verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be exposed to a virus
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Four workers at the facility, though exposed to the virus, never became ill.
be exposed to an infection
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He was exposed to the infection while he was travelling in India.
be exposed to chemicals
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Some of the troops were exposed to chemicals.
be exposed to radiation (= be put in a situation where you are not protected from harmful radiation, especially nuclear radiation )
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The servicemen claimed they were illegally exposed to radiation during atomic tests.
expose/reveal/show sth's/sb's limitations (= show where something or someone is not very good )
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The film shows his limitations as a actor.
expose/uncover corruption (= show that it exists )
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The newspaper prided itself on exposing corruption in government.
uncover/expose a scandal
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The scandal was uncovered by a journalist.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
to
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Today local people are still exposed to increasingly lethal quantities of pollution.
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The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that stable workers could have been exposed to as much as 190 times the acceptable daily intake.
■ NOUN
area
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New challenges summon up fresh resources, or expose areas in which resources are lacking.
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Finally, the total exposed surface area of the asteroids is less than the surface area of the Moon.
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The kick uses a turning action which momentarily exposes a large target area to the opponent.
body
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Here the right guard hand and shoulder are drawn back, exposing more of the body and head.
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Fat women may not feel confident about exposing their bodies in those ways traditionally associated with eroticism.
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She lay with the sheet pulled down, exposing her naked body , her long legs, knees pressed together.
child
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They had no wish to expose their only child to the disease.
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They objected to materials that expose children to feminism, witchcraft, pacifism, vegetarianism, and situational ethics.
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They maintain their father threatened to kill his sons to stop them from exposing him as a child molester.
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Back in her schoolroom, her anger about his exposing children to the sight of whiskey was softened by feelings of sadness.
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The Suzuki method exposes the child to music in the same matter-of-fact way.
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Erik claimed his father threatened to kill him and his brother to stop Lyle from exposing him as a child molester.
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I sometimes wonder if I should expose my two children to football.
danger
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The move comes in the wake of the recent Echo Inquiry which exposed the potential danger in flats and bedsits.
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They concluded that she would be exposed to great danger from a splinter of flax.
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The case was brought under the old law and it was alleged that the child in question was exposed to moral danger .
level
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Another 1,000 million people are exposed to high levels of suspended particles from coal, wood and oil combustion and traffic dust.
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Officials estimate 1 million children are still exposed to unsafe levels of lead, however.
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It has announced its intention not to borrow and therefore will not expose investors to levels of high gearing.
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If something goes awry, more than five billion people would be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
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More people are being exposed to higher levels of financial information than ever before.
radiation
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An ordinary body exposed to radiation absorbs some of it and reflects the rest.
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If I angered Kosinski, he might eliminate me, the way that Tarden cleverly exposed Veronika to radiation without her knowledge.
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The general public is constantly exposed to radiation .
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One woman died despite intensive treatment and none had been exposed to radiation or other factors known to cause the disease.
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People exposed to radiation at work.
risk
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The rise of credit derivatives makes it difficult to determine which banks are exposed to a particular risk .
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Persons exposed to particular risks may not know precisely what those risks are and may either overestimate or underestimate them.
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Asthma, heart conditions, diabetes or epilepsy may expose you to special risks with watersports in the heat.
weakness
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They exposed strengths and weaknesses they didn't know were theirs.
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College had exposed weaknesses they had been able to ignore in the past.
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Her decision has left Congress headless and embarrassed at having exposed its weakness .
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The Rush die scandal has exposed the weaknesses of any benign multiculturalism premised on the assumption of easy harmony and pluralism.
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In addition, Joanne felt that the new approach exposed her weaknesses as a teacher.
■ VERB
feel
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Fat women may not feel confident about exposing their bodies in those ways traditionally associated with eroticism.
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But camped out in their front yard, so to speak, we suddenly felt very exposed .
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This was connected, albeit nebulously, with a feeling that children were exposed to too much violence when they watched television.
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We look at her sentences and we feel exposed and vulnerable.
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Once more, I feel exposed .
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He felt stripped, exposed , not wanting anyone to speak to him.
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Never had I felt more alone or exposed .
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He had never felt so exposed .
leave
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The throng in front of Owen melted away, leaving his men exposed , so he drew them back into the shadows.
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So, if yours is not labeled, leave it exposed .
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Well his passes did leave her exposed , and her front pair were pretty wobbly.
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Trask said the renovation to the Coliseum Arena left power equipment exposed to the elements.
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Vicious thugs had speared him leaving a gaping wound exposing the bone.
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Suppose that a slate falls from our roof, leaving the attic exposed .
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Below the old Church at Battersea the retreating flood had left exposed a wide shelf of mud and gravel.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her criminal activities were finally exposed in the Washington Post by political columnist Richard McCallum.
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I'm afraid to expose my innermost thoughts and emotions to anyone.
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The animal opened its mouth, exposing rows of sharp white teeth.
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The boy lifted his T-shirt to expose a jagged scar across his belly.
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The receding tide had exposed huge expanses of sand.
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They threatened to expose him to the media unless he changed his ways.
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Two reporters exposed corruption in Philadelphia's court system.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And events since the Report have exposed the emptiness of any such expectation.
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As nice and as genuine as they are, they were not exposed to real people.
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Because methodology is fully exposed, genuine defects may be revealed, or more frustratingly, discussion sidetracked away from implications.
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But what began in May 1998 as a skirmish over a remote stretch of border exposed a deep reservoir of bitterness.
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He had his hands clasped behind his head and was leaning against the head-rest behind him so that his tanned throat was exposed.
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Mike was thoroughly embarrassed at having exposed intimate details of his life, but his classmates rallied around him.
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The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that stable workers could have been exposed to as much as 190 times the acceptable daily intake.
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They can read, watch television, or snack while they are exposed to the light.