I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crowd gathers
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A large crowd had gathered to watch the procession go past.
bring in/gather in the harvest ( also get in the harvest ) (= collect the crops from the fields )
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They were working late into the night to get the harvest in.
clouds gather/form
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The sky had darkened and clouds had gathered.
collect/gather information
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The job consisted of gathering information about consumer needs.
compile/collect/gather statistics
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Police have not yet compiled statistics for this year.
gain/gather/build up momentum (= become more and more successful )
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The show gathered momentum over the next few months and became a huge hit.
gain/gather/pick up speed (= go faster )
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The Mercedes was gradually picking up speed.
gather pace (= happen more quickly )
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Support for the campaign is gathering pace.
gather/collect dust (= become covered with dust )
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Piles of old books lay on the floor gathering dust.
gather/collect evidence
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Police experts are still collecting evidence at the scene of the crime.
gathering/growing darkness literary (= night that is slowly coming )
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The garden was almost invisible now in the gathering darkness.
gather/muster/summon your strength (= get enough strength to do something )
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He sat for a couple of minutes, gathering his strength.
Storm clouds are gathering
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Storm clouds are gathering over the trade negotiations.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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The water-power age produced hamlets, at the most small villages, gathered around a new mill.
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Later, while dancing, Johnson slipped and fell to the floor, and the curious gathered around .
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People gathered around him like a Pied Piper.
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A thousand people, mostly men, gathered around the grate one day last spring to witness a double execution.
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Adults gathered around to watch, some to rinse themselves off.
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At the back of the beach, where sand mingled with scrub, some fifty people were gathered around cars and trailers.
here
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Now, unless I am mistaken, those partisans of anti-cruelty or pro-welfare who are gathered here also accept these same aspirations.
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Even Republican governors, who had gathered here to give the candidate advice on Tuesday, were unaware of the decision.
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There were only about seven people left now out of the dozen or so who had been gathered here earlier.
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No one had seen or heard ladies gather here to watch.
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Bankers, churchmen and scholars gathered here to serve the King's Court.
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The gathering here was the latest in a long line of intergovernmental efforts to combat the menace.
round
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The servants had theirs at two, gathered round the scrubbed table in the big kitchen.
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People gathered round , prodding her for news.
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Ten or more passengers - all men, some in western dress and others in robes - gathered round singing and clapping.
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An unprecedented crowd, with quite a few strange faces, had gathered round the church door before the afternoon service.
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It was hardly surprising that many among that particular audience immediately recognised him and gathered round .
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To my great surprise, the television crews gathered round in order to interview me about my project.
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We gathered round the boat with all the sense of adventure of Drake rounding the Horn.
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We gathered round a large table to discuss our losses.
together
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She was still gathering together the finance she needed.
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Where we can have some privacy, but where we can gather together as a family at meals and in the evenings.
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You will then need to gather together the necessary things to make an application.
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They would gather together , without husbands, would-be husbands, or bring-home work.
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Hard work but just as much a social occasion for everyone to gather together .
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Small groups of teen-agers also were gathered together at five sites around the country to discuss their attitudes about high school.
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It is this insight that is recalled every time Christians have gathered together and broken bread and shred the cup.
up
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He gathered up his papers and walked with brisk dignity towards the steps that led down from the platform.
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So Mark gathered up his courage and talked to his supervisor one April morning.
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Using a teaspoon, fill the trout turban. Gather up four corners of filo, twist into a bundle.
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Forty-four little hands gather up coats and lunch boxes and forty-four little feet head down the hall to go home.
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When they'd gone Maggie gathered up the rest of the dishes and piled them in the sink.
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Hubbard sputtered, gathering up the papers.
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He parodied my groping stumble across the stage to the podium and gathered up the skirt to reveal hairy legs and bloomers.
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He walked to the corner, gathering up his long Marine coat, doing up the buttons and neck flap.
■ NOUN
cloud
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The sky had darkened, clouds had gathered , and birds were returning, flying in belatedly to feed their chicks.
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And out in the world, new storm clouds were gathering .
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By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped, letting the clouds gather .
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As he gazes from his White House window Clinton sees clouds gathering on the horizon and dimming his shining hour.
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As they drew close to the outskirts of Chichester itself rain clouds were gathering .
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Last year, the storm clouds gathered .
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But suddenly the storm clouds are gathering .
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For others the clouds might gather and the rains fall, but never for Maurice and those around him.
crowd
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A big crowd started to gather as Greg got on a real head of steam.
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They came upon a small crowd gathered around a long wooden table that had posters of Sophia Loren hanging along the front.
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An 80-strong crowd gathered in the street outside, some jeering as the convoy whisked away.
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A crowd had gathered in the corner.
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A crowd of beggar children gathered to watch beyond the garden wall, but from the house itself there was no response.
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An angry crowd gathered , confronting the police, who showed little interest in dispersing them, and began taunting the marshals.
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Members of a crowd which gathered around the bus joined in, and four of the soldiers were beaten to death.
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The crowd has been steadily gathering and now extends out into the drive.
data
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Test data was gathered by random selection from each domain until the target of approximately 17 sentences per domain had been met.
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More recent data gathered in the six years since provides us with a realistic picture of the crisis we confront.
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Without them some data gathered in orbit will have nowhere to go.
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In community surveys a specific set of field instructions should be given to each interviewer before data are gathered .
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Generally there should be some question which asks pupils to synthesise the data they have gathered at different parts of the site.
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It often involves hard choices, not to mention extensive data gathering and analysis.
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The data gathered for the exercise clearly reflect the now very considerable research strength and performance that we possess.
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Defines evaluation criteria 1 Describes data gathering methods.
evidence
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John Night Sky, you must visit a variety of colorful crime scenes, gathering evidence and interviewing suspects and witnesses.
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Greenpeace claim that the Authority is failing in its statutory duty to gather the necessary evidence to enforce the law.
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The object is to gather enough evidence and sift through all the forensics information needed to write an acceptable arrest warrant.
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She first gathered her evidence from women's groups who worked with rape victims during the war.
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Investigators were still on the scene late Saturday gathering evidence and testing the waters.
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They've hired a firm of solicitors and an investigator to gather evidence .
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I took some pictures of the place, as if to gather evidence .
family
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She felt a sense of unreality until all the family except Tony gathered round the wireless set.
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The family and I gathered around his hospital bed.
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Like families gathered at Christmas, social animals are poised between cooperation and conflict.
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Tara Turner, 27, was shot in the head Saturday at a family gathering in her home, police said.
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He liked to come in and find the family gathered under one roof.
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And my cousins will be reminded of this at every family gathering .
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Friends and family gathered to hear tributes to Richard Miles.
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Think of it as singing at a family gathering .
group
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Outside the gallery a group of curious bystanders gathered , staring and leering at the nude painting.
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Then each group gathers to discuss the work and explore ways to present it to the rest of the class.
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That evening, as the sun sank over the marsh and the sea an odd group gathered in the dusk.
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By ten, Joette has finished with reading groups and they all gather back at the rug.
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A group of people were gathered at a mill two blocks away.
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One-thirty finds the group in their familiar gathering place, on the rug in a circle.
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A group of spectators had gathered like vultures on the pavement.
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A group of silent people gathered slowly near the place where they stopped the Land-Rover.
information
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The information will be gathered in 4 city centre retail and catering firms and 3 sixth form colleges in Swansea.
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Or that any newscast or print publication has room to or should present every shard of information it gathers on every story?
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The aim is to check that sufficient information has been gathered for each variable to make statistics upon them valid.
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Information brokerages dispatch agents capable of information resource gathering , negotiating deals, and performing transactions.
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Few people, however, are aware of how object-related information is generated, gathered , structured and subsequently applied.
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And in some cases, the information gathering exercise itself has its benefits.
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Corbett tried to think back, unravelling the skein of information he had gathered .
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Sections 5.2 and 5.4 show how such statistical information can easily be gathered by running automatic graph-searching procedures over the Chart output.
intelligence
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The arcane field of intelligence gathering may prove him wrong, says Charles Grant.
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Headley also illustrates what could happen if operational intelligence was rapidly gathered and acted upon.
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It is vital that a reformulated strategy be built upon better intelligence gathering and better coordination of intelligence between agencies.
material
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Yanto was using his fingers to gather the fine silky material .
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Manion and the rest of the management team were still gathering up their materials when Katherine reentered the boardroom.
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Local people will be trained to gather plants and other materials which may have economic potential.
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Fifty years to gather the raw material .
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In Chapter 2 we looked at sources of information and at how to gather material .
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It aimed to gather material on consumer perspectives on shopping, which would provide a basis for advice given to local co-operatives.
momentum
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I waited for it to gather momentum .
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The strikes continue to gather momentum .
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Nevertheless, the fortress of autocracy had been breached and liberal pressure for further reform could be expected to gather momentum .
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About the time this outcry was gathering momentum , a curve ball landed like a left hook.
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Such is the delight that people take in seeking out follies at weekends that the Fellowship has quickly gathered momentum .
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The principle that nature worked by the simplest means was gathering momentum during the thirteenth century.
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The middle-school initiative, as it gathered momentum in the 1960s, was concerned with a great deal more than legalistic terminology.
people
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The atmosphere is badly wrong. People are gathered there.
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Today, people do not gather and choose their great leaders from among themselves.
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That moment was watched by 750 million people gathered around television sets in more than seventy countries.
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That night in 1986, hundreds of people gathered at Southside Presbyterian Church as planned.
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Around 30 people gathered for the ceremony which was organised by Families Acting for Innocent Relatives.
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As many as 25,000 people gathered in San Cristobal to see off the caravan.
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A crowd of Deep Water People gathered around us.
signature
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It only takes two or three volunteers on a busy market day or Saturday afternoon to gather several hundred signatures .
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They gather nominating petition signatures for lawmakers, raise money for them and sometimes even run their re-election campaigns.
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Supporters of a no-confidence referendum had gathered 440,000 signatures to support their demand.
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She's gathered 18,000 signatures in Swindon on a petition protesting about the fuel tax.
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The group also filed a proposed district map and request for a petition to begin gathering signatures .
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The party won its right to a place on the ballot after it had gathered 96,000 signatures on a petition.
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To force an election, the union must gather the signatures of a majority of employees.
storm
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But suddenly the storm clouds are gathering .
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We were bumping along a dirt road when a storm gathered dark clouds above us.
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The morning sky was blue as yet but storm clouds were gathering and the wind seemed on the change.
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And out in the world, new storm clouds were gathering .
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The Hidatsa rushed eagerly into hail storms and gathered hail stones to cool their tepid Missouri River drinking water.
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Last year, the storm clouds gathered .
wit
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It is gone even before the predator can gather its wits and make chase.
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I felt helpless, but tried to gather my wits .
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He remained still and tried to gather his wits .
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She slowly gathered her wits , and looked round.
woman
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We can not even assume that only men hunted and only women gathered plants.
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The elder of these two women was gathering wild flowers, exclaiming as she did so.
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According to the military report, the presence of the troops reassured a small group of white women and children gathered there.
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And in the village of Marlott, following ancient custom, the young women gathered to dance every holiday.
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In both, women gathered to make confessions about their lives and find support from other women for changes they were making.
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The women and young girls gather and sing songs.
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The women gather and prepare food, as well as bear, nurture, and raise children.
■ VERB
begin
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But she began to gather their limbs together and put them in order, head, body, arms and legs.
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Mosquitoes began to gather , and Gary and I rolled our sleeves down to protect our arms.
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Without saying a word she began to gather up her pieces of paper.
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The group also filed a proposed district map and request for a petition to begin gathering signatures.
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Jean-Pierre began to gather up his instruments and put them into his bag.
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Inevitably the hordes began to gather .
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Each began to gather troops and to borrow money from usurers.
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He got up, extended his hand, and pulled Ted up, and together they began to gather their gear.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gather/collect/recover etc your wits
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He remained still and tried to gather his wits .
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I felt helpless, but tried to gather my wits .
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I tried to collect my wits for the arrival.
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It is gone even before the predator can gather its wits and make chase.
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She slowly gathered her wits , and looked round.
intelligence/information etc gathering
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And in some cases, the information gathering exercise itself has its benefits.
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Army intelligence supervised most of the information gathering and army technicians handled much of the technical work.
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But in the mid-1970s there was an acrimonious conflict between the different intelligence gathering agencies in the province.
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For once in the treacherous business of intelligence gathering , the question of mutual trust had been answered on sight.
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He helped suppress the Matabele rising in 1896, and learned the elements of scouting and intelligence gathering .
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It is vital that a reformulated strategy be built upon better intelligence gathering and better coordination of intelligence between agencies.
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It would seem that much effort up to now has focused upon information gathering to the neglect of the other two processes.
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The arcane field of intelligence gathering may prove him wrong, says Charles Grant.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Gather the material and baste it.
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A crowd gathered around to watch the fight.
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A group of elderly folks gather daily at the senior center to sing songs.
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A small crowd gathered to watch the fight.
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Angry workers were gathering on the steps of City Hall.
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By the time the president arrived, a large crowd had gathered.
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Computers make it far easier to gather information.
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Despite my limited Spanish, I gathered that there was a problem with my passport.
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Eager fans are already gathering outside the stadium.
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From what I can gather , there has been fighting further down the valley.
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Grandma gathered her scarf around her neck as she went out the door.
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Harry was afraid. Sweat gathered on his upper lip.
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I gather you've decided not to resign after all.
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Jack was not happy about the news, I gather .
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Many of the plants in the gardens were gathered on trips to Japan and China.
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Snow gathered thickly in the folds of their clothes.
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Some hospitals are using twins to gather information on a variety of diseases.
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Some of the men gathered firewood while others made a fire.
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The family gathered on the porch to say goodbye.
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There were gaps between the floorboards where dust and bits of grime had gathered.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As many as 25,000 people gathered in San Cristobal to see off the caravan.
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But never forget that your mission is greater than the gathering of such requirements along the way.
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On the psychiatric ward, Muetzel and the others gathered themselves and then the patients to search for a way out.
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The traders joined him, in a show of support, gathering the garbage cans from across the trading floor.
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We gathered round the boat with all the sense of adventure of Drake rounding the Horn.
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You had to search through half the estate to gather a pound of coffee for 2 colones.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
information
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You could ask different lenders what they could offer you, or gather information from the Net.
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Appointed by the mayor and council, the committee has been a boon in helping elected officials gather information and set priorities.
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Houk was in Trinidad in 1988 to gather information for his anthropology dissertation, which he completed in 1992.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rolling stone gathers no moss
gather/collect/recover etc your wits
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He remained still and tried to gather his wits .
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I felt helpless, but tried to gather my wits .
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I tried to collect my wits for the arrival.
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It is gone even before the predator can gather its wits and make chase.
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She slowly gathered her wits , and looked round.