noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cheap imitation
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a cheap imitation of the real thing
imitation/fake/artificial etc fur
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a pair of gloves trimmed with fake fur
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cheap
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As we hadn't bought our wedding rings, we had to make do with cheap imitations from the hospital gift shop.
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Everything else is a cheap imitation .
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But how easy is it to spot a cheap imitation ?
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Kendall tried to topple Harrison with a cheap imitation of the original Watch.
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Thank goodness wine makers worldwide accept this fact and cheap , poor imitations are becoming a thing of the past.
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What was wrong was cheap imitation .
good
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One of London's best imitations of a Parisian bistro.
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Here, they do a good imitation of being partners.
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Nevertheless, as time wore on he found himself doing a good imitation of a man preparing to go out.
pale
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But this time round, they're pathetic, pale imitations of the planet destroyers that went before.
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It had been a pale imitation .
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These, however, are but a pale imitation of the History file.
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To its critics, it became a mild tabloid and a very pale imitation of what was originally intended.
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These programs are still only a pale imitation of the original human operators, however.
■ VERB
do
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As we hadn't bought our wedding rings, we had to make do with cheap imitations from the hospital gift shop.
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Here, they do a good imitation of being partners.
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Rosie screwed her face up and did an imitation of Lila that made me laugh.
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He strangled on his own tears and did a close imitation of dying.
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Wits on the Salomon trading floor did imitations of Mortara.
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Williams has undeniable energy, and does dead-on imitations of the Cowardly Lion, Jiminy Cricket and other pop icons.
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He did a remarkably accurate imitation of the soft, low drag of a rapidly disappearing device.
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He did imitations of different accents-Navaho, black, New York.
give
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While doing this he gave a wonderful imitation of his coal merchant and his wife.
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Rival troupes gave so many imitations that its inventor was forgotten.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pale imitation (of sth)
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But this time round, they're pathetic, pale imitations of the planet destroyers that went before.
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It had been a pale imitation.
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These programs are still only a pale imitation of the original human operators, however.
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These, however, are but a pale imitation of the History file.
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To its critics, it became a mild tabloid and a very pale imitation of what was originally intended.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Children learn through imitation .
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The necklace was a cheap imitation , but she was obviously very proud of it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A white imitation of black grief.
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An earthen mound forms an even more direct imitation .
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But this imitation of well-established exemplars is another mark of the psychotic rather than the genuine mystic.
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Everything else is a cheap imitation .
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Nor was the dambusters plus aeroplane imitations one performed, or the runway for ice.
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Rival troupes gave so many imitations that its inventor was forgotten.
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These forms of imitation are not surprising.
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Three generations of imitation so doggedly faithful that it defied credibility.