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a favourite destination
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The Greek islands are a favourite destination for people who enjoy the sun and the sea.
favourite haunt
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The Café Vienna was a favourite haunt of journalists and actors.
firm favourite
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Blackpool remains a firm favourite with holiday makers from Northern Ireland.
joint favourites (= are thought to have the same chance of winning )
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Manchester United and Arsenal are joint favourites to win the title.
your favourite author
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Who’s your favourite author?
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colour
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The church was full of pink flowers - her favourite colour .
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Everything is green here, while in the country of the Munchkins blue was the favourite colour .
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Tell us your favourite colour , he asked.
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All were painted blue, for in this country of the East blue was the favourite colour .
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My favourite is a high-buttoned waistcoat in black, my favourite colour because it's easy to match up.
food
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My appetite dwindled and even my favourite food , milk chocolate, failed to raise my morale.
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Also, while eating more healthily, they did not completely restrict favourite foods .
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It is interesting to discover which are the ants' favourite foods .
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Her favourite food is mussels which she can only find in deeper water.
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Well organized, done with love, he's remembered all John's favourite foods .
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Most horses can be highly motivated to do what we want if we reward them with some favourite food .
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It ran a close second to pancakes on the list of his favourite foods .
haunt
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On this route you will be able to visit the Wasdale Head Inn, a once favourite haunt of rock climbers.
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They had already out guessed me, by staking out my favourite haunt .
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My list of favourite haunts is purely personal and certainly not all-embracing.
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Whilst living at Bedford Gardens he began taking Bobby Hunt around his favourite haunts .
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It's a favourite haunt for many backbenchers.
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A favourite haunt of telly aristocracy is Ilha de Caras-the Island of Faces-a private isle for celebrities.
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The Drummond Hotel A favourite haunt of the literati.
music
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What is your favourite music or group?
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Many of them wept openly as his favourite music was played to the congregation.
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We are there to provide a service to patients, so it's nice if we can play their favourite music .
pastime
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Now they are claiming £10,000 damages against Church Fish Farm for taking all the fun out of their favourite pastime .
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His favourite pastimes were shooting and golf.
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Another favourite pastime was planning raids on the various apartments and cars owned by their friends.
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One of Endill's favourite pastimes with the Bookman was making things with him.
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Indeed it had never been a favourite pastime of hers.
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Lawren was therefore well off and able to indulge in his favourite pastime of painting.
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The three friends sat down and enjoyed their favourite pastime - eyeing up the women in the theatre-bar.
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My favourite pastimes are: 1.
place
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He had his favourite places and didn't care for anyone or anywhere else.
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Nearly all have favourite places where they regularly sleep or drink or hunt and most move around along particular trails.
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One of his favourite places was the hallway.
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A favourite place was Newbeggin-in-Teesdale where they stayed at a farm and where he learned to ride.
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The Lights of Lisbon at the southern edge of the Alfama district was one of his favourite places .
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My second favourite place at the zoo was the Reptile House, and I've had various sorts of reptiles as pets.
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What can be more beautiful than a reminder of favourite places when you're far away?
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The bridge, as the mannikin told us, was a favourite place for people to commit suicide.
restaurant
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Christopher made for his favourite restaurant in his favourite town - Agen.
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The paper said Hallier's favourite restaurant and well-known bars from which he made telephone calls were bugged.
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Miranda's heart had looped the loop as she happily accepted an invitation to lunch at Rules, his favourite restaurant .
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He was on happier terms in his favourite restaurants .
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Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30.
son
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And Rebekah will never again see her favourite son .
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He was not her favourite son , but he was something.
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Wolsey played with the gold pendant around his neck and smirked patronisingly at Agrippa as if he was a favourite son .
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On the other hand, Dubroca, even before Fouroux's exit, was one of Albert Ferrasse's favourite sons .
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Pamela thought for a moment of Roy, her favourite son , and Bernice, his wife - also a career girl.
song
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This was my favourite song as it was quite easy to sing and it had a stirring, catching rhythm.
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They all ate and drank, and celebrated the end of the sheep-shearing by singing their favourite songs .
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All he thought he had done was to assemble a collection of his favourite songs .
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It was Ma's favourite song .
spot
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Perhaps it was a favourite spot with picnickers, though the weather was hardly summery.
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The breezy summits and old snow patches will be favourite spots to lie on.
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The hotel prides itself in being one of the favourite spots on the island for couples to wed.
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The water jumps were a favourite spot .
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Corners are the favourite spots , even at night - less windows and more places to run.
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He passes his day snoozing, playing with his toys and relaxing in his favourite spot .
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Port Leone on Kastus is an abandoned village, a favourite spot for the barbecue.
story
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Soon Carolyn was the favourite story reader, both with Sylvia and her older brother Robin.
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Over and over again he would read out my favourite stories , sometimes with deliberate mistakes for me to correct.
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An offering for the healing of a child whose favourite story this was?
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It was still one of her favourite stories about herself.
subject
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There is nothing she enjoys more than to talk on her favourite subject .
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It is a favourite subject for poets.
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As a student, her favourite subjects were James Joyce and the movies.
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The mandible is a favourite subject for Hall.
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She painted portraits, flower pieces and seascapes but her consistently favourite subject seems to have been women.
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Charles even touched on Diana's favourite subject - helping Aids victims.
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They brought their favourite subject into every damn debate, relevant or not.
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Charity was included in it too and Mona launched into a short sermon on her favourite subject , patriotism.
theme
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One of Jay's favourite themes .
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It is a favourite theme of Luke's Gospel.
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sb's favourite tipple
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My favourite colour is purple.
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Anyway, although I worship the ground Strachan dribbles on, he's not my favourite player of all time for Leeds.
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Eg. One of the idols is Paul Newman and the favourite cars are mustangs.
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Miranda's heart had looped the loop as she happily accepted an invitation to lunch at Rules, his favourite restaurant.
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My favourite moment of that visit was seeing Jennifer the donkey.
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Witness last year's curdling, bubbling row with his erstwhile favourite model and muse Inès de la Fressange.
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clear
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If he impresses, there is no doubt he will become clear favourite .
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The match between Timman and Speelman has no clear favourite .
firm
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The Many-Spotted Catfish, Synodontis multipunctatus is a firm favourite among catfish enthusiasts.
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The dramatic headland of St Govan's Head is a firm favourite with climbers and there are many bridlepaths and riding schools.
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A firm favourite with visiting performers, since it's just a few yards from the Royal Opera House.
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The kibbutz, the Hebrew name for a collective settlement, has also proved to be a firm short-term favourite among travellers.
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Our local library, Macdonald Road, Edinburgh, produced a book on fishing that became my firm favourite .
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Once you have served baked jacket potatoes this dish will become a firm favourite .
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And as we all know the show remains a firm favourite .
great
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There, Eva was always a great favourite and able to assume leadership easily.
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According to that scenario, Stepashin was the great favourite .
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He also became a great favourite with the occupants of the local school bus, which passed his garden gate twice daily.
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Finger painting Finger painting is, of course, a great favourite .
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Her turmeric pies are a great favourite - cream cheese flavoured with turmeric in pastry.
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Tipsy cake was a great favourite of his.
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She always had a cherry-red face, with cheery smile and was a great favourite with the youngsters of the area.
hot
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The hot favourite at 6-4 was Craganour.
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He is hot favourite for a semi-final place.
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And you are the hot favourite , bonny lass.
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Hardy was a hot favourite before the fight and did not let a sell-out crowd down by producing the expected victory.
joint
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The Francois Doumen-trained gelding has also been well backed and is quoted at 6-1 joint favourite with Captain Dibble.
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Pinza started 5-1 joint favourite with Premonition, who had won at Epsom and York earlier in the season.
old
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Plasticine Plasticine is an old favourite and together with dough provides a useful alternative to clay.
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It was an old favourite , Les Misérables.
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One name missing is old favourite , Steve Foley.
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The recipe of the old favourite is being changed after 60 years in a bid to lick the recession.
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She was old Frederick's favourite .
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Chomp An old favourite - who hasn't played Pacman?
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Boxing Desperate Duran the old favourite .
particular
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But G.G. Gallup's mirror experiments, from the mid-1970s, are a particular favourite of those prowling for overt evidence.
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Let's hope your particular favourite is among them.
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The poolside spa bath is a particular favourite for easing wearing limbs.
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On a separate table was the play dough which was a particular favourite with the children.
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Dramatic cases of moral conversion and last-minute rescues from the brink of hell-fire were a particular favourite .
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My particular favourite was Carling Bassett.
personal
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As well as being her own personal favourite ... But his choice of blooms was hardly the issue.
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hot favourite
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And you are the hot favourite, bonny lass.
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Hardy was a hot favourite before the fight and did not let a sell-out crowd down by producing the expected victory.
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He is hot favourite for a semi-final place.
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The hot favourite at 6-4 was Craganour.
odds-on favourite
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He was certainly odds-on favourite for the final.
red-hot favourite
sb's favourite tipple
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Admit it, you were always Mom's favourite .
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I love all his films but 'Rashomon' is my favourite .
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And they've returned to their favourite in Minehead, Somerset, 126 times.
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But G.G. Gallup's mirror experiments, from the mid-1970s, are a particular favourite of those prowling for overt evidence.
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My current favourite is a street in Acton, west London.
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The recipe of the old favourite is being changed after 60 years in a bid to lick the recession.