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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
A few
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A few weeks from now I’ll be in Venice.
Comparatively few
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Comparatively few books have been written on the subject.
every few feet/ten yards etc
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There were traffic lights every ten yards.
every few seconds/ten days etc
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Re-apply your sunscreen every two hours.
few if any
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The universities have shown few if any signs of a willingness to change.
one/a few etc extra
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I got a few extra in case anyone else decides to come.
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I’ll be making $400 extra a month.
privileged few
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Only the privileged few can afford private education.
select few
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Honorary degrees are handed out to a select few .
the first two/three/few etc
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I only read the first two chapters of the book.
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It rained during the first few days of the trip.
to mention but a few (= used when you are only giving a few examples )
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She had taken a number of classes, including photography, art, and pottery, to mention but a few.
told...a few home truths
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It’s time someone told him a few home truths .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a few choice words/phrases
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Meyer had a few choice words for federal bureaucrats after an error listed him as deceased.
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And he also had a few choice words about my means of protecting myself.
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Or has rapper Puff been on the blower from New York with a few choice words?
a good few/many
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In time she came to know a good many faces, but none of them were people.
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It had been a good few years.
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It is likely that a good many valuable stones were destroyed in this way because Pliny was muddling up hardness and toughness.
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It was no accident that a good many towns were sited on the borderline between arable farming and pastoral regions.
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Overall, it took a good many years for the primaries to wrest control from the bosses.
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She solved some problems, but she created a good few more-many of which Britain is still dealing with today.
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There are a good many variables that may intervene in just this manner.
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We shared this house all the years of my childhood, and a good many summers afterward.
a man of few words
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He was a man of few words except when he mounted the stage to recite his poetry.
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Bill Templeman was a man of few words.
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Blitherdick, usually a man of few words, had become lachrymose about Blenkinsop's enjoyment of a good wine.
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He had a clear scientific mind but was self-effacing, modest, and a man of few words.
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He was a man of few words but many graphic gestures.
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He was a man of few words in any case, Maggie noted.
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I am therefore a man of few words and I have been very brief throughout my professional career.
a man/woman etc of few words
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Bill Templeman was a man of few words .
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Blitherdick, usually a man of few words , had become lachrymose about Blenkinsop's enjoyment of a good wine.
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He had a clear scientific mind but was self-effacing, modest, and a man of few words .
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He was a man of few words but many graphic gestures.
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He was a man of few words in any case, Maggie noted.
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I am therefore a man of few words and I have been very brief throughout my professional career.
be no/few/not many takers
catch some/a few rays
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Clothes, sleeping bags, spare canvas, all were hung up or spread out to catch a few rays of sunshine.
give or take a few minutes/a penny/a mile etc
give sb time/a few weeks/all day etc
in 10 days'/five years'/a few minutes' etc time
manage a few words/a smile etc
precious little/few
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There are precious few seats inside the court room.
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At the moment there is precious little.
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Eight voices then, and precious little else.
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Food shopping takes time, a commodity of which most of us have precious little.
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From which it follows that many will choose precious little attachment.
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I had no answers and precious little consolation to offer him to mitigate the facts.
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Once the polarization occurs, there is precious little Mrs Clinton can do about it.
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She had to find some other way to save Angel's precious little life, and find it quickly.
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There was precious little to learn.
quite a lot/bit/few
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A better day today, Miss Lavant wrote in her diary, quite a bit of sunshine.
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By no means, Watson; even now quite a few scientists continue to doubt.
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I lived quite a lot of my early childhood at the Thompsons' house behind a shop on Harehills Parade.
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Obviously, you have to wear quite a lot of protective clothing to minimise the risk of getting injured.
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Over 296 pages, Fallows cites quite a few.
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The man looks prosperous, like quite a few men.
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There's quite a bit of noise coming from the kitchens.
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There has been quite a lot of talk recently about adding enzymes to help the carp digest our sophisticated carp baits.
say a word/say a few words
some little/few sth
the chosen few
to name but a few/a handful/three etc