verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
child
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The children imitated the bird's behaviour, arms outstretched.
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Such children imitate what they see but do not yet reason like their older playmates.
life
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And a clear case of life imitating astrology.
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When you have that taking place, not only do you have art imitating life , but you have life imitating art.
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This is where it was life imitating art imitating life.
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She had also been taught, when in difficulty, to think of a good life to imitate .
sound
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Smiling, recognising, swiping, grabbing, balancing on his bottom, eating, imitating sounds , crawling, standing.
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Many of the stringed instruments imitate the sounds of horses; wind instruments imitate the sounds of birds and other wild animals.
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Parrots have an advantage over and above chimpanzees in that they can, of course, imitate human sounds .
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Many of the stringed instruments imitate the sounds of horses; wind instruments imitate the sounds of birds and other wild animals.
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Dolphins have a remarkable capacity for vocal mimicry, and they learn to imitate sounds very accurately and quickly.
style
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Like many dance directors he imitated the Tiller style and by undercutting could offer some work.
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We imitated the styles of Conrad, Hemingway, and Time magazine.
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Sports heroes and pop stars provide images for teenagers, who may imitate them and style themselves upon them.
■ VERB
try
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His eyes seemed to be trying to imitate a lizard and swivel in opposite directions.
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I tried to imitate it but I couldn't do it.
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What am I trying to do, imitate twenty-two-year-olds?
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I guessed he was trying to imitate the movements of a skier.
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And to try to imitate that is the biggest mistake in the world.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Don't you talk to me like that!" she said imitating her mother's high-pitched voice.
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A lot of writers have tried to imitate Lawrence's style.
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He has a unique ability to imitate any sound he has heard.
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Our methods have been imitated all over the world.
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She's really good at imitating our teacher's Scottish accent.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An animal acquires the behaviour pattern by imitating it from another.
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And a clear case of life imitating astrology.
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I had the ability to imitate .
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It was as if the ecology of the place had chosen to imitate politics.
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They respond in sympathy to what she is doing and imitate her movements.
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They still resent the deep disappointment that has followed attempts to imitate the West.
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We imitated the styles of Conrad, Hemingway, and Time magazine.