I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fresh appeal (= one that you make again )
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The growing instability in the country has led to fresh appeals for calm.
a fresh breeze (= cool and quite strong )
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A fresh breeze is blowing from the north.
a fresh perspective (= new and interesting or useful )
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The venture will benefit from their fresh perspective.
a fresh supply
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A fresh supply of fuel was needed.
a fresh wind British English (= quite cold and strong )
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It will feel colder in places exposed to a fresh northeasterly wind.
a fresh/healthy complexion (= healthy and clean )
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a young man with a fresh complexion
a new/different/fresh/alternative approach
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a new approach to pollution control
a new/fresh outlook (= new and interesting )
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I saw Helen last week and she seemed to have a fresh outlook on life.
a new/fresh page (= which has not yet been written on )
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Start each section of your essay on a new page.
a new/fresh wave of sth
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A fresh wave of fighting erupted in the region yesterday.
fresh cream
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Use about 100ml of fresh cream.
fresh evidence (= new evidence )
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The police say they may have found fresh evidence which proves Tilly was at the scene of the crime.
fresh fish
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The market sells an amazing variety of fresh fish.
fresh fruit
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Try to eat plenty of fresh fruit .
fresh inspiration (= new inspiration )
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Fresh inspiration was provided by his trip to Italy.
fresh look
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It’s time to take a fresh look at the old problem of low pay.
fresh produce
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Wash all fresh produce before use.
fresh water (= water in lakes, rivers etc that does not contain salt )
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This bird is usually found in open country near fresh water.
fresh
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She made me drink a glass of fresh milk.
fresh
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The food is all so fresh.
fresh
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Eat the bread while it’s nice and fresh.
fresh
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She opened the window to let in some fresh air.
fresh (= made very recently using coffee beans )
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the delicious smell of fresh coffee
fresh (= recently killed and not frozen )
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Is the chicken fresh?
fresh (= new - used especially about the smell of new paint )
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The place smelled of fresh paint and new carpets.
fresh
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All the ingredients we use are fresh, and bought locally.
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I had watched the tracks I’d made disappear under fresh snow.
fresh
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Fresh vegetables taste best immediately after they've been picked.
fresh/smoked salmon
new/different/fresh etc slant
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Each article has a slightly different slant on the situation.
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Recent events have put a new slant on the president’s earlier comments.
new/raw/fresh recruit (= one who is completely untrained )
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Drill sergeants have eight weeks to turn fresh recruits into soldiers.
smell fresh
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Rub your chopping board with lemon to keep it smelling fresh.
take a dramatic/fresh/different etc turn
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From then on, our fortunes took a downward turn.
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My career had already taken a new turn.
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The President was stunned by the sudden turn of events .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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I take odourless garlic capsules because I assume that they carry the same benefits as fresh garlic.
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Dried whole milk is used mainly in infant feeding, but it can be reconstituted and used as fresh fluid milk.
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Use it as fresh as possible.
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He was sly, shrewd, meddling, as well as fresh , charming and vigorous.
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I've played back-to-back rugby for four years now and I feel as fresh as the day that I started.
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Victorious crews normally look as fresh as daisies, while the losers collapse.
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There was no doubt that the tragedy was as fresh in his mind as the day it had happened.
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That was solved by the delicious Jane Birbeck, a girl as pretty and as fresh as a primrose.
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The air's so fresh , and the birds sing so beautifully.
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You were so fresh and alive and normal and healthy.
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Some of the craters look so fresh that one almost expects the rocks still to be warm.
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Everything is so fresh it sparkles with flavor.
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I look out into the darkness, but my eyes don't focus at first, as they are so fresh from sleep.
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The murder was still so fresh in his head, he felt that anyone could smell it.
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Jurgen Moltmann's interpretation of the cross is so fresh , and speaks to where many people are today.
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What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale, predictable.
still
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The bruises and lumps were still fresh and unhealed on his face.
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When Boehme wrote, the Reformation was still fresh .
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I wrote it while the text was still fresh in my mind.
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The rain, still fresh on the grass, began to seep through the soles of his boots.
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Caro's face was paler, but still fresh and absurdly youthful.
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Even the newest graves, their flowers still fresh , were misshapen by icing-sugar waves of sand.
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The day was cooler and still fresh after the night of rain.
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The memory of empty bellies because their father had gambled away all the National Assistance was still fresh in their minds.
■ NOUN
air
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Does he agree that that contrasts with the breath of fresh air that is now flowing through our universities and polytechnics?
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In the fresh air I light my first cigar of the day, and break the match before I drop it.
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Surely the taxi-ride would never end and she be out in the fresh air .
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He bad to sit in his beret and coat, for she needed fresh air .
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She was, and is, more than a breath of fresh air in contemporary letters.
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Brown wrote his novels and faded back into his first love like a man whose ego needed fresh air and nothing more.
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I predict he will be a breath of fresh air for the business community.
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You need to go outside and fill your hollow chest with fresh air .
approach
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The changing economic, political and technological environment presents management with a new set of issues, requiring fresh approaches .
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Because it was done with respect for the music, and with a fresh approach that brought it life all over again.
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Some fresh approach to understanding the management problems in secondary schools could be much needed after the upheavals of 1985/86.
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For a fresh approach to salad, serve Jicama-Watercress Salad.
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Innovative new curricula in science, mathematics and the humanities combined with fresh approaches to classroom method.
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Each venue inspires a fresh approach .
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Writers were poorly paid, rarely given a screen credit and never encouraged to take a fresh approach .
basil
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Garnish with fresh basil and serve cold.
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It means that for your marinara sauce you have to have fresh basil , good olive oil and garlic.
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Remove from the oven and serve warm, garnished with fresh basil leaves.
blood
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It had smelled blood , fresh blood.
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John of the Cross, fresh blood flowed from the wound resulting from an amputated finger.
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Zebra walls, curtains drawn across the windows like a second night sky, carpet the colour of fresh blood .
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Before the old wound Can be healed, there is fresh blood flowing.
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His predecessor, Sir William Heseltine, had at least been fresh blood .
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On leaving office he argued that the top level of the civil service needed an injection of fresh blood .
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He grimaced at the smell of fresh blood , then pulled the loaded rifle from its holster.
bread
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There would be a table groaning with smoked ham, with thick succulent slices of cold beef and crusty fresh bread .
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We figured perhaps four hundred people would each get a thick slab of fresh bread this morning.
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With a piece of fresh bread in his other hand, Jack spooned it all down hungrily.
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It seemed to me that I could smell the odor of meatballs and fresh bread coming from neighboring apartments.
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Food Breakfasts are sustaining with fresh bread , cold meats, cheese and coffee.
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A thin stew followed, then ripe cheese and fresh bread .
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The smell of fresh bread from a bakery made him hungry but he did not stop.
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Complete your meal with a selection of local cheeses, fresh bread and, of course, iced drinks.
breeze
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The smell was terrible, despite the fresh breezes wafting in from the river.
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Dole is no fresh breeze blowing in from the hinterland to shake things up.
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A fresh breeze swept the summit.
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Her head dropped forward but she did not hear the barrel being opened until a fresh breeze struck her.
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He opened the window and a light fresh breeze clutched at the curtains.
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A fresh breeze curled the tops of the waves into tiny frills of foam that glistened white on the sapphire sea.
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No-one spoke for five minutes as they both glorified in the sun and the light fresh breeze .
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The wind dropped from a screaming, gusting gale to a fresh breeze .
election
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But two months ago their pact broke down, and fresh elections are to be held on October 21.
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No date was given for fresh elections .
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The opposition victories were overturned in the courts, which then ordered fresh elections .
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Opposition demands to dissolve the parliament for fresh elections were not accepted.
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Opposition politicians called for the dissolution of parliament and the holding of fresh elections .
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Nor did it stipulate how long the incumbent would hold office until fresh elections produced a successful candidate.
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On Aug. 6, 1990, the President dismissed the Bhutto government and ordered fresh elections to be held on Oct. 24.
evidence
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The general rule was that no fresh evidence could be adduced once the jury had retired.
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An appeal court said fresh evidence presented last month could have had a bearing on the jury's original verdict.
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Applications for leave to address fresh evidence granted.
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She supposed she ought to be pleased at this fresh evidence of Luke's sensitivity.
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Last month, the appeal court had heard fresh evidence from two witnesses not called to give evidence at Smith's trial.
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The Court of Appeal has power to receive fresh evidence only on special grounds.
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Criticism demands that all evidence must be critically weighed, and all conclusions open to revision in the light of fresh evidence.
face
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It needs fresh faces to work alongside the best existing curators.
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Arizona voters checked their pocketbooks, looked for a fresh face and embraced Steve Forbes on Tuesday.
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In their place are healthy-looking, fresh faces that carry the reassurance of a couple in harmony.
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He is no longer a fresh face .
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When a new product fails to sell as expected, they summarily dismiss slumping sales representatives and replace them with fresh faces .
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Do I want to support this fresh face with no money to slay the giant?
fish
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There are excellent restaurants and hotels, many of them specialising in their own way of serving fresh fish from the lake.
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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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What advantage did Grimsby have over Hull for the distribution of fresh fish ?
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Loi caught a splendid dorado to provide juicy fresh fish cutlets.
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Is there a good fresh fish market near by?
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Included in this expansion is a fresh fish market where you can expect an impressive selection.
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Specialities are fresh fish and shellfish.
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They had had nothing to eat for days and were delighted to be invited to eat fresh fish .
flower
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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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Inside, fresh flowers brighten every table and Deco-style light fixtures bathe the room in a soft copper glow.
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There are always fresh flowers on show.
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Minimalist in beige, black and cement with big arrangements of fresh flowers .&038;.
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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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Crisp linens and fresh flowers add the final, comforting touch.
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The sweets in particular are quite spectacular, and are sometimes decorated with fresh flowers .
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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.
food
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The damp retreated down the walls, the gardens came back to life and there was fresh food in the kitchen.
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Those suggestions are ways to make fresh foods appealing to the eye and fun to eat.
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Also, buying canned or frozen food rather than fresh food cuts down our vitamin intake by as much as 25-30 percent.
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Buy fresh foods when they are in plentiful supply, that is, in season. 12.
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Even fresh food , if stored for long periods, will lose its vitamin content.
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But fresh food is available to hotels, and many people have stockpiled supplies.
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They still expected to get cheap baked beans, but would pay over the odds for high-quality fresh food .
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Back home almost every meal is cooked from fresh food .
fruit
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Finish with a piece of fresh fruit .
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Serve fresh fruit of the season for dessert.
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Virtually fat-free yoghurt or fromagefrais, or fresh fruit for dessert.
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Also available are 18 fresh fruits , 22 types of breads and 20 different beverages.
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Michele followed her in with steaming bowls of soup, a cheese board, and a selection of fresh fruit .
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Experts debated Tuesday whether pasteurization is better than other techniques in assuring the safety of fresh fruit juices.
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Leaving potatoes unpeeled and providing fresh fruit instead of fat- and sugar-rich puddings is a great time-saver.
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If you don't have fresh fruit to hand, just use an equal weight of canned or frozen fruit instead.
herb
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Serve warm swirled with soured cream and garnished with fresh herbs .
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In a small bowl, combine the garlic, fresh herbs , salt and pepper and olive oil.
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Serve cold, garnished with fresh herbs .
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We also like to use large bunches of basil and other fresh herbs , which impart a unique flavor of their own.
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He was now holding long stalks of fresh herbs which he dipped into the Holy Water.
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I try to keep fresh herbs growing in my home all winter long.
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The dish is then sprinkled with chopped fresh herbs such as tarragon.
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I have a great weakness for fresh herbs and love the scent of basil and tarragon.
idea
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The learner may view the problem from a new angle and introduce fresh ideas for consideration.
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It can not be said that Storni was quick to adopt fresh ideas .
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The new committee combines the experience of longstanding members with the fresh ideas of new members.
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Mr Steffen, whose brief includes responsibility for the bank's productivity programmes, may well bring fresh ideas from manufacturing.
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I just wish the Tories had some fresh ideas , precious few around as far as I can see.
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He also confronts the Rhodesia Front men - whom his family know well - with a few fresh ideas .
look
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IntelliDraw takes a fresh look at the way people work with images.
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It was time to take a fresh look .
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You can achieve the freshest look with minimum make-up.
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Other revelations came from taking a fresh look at the data.
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He'd poked at the soil with a hoe to give it a fresh look .
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The new Community Care Act should prompt a fresh look at services for carers and those they look after.
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Secondly, we take a fresh look at the Chicago School of Urban Sociology.
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Over the next three decades, many theologians took a fresh look at the whole subject of human sexuality.
meat
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You can see so little as you blunder on that you are an easy target for any animal seeking fresh meat .
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Thawed meat is as perishable as fresh meat.
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The check-out clerks normally pack the already neatly wrapped fresh meat for you in a plastic bag.
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Cost could be less than that of fresh meat cuts.
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Unlike most other fabled beasts it preferred to scavenge carrion from the forest floor rather than kill for fresh meat .
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They shot a buck and scared a bighorn lamb off a cliff, their first fresh meat in weeks.
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Nicholas smelt fresh meat and lemons.
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Generally, neither fresh meat nor produce is stocked.
parsley
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Garnish with fresh parsley and lemon peel.
produce
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It is also going for a different approach to merchandising in store, for example siting Waistline beside fresh produce .
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Bernie takes his bland government sedan to the local grocery store and trundles his way down the fresh produce aisle.
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Eat as much fresh produce as possible rather than relying on tinned, packed and frozen foods.
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Some of our frozen products are fresher and taste fresher than our fresh produce , Ginsburg said.
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The four-course dinner is wholesome and fresh produce is used whenever possible.
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The result: plenty of fresh produce for the kitchen and such delights as crab apple and quince jellies and pickled walnuts.
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Excellent cooking with mainly fresh produce .
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Fiona Hughes, a trained cordonbleu cook, makes good use of fresh produce from the large kitchen garden.
salmon
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Ingredients are fresh and many, such as the fresh salmon from the Wye, are locally produced.
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He receives and approves a huge fresh salmon . 8. ext.
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At Sainsburys whole fresh salmon is even lower at £1.98; smoked salmon is down by £1 to £5.85 for 8 oz.
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Cook for 3-4 minutes and then add 250g of fresh salmon which has been boned, skinned and chopped.
start
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What we need, it argues, is a fresh start .
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He talked about fresh air and fresh starts .
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She decided to travel back to this country and make a fresh start .
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Bankruptcy proceedings free you from overwhelming debts so that you can make a fresh start , subject to restrictions.
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Then make a fresh start on a more efficient brand of government activism for the future.
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Then I wanted a fresh start .
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Every week is a fresh start .
thyme
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Add the fresh thyme , stirring to combine, and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
water
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Do not pollute fresh water supplies.
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McLaren concludes that the former mechanism is numerically untenable because there is not remotely enough fresh water and ice in the world.
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Most have been seen at Chichester gravel pits, but the species may occur on any stretch of fresh water .
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Ask a student to add more fresh water to the container.
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An array of long thin fingers of salty water descends, interspersed with a similar array of rising fresh water.
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The puffer fish is found in warmer parts of the world both in sea water and fresh water.
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They left their first temporary home last fall when the overcrowded camp ran out of fresh water and space.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breath of fresh air
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I'm going outside for a breath of fresh air.
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Moving to this big apartment was like a breath of fresh air.
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As I say, we must introduce a breath of fresh air into the inspection system.
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Comes to corner of the street for a breath of fresh air.
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His condition is fine and he went out for a breath of fresh air.
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Lawrence has proved a master of communication and a breath of fresh air to North-East sportswriters.
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Steve Forbes is a breath of fresh air to the process.
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Undoubtedly to the disappointment of the leakers, Inman came through the whole affair like a breath of fresh air.
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We need a breath of fresh air in school inspections.
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You really want to turn around and get a breath of fresh air.
new/fresh blood
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The firm desperately needs some new blood .
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About the time Ed began getting restless, a family-owned firm in the same industry was looking for new blood .
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After that, a simple change to a new blood pressure medication solved the problem for good.
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Before the old wound Can be healed, there is fresh blood flowing.
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It had smelled blood , fresh blood.
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That began to change in recent years, as the Academy membership took on new blood .
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The new blood testing exercise will cost up to five thousand pounds.
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The Treasury, where two ministers were election casualties, receives an infusion of new blood .
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Then our heart rate climbs, steadily, until our ears are gulping on the new blood .
put a different/new/fresh complexion on sth
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It may put a different complexion on things.
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To me, the fact that she hasn't been heard of again in seventeen years puts a different complexion on it.
television/sports/fresh-air etc fiend
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fresh fish is much more delicious than frozen.
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Fresh fish tastes completely different to fish that has been frozen.
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fresh vegetables
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a fresh breeze
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a dozen fresh eggs
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Do you think this meat smells fresh ?
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Hill's vibrant singing style makes even the old songs sound fresh .
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I'm just going to have a shower and put on some fresh clothes.
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I go to the market twice a week to buy fresh fruit and vegetables.
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I think we need to take a fresh look at the problem.
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If you eat garlic, have some parsley afterwards to keep your breath fresh .
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It's surprising how a fresh coat of paint can improve the appearance of a room.
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Most houses on the street boast fresh paint.
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Please start each new question on a fresh page.
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Police say they are still hoping for fresh information about the missing girl.
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Put the milk in the fridge to keep it fresh .
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Shall I make a fresh pot of coffee? This one's cold.
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The army is planning a fresh attempt to regain control of the capital.
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The camp had almost run out of food when helicopters arrived with fresh supplies.
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The fields have such a clean, fresh smell after the rain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fresh berries for dessert add the final fresh touch.
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Blue chips as a whole struggled under that burden, which was further exacerbated by fresh selling of telecom and media issues.
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Finally a juicy ripe pineapple is sliced, and six fresh sticks of sugar cane arrive.
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For a fresh approach to salad, serve Jicama-Watercress Salad.
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High school students are remarkably perceptive and fresh in their views.
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On this the farm worker is most scathing: fresh air does not pay his electricity bill.
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Other revelations came from taking a fresh look at the data.
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There are always fresh flowers on show.
II. adverb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breath of fresh air
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I'm going outside for a breath of fresh air.
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Moving to this big apartment was like a breath of fresh air.
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As I say, we must introduce a breath of fresh air into the inspection system.
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Comes to corner of the street for a breath of fresh air.
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His condition is fine and he went out for a breath of fresh air.
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Lawrence has proved a master of communication and a breath of fresh air to North-East sportswriters.
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Steve Forbes is a breath of fresh air to the process.
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Undoubtedly to the disappointment of the leakers, Inman came through the whole affair like a breath of fresh air.
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We need a breath of fresh air in school inspections.
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You really want to turn around and get a breath of fresh air.
lovely and warm/fresh/clean etc
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All that changed, as inevitably it had to, but it was lovely and warm and fulfilling while it lasted.
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I always keep the heater on upstairs, so it's always lovely and warm.
new/fresh blood
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The firm desperately needs some new blood .
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About the time Ed began getting restless, a family-owned firm in the same industry was looking for new blood .
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After that, a simple change to a new blood pressure medication solved the problem for good.
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Before the old wound Can be healed, there is fresh blood flowing.
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It had smelled blood , fresh blood.
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That began to change in recent years, as the Academy membership took on new blood .
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The new blood testing exercise will cost up to five thousand pounds.
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The Treasury, where two ministers were election casualties, receives an infusion of new blood .
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Then our heart rate climbs, steadily, until our ears are gulping on the new blood .
put a different/new/fresh complexion on sth
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It may put a different complexion on things.
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To me, the fact that she hasn't been heard of again in seventeen years puts a different complexion on it.
television/sports/fresh-air etc fiend