noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
by a strange quirk of fate
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Years later, by a strange quirk of fate , she found herself sitting next to him on a plane.
twist of fate
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By an amazing twist of fate , we met again in Madrid five years later.
ultimate fate
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The ultimate fate of the tribe was even sadder.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cruel
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There had been anger as well at the cruel jest of fate that had brought her into love with her own brother.
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Bamie brushed aside this cruel fate as if it were no more than a nuisance.
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A cruel fate had separated them.
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But Pip does little to protest this cruel fate .
ill
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The worst of fates was to be a wallflower passed over and rejected.
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The fish: They rescued Thumbelina, but sent her off to a worse fate .
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A worse fate awaits even larger stars - those initially of about 10 or more times the Sun's mass.
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Prometheus' brother Atlas suffered a still worse fate .
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Can you imagine a worse fate than being condemned to listen to the endless trivia that surround most criminal prosecutions?
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A worse fate has befallen the general interest, mass circulation magazines, once the dominant national media.
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It would not be long before Paris was turning to them for fear of an even worse fate .
sad
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Perhaps it is the sad fate of the so-called underdeveloped world to make the same mistakes as the developed world.
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The hearth, which stands for the sanctity of the home, is an apt object to confess her sad fate to.
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The sad fate of the St Lawrence belugas epitomises the problems faced by small cetaceans on an increasingly polluted planet.
similar
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The letter has suffered a similar fate .
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Other men assigned the task suffered similar fates .
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East forced two short corners which proved fruitless and likewise Antrim had a similar fate .
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This or a similar fate awaits the organization that stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the reality of its circumstances.
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He was compared with Aristides the Just, and there were those who wished a similar fate for him.
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Perhaps, like the lead coffin of Osiris, which suffered a similar fate , it is the real secret of alchemy.
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There are many other groups which suffer a similar fate to women.
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All you need is love - the requiem for John Lennon, prophet of peace who met a similar fate .
strange
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By a strange quirk of fate , Best ultimately joined Hibernian, the team Marinello graced as a teenager.
ultimate
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This had serious implications for the ultimate fate of massive stars.
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The ultimate fate of most of this collision debris is to collide again with the satellite from which it was originally ejected.
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The ultimate fate of the Mohawks is even sadder.
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Its ultimate fate is unknown, although the speed suggests that it was traveling too slowly to escape from Earth.
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Still, their ultimate fate is revealing.
■ VERB
accept
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Joseph only had the word of Mary; and upon that word he had to place his trust and accept his fate .
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The vast majority of the populace accepted its fate as willed by the gods and interpreted by the priestly hierarchy.
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For a time Chelsea appeared to accept their fate .
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But he refused to accept such a fate .
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But I've accepted it as fate that people are building me up to knock me down.
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He accepted our fate like a stoic and refused to make a fuss.
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Thinking about it later I accept that fate intervened.
avoid
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Even so, one naughty specimen, avoiding the fate of its fellows, buzzed around McAllister's head.
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Perhaps Zeus consulted his father in order to avoid the fate of his grandfather and to retain his kingdom.
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I always pity the average and fat ones, congratulating myself on having avoided such a flabby fate .
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You can avoid this fate by paying more attention to managing trial and repurchase than awareness.
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Objective number one, then, in Nizan's mind after 1916 was to avoid the terrible fate of his father.
await
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Silhouetted against the setting sun and peering anxiously upward, they looked as if they were awaiting their fate on Watership Down.
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He squatted impassively, as if stoically awaiting a fate he could not avoid.
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In one corner of the kitchens the lobsters were awaiting their fate .
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His mind touched briefly on the two defaulters who were awaiting their fate in the basement cells.
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The 28,000 people it employed in its shops and distribution system await their fate .
decide
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His luck was in, at least for the moment, but he had already decided not to tempt fate again.
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And it seemed right that she should be the one to decide my fate .
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Now, it seems, they will decide the fate of his government.
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As in most fields, a group of senior people decides the professional fate of everyone, Strominger said.
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The next few days could decide the fate of thousands of hard-pressed workers, home owners and firms.
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They said public comment will help decide the fate of Fanita Ranch, which covers one-quarter of the city.
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It would hand over its property to its constituent republican bodies to decide their fate independently.
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An egm to decide the company's fate will be held on Thursday.
determine
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Tenure was challenged - and probably quite rightly - but so was the universities' freedom to determine their own fate .
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Whether the stadium logs another round of lease-backed debt will go far in determining the fate of other major capital-improvement projects here.
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Although his proposal of plural worlds was considered heretical, it is difficult to believe it was that which determined his fate .
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Obviously, that will determine the fate of the Gramm campaign.
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It is easy to say that genes condition our nature rather than determining our fate , but it is not very satisfying.
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It is independent and at least somewhat free to determine its own fate .
escape
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We probably escape those first fates rather more than the rabbit.
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There are various Pelagias who are known as penitent harlots or virgin martyrs who died to escape a fate worse than death.
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Harassed by the nomad Scythians, whom he could not catch, he narrowly escaped the fate of Cyrus.
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It has not escaped the fate of having to get rid of the father.
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Few managed to escape , and the fate of the rest may be imagined.
leave
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They left the fate and wondered for a moment about returning to Ring's.
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Apollo had left him to his fate .
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No, we will leave such things to fate .
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I mercilessly left his fate in her hands; it was like leaving a goldfish in the care of an alley cat.
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Not making a decision leaves fate responsible for what happens.
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But Perot is not one to leave his political fate to chance.
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D' you think that the Government in Calcutta is prepared to leave us to our fate ?
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We dropped anchor there, and the fishermen disappeared back into harbour, leaving us to our fate .
meet
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All you need is love - the requiem for John Lennon, prophet of peace who met a similar fate .
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Michael Sawyer did not meet that fate .
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Two I have burned and there may be - indeed there are - others which should immediately meet the same fate .
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The car where Uday met his fate ?
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Efforts to turn him into the new Olivier met a similar fate .
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Three times they rallied and renewed the assault, only to meet the same fate .
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Only on Everhope had the heathen met the fate they deserved.
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The egg meets a less solicitous fate in the other two paintings.
resign
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I resigned myself to my fate .
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Santa Anna then resigned himself to his fate .
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He was resigned to his own fate .
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Tyndale was always aware of and resigned to his likely fate .
seal
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But it was exasperated Tory backbenchers who sealed his fate .
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Luciano Villoslada remembers that humid spring day that his sister Luz sealed her fate by deciding to become a revolutionary.
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Martin Jajo equalised and within five minutes Jacobson sealed Darlington's fate .
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But the poor man suffered from a heart condition, and 50 stings were enough to seal his fate .
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Time Out had effectively sealed It's fate .
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He had cheated the boss, sealed his own fate .
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Twenty days of tightly timetabled designer runway shows have sealed the forward fate of fashion.
share
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He almost wished he'd shared the fate of his friends.
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They long for transcendence, but their individual anguish is alleviated by the knowledge that they share their fate .
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It is one of the shining accomplishments of modernity that individuals have learned to share their fates with people very unlike themselves.
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It's hardly likely that the people in charge would want to share the fate of this unfortunate planet.
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She wished to share his fate .
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She had no desire to share Linda's fate .
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In part, he has shared the fate of other great men who die young.
suffer
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Sister Duffy becomes a patient and suffers agonies over the fate of her love-child, little Peter.
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Unhappily, the history taught to our children has suffered the same fate as their mathematics or their grammar.
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Women too suffered the same fate unless granted the privilege of the sword.
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Hume could scarcely suffer the fate of Andrew Lang, and be hailed as a new defender of the faith.
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Not a few black leaders have suffered this fate .
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Other men assigned the task suffered similar fates .
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Herculaneum, the twin city to Pompeii, suffered a similar fate but has proved more difficult to excavate.
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In fact, blues was only suffering the same fate that, surprisingly, would soon befall soul.
tempt
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His luck was in, at least for the moment, but he had already decided not to tempt fate again.
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With a major typhoon hovering over the horizon, it would have been tempting fate unnecessarily.
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It was tempting fate to run the new car in public-but McLaren had thought of that.
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They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back?
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Robbie longed to ask, but didn't dare tempt fate .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be master of your own fate/destiny
cheat death/fate etc
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And because he thought he could cheat death.
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Explain how you cheated death at every stage of the journey.
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Our attempts to cheat life have progressed to an attempt to cheat death.
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Some of them are cheating death.
instrument of fate/God
seal sb's fate
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Rogerson's fate was sealed when he got behind the wheel of his car, completely drunk.
tempt fate
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By building houses in the steep canyons, Californians are tempting fate in the form of mudslides and fires.
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Fire officials said developers are tempting fate by building deep into the scenic canyons.
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It would be tempting fate to travel without a spare wheel.
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His luck was in, at least for the moment, but he had already decided not to tempt fate again.
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It was tempting fate to run the new car in public-but McLaren had thought of that.
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Robbie longed to ask, but didn't dare tempt fate.
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They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back?
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With a major typhoon hovering over the horizon, it would have been tempting fate unnecessarily.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By a strange twist of fate the judge died on the very day that Cordell was executed.
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Congress will meet to discuss the fate of the US nuclear defense shield.
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He felt that fate had been very unfair to him.
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He urged a nationwide referendum to decide the fate of the country.
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It was fate that brought us together.
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The fate of the prisoners will be decided by a panel of three judges.
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They saw themselves as victims of fate .
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This afternoon's debate is likely to seal the fate of the imprisoned aid workers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But fate had put into his lap one of the ubiquitous nobodies.
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I am satisfied with my fate .
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It wasn't as if she was in any hurry to learn her fate .
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No, we will leave such things to fate .
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The solutions offered by New Right commentators and their fate is the subject of later chapters.