I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an observation deck/platform/tower (= a structure that is built in order to observe something )
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The army built an observation tower on the top of the building.
deck shoe
flight deck
poop deck
promenade deck
tape deck
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
low
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They were so named because of their comfortable leather seats on the lower deck .
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The lower deck , below the water line, was for cargo.
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On the lower deck , where all the people are, there is the sense of an outrageous and clarifying happiness.
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There was no fish ing gear nor any big guns, just a long, low , uncluttered deck .
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She climbed aboard the Mumbles train and huddled in a seat in the warmth of the lower deck .
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The lower deck , shining clean now, was thronged with steerage passengers.
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At first he had assumed that she had climbed down to the lower deck and gone forward.
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The Hearthware armour was a shining pile on the lower deck .
main
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Lift from the car-deck on Sally Star goes to all floors; on Sally Sky to the main passenger deck only.
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Farther forward on the main deck from the A-frame is the Alvin hangar, where the submersible is serviced every evening.
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There was also a large saloon on the main deck which was a great asset for visiting V.I.P's and crew comfort.
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The main deck forward was ten inches thick and further reinforcement was fitted both fore and aft.
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It began to run over the main deck and the crew hurried off to shelter in the accommodation.
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The main deck features a most generous main salon and dining forward with seating for eight.
open
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And all the time, work going on internally while I wrestled with rigging and sails, mostly on the open deck .
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There were no rails, no cabin, just the open deck and a small wheelhouse near the stem.
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There are two options, inside, or out on the open deck .
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His life also was on the open deck .
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Thy life was on the open deck - Thou hadst no cabin for thy rest.
top
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He was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when the idea came to him.
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The dahabeeyah had moored for the night and the three girls had been up on the top deck enjoying the evening breeze.
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The 30 passengers - six on the top deck - included three pregnant women and several children.
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Penelope went to the top deck of the bus and lit a cigarette.
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Standard 42, one of the new cars fitted with an old Motherwell top deck , giving a strange angular appearance.
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The third had remained on the top deck .
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And it was from the top deck , apparently, that she had disappeared.
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He had found the top deck empty.
upper
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The upper decks were wide with two and two seating, except for a single seat by the trolley which was slightly offset.
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Or at least into the upper deck .
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It had a plain glazed back to illuminate the upper deck at night and the lamps were removed from the hoops.
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The drawback is that the high-rise upper deck means very little can be stored there during travel.
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A few of the gentlemen passengers stood on the upper deck and watched them impassively.
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The two-level tunnel comprises an upper road deck and a lower duct for services.
■ NOUN
cargo
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Underneath some shabby canvas tarps on the cargo deck were stacked a dozen bulky mattresses and twenty thick pine boards.
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Riker threw me the box and walked back to sit on the edge of the cargo deck .
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He slammed the butt of the weapon on my cargo deck and the thing went off.
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The scurrying grunts tossed a foot-filled boot on to the cargo deck .
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We landed about a hundred feet from the headquarters ten, sinking into the grass up to the cargo deck .
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Stacked on the cargo deck , they still fought, frozen inside their rubber bags, arms and legs stiffly askew.
cassette
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Tommy picks up the Magnum and fires it twice at the stereo, one bullet in each cassette deck .
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It has a serious graphic equaliser, full logic cassette deck and an all-singing all-dancing spectrum analyser.
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The supplied infra-red remote control handset also enables control of a suitably appointed Nakamichi cassette deck .
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And a cassette deck crooning the blues and Bach.
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I scrambled up and reached for the eject button on the cassette deck .
chair
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Shown here is the pool chair and deck chair that can be folded flat for easy storage.
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Hilbert and Lewis and Beryl sat in old-fashioned deck chairs with striped canvas seats.
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Margarett snaps Miss Sheldon, chaperone of the Florentine School, and two schoolmates lounging on deck chairs .
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Donald was sitting in a deck chair in his garden next door, when part of the chimney fell on him.
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This illness now, huddling in the deck chair , was an extinction.
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Wittgenstein was a whizzkid who wanted to be an aviator and ended up teaching philosophy at Cambridge from a green deck chair .
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My next target was the deck chair area, which was liberally sprinkled with coins.
control
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He turned some dials on the control deck in front of him.
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Sometimes, during lonely hours on the control deck , Bowman would listen to this radiation.
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There were anxious minutes of waiting, then, for the two watchers on the control deck .
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It was almost time for the morning changeover, and normally he would wait until Bowman joined him on the control deck .
flight
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The Doctor was marched on to the flight deck of the F61 at pistol point.
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I watched the edge of the flight deck move un-der us through the chin bubble at my feet.
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Upon the flight deck of the leading Cerean man o' war, the Starship Sandra, stood the Captain.
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In a moment the flight deck is an inferno of aviation fuel.
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The forward attachment point is under the shuttle's nose about half way between the tip and the flight deck windows.
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It meant long hours for the pilots, flight deck crews, repair crews and cooks.
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She stepped up on to the flight deck , Marco close behind her.
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Ammunition from the burning aircraft on the flight deck starts cooking off, spraying the deck with shrapnel.
observation
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None of those stranded at the observation deck and restaurant on top were injured.
passenger
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Lift from the car-deck on Sally Star goes to all floors; on Sally Sky to the main passenger deck only.
promenade
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Inset Watching the world go by from the observation or promenade deck of an Empire Flying-boat, 1930s.
shoe
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She began to drift and was just dozing off when she heard the squeak of Nathan's deck shoes on the ladder.
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Some are in deck shoes , some are in sandals, me in my flip-flops.
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Classic leather deck shoes are blue or white, but you can buy canvas versions in just about any colour you like.
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I had begun wearing deck shoes because the soles of my feet had turned dead white as a result of going barefoot.
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A major advantage of deck shoes is their price - you can easily pick up a pair for a fiver.
tape
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But there are several proprietary packages which will run with most tape decks .
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A tape deck played a Beethoven symphony and children played with Fisher-Price toys.
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The lights were still on, and a cassette was clicking in a tape deck .
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Above the subwoofer is a 25-year-old reel-to-reel tape deck of the kind used in broadcast studios.
teak
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Like the Esperanza, a Victorian steam boat, complete with original oak timbers and teak deck .
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Ellen meanwhile cleared the foam from the teak deck , then searched Wavebreaker's cabins.
■ VERB
build
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Now he's making a good living building decks out of hardwood for second-home people, who are proliferating.
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The next part of building the deck , installing the railing and balusters, is not difficult.
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Players collect ornately illustrated cards, representing lands, spells, creatures and artifacts, build a deck and battle other players.
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The last step is building stairs from the deck down to the lawn.
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We wrote recently about building a deck , and many readers have responded with questions and anecdotes about deck experiences.
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The pressure-treated wood used in building decks needs attention at each step.
clear
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Hankin cleared the decks when in temporary charge and team-strengthening is essential.
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I suppose it clears the deck of suspects.
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Still, it was time to clear the decks , time to get things sorted.
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And Lawrence wasted no time responding to that challenge and clearing the decks at Ayresome Park.
drop
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Doctors were flown to the ship by helicopter and several were dropped on to the deck .
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Queequeg picks this fellow up, tosses him high in the air, catches him, and drops him to the deck .
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Something was not quite right, so without hesitation he dropped down on to the deck .
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The man then had to drop down on deck and arrange the boxes more carefully.
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They just ran, Delaney leading, dropping from deck to deck until they reached the engine room ladder.
fall
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She was falling to the deck , and he was falling with her, his arms tight around her.
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They fall to the deck silent when struck.
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He threw himself at me and I jumped to one side, leaving him to fall on the deck .
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He fell over on the deck and began to cry.
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Suddenly he fell on the wet deck , and he caught the side of the ship with his hands.
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She laughed hysterically as Piper grunted with pain and fell to the deck .
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There was a great crash, and Daniel and all the sailors fell to the deck .
hit
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He hit the deck , moulding himself into the shadow as a matter of conditioned reflex.
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The champ took a dive, hit the deck , and split wide Open.
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The first player can hit the deck but the support, as it drives over, must all stay on its feet.
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As the two men hit the deck , Leese went.
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As Delaney and Forster hit the deck they caught a fleeting glimpse of the crazed man going for it again.
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Steady as she goes. Hit the deck .
reach
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They raced up the steps, reaching the first deck , wheeled round, and ran down the corridor.
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A small fortune will await the man who can reach the upper deck .
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Switched on it remained silent, until they reached the deck .
sit
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Hilbert and Lewis and Beryl sat in old-fashioned deck chairs with striped canvas seats.
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Quincy and I sit out on the deck and read for hours at a stretch.
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Trent sat on the saloon deck , holding his coffee mug cupped in his hands.
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He sat on the deck and smoked cheroots.
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He and Farquhar sat on the deck side by side, panting and groaning.
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Often we will come out and have breakfast or dinner, or sit on the deck at night.
sitting
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He was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when the idea came to him.
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Donald was sitting in a deck chair in his garden next door, when part of the chimney fell on him.
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Mr Sargent was in the next door garden, sitting in a deck chair and reading the newspaper.
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She was sitting on the top deck and was cut and bruised by branches.
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I was sitting on the deck , my back exposed to the sun.
stack
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The real blame lies with the licence granted to employers by a statutory regime which stacks every deck in their favour.
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One set of figures shook me awake: Zorig had been right about the stacked deck .
stand
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She had the sail up and stood on the sun deck , her black eyes bright with bliss.
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A moment more, and we see Bradley standing on deck , swinging his hat to show that he is all right.
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I stood on the deck , watching the two spires of Dun Laoghaire receding into the distance.
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A few of the gentlemen passengers stood on the upper deck and watched them impassively.
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He stood on the deck of the ship, and looked at the sea.
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After Stubb goes below, Ahab stands alone on the deck .
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It was difficult to stand on the deck , because the wind was so strong.
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Throughout the passage, Ahab stands on the deck as if transfixed, staring blindly ahead into the wind and sleet.
walk
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Ahab abandons his watch and walks about the deck finally coming to rest against the rail.
watch
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I stood on the deck , watching the two spires of Dun Laoghaire receding into the distance.
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A few of the gentlemen passengers stood on the upper deck and watched them impassively.
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Another young man in nothing but a tan lay on the deck watching her through sunglasses.
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From the deck I watch him negotiate the path to the outhouse, his mouth turned down distastefully.
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We were on the forward deck , watching the boats watch us.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all hands on deck
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It's all hands on deck as the crew work as team to make the show look its best.
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It was all hands on deck as they worked flat out over a weekend in March.
clear the decks
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We're trying to clear the decks before Christmas.
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And Lawrence wasted no time responding to that challenge and clearing the decks at Ayresome Park.
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Hankin cleared the decks when in temporary charge and team-strengthening is essential.
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Still, it was time to clear the decks, time to get things sorted.
hit the dirt/the deck
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a seat on the upper deck
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few of the gentlemen passengers stood on the upper deck and watched them impassively.
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At their feet the edge of the net began to shift off the deck .
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I was sitting on the deck , my back exposed to the sun.
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She clutched the rail to steady herself, reached the deck and went to the closed doors of the lounge.
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The decks were slippery with blood, and arms and legs and chunks of flesh were strewed about.
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The sea grew more turbulent and the waves began to break over the deck .
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The sound of footsteps on the deck above her head brought her fully awake.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all hands on deck
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It's all hands on deck as the crew work as team to make the show look its best.
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It was all hands on deck as they worked flat out over a weekend in March.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bill decked a drunk guy who spilled his drink on Bobbie.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Oi luv, you're supposed to deck the halls, not wreck the walls.