I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
damage/harm to the environment
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A lot of chemicals used in industry cause harm to the environment.
do more harm than good (= used to say that something had a bad effect rather than a good one )
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I followed his advice but it did more harm than good.
grievous bodily harm
harm/damage the economy (= make it less successful )
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Sanctions have damaged the economy.
harm/damage the environment
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The government insists that the dam will not harm the environment.
incalculable harm/damage/suffering etc
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The outbreak of hostilities will cause incalculable misery.
keep...from harm
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His only thought was to keep the child from harm .
mean no harm/offence/disrespect (= not intend to harm, offend etc someone )
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I’m sure he didn’t mean any harm.
not do (sb) any harm also do (sb) no harm (= not have a bad effect on something or someone )
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One or two chocolate cookies won’t do you any harm.
not do (sb) any harm also do (sb) no harm (= not have a bad effect on something or someone )
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One or two chocolate cookies won’t do you any harm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bodily
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Hazlett was also charged with reckless driving causing grievous bodily harm to two people.
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Since grievous bodily harm can be committed by an omission it would be strange if assault and battery could not be.
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The conduct may be either causing a wound or causing grievous bodily harm .
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She also denies 11 alternative charges of causing grievous bodily harm .
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One has just come out of prison after doing two years for bodily harm .
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In court Diaz admitted charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and affray and Walker admitted affray and assault causing actual bodily harm.
causing
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The conduct may be either causing a wound or causing grievous bodily harm .
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Arthurs, 33, of Exeter, was jailed for nine months after admitting causing grievous bodily harm .
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The intention is that the producer should insure the product against its potential for causing harm .
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The youths were neither causing damage nor harm .
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If their discharges are seen to be causing harm they can be liable in the civil courts.
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The bad senses cluster around the notion of deliberately causing harm to another being or entity.
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Jones, 29, of Sutton in Ashfield, denies murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm .
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We have to help them live in the world without causing harm to others.
grievous
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Since grievous bodily harm can be committed by an omission it would be strange if assault and battery could not be.
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Arthurs, 33, of Exeter, was jailed for nine months after admitting causing grievous bodily harm .
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A local man who has been charged with grievous bodily harm will face further questioning today before he appears before magistrates.
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Another 40 people are facing charges of riot and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm .
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In court Diaz admitted charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and affray and Walker admitted affray and assault causing actual bodily harm.
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It is claimed Metclafe inflicted grievous bodily harm to a man and then attempted to pervert the course of justice.
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He will appear in court today charged with grievous bodily harm and intimidation.
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A man has been charged with grievous bodily harm and will appear before Swindon Magistrates tomorrow morning.
irreparable
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However, the didactic goal usually does irreparable harm to the characterization of the dramatis personae.
physical
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They are convicted of physical harm or damage infrequently and they are in general petty and trivial offenders.
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They claim notification exposes offenders who have served prison time to vigilantism, harassment, physical harm , job-loss and public shame.
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He has made threats of physical harm to himself and others.
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The researcher is asked to attempt to guarantee that the subject will be protected from physical or psychological harm .
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There is therefore no direct inference ticket from physical harm to harm normatively defined.
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They were afraid he'd turn violent and do one of them some actual physical harm .
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In severe depression apathy can lead to neglect, irritability to physical harm , and depressive delusions to infanticide.
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His ring classicism has always argued so persuasively against excessive physical harm , his pride was beyond anything but a regal exit.
psychological
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Maternity, or additional offspring, may force upon the woman a distressful life and future. Psychological harm may be imminent.
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The researcher is asked to attempt to guarantee that the subject will be protected from physical or psychological harm .
real
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It does not look as though any real harm has been done.
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He would not do her any real harm .
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They rarely mean real harm , and go too far only infrequently.
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At least I can say that I do these old guys no real or lasting harm .
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He wondered now how he might explain to Beth that his stepfather saw no real harm in what Matthew had done.
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In which case there's no real harm been done, has there?
serious
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A few weeks back here in the World won't do my career serious harm .
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Detain any person who poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm .
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The crime will depend on whether the wound was serious harm or not.
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A child may suffer serious or permanent harm and even death as a result of neglect.
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Yet if you can see it still protruding, you can retrieve it before serious harm is caused.
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Actual bodily harm need not be serious harm and it has been held to include a hysterical and nervous condition.
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Actual bodily harm must mean something less than serious harm.
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How serious must the harm be?
■ VERB
come
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She had come to no harm , but that was beside the point.
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Your body simply does not need sugar and you could live without and come to no harm .
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The dish can of course be reheated without coming to any harm .
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In fact those worries are unfounded and the pond will come to no harm while they are enjoying themselves.
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Chantal will come to no harm .
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Can I honestly reassure her that she will come to no harm in pursuing this phenomenon?
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He wondered if Rufus had children and if so did he worry about them coming to terrible harm the way Adam worried?
do
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On the other hand, she was gorgeous and it could do no harm to say hello.
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Most people have been exposed to it, but if your-immune system is intact the protozoa will seldom do harm .
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And it is clear that his association with new Labour initially did him no harm .
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A terrible serpent guarded the Fleece, but she would lull it to sleep so that it would do them no harm .
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A few days or weeks of not wanting to think about it will do no harm .
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It was like a natural supplement and, I am sure, did no harm and may have done some good.
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When taken in the prescribed manner they have never been shown to do any harm .
inflict
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Stripped of his power to inflict harm on me, he seemed terribly ordinary.
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Whatever their number, with the technology available to them, they can inflict major harm .
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He was charged with unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm and with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
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Thus, the government has no compelling justification for inflicting such harm .
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Claire and Wynn were also charged with conspiracy to inflict grievous bodily harm on Cotter.
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Women, it would seem, should be governed by some biological instinct that prevents them from inflicting harm .
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In court Diaz admitted charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and affray and Walker admitted affray and assault causing actual bodily harm.
intend
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In this conventional hierarchy, it is morally worse to intend harm than to be indifferent whether harm results from one's behaviour.
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James Clarke, defending, claimed there was a lot of confusion and Mitchell did not intend any harm .
keep
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She gave him her veil, which would keep him from harm as long as he was in the sea.
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I realise you were desperate to protect him and keep him from harm .
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His only thought is to keep the boy from harm .
mean
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We mean you no harm but Monsieur Ralemberg is not the man he appears.
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But really, he meant no harm .
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Mrs Sugden meant no harm to anyone, but neither had she the intelligence to be really kind.
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Rip assured the man that he meant no harm , but was just looking for his neighbors.
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He hadn't meant any harm but his few words had set her against him.
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That coach, as did Zoeller, said he meant no harm .
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He didn't mean any harm , he just wanted to give them back.
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He knew his father was a good man, a kind man, honest, meaning no harm to anyone.
occasioning
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He was charged with unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm and with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
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Taxi driver Mason admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm on January 3 and arson between January 2 and 5.
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Section 47 creates the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm .
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Garrington admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Ian Dixon and he was fined £50.
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In March 1989 the police officer was served with summonses alleging two offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm .
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In Spratt, though interpretations vary, the Court of Appeal seems to have required intentionally or recklessly occasioning actual bodily harm .
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He also admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm .
suffer
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With it he could taste anything she gave him and suffer no harm .
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As adults we are naturally protective of children and do not want them to suffer harm .
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A child may suffer serious or permanent harm and even death as a result of neglect.
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The coach did not in fact crash and if he had remained on it he would have suffered no harm .
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First, the applicant must show that the child is actually suffering or likely to suffer harm which is significant.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not harm/touch a hair of/on sb's head
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several people were injured, but most escaped harm .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few weeks back here in the World won't do my career serious harm .
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He knew his father was a good man, a kind man, honest, meaning no harm to anyone.
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I had never done him any harm , yet I seemed to be the object of a deliberate campaign.
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No great harm in that, from a cameraman; or so I thought at the time.
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Stripped of his power to inflict harm on me, he seemed terribly ordinary.
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The trouble is that, though the harm so far may be slight, the legitimate anxiety is not.
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Unless you have a specific allergy, there is no great harm in taking something to relieve an isolated headache.
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Very small amounts can be dealt with by the body causing no long term harm .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
never
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All her feelings had been for Gerry, with the coal-pitted hands, who had never harmed a soul.
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She never harmed anyone when she was alive.
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I know not what you people think of his kind, but he has never harmed a soul that I know of.
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Each was bound to help and never harm the other.
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I used to believe she would always protect me, I was certain she would never harm me.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not harm/touch a hair of/on sb's head
sb wouldn't hurt/harm a fly
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Any scandal will certainly harm the company's reputation.
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The most important consideration is that the environment is not harmed.
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There are fears that a trade agreement will harm the economy.
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These companies fish for tuna using methods that do not harm dolphins.
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These new export restrictions are sure to harm the economy.
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Walking out without giving any notice will only harm your career.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As Polycarp prayed in silence, the flames encircled him, without harming him.
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Has it helped or harmed recipients?
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He would do anything, I think, to harm Arthur, even ally himself with the Saxons.
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If it was going to harm our sales it would have done it by now.
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The doom of all who harmed them was certain.
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When a national industry is harmed by imports, governments can raise tariffs without violating trade agreement.