noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
real
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Jimmy thought her a real eye-opener .
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This can be a real eye-opener in many parts of the world.
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But leaping to a 166-megahertz chip is a real eye-opener .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A visit to a farm is an eye-opener to a city child.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I never put that much stock in images, and to have him do that-that was just an eye-opener .
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It had been my first alpine climb, and it had been an eye-opener .
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It is not readily apparent that Edinburgh is a busy seaport but a visit to Leith Docks can be a fascinating eye-opener .
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It was an eye-opener , and it was puzzling.
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Jimmy thought her a real eye-opener .
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This can be a real eye-opener in many parts of the world.