noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
brief
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This was just a very brief interlude in her life.
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Another plus: the brief musical interludes , far superior to the usual canned tripe piped into audio books.
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Maybe the age of leisure will turn out to be a brief and unsustainable interlude rather than a new dawn after all.
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On their travels again they find, after a brief interlude for Christmas, that they are being followed.
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It is certain, however, that both higher animals and higher plants are diploid, with only brief haploid interludes .
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It is good that we can walk into that world again, even if only for a brief interlude .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Halfway through the performance there was a short musical interlude .
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the brief interlude of peace between the world wars
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The dance provided a delightful comic interlude .