I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cough drop ( also a cough sweet British English ) (= a sweet you suck to make a cough less irritating )
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He was sucking on a cough sweet.
a decline/drop in standards
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There has been a general decline in standards of literacy among undergraduates.
a dramatic fall/drop/decline
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Between these years there was a dramatic fall in youth employment.
a drop of blood
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Police found tiny drops of blood in the apartment.
a drop of rain
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Robert felt a drop of rain on his face.
a drop/cut in salary (= a reduction in salary )
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He couldn’t afford to take a drop in salary.
a drop/fall in temperature
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At night there is a dramatic drop in temperature.
a fall/decline/drop in exports
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There has been a decline in exports and an increase in oil prices.
a fall/drop in prices
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Poor demand led to a sharp drop in prices.
a fall/drop in sales
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Some jobs may be cut following a big drop in sales.
a fall/drop in value
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There was a sudden drop in the value of oil.
a number falls/drops/goes down/decreases/declines
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The number of new houses being built is falling steadily.
abandon/give up/drop a pretence (= stop pretending that you are doing something or that something is true )
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Maria had abandoned any pretence of having faith of any kind long ago.
drag and drop
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You can drag and drop text like this.
drift/drop off to sleep (= start sleeping, especially without meaning to )
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She’d drifted off to sleep on the sofa.
drop a bomb (= from a plane )
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Government forces began dropping bombs on rebel positions.
drop a case (= not continue with it )
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The case was dropped because of a lack of evidence.
drop a hint (= give a hint )
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She was dropping quite a few hints about what she'd like for her birthday.
drop a lawsuit (= to stop taking a lawsuit to court )
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First Bank agreed to drop its lawsuits against another bank as a result of the decision.
drop a stitch (= lose a stitch because the wool has come off the needle )
drop a subject (= stop talking about it )
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To her relief, Julius dropped the subject.
drop cloth
drop dead date
drop dead (= die suddenly )
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He dropped dead at the age of 52.
drop goal
drop litter
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People who drop litter can be fined in some cities.
drop out of university (= leave before finishing your course )
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He dropped out of university in order to join a rock band.
drop out of/withdraw from the race
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He dropped out of the presidential race three weeks ago.
drop sb from a team (= decide that someone should not play for a team )
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He has been dropped from the team because of injury.
drop shot
drop the charges (= decide not to go on with a court case )
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The prosecution dropped the charges in 2005.
drop your aitches (= not pronounce the letter H at the beginning of words )
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People with Cockney accents tend to drop their aitches.
drop/lower your eyes (= look down at the ground )
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The servants lowered their eyes as the countess walked past.
dropped anchor
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We dropped anchor a few yards offshore.
dropped the bombshell
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Finally, she dropped the bombshell . She was pregnant, she said.
dropping a...clanger (= making a silly or embarrassing remark )
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He’s being blamed for dropping a massive political clanger .
ear drops
every last drop/bit/scrap etc (= all of something, including even the smallest amount of it )
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They made us pick up every last scrap of paper.
exports fall/decline/drop
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Exports of gas and oil continued to fall while imports of raw materials have risen.
eye drops
fall/drop sharply
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Oil prices fell sharply.
fall/drop/sink to the floor
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He let his cigarette fall to the floor.
imports fall/drop
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Imports of consumer goods fell sharply in December.
let the matter rest/drop (= stop discussing or worrying about something )
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I was too curious to let the matter drop.
lower/drop your gaze (= look down )
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Her eyes met his and she immediately dropped her gaze.
mail drop
rain drop
sales fall/drop/go down (= become lower )
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European sales have fallen by 12%.
sb’s mouth falls/drops open (= in surprise )
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‘Me?’ she said, her mouth dropping open.
sb’s voice drops (= becomes lower )
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Lockhart’s voice dropped so that it could only just be heard.
sink/fall/drop to your knees (= move so that you are kneeling )
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Tim fell to his knees and started to pray.
the temperature falls/drops
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Last winter, the temperature fell below freezing on only five days.
the wind drops/dies down (= becomes less strong )
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The wind had dropped a little.
vertical cliff/climb/drop etc (= one that is very high or steep )
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a gorge lined with vertical cliffs
withdraw from a course/drop out of a course (= leave it without finishing it )
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She had to withdraw from the course because of illness.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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By 1880, however it had dropped away to under 200,000 tons.
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This is a positive procedure, and when the healing has taken place the scab drops away .
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On either score, actual artists and their intentions somehow dropped away .
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The trouble and ache of the last few minutes circled the center of his feeling and then dropped away .
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In the following year membership reached a peak, before dropping away in 1938 and 1939.
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Indeed, as the stereotypes dropped away , humans astonished them-selves with the ranges of behavior they could thrive within.
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Memory of Sweet Home dropped away from the eyes of the man she was being girlish for.
back
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She half-ran, half-walked, taking a wide curve around the villa and dropping back down towards it on the western side.
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George W.. Bush believes it might be time to drop back and punt the primary back to May.
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The diary she dropped back into her handbag.
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And if you do something wrong again, you drop back another level.
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Speed had dropped back and Wallace moved upwards in the second half.
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Instead, after Napoleon Kaufman lost two yards on a running play, Hobert dropped back to pass.
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The answer is to drop back to conscious competence every now and again to check things out and eradicate the bad habits.
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Then they dropped back out of sight.
by
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Then, next time you drop by , it will know you.
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Again, you just never know when they might want to drop by .
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If that rose even to 1.5, travel times would drop by nearly a quarter and pollution by around a fifth.
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No more lamp all night long, or neighbors dropping by .
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But violent crime has dropped by almost a quarter in the past three years.
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When people drop by to see her, she sends them away.
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Father Christmas dropped by during the meal.
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The benchmark 30-year Treasury bond dropped by nearly a full point just minutes after news of the budget problems reached traders.
down
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Trent dropped down into the galley and took his time searching out a tin of ginger biscuits.
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Key dropped down for a sidearm fastball with two strikes, but he left it up around the chin.
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Something was not quite right, so without hesitation he dropped down on to the deck.
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Song or no song, he had dropped down on the bed beside her and put his hand over hers.
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I drop down Like the night.
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The track eventually drops down to a road.
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Two miles or so past Tintagel the path drops down to Trebawith Strand.
dramatically
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The number of people in the catchment area of the resource centre who now seek residential care has dropped dramatically .
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But when a manganese plant south of the city closed, those levels dropped dramatically .
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But their levels are dropping dramatically .
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Now the rate of new infections drops dramatically along a mathematical curve almost the opposite of the one it initially rose upon.
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Deformation modes involving hydrogen also drop dramatically in frequency on isotopic substitution.
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The results were predictable: Drug use dropped dramatically .
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Since then the incidence of the disease, which can cause severe paralysis, has dropped dramatically .
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Above 85 decibels, the permitted time exposure without hearing protection drops dramatically .
in
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I could drop in at your place about five or six.
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One day at my suggestion he dropped in to look it over.
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Then let the solution cool down, being careful not to let any dust drop in .
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Keep a folder on your desk, and during the year drop in notes about the special things you did.
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Railway Tavern where Ted sometimes drops in to meet her on Friday nights.
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It made it that much harder for the Washington press corps to drop in and snoop.
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Pilate, in brown suit and sunglasses, seems to have dropped in from Palermo.
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Pierce Brosnan also dropped in recently.
off
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Graham Hunsley, mitigating, said Twohig dropped off food to save a calf which would otherwise have been slaughtered.
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Singer wins 20 but drops off to seven and seven for the Angels.
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Their height drops off only linearly with distance.
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There were four short reviews to do and I dropped off between three and four.
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In response, body temperature falls, metabolism slows, and we prepare to drop off .
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I fell asleep .... cackle cackle - I dropped off .
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By the fall of 1924 the bulletins were becoming scarcer as the traffic dropped off to zero.
out
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But in the second week the children drop out because they are hungry.
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It was in the 70s, and lots of people dropped out , even elite runners.
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It shows how good Batts is because normally Dalglish makes one offer - if it s rejected he drops out altogether.
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He acted out his airport trick and showed how the money had dropped out of his pockets.
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Fitzpatrick has replaced Tilbury Douglas on the bidder list after it dropped out .
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Later, two of my cousins entered law, although one has dropped out to be a chef.
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Of the children who started school in 1983, 50 percent had dropped out after four years.
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I had dropped out of grad school at the beginning of the semester.
sharply
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Her opinion of Benedict Beckenham dropped sharply .
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After three decades of promotion, the Pap test is largely the reason why cervical cancer deaths have dropped sharply .
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Their balance of payments deficits have been alarmingly large, and their currencies have dropped sharply , aggravating their inflationary problems.
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As in Iowa, New Hampshire had recovered from a 1992 recession and had seen unemployment drop sharply .
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In a separate report, the Conference Board, a research group, said consumer confidence dropped sharply in January.
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Violent incidents such as kidnapping and sabotage dropped sharply last year.
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The limits are imposed after futures prices drop sharply .
suddenly
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It was like being in an elevator which suddenly drops from the top of a twenty storey building to the basement.
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The penny suddenly drops , and he is revealed as the one who makes sense of life.
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Tennessee Williams has written about several football heroes who suddenly drop through the floor at the height of their prowess.
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It would have been very hard for him to have suddenly dropped her after all she had endured.
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He dropped suddenly on to the edge of the bed.
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He then suddenly drops to the ground on the left knee, placing the left hand on the floor in front of him.
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Several calls have been eventually connected but are suddenly dropped by the system for no apparent reason. 4.
to
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Rho Cassiopeiæ, in the same constellation, fluctuates around magnitude 5, but very occasionally drops to below 6.
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The occupancy rate of the hotel had dropped to about one in four rooms last year, he added.
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By 1988 this had dropped to about 15 percent of spruce, and other species such as pine and fir showed similar improvements.
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It occurs when the temperature drops to between 22-25°C.
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Today, he estimates, the number of collectors has dropped to about 50.
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For a relatively prosperous family, spending on cooking probably drops to less than 5 percent of the annual income.
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Martin Brookes has been appointed as the new chairman and succeeds Charlie Jones, who drops to vice chairman.
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From a daytime 70-75F the mercury drops to below freezing.
■ NOUN
bomb
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Kit dropped his bombs and climbed to escape their shock waves.
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Sixteen billion gallons of water dropped like a bomb on the town below.
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They dropped ninety-three bombs and caused casualties and damage at a rate Paris had not experienced before.
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Can you imagine what would happen if they dropped a bomb on the Suq al-Sabat?
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I was a crew member of the Enola Gay, the B29 that dropped a bomb on Hiroshima.
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It tells of homes set aflame, planes dropping turpentine bombs and the wanton shooting of unarmed black men on the street.
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We asked who led the Lancasters into action when they dropped their bouncing bombs .
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They come in at treetop level and drop these bombs .
bombshell
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Then, one day in May, Kathleen dropped a bombshell .
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However, it was while in the midst of dealing with her father's problems that her husband had dropped his bombshell .
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Jackie drops the bombshell as she and Jimmy happily tell each other how much they love each other after 27 years together.
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There is a funny, touching reconciliation scene, and then Michael drops his bombshell .
charge
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It is thought that banks will now be forced to drop their charges for those who wish to transfer.
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Moreover, battered women often wind up dropping the charges as reconciliation with the abuser.
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We have to drop the charge and put the painful memories on one side.
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Like making sure they drop the charges against me.
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He's dropping the charges against Jamie.
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Although the dropping of the charges was a big story, it faded as quickly as the Cowboys in the playoffs.
floor
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She dropped Wilfred on to the floor .
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You must never drop it on the floor and never touch it without washing your hands and face.
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Tennessee Williams has written about several football heroes who suddenly drop through the floor at the height of their prowess.
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He let the boy drop to the floor .
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Anyone who had drugs on them dropped them to the floor .
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Keep the napkin square on your lap or it will fall off, and you may not drop anything on the floor .
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I dropped to the floor , hopeful I had found a gap in the defences, and stopped dead.
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Mattie wiggled out of the bottom of her pajamas and dropped them on the floor .
hand
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Because Ludo and I drop our hands to where our holsters would be, and brush our jackets aside.
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The Human Body dropped from his hands , snapped open, and the innards scattered all over the dirt floor.
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He drops his hands over his feet.
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I went to open the window as though to hope some breeze might seduce her forth, and dropped my hand .
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It dropped into Thérèse's hands .
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Mr Ward dropped in with his hands full of wildflowers, and then Frank Sargent on his way fishing.
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George dropped his hands from his face, and very quickly realized that the young man was longing to unburden himself.
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He dropped his hands to his side.
head
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There was certainly something different about this one, she thought dreamily, and dropped her head on his shoulder again.
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Barnabas dropped his head on his front paws.
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Six month old Hannah Davies was dropped on her head .
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Laura sobbed, and dropped her head .
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He swung himself to sit on the edge of the bed, and dropped his head in his hands.
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Wally dropped his head into my lap and began nuzzling my crotch.
hint
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They managed to see Maeda who dropped hints and told them to be circumspect.
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He was apparently out of favor with the judges, some of whom had dropped subtle hints that Galindo should move on.
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Little by little he dropped hints , but no details.
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Occasionally he dropped hints on this matter to Gina.
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Despite my misgivings, I dropped heavy hints at home.
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But sometimes, the trash drops a hint to a waiter.
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He assured me he hadn't mentioned the glass to anyone, hadn't dropped any hints .
knee
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He dropped to one knee and stayed there.
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I looked up at the numbers lighting faster than I could count and dropped to my knees .
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So that she knew when he stood up and walked round to drop to his knees beside her.
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Gardner dropped to his knees in prayer.
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Thérèse dropped to her knees and tried to kiss his ring.
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After the thanksgiving over the water, George dropped to his knees on a braided rug.
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Kirov dropped to his knees , gingerly placing his ear over the man's heart.
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After Federer ended the match with an ace, he dropped to his knees .
line
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Do drop me a line , Mrs Surridge, or anyone else who's interested.
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Other cities have dropped their line items without allowing departments to keep any of their savings.
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If he can not do so, perhaps he will drop me a line .
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Do spare time to drop me a line .
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If any walls appear to lean, check by going back to the nearest upper window and drop a plumb line down.
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So if there are any problems drop me a line .
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What ever the reason is, Mr Heaps, please drop us a line to tell us about it.
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Then get cracking, drop me a line with your suggestions.
percent
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Especially for a company whose sales have dropped 14 percent in the last five years.
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Tariffs on imported cars would drop from 85 percent to 60 percent in 1991 and to 35 percent by 1994.
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If the family earns $ 100, 000, the tax bill drops by 22 percent .
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While sales of petrol engined cars dropped by almost 32 percent , sales of diesels rose by nine percent.
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Imports dropped 9. 9 percent to $ 6. 31 billion, the government said in a statement.
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Revenue dropped 35 percent to $ 789.5 million.
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Over the next three years, federal prosecutions of drug cases dropped 12 percent and drug interdiction spending fell 35 percent.
points
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One of the fastest ways to list is simply to drop your points on the page, numbering as you go.
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The party's share of vote was squeezed, dropping five points from 1987 to 18 percent.
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The Commodity Research Bureau index dropped 2. 33 points to 242. 90.
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But if they drop points , Leicester City or Derby County could triumph in a nail-biting finish.
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Last Nov. 15, amid rumors she had become bearish on stocks, the market dropped 55 points in midday trading.
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The Conservatives are down one point to 34 %, and the Liberal Democrats have dropped three points to 13 %.
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For every day I stayed in Rochester, my intelligence quotient dropped another ten points .
price
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Now the price has dropped to fifteen, sometimes less.
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Philip Morris' stock price dropped 6 1 / 8 points to 115 7 / 8.
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As crude oil prices dropped , many governments raised their taxes on gasoline.
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In little more than a decade the price would drop to eighteen cents.
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When delivery was actually made, the market price had dropped to 42s. 6d.
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And many blacks argue that the difference is not a matter of economics, particularly with computer prices dropping .
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Ironically that is also the reason behind yesterday's good news for motorists that petrol prices are to drop .
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The almost inevitable result: Housing prices will drop , hurting homeowners.
rate
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Then on Wednesday night he forecast that interest rates would drop - fuelling the City boom.
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If you travel between April 7-21, the rate drops to $ 70 because the resort throws in free skiing.
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The society's rates drop by 0.7% to 9.29% on December 1.
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The crash rate had dropped from one every 13, 000 flying hours to one every 5O, 000.
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Within one generation, the predation rate drops to the level found in areas where the animals have long co-existed.
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Both rates dropped from 1994 levels.
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The theft rate began to drop first in the Interior region and then in the Intermediate area.
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When interest rates drop , the value of short-duration bond funds can drop too.
school
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He has dropped out of school because he is not interested in studies.
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Don dropped out of school in June, dashing all hope of be-coming a lawyer.
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Children drop out of school to find jobs.
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You want to drop out of school ?
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Many of them drop out of school , too exhausted to study.
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At 16, Williams dropped out of school to sing in nightclubs and the flourishing dance scene at South Side social clubs.
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One indication of that success is that virtually no one drops out of school .
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He dropped out of graduate school and began writing Apple programs.
subject
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There was a long silence as Merrill fought a desire to drop the subject which had goaded her ever since Elise died.
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I dropped the subject , but the gossip persisted.
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Currently, disaffected pupils can drop two subjects to spend up to a day a week in the workplace.
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He just nodded and dropped the subject .
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University entrance students choose between science and social science and drop some subjects .
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But suppose we drop the subject of Elise for this evening?
temperature
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When the temperature drops they become dormant but remain alive.
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In addition, body temperature begins to drop and muscles begin to relax.
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Thanks to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream, the climate is also mild, temperatures rarely dropping much below freezing.
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An ice age begins slowly, almost imperceptibly, when the average temperature drops by a few degrees.
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It occurs when the temperature drops to between 22-25°C.
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The wind was howling and the temperature was dropping fast.
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Even during the winter, when the nights are cool, the daytime temperature barely drops below 25C.
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If the temperature drops below 80, I start shivering.
voice
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Remember that most people tend to drop their voices at the end of a sentence.
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She dropped her voice to a scratchy whisper.
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She dropped her voice to a harsh whisper. ` I don't want to hear anything!
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(have/drop) a word in sb's ear
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A word in the ear of the Weatherfield constabulary.
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His resolve ends when again he wakes at dawn with prophetic words in his ears.
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If I were you I'd drop a quiet word in her ear before it's too late.
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Mixed blessings' A word in your ear.
be dying/dropping etc like flies
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Grocer profits While other retailers are dropping like flies , supermarkets are making fat profits.
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Our kids are dropping like flies .
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The men were dying like flies , of fever.
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They should be dropping like flies , but that hasn't been the case.
drop dead!
drop sb a line
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What do you think? Drop me a line at the Washington Post Weekend section and share your thoughts.
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Why don't you give me a call or drop me a line sometime?
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Do drop me a line , Mrs Surridge, or anyone else who's interested.
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Do spare time to drop me a line .
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If any walls appear to lean, check by going back to the nearest upper window and drop a plumb line down.
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If he can not do so, perhaps he will drop me a line .
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Other cities have dropped their line items without allowing departments to keep any of their savings.
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So if there are any problems drop me a line .
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Then get cracking, drop me a line with your suggestions.
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What ever the reason is, Mr Heaps, please drop us a line to tell us about it.
drop the ball
drop/go down like ninepins
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Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs, flailing hooves and broken lances.
fit to drop
knockout pills/drops etc
sb's jaw dropped
the bottom drops/falls out of the market
the penny (has) dropped
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At this point the penny dropped.
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I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny dropped.
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Suddenly the penny dropped, and Meredith knew why he'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion.
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Then the penny dropped and he realised that the man had meant a fan- bearer.
you could hear a pin drop
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A few pine cones had already dropped to the ground.
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Allied planes began dropping bombs at midnight Tuesday.
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As soon as she saw him she dropped her suitcases and ran towards him.
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Barbara dropped her voice so Nelson wouldn't hear.
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Be careful not to drop that bowl, it's very valuable.
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Because of strong opposition, the government has dropped plans to increase taxes on fuel.
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Getz dropped McCallum with a right blow to the jaw.
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He couldn't run fast enough, so the coach dropped him.
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Her hands shake constantly and she keeps dropping things.
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I'll drop you at the corner, okay?
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I'm too busy to just drop everything and go out for the day.
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I dropped my sunglasses and they broke.
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I don't think this article will be of interest to our readers. Let's drop it.
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I have to drop 25 pounds to fit in the costume.
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I nearly dropped my glass on the floor when they said I'd won.
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I need to drop off these papers at Bob's.
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I think I may drop French next year and concentrate on my other languages.
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If you take four classes you can drop one later if you need to.
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Margaret dropped the letters onto her desk.
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Marian has dropped all her old friends since she started college.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A buyer might say that he is willing to buy if the seller drops his price by £100.
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Clarisa reclaimed him an hour later as the sun dropped into the ocean.
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He dropped a potential game-winning touchdown pass in the end zone on fourth down against Green Bay with 11 seconds left.
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Lily dropped a cube of sugar into her champagne and they clinked glasses, still laughing.
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Minnesota Educational Computing Corp., which sells educational software, dropped 15 percent, or 3, to 17.
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Studies had shown that the more assessment tests a student failed, the likelier that student was to drop out.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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And manufacturers report a big drop in new orders.
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The same could happen in San Diego, but even the new competitors are warning against expecting a big price drop .
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Then at the bottom of that big drop , it was like crashing through the seat into the ground.
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Services had 30, 736 fewer unemployed, the biggest drop in nominal terms of any group.
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A big drop took place in rates of partitioning.
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At first, that looks like a big drop in pay.
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The big drop over the past five years since the 1987 election is welcome news.
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Meanwhile, new-homes sales plummeted by 10.9 percent in January, the biggest drop in seven years.
dramatic
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It had an immediate effect, causing a long term, and dramatic drop in the Club's profits.
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Could these factors contribute to a dramatic drop in the self-esteem of schoolgirls?
large
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In the meantime, a sudden cloud had appeared, and a few large drops of rain spattered the courtyard.
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To be sure, a large-enough drop in heating oil demand could undermine a rebound in prices, analysts said.
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Most patients were experiencing a large drop in viral load.
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The large drops leave the spray behind and pass on to hit the target.
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Tonight she would wear the swinging strands of rolled gold ending in one large crystal drop .
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Also similar is the absence of a large drop in production in the immediate years after the land reforms in these countries.
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Analysis of the health service performance indicators shows a large drop in the proportion of night visits performed by deputising services.
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The ants like to feed on the sugary liquid which the aphids produce in large drops from their rear end.
sharp
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A sharp drop in population coupled with forest regeneration in the Basin of Pátzcuaro may have significantly reduced erosion.
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One reason: a sharp drop in the number of undergraduate students choosing economics as a major.
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The resulting sharp drop in its levels causes the lining of the womb, along with the unfertilised egg, to be shed.
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The decline was in part due to a sharp drop in gasoline prices.
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Far better to await a further sharp drop in mortgage rates into the high or even middling single digits.
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Last year, a sharp drop in interest rates boosted the value of a 30-year Treasury bond by more than 30 percent.
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Cuts in salaries, bonuses and overtime payments have reduced many family-incomes and caused a sharp drop in consumer spending.
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Nevertheless, he said the sharp drop in the book-to-bill came as a surprise.
sheer
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There was a sheer drop , half the height of a man, down to the water's surface.
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The fourth side of the clearing was sheer cliff drop , attended by a barrier of split rails.
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There is a wind-blown cornice of about one and a half metres overhanging a sheer drop of about eight metres.
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He'd had a short walk after the service and every path seemed to end in a cliff or a sheer drop .
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The road was overhung with rocks and the view from the driver's window was a sheer drop .
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They parked and walked to the cape where there was a terrifying sheer drop to the sea.
significant
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On the other hand Marsh did find that there was a statistically significant drop in the excess returns after 1968.
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Among the 50 largest cities, there was a significant drop: from 9 percent in 1990 to 5 percent in 1998.
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The first is the significant drop in nationally funded research grants that has occurred over the past 10 to 15 years.
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The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending.
single
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It was great fun and they worked so carefully they didn't spill one single drop of sponge mixture.
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We prayed for rain at supper every evening, and for three months not a single drop fell from the sky.
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Finally the rain came, slowly at first in single drops , then in a sudden burst that pelted the houses like shrapnel.
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Up until this time it was unknown whether it was a single stream a single drop , or a series of drops.
small
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Still, on-the-move shifting was simple and even a small gearing drop helps.
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The air is full of bits of dust and small drops of water.
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The day was a huge success, despite a small drop in attendance figures.
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For a somewhat analogous situation, think of a small drop of ink placed in a large container of water.
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He stood there under his umbrella, watching the rain slide off it in small , fine drops .
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A small minority drop showers of recoverable meteorites on the ground, but most are utterly disrupted in their final explosion.
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Occasionally a drop would splash against the deck next to my face and spawn smaller drops that landed on my nose.
steep
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I saw the frightened horses on the edge of a steep drop .
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Big Thunder is weak as roller coasters go with no steep drops or loops.
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On his second wave he took a steep drop and his nose dug in.
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The index earlier was down 100 points, its steepest drop since Dec. 18.
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Already there was a very steep drop and as she looked up her heart almost stopped.
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The river has curved round and Odd-Knut has drawn up a few metres from the edge of a very steep drop .
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Then there is a much steeper drop up to 2,000 fathoms.
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Turn right, with a steep drop on the left where the path descends towards the Upper Neuadd reservoir.
sudden
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Scientists had discovered that a sudden drop in cabin pressure had caused some types of implants to swell rapidly.
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This makes their prices less vulnerable to sudden drops .
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A sudden drop in the wind told her the worst was over.
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From that jumping-off point, the plot hits hairpin turns, sudden cliff drops and delirious loops of logic and technology.
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But she had no leisure to enjoy the spectacle of Mrs Quatt's sudden drop from favour.
vertical
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It can not climb back from a vertical drop since it lacks the body diameter of the rabbit.
■ NOUN
eye
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Sterile eye drops can be purchased for this purpose.
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Both eye irritation and redness are helped with lubricating eye drops and eye ointments.
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They also have literature on the correct use of things such as eye drops and inhalers.
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Patients receive an eye drop anaesthetic for the procedure which is only available privately at a cost of £1,300 per eye.
goal
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He was responsible for 12 of Ireland's 17 points, comprised of two penalties and two drop goals .
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A Hughie Nicholson try and a conversion, penalty and drop goal from Bland earned City the points.
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He added to his first-half penalty with two second-half drop goals and landed a further penalty.
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Gary Parker, who was playing at scrum-half, kicked two conversions while David Leighton landed a drop goal .
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His superb line-kicking and two brilliant last-minute drop goals brought wild scenes to Stradey Park.
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If the drop goal were reduced to two points and the penalty goal to two points, that would be more sensible.
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Cardiff won 15-6, with four penalties and a drop goal by fly half Adrian Davies.
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Fox scored two tries, five goals and a neatly-taken drop goal.
point
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Only 49 % gave him their approval-a 10-\#point drop on the previous survey.
price
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Gilts suffered too, with price drops of up to a point.
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The same could happen in San Diego, but even the new competitors are warning against expecting a big price drop .
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The Chester-based group announced profits of more than £111ma 17.4% jump which sparked an immediate 1% price drop for its 1.3m customers.
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Few price drops are expected as the season progresses.
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Once patent life has ended, the manufacturers' price drops and parallel trading is barely profitable.
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That followed a 19 % price drop on Tuesday.
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It could mean a price drop of around ten per cent.
temperature
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This temperature drop is represented by the vertical line DD' in the phase diagram.
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They sat there with the door open to let the temperature drop before driving off.
■ VERB
add
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Pour about half a litre of near-boiling water into a bowl and add two to four drops of essential oil.
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For a 1 or 2 percent concentration, add one or two drops of essential oil to each teaspoonful of base oil.
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If the greenery is grimy add a drop of washing-up liquid.
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It's much better to add a little up to drop the nose.
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The simplest method is to add five or six drops of essential oil on to a handkerchief and inhale as required.
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Occasionally, I add 3 drops of cedarwood to this blend which brings it down a little. 2.
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Whisk the egg which and add a flew drops of flavouring &038; colouring. 3.
cause
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That move caused such a drop in viewing figures that regulators ordered it to be restored to its former place.
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The number of workers on long-term layoffs also declined, causing a drop in the value of unemployment claims.
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So what caused the big drop in the market?
fall
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Of the dailies, Today's circulation has registered the worst seasonal drop , falling to 466,631 from 513,673.
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A drop of water fell on her bare arm and she jerked, a little bitten-off exclamation.
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Icy drops of water fell from them on to her sun-warmed arms.
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The party broke up early when the sky darkened and the first drops of rain fell .
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They had walked past the cottages and were half-way down the hill when the first drop of rain fell .
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The drop was attributed to falling prices for raw materials, a sign of weaker industrial demand.
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The next evening was dark and cloudy; a storm threatened and already the first drops of rain were falling .
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But every drop that fell contained the promise of another leaf, another blossom, another blade of grass in the spring.
show
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Monthly rainfall figures show a 16-fold drop in rainfall from September 1988 to the start of last year.
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Industrial output for January showed a drop of 1.2 percent and only 81.9 percent of industrial capacity was in use.
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Government figures for 1998 and 1999 also show the sharpest drop in any year since 1970.
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Analysis of the health service performance indicators shows a large drop in the proportion of night visits performed by deputising services.
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Figures out today show a drop of thirty-five percent in the number of murders.
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Such critical features of the peasant economy as horse-ownership showed a disastrous drop during the late nineteenth century.
suffer
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The Socialists suffered a sharp drop in votes and seats.
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The Berras did not, for example, have to suffer through a 43-percent drop in 1931.
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The major financial effect was for the Gazette which suffered a £1.3m drop in income against the original 1992 budget.
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However, it is possible to lose weight and not suffer a large drop in metabolic rate.
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He outclasses the nerdy Damon, and the picture suffers a drop in voltage when Law is off-screen.
touch
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Men in the North still drink the most with East Anglian males hardly touching a drop .
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Gently touch this drop on to the surface of the spreading solution.
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When we are rehearsing and recording he never touches a drop of alcohol; but afterwards there are many toasts and celebrations.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(have/drop) a word in sb's ear
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A word in the ear of the Weatherfield constabulary.
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His resolve ends when again he wakes at dawn with prophetic words in his ears.
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If I were you I'd drop a quiet word in her ear before it's too late.
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Mixed blessings' A word in your ear.
drop dead!
drop/go down like ninepins
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Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs, flailing hooves and broken lances.
fit to drop
knockout pills/drops etc
let sth drop/rest/lie
the bottom drops/falls out of the market
you could hear a pin drop
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After he finished telling the story you could have heard a pin drop.
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It was so quiet in the hall you could hear a pin drop.
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You could hear a pin drop in the auditorium during Norvell's speech.
you could hear a pin drop
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Add a few drops of vanilla essence, the egg white and half the butter.
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Big drops of rain slid down the window pane.
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Despite the air drops of food and tents, the refugees continue to suffer.
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It's a twenty-five-foot drop from this cliff.
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She applied a few drops of perfume behind her ears and smiled at her reflection in the mirror.
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There was a sudden drop in the plane's altitude.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In fact, each individual drop of water is describing a circular motion which takes it nowhere overall.
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It was the worst one-day stock market drop since the Great Crash of 1929.
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Maggie slid from the saddle and held the reins, her eyes on the drop to the lake.
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Multiply the number of widths by the number of pattern repeats per drop to give the total number of pattern repeats required.
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Then for every drop of oil that stuck to the chopstick a drop of water remained in the bottle.
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Unfortunately, the talent level took a definite drop by the late-1980s.
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Worrell had achieved any captain's dream of knowing that his players would give their last drop of sweat just for him.