scanned-in photos or designs you cooked up in other programs.
■ NOUN
breakfast
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Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
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When I rose at five Peter had already finished cooking both breakfast and lunch.
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I haven't cooked a large breakfast .
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Aida, our maid, arrived to cook me breakfast .
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It would take a time to catch and then she could heat the water &038; cook Alisdair's breakfast .
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When guests awaken, Hodges will be at the ready to cook breakfast .
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She went down to the kitchen and cooked herself a large breakfast .
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Ordinarily, he would have been down in the kitchen at that hour, cooking breakfast and preparing to start the day.
chicken
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Tropicana - cooked diced chicken mixed with sour cream and fresh mango. 5.
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While the sauce is cooking , carve the chicken and place on a warm platter.
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Eastern Promise - cooked , diced chicken , celery and walnuts mixed together with curried mayonnaise. 7.
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Ask an adult to cut as much of the meat away from a cooked chicken leg bone as possible. 2.
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There had been a dinner cooked , turkey or chicken with sausages, roast potatoes and stuffing.
dinner
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Make believe dinner is being cooked by a group of under 5 children in the playhouse.
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On others she presided over family dinners cooked on Sunday afternoons for children who were now gray with age.
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There had been a dinner cooked , turkey or chicken with sausages, roast potatoes and stuffing.
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Especially that marvellous dinner you cooked .
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He cooks dinner and he cooks breakfast, things like that.
food
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A shelf allows more food to be cooked at the same time, though the cooking times will be longer.
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As long as I could get some food down him I cooked whatever he liked.
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The food must be properly cooked to ensure the diners don't go down with food poisoning.
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In the kitchen, the food continues to be cooked on a charcoal fire, the fuel of the very poor.
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The food is freshly cooked using local ingredients.
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The fact that foods can be cooked in olestra is an important point for snack manufacturers.
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The food is freshly cooked using produce from the kitchen garden and local produce as much as possible.
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I got my own food cooking in my room thins afternoon.
lunch
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Middle-class families get their investment back in two to three years if they cook half their lunch every day in the cooker.
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When I rose at five Peter had already finished cooking both breakfast and lunch .
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She was sweeping out the yard while Bella cooked the lunch and sang to the baby.
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I usually cooked Sunday lunch after we got back from church.
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She had cooked the lunch in it.
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And I cooked this superb lunch .
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She was worried because she knew that the Copleys were waiting for her to cook lunch .
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As for Christmas Day itself, don't panic if you're cooking a big turkey lunch for the very first time.
meal
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If you want potatoes with your meal , cook them more often as boiled or jacket potatoes rather than as chips.
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Each leg involved an overnight in berths made up by Tokimo and meals he cooked .
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Perfect for quick meals , it cooks and browns so the food tastes good and looks good, too.
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We had all gathered to eat a meal cooked by Rex.
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The meals are cooked at the pub and taken down the road in special insulated containers.
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Back home almost every meal is cooked from fresh food.
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His suits always went to the cleaner's on time, and his meals were always cooked for him.
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He came and had a glass of wine with us while we ate the meal he'd cooked .
meat
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Set aside and then cook your meat and fish.
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Tightly wrap or store in covered containers all cooked meat , poultry, and fish and shellfish and refrigerate them promptly.
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We further demonstrate our human uniqueness by cooking the meat .
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Any leftover cooked buffalo meat from roasts can be added just long enough to warm it thoroughly.
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They cooked strips of its meat over a fierce wood fire, but the old man's appetite was small.
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Perhaps it should be noted that many persons will think that three ounces of cooked lean meat make a stingy portion.
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If you thaw by microwave, cook the meat immediately.
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Jerky is dried, not cooked , meat and can be easily made at home with any of the red meat game.
oven
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The food is then pushed out of its protective package and left in its serving dish to be cooked in a hot-air oven .
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Cover and cook in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
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Cover and cook in a preheated oven at 180C, 350F or Gas Mark 4 for 20-30 minutes.
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Alternatively, to cook in a conventional oven , place the chicken and mushrooms in an ovenproof dish.
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Cover and cook in the oven for twenty minutes or so. 4.
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Who would want to cook with an oven such as this?
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Four thick slices cooked slowly in the oven in a small covered pyrex casserole with salt and black pepper.
pan
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Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water, add to the pan and cook the sauce until thickened.
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In a large saute pan , cook the pork in batches over high heat until browned on all sides.
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Place in a hot heavy-based pan or wok and cook until lightly browned, stirring occasionally.
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He covers the frying pan and cooks his sandwich until the bottom gets golden and crisp and then flips it over.
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Remove the liver from the pan and reserve the cooking liquor.
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Add sherry to saute pan with cooking liquid, simmer briefly, and adjust seasoning.
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Heat oil in non-stick frying pan and cook sandwich for 3 mins, pressing down firmly with fish slice before turning over.
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In almost all instances, cook fresh mushrooms quickly in a little butter or olive oil in a hot saute pan .
pot
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A friend of his father said he could get Isaac a job making cooking pots in Ivory Coast.
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I just love to cook a pot of beans.
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Without running water, women wash their cooking pots in the street.
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While the meat barbecued and the cooking pots steamed, the captain explained to me the use of a large earthenware jar.
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Too big for a cooking pot , too small for a bath, Mrs Kim-Soon decided.
rice
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While the Quorn mixture is cooking , cook the rice according to the instructions.
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Our kitchenware consisted of two pots, one for cooking rice and the other for soup or stew.
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Place cooked rice sticks in a paper bag and store at room temperature until ready to use.
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Pour the Quorn mixture over the cooked rice and serve immediately.
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Add the cooked brown rice , honey, and buttermilk and mix.
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Check the seasoning of the sauce, pile the cooked rice on to a serving dish and pour the chicken mixture over.
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Our attempts to save fresh water by mixing in seawater when cooking rice or noodles had not had much success.
supper
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Mrs McGill fries bread for breakfast, takes Chas to bed, cooks supper , lights oil lamp and nurses Nana.
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They had cooked groats for supper .
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While Janine and John cooked supper , he led us on a trek through the woods and around the two-mile meadow.
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I was starting to think about cooking some supper when I heard music.
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He left them cooking each other supper and drinking brandy.
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After dark, I got under cover to cook my supper .
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Time and again he had asked her to cook them for his supper , when she could at least bake them in a hot oven.
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Little groups stood about talking of the war or Brighton or what they were going to cook for supper .
■ VERB
continue
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Mix well and continue to cook over a low heat for a further 20 minutes or until the meat is tender.
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If stocks need to be further reduced because of storage limitations, continue cooking at a gentle simmer.
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Add a can of liver spread and continue cooking for five minutes.
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Turn and continue cooking on the other side, approximately 4 to 5 minutes.
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As she settled back down it continued to cook and burst into flames.
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Deglaze pan with Armagnac and continue cooking for 30 seconds.
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Add the salt and garam masala and continue cooking over a low heat for 5-7 minutes.
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Madame Wong continues to cook every day, and is still inventing dishes.
learn
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Kate loved learning to cook for them.
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The kitchen was where Ralph spent his free time too, learning to cook .
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They learn to cook for the family while standing on a chair by the stove.
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Now that there were no servants, Helen was learning to cook .
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The broccoli that no one in the South had learned to cook , only to boil?
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They are very learned about cooking in San Francisco-people seem to expect as a matter of course things which we consider luxurious.
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Instead of sitting around feeling sorry for herself, she decided to learn to cook .
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As a child she learned cooking at her grandmother's side, and, indeed, a toque was born.
like
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I like to cook recipes that foolproof, able to wait or take a moment to finish before serving.
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If you like your potatoes cooked from scratch, experiment with Yukon Golds.
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Evening meals are by prior arrangement only, and generally Marypen likes to cook for her guests three times a week.
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But a country pub is where I'd really like to cook .
love
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Kate loved learning to cook for them.
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I just love to cook a pot of beans.
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Jack loves my cooking but I suspect that's because he so rarely gets it.
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They both loved to cook , and especially loved to cook what they considered healthy food.
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I love to cook and bake.
start
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I was starting to think about cooking some supper when I heard music.
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The women used to start cooking at sunup, here at the house or down at camp.
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Before he'd started cooking it he thought he wasn't hungry.
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Irene: Well, when we got married we started cooking the way Ma did, all of us.
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Ammunition from the burning aircraft on the flight deck starts cooking off, spraying the deck with shrapnel.
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Always start cooking meat with the fat or skin side down.
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These were the years I started to cook .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
assistant manager/director/cook etc
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Employment Hotel managers and assistant managers held about 105, 000 wage and salary jobs in 1994.
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He started at the Town House in 1991, working as assistant manager from 1997 to 1999.
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He worked his way up from kitchen porter, assistant cook, employment at a casino and by painting and decorating.
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Hotel managers and assistant managers strive to ensure their guests will have a pleasant stay.
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One of his teammates will be former Darlington assistant manager Tony McAndrew.
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She and assistant manager Lance Green had been instructed to improve profits at the expense of Burger King.
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The, the, the late director was pushed and knocked down I guess when he was assistant director.
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West Ham's assistant manager Harry Redknapp has been another victim of a fans' fit-up.
chief cook and bottle washer
dance/sing/cook etc up a storm
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She danced up a storm at an Alexandria, Va., club where the Desperadoes played right after the election.
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They are blowing trumpets singing up a storm and waving as they walk past us.
ethnic cooking/fashion/design etc
ready cooked/prepared etc
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After the church service he was conducted to a house ready prepared, where a regal feast was laid before him.
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Anyone who has given online demonstrations and experienced systems breakdown, will appreciate the advantage of having alternative ready prepared demonstration material!
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Brownie albums were provided, with spaces ready prepared for slotting in a sequence of the snapshots.
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But fresh potatoes are less expensive than many of the dehydrated and ready prepared and frozen products.
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Freezer: Pack of steaks, beefburgers, fish-fingers, peas, runner beans, ready cooked curry meal, cod.
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Microwave combination ovens can successfully prime cook fresh and frozen foods and regenerate ready cooked dishes from chilled and frozen.
wet through/cooked through etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cover and cook slowly until beets are tender, stirring occasionally.
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Cover and simmer until the chicken finishes cooking.
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Do you want me to cook some pasta or something?
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I'm just too tired to cook after work.
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I usually cook a big meal on Sundays.
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In a large sauté pan, cook the bacon until crisp.
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Mom always says no when I offer to cook .
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Prick the potatoes with a fork before cooking them.
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The last time she cooked a meal for us we really enjoyed it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the three hundred horsepower presumably needed to cook and dry the pulp?
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I always tried to teach Auguste to cook from Mr Dolby's recipes.
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Many people are timid about eating pork cooked less than well-done.
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Some Sharp models track the progress of the food as it cooks by assessing the moisture level.
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Then they killed one of the prisoners and began to cook their terrible meal.
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Will you be cooking for yourself, communally or in turns? 4.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
assistant
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He worked his way up from kitchen porter, assistant cook , employment at a casino and by painting and decorating.
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The assistant cooks toyed with salamanders and spits without interest.
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The assistant cooks heaved on the rope and the cook pot lurched slowly backwards.
good
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He is a good cook , isn't he?
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My aunt and I are good cooks .
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Mrs Wood was a very good cook .
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The best cooks never submerge an iron skillet in dishwater.
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Nils may be a good cook , but his time will be better spent away from the galley.
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She is not a good cook .
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Zelah was a good cook and he enjoyed the meal.
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Of motivation to get good grades in school or to be a good cook ?
great
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She lived in the country with her husband and she was a great cook .
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Father was a great cook and seemed to use every pot in San Francisco.
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My mom and aunts were great cooks .
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Janie had become a great cook and provided us pleasure in her meals.
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Not that he was a great cook , of course.
wonderful
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She was such a hard worker and a wonderful cook .
■ NOUN
book
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You have to get out the cook books and the fancy attachments for the food processor.
home
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The increasing emphasis on meatless meals in restaurants and in cookbooks also provides inspiration to home cooks minding a budget.
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No home cook could achieve the quick sear of the restaurant's special oven, which reaches about 1,500 degrees.
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This might, in part, explain the resistance many home cooks have to making fresh stocks.
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Taking careful note, Zahler then adapted the recipes for the home cook and put together this beguiling book.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Frank's a very good cook .
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Jane used to work as a cook in an Italian restaurant.
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She's a cook for one of the airlines.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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This column takes a look at local cooks, their culinary likes and dislikes and favorite recipes.