noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bag lady
cleaning lady/woman (= a woman who cleans houses, offices etc as her job )
dinner lady
first lady
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the first lady of jazz, Billie Holiday
foxy lady
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a foxy lady
ladies and gentlemen
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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen .
ladies' man
ladies' room
lady's man
lollipop lady
old lady
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Where’s your old lady?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dear
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You must be reasonable, my dear young lady .
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A dear , wonderful lady who sacrificed all for her children.
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So forget all about vampires, dear ladies .
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Whatever will the dear lady think of you?
elderly
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He had been able to charm more than a few elderly ladies in his time.
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There was another worried elderly lady on 20 December 1884.
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Like all elderly ladies , however, she needs polite attention.
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I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs.
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But elderly ladies make me feel uncomfortable and our small talk petered out.
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It may be decorating a flat for a housebound person, to taking care of the cat of an elderly hospitalised lady .
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John Hutt fled down the small village main street, narrowly missing two elderly ladies .
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An elderly lady in doubtful health, she was terrified, particularly when the calls continued after her unlisted number was changed.
fat
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They were three small, fat ladies , and a great source of amusement to Jerry and me.
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The fat lady gave his shoulder a slap and he was off, moving tipsily in the direction of Hard.
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The seat on my left was occupied by a fat lady who was busy peeling an orange.
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But the fat lady left me in peace.
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He'd shifted a lot of linen, some bags of which weighed in like a circus fat lady .
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The fat lady was shut inside her room.
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It belonged to a fat old lady and her pretty daughter.
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So now, investors hope the fat lady sings an aria, not a tragic opera.
leading
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Susannah York was a young up-and-coming leading lady who had a major part in the film.
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This had some value, leading old ladies to get up and give me their seat on public transport.
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Does she have the muscle to become a leading lady in her own right?
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He invariably falls in love with his leading ladies .
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She was one of his favourite leading ladies .
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The director and his former leading lady took action after a court ruled the case could be televised.
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He never married Tarita, his leading lady in Mutiny on the Bounty, but she did give him two children.
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Barbara Knox, who plays Rita, is clearly considered the Street's leading mourning lady .
little
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I walk into my dining room at 9.26 this morning, just to say my goodbyes to the little lady .
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A sweetheart, this little lady , not bad legs either.
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Cranston, who was frightened of nothing on two legs, seemed terrified of his little lady wife.
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From now on, little old ladies will have to find their own way across the street.
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This gentle little lady would sit down and suffer at his side.
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They had the faces of little old ladies who habitually attack policemen.
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I shall be a bitter-looking little old lady with no muscle tone, she thought, and re-dialled Lucy.
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I shuddered when I heard the names: old hen, biddy, little old lady in tennis shoes.
lovely
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She hadn't known Mr Arkwright was thinking of getting married; and what a lovely young lady !
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Everyone was angry with me for what I had done to this lovely old lady .
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He looked at the lovely stately lady with kindness and she at him, and they began to talk.
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They sent her to London for elocution lessons and she grew into a lovely young lady .
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He thought the lovely young lady was the goddess of the island.
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I remember a lovely lady who attended my slimming club years ago.
nice
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She also wanted to know if he was dead or alive, just out of general interest. Nice lady .
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I cleaned up the house as best I could, and hired a couple of nice ladies to handle the heavy lifting.
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A very nice lady at the town hall explained that there's no appeal and consequently I have no vote.
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She is a nice enough lady whose husband is a lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army, retired.
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He was obviously not taking Miss Farquar seriously, a nice lady who seemed to really love him.
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She a real nice old lady .
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Therese said Miss Grimsilk was a very nice lady who is at present a trifle unhappy.
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Really, a nice lady: Tonellis helping Tonellis.
old
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She's one of the old ladies I go to see for my Community Care Course.
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When his son became an official in town, he left his old lady at home like some kind of grass widow.
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I've met old ladies who are just as turned on as young girls.
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A little old lady on the sidewalk looks up, her eyes filled with alarm.
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The old lady was in raptures over him, however.
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Take, for example, little old ladies prone to cute, feisty one-liners.
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It was a little grey-haired old lady , propped up on cushions and staring intently at something Meg couldn't see.
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Gordy aimed his trumpet across the river and blew. Old lady Gammon spit a jet of water out of her mouth.
young
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The shimmering water of the lake looked magical, and there were young men rowing their young ladies around it in boats.
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The villain has to die repentant before the young lady can marry the upright engineer.
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Time you knew better, young lady .
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It pulls at the heartstrings of every agent out there to see a young lady or anyone jeopardized by these conditions.
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There was only one young lady it could conceivably be; and yet was that possible?
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Frank seemed to have scored with the young lady too - some things never change.
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She went with a young lady ... to a small office where the documents were laid out for signing.
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The young lady doctor had said ten minutes, but they must have been here twenty.
■ NOUN
bag
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She practised being a bag lady .
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In fact, I've always wanted to play a realistic, no make-up, bag lady .
dinner
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All staff were interviewed, including the cleaner, dinner lady and students.
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He made the short journey to sample the fare of the proud dinner ladies from Wheatley Park School.
friend
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You had two tables, the second one to accommodate your lady friends .
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Bringing one of your lady friends ?
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They had hired two massive and attractive, expensive houses, and were accompanied by two attractive and expensive lady friends .
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Henry had just come in with his new lady friend , Lila Sams.
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They tell their lady friends , and then all secrecy is lost.
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Michael Lamonte, according to his lady friend , was filming at Pinewood.
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Frank had given Terence's gramophone to a lady friend , and would he please not tell Mum?
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There was something about Tom's lady friend that seemed familiar and yet Joe couldn't quite place her.
■ VERB
lead
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Ellen Terry, Irving's leading lady , was a great-aunt.
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Oh, some one always asks who my favorite leading lady was or who was the best kisser.
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Questioner2 Is your decision to take a year off anything to do with the rumours about Jeff and his present leading lady ?
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The females close in on him, led by some old lady dolphin who has obviously had much practice at settling sharks.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ladies' man
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He is a ladies' man , causing Rosita to fall in love with him and even suggesting marriage with him.
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Old Henry Claar-my grandfather-in-law-was a ladies' man .
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There was no amorous intent about it, because Matt had assured her that Silas was not a ladies' man .
gentleman/lady of leisure
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As a gentleman of leisure it was a breeze.
it's not over until the fat lady sings
leading lady/man
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But being in a wheelchair doesn't stop them having fun - or falling for the leading man.
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Corbin Timbrook, a handsome leading man-type, has been tending Downtown's best bar for three years now.
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Davis became a genius by turning bit actors into leading men.
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Oh, some one always asks who my favorite leading lady was or who was the best kisser.
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Questioner2 Is your decision to take a year off anything to do with the rumours about Jeff and his present leading lady?
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The initial structure of the show had kind of a leading man figure: John Kelly.
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They came at full speed, the leading man aiming to Sharpe's left, the other pulling to his right.
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Tuesday night's opening had to be cancelled and on Wednesday night the leading lady was ill.
sb's old lady
the Honourable Gentleman/the Honourable Lady/my Honourable Friend/the Honourable Member
the first lady
woman/lady/girl of easy virtue
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Sadly, morals and behaviour ashore had deteriorated too with more drunks and ladies of easy virtue in evidence.
young lady/man
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Now, you listen to me, young man!
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He certainly got his money's worth, that young man.
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He was a very beautiful young man, a bit like a girl, perhaps - but still very good-looking.
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If Southend police could run in some young man who picked up the car on the Foulness road yesterday afternoon.
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Their captors are equally enthralled with the two young men.
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This is a young man's play, and it feels like one.
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This social and hormonal dilemma of young men was illuminated by a series of experiments with Rhesus monkeys in Atlanta.
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Was the future of the Rabari incarnate in this young man?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you here tonight.
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Ella is the elderly lady who lives next door.
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It was a present from a lady I worked for.
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Sharon can be a tough lady to negotiate with.
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Sheila always tries to be a lady .
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the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union
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The young lady behind the counter asked if I needed any help.
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There's a lady here who wants to speak to you about her account.