noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Dragons' Den
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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He was the most reliable, in spite of that old dragon he married.
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Flame leaked from the nostrils of his proud old dragon .
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I just became a vinegary old dragon , and all my bitterness turned in on myself and affected my heart.
■ VERB
kill
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He is the lone crusader righting wrongs, rescuing damsels, killing dragons .
look
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Is there anything in the dressing-up box that looks like dragon skin?
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It looked like a dragon , or some type of crocodile.
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Through the mists of agony and fear he looked back at the dragon .
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She may look like a fire-breathing dragon , but butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
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Rincewind made the mistake of glancing downwards, and found himself looking through the dragon to the treetops below.
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As the rocks flashed into furnace heat he looked up at the dragon that now occupied more than half the cell.
slay
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No, I suppose not. Slay the dragons , feed the poor.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chase the dragon
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyone between five and 11 can enter, and the task is to draw, paint or model a green dragon .
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As the strength of the dragons waned so did the power of the Dragon Princes.
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Is there anything in the dressing-up box that looks like dragon skin?
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Now the dragons are few and those that are left slumber deeply.
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There, a little way along, a dragon had been painted on the wall in green.
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With the Sun in its present state of inactivity there are unlikely to be any dragons worth chasing.
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Word arrived from Caledor that the dragons had been roused.