I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fine day/morning/evening
a fun day/evening etc
a morning/afternoon/evening shift
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All the machines are cleaned at the end of every afternoon shift.
a summer's day/evening ( also a summer day/evening )
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It was a beautiful summer's day.
an even number (= 2, 4, 6, 8 etc )
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All even numbers can be divided by 2.
an evening bag (= a small bag that a woman takes out with her in the evening )
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She put her lipstick in a black velvet evening bag.
an evening breeze
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People were out walking, enjoying the evening breeze.
an evening class
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Mum goes to an evening class on Tuesdays.
an evening dress (= a formal dress to wear in the evening )
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She arrived in a red evening dress.
an evening paper
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Ian usually buys an evening paper on his way home.
an evening/midday meal
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The evening meal is served at 7.30.
better still/even better
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It was even better than last year.
chilly day/night/evening etc
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a chilly November morning
early in the morning/afternoon/evening
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We set off early in the morning.
early morning/afternoon/evening
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The lake looked beautiful in the pale early morning light.
even though
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Pascal went ahead with the experiment even though he knew it was dangerous.
even worse
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My cooking’s even worse than yours.
even (= all of the same height )
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His teeth were white and even.
even/equal British English (= one in which everyone has the same chance of winning )
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One of the men was much older so it was hardly an even contest.
evening class
evening clothes
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I don’t often have a chance to wear formal evening clothes.
evening dress
evening primrose
evening wear formal (= clothes worn to formal events in the evening )
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The band were dressed in evening wear.
good evening
in the cool of the evening
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They went for a stroll in the cool of the evening .
keep sth/get sth back on an even keel
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Now that the crisis is over, we must try to get things back on an even keel.
maybe even
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You have talent, maybe even genius.
morning/afternoon/evening calm
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A scream shattered the late afternoon calm.
morning/evening/midnight etc Mass
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Will I see you at morning Mass?
or, even worse
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The business could become less profitable or, even worse , could close down.
the morning/afternoon/evening sun
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We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunlight
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Their armour glinted in the early morning sunlight.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunshine
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The morning sunshine brightened the room.
the morning/evening mist
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The sun broke through the morning mist.
the morning/evening/night air
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He stepped out and breathed in the cold morning air.
the night/evening/morning sky
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The moon is the brightest object visible in the night sky.
wedding/evening/ball gown
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a white silk wedding gown
yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
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Anna left yesterday afternoon.
‘Don’t even go there!’
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‘What if the two of them ...?’ ‘Don’t even go there!’
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(even) if it kills me
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I'm going to finish this even if it kills me.
call it/things even
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Since you bought the movie tickets and I bought dinner, let's just call it even.
even if
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Athletes are a mirror of society, even if sometimes their images are blown out of proportion.
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But even if that is the case, you might be well ahead by taking the loan.
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Can educators regulate the contents of school-sponsored publications or plays even if they do not cause disruption?
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He later said he had been prepared to go ahead with the attack even if it led to war.
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In such a revolution, even if it is bloodless, complete justice can never be attained.
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It is still rationalized by an elaborate and traditional, even if meretricious, theory of consumer demand.
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Scars Of Sweet Paradise is worth reading as a slice of cultural history, even if one has no interest in Joplin.
good evening
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A bad morning, a good afternoon and - perhaps - an even better evening .
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A policeman walked by, wished me good evening and ushered a warning.
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Ah, good evening , Lestrade!
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Behind the glass I see her tell everyone good evening .
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But for now from all the team, have a very good evening .
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Dearest Timothy: It is a good evening to sit in this pleasant room and write a letter.
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Have a good evening . 1904 How can you, you have class tomorrow night?
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We exchange slightly embarrassed good evenings with them as we leave.
make a day/night/evening of it
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Why don't you make a day of it and have lunch with us?
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I had known Sophie for about three months by then, and she insisted on making an evening of it.
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Imagine how lovely it would be - you could take the whole family and make a day of it.
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They make a day of it, tailgating before the game and, weather permitting, after it, too.
not (even) blink
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Residents didn't even blink when the chemicals company set up business in town.
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And yet Stillman had not even blinked .
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But in the stagecraft of dethronement, Kingsley had not taken the bait, had not even blinked .
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I hold my finger in front of her nose; still she does not blink .
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It seems to us so extraordinary, yet the storyteller does not blink an eyelid.
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Mine felt as if they had not blinked for hours.
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She found that she could not even blink under the harsh glare.
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We found the village easily enough, though anyone travelling in the area in a Porsche had better not blink .
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What if Khrushchev had not blinked ?
of an evening/of a weekend etc
on an even keel
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Confusion seems to reign in many areas of your life at present, so try to get on an even keel .
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I was supposed to be a caretaker, charged with setting the branch back on an even keel .
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In Chapter 11, companies' management usually remains in place while the company tries to get back on an even keel .
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So when we got up here, I was really enjoying sort of keeping things on an even keel at home.
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That Nigel was on an even keel again was a double comfort.
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Then maybe they are on an even keel .
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These two kept her on an even keel .
the honours are even
the still of the night/evening etc
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No longer are her anxious snorts heard in the still of the night.
while away the hours/evening/days etc
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Let's while away the hours swapping stories.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Even Al was bored with the game, and he loves baseball.
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I can't believe that Carrie doesn't even like cookies.
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Molly looked depressed, even suicidal.
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The bride looked beautiful -- radiant, even .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And sometimes, he even toys with his long-running fantasy of dropping out of the business and becoming a film director.
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As a result of her actions, Amelia became even more popular and within a short time was practically running Ogontz.
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But even he had underestimated the king's nerve.
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His sister Mary helped him with the costumes, but he furnished the rich falsetto, routinely deceiving even his friends.
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Such an exercise might even spread over two or three terms.
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With Thabet's death, even the political leaders of Fatah have become potential prey.
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Zeus, who loved him no more than Hera did even though he was their son, willingly gave her leave.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
chance
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There is a suggestion that offspring do not have an even chance of inheriting a trait from either parent.
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There was always better than an even chance of something like this happening.
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All three machines have a better than even chance of being seen in showrooms some time in the future.
distribution
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Why is there not a more even distribution of left-and right-handed folk?
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Slant wall: filling is in slanted sections giving more even distribution .
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An even distribution has an added advantage, the institution will be better able to cope with the Unpredictable.
keel
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Confusion seems to reign in many areas of your life at present, so try to get on an even keel .
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So when we got up here, I was really enjoying sort of keeping things on an even keel at home.
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Others may yearn for life on a more even keel but they do not feel entitled to it.
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I was supposed to be a caretaker, charged with setting the branch back on an even keel .
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That Nigel was on an even keel again was a double comfort.
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In Chapter 11, companies' management usually remains in place while the company tries to get back on an even keel .
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By the time the taxi had delivered them to the restaurant Fabia was feeling on more of an even keel .
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Then maybe they are on an even keel .
number
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With this, we can easily flip any even number of edges, which we will see is all that is possible.
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On one side of Color Bars the shades are marked with even numbers .
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Knit an even number of rows without weaving before knitting another two-row woven stripe.
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On early levels shapes are present in even numbers , but this is not the case later on.
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It also assumes that there is an even number of coupon payment dates remaining before maturity.
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Although this would give an even number of staff available, other factors must be considered.
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Similarly a family of vertical parabolas is of the form y ax n, where n is an even number .
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Motors with even numbers of phases must have half of the phases excited at any time.
tooth
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She had pale crimped hair over her temples, and her lips were parted to reveal large, even teeth .
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It was a dead seal with light tan fur, open eyes, and a set of small, even teeth .
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She had perfectly proportioned features and perfectly proportioned hands and feet and small even teeth that flashed as she smiled.
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His even teeth gleamed falsely, vividly in the intense sunlight.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After driving for so long on the gravel I was glad to get on an even stretch of road.
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an even rhythm
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an even row of telephone poles
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an even stretch of road
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Make sure the floor is even before you lay the carpet.
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Our grocery bill came to an even $30.00.
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Shape the dough into eight even balls.
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These chemicals must be stored at an even temperature.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I was supposed to be a caretaker, charged with setting the branch back on an even keel.
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Loopy Lil gently smiled her new even welfare smile while Mrs Hollidaye darned lisle stockings.
III. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
even if
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Athletes are a mirror of society, even if sometimes their images are blown out of proportion.
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But even if that is the case, you might be well ahead by taking the loan.
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Can educators regulate the contents of school-sponsored publications or plays even if they do not cause disruption?
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He later said he had been prepared to go ahead with the attack even if it led to war.
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In such a revolution, even if it is bloodless, complete justice can never be attained.
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It is still rationalized by an elaborate and traditional, even if meretricious, theory of consumer demand.
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Scars Of Sweet Paradise is worth reading as a slice of cultural history, even if one has no interest in Joplin.
good evening
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A bad morning, a good afternoon and - perhaps - an even better evening .
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A policeman walked by, wished me good evening and ushered a warning.
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Ah, good evening , Lestrade!
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Behind the glass I see her tell everyone good evening .
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But for now from all the team, have a very good evening .
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Dearest Timothy: It is a good evening to sit in this pleasant room and write a letter.
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Have a good evening . 1904 How can you, you have class tomorrow night?
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We exchange slightly embarrassed good evenings with them as we leave.
of an evening/of a weekend etc
on an even keel
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Confusion seems to reign in many areas of your life at present, so try to get on an even keel .
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I was supposed to be a caretaker, charged with setting the branch back on an even keel .
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In Chapter 11, companies' management usually remains in place while the company tries to get back on an even keel .
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So when we got up here, I was really enjoying sort of keeping things on an even keel at home.
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That Nigel was on an even keel again was a double comfort.
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Then maybe they are on an even keel .
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These two kept her on an even keel .
the honours are even
the still of the night/evening etc
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No longer are her anxious snorts heard in the still of the night.