I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the party faithful (= strong supporters of a party )
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His policies appeal to the party faithful.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
friend
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He remained a faithful friend ofthe West until his overthrow in May 1997.
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In this happenstance, faithful friend Lobo, these white ladies would pay anything for milk.
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And like a faithful friend , she had carried out these instructions to the letter; with one unforeseen eventuality.
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Orestes here and his faithful friend ?
man
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Yes, you were always such a faithful man .
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Although a faithful man of his own Church, everything was subsumed under these Evangelical essentials.
reader
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Please show some respect to us faithful readers , as this is surely a perfect example of bad business practice!
servant
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To an old and faithful servant of the ultramontane papacy such as Ottaviani, it was all the most absolute madness.
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Your faithful servant chokes to death, and you do nothing!
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He alone had the key to each quarter: he and his faithful servant Robert alone knew the key to his secret.
service
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His faithful service was rewarded with a grant of the manor of Ilmington in Warwickshire.
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He feels his faithful services are not valued, and he longs for death.
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Eventually he was rewarded for his long and faithful service by being placed in the heavens as the constellation of Aquarius.
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Ready for another 40 years of faithful service ?
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Accordingly his faithful service here was rewarded with a Testimonial in October 1966 and a crowd of over 17,000 attended.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a faithful reconstruction of a Anglo-Saxon village
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His faithful dog Hachiko waited for him.
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His model cars are faithful copies of the originals.
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I've always been faithful , I've never cheated on you, not once!
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I did my best to give a faithful account of what happened.
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It's a faithful reproduction of the original picture.
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Many older people still remain faithful to the party.
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Mary's always been a trustworthy and faithful friend.
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The band still has a large number of faithful followers.
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The majority of Mark's supporters remained faithful throughout the crisis.
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The survey found that 39% of British women are faithful to one partner over a lifetime.
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This is a faithful interpretation of Shakespeare's original text.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Furthermore, most of these people are among the most faithful newspaper and magazine readers.
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He feels his faithful services are not valued, and he longs for death.
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If most women had their way, men would be as faithful as albatrosses.
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The characters are one-dimensional, and none of the action is faithful to any psychological motivation.
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The one companion to whom he was unswervingly faithful and attentive was his typewriter.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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What has got into these old faithfuls ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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There were only a handful of old faithfuls at the meeting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Some of the faithful have a theory.
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Three points became one, but at least the faithful have something to cheer about and the revival might just be under way.
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What has got into these old faithfuls?