noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flea collar
flea market
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
collar
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The first 50 winning postcards will be sent a Sherleys flea collar .
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In this group were veterans who had worn flea collars in the Gulf to ward off desert bugs.
market
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I found an old coat in the flea market and cut the good bits out.
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On weekends, he would travel back to Santa Cruz to sell his line at the local flea market .
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She scours flea markets and will either repair her purchases or leave them, depending on the extent of the damage.
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A man approached him at the automotive flea market , offering $ 5, 000 in cash, no questions asked.
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Sorrel was on duty at her stall on the corner of the flea market , so that was my first port of call.
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At a flea market , McMichael can spot the familiar royal blue bubble shape sitting in a heap yards away.
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The sheets are reported to have turned up inside a frame offered for sale in a provincial Sunday flea market outside Paris.
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He sold many of his pieces at area flea markets .
water
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The same pattern of asexual reproduction occurs in water fleas , aphids and even a few lizards.
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On average only five of the water fleas in each generation manage to breed before they are eaten by a fish.
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We think it's because that's where it finds the water fleas .
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A water flea that is starving in a crowded pond is the victim not of food shortage but of competition.
■ VERB
send
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She expected to be sent out with a flea in her ear.
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The first 50 winning postcards will be sent a Sherleys flea collar.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A water flea that is starving in a crowded pond is the victim not of food shortage but of competition.
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But there are safe ways to ward off fleas.
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Look for tiny specks of black dirt - these are the flea droppings.
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Pets with heavy coats may have their hair clipped to increase comfort and control fleas.