I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bunch of flowers/roses/daffodils etc
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I picked a bunch of flowers from the garden.
a flower/rose garden (= a garden planted with flowers/roses )
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The cottage was surrounded by a flower garden.
a plant flowers
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The plants are flowering earlier this year.
artificial flowers
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a vase of stiff-looking artificial flowers
fish/fruit and vegetable/flower etc market
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There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays.
flower arranging
flower child
flower girl
flower power
flower/sunflower/tomato etc seeds
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I bought a packet of poppy seeds.
wild flowers
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a field full of wild flowers
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
beautiful
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It was rather hard to understand, though: Dear Mr Hughes, Thank you for the beautiful flowers .
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I get beautiful vines and flowers , but eventually the flowers fall off and the stems turn brown and dry up.
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The big church was filled with baskets of beautiful flowers and an organ played soft music.
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The wall of thorns suddenly turns into a wall of big, beautiful flowers , which opens to let the prince enter.
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Love must be the most beautiful flower than can be cultivated in transcendent garden of the mind.
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The bride and Katie carried beautiful preserved flowers from Catkins.
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Sow the biennial honesty-Lunaria annua-in situ to produce beautiful flowers next spring.
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I find hellebores among the most beautiful flowers of all, so try to grow as many as possible.
blue
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A delicate looking plant with much branched slender stems and dainty powder blue flowers .
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Her feet are bare and she is wearing no coat, only a short-sleeved dress with tiny sprigs of blue flowers .
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In the very attractive all-white luncheon room, vases of beautiful red, white, and blue flowers adorned every luncheon table.
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There was a chest-of-drawers painted pale blue with flowers cut from seed-packets glued on to it for decoration.
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Planted near deep blue flowers or purple foliage the effect is absolutely ravishing.
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Three or four years old, a mere toddler, a boy with golden curls gathering blue flowers .
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It was white with blue flowers on it.
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The pale blue flowers stand out like jewels against dark, bare soil.
bright
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If you want to use some very bright red flowers choose a subtle, gentle background with which they can blend.
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She made the fields once more rich with abundant fruit and the whole world bright with flowers and green leaves.
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They will not help the reader to grow brighter flowers or bigger cabbages.
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The bright colours of flowers make them conspicuous from considerable distances.
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The leaves have a unique smell midway between eucalyptus and mint. Bright purple flowers .
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Some people came walking along, carrying bright flowers and bags of shopping.
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The planter means you can conceal the cooler with bright flowers throughout the seasons.
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Hot sun, bright flowers and green fields got into my blood.
dried
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We sell dried flowers and herbs by the bunch and a large range of baskets.
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In the centre of the room was a large wooden table holding a stoneware jar of dried flowers .
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Cloves are dried flower buds and are usually sold whole.
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Here at the Moredon Community Gardening Centre, there are regular classes on anything from hanging baskets to dried flower arranging.
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For a more permanent display use dried flowers .
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Not a table with dried flowers .
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The Ideal Home Decorating School gives you details of exclusive readers' courses that cover everything from paint effects to dried flowers .
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When the magazine folded she specialised in dried flowers which had the virtue of not being able to shriek back.
fresh
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Cissy Patterson, publisher of the Washington Times-Herald, had fresh flowers brought aboard at stopping places along the way.
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Minimalist in beige, black and cement with big arrangements of fresh flowers .&038;.
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There are always fresh flowers on show.
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Even if you only need new shoe heels and fresh flowers , this would be the place.
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She insisted on fresh flowers every day placed next to a photograph of Stephen and herself at the opening night of Crystal Springs.
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There are always fresh flowers , as if something there refuses to die.
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The sweets in particular are quite spectacular, and are sometimes decorated with fresh flowers .
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There was no headstone, but it was neatly tended and there were fresh flowers in a stone jar.
large
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For instance, a few petals from a large flower can be remade into one that is much smaller.
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Eventually the banana will send out a large pink flower .
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She pretended she was making her own flower garden, and picked large red flowers to push into the ground.
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The new varieties Snow Crystals and Creamery have a compact habit and much larger flowers than the traditional varieties.
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There was a knock on the door and a member of the Prince's staff appeared with a large bouquet of flowers .
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Having arranged all the larger flowers in the design, I then filled it out with some astrantia and potentilla flowers.
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As a farewell gift Jackie Tinley then presented a large bouquet of flowers .
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A pink pillar-box hat was perched precariously on her head, and pinned to its side was a large artificial purple flower .
pink
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The bedroom is wallpapered, both on walls and ceiling, with a delicate tiny pink flower motif on a white background.
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In the spring these plants would unfurl tiny pink bell-like flowers that attract bees.
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Centaury got its name from the centaur, which cured itself from a poisoned dart with this pink flower .
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There are horticultural varieties with pink or white flowers .
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All three are quite similar with a pastel range of pink and purple flowers as well as white and cream.
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The vibrant village is a place where some residents plant rows of red and pink flowers around their squat concrete houses.
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The church was full of pink flowers - her favourite colour.
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Eventually the banana will send out a large pink flower .
pressed
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A pressed flower , Philip had said.
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This chapter therefore describes the techniques you will need to follow to obtain perfect pressed flowers .
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Aunt Margaret, frail as a pressed flower , seemed too cowed by his presence even to look at him.
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Another gift that was well received was a book of poetry for which I made a pressed flower bookmark.
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For example, the photograph on the previous page shows how pressed flower designs can be used to decorate photograph frames.
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There are so many possibilities for pressed flowers that I hope you find it hard to contain your enthusiasm!
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You should then decide which area of parcel is going to be decorated with the pressed flowers and foliage.
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Apart from the ideas shown in this chapter, there are several other ways of incorporating pressed flowers into hobbies.
red
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If you want to use some very bright red flowers choose a subtle, gentle background with which they can blend.
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A dripping sky-blue shutter or the red flowers of a flame-of-the-forest tree were images exploding on the vision after blindness.
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In this he recollected lying in bed as a child and counting the enormous red flowers in the wallpaper.
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The vibrant village is a place where some residents plant rows of red and pink flowers around their squat concrete houses.
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She pretended she was making her own flower garden, and picked large red flowers to push into the ground.
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Finally, a perfectly preserved plant stem with an array of small red flowers at its tip.
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Green foliage and spires of vivid red flowers .
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She kneels for a red flower , picks it, later will press it carefully between the pages of a book.
small
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In addition, you must be able to choose small flowers and small parts of flowers that can be used to good effect.
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It produces small , fragrant flowers that cluster on older stems.
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They were black painted with small flowers on the buckle.
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Each plant mounds up 12 inches, producing lavish serrated foliage and small white flowers .
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It was a beautiful dress, white seersucker dotted with small mauve flowers .
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They're tough plants, handsome, with varied textures and nice small flowers .
tiny
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You can even remove individual tiny flowers for use in miniature work.
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In the spring these plants would unfurl tiny pink bell-like flowers that attract bees.
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The bedroom is wallpapered, both on walls and ceiling, with a delicate tiny pink flower motif on a white background.
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Sponge print: Cut tiny hearts, flowers or other shapes from a sponge.
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Wine glasses will look effective arranged down a long dinner table, alternating single large blooms with groups of tiny flowers .
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The small brass starburst in the center of the face seems somewhat ornamental, like a tiny flower with eight petals.
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I can remember a party dress that I loved - a white one with bright, tiny flowers on and lace trimming.
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It throws up sprays of tiny , buttercup-yellow flowers in summer.
white
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Each bird disposed itself on the sea like a great white flower .
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There are horticultural varieties with pink or white flowers .
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In spring its flesh was clothed in white flowers .
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Each plant mounds up 12 inches, producing lavish serrated foliage and small white flowers .
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Another dwarf lily, with white flowers with yellow centres.
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In early spring, they are adorned with fine panicles of white flowers , often deliciously fragrant.
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From the centre of the rosette sprang a single five-inch stalk with a small spike of closed white flowers at its end.
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It has white flowers with a purple spot.
wild
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The slope was covered with white and yellow wild flowers , and near to the house was a cluster of small trees.
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We're hoping, there's just a chance, she left her car to pick wild flowers .
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In my garden it has made a swift transition from weed to wild flower to flower.
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A gardener for 62 years, Mr. Wakeford on this occasion turned his enthusiasm to wild flowers .
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Only a few thousand of the 250,000 different varieties of wild flowers have been named, he explained.
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A field of wild flowers or an uncluttered soft, sandy beach with plenty of room - even in high season.
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She wondered if fate had just punished her for picking wild flowers .
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In 1755, at the age of six, Jane Weller was already collecting wild flowers .
yellow
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The creamy yellow flowers grew in profusion on the slopes of an old railway embankment.
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The branching inflorescence bears white or yellow flowers .
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The slope was covered with white and yellow wild flowers , and near to the house was a cluster of small trees.
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Silver foliage, yellow button flowers and a smell of chicken tikka.
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On the other hand the Police Inspector of the district found him standing with a bunch of yellow flowers in his hand.
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Similar in habit to the true waterlily, but with smaller yellow flowers .
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And there are flowers in their hair and loose yellow flowers strewn about under their bare feet on the ground.
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But whether the parent with the yellow flowers supplies the egg or the pollen makes not the slightest difference.
■ NOUN
arrangement
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The next day, she was in church at Farnham Road, doing flower arrangements for a wedding.
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Some flower arrangements , valued at more than $ 100, were placed near the rock.
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Alexander demonstrates simple flower arrangements for table centerpieces, holiday centerpieces and silk flowers.
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The flower arrangement from the Society is beautiful and will give pleasure and remembrance for a long time.
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Within the deceptively small establishment are numerous and unique fresh flower arrangements , from small desktop bouquets to massive special occasion arrangements.
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Why not use some of them to make a lovely flower arrangement .
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I delivered plastic flower arrangements to pubs.
bed
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The apartments are idyllically set amongst lovely flower beds , palm trees and tropical shrubs.
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Alpine strawberries either can be planted in a bed or around flower beds.
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Uncle Albert was squatting down by the flower bed doing a spot of weeding.
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Q: I have planted a border of red salvia around my flower beds .
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It's usually good rich stuff, ideal for the flower beds , so that's where it was dispatched.
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The grass was mowed, the flower beds were weeded and edged.
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The earth in the flower bed in front of the window was grey and powdery, the result of several weeks of drought.
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And, between the shops, the colorful patches of flower beds made it all appear orderly and safe.
garden
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Below the attics was a back bedroom looking out over the flower garden , and so on to the main road beyond.
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They are landscaping noses just like flower gardens .
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She pretended she was making her own flower garden , and picked large red flowers to push into the ground.
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The benign old woman wore a big flowered garden hat and tended a magical flower garden.
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The front of the Palace Theatre was presented as a flower garden with the Royal Box transformed with a bower of roses.
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They are as melodies to the violinist, or perennials to a flower garden .
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Extensive flower gardens , an adventure playground, and cafeteria, all help to make this a delightful place to visit.
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He designed the flower garden known as the Dingle, hidden away in the Quarry park.
power
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With spring in the air, why not let some flower power go to your head.
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It was a time for flower power and a return to nature and the simple ways.
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The date of this odd but interesting ballet might suggest intimations of flower power .
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They bloom earlier too, meaning more flower power per pound.
show
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Go to your nearest town occasionally for a special event - a concert, a festival, or a flower show .
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The flower show is July 8-13 at Hampton Court.
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International flower shows are held in Olomouc during the summer which are always popular.
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The Aug. 24-Sept. 3 trek covers Cape Province wineries, private gardens, open fields and a flower show .
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Coming up later we visit one of the finest palaces in the country which is hosting its first flower show .
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This show can easily give Philadelphia a run for the money; it is the third-largest flower show in the world.
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The Hampton Court Palace flower show is open until Sunday.
spring
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Trees such as Sorbus aucuparia serve the all-seasons garden well with spring flowers , abundant autumn berries and bright foliage colours.
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An outstanding feature of many spring flowers is the range of colours that they produce.
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Throughout the long evenings she worked in the garden and planned what bulbs she would plant for spring flowers .
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All the bridesmaids carried posies of spring flowers , and wore antique pearl and gold necklaces and bracelets.
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The mountainsides were strewn with spring flowers .
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He stared at the spring flowers , looked up at a blackbird on a branch, and came slowly indoors again.
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And don't forget Britain's commonest spring flower -- bluebells.
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The furniture was white and chrome, and even the many vases of spring flowers were white.
■ VERB
arrange
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Here presumably Miss Wharton and her fellow helpers would arrange the flowers , wash out their dusters, refresh themselves with tea.
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Apparently, the Altar Guild had been in to arrange the flowers and had forgotten to lock the side door.
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It was as if she were arranging flowers or carding wool.
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Thérèse returned with her water-bottle, knelt down to arrange her flowers .
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Having arranged all the larger flowers in the design, I then filled it out with some astrantia and potentilla flowers.
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Stick small poinsettias inside the larger ones with royal icing, then arrange flowers and leaves on the cake, as shown.
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He was always arranging for flowers and special photographs to be sent to Mrs Collingridge, doing little favours whenever he could.
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Inside St Michael and All Angels, women were arranging the flowers in golden tubs.
bring
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He always brings flowers , and that is nice.
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In other parts of the country, April showers bring May flowers .
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They need 14 hours of light a day to bring out the flowers .
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April also brings fantastic glacial flowers .
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They sit down as Karen goes off Tarquin You've brought her flowers ?
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If they brought flowers , he thanked them politely but left them where he laid them down.
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Heads of the main voluntary and political groups in the territory brought wreaths of flowers covered with messages of condolence.
buy
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He's bought Jessica flowers and chocolates right from the start.
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I bought flowers for his girlfriends and polished the hubcaps on his car.
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It's something she would naturally do but it was not the job alone that spurred the gentleman to buy her flowers .
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Some weeks I forgot to buy flowers .
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It is more than a decision to buy flowers for your lover or plan a romantic dinner.
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I should buy some flowers , really.
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Or you can buy some flowers from a shop or market stall.
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As he walked he wondered if he should have bought her flowers .
grow
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They will not help the reader to grow brighter flowers or bigger cabbages.
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Some plants grow flower buds in fall.
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After a while they brought their bowls out of the cupboard and the green leaves grew taller and flower buds began to fatten.
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They grow flowers , but the male anthers are stunted or withered: Seed but no pollen is produced.
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His garden was a credit to him, too, and he grew flowers and potatoes.
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Some varieties, such as Choy Sum, are grown for the young flower shoots.
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He saw the bleak and unpromising moorland gain colour as the grasses grew and the flowers came.
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However, one really does not need extremely large amounts of space to grow the flowers needed for this very enjoyable hobby.
pick
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He picked up the flower and held it to the light, a cluster of faded crimson petals with attenuated stalks.
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I have picked out the flowers .
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We're hoping, there's just a chance, she left her car to pick wild flowers .
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But when she picked the flowers , the brothers turned into ravens and flew away.
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She picked a bunch of flowers for Alan once.
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The Khmers held hands as they advanced and sometimes picked flowers .
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Help to protect them by following these rules: Don't pick or uproot wild flowers .
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Red decided to pick some flowers for her grandmother along the way.
send
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So how could anyone be sending her flowers ?
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Betty was shocked that a woman would send her flowers , and fell, she admitted, a little in love.
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All we have to do is send some nice flowers to each of his girlfriends.
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He was going to send her flowers .
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And he always remembers to send her flowers .
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They love it when you send them flowers .
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We can only send flowers if we know of the occasion, either happy or sad.
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News of Molly Hilary told the teachers she had taken it upon herself to send flowers to Molly on behalf of the Teachers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come into leaf/flower/blossom
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In the garden of the little farm, fruit trees are coming into flower, and others are beginning to leaf.
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The cherry tree was coming into blossom, encouraged by the unseasonably warm sunshine.
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When planted through beds of hybrid tea or floribunda rosea they add interest before the roses come into flower.
the flowering of sth
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Reforms paved the way for a flowering of democracy in Eastern Europe.
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After all, indiscretion is only the flowering of desperation.
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By this I mean the secular humanism that has allowed the flowering of civil society in the West.
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In a way, we are witnessing the second coming of Graham Gooch, the flowering of an unfulfilled embryo.
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Ling At this time of year the moors turn purple with the flowering of heathers.
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The basis was laid for the flowering of secular literature in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
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The period of emancipation, the flowering of literary tradition, the Holocaust.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Amelia was holding a huge bouquet of flowers.
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Mrs. Coulter planted a few flowers in her front yard.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Baptisia australis has indigo-blue flowers and superbly soft, bluish-grey foliage which is wonderful to use fresh.
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Here presumably Miss Wharton and her fellow helpers would arrange the flowers, wash out their dusters, refresh themselves with tea.
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I had hardly remembered the most obvious and striking spectacle of the myriad snow-white flowers now staring me in the face.
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It produces small, fragrant flowers that cluster on older stems.
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Other suggestions were wholesome, home-cooked meals or decorating the home with flowers and plants.
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She wanted to hold the flowers as well, and I told her that might just be possible.
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The female hazelnut flowers have extended their tiny purple tongues, but the male flowers resemble those of the alders.
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They need 14 hours of light a day to bring out the flowers.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
plant
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The plants are flowering several weeks too early.
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Some contain two or more different plants to flower together or to follow on from each other.
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This plant rarely flowers in the aquarium.
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On the average it takes about 18 months for a plant to flower .
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In reality, plants of all colours flower in the spring.
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A lot of plants thrive and flower in partial shade.
time
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Others need precise daily rations of sunlight that change with the seasons if they are to start flowering at a particular time .
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Its strength in finance, flowering at the time , was deliberately promoted by the country's bureaucrats.
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It often flowers several times a year.
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They are likely to flower at different times and the effect will be untidy.
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They can flower any time , often in winter.
year
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The bulbs can be planted in the garden afterwards to flower outdoors the following year .
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Biennials: Plants that flower in their second year and then die, such as Sweet Williams and hollyhocks.
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D' you know, the tree hasn't flowered properly for six years .
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It often flowers several times a year .
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The first flowering pulse of the year is yellow, characterised by lesser celandine and primrose.
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Digitalis is biennial; they should flower next year .
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They will flower one year after they are sown.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the flowering of sth
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Reforms paved the way for a flowering of democracy in Eastern Europe.
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After all, indiscretion is only the flowering of desperation.
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By this I mean the secular humanism that has allowed the flowering of civil society in the West.
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In a way, we are witnessing the second coming of Graham Gooch, the flowering of an unfulfilled embryo.
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Ling At this time of year the moors turn purple with the flowering of heathers.
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The basis was laid for the flowering of secular literature in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
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The period of emancipation, the flowering of literary tradition, the Holocaust.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Communal living flowered briefly in the 1960s.
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Hardly any of the gladioli I planted actually flowered.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Only perfection can flower in the light.
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The nasturtiums were flowering, brilliant and ragged across the soil, orange as flames.