I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cold/cough/flu remedy
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Most cold remedies have little effect.
cough mixture
coughing and spluttering
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Bill started coughing and spluttering .
coughing fit
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He had a violent coughing fit .
hacking cough
smoker’s cough (= a cough caused by smoking cigarettes regularly )
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He had a smoker’s cough .
whooping cough
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
again
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The man in the attic was coughing again .
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While we stood together, praying, he began to cough again .
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Then it coughed and threw up before starting to cough again .
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She coughed again and looked reproachfully at Kathleen.
up
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The humans doubled up coughing as it invaded their lungs.
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We waded ashore coughing up salt water and drenched to the skin.
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Teal Green was coughing up a lungful of smoke when the Base was plunged into darkness.
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Years later, the earth would still cough up shoes, bits of clothing and bones.
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Elsewhere, we were expected to cough up to watch pop pygmies mime to their latest singles.
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My voice is like sandpaper, I cough up gobs of phlegm, my liver feels like a sandbag.
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I suppose taxpayers will have to cough up again.
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However, if your child starts coughing up large amounts of blood, you should treat the situation as an emergency.
■ NOUN
blood
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Tipperary, was taken to hospital coughing blood .
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Q: My 8-year-old daughter has been coughing up blood .
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Doctors were first alerted on May 21, when the man, a junior paediatrician, began to cough up blood .
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He was coughing up blood and refusing the doctor.
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The villagers who took him in say he had a lung disease, coughing up blood as he died.
fit
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Fidel would be seized by cramps, vomiting and fits of coughing , just like the long-tailed primates, and horribly die.
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He felt immeasurably sad for Dooley Russell held his hat over his mouth as another fit of coughing overcame him.
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Cyril raised his arm to the waitress, an action that sent him off into a fit of coughing .
■ VERB
begin
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He began to cough in rasping barks that became horribly convulsive before eventually subsiding.
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The defense attorney, in the midst of arguing his motion, suddenly began gagging an coughing .
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While we stood together, praying, he began to cough again.
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He took such a long puff on his cigarette that he began to cough , his throat burning.
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Doctors were first alerted on May 21, when the man, a junior paediatrician, began to cough up blood.
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He begins to cough and feels depression all over him.
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By the time the towers of his parents' manor house appeared, the rider leading the way had begun to cough .
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The boy could not breathe in the choking air and began coughing and panicking.
start
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Then he started to cough , forced himself to control the tickle he felt at the back of his throat.
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Dust began to scratch at my throat and I started to cough .
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He fell back, and started coughing so badly that even I was frightened.
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Water began dripping into the window, the port engine started to cough .
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Then it coughed and threw up before starting to cough again.
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However, if your child starts coughing up large amounts of blood, you should treat the situation as an emergency.
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At one point, he started coughing and I shouted at him to be quiet.
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She starts to cough and there's faintly green foam around her mouth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appetite/cough/pain etc suppressant
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It was designed for use as an appetite suppressant , to be taken along with a certain pill.
dry cough
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A short dry cough, may be a little watery mucus, possibly blood streaked.
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Copious, thick, ropy mucus from the larynx; hoarseness, rough voice, dry cough.
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Hard, dry cough racks the whole chest.
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I was already coughing a dry cough.
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Thick, yellow, offensive ear discharges with loss of hearing and dry cough.
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Usually loose but sometimes can be a dry cough.
spasm of grief/laughter/coughing etc
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A spasm of coughing woke him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I've been coughing and sneezing all day.
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The old car coughed and sputtered before starting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hugh seemed too weary to cough .
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In the morning, Belle had a temperature and by night, she was coughing without stopping.
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Is the pain worsened by straining or coughing?
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She heard him catch at air, and cough up the last slime of the river.
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The patient may need assistance to cough .
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Then he simply extends the arrow to full length once more while appearing to cough the whole thing up again.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dry
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Copious, thick, ropy mucus from the larynx; hoarseness, rough voice, dry cough .
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I was already coughing a dry cough.
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There may be a loose cough in the day and a dry paroxysmal cough in the evening and night.
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I have this little dry hacking cough .
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A tickling, dry , hard cough; great soreness in the chest on coughing or deep breathing.
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Thick, yellow, offensive ear discharges with loss of hearing and dry cough .
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Hard, dry cough racks the whole chest.
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Usually loose but sometimes can be a dry cough .
persistent
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The commonest symptom is a persistent cough , with frequent bouts of chest infection.
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They are being urged to see their own doctors if they develop symptoms such as a persistent cough , sweating or weight loss.
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These may include night sweats, swollen glands, weight loss or a persistent cough .
■ NOUN
medicine
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She was a big, soft, loving woman with endless energy, who smelt of cough medicine and laundry.
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This old lady came out and said about the cough - she gave me a dose of cough medicine .
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Sticky bottles of cough medicine lined his bathroom shelf.
mixture
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He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it hadn't helped much.
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I discovered to my surprise that even certain cough mixtures are banned.
syrup
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He coughed so badly that he found his way to the bathroom and took some Liquafruta cough syrup .
whooping
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On the ship I caught whooping cough .
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The vaccine can be given at the same time as immunisations against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus.
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Bloody sputum. Whooping cough may be like this or even asthma.
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Calpol can now be given to babies developing a feverish reaction after triple immunisations against whooping cough , diphtheria and tetanus.
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Daughter Helen, 25, needed constant attention after whooping cough left her with a mental age of just two.
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They were the victims of whooping cough .
■ VERB
give
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The chauffeur gave a discreet cough .
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We all knew they gave you a wracking cough .
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And there were other things; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough .
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At length, he gave a little cough .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Disease can be spread by coughs.
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I find honey is the best thing for a cough .
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Ms. Meyers has this hacking smoker's cough .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Four months after the show opened in October 1995, she missed 10 performances because of a sore throat and cough .
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He was about to kiss her again when he heard a discreet cough .
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Rye whiskey, mixed with rock-sugar syrup, remained a popular cough remedy into the early twentieth century.
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That cough of hers worries me; she's had it for weeks.
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The juggernaut started with a cough and splutter, was thrown into gear and began to move off down the narrow road.
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Then a little move, a little cough , made you aware of his presence.