I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(at/from) a safe distance
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We watched from a safe distance.
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Drivers should keep a safe distance from the car in front.
distance glasses (= for seeing things that are not close to you )
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Without her distance glasses she couldn't see his expression.
distance learning
middle distance
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She just stood there gazing into the middle distance.
short distance
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Carol’s office was only a short distance away, and she decided that she would walk there.
stopping distance
walk a mile/200 metres/a short distance etc
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We must have walked ten miles today.
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I walked all the way to San Rafael.
within (easy) walking distance (of sth) (= near enough to be able to walk to )
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There are plenty of bars and restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.
within easy...distance (= close enough to walk to )
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The park is within easy walking distance .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
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This low coverage is, of course, largely due to the considerable distance of much of the population from the nearest registration office.
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Women who live in non-metropolitan areas must often travel considerable distances because of the shortage of providers.
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The evidence is provided by a number of low scarps which wind for considerable distances across the Mercurian surface.
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They dive into the mist and vanish, only to reappear a few minutes later, some considerable distance away.
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This relates directly to their ancestry; these short-legged hounds were bred to pursue their quarry by scent over considerable distances .
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During this time, they may be carried considerable distances if they are in flowing water.
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The bright colours of flowers make them conspicuous from considerable distances .
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The swordfish, like the sailfish, will follow a school of fish for a considerable distance before it decides to attack.
easy
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Dinner is not provided but there are many eating establishments within easy walking distance .
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It was within easy distance of the lust kiss.
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Are friends and relations who can help in illness or emergency within easy distance ?
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And up this way, in easy hiking distance , the great Knik Glacier.
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Kikuyu farmers had traditionally farmed several plots which were within easy walking distance but had different characteristics of altitude and soil type.
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It hadn't looked an easy distance before, but now it looked impossible.
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Adequate street and multi-storey parking facilities are available within easy walking distance .
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During each year of study, work will be undertaken in both departments which are located within easy walking distance of each other.
far
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The empty dress, a peeling poster of Mae West and in the far distance the Statue of Liberty.
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My glassy eyes look past her, past the camera, and past my father, into the far , far distance .
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BIn the far distance , the flames licked their way toward the beach like lava coming down the mountainsides.
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In the far distance was the blue outline of yet further hills.
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The future was no longer somewhere in the far off distance , but here and now.
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I find many compositions on hills or high vantage points from where you can see into the far distance .
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What I saw was principally field upon field rolling off into the far distance .
full
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Steve Kemp and I became involved in a marathon match which went the full distance .
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You must move the full distance possible.
great
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As a modern, you located the stars at a great distance .
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However, the motion does not remain periodic for any great distance downstream.
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Because of this difference, men keep a greater distance from their children.
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They also allow us to see whether stone with special properties was transported over greater distances .
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They spread her mouth open as if she were screaming a name out over a great distance .
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Seen at a great distance off, further than the eye can see.
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This is particularly important in education, because many parents do not want their children traveling great distances to school.
large
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This is because the gravitational forces are appreciable over much larger distances than the non-gravitational forces.
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The worker must straddle and stretch across the distances , often very large distances.
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In some cases lahars travel large distances and form thick deposits up to tens of metres deep.
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During that time continents, oceans, and mountain chains have moved horizontally and vertically through large distances .
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The sequence adjacent to the insertion site is very well conserved over large evolutionary distances such as between fungi, algae and bacteria.
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The entire physical universe in this conception was only a few times larger than the distance from Earth to the Moon.
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There is however a very large distance between these long-run theoretical considerations and empirical implementation.
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In addition a sky wave is reflected back to earth over large distances .
long
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Over long distances this adds up to thousands of pounds of pressure on your limbs and joints.
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The Communications Ministry said last month national and international long-distance markets would be open to competition this December.
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To cover a longer distance a technique known as double-stepping is employed.
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Ericson reckons that well-heeled long-distance companies such as AT&038;.
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But longer distance homing must require other techniques.
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Like the rest of Britain's many great long distance runners Zarei has this ability to ignore the pain and keep going.
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Driving long distances has taken a vicious toll.
safe
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No longer was it a plan calmly discussed from a safe distance .
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But not all eavesdropping can be accomplished at such a safe distance .
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So, from a safe distance , he plucked meanings from the cosmos and wove them together in reassurance.
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Radar or vision-based sensors in the front of your car will keep it a safe stopping distance from the car ahead.
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She sat down rather stiffly on the grass, being careful to keep a safe distance between them.
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The senator fell into step beside me while some of Bonefish's smaller children followed at a safe distance .
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Bystanders watch from a safe distance as a doctor and nurses go about their business in front of the hospital entrance.
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The best way of avoiding this problem is to ensure that there is a safe distance between the trees and buildings.
short
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Even within a short distance we can see remarkable changes of thickness.
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George was none the less stimulating the cortex, but at another spot, a short distance away from the previous site.
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The Leapors' home was probably a short distance from the nursery.
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He bailed out at just the right time and floated the short distance to earth in a golden parachute.
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The constant switching between long and short distances appears to create myopia.
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By 40, I wore a brace on my left leg and used a motorized scooter to cover all but short distances .
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Alexei stopped a short distance behind him.
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Most chitons are rather sedentary animals, living in one spot and venturing short distances in search of food.
social
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Social psychologists have conducted thousands of studies about stereotypes of outgroups or desired social distance from outgroup members, etc.
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There was less social distance between the rehabilitation staff and patients than between patients and clinicians.
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It has also partly reduced the bureaucratization of farms and lessened the social distance between farmers and their workers.
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Here there was less social distance between head and staff, though the head accepted the main responsibility for initiating and leading.
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There is also an exaggerated demarcation of social distance between ranks, and deferential behavior by subordinate ranks toward superiors.
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Our framework for understanding this is, as with social distance , based firmly within the literature of second language learning.
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For example the accepted social distance between people can vary, even at the level of physical contact in everyday greetings.
walking
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Kikuyu farmers had traditionally farmed several plots which were within easy walking distance but had different characteristics of altitude and soil type.
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Drumnasole is another pretty, secondary glen with a waterfall and is within easy walking distance .
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Also comfortable walking distance of the Lanes, theatres, cinemas, and leisure centre.
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It was the converted first floor of a large terraced house, within walking distance of the university.
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Some sort of teacher was almost always within walking distance of a rural child.
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The Old Vic pub and Rockafellas nightclub are within easy walking distance .
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Brigade H.Q was just at the entrance to the village with everyone within walking distance of each other.
■ VERB
cover
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To cover a longer distance a technique known as double-stepping is employed.
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By 40, I wore a brace on my left leg and used a motorized scooter to cover all but short distances .
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He wasn't sure how Creed had covered the distance between the window and the door.
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The race includes a ladies' race, the first lady taking about five minutes longer to cover the distance .
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Jonathan's walk will cover a distance of about 4,000 miles.
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But for a big landscape, a plane is a major advantage because you can cover much greater distances .
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Hazel covered the distance down the slope in a few seconds.
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Their riders had then to cover long distances on foot, leading their mounts.
keep
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I walk along and she keeps pace and distance .
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At first we kept our distance .
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She sat down rather stiffly on the grass, being careful to keep a safe distance between them.
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It is easy to see it now in the way labor has kept its distance from the plant-closing movement.
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Knowing how easily she could erupt, they kept their distance .
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But Powell is keeping his distance .
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Because of this difference, men keep a greater distance from their children.
measure
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It won't be very accurate in practice, because of difficulty in measuring the distances accurately, but at least it's right.
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Then measure the same distance from the outside down, and that will mark where the floor is on the inside.
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Have a student use one of the yardsticks to measure the distance . 2.
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Both, in their different ways, were measuring the distance between themselves and others.
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A laser altimeter will measure the distance to Eros, gradually assembling a detailed topographical map.
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Hubble was forced, therefore, to use indirect methods to measure the distances .
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Sergeant Ninez was playing with his compass and map, measuring distances and calculating the best route back to Orange.
move
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Only coal was moved long distances by canals, railways and roads.
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Twice they spotted other search boats moving silently in the distance .
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Something seemed to move in the distance .
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After a while, deciding that discretion was preferable, they moved off some distance into the desert parallel to the road.
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This would explain the great effort expended in moving the stones long distances: they had a specific quality and function.
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On the roll of a double the Squig moves the distance indicated but in an entirely random direction.
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You must move the full distance possible.
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This argument is reversed when the load has to move a large distance , because a high operating speed is then required.
put
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Already she had put a little distance between them!
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Ellie had been fighting steadily with Michael, and now decided to put some distance between them.
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Wisdom consists in putting some distance between the soul and such destruction.
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They all need to put some distance between them-selves and the Vanderbilt humiliation.
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The animal loped away, putting more distance between them, then resumed its casual, padding walk along the path.
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Some people put a permanent protective distance between themselves and the betrayal.
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At every turning point they put a greater distance between each other.
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I pulled out of his grip and put some distance between us.
travel
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The warriors always accompany them when they must travel long distances to find green grass.
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He travels great distances to see new varieties.
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In theory, the light could travel any distance along the fibre.
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The albatross may prefer high winds as it can travel huge distances in storms.
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The ball travels the distance you have nominated, plus the score of the Artillery dice.
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Many readers possess their own forms of transport and are prepared to travel reasonable distances within the authority when requiring material urgently.
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This is so that the energy can be made to travel a much greater distance .
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We chose to travel a minimum distance and stayed at Shorefield Country Club in southwest Hampshire.
walk
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They had then walked the short distance to Park Lane, her hand in the crook of James's arm.
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Their B &038; B is within walking distance of the art deco Filberg Lodge with its delightful nine-acre park.
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She'd walked some distance , judging by her shoes, which were worn to pieces.
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On opening day we hunted within walking distance of the cabin.
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Why should Ron choose to delay, then take his car instead of walking the short distance to the Red Lion?
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An empty apartment within walking distance of the harbour was found for us where we could cook and sleep and wash.
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A further consideration was the presence, again within easy walking distance of the site, of the local school.
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The Estrada family lives within walking distance of the Minsa plant.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fair size/amount/number/bit/distance etc
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But a fair number of them went on to greater things.
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It prefers a fair amount of nutritious detritus.
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Scientists must proceed cautiously, moving ahead only with the assent of a fair number of their colleagues.
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Thanks to the inherently leaky nature of the water industry, there is already a fair amount of information to go on.
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That involved a fair amount of travel.
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There was a fair amount going on.
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They'd have a fair bit of tidying up to do before they left.
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You may also be involved in a fair amount of travel.
a goodish distance/number etc
be within spitting distance (of sth)
be within striking distance
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At least then she would know that the oyster skiffs were within striking distance of the shore.
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Besides, we might be within striking distance of the well, a place to camp if necessary.
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He hadn't, but, looking at the map, Branson could see they were within striking distance.
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We are within striking distance of our goal.
the middle distance
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Ezra leaned against the sink and stared off into the middle distance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Measure the distance between the window and the door.
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Now that there's some distance between us and the accident, it's easier to talk about.
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the distance between the earth and the sun
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What is the distance from New York to Miami?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A distance that a bird could cover in an hour might require a week to negotiate.
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At the top end of the paddock Arkle haughtily stares into the distance .
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It is still possible to trace its water courses, some distance from Awre, close to Hall Farm.
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Maskelyne took up, then embraced, then came to personify the lunar distance method.
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She often asked me about the hills in the distance , beyond the moors, and wanted to ride her pony there.
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The result is that their high social mobility does not entail high levels of long distance spatial mobility.
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We watched him closely from a distance .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
try
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Don't try distancing yourself from me by calling me Mr Calder.
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She, too, has tried to distance herself from what she does best, but the good guys need her.
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The lift was small and Rain was trying to distance herself from Oliver without pressing up against Wickham.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fair size/amount/number/bit/distance etc
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But a fair number of them went on to greater things.
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It prefers a fair amount of nutritious detritus.
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Scientists must proceed cautiously, moving ahead only with the assent of a fair number of their colleagues.
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Thanks to the inherently leaky nature of the water industry, there is already a fair amount of information to go on.
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That involved a fair amount of travel.
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There was a fair amount going on.
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They'd have a fair bit of tidying up to do before they left.
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You may also be involved in a fair amount of travel.
a goodish distance/number etc
the middle distance
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Ezra leaned against the sink and stared off into the middle distance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Falconer had apparently been playing with the letters of the name, breaking them up, distancing each from the other.
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Finally, Norman began to distance himself.
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He also chose to distance himself geographically.
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He regards the trappings of power as more important than dogma, and has distanced himself from the Communists more than once.
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In the ensuing political rumpus John Major shamelessly distanced himself from his henchman.
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To many, the world in which they appear to have lived seems to have been distanced from reality.
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You must learn to distance yourself.