noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
petrified with fright/fear
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He was petrified with fear when he saw the gun.
quake with fear/fright/anger etc
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Richmond was quaking with fury.
stage fright
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Den suffered terribly from stage fright .
suffered...from stage fright
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Den suffered terribly from stage fright .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
stage
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But then, she recalled wryly, nor had stage fright .
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Q: Do you ever have stage fright ?
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In the nick of time, they discovered her in a state of hapless stage fright .
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Not a touch of stage fright .
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Den suffered terribly from stage fright and had some real moments of crisis which of course never showed from the front.
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Early attacks of stage fright were cured by a thimbleful of Courvoisier.
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So to overcome her fear, she spent two hours a day doing relaxation exercises to conquer her stage fright .
■ VERB
get
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I thought you might have got a fright .
give
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The Princess was given a serious fright .
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I hadn't long been back from my honeymoon when my new wife was given another fright .
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So, skip, Abdul give you a fright , nuh?
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I just wanted to give her a fright , that's all.
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They teased teachers by dropping books near them, giving them a fright .
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You gave us such a fright .
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It gave me a fright , I don't mind telling you.
take
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But when the City looked at the gap where macroeconomic policy should have been, it took fright .
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I approached him, but he did not take fright .
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Lennon, however, took fright and hurried into a shot which sped wide of the target.
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The men steadying it took fright , threw down their long tongs, and fled.
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It took a fright like that to make Peggy look solemn.
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Men had died because an untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of musketry.
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Kafka and Milena take fright and run off in different directions.
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Market makers took fright , presuming some one knew something they did not, and the price tumbled 30 p.c.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be frozen with fear/terror/fright
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Darren was pale with fright .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And did they never die of fright ?
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I knew that I was dead from fright and would be beaten afterward for clumsiness.
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Men had died because an untrained horse had taken fright at the sound of musketry.
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She was a fright last night at the Paradise Garage.
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The Princess was given a serious fright .