I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
20/100 etc head of cattle (= 20, 100 etc cattle )
a bounty on...head
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a notorious cattle rustler with a bounty on his head
a department head
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These decisions are made by the department head.
a head cold (= affecting your nose and head )
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A bad head cold can sometimes feel like flu.
a head count (= of how many people are present )
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Make sure you do a head count before the children get back on the bus.
a head of lettuce (= a complete lettuce )
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You'll need a head of lettuce for this salad recipe.
a head/leg etc wound
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The victim died of chest wounds.
a head/leg/shoulder etc injury
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He suffered a shoulder injury while playing rugby.
be heading for a nervous breakdown (= be likely to suffer one soon )
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She should slow down a bit - I think she's heading for a nervous breakdown.
bumped...head (= his head hit the roof )
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The roof was so low he bumped his head .
cocked...head
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She cocked her head and considered the offer.
cool head (= stay calm )
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Keep a cool head .
cost sth per head (= per person )
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The meal will cost about £20 per head.
cracked...over the head
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She cracked him over the head with a hammer.
crowned head
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All the crowned heads of Europe were present.
death's head
did a head count
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The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids were missing.
dipped...head
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She dipped her head and spoke into the microphone.
ducked...head
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She ducked her head to look more closely at the inscription.
give sb/get/have a head start
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Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school.
grizzled hair/head/beard etc
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a grizzled old man
hang/bow your head in shame (= look down, or feel like you should look down, because you feel so ashamed )
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I bow my head in shame when I think of how I treated her.
hanging over...head
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It’s not very nice to have huge debts hanging over your head .
have a head for heights (= not be afraid of heights )
head a commission (= be in charge of one )
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He was elected to head a commission on tax reform.
head a council
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Brzezinski headed the National Security Council at that time.
head a goal (= score a goal by hitting the ball with your head )
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Peter Crouch headed England’s equalizing goal.
head boy
head cold
head count
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The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids were missing.
head for/make for the exit (= go to the exit )
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Disappointed fans began heading for the exits.
head game
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He’s obviously playing head games with you.
head girl
head honcho
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the head honcho
head of state
head office
head over heels in love (= very much in love )
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The two of them fell head over heels in love.
head start
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Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school.
head table
head teacher
head the cast (= be the main actor )
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Al Pacino heads the cast of this political thriller.
headed notepaper (= with the sender’s address printed on it )
heading for a fall (= is likely to fail soon )
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Rumours are that the company is heading for a fall .
hung...head in shame
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Daphne had hung her head in shame .
it never entered sb’s head/mind (= used to say that someone never considered a particular idea, especially when this is surprising )
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It never entered his head that she might be seeing someone else.
jerk of...head
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He gave a sudden jerk of his head .
jerked...head
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Wilcox jerked his head to indicate that they should move on.
laugh your head off (= laugh a lot )
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The audience laughed its head off all the way through.
lead/head a coalition
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The coalition was led by the Christian Democrats and the Socialists.
lift your head/eyes (= move your head or eyes up so that you can look at something )
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She lifted her head to gaze at him.
main/head office (= the most important office )
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The head office is in Edinburgh.
mind your head/fingers etc
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Mind your head – the ceiling’s a bit low.
move/head in a direction
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We followed the other passengers heading in the direction of passport control.
nodded...head
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Mom nodded her head sympathetically.
nominal head
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the nominal head of the rebellion
per head (= for or by each person )
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The meal cost $25 per head .
pissed as a newt/pissed out of your head (= extremely drunk )
playing head games
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He’s obviously playing head games with you.
poked...head
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One of the nurses poked her head around the door.
sb’s heart rules their head (= someone makes decisions based on emotions rather than careful thought )
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He has never been one to let his heart rule his head.
scream your head off (= scream a lot )
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At least the idiot wasn’t panicking and screaming his head off.
shake of...head (= a movement of the head from side to side to mean ˈnoˈ )
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He refused with a shake of the head .
shave your head/legs/armpits etc
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She shaved her legs and underarms.
shoot sb in the leg/head etc
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He had been shot in the back while trying to escape.
smash sb’s face/head in (= hit someone hard in the face or head )
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I’ll smash his head in if he comes here again!
split...head open
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The force of the blow nearly split his head open .
talking head
the foot/head of the bed (= the bottom/top of the bed )
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I woke up to find someone standing at the foot of the bed.
the front/head of the queue
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He pushed his way to the front of the queue.
the head coach (= the coach in charge of a team )
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Jim is head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.
the head of a valley (= the higher end of a valley )
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There is a great waterfall at the head of a valley.
the head of the household (= the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house )
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Families are classified by the occupation of the head of the household .
the top/head of the stairs
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I left my briefcase at the top of the stairs.
tilt of...head
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a slight tilt of the head
toss of...head
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‘I’ll see,’ the nurse said, with an officious toss of her head .
twisted...head
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He twisted his head slightly, and looked up at her.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bald
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Barry Kirk, 42, wears an orange jumpsuit and cape and paints his bald head orange.
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How his bald head doth shine!
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His bald head was shiny; his black shoes were shiny; and his lecture was very shiny indeed.
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He speaks emphatically, does Robert Bruck, his bald head bobbing atop a thickset frame.
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He had a high-domed bald head and smoked a curved pipe.
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He hated showing his bald head .
■ NOUN
injury
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One of them's suffering from serious head injuries .
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She is hospitalized with head injuries .
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Possible head injury , maybe whiplash - he's unconscious at the moment.
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My husband suffered a broken arm and severe head injuries .
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He was taken to hospital critically ill with severe head injuries - leaving girlfriend Donna Lorenz, 23, speechless.
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His head injury had damaged his brain stem.
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She suffered serious head injuries when she fell from her horse last year.
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She suffered a serious head injury and was in a coma for three months after the accident.
■ VERB
bang
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As she fell, she banged her head against the one table not smashed by her brothers.
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He banged his head against the floor.
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He picked it up, banging his head on the bowl.
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You can hear them screaming and banging their heads , crying that they want to go home.
bend
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Isobel, bending her head , thought: I can't tell him about the baby; not now.
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They bend their heads gracefully as they kneel each morning to pray for the welfare of the Czar and his family.
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Dorothea flushed from neck to hairline and, bending her head , took a sip from her tea-cup.
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Miss Regina starts to answer, shakes her head defiantly, then bends her head to study her rings.
bow
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She bowed her head in pain as she tried to picture the face of her husband.
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After situating herself on a huge flat-sided rock, Baby Suggs bowed her head and prayed silently.
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Hubert bowed his head and said he was aware of it; but that there was nothing else he wanted to do.
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She again bows her head and sniffs for more apples.
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She put the receiver down and bowed her head over it.
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He served the ideal well. Bow your head , Los Angeles.
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The other Women bowed their heads , and the silence lengthened, broken only by the murmuring of the huge trees.
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As the priest was about to strike her, anguish troubled every man there and all bowed their heads .
bury
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What is the good of having Rod Hull's Emu in the pulpit if he buries his head in the theological sands.
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In his room he fell on his bed, and buried his head in the pillow.
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She righted herself almost immediately, flew into Mrs Saulitis's out-stretched arms and buried her head in her bosom.
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Flinging himself on the carpet, he buried his head wretchedly in the sofa cushions.
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She buried her head in Florence's flank and groaned.
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Suddenly all she wanted to do was get home and bury her head under her pillow.
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He didn't seem to grasp that we can hardly bury a head without a body.
drop
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There was certainly something different about this one, she thought dreamily, and dropped her head on his shoulder again.
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Barnabas dropped his head on his front paws.
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Six month old Hannah Davies was dropped on her head .
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Laura sobbed, and dropped her head .
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Wally dropped his head into my lap and began nuzzling my crotch.
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He swung himself to sit on the edge of the bed, and dropped his head in his hands.
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He turned around and dropped his head forward, letting the water massage the back of his neck.
hold
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She certainly holds her head high when she walks through the town.
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I saw how he held his head , slightly stiffly, and how the very air around him seemed charged.
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Mary visited the Gents and returned, groaning and holding his head .
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He held my head as I pumped away.
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Note how they hold their heads high above the surface.
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A gladiator named Justice holding the distinctive Salinas head in one hand, a bloodied sword in the other.
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These teachers exerted considerable influence within the school, because they held positions as heads of departments or as year heads.
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Just holding my head up like that.
incline
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As soon as their eyes met he inclined his head in acknowledgement.
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He inclined his head slightly and tried to see up the stairs.
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Vic inclined his head in a mock bow.
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He inclines his head in a way I have not seen.
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He listens, and sometimes he inclines his head sympathetically, as if to get a better purchase on what I am saying.
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She saw me looking at her and beckoned me, crooking her finger and inclining her head backwards, indicating the verandah.
jerk
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She had jerked her head as the butcher had lunged, and he had missed the jugular.
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Gao Yang jerked his head around, as his stomach lurched and a pocket of air rushed noisily to his throat.
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He tried to lick her ear, but Judy jerked her head away - she couldn't bear that warm messy wetness.
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He jerked his head toward the open door.
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Wilcox jerked his head to indicate that they should move on.
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Terrified that he would guess her wanton reaction to the heart-stopping touch of his hand, Isabel jerked her head away.
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He jerked his head , and I was hit by a jarring chill.
keep
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Luckily, I am a good swimmer, so I managed to keep my head out of the milk.
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He kept his head , how-ever, and held fast to his golden apples.
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Carla kept her head down as she approached the front door, glancing up briefly when the two officers introduced them-selves.
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Westerners in Bangkok were advised to keep their heads down for 48 hours.
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Suddenly she began to walk faster to the car, keeping her head turned away from the direction of them.
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He felt the best way to cure her was to keep giving her her head .
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But that will provide small comfort to poor people struggling now to keep their heads above water.
lift
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Finally lift the head , take a deep steady breath and you will feel less tired and tense.
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She finds an apple and chews it loudly, then she lifts her head and scans all around.
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Léonie lifted her head from her partner's serge shoulder and stared about.
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He could have lifted her above his head .
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When it had finished chewing, it lifted its head , and the light of its antlers dimmed to a discreet glow.
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She lifted her head and looked around.
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Instinctively she lifted her head , and their lips met, softly at first, tasting and questing.
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In the corner of his eye he saw the other men at the bar lift their heads .
lower
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He lowered his head to her hair instinctively.
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Dominic contemplates it, lowers his head to inhale the fragrance.
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It made a small noise in its nostrils, then lowered its head slightly, as if bowing to her.
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When we meet, she lowers her head and scoots by, but I can see the tears in her eyes.
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The horse must be taught to lower his head and find balance on his hocks.
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The black arms stabbed in at the lowered red head and bull neck, chipped blood off the brow and the cheek.
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She lowered her head and took the tip of the throbbing rod between her lips.
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A nurse took her arm and led her to a chair, commanding her to lower her head .
nod
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She nodded her head vigorously and chattered gaily though I could only understand half of what she said.
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I watch them nod their heads , bow, kiss the hands of the women, and I feel like laughing.
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Then, turning, she saw Joanna nodding her head , as though pleased at the sight.
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Theresa hesitated, looked to her father, who nodded his head a little as he withdrew to his study.
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It is important to realize that the head should go forward in relation to the spine - as though nodding the head in affirmation.
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She summons extraordinary strength and responds, nodding her head vigorously, agreeing.
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Then, with a great effort, she managed to nod her head in vague agreement.
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Old Chao nodded his head , once, twice, three times.
poke
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Nick poked his head up from the blanket and looked around.
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The women poked in their heads from time to time to take a look at me.
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Seconds later he poked his head through the doorway and beckoned.
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They barely gave me a nod when I poked my head up over the side of the truck.
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He would silence noise by poking his head down the first step and yelling threats of appalling punishment.
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The animal was stalking around my store, poking his head into corners.
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As I got to the office I could see Alec poking his head round the open door.
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I poked my head under the dripping awning of a newsstand and asked the proprietor.
raise
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Then she raised her head and looked at him, hair caught in her mouth.
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She raised her head off the bed, lay down on her side and curled up.
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At last he managed to raise his head .
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Florence said, without raising her head .
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As with any form of power carving, safety raises its cautious head , especially when using the silver burrs.
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When you raise your head and look at them they will be able to see you clearly too.
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Gao Ma raised his head to listen.
scratch
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Where possible he would seize scraps of parchment and draw lines, muttering to himself and scratching his head .
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The thrift president scratched his head at the numbers.
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One, and he scratched his head about this, appeared to be a sparrow.
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As we nestled over a bedtime story he scratched his head .
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There's nothing more guiltily satisfying than watching the experts scratch their heads .
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You scratch your heads in selection, and can't find a proper balance with less than 12.
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Everyone was scratching their heads trying to explain it.
shake
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A frown of exasperation lined her brow as she shook her dark head in bewilderment.
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They would shake their heads at the poverty of our taste and technology; they would much rather not eat at all.
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He shook his head , forgetting the idea and looking at Sara again as the train stopped in the station.
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Amelia got up from the table, shaking her head .
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Irene sighed and shook her head: no visit to a foreign country seemed complete without bargains to carry home as trophies.
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Klein said, shaking his head .
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He smiles a few secret smiles and shakes his head when Anne and Millie look at him.
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He shook his head , No.
stand
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I can do it standing on my head , although I won't.
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Maybe I have to stand on my head to prove I mean it.
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He took the hammer from Tam and stood it, head downwards, on the concrete.
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We did; the moment the car stopped there I jumped out and stood on my head in the grass.
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But now they were standing at the head of a deep valley in the moor with their ears and tails down.
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She stood there with her head tucked against her left shoulder, one hand raised in blank surprise.
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A malevolent demon was standing on his head .
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Nineteenth-century amateurism has been stood on its head .
stick
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But what sticks in my head , ridiculously, is the cabinet pudding.
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The chestnut colt stuck its head in through the open window to lick her hand with its warm tongue.
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Instead they hanged him and stuck his head upon the gallows tree.
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A month later she stuck her head into a gas oven.
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She always stuck her head in a bag on that one.
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You can just stick your head under the flap of the tent and crawl right in.
tilt
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Read them with a tilted head .
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The way she tilted her head gave him access to her soul.
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Beth Dunning, nothing over five feet, had to tilt her head back to speak to him.
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Again she tilted her head at the audience, still singing.
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The doctor tilted his head so he could look at the nurse through his glasses.
toss
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The animal plunged to a halt, snorting and tossing its head nervously as water sprayed into the air around them.
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He read the enclosure, then tossed back his head and laughed.
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His horse snorted, tossing its head so that foam flew in dark patches on the ground.
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When she tossed her head her hair fell around her shoulders and upper arms in a lovely auburn cascade.
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Karen tossed her head back, sending her hair over her left shoulder.
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The chestnut tossed his head and mouthed the bit, but his stride was smooth and easy.
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Then the fox tossed his head and gulped down the Gingerbread Man.
turn
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He hesitated, turning his head , staring back the way he'd come, but the corridor was empty.
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Many of these taboos derive from patriarchal societies taking the power of women and turning it on its head .
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A gardener came by with a barrow, but didn't turn his head .
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Somewhere a thrush was singing, and I saw her turn her head , and heard her sigh.
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Forsake the search for excellence. Turn thy head from quality circles.
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He turned his head at a slight tap on the door.
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He wriggled around in her arms, then turned and butted his head against her shoulder, lightly but repeatedly.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I'll knock your head/block off
a crack on the head
a roof over your head
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It's hard to be cheerful when you haven't even got a roof over your head.
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It doesn't matter what kind of place it is, at least you'll have a roof over your head.
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We always had food on the table and a roof over our heads.
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At least they would have a roof over their heads in the winter.
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I have a bed and a roof over my head and three meals a day, so I should not complain.
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Many of the homeless on London's streets would be glad of warm clothes and a roof over their head.
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Married to a man I despise just to have a roof over my head and a ring on my finger!
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Now she did not have a roof over her head.
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The first night passed quietly enough as the newcomers were thoroughly examined and were glad to get a roof over their heads.
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To stress the importance of a roof over your head. 2.
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Who would offer a woman and three children a roof over their heads?
acting manager/head teacher/director etc
an old head on young shoulders
associate member/director/head etc
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Early in the setup of the Northwest Respirator Center he hired Dunning to work as his part-time associate director.
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Gross is an associate director at Woodbourne.
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He later became associate director of circulation planning and vice president and business manager.
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Mike McCarthy is associate director, head of sixth-form studies.
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The aim is now to change the constitution to elect four associate members on to a management committee.
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These activities are available when you join the society as an associate member.
be like a bear with a sore head
be stood on its head
blow sb's head off
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Depressed, he blows his head off.
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He held a loaded air pistol to her stepfather's neck and threatened to blow his head off.
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If I ever get you alone, I am going to blow your head off.
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It would come in a box and it would blow your head off.
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She also told the court that he'd heard he'd threatened to blow his head off.
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Then he saw himself tripping over the gun and blowing his head off.
bob your head
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A man turned into a baby, who bobbed his head and wept.
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She reddened and bobbed her head and sat down a little awkwardly.
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The birds just sort of bob their heads like they're wind up toys.
bow your head
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I bowed my head and prayed.
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Jerry stood there with his head bowed in shame.
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He watched open-mouthed as Alice bowed her head and her eyes, her gloriously blue eyes, opened fully.
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I bow my head in shame when I think of the countries we've looted and the people we've subjugated.
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Lilly winced, and Mandon gravely bowed his head in acknowledgment.
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She again bows her head and sniffs for more apples.
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The man bowed his head as if in prayer.
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The other Women bowed their heads, and the silence lengthened, broken only by the murmuring of the huge trees.
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When she finished he gave a short laugh and bowed his head.
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With that, doctor and patient joined hands and bowed their heads as Keys prayed.
bury your face/head etc (in sth)
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Jessamy buried her face against her husband's shoulder.
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She gripped his hands, his shirt, burying her face in his chest, hiding and laughing at her own reaction.
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She returned to her chair and sank down into it burying her face in her hands.
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Suddenly he raced across the stage and buried his face behind the curtain.
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Then with a groan, he buried his face in her neck and began stroking her thighs.
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You will notice phrases like crocodile tears, the elephant never forgets, and the ostrich burying its head in the sand.
bury your face/head in your hands
bury your head in the sand
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If you bury your head in the sand now, you may lose your house.
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You'll never solve your problems if you just bury your head in the sand -- you have to face them.
carry sth in your head/mind
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The amount of knowledge Lee carries in her head is amazing.
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He must remember the word and carry it in his head for some time, and so is writing from an image.
clear your head/mind
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I go for a long walk at lunchtime to clear my head.
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Gao Yang recalled that the wall barely cleared his head at the time.
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He leaned against the wall desperately trying to clear his mind but the memory proved elusive.
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He wants a few days to clear his head.
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His meeting with the Holtzes seemed to have refreshed Alvin and cleared his mind.
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If not, the cold would clear his head.
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She cleared her head of Rory, all that nonsense.
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She needed the hot draught of caffeine to clear her head.
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So, clear your mind, get out your No. 2 pencils and do your best: 1.
flash through sb's mind/head/brain
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Each time I see one of these cocoons hanging from a tree, all of these marvels flash through my mind.
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Her body seemed determined to ignore the danger signals now at last flashing through her brain.
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It flashed through my mind that I was close.
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The image of the guard in his elaborate flowering prison flashes through her head.
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The one occasion which was flashing through Yanto's mind at this moment involved just three of the local water babies.
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The only idea that flashed through my head was that some one had broken into the house and was attacking Master Yehudi.
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The past twenty-two months flashed through my mind like film run at high speed, and suddenly I felt rather tired.
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This was staggering new information, and all kinds of ideas were flashing through our minds.
give sb ideas/put ideas into sb's head
go around in your head
hang your head
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Father Time wouldn't have been alone in hanging his head in shame.
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He cries, whines, and just goes and sits over there and hangs his head down.
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He was in the House at the time, so he should hang his head in shame.
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I could see from his silhouette in the starlight that he was hanging his head.
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I realized I had no reason to hang my head.
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She did not, now, want to see him dismissed, led away hanging his head.
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She refused to be cowardly and hang her head.
have a swollen head/be swollen-headed
have eyes in the back of your head
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When you're looking after a two year old, you need to have eyes in the back of your head.
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You need to have eyes in the back of your head to be a teacher.
headed notepaper/paper
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Even if, in this instance, the mistake appears on the committee's headed notepaper.
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On Gordon's desk was a pile of headed notepaper.
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Other Railfreight assets from office buildings to headed notepaper also received the appropriate embellishments.
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Press releases should be eye-catching and on boldly headed paper.
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The letter is on headed notepaper.
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They agreed to this and even gave him their headed notepaper to use in ordering.
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This appears automatically on the bottom of your email, like headed notepaper.
his/her etc eyes were popping (out of his/her etc head)
hit the nail on the head
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If Jack had been trying to find a way to impress Polly he had hit the nail on the head.
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My friend, you have hit the nail on the head.
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She might dislike Piers Morrison, but he had a knack of hitting the nail on the head.
hold your head up
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As a baby she may have had a hard time holding her head up, for example.
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Her own cheeks had gone pale; her lids drooped over her eyes; she held her head up in her hand.
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How else could a girl hold her head up in her family?
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However, Linfield can hold their heads up high.
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Just holding my head up like that.
incline your head
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He inclined his head slightly and tried to see up the stairs.
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He listens, and sometimes he inclines his head sympathetically, as if to get a better purchase on what I am saying.
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She saw me looking at her and beckoned me, crooking her finger and inclining her head backwards, indicating the verandah.
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Urquhart inclined his head and seemed to listen to the wind.
keep a civil tongue in your head
kick sb's head/face/teeth in
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But they would kick your head in if you spilt their pint just the same.
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It goes with some people wanting to kick my head in.
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Lou and Van burst into tears and Hamburglar kicks their heads in.
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So they are all there, kicking our teeth in.
knock (sb's) heads together
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If you two don't stop yelling at each other, I'll knock your heads together!
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He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together, kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders.
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She'd just box a few ears, knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries, and chase them off.
knock some sense into sb/into sb's head
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Maybe getting arrested will knock some sense into him.
knock sth on the head
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Fortunately they didn't knock me on the head or anything which they could have done, couldn't they?
lose your head
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Actually, not all of the men had lost their heads.
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Buckingham lost his head over the matter.
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But he must not lose his head and try to make up the distance all at once.
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But you lose your head in this crazy hellhole, you do, and different rules apply.
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He made a sort of feeble pretence of being afraid that he might lose his head.
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I must be losing my head, she thought.
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The bull market in bonds finally lost its head of steam.
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There was always something around the corner if you didn't lose your head.
lower your eyes/head
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A nurse took her arm and led her to a chair, commanding her to lower her head.
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Gao Yang lowered his head, sending drops of cooled sweat sliding Jown the tree to the ground.
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He lowered his head on to the table; the marble felt fresh in contact with his flushed skin.
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It made a small noise in its nostrils, then lowered its head slightly, as if bowing to her.
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Kathleen Lavender lowered her head, in tears of distress.
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The horse must be taught to lower his head and find balance on his hocks.
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When Ray finished, he passed the microphone and lowered his head.
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When we meet, she lowers her head and scoots by, but I can see the tears in her eyes.
my head/back etc is killing me
need sth like a hole in the head
need/want sth like a hole in the head
not bother yourself/not bother your head
not harm/touch a hair of/on sb's head
off the top of your head
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""How old is Chris?" "I don't know off the top of my head."
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"Do you remember her name?" "Not off the top of my head."
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"How much is the house worth?" "Off the top of my head, I'd say it's worth maybe $160,000."
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There are some good restaurants around here, but I can't tell you their names off the top of my head.
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I keep doing stuff off the top of my head.
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In my imagination, I can lift off the top of my head, just like a lid.
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It was all off the top of my head.
pop into your head/mind
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A line from an old drinking song popped into his head.
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And Arnie was the first lie that popped into her head.
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Funny, the sort of things which popped into your head.
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List these assets and liabilities at random as they pop into your mind or as they are suggested to you by others.
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Whenever the question of whether or not she needed him popped into her head, Constance conveniently ducked it.
price on sb's head
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As a soldier under the Whites there was a price on his head; some one would soon discover his true identity.
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Bream often have the biggest price on their heads but roach, rudd and hefty tench can provide a healthy bonus.
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He was also unusual among philologists in having had a price on his head.
put your head/neck on the block
put/hold a gun to sb's head
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He might as well have put a gun to my head.
put/stick your head above the parapet
queer in the head
raise its (ugly) head
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And here's where the question of spec lists raises its head.
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Another problem will begin to raise its ugly head, in the form of parasites.
rear its ugly head
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At Hubbard Woods Elementary an even more graphic example of the troubled world our children face reared its ugly head.
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Clubs lost their authority and control of players when money reared its ugly head.
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Hence the double bind attached to being appropriately feminine rears its ugly head again.
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In addition, politics has reared its ugly head, all institutional efforts not withstanding.
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It rears its ugly head every time a similar shooting occurs at another school.
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One which is likely to rear its ugly head continually during this piece.
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The spectre of restraint of trade rears its ugly head.
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Unfortunately the same could not be said of the bad weather ruling which reared its ugly head too often.
red-headed/curly-headed etc
sb can do sth standing on their head
sb's eyes popped (out of their head)
sb's head is spinning
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My shirt is soaked through, my head is spinning .
scratch your head
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Budget directors are scratching their heads about how to deal with the shortfall.
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The last question really left us scratching our heads.
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He scratched his head, a sure sign of thought.
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One, and he scratched his head about this, appeared to be a sparrow.
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There's nothing more guiltily satisfying than watching the experts scratch their heads.
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They studied the map for a while, scratched their heads, turned it upside down and studied it some more.
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When I scratched his head, he would not hold still as long as before.
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Where possible he would seize scraps of parchment and draw lines, muttering to himself and scratching his head.
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You scratch your heads in selection, and can't find a proper balance with less than 12.
shake your head
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"Shall I give him a message from you?" "Rosalie shook her head. "No, I expect he'll be telephoning me."
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Even before I'd finished my sentence, Dad was already shaking his head.
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She shook her head. "I'm afraid I don't agree," she said.
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Ah, good, he has stopped shaking his head.
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And you are laughing again, shaking your head, it's what's-happening-I-don't-believe-this-honey time again.
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Behind Billic, Loulse shook her head.
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Broomhead shook his head in resigned disbelief and set about installing the gramophone in its housing.
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I watch a white Lamborghini Countach trundle past on the street outside and shake my head in disbelief.
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She shook her head, moved it closer to the glass, and the image changed.
soft in the head
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I think the old woman's going soft in the head.
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She might be soft in the head about everything else, but never about money.
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You're soft in the head.
stand on your head/hands
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A malevolent demon was standing on his head.
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And the hoops were made by soldiers, who turned over and stood on their hands and feet.
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I can do it standing on my head, although I won't.
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Maybe I have to stand on my head to prove I mean it.
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She had a washboard stomach, and her boyfriend would stand on his hands on chairs balanced above her.
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Somehow the doctrine of the Fall had been stood on its head.
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Susan was teaching Wyatt how to stand on his hands.
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We did; the moment the car stopped there I jumped out and stood on my head in the grass.
titular head/leader/monarch etc
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She was the titular head of our hareem.
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Some thought it odd to see the retired Frank Kush out there, as titular head of the football program.
toss your head/hair
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The girl tossed her hair and twisted in her chair.
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And the mare, as if finally understanding, begins to strain, tosses her head wildly, pulls at the reins.
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His horse snorted, tossing its head so that foam flew in dark patches on the ground.
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I tossed my hair and glided on to the stage.
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Karen tossed her head back, sending her hair over her left shoulder.
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The animal plunged to a halt, snorting and tossing its head nervously as water sprayed into the air around them.
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The Lieutenant's horse was tossing its head, snorting, raising its bright hooves high as it trampled the crop.
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Then the fox tossed his head and gulped down the Gingerbread Man.
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Two goats will circle head to tail in a display of strength, tossing their heads and posturing and grunting at each other.
turn (people's) heads
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Wilkins has turned some heads by claiming to be the best football player ever.
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A kiss-and-tell look behind the scenes of a sport always turns heads with book publishers.
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Her tiny waist and substantial bosom turned heads right across the bar.
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My average customer wants to be seen, wants to turn heads.
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None of the Lavenders had ever turned heads.
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She would have turned heads anywhere in a navy blue backless dress which rose just above her knee.
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The blast must have hit solidly all at once and had given them the briefest chance to turn heads only.
turn sb's head
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So it seems some young woman has finally turned Steve's head.
two heads are better than one
two-headed/three-headed etc
upside the head/face etc
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He needed a slap upside the head.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a head of lettuce
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a shower head
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According to Rice, the head of the planning committee, the project is 25% completed.
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Collins suffered severe head injuries in the accident.
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Dan's head was full of big ideas.
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He turned his head to kiss her.
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Hwang is head of the local Communist Party, and is also a farmer.
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I picked up a hammer and hit the head of the nail as hard as I could.
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Professor Calder is the department head .
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She's so quiet - you never quite know what's going on inside her head .
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She's the head of research and development.
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the former head of MI5, the British intelligence service
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There was a hole in the pipe, no bigger than the head of a matchstick.
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Troy's head is just full of ideas.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Every head had to turn simultaneously.
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I didn't struggle a lot, but one of them pushed my head right down, my arms were pulled right back.
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In view of what you said, did you consider the use of night sticks on the heads of demonstrators hospitable?
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It is coarse and irregular, involves the face, head , and extremities, and is accentuated by movements.
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It turns time on its head .
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Keep arms hanging, head down and neck and shoulders relaxed.
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The copper head moved and Theda's hand dropped.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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I head back to the ballroom.
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He was now heading back in the direction of New York City, by circling the perimeter of the vast estate.
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When we had not arrived as anticipated, my grandmother had gotten worried and had headed back .
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Riker kept turning and headed back to the Tea Plantation.
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The 2-8-0 is seen at Shireoaks as it takes the line to Shirebrook, heading back to its Buttlerley base.
home
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Wright conceded a corner after tipping over Johnson's header and Wark rose unmarked to head home the equaliser.
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As he headed home with Dooley at nearly one-thirty in the morning, he felt deeply grateful, but uncommonly fatigued.
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Having done our bit to fend off a recession we head home , masters of our fates.
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Boyd's cross from the left was flicked in by Nicholas.Saints broke immediately and Redford soared to head home Maskrey's cross.
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After work, all the men went out together to drink before heading home .
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After dessert, and some well-received double whiskeys, I stopped off at the toilet before heading home .
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My parents locked up and headed home .
north
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We headed north , traveling 190 miles mostly by interstate, stretched to six hours by frequent stops.
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The way moves cast, and then doubles back, labyrinth-like, to head north and up the stairs.
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They cluster around telephone boxes and the bus station, plotting to head north .
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I am heading north now, through the suburbs where the workers live.
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After the quick tour we head north .
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I headed over to my Civic and headed north .
on
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Moments later Di dropped Wills off before heading on to London.
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A short time later I was heading on down the road, legal as a lawyer.
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So we headed on down, with bushes now scraping the side.
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After a day or two layover in Casablanca, I headed on back home.
out
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And now they had left the city behind and were heading out into the open country.
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She described her family heading out for church on one recent Sunday.
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Forgetting the holidays temporarily, she headed out in her car to assess the damage for herself.
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At age 10, she began tagging along when her brothers would head out to the neighborhood playgrounds and recreation centers.
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Since then, the wealthier children have headed out to the suburbs, where loitering is legal.
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They were emerging from shadow, heading out into the Sun.
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It was only as she was heading out into the road that she raised her eyes to the rear-view mirror.
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I say, and set my drink down and start heading out of the pool.
south
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Others retire and head south for the sun.
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It swung north, then headed south , then back north, then east-east!-then back south.
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Sure enough, it turned out they were from Minnesota, heading south to try and stay ahead of the cold.
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He was one of thousands who headed south as soon as they heard the glad tidings on Monday morning.
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The suspects managed to get away, heading south on Interstate 5.
straight
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Then it headed straight for the nearest suitable planet and effected a landing.
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The instant the tasting was over, the count headed straight for the airport.
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He was headed straight for jail.
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I headed straight for the kitchen.
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We head straight into the morning sun.
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When the Taylors reached Paris, they headed straight there.
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The Sun he bought long ago from Hugh Cudlipp was a misbegotten creation heading straight for the abattoir.
west
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I turned on to the paved state road and headed west , and Janir went back to his Stephen King.
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Joseph and Leavenworth meant two days saved for early settlers heading west in ox-drawn wagons.
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Receiving assurances that there was no ethnic dimension to the role he had been offered, Hoch hopped a plane headed west .
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We headed west , crossed Sixth Avenue.
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So he had no choice but to head west again, then north toward salvation.
■ NOUN
commission
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More blacks have been elected to the state legislature, and a black also heads the Dade county commission .
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Justice J. S. Verma was appointed to head the commission on May 27.
committee
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The county's chief constable, who heads a national committee on crime, says he hasn't the resources to cope.
department
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The report singled out Gerrit Viljoen, who headed the department during the period in question, for particular criticism.
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The man who heads the Police Department will be given real authority.
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Highly trained and experienced financial managers head each financial department .
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The Chief Superintendent is being posted to division after heading the department for some 2 years.
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When he arrived to head the Department of Drawings in 1931 it had only recently been split from the paintings department.
direction
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In what direction are you heading ?
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Which direction is the program headed ?
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They hear that there is a bull market to ride, and they do not care which direction the bull is headed .
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Vocal about the direction the Bruins were headed last season, Oates was dealt to Washington late in the year.
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We need to look back so we can have some sense of direction to head in after this bye week.
door
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Max heads off to the door .
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Trying to run myself, I saw that Langford had charged ahead of the three of us, heading towards the door .
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He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment.
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One by one, silently, they head out the door , across the lobby and into the waiting chartered bus.
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She headed for the door at a dead run, her new arm thumping uselessly against various items of furniture.
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She turned away from him, heading for the door .
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Then she spun round and headed for the door to the outside.
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She seemed busy, so I headed for the front door .
family
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His son, Dionísio Pestana now heads the family organization in Madeira.
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More single women headed black families than married couples in 1996, the report showed.
government
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By 1919 he was also heading a government grain-collecting centre.
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Business people then asked Prem to head such a government .
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Whatever else persuaded MacDonald to head a National Government , it was not premeditated ambition.
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A further level of pre-censorship, imposed by a bureaucracy headed by government appointees, is an unnecessary institutional restriction on programme-makers.
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Yet they headed governments with authoritarian features that were quite unacceptable.
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Who then more logical to head our new government but a business man?
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Bileka was considered to have neither the stature nor the political charisma to head a transitional government .
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He's been heading government efforts to help victims of the scandal.
group
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We are now looking for a manager to head this group and develop its work.
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None the less Tupac headed a youth group , the New Afrikan Panthers, performing at community centres.
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Mr Foster heads up the housing group .
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Many strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been fairly quiescent.
list
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None less than the philandering Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart head the list .
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I mean talent has obviously got to head the list .
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Royalty heads the list of fallen idols.
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They both headed the list with the responsibilities they had at the time.
party
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For Cranmer, who headed the party of Reform for the next twenty years, the task seemed hardly begun.
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To be sure, the going will be tough for Hashimoto, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party .
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In the morning she had poached a short and cheeky interview with the woman just elected to head the Conservative Party .
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Outhwaite names' champion Peter Nutting is to head a new working party to co-ordinate syndicate action groups.
stair
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I slipped out of bed, got into a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and headed down the stairs .
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But Eugene was already headed up the stairs .
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I headed down the stairs into the silence of the early evening.
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I slipped my shoes on and left my handbag by the door, heading for the stairs .
team
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He heads the Justice Juvenile team in Gloucestershire dealing with young offenders.
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Becker replaced Niki Pilic, a Yugoslav who headed the team for 10 years.
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Nutritionist Hugh Kerr will head a team of nine full-time staff.
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His boss had therefore concluded that he should head up the technical team .
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They're also likely to head up a team of 350 and their companies turn over an average of £40 million annually.
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The boss fell for it, and asked Lydia to head up the team .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crack on the head
a roof over your head
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It's hard to be cheerful when you haven't even got a roof over your head.
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It doesn't matter what kind of place it is, at least you'll have a roof over your head.
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We always had food on the table and a roof over our heads.
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At least they would have a roof over their heads in the winter.
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I have a bed and a roof over my head and three meals a day, so I should not complain.
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Many of the homeless on London's streets would be glad of warm clothes and a roof over their head.
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Married to a man I despise just to have a roof over my head and a ring on my finger!
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Now she did not have a roof over her head.
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The first night passed quietly enough as the newcomers were thoroughly examined and were glad to get a roof over their heads.
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To stress the importance of a roof over your head. 2.
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Who would offer a woman and three children a roof over their heads?
acting manager/head teacher/director etc
an old head on young shoulders
associate member/director/head etc
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Early in the setup of the Northwest Respirator Center he hired Dunning to work as his part-time associate director.
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Gross is an associate director at Woodbourne.
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He later became associate director of circulation planning and vice president and business manager.
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Mike McCarthy is associate director, head of sixth-form studies.
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The aim is now to change the constitution to elect four associate members on to a management committee.
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These activities are available when you join the society as an associate member.
be like a bear with a sore head
give sb ideas/put ideas into sb's head
have a swollen head/be swollen-headed
have eyes in the back of your head
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When you're looking after a two year old, you need to have eyes in the back of your head.
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You need to have eyes in the back of your head to be a teacher.
headed notepaper/paper
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Even if, in this instance, the mistake appears on the committee's headed notepaper.
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On Gordon's desk was a pile of headed notepaper.
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Other Railfreight assets from office buildings to headed notepaper also received the appropriate embellishments.
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Press releases should be eye-catching and on boldly headed paper.
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The letter is on headed notepaper.
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They agreed to this and even gave him their headed notepaper to use in ordering.
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This appears automatically on the bottom of your email, like headed notepaper.
his/her etc eyes were popping (out of his/her etc head)
keep a civil tongue in your head
need/want sth like a hole in the head
not harm/touch a hair of/on sb's head
off the top of your head
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""How old is Chris?" "I don't know off the top of my head."
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"Do you remember her name?" "Not off the top of my head."
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"How much is the house worth?" "Off the top of my head, I'd say it's worth maybe $160,000."
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There are some good restaurants around here, but I can't tell you their names off the top of my head.
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I keep doing stuff off the top of my head.
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In my imagination, I can lift off the top of my head, just like a lid.
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It was all off the top of my head.
price on sb's head
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As a soldier under the Whites there was a price on his head; some one would soon discover his true identity.
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Bream often have the biggest price on their heads but roach, rudd and hefty tench can provide a healthy bonus.
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He was also unusual among philologists in having had a price on his head.
put your head/neck on the block
put/hold a gun to sb's head
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He might as well have put a gun to my head.
put/stick your head above the parapet
queer in the head
red-headed/curly-headed etc
soft in the head
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I think the old woman's going soft in the head.
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She might be soft in the head about everything else, but never about money.
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You're soft in the head.
titular head/leader/monarch etc
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She was the titular head of our hareem.
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Some thought it odd to see the retired Frank Kush out there, as titular head of the football program.
two heads are better than one
two-headed/three-headed etc
upside the head/face etc
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He needed a slap upside the head.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Heading up the investigation into the crash is Officer Frank Foyle.
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Levy headed an investigation into the fund mismanagement.
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Most single-parent families are headed by women.
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The commission was headed up by Barry Kerr.
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The march was headed by the Reverend Martin Luther King.
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The program is headed by an expert in teaching gifted and talented children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At one stage she had suggested that he leave for a vacation and she stayed being, heading a Regency Council.
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For Cranmer, who headed the party of Reform for the next twenty years, the task seemed hardly begun.
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His teammates were long gone, headed home to celebrate the biggest victory of their pro careers.
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It is headed by a managing director.
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Jean and those guys, it seems like this organization is heading in the right direction.
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They hear that there is a bull market to ride, and they do not care which direction the bull is headed.
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This helped them to gain height and get power when heading the ball.