number
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children )
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The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured.
a four/five/six etc figure number (= a number in the thousands/ten thousands/hundred thousands etc )
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Choose a four figure number that you can easily remember.
a group of three, four, five etc
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There was a group of three at the bar, two men and a woman.
a one in three/four/ten etc chance (= used to say how likely something is )
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People in their 30s have a one in 3,000 chance of getting the disease.
all fours
be four weeks/three months etc in arrears
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The rent money is two months in arrears.
nine out of ten/three out of four etc
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Nine out of ten students pass the test first time.
petit four
plus fours
split sth three/four etc ways (= share something between three, four etc people or groups )
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The money will have to be split three ways.
the four corners of sth
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Each team was based in one of the four corners of the pool.
two/three/four etc abreast (= with two, three, four etc people or vehicles next to each other )
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The planes were flying four abreast.
two/three/four etc billion
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3.5 billion years ago
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Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion.
two/three/four etc dozen (= 24, 36, 48 etc )
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The number of deaths has risen to more than two dozen.
two/three/four etc hundred
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I make nine hundred dollars a week.
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a journey of 15 hundred miles
two/three/four etc million
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seven million dollars
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£37 million of new investment
two/three/four etc thousand
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five thousand dollars
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The company employs 30 thousand people.
two/three/four etc trillion
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$5.3 trillion
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Japan’s exports were worth $43 trillion last year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a two/three/four etc horse race
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The women's competition was a two horse race between last year's winners Surrey and previous champions Essex.
flat-footed/four-footed
serve two/three/four etc (people)
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After serving two years of her sentence, she was released on probation.
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As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts.
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He gave Edberg no chance of breaking him, serving four stunning aces and a massive percentage of first services.
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Newton was released after serving two years in prison.
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Reagan became the first incumbent to serve two terms in the presidency since Dwight D.. Eisenhower in the 1950s.
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She served three consecutive terms from 1877 to 1885, and was noted for her fearlessness and power of debate.
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The new managers saw their administrative responsibilities as serving two purposes.
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This story serves two important purposes.
sleep two/four/six etc
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All the comfortable rooms sleep two and are of a high standard with private shower and W.C; most have a balcony.
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Expect to pay $ 115 for a cabin that sleeps four during peak season.
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He was probably fed up with having to sleep four to a bed.
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I can actually go home and sleep six hours at night now.
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Rates start at $ 75 per night off-season for a cabin that sleeps two.
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Soldiers sleep four or six to a dormitory, with lockable doors and private bathrooms.
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The properties, which sleep four people, are based at Rosecraddoc Manor, set in 38 acres of woodlands near Liskeard.
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They sleep six to a bed and wake up to the fiery sting of bug bites.
these four walls
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I don't want anything that I have said repeated outside these four walls .
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I can not be said to have a life outside these four walls .
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What purpose did she serve sitting looking at these four walls ?
throw dice/a six/a four etc
twenty-four hour clock
two bits/four bits