adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good/useful/helpful/handy tip
▪
Go to their website to find useful tips on buying and selling a home.
a useful/handy checklist
▪
This is a useful checklist for anyone travelling abroad.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
in
▪
For those of us who are less fortunate, Correct Letters could come in handy .
▪
Extra money will come in handy as there will soon be a particular project to support.
▪
Don't forget the Survival Pack, which is bound to come in handy .
▪
Spreadsheet convert to values One useful trick that often comes in handy is to convert an entire spreadsheet to values.
▪
The fans would have come in handy during the humid weather over the last few days.
▪
Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them.
▪
And both of these were to come in handy .
▪
I had organised two more fallback packages that would come in handy now.
very
▪
It was something he felt might come in very handy .
▪
Border fork A smaller version of a digging fork; very handy for working among close-spaced plants and lifting individual seedlings.
▪
The matches are designed not to blow out in strong winds or when immersed in water. Very handy .
▪
Missile troops positioned on hilltops are very handy for protecting artillery units.
▪
One thousand smackers would come in very handy at the moment.
▪
There was something very handy about the way this story had come out.
▪
The bike came in very handy then because it's about nine miles to Cotherstone, where we used to meet.
▪
Getting to use a whole extra rank of weapons in the face of a charge can come in very handy .
■ NOUN
hint
▪
Readers with humorous computing tales or handy hints are welcome to write to Fatal Dos Error at the usual address.
▪
None of them ever enlivened maths lessons with a few handy hints about alternative sexuality.
▪
Here to get you started are a few ... Practical pointers and handy hints 1 Think about your class and year group.
▪
Practical pointers and handy hints 1 Don't feel a failure if you've never had a boyfriend or girlfriend.
tip
▪
All it takes is some imagination to think up handy tips to help other producers.
▪
This is a handy tip for setting a home-built kite bridle.
▪
On page 26 we suggest handy tips for teaching her to dress herself.
▪
Any handy tips for good, strong growth, please?
▪
The associated language analysis is useful as a reference work and set of handy tips .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a handy chart for converting pounds into kilos
▪
A lot of people in the States have a gun handy at night and when they travel.
▪
Add a rail to keep kitchen equipment handy .
▪
It's a handy way of keeping a record of your spending.
▪
Make sure you keep your passport and ticket handy .
▪
Many fruit juices are now available in handy little cartons.
▪
There's a handy cup holder under the car radio.
▪
There's a special brush you can attach to the vacuum cleaner, which is handy for cleaning the stairs.
▪
This handy booklet tells you everything you need to know about getting connected to the Internet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
A handy ditty when competing with other firms.
▪
Detecting suspicious activity in the community is where the bike patrol agents come in handy .
▪
He tied the reins to a handy bush and followed the sound of Blondel's voice.
▪
They should become handier about the house and less concerned with work.
▪
This command centre is handy to use for your own files and is great when you're designing applications at work.
▪
What I was about to learn, however, is that the poem was equally handy when competing within Salomon Brothers.