noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a strong impression
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She made a strong impression on me.
a vague impression
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Everything happens so quickly, though, that all you are left with is a vague impression.
convey a sense/an impression of sth
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The music conveys a senses of sadness and despair.
distinct impression
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I got the distinct impression he was trying to make me angry.
false impression
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The statement gives us a false impression that we understand something when we do not.
favourable impression
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A smart appearance makes a favourable impression at an interview.
lasting impression
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Their generosity made a lasting impression on me.
made a deep impression on
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What he said made a deep impression on me.
unfavourable impression
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Careless spelling mistakes in a letter can create an unfavourable impression .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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Nothing creates a worse impression than people who are late for meetings.
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Contact with Casaubon has given him a bad impression of application, which may produce no product.
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Probably a bad impression as I feel that he is good at heart.
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To have cancelled the conference would have created an equally bad impression .
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If you do you will become muddled and make a bad impression .
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When he'd talked to him, he got a bad impression of the man.
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Christina did not like them to receive such a bad impression of Crystal Springs.
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This kind of thing gives a very bad impression elsewhere.
clear
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The picture gave no clear impression of anyone in particular; it was generic Victorian lady, specific shy poetess.
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Tim hers too may char and survive in structures, or at least leave a clear impression in the hardened mud.
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One has a clear impression that the Conservative Government has become hostile to local government.
deep
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His energy, his sense of humour and his melodious voice made a deep impression .
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It made such a deep impression upon Katch that seventy years later, she could still recite passages from it.
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The great toe often left a deep impression similar to the final toeing-off by humans before swinging their foot.
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And then he added something which made a deep impression on me.
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The article made a deep impression on me and I thought what a wonderful coastline it would be to explore.
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There is, too, a sense of timelessness, stillness and silence which leaves a deep impression on visitors.
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The Elijah-Elisha saga made a further deep impression on me.
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This gives an opportunity for your message to gain more attention from the reader and perhaps to make a deeper impression .
distinct
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It gave the distinct impression , I noticed, of being Cortina-shaped.
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The boy had the distinct impression he was about to meet some one who would welcome his arrival.
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She got the distinct impression that Melissa wasn't best pleased to find that Luke had company.
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Once again she got the distinct impression that he didn't want to talk about the sculptor.
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Melissa had the distinct impression that he held Iris's chair for a fraction longer than her own.
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But I got a distinct impression he didn't want me to see what he was writing.
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The Alliance failed to make a distinct impression .
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The atmosphere in this dark room was oddly disquieting, giving him the distinct impression that he was not alone.
false
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This unfortunately gives the-perhaps false-impression , that the text was written or edited in rather a rushed manner.
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But he knew that people thought otherwise, and that their false impression was his own fault.
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The call, the first by any network, created the false impression that Bush had won the general election.
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It made him uneasy to think that a false impression was the basis for his hiring.
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Or was that a false impression , created by the odd circumstances of their unexpected arrival here?
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Deceptive behaviors are those actions intended to create a false impression of reality.
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Taken at face value the words found sinister and can convey a false impression like some sort of second-rate horror movie.
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It was one of the false impressions that collected around her.
favourable
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I've seen him a few times and he's never made a favourable impression on me!
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Unfortunately, an examination of the circumstances in which they were produced gives a much less favourable impression .
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She had formed a favourable impression of him then, as an intelligent, sincere, if rather serious man.
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But the real beauty of this bass is that the playing of it does not detract from this favourable first impression .
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Even in his ignorance, Lucien saw at once that it was essential he make a favourable impression upon this man.
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Their fine physique and smart appearance made a very favourable impression .
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Voluntary work can provide a framework for job-seeking and will make a favourable impression at an interview.
general
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We will remember a general impression , but nothing definite.
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Most of us can evaluate their performances only on the basis of a general impression and questionable memory.
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The snaps these machines took never portrayed her at her best, but they would give the general impression .
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He likes the general impression it makes.
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The general impression has been that major capital schemes not requiring Treasury approval have been poorly appraised.
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They give a good general impression of the size of the figures involved in a clear visual form.
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It is inadequate and misleading to rely on general impressions in such churches.
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The general impression of investigators is that the great majority of the graduates, in spite of certain difficulties, enjoy their work.
good
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It conveys a good impression of the stylistic diversity of the woodcut as a medium, from Expressionism to today.
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Everyone was walking on eggs, eager to make a good impression for my benefit only.
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All this helps make a good impression on the customer.
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So much for making a good first impression !
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Unfortunately, this did not create a good impression .
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Prints, to be valuable, must be good impressions on good quality paper.
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She intended to give the best possible impression .
great
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The atmosphere and hospitality of the Orkneys made a great impression on all our crews.
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Christine Gonzalez wanted to be called Christy, did great impressions of television characters and wants to write children stories.
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Rolle made a great impression on his contemporaries.
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The deserted house and courtyard made a great impression on me because they were my first experience of real disorder and displacement.
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Modigliani knew how to adapt himself to his surroundings and made a great impression on the day he came to sketch Bakst.
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So great an impression did this make that Geoffrey de Rancon at once surrendered Pons.
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The new variegated urban space meant the experience at any one time of a greater number and a greater variety of impressions .
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Although, by now, many of the arguments it used had been well aired, the letter created a great impression .
indelible
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Getting out didn't make such an indelible impression as going in.
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The spectacle before her, half obscured by the lashing spray, left an indelible impression .
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It was what happened next that had made such an indelible impression upon Mr Charles.
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I suppose things made such indelible impressions on us because we had so little.
initial
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This means that the environment is often very important to the forming of an initial impression .
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The evaluators' initial impression was of a school with a fairly traditional outlook but one in which facilities were enviable.
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After initial impressions , Bodnar climbed on to some concrete slabs and stood back to inspect the first fruits of his design skills.
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Despite the 12:1 contrast ratio claimed for the screen, my initial impression was that it was poor.
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Lack of urgency is the initial impression .
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His Lordship's initial impression was that the case fitted more readily into a contractual than a proprietary slot.
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Certainly my initial impression was that the older boys in particular were resisting the task I'd set them.
lasting
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The implementation of the rationalisation programme left a lasting impression on Finniston which was to influence his future operating style.
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Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia.
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It made a lasting impression on me.
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But George Burt made a lasting impression on the place, after which it was no longer the old-world village it had been.
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His family had been very poor when he was young, and it had left a lasting impression on him.
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A heavy stream of important trading statements made little lasting impression on the shares involved.
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The first visit by prospective parents is important as it creates a lasting impression .
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Yet, regrettably, the lasting impression is of a merely superficial look at grinding poverty.
misleading
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Nor did these developments give a misleading impression of Soviet influence on world affairs.
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Some authorities give the misleading impression that they alone have the absolute right to deliver certain services to the public.
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Alpha has a fainter star beside it, giving the misleading impression of a very wide double.
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Highlighting these few bureaux may give the misleading impression that they are out of line with the mainstream.
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The repertoire on the Erato set, consisting mostly of familiar Mravinsky favourites, may also give a misleading impression .
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A misleading impression may be unintended.
overall
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The overall impression is one of rather old-fashioned comfort marred by a degree of shabbiness.
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Thus the overall impression created is secular and not religious.
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Prices range from about £55 to £120. Overall impressions ?
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Perhaps this unhappy memory has clouded the overall impression of the country, which is unfortunate.
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Only the overall impression was familiar, not the individual pieces.
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The musicians fill out evaluation forms, rating the candidates' knowledge, technique and overall impression .
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Even so, an overall impression of the organisation is still necessary.
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We therefore get an overall impression of relative flexibility.
strong
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But you get the strong impression that he gets most cerebral satisfaction from dealing with physical problems.
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The head nurse, whose name was Hatae, made a strong impression on me.
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I was left with several strong impressions .
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Either way, the quality of nursing care is often the strongest impression a patient takes home from the hospital.
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But however strong that impression is, it is a subjective one founded on the inevitably limited view of any individual.
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The strong impression I had was of a people who acted together because of a preconceived plan: a people programmed.
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All in all, one is left with a strong impression that the material could have been marshalled much more effectively.
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This made a strong impression on Carter, who still recalled the results in his letter to me two decades later.
wrong
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He was beginning to get entirely the wrong impression , and that really annoyed - and disturbed - her.
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You know we got the wrong impression of a revolution.
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We now accept that the report was based upon inaccurate information and conveyed completely the wrong impression about Linford.
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They gave the wrong impression , sent the wrong signal.
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And if all that sounds a bit pious, I've created the wrong impression .
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Mr Fallon says any move to make Darlington a development area would create a wrong impression .
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Besides, the words could be construed as flirtatious, and she didn't want him getting the wrong impression again.
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The scientists involved blame the press and its lurid headlines for giving people the wrong impression about Zeta.
■ VERB
avoid
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Also, it is necessary to avoid giving the impression that the respondent's answers are in any way exceptional nomatterhow hair-raising.
confirm
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The victimization which occurred, the loss of trade union membership, and the wage reductions all seemed to confirm this impression .
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Director Robert Rodriguez confirms the impression he has made for resourceful camerawork.
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They confirm our impression that, following his traumatic encounter with the Czech police, he becomes considerably less talkative.
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But unfortunately some of the other news I picked up during that trip confirmed his negative impression .
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William Houston s watchful, meditative Hal confirms the impression that he is simply biding his time in the Eastcheap taverns.
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However, further research is needed to confirm these impressions .
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A tour of the house confirmed the impressions formed from outside.
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Extensive community work and interviews with young Arsenal supporters in a run-down housing estate by Robbins and Cohen confirmed this impression .
convey
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Taken at face value the words found sinister and can convey a false impression like some sort of second-rate horror movie.
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Even his description of Oswiu's overlordship in Britain may convey an inflated impression of military activity under Oswiu.
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It is intended to convey an impression of the main themes at work. 1.
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An account which tries to convey the impression that you're not there at all.
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The slang term square might convey an impression which includes the suit, crew-cut and tie.
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A few instances quickly convey an impression of it.
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Some dealers tried to convey the false impression that the two markets were in cahoots.
create
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Advertising also creates the impression that smoking is a socially acceptable norm.
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One of the things he tries to do in that interview is to create the impression there was a written agreement.
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To have cancelled the conference would have created an equally bad impression .
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Lydia said, and they did indeed create that impression .
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The first visit by prospective parents is important as it creates a lasting impression .
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Deceptive behaviors are those actions intended to create a false impression of reality.
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This creates a very strong impression of a foreign accent, and is something that should obviously be avoided.
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Unfortunately, this did not create a good impression .
form
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You should try to form an impression of the person the adjectives describe.
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Everyone forms some sort of impression of a person the first time that they meet.
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This is the part of the house that visitors stand closest to and from which they will form their first impression .
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You've been here long enough now to have formed your own impressions of what goes on.
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She had formed a favourable impression of him then, as an intelligent, sincere, if rather serious man.
gain
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In particular, you may gain the impression that you are being victimised because of what you are, rather than because of who you are.
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Lest her neighbours gain the impression that no-one ever wrote to her, she wrote and mailed letters to herself.
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Walking amongst the ruins of an ancient city, for example, it is impossible to gain an overall impression of the layout.
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Even today it is easy to gain a lopsided impression .
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If you can satisfy these three requirements the reader should gain a good first impression of both the essay and the writer.
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So attempt to gain an impression of paper, and a feel for the movement, rather than painting details.
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Visitors to the studio could gain an impression of his work as a whole and grasp the cumulative effect.
get
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I get the impression that the warden was impressed without actually liking the man.
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You know we got the wrong impression of a revolution.
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I did get the impression , though, that he wasn't really sure of who I was.
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The Federals looking toward the Confederate lines got only a limited impression of pageantry.
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You still got the impression of a grown-up playing with schoolboys.
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Perhaps the reader has indeed got the impression by now that all infinite sets are countable.
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Now why did I get the impression that you cared what happens to your father?
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We therefore get an overall impression of relative flexibility.
give
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Their edges, beyond the pages, were dyed soot-black, giving the impression of the borders of mourning cards.
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His fatal obsession with Aurelia gives a remarkable impression of the quality of this figure.
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His body did not give the impression of age.
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Duval does not always give the impression of a man who enjoys this particular game.
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The road soon snakes to the east, giving the impression of a gigantic U-turn.
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Amin was there muttering things about his shoe size, trying to give the impression that he was going home.
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He gave the impression of weighing every thought and utterance with great care.
last
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But he hadn't bargained on Hodgson, who was clearly looking to leave a lasting impression on his future rivals.
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Yet he made a greater, more lasting impression on her than most lovers would or could.
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Their firsthand involvement in the human problems of cultural change has made a lasting impression on most of them.
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The vulgarity had a lasting impression on me.
leave
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I was left with several strong impressions .
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Such seriousness, intensity, and power in a young man set him apart and left an impression on others.
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All in all, one is left with a strong impression that the material could have been marshalled much more effectively.
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The movie leaves the impression that Prefontaine is peeved by the delay.
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There is, too, a sense of timelessness, stillness and silence which leaves a deep impression on visitors.
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I am left with the impression that the author has updated his work reluctantly and some of his text is misleading.
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But he hadn't bargained on Hodgson, who was clearly looking to leave a lasting impression on his future rivals.
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Bush leaves a first impression that, while his government is not deliberately isolationist, it is comfortable with being isolated.
make
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I've seen him a few times and he's never made a favourable impression on me!
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The head nurse, whose name was Hatae, made a strong impression on me.
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All this helps make a good impression on the customer.
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Everyone was walking on eggs, eager to make a good impression for my benefit only.
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It made a lasting impression on me.
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This made a positive impression on those in a position to refer prospective patients.
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Swindon lost Hockaday with a fractured cheekbone just before half-time as they were beginning to make an impression on the game.
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Carole Migden always makes an impression .
mistake
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Few people understand exactly what they are and what they can do and quite a few people have mistaken impressions from the media.
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A thin, friendly man, he often gave the mistaken impression that nothing was too much trouble.
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His sour grapes should not be mistaken for an accurate impression of the flavour of Charles's court in December 842.
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That can lead to the mistaken impression that the principles do not fit businesses involved in services.
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The mistaken impression went abroad that a paradise of work had at last been found.
receive
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Above all, Alida Thorne said to herself, she must not receive the impression of neglect.
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Thus, the whole question of the attainment of metanoia revolves around receiving and registering impressions in a new way.
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Christina did not like them to receive such a bad impression of Crystal Springs.
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By receiving and registering impressions differently, we change everything within and around us.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a deep impression
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And then he added something which made a deep impression on me.
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His energy, his sense of humour and his melodious voice made a deep impression.
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It made such a deep impression upon Katch that seventy years later, she could still recite passages from it.
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The article made a deep impression on me and I thought what a wonderful coastline it would be to explore.
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The great toe often left a deep impression similar to the final toeing-off by humans before swinging their foot.
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There is, too, a sense of timelessness, stillness and silence which leaves a deep impression on visitors.
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This gives an opportunity for your message to gain more attention from the reader and perhaps to make a deeper impression.
form an opinion/impression/idea
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Members of the jury must not have formed opinions from publicity before the trial.
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Among those who have formed an opinion, more say public projects should go on the ballot than not.
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He conceded to Franceschelli that actually being present during the autopsy might have given him better information to form an opinion.
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He was in no state to form an idea of what we were talking about.
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It is the auditor's responsibility to form an opinion on the truth and fairness of the accounts.
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Nor that we should not form opinions or make evaluations.
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So gather information about your child, rather than forming opinions and judgments.
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Yet, along with journalists, poets, literary figures, and agitators, they do help form opinions.
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You should try to form an impression of the person the adjectives describe.
gain an understanding/insight/impression etc
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By analysing simple situations, with essential features in common, we can gain insight into the behaviour of these complicated beams.
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It is difficult to see how avoiding teaching about what is distinctive of religion can help people gain an understanding of it!
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One way to gain insight into these issues is to view them through the work of some of the main protagonists.
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Pupils use drama to gain insights into moral and social issues in works of literature.
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Self-assessment Building self-esteem is about appreciating strengths and developing them as much as it is about gaining an understanding of weaknesses.
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The trust wants to gain an insight into the county's butterfly population.
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This guidance helped them gain insight into the characteristics that inhibited their own ability to persist and to complete schoolwork.
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To visit them is to gain an insight into what many of our own wetlands must have been like.
get hold of an idea/an impression/a story etc
give (sb) an impression/a sense/an idea
mistaken belief/idea/impression/view etc
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A thin, friendly man, he often gave the mistaken impression that nothing was too much trouble.
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Cannabis may have few immediate withdrawal effects and this again may give rise to the mistaken belief that it is not addictive.
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People have a mistaken idea about artists.
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Such a deeply mistaken belief can only come from a citizen of a country with a disciplinarian attitude to politics.
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That can lead to the mistaken impression that the principles do not fit businesses involved in services.
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The foregoing paragraphs dispose, it is hoped, of some mistaken ideas as to the state and progress of sexuality in adulthood.
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The most mistaken idea is that you can Xerox people and somehow clone a fully grown adult.
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This can give rise to the mistaken belief that cocaine is not an addictive drug.
run away with the idea/impression (that)
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But don't run away with the idea it was all Jerusalem the Golden.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An impression of a heel was left in the mud.
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For some reason she got the impression that you didn't like her.
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If she joked with him, he would think she was flirting, and she didn't want him to get the wrong impression .
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In an interview don't say anything negative about your current employer - it gives a bad impression .
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In her book, she gives the impression that she was a close friend of the Prince, but in fact she only met him twice.
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My first impression of England was of a grey and rainy place.
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We got the impression that Sally wasn't very pleased to see us.
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What's your impression of Frank as a boss?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above all, Alida Thorne said to herself, she must not receive the impression of neglect.
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He thought about the two girls in the shop doorway, surprised by the detailed impression they had left on his memory.
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I get the impression that opposition teams have unconsciously downgraded Leeds because of the last twelve months and are caught off guard.
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Nor was the impression of physical strength deceptive.
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Seattle had made an impression on at least some of those executives.
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The forest and the land left their impression on the people.
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The glossy paint is applied in many flat layers, so you get a contradictory impression of depth.
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Therefore, instead of showing the strategy you use you are really showing the value of first impressions.