I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The trip to Dresden was a lark .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Had it been a lark on the dead man's part?
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I had to go to Jersey and Guernsey on Wednesday-that's always rather a lark .
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No shame, just a bit of a lark .
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The operatic male nightingales, warblers, and larks are brown and usually almost indistinguishable from their females.
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The sky was still blue, the sun still shone, somewhere near by a lark gibbered away.
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Then, on a lark , I applied to a college outside of Davis, California, so I just went down.
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This surprisingly funny, reverse-Cyrano lark is witty, wise and the most romantic comedy so far this year.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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Mr Grainger claims his 13-year-old son James was punched in the chest when he was caught larking about in lessons.
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Stu would be laughing and larking about with his mates at the wallpaper shop.
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But then you realise that there's no room whatsoever for larking about and enjoying yourself.
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Only a couple of kids larking about .
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They all go bicycling together and run across bridges and lark about , yes?
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The kids are larking about in the steam-filled room, and the girl seems grateful for adult conversation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But then you realise that there's no room whatsoever for larking about and enjoying yourself.
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Mr Grainger claims his 13-year-old son James was punched in the chest when he was caught larking about in lessons.
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Only a couple of kids larking about.
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She thought of the noise of the lodging houses with the chorus girls shrieking at each other and larking in the corridors.
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Stu would be laughing and larking about with his mates at the wallpaper shop.
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They all go bicycling together and run across bridges and lark about, yes?