adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
nod
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With a curt nod he beckoned the waiter, settled the bill, ushered her out into the silky darkness.
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He thanks Paul with a curt nod .
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He looked at me as though he had seen me somewhere before, but I passed by with a curt nod .
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When the kitchen had been restored to its former tidiness, he gave her a curt nod , and walked out.
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The nearest guard glanced at it, then ushered him through with a curt nod of his head.
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On the sixth day, after a curt nod from the chef, Mark realised he must be doing something half-right.
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Give what I hope is curt nod , though double chins seem to go on flapping for ever.
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He gave a quick, curt nod to the soldiers on duty and turned on to the Al Ain road.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He responded with a curt , three-sentence letter.
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Her story was sent back with a curt rejection note.
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Polly was curt and businesslike with her clients.
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She answered their questions with a curt "No comment".
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blanche gave a few more curt television interviews, voicing her horror at the murder and appealing for any information.
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Charman's curt reviews got slightly more excitable as the year drew on.
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His curt tone made her stomach lurch.
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I responded with curt answers tempered with moderate annoyance.
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It was too absurd - the invitation, then this curt dismissal, as if I had exhausted his patience.
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She hadn't missed the sting in the tail in that curt directive.
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The rap on the door was hard and curt .
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This diligence can only be exercised once the curt papers have been served on the debtor.