verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dinner/dining companion (= someone you have dinner with )
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We saw him in the restaurant with a very attractive dinner companion.
bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc
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the doctor’s waiting room
dined alfresco
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We dined alfresco , on a balcony overlooking the sea.
dining car
dining room
dining table
the kitchen/dining/bedroom/bathroom area
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The kitchen area is rather small.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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I dined off bread and cheese and this excellent claret.
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There are a lot of animals that would like to dine off nome, Masklin had said.
out
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For years I dined out on these stories.
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Many people would like to have the same kind of choice when dining out .
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Look round the lively and colourful capital of Argostoli and dine out in one of its many tavernas.
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She attended college in Colorado, and began cooking because it was cheaper than dining out .
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Ven had invited her to dine out with him that night and she had accepted.
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They dine out , or they order in.
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Forget about fibre while dining out .
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So if you want delicious, healthy options when you dine out , stroke your favorite chef.
together
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Once a week at least Alec Reid and I dined together .
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At Westminster, they dined together .
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The two dined together last night after a weekend with her parents.
■ NOUN
couple
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The couple were wined and dined before retiring to a plush suite for Valentine's night.
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There are only four couples dining at this hour.
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Well-groomed young couples dine in busy restaurants.
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A couple who dined the other Friday report both food and ambience as appealing as ever.
evening
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The same evening Davidson dined with Bridgeman.
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It is used mainly in the evening by guests dining in the restaurant.
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It all looks very attractive, particularly on a warm evening when you can dine outside.
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However, business lunches may crop up from time to time - and also evening invitations which involve dining at restaurants.
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The previous evening he had dined with the Director-General.
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One evening she dined with him at, curiously it seems to us, the Midland Hotel.
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In the evening guests dine by candlelight in the terrace restaurant.
family
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But there have been grander times when dozens of guests from the Royal Family down would dine from their silver service.
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Spelling and his family dine at the White House.
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The area has plenty of tourist traffic but also is frequented by area families dining at nearby restaurants.
guest
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It is used mainly in the evening by guests dining in the restaurant.
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His house had a guest room, a dining room, a kitchen and an outdoor toilet.
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Adjacent to the hotel, guests may dine in the lively garden restaurant overlooking the river.
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All Félix's guests who came to dine at the château paid her extravagant compliments.
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Reached via 100 steps, there is a bar, lift and restaurant where guests can dine alfresco with breathtaking views.
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The restaurant overlooks the bay and in high season guests can dine on the terrace.
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In the evening guests dine by candlelight in the terrace restaurant.
kitchen
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A separate stair to the main bedroom on the first floor would divide the kitchen from the dining area.
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It is a simple divider between her kitchen and her dining room.
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No closets, cramped kitchen , obsolete dining room with a long gloomy table.
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The carrousel therefore contained the kitchen , dining , washing, and toilet facilities.
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A rear stairway circled a small elevator accessible to kitchen and cook's dining area, bedroom and bath.
night
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I first learnt of it when, dining one night in a London restaurant, I received an urgent summons from Harold.
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Although it was very late, Otto whisked us off to dine that night at a restaurant some way along the coast.
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My lover and I dined last night in Cambridge at the Master's Lodge of his college.
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The two dined together last night after a weekend with her parents.
restaurant
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Its àlacarte restaurant offers dining by a delightful canal.
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So many restaurants to dine at.
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He went to his usual restaurant intending to dine without paying.
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Reached via 100 steps, there is a bar, lift and restaurant where guests can dine alfresco with breathtaking views.
room
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The carved chestnut central staircase is a showpiece, and the mahogany paneling gleams in the spacious living room and dining room.
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Ray Sands walked through the living room and dining room, turning on the lamps.
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I passed quickly through the foyer, angled left through the large cathedral-ceilinged living room , entered the dining room.
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His house had a guest room , a dining room, a kitchen and an outdoor toilet.
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It was a two-story white house, two bedrooms upstairs, living room , dining room, and kitchen.
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In two hours, the room has changed from living room to dining room to bedroom.
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The living room , dining room and kitchen are toasty, but the three bedrooms are 5 to 6 degrees cooler.
table
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Legos become interesting all over again if they are moved to a sunny table in the dining room.
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The table in the dining room is extended to its limits.
wine
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The winner will receive two free wine and dine tickets on the preserved railway of his/her choice.
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Cinderellas Rockerfellas Lush decor. Wine , dine and disco dance.
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Here in sophisticated surroundings you can wine , dine and dance, or simply enjoy a pleasant lunch or good dinner.
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Rest it on your conscience if you wine and dine your lover and claim client entertainment.
■ VERB
invite
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Ven had invited her to dine out with him that night and she had accepted.
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The Contraalmirante had invited her to dine at the C-in-C's residence.
like
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There are a lot of animals that would like to dine off nome, Masklin had said.
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He liked to dine promptly at eight.
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He wasn't vegetarian, but he liked saving money when dining at home.
live
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The carved chestnut central staircase is a showpiece, and the mahogany paneling gleams in the spacious living room and dining room.
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Ray Sands walked through the living room and dining room, turning on the lamps.
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The woman lived in her dining room in an enormous crib with hinged, slatted sides.
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It was a two-story white house, two bedrooms upstairs, living room, dining room, and kitchen.
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In two hours, the room has changed from living room to dining room to bedroom.
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The living room, dining room and kitchen are toasty, but the three bedrooms are 5 to 6 degrees cooler.
sit
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They sat down at the dining room table that had a history of Sunday and holiday family dinners.
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On a spring day in 1941, Margarett sat in the Ritz dining room.
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We sat there in the dining room.
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She looked a bit bedraggled as she sat in the dining room, mechanically eating butter cookies from a blue glass plate.
walk
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Angelenos are constantly searching for the next great shopping / walking / dining area.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sleeping/dining/buffet car
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Even on long journeys early trains had no corridors, lavatories, dining cars or heating.
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Every seat in the dining car filled up and still people were coming.
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He kept getting up and going to the window to look down on his sleeping car .
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I was watching the scene from the kitchen end of the dining car , standing just behind Emil, Cathy and Oliver.
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In the warm yellow light of the dining car windows I caught a glimpse of a woman raising a wine glass.
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Luxury for first class travellers: a sleeping car attendant delivers hot water bottles on the London-to-Inverness Express, January 1935.
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The buffet car was up ahead; there was a young woman buying a drink and some sandwiches.
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The dining car had oak woodwork, potted palms and sumptuous meals.
wine and dine sb
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Companies spend millions wining and dining their clients.
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Did he tell you to plant this here while he wined and dined me?
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He wined and dined Princess Diana after supporting her favourite ballet school show.
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He knows they are only interested in exploiting the collective assets, wining and dining, and riding in official cars.
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He was well wined and dined by the Wolverhampton chamber of commerce last Friday.
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Rest it on your conscience if you wine and dine your lover and claim client entertainment.
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The winner will receive two free wine and dine tickets on the preserved railway of his/her choice.
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They will all be wined and dined in our private box.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dining alone this evening?
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Guests dined on sea bass and saffron potato mousseline.
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I have received an invitation to dine with the Mayor.
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It's a place where the famous can dine out and not be bothered.
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We dined at the Ritz.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adjacent to the hotel, guests may dine in the lively garden restaurant overlooking the river.
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The representatives of shire and suburb had arrived on the Monday evening, and had drunk and dined exceedingly well.
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You insisted I must wear this to dine , and I am certainly not going to change again now.