I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fish pond
a fishing boat
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The fishing boats go out to sea early in the morning.
a fishing expedition
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We’re organizing a fishing expedition to the lake for next week.
a fishing permit
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To fish you’ll need a rod licence and a fishing permit.
a fishing port
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The town is Iceland's biggest fishing port.
a fishing village
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Once a fishing village, this is now a friendly, lively international resort.
a fishing/hunting licence (= a licence that allows you to fish/hunt )
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He renewed his hunting license.
a fish/seafood restaurant
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I went to a seafood restaurant by the pier for lunch.
a shopping/fishing/skiing etc trip
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He was knocked off his bicycle on his way home from a shopping trip.
coarse fishing
drinks like a fish (= regularly drinks a lot of alcohol )
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My flatmate Cherry drinks like a fish .
fish and chips
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fish and chips
fish and chips
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Get some fish and chips on your way home.
fish farm
fish finger
fish fry
fish kettle
fish meal
fish slice
fish stick
fish/fruit and vegetable/flower etc market
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There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays.
fishing line
fishing line (= line for catching fish )
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The fishing line snapped and the fish got away.
fishing net
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a fishing net
fishing quotas
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The fishing qoutas are strictly enforced.
fishing rod
fishing tackle
fish/marine/breeding tank (= for keeping or breeding fish in )
flying fish
fresh fruit/vegetables/fish/bread etc
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The beans are fresh from the garden.
ice fishing
processed cheese/meat/fish etc
salted pork/meat/fish
the agricultural/fishing industry
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There has been a decline in Britain’s fishing industry.
the hunting/shooting/fishing season
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Autumn was traditionally the hunting season.
wet fish
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Carp are no different from any other big fish .
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When a herring meets its end, it is usually in the mouth of a bigger fish or a in a net.
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With bigger fish in serious decline, mackerel, sardines and anchovies are now the main targets.
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On a recent afternoon, he lobbed a variety of plastic lures toward the big fish .
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Entire gangs have been arrested, and some very big fish have been netted.
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He wanted a big fish to take her bait.
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The bigger fish will turn up haphazardly to almost anyone.
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Not a good place to catch big fish .
dead
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I just preferred to think of dead fish rather than Syl.
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So I got that net out of there myself and found a lot of dead fish , but at least no mammals.
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The dead fish were collected for possible use as evidence should a prosecution result.
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They feed on crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic insects, live fish and will scavenge on dead fish.
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There's a smell of salt and mud and dead fish , which I find unpleasantly reminiscent of somewhere else.
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Thousands of dead fish were the result of toxic chemicals being dumped in this brook near Coleford.
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The swarming lampreys consume not only dead or sickly fish but set upon otherwise healthy ones.
fresh
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What advantage did Grimsby have over Hull for the distribution of fresh fish ?
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We had not eaten fresh fish for a couple of days, and the three yellowfins would make a splendid meal.
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Is there a good fresh fish market near by?
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Loi caught a splendid dorado to provide juicy fresh fish cutlets.
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Specialities are fresh fish and shellfish.
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Included in this expansion is a fresh fish market where you can expect an impressive selection.
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Hotels are simple but adequate, and you can eat the freshest of fish in cheerfully informal, unlicensed restaurants.
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Count on fresh , high-quality fish .
freshwater
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Test for toxicity with a few Daphnia in the container, as they are more sensitive to toxins than most freshwater fish .
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The pollution of lakes and rivers has reduced the supply of freshwater fish .
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The bichir and other primitive freshwater fish have a pouch opening from the gut to enable them to breathe air.
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Perch, Salmon, Pike and Eel; regional specialities from the freshwater fish are perfect accompaniment to the wines of Anjou.
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A fifth of all freshwater fish are either extinct or endangered.
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Both marine and freshwater varieties of fish are farmed.
large
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How big do they grow, and will they then eat larger fish ?
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While the gulls look on, I select a few of the larger , livelier fish and drop them into my bucket.
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These large fish are called ferox, a distinct species of brown trout that make their living by eating their smaller brethren.
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These rocks also stirred with novel species of eyeless shrimp, white crabs, translucent sea anemones and large , pink fish .
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Andy Parkes tells us how to get large fish at cheaper prices by growing them on.
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A large and quiet fish very much out of water.
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If so, why is it that the largest known fish is smaller than the largest whale?
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Then he went to a big plastic fish box, and hauled out a large red ocean fish.
little
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The thing up which the little fish in the river swims if you aren't careful.
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Picked clean by the little fish at the bottom of the sea.
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It was a little fish that was colorless and thoughtful-looking, one of those students who study hard and barely pass.
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The little bit of fish for the landlady's cat was beginning to stink.
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Tiny little fish that swim from the ocean into the river mouths, the same time every year.
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Words were rising through the blackness like little wriggling golden fish .
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A little fish pond, just over two feet square, and not terribly deep.
small
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Crane for plenty of small fish from the bottom end, and some good nets of roach from the Ashtip Field.
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There must have been thousands upon thousands of small fish driven upward to the surface by hordes of squid feeding from below.
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Runcorn opened on June 1 and has been terrific with small fish all along and bream at Astmoor and S Bends.
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Probably the seabirds found extra food among the small fish and marine animals which clustered near the larger items of rubbish.
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She thinks perhaps small fish are nibbling at her, but it is pleasant, it doesn't hurt.
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Little or no meat was eaten, and only small amounts of fish .
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They can also be dangerous to small fish and fry, which might get stuck in the tangle of filaments and suffocate.
tropical
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All about tropical fish by Derek McInery Favourite species?
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To seaward, bright tropical fish dance in the coral reefs.
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In tropical tanks vegetarian fish , like the larger barbs will also find it a useful supplement to their diet.
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Observe the reeds waving as you pass. Tropical fish ignore you.
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The full set builds to an invaluable reference collection of the most popular tropical fish .
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I know that the Plec is a tropical fish but it is tolerant to the 26-27°C temperature of my tank.
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In particular, mangroves are the nurseries for huge numbers of tropical fish , which as adults live in the open sea.
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Coral reefs and tropical fish abound for those who like to snorkel.
■ NOUN
farm
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The fish farm has enough work to keep two people very busy.
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Read in studio A judge has ordered a fish farm to compensate a group of anglers for ruining their fishing season.
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Seen through the lacy walls of the village pool hall the polystyrene floats of the fish farm bobbed busily.
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His Honour Mark Dyer said the fish farm was well aware that that particular stretch of river was reserved for brown trout.
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But the owners of the fish farm - Gale and Ainslie Limited - insist they weren't negligent.
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The group includes rare breed centres, a fish farm and even a vineyard.
pond
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Pond purloined: A Scarborough school's nature garden has been scuppered by thieves who made off with their fish pond.
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A little fish pond , just over two feet square, and not terribly deep.
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He keeps her a prisoner in a fish pond where he stores the catch.
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He thought she looked exactly as Violet might look when sitting at the edge of a fish pond .
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To the north of Selborne the path goes past damp hollows which were once medieval fish ponds .
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On the fish pond side, be sure to look for the small Neo-Classical temple, the work of Luigi Cagnola.
tank
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There was a fish tank and a heap of magazines.
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Artificial aeration sometimes permits, unfortunately, the overcrowding of the fish tank .
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It is easy to see why the Angelfish makes such a popular addition to a community fish tank .
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He opened up the lid of what must have been a fish tank holding their live catch.
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Trying to escape him was about as feasible as trying to escape a very big shark in a very small fish tank .
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A good home for the caterpillars is a fish tank .
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Your best bet is to let the insurance company know that you have a fish tank before you take out a policy.
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The large fish tank is set into the back wall most tastefully.
■ VERB
catch
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And wouldn't it have been nice to catch a fish like that on the appropriate tackle for the species?
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The bridge on State Road 46 is another good spot to catch the fish , using minnows.
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I find myself pantomiming a bird with large wings, diving into the water, catching a fish in its beak.
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I'd gone out to catch fish ... but I let them be.
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After three days of total frustration trying to catch the elusive fish , Trondur did not give the dorado a chance.
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She had caught no fish , or perhaps she had thrown them back.
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When a Republican catches a fish , he mounts it.
eat
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How big do they grow, and will they then eat larger fish ?
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I recently ate raw fish with a sushi virgin.
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It is not averse to eating any small fish it may come across during its night time forays.
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They eat fish from streams polluted with chlorinated hydrocarbons.
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I noticed her hanging around the bar, staring through its window, while I ate my fish and potatoes.
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Then the Kuchas sat down and ate the fish in his honor.
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Instead, eat more fish , particularly oily fish such as mackerel. 9.
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It prefers live fishes , but it can be induced to eat cut fish and shrimp.
feed
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Stop feeding the fish , to cut down on the waste matter being produced.
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Until recently Gomez had to feed the fish and invertebrates dwelling on the synthetic reef with supplemental food.
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Nowadays, I never ever feed tubifex to my fish .
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They feed on fish , grasshoppers, bird eggs, berries-almost anything. 5.
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They feed the fish themselves under my supervision.
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It was a dorado or dolphin fish , a voracious predator which feeds mostly on flying fish.
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Many fishkeepers feed their fish just once a day, but this is very different to the ideal situation.
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Lettuce trapped in an algae scraper will feed vegetarian fish .
fry
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Some instructions may suggest frying the fish in butter or oil.
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His stomach growled at the smell of frying fish .
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Therefore, eggs or fry of other fish are liable to be eaten.
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Renie never seemed to mind wearing clothes that reeked of onions, fried fish , boiled cabbage.
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Deep fry fish cakes and warm for 5 mins before serving with tomato sauce and lightly-boiled leeks and celery.
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But the floors feel spongy with moisture, and the air is saturated with the smell of mildew and fried fish .
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The fried fish is as good hot as it is cold.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
another/a different kettle of fish
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But the wilful destruction of young lives was a different kettle of fish altogether.
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For machines with pots of memory and using Windows, though, RAMdrive is a different kettle of fish.
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Harvey, with his public school accent and laid-back manner, was a different kettle of fish.
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Miss Braithwaite was clearly a different kettle of fish from the other Deaconess he'd met, Miss Tilley.
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The other envelope, however, was a different kettle of fish.
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The Schaubu hne is a different kettle of fish.
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Tonally the Atlantis is a different kettle of fish from any Rick I've ever played before.
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Whether or not he would ever admit it was a different kettle of fish entirely.
farmed salmon/fish/rabbits etc
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As a result, commercially farmed rabbits are available, both for meat and hair; the angora is an example.
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The documentary Warning from the Wild-the Price of Salmon looked at levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins in farmed salmon.
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The practice also raises questions about the quality of farmed fish, says Pauly.
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Though perfectly and classically cooked, the one I sampled had the muddy, acrid flavor of farmed fish.
fish for compliments
fish slice
fish/rice/potato etc cake
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Deep fry fish cakes and warm for 5 mins before serving with tomato sauce and lightly-boiled leeks and celery.
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From top, Smoked salmon rolls with pesto rice, Christmas jewel basmati salad, Basmati rice cake .
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I bet he had the fish cakes .
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In celebration of a new weight control year, the Quaker Oats Co. has developed yet another rice cake flavor.
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Lunch Rice cakes , low-fat cheese, tomatoes and onion, apple.
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My husband and the minister wives who come to the party do not care for the rice cake .
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She'd claim it was quite ordinary - fish cake s, only they went wrong - that sort of thing.
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Slide the potato cake from the pan on to a plate.
meat/fish/tomato etc paste
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A world devoid of tomato soup, tomato sauce, tomato ketchup and tomato paste is hard to visualize.
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Add beer, tomatoes, and tomato paste and bring to a boil.
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In a bowl, combine the red pepper, yoghurt, ketchup, tomato paste and Worcester sauce.
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Lacking fresh tomatoes and meat we tried to compensate by piling tomato paste into all our stews and soups and sauces.
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So, for a start, be miserly about tomato paste in meat sauces for pasta.
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Stir browned onions, molasses, mustard, tomato paste , cloves and cinnamon into beans.
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Stir in rice, tomatoes with their liquid, tomato paste , water, cumin and chiles.
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Stir in tomato paste and tarragon.
soup/dish/fish etc of the day
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A little skimmer bream is my fourth fish of the day and the first I have had to net.
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The fish of the day , a grilled sole, was of the same ilk.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We're having fish for supper.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fishing the smaller rivers and streams gives you the chance to actually watch the fish.
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At once, I found myself swallowed by a huge fish .
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Communication Colour is more important to fish than to mammals and birds, and in fish it is often highly variable.
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Dredge the fish in the bread crumb mixture, pressing crumbs on a bit to stick.
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Even birds need toys - fish must have some plants and rocks to swim around.
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To ensure that the breeding of such fish is continued we will try to obtain new specimens whenever possible.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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Mark fished around in the pile of paper for some which was suitable and gave it to him.
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I fished around in my handbag, coming up with some loose change.
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Or fish around in my handbag for a handkerchief.
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Ross fished around with the scope, looking frantically for his target, but nothing would stay still.
out
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He fished out his crumpled cigarette pack and lit up.
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He fished out some long canvas bags from the barn and told me the picking started at dawn.
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He fished out the number Major Morton had given him and dialled.
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The dead creatures, fished out , their fur sleek with wet, were smaller than rats.
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So there we are trying to fish out a bunch of keys from a three-foot pit full of human urine and excrement.
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You fished out those women yourself.
■ NOUN
angler
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Arguments started on some fisheries when match organisers and pleasure anglers tried to fish venues usually left for freelance angling.
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In the 1990s alone, some 2 million anglers have fished here without hooking anything even remotely resembling this record fish.
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Four anglers fished the night we blanked; three crowded together and one only 50 yards further along the same bank.
boat
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Local boats could not fish much deeper without major modifications.
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Pleasure boats and fishing boats had once been stored in the vast rooms below the earth.
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Fleetwood charter boats able to fish the edges of the bay during unsettled weather but only found dabs and whiting.
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Drift-net vessels, like the tuna boats fishing on dolphins, have long been stubbornly refusing to take observers on board.
fisherman
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All the fishermen stop fishing to join in the drive.
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Those waters where the missiles are landing are where us small fishermen often go to fish .
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The problem with the lake in the park was that local fishermen wanted to fish in it.
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So the fishermen fish even harder, to make up the catches they need to keep their vessels at sea.
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The paradox is, in short, that fishermen would catch more fish if they fished less!
lake
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Didn't fishermen like to go out into the middle of lakes to fish ?
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He sought out Burkett and Sylvia and went on the lake to fish .
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Antonio fished in his back pocket and handed him a card.
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Johnny fished in his trouser pocket for a somewhat battered packet of cigarettes and a slim gold lighter.
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Elliott got in, arching in his seat to fish in his pocket for keys.
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He fished in his pocket until he found a coin.
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He fished hurriedly in his pocket and found a waxed box with his last few matches in it.
pond
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Capron had even provided the gun that had been fished from the pond on the heath.
rod
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One rod fished three maggots with three casters on the other.
waters
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Day permits are available for fishing its waters .
■ VERB
hunt
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Soon he and his wife were visiting Prides, and Roland was hunting and fishing with Shaw.
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He may hunt and fish at his cabin in Minnesota.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
another/a different kettle of fish
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But the wilful destruction of young lives was a different kettle of fish altogether.
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For machines with pots of memory and using Windows, though, RAMdrive is a different kettle of fish.
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Harvey, with his public school accent and laid-back manner, was a different kettle of fish.
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Miss Braithwaite was clearly a different kettle of fish from the other Deaconess he'd met, Miss Tilley.
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The other envelope, however, was a different kettle of fish.
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The Schaubu hne is a different kettle of fish.
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Tonally the Atlantis is a different kettle of fish from any Rick I've ever played before.
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Whether or not he would ever admit it was a different kettle of fish entirely.
be on a fishing expedition
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If anyone asked what they were up to, they planned to say they were on a fishing expedition.
fish for compliments
fish slice
fish/rice/potato etc cake
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Deep fry fish cakes and warm for 5 mins before serving with tomato sauce and lightly-boiled leeks and celery.
▪
From top, Smoked salmon rolls with pesto rice, Christmas jewel basmati salad, Basmati rice cake .
▪
I bet he had the fish cakes .
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In celebration of a new weight control year, the Quaker Oats Co. has developed yet another rice cake flavor.
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Lunch Rice cakes , low-fat cheese, tomatoes and onion, apple.
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My husband and the minister wives who come to the party do not care for the rice cake .
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She'd claim it was quite ordinary - fish cake s, only they went wrong - that sort of thing.
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Slide the potato cake from the pan on to a plate.
meat/fish/tomato etc paste
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A world devoid of tomato soup, tomato sauce, tomato ketchup and tomato paste is hard to visualize.
▪
Add beer, tomatoes, and tomato paste and bring to a boil.
▪
In a bowl, combine the red pepper, yoghurt, ketchup, tomato paste and Worcester sauce.
▪
Lacking fresh tomatoes and meat we tried to compensate by piling tomato paste into all our stews and soups and sauces.
▪
So, for a start, be miserly about tomato paste in meat sauces for pasta.
▪
Stir browned onions, molasses, mustard, tomato paste , cloves and cinnamon into beans.
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Stir in rice, tomatoes with their liquid, tomato paste , water, cumin and chiles.
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Stir in tomato paste and tarragon.
soup/dish/fish etc of the day
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A little skimmer bream is my fourth fish of the day and the first I have had to net.
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The fish of the day , a grilled sole, was of the same ilk.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He threw in a bucket of groundbait, a pint of maggots, and fished all night without a bite.
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Mainly he was happy to fish .
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Some went fishing from a small outrigger canoe they paddled out into the lagoon.