I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drill for oil
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Plans to drill for oil off the New South Wales coast have recently been revived.
drilling platform
fire drill
pneumatic drill
power drill
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cordless
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But looking only at professional power drill sales, cordless drills are accounting for 50 percent of the market.
electric
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A sound like an electric drill ran round the room.
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I can knock fifty thousand miles off the clock in a few minutes with my high-speed electric drill .
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Use a hand drill or an electric drill on very low speed.
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An alternative method is to attach an electric drill water pump attachment to the tap.
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Useful machines are an electric drill , a small router to make mortises and mouldings, and a small bandsaw.
pneumatic
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Minutes later he was making a noise like a pneumatic drill .
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At 100 decibels, the level produced by a chain saw or pneumatic drill , the allowable exposure is three hours.
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By that time the cinema had closed down, sold to a firm making fibreglass covers for pneumatic drills .
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Now imagine men are trying to break in using pneumatic drills .
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Perry, in a fishing jacket, moving like a marionette that swallowed a pneumatic drill .
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Her left arm by her side, her right elbow out at an angle and her forearm shaking like a pneumatic drill .
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It's your chance to win a £7000 pneumatic grain drill .
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For years the city vibrated to the sound of diggers and pneumatic drills .
■ NOUN
bit
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It has reverse action which is basically used for removing debris and jammed drill bits .
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It began, according to one member of the drill crew, when they noticed their drill bit was heating up rapidly.
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Drilling was a difficult task, with good bullies causing the demise of many a parent's drill bit .
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A second handle is a very worthwhile extra with a percussion drill , allowing greater control of the drill bit .
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Full instructions for use are supplied, to enable even inexperienced d-i-yers to put the edge back on their drill bits .
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Using the recommended drill bit size, drill through the handrail, then change to masonry drill to go through the wall.
fire
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And practise a family fire drill .
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The advantage of fire drill thinking is that it reminds you that the worst really can happen.
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Immediately fire drills were followed and the building vacated.
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It was sabotaged by an unforeseen fire drill .
power
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But looking only at professional power drill sales, cordless drills are accounting for 50 percent of the market.
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A pump attachment that you can fix to a power drill is useful for emptying the pond to a respectably low level.
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Powered by a power drill , knives, scissors, shears and rotary mower blades can also be sharpened.
■ VERB
know
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He knew nothing about drill , but learned the necessary movements from books and soon gained promotion to chief petty officer.
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There are problems with fuel, problems with parachutes, guns, explosions -- you know the drill .
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Not their fault, they just don't know the drill .
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You know the drill , right?
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Does anyone possess or know which model of drill is needed to power the attachments?
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You know the drill: cut the grass; bag the clippings; haul them to the curb for pickup.
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You know the drill , now let's move!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a dentist's drill
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a marching drill
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multiplication drills
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At 100 decibels, the level produced by a chain saw or pneumatic drill , the allowable exposure is three hours.
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During grammar school, I faint every time we have an air raid drill .
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Essentially the course comprises sequences of language drills.
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Experiment with a variety of drills in natural situations until you find the combination which is the most productive for you.
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Loudspeakers soon announced that the warning was just part of a drill .
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Separate drills need to be set up for each noun class to learn its associated affixes.
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The basic programs also offer games, dictation exercises and drills.
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Then we collected our rifles from the armoury for our first lesson in shooting drill .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
borehole
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If we drill a borehole into the aquifer the groundwater will be under sufficient pressure to overflow from the borehole.
well
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Plans for the three-year exploration phase include drilling three wells and seismic studies at a cost of $ 13 million.
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A third well has also been drilled and is currently being completed, and Pogo has plans to drill a fourth well.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I heard the dentist start drilling, but I couldn't feel anything.
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It sounds like someone's drilling into the wall.
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Oil companies still drill for oil off Santa Barbara.
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We'll have to drill some holes here to put up the shelves.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A third well has also been drilled and is currently being completed, and Pogo has plans to drill a fourth well.
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If we drill a borehole into the aquifer the groundwater will be under sufficient pressure to overflow from the borehole.
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In the process, some 2, 000 miles of tunnels were drilled through the mountains.
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Tannins, another kind of organic molecule, are used in the oil industry to make muds easier to drill .
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They hammered and plowed and drilled.