adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
learned the hard way
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He learned the hard way about the harsh reality of the boxing world.
learned this lesson the hard way
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Make sure you put the baby’s diaper on before you start feeding her. I learned this lesson the hard way .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
behaviour
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Such learned behaviour is heavily ingrained in many of us.
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This learned behaviour , or social inheritance, of any society is called its culture.
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By contrast, learned behaviour requires experience and practice.
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However, the range and complexity of learned behaviour in humans is far greater than in any other species.
friend
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Does my right hon. and learned Friend think that such communication would have contributed to avoiding the accident?
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The report that my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State published yesterday is extremely important.
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Mr. Bowis My right hon. and learned Friend will recall the bomb explosion a month ago on the track in my constituency.
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My right hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor-General will be dealing with the question of contempt.
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The hon. Gentleman's hon. and learned Friend has as much right to express his views as the hon. Gentleman had.
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Here I reflect very much the comments of my right hon. and learned Friend .
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What my noble and learned friends have said will, however, enable me to express myself quite shortly.
gentleman
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Mr. Clark I am grateful for what the hon. and learned Gentleman has said.
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I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the reply that I gave a few moments ago.
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The hon. and learned Gentleman must not make a speech that he might make if I were to call him.
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I can not understand why the hon. and learned Gentleman says that it is not so.
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Also, when does the right hon. and learned Gentleman hope to fill the post of Director of Public Prosecutions?
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Mr. Lilley I can tell the House why the hon. and learned Gentleman is wrong.
journal
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She laid aside all the incomprehensible extracts from learned journals and boiled herself an egg.
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They appeared to be pages of an off-print of an article in a learned journal .
judge
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The learned judge held not, for the reason that no one is entitled to profit from his own wrong.
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For these reasons, I would allow the appeal with costs, and restore the order of the learned judge .
man
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Nevertheless, he was certainly a learned man .
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The learned men of that school were known as doctors plus epithets: the Angelic Doctor, the Sublime Doctor and so forth.
member
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The hon. and learned Member for Leicester, West is not on trial.
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I have acknowledged the great damage done to the hon. and learned Member for Leicester, West.
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I am dealing with the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands, East.
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That is precisely what the right hon. and learned Member for Surrey, East described a year ago.
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There has been some administrative devolution, to which the hon. and learned Member for Fife, North-East referred.
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The right hon. and learned Member for Monklands, East talked about our record.
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The right hon. and learned Member for Warley, West first discussed the causes of crime.
profession
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In contrast to Hocazade, Civizade came from a very favourable background from the point of view of the learned profession .
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Besides muderrises and kadis, one other group within the learned profession deserves brief mention, namely the muftis.
society
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He held many offices in learned societies .
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Other members include industrial concerns, private companies, hospitals, learned societies and organisations in the museums, arts and media.
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She had come rather out of her way and now walked back along a square where a learned society had its premises.
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When they were settled down with their drinks she asked him about the learned society .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
my learned friend
sb has learned their lesson
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It's true that art critics aren't as learned as art-historians in these matters.
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The old professor was obviously a very learned man.