I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cool breeze
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It was getting late and a cool breeze was blowing.
a cool stare (= calm )
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When I expressed surprise, he responded with a cool stare.
a cool/chilly/frosty reception (= not friendly or approving )
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His idea got a cool reception from his colleagues.
a cool/cold drink
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They were all out in the garden, sipping cool drinks.
a fine/warm/cool etc evening
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It was a fine evening, so we decide to eat outside.
a hot/warm/cool bath
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Why don't you have a nice warm bath?
cold/cool
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Scotland's climate is too cold for these plants to survive.
cool, calm, and collected
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She wanted to arrive feeling cool, calm, and collected .
cool/cold
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The air had turned a little cooler.
cooling system
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a fault in the power station’s cooling system
cooling tower
play it carefully/cool etc
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If you like him, play it cool, or you might scare him off.
water cooler
wine cooler
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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But Paula, dressed in light grey leggings, sweatshirt and a blue denim jacket, looks as cool as a cucumber.
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Not as cool but not as far as Flagstaff, the mile-high city boasts temperatures that hover in the low 90s.
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The sheets in Karen's bed were as cool as a field of long grass.
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After a while, everybody will have the technology to make a movie look as cool as the next person.
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The head, you could say, remains as cool as the heart.
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Everybody tries to be as cool as possible but actually what you're feeling is something pretty bad.
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You have to be as cool as he is.
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Clark, a former political scientist widely regarded as cool and aloof, seemed transformed by power.
pretty
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I imagine its value is probably pretty cool too.
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They are with me all the way, and that is pretty cool .
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It was pretty cool , certainly better than working.
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I have to admit I thought it was pretty cool .
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I must say, she's pretty cool .
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The lighting and the whole feel of the funhouse up there was pretty cool .
really
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Farrar was short with livery lips and thick black eyebrows, and Something was prematurely bald and thought he was really cool .
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By then we were out of food, but everybody was just really cool .
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Even the mornings were never really cool , but still and misty with the promise of heat.
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It was really cool to see them live.
so
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But also fear: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come. ` Anne, it is so cool !
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Mom, it was so cool .
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She is so cool and indifferent, so enclosed and private - when she's not openly defiant, that is.
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It's so dark, yet it's so full of colours, and it's so cool .
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But so cool is the blue minimalist card that one style magazine editor aspired to name his baby son Sony.
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She was normally so cool and in command in the presence of men, but he made her feel gauche.
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Or, if there were, they were playing it so cool as to be almost unnoticeable.
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They don't pop, they don't break they're so cool they swim up the streets of Pontefract!
very
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She gave him a very cool kiss on parting.
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The main benefits of the whole enterprise seem to have been Teflon, Tang, and a stack of very cool photographs.
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Place it in a very cool oven, gas no.
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It requires very cool water and soon dies in aquariums.
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It was very cool and quiet in the woods after the bland sunshine of the meadows.
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In nature it often grows in very cool water.
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The weather in general was very cool at night but warm in the daytime, hence the necessity of dressing in layers.
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Jean-Michel was very cool , but he could be very mean.
■ NOUN
air
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He wants to sit with Enid in the cool air .
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As I step out the door, inhaling the cool air , I smell lightness and relief.
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His head ached, the cool air no panacea, and his thoughts, too, were disturbed.
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With my hands I could still feel cool air coming in along almost all the cracks.
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It dries flaky in the cool air of the cab.
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The coffee and the cool air cleared my mind.
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The cool air on her face was calming her temper.
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A draft of cool air seeping in around my feet and calves.
breeze
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A cool breeze off the creek rattles the leaves of the locust tree and flutters through the room.
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I feel the cool breeze coming down the mountain.
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She went back into the house and I waited outside for a while enjoying the cool breeze .
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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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Reading my dreams felt like a cool breeze blowing through my brain.
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It was winter at last and a cool breeze blew at night.
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As a cool breeze swathed his sweat-drenched body he realized they had taken his clothes.
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Just warm sunshine and cool breezes .
customer
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I was glad to meet Alan Savory, the opposition spokesman - a young, cool customer , dark and striking.
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The yearling was a cool customer .
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A cooler customer , it is suggested, would somehow have sought and found a diplomatic solution.
drink
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You can also relax on the terrace of the lovely fresh water pool sipping a cool drink form the bar.
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In the evening, the Lanes offer warm conversation along with cool drinks , coffee, tea or hot chocolate.
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Her tongue felt parched for a cool drink .
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Nico, our host, serves cool drinks and limited snacks in the bar downstairs till supper time.
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You have probably been perspiring quite impressively too, and you are beginning to have fantasies of pints of a cool drink .
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In this oasis, you will disperse funds on food and snacks and cool drinks .
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She was standing with a tray of cool drinks .
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She was grateful for the cool drink , however, and for the really tasty snack.
evening
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Do the planting on a cool evening , then finally water well.
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Central Park, a cool evening in July.
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They changed in the changing rooms so thoughtfully provided and came out shivering in the cool evening .
head
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About the Holocaust, Ludens had prided himself on keeping, as a historian, a cool head .
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With only nine more needed after the interval it had come down to the batsmen keeping cool heads .
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It was therefore essential to have a co-organizer, some one who would keep a cool head .
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Mr Spinetta has, however, shown a cool head in the way he has used the money at his disposal.
look
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Take a long, cool look at your shares.
night
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She felt a fleeting distant surprise as the cool night air whispered over her skin.
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We were in the middle of summer, but it was a cool night .
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Damian Flint strode out into the cool night air.
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On cool nights a fire crackles in the fireplace.
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The cool night air burned in Corbett's straining lungs.
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At the height of the Harmattan, in the cool nights of the rainy season, I wrote.
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A final meal and prizegiving, in this attractive village, leaving late evening for a cool night journey to the airport.
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It was a cool night , but the city was alive, and the club was warm, casual, relaxed.
place
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Cover with cling film, and rest in a cool place for an hour.
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Usually the interview started with his finding me the coolest place on the floor.
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Store for up to 3 months in a cool place .
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Store in a cool place or the refrigerator.
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Cyclamens should be rested in a cool place indoors until they show signs of new life.
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Sprinkle with flaked chocolate and leave in a cool place to set.
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Hang in a cool place and cut them from the bottom as needed.
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Cover and leave in a cool place for 1 hour. 2 Place the courgettes in a sieve and sprinkle with salt.
reception
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But the Tribune newspaper gave her White Paper a cooler reception than we did.
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Despite the cool reception that reparations are receiving among lawmakers, Rep.
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Helms received a polite but cool reception .
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They gave his speech a cool reception , but we laughed and shouted when he returned with his report.
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He therefore received a rather cool reception from Oliver Cromwell and was never once invited to join the army council meetings.
response
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But other Tories gave the statement a cool response .
water
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The cool water slipping down her throat was a welcome relief.
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I imagine cool water sliding through my hair and down my shoulders.
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Finish this treatment by splashing your face with cool water to remove wastes accumulated on the surface of the skin.
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It requires very cool water and soon dies in aquariums.
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Apply to face and neck, leave on for 10-15 minutes and rinse off with cool water .
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In nature it often grows in very cool water .
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She went into the bathroom along the landing and splashed her face with cool water .
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Suddenly revitalized and uncommonly clear-headed, he sensed that the cool water was the greatest source ofjoy he had ever known.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blow your top/stack/cool
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My father blew his top when I told him I was quitting medical school.
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I used to get so angry on the set that one day I just blew my top and hit John Huston.
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It had me rolling on the floor to see Schmeichel blowing his top at the scum defence.
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It was unusual for Hauser to blow his top.
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Striker Slaven blew his top after being axed from the side which grabbed a draw at Bristol City in midweek.
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Then Nature blows her top, just to remind us.
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Then suddenly he blew his top while walking down the street one day.
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Tristan last blew its stack in 1961, forcing a complete evacuation.
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Whether the Ipswich directors who watched him blow his top with the unwitting journalist believe that is debatable.
bold/calm/cool etc as you please
calm/cool etc exterior
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Beneath his highly cool exterior he was anguished and distraught.
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It all added up to the fact that below Silas's cool exterior there was warmth and compassion for others.
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So you see, beneath that calm exterior lies a highly unstable child.
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There is little or no hint of the compassion and humanity which lay beneath the cool exterior .
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With her soft voice and her calm exterior , she absolutely would not let creditors off the hook.
lose your temper/cool/rag
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Bunny wasn't the only one to lose his temper.
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He obviously had impregnation on his mind, but by now Lydia had lost her temper and she told him to get stuffed.
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I should not have lost my cool and behaved in that manner.
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I then walked across to the photographers and lost my temper, lost my head.
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Never-absolutely never in my experience-did President Reagan really lose his temper or utter a rude or unkind word.
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She couldn't blame him for frightening Anna, for losing his temper with the child.
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That was plainly evident in the locker room, where Hostetler teetered on the brink of openly losing his temper.
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Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong?
the cooler
water cooler gossip
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cool sea breeze
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Although the days are very hot, it's much cooler at night.
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Can I interest you in a nice, cool drink?
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He was wearing these really cool sunglasses.
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Her gaze was decidedly cool .
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I slid into bed between cool white sheets.
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It's much cooler over here in the shade.
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It gets much cooler in the evenings.
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It was a lot cooler and windier than earlier in the week.
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Madison is a really cool name for a girl.
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Many young people start smoking because they think it looks cool .
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Medicine should always be stored in a cool place.
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Oh, look at you, you look so cool .
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Pizza, yeah, that would be cool .
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Ruth put her cool hand on my burning forehead.
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She felt cool and in control until they called out her name.
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Store the seeds in a cool , dry place.
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Summer is the time for cool , refreshing fruit salads.
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The cool relationship between the two men affected the entire team.
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These are the coolest shoes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cover and let rest for 1 hour at cool room temperature or for up to 4 hours in the refrigerator before serving.
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Most of the other students were too cool to have done anything hasty like purchase the books for the course.
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Rune's whole body shivered as her cool palms moved spasmodically over his heated flesh.
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Set peel aside in a cool dry place overnight.
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She felt a fleeting distant surprise as the cool night air whispered over her skin.
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The warm eggs hatch as larger babies than the cool ones.
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To put a cool hand in the world that had daunted my adult sleep.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
completely
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Allow to cool slightly, then serve warm, or cool completely and serve cold with salad.
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Turn out of pan on to rack to cool completely .
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Leave to cool slightly in the tin before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely .
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Let cake sit for five minutes to cool in pan before turning out on a cake rack to cool completely .
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Once they had cooled completely we took them out carefully so we didn't disturb the curls too much.
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Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely , in the pan, for 2 hours before frosting.
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Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely .
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Cool 1 1 / 2 hours or until completely cooled .
down
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For the steam to be condensed, the cylinder had to be cooled down .
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Left to its own devices, Boulder Dam would require 100 years to cool down .
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Allow to cool down . 3.
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But the Honda also needs eight hours to charge and cool down , compared with the three-hour recharging time for the EV1.
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When they've cooled down a bit you can put them in your bed, warm it up nice.
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So you cool down , Frank, you hear?
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Your hair sets when it cools down - not when it's hot.
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Allow the bread from twenty to forty-five minutes to cool down and complete its baking.
off
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Violent pupils would be sent to the sin-bins to cool off .
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This last winter, nothing cooled off .
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Savanna animals cool off with a kind of organic radiator by evaporating water from the moist linings of the nasal chambers.
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They cooled off in the second quarter but held a 65-56 advantage.
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He'd cool off while he took a walk.
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Mars has a very tenuous atmosphere that is so transparent that the surface cools off dramatically at night.
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We climbed a little further and Arthur cooled off in the tarn.
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Silicon Graphics Inc., the hottest player in the workstation market, has suddenly cooled off .
rapidly
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When the heat input ceases the space will cool rapidly as there is no stored heat to temper it.
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Some of the vapor condenses as tiny liquid droplets that cool rapidly .
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Sweat, rapidly cooling , had soaked his pyjamas.
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The surface therefore can cool rapidly by dumping its radiation into space.
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There were no gaping edges, just warm, wet tracksuit legs, rapidly cooling: I'd peed myself.
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There are some indications that the interior of Mercury is hot, and other indications that the outer regions have cooled rapidly .
slightly
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Brush the glaze while still hot over a fruit cake, but allow to cool slightly before spreading over a sponge cake.
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Remove and allow to cool slightly .
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Hard boil the fresh quails' eggs for 3min, cool slightly and shell. 2.
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Strain the sauce and season well with salt and pepper. Cool slightly .
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Allow to cool slightly , then serve warm, or cool completely and serve cold with salad.
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Remove from water; cool slightly .
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Leave to cool slightly in the tin before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Allow to cool slightly before transferring the cookies to a wire rack.
■ NOUN
air
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The laughter rolled up until we were weak and weeping, and the sky turned pink, and the air began to cool .
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It rained only enough to keep the air saturated, not cool .
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The chill air cooled her face and seemed to sweep her problems into the distance.
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The landscape turned two shades darker, richer, and the air in the car cooled off even more.
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Outside the air had cooled slightly.
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In this case four-cylinder, in-line, direct drive and air cooled .
body
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Leave the compress in place until it has cooled to body temperature; renew at intervals as required.
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Nestled beside his cooling body , she slept, until she heard silence and realized her eyes were open.
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It blew under her waistcoat as well. cooling her body where the hot loaf had been, making her shiver.
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Much as perspiration cools our own bodies , the sweat of the earth is whisking away the excess heat from its interior.
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Additionally the sweat serves to cool down the body temperature.
economy
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Industrialists reacted favourably to the measures, although many considered them too weak to improve competitiveness and cool the economy .
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There were also continued signs of a cooling economy that will make inflation less likely to pick up speed in coming months.
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Ever since September 1988, Mr Li's government has been pressing an austerity programme to cool the economy .
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A cooling economy reduces the risk inflation will erode the value of bonds' interest and principal payments.
heel
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He was ushered forward after cooling his heels for four minutes.
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Basically, if you believe the law of averages, 1996 should be a year for mutual funds to cool their heels .
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Our sources, who are cooling their heels waiting for chips, continue to think Intel is having problems making the parts.
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As things turned out, I had a week to cool my heels in New York.
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If a man was workshy and mutinous I would put him in a cell to cool his heels for a while.
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His office says he has kept at least 20 top-flight journalists and analysts cooling their heels waiting to interview him since October.
rack
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Run a blunt knife around the inside edge of the tin and turn out the cake on to a wire rack to cool .
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Turn out of pan on to rack to cool completely.
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Leave to cool slightly in the tin before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Let cake sit for five minutes to cool in pan before turning out on a cake rack to cool completely.
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Remove and set on wire rack to cool .. 6 to 8 servings.
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Remove to wire racks to cool .
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Then turn it out on to a wire cake rack to cool thoroughly.
temperature
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What seems to have been crucial was an ability to survive cooling temperatures and, perhaps, to exploit unusual food resources.
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To serve, let duck cool to room temperature .
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After a minute or so, the solution is allowed to cool towards physiological temperature .
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Remove immediately from the water bath and allow to cool to room temperature before refrigerating.
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The other side can readily be cooled to temperatures well below freezing.
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A thermal imager uses detectors of cadmium mercury telluride, which detect infrared radiation when they are cooled to very low temperatures .
tin
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Leave to cool in the tin , but before it is completely cold cut into small neat wedges.
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Leave to cool slightly in the tin before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Leave cakes to cool in tins , then turn out and store, wrapped in fresh greaseproof paper and foil.
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Tip: Do not overcook cake as it will dry out while cooling in tin .
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Remove from oven and leave to cool in tin for 5 minutes.
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Leave to cool in the tin .
water
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They contain less water and therefore cool more quickly and conduct heat less well.
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Boiled lard in a pan of water , cooled , strained and mixed with oil of lavender was used.
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Let the fish rest in the water until it has cooled .
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Only when the water began to cool did she at last climb out and towel herself dry.
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Drain; rinse under cold water to cool quickly.
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The processor is very complex and needed to be assembled and connected to the power supply and chilled water cooling system.
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She scooped water to rinse and cool her face.
■ VERB
allow
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Remove from the oven and allow to cool .
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Brush the glaze while still hot over a fruit cake, but allow to cool slightly before spreading over a sponge cake.
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Remove from heat and allow to cool for about 20 minutes.
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Bring to the boil and allow to cool .
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Remove from heat and allow to cool while you beat the egg whites until they are very stiff.
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After a minute or so, the solution is allowed to cool towards physiological temperature.
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Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely, in the pan, for 2 hours before frosting.
begin
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The laughter rolled up until we were weak and weeping, and the sky turned pink, and the air began to cool .
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The whistle declared the afternoon evening, and the day began to cool .
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Lakes that are ice-free in summer begin cooling at their surface late in the season.
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In a wet season the soil begins to cool down rapidly from the beginning of September onwards so early sowing is essential.
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Only when the water began to cool did she at last climb out and towel herself dry.
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She and Hopper were convinced they were in love, but between engagement and marriage her passion for him began to cool .
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After an initial flurry of interest the atmosphere began to cool by the mid-1980s.
leave
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Cover and simmer until just tender and beginning to pop. Leave to cool and remove the cinnamon stick.
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Drain then mash them and leave to cool for 5 minutes.
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Boil for ten minutes and then leave the pan to cool .
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When evenly blended, stir in the parmesan cheese, pepper, mustard and lean bacon. Leave to cool .
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Bake at 325 °F, 170 ° C gas 3 for about 40 minutes. Leave to cool in tin.
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Add the raspberries and strawberries to the pan with the Sweetex Granulated to taste, then leave to cool .
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Place on waxed paper, leave to cool and chill until set.
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Drain well and leave to cool .
let
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Then let the solution cool down, being careful not to let any dust drop in.
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To serve, let duck cool to room temperature.
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She just wanted to dash out of the house and let the rain cool some of the thoughts flying around in her mind.
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I let the cooling air dry me.
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If it comes out clean, your pie is done. Let it cool down a bit.
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Showing for feedback and objectivity letting the pie cool . 6.
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Drain and let them cool slightly.
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Remove the vanilla pod, skim the jam, and let it cool for a few minutes before turning it into small jars.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
calm/cool etc exterior
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Beneath his highly cool exterior he was anguished and distraught.
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It all added up to the fact that below Silas's cool exterior there was warmth and compassion for others.
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So you see, beneath that calm exterior lies a highly unstable child.
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There is little or no hint of the compassion and humanity which lay beneath the cool exterior .
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With her soft voice and her calm exterior , she absolutely would not let creditors off the hook.
the cooler
water cooler gossip
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cool the cookies before storing them in an airtight container.
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Cool the jam by stirring it before putting it into jars.
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a drink that will cool you down on a hot summer day
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Blow on the soup first to cool it.
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Interest in the toys is finally cooling.
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Most liquids contract steadily as they cool .
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She took the cake out of the oven and left it on the kitchen table to cool .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An electrically heated wire is cooled by the flow, the rate of cooling depending on the velocity.
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He'd cool off while he took a walk.
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Leave to cool on a wire rack. 7 Decorate with glacé fruits and drizzle with glacé icing.
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Pausing to get his bearings, he blew furiously on his fingers to cool them down.
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Remove and allow to cool slightly.
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The magma would then cool and harden, adding to the four-mile-thick slab of moving crust.
III. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
keep
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It'd help me more if you keep Anna cool .
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Don't go acting the fool, Carl. Keep me cockatoo cool .
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With no fairing, there is no way the firm will be able to keep the radiator cool .
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What is it? % % % Keep our city cool By P.J.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He liked to take a stroll in the cool of the evening.