noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
foreign
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Both these titles were cover-names for the department responsible for eavesdropping on foreign embassies and trade missions in London.
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He did not know his way to the foreign embassies .
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The queues for visas at foreign embassies are getting longer.
soviet
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A Soviet embassy was opened in Tirana on Aug. 13.
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Last week the Soviet embassy in East Berlin even signalled it would not intervene if unrest became uncontrollable.
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He would work within the Soviet embassy .
■ NOUN
official
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Calling in senior embassy officials , Habib instructed them to find out within twenty-four hours who had kidnapped Kim.
staff
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How he had the worst office space in the building, and the worst housing of all the embassy staff .
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The understanding that Faklirti had reached with Mel and Bert did not extend to anyone else on the embassy staff .
■ VERB
bomb
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The party that became notorious in the 1980s for bombing embassies and kidnapping foreigners is now preaching against rudeness.
send
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Otherwise, send the embassy your application, two photos, your passport and a $ 65 money order.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The American Embassy employs 50 local people in administrative positions.
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Travellers in Spain who are worried about the situation are advised to contact the British Embassy in Madrid.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He would work within the Soviet embassy .
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On July 19, a total of 19 people sheltering at the Czechoslovak embassy surrendered to the authorities.
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Repairs to embassy buildings and the replacement of outdated computer hardware are said to be long overdue.
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She had friends in high places everywhere, contacts in embassies.
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There were long gay parties which went on till dawn and finished with a dip in an embassy pool.
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We met the officials of the embassy at dinner that same evening.