noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bring sb pleasure/joy/pain/grief etc
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The decision brought him great relief.
crazed with grief/pain/fear etc
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He was crazed with grief after the death of his mother.
express your grief (= say or show that you are very sad, especially because someone you love has died )
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She searched for further words to express her grief, but could find none.
mad with grief/fear/jealousy etc
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When she heard of her son’s death, she was mad with grief.
public display of grief/affection etc (= showing your emotions so that everyone can see )
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She was acutely embarrassed by his public display of temper.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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You find out how many diameters make a circumference! Good grief , have you no brains at all?
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Indy Racing League civil war. Good grief .
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It's Lady Godiva and - good grief - those are naked bosoms.
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But it smelled awful. Good grief !
great
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A great grief has fallen upon the kingdom and there is deep apprehension for the future.
private
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He had kept away from the house, not wanting to intrude on the Bonnards' private grief .
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To only a few had he been the devil who gloated over their private grief .
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As to his reference to rugby league, I plead ignorance and will not interfere with private griefs .
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Midge protested at what she saw as bureaucratic interference in what should have been a private grief .
public
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His funeral in Algiers on July 1 was the scene of demonstrations of public grief by a crowd of at least 10,000.
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A public show of grief acknowledges that fact.
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A sense of release is created by such public demonstrations of grief that clearly triggers many people into dealing with their feelings.
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After his body was returned to Kinshasa, carefully planned scenes of public grief turned into a mass demonstration of patriotic fervour.
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He said the public grief and that of the bereaved families has been enormous.
■ NOUN
reaction
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Further, there is a significant grief reaction to giving up the substance or process of addiction itself.
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Could her refusal be part of a prolonged grief reaction to her sister's death and to her miserable marriage?
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It follows that affirmative assessors must be able to discriminate at least between these two types of grief reaction .
■ VERB
bring
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Every change in our lives brings with it griefs , even changes for the better.
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This was evidently a family that was not going to be brought closer by grief .
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This will only bring about grief for what do we really know about ourselves or some one else?
cause
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Just as I had fired up the cooker the cat rod that had caused me all the grief earlier was off again.
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But until then I had no inkling that pictures of black women would cause newspaper executives such grief .
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Normally this would have caused me considerable grief , but this time I was prepared to tough it out.
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And while the budget negotiations are causing grief right now for front-running Sen.
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The oil caused enough grief in Scapa Flow at the time.
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The breakup caused no lasting anger, but it did cause grief and tears.
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But they were used in another manner, as well, that caused much grief for everyone involved.
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He also re-members the massive enemy tunnel network that caused so much grief and frustration.
come
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She'd come to grief acting like that, but not from him.
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Far from remaining a hero, he came to grief .
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The reductivist enterprise thus inevitably comes to grief , and it is not altogether surprising that it does.
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This is often far from the case and many a combination has come to grief at the very last fence.
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Then might not the rotting stump of the tree split under their weight and they come to grief ?
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When it comes to that interesting pastime, most members of most species come to grief .
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But out of sight at the other end of the course, Mr Hill had also come to grief .
deal
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But others in the professional psychological field regard the institution as an effective and important way of dealing with grief .
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A session Saturday morning dealt with getting through grief and dealing with the burn injuries.
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To some extent, adults can choose of their own free will whether to deal with their grief or not.
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In doing so they will not only be dealing with grief and loss, but also rethinking their own daily living arrangements.
express
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These notices are sometimes the only way the agnostic or the non-church member can find of expressing their grief .
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The faces and bodies of the three black women express various degrees of grief , uncertainty and pain.
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In close communities like mines, the workers have been able to express both grief and anger openly.
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Other issues that develop are concerned with caring people who wish to help relatives and friends express their grief .
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Churches were safe places to meet to express grief , and huge numbers gathered to light candles.
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Sessions four, five and six During these sessions she was further encouraged to express her feelings of grief .
feel
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When he died, she felt no real grief .
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She felt that extremes of grief or pleasure were vulgar, and placed control high on her list of priorities.
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She was, of course, quite well in the sense of feeling no actual grief or pain.
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But I doubt whether anyone is feeling a purely personal grief .
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People felt collective shame, grief and responsibility.
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She felt no grief , but a dull anger thudded like a drum in her temple.
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Their names have never appeared in the media, which shared the feeling of shame and grief and responsibility.
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They felt no grief and experienced no real sense of loss.
give
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I can't remember his name though! emailinc Sounds like some one is giving you grief ?
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And if you gave them any grief at all, they said they would just kick her out.
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These calls, they gave me no grief .
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When my child died I might have given way to grief as I loved him very much.
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Fans are sure to give him a fair trial before they give him any grief .
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Business development managers also interview heads of functional areas within eBay to discover what aspects of past deals gave them grief .
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One set was given grief therapy and the other sent on a community programme.
overwhelm
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He was not overwhelmed with grief for Kit, but evidently his eyes felt otherwise.
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When Alcyone learned what he was planning she was overwhelmed with grief and terror.
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I was overwhelmed by grief and revulsion such as I had never known before.
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When she was gone he was overwhelmed with grief and de creed that she should have the most magnificent of funerals.
share
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I feel pretty helpless, have a good cry and share my grief with colleagues who also knew David.
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Midge's total lack of emotion prevented him from sharing his own grief with her and he found that unbearable.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be out of your mind with worry/grief etc
good grief/God/Lord/heavens/gracious!
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Good grief! I forgot my keys again.
spasm of grief/laughter/coughing etc
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A spasm of coughing woke him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was overcome with grief when his wife died.
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Thousands of people sent floral tributes as an expression of their grief .
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We didn't say much, but his grief was obvious.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the boy knew in that circumstance was grief and worry and surprise and rage.
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It is his own mind's way of coping with the grief , and he knows it.
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She'd thought it was Anna, snuffling in her sleep or from grief .
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The oil caused enough grief in Scapa Flow at the time.
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This will only bring about grief for what do we really know about ourselves or some one else?
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Tomorrow, he decided, he must press her to a full disclosure of the grief harboured in her heart.
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Whatever pangs of grief and guilt and shame Emilia might suffer had remained locked inside her, an unapproachable wound.
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When my child died I might have given way to grief as I loved him very much.