I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dinner/lunch invitation
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Fred's wife has accepted the dinner invitation.
a dinner/lunch reservation
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I'd forgotten to make a dinner reservation.
a dinner/lunch/breakfast menu
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There is an extensive dinner menu, and seafood is a speciality.
a lunch break
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What time’s your lunch break?
a sandwich/lunch box
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Most of the kids bring lunch boxes to school.
alfresco lunch/supper etc
box lunch
buffet breakfast/lunch/supper
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The price includes morning coffee, buffet lunch, and afternoon tea.
Christmas dinner/lunch (= a special meal on Christmas Day )
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All the family come to our house for Christmas dinner.
come to dinner/lunch
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What day are your folks coming to dinner?
cook breakfast/lunch/dinner
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Kate was in the kitchen cooking dinner.
eat breakfast/lunch/dinner etc
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What time do you usually eat lunch?
have lunch/a meal etc
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I usually have breakfast at about seven o'clock.
lunch break
lunch counter
lunch hour
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I did the shopping during my lunch hour.
packed lunch
ploughman's lunch
school meals/lunches ( also school dinners British English )
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We provide good-quality school meals.
serve breakfast/lunch/dinner
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Breakfast is served until 9 am.
set lunch/dinner/menu
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The hotel does a very good set menu.
stay to dinner/stay for lunch etc
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Why don’t you stay for supper?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
free
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If these Politicians have their way, there may literally be no free lunch for millions of children!
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There is no free lunch , there is no donation without strings.
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Foaming schooners, free lunch , fish fry Fridays, poker in the back room, arguments settled in the alley.
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There's no such thing as a free lunch .
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More than 75 percent of students under the age of eighteen qualify for free school lunches .
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Contemporary cosmology even suggests that the whole universe might have appeared out of the quantum vacuum: the ultimate free lunch .
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There is no free lunch for any segment of society.
hot
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It's fifty years since they delivered their first hot lunch .
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And if the microwave goes down, the whole production crew loses out on a hot lunch as well.
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Excellent daily menu of hot and cold lunch dishes.
light
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No relaxing by the pool or light lunch over Football Focus for my lads.
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They were seated, as was their custom, in the summer-house, where they had just finished a light lunch .
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There is a smart àlacarte restaurant for dinner and light lunches are served in the bar.
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At the 52-storey building, the 1,000 staff are served light lunches and snacks by manager Tony Gatland and his staff.
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Vegetarian dishes and other special diets are no problem for Judy and snacks and light lunches will be provided on request.
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Why not fix to have a light lunch here one day if ever in Edinburgh.
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Later she made herself a light salad for lunch and ate it on the terrace.
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Dishy meals Whether you want inspiration for a light lunch or an impressive supper, we can provide it.
long
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Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury, a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch .
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They held impressive but obscure titles, occupied spacious and comfortable offices, and indulged in frequent travel and long lunches .
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Though cynics may say something else, long lunches are part of the job description for a working hack.
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They took long lunches and went to barbershops, beauty parlors, bathhouses, and tearooms during working hours.
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It was a long lunch in the presence of our new-found friend, the Rugby World Cup.
packed
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A wholesome breakfast is served and dinner and packed lunches are provided on request.
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Most people had brought a packed lunch and this was eaten in the sun on Kidderminster Station platform.
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Waterproofs, wellingtons or other strong footwear and a packed lunch .
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We collected our packed lunch from the manageress, and, as the sun again was shining, set out for Helvellyn.
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She had also prepared a good packed lunch .
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Vegetarian meals can be provided, and packed lunches are available on request.
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They had eaten a packed lunch prepared by Evelyn.
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I'd just as soon make do with a packed lunch .
■ NOUN
box
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I can remember that I wanted a care bears lunch box .
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When he finishes his supper, the boy tucks the lunch box back into a shopping bag and closes his eyes.
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A lunch box is opened, and a cluster of plastic and aluminium jewels gleam from inside.
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Leave a Surprise Leave behind a special note to be put into a lunch box or under a pillow.
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I picked up my lunch box and I walked to school.
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Forty-four little hands gather up coats and lunch boxes and forty-four little feet head down the hall to go home.
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I could now see that Richie was providing the sandwiches from the plastic lunch box , perched on his lap.
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Their children's lunch boxes are nutritionally correct.
break
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More volunteers would also allow the workers simple pleasures like a lunch break without feeling guilty.
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Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki abruptly called for an early lunch break .
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I rang Joy and Alan, who came immediately and stayed, apart from a quick lunch break , all day.
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Oh, they had a little fun trapping regents going to the bathroom during the lunch break .
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During a lunch break I sat with him in a village pub where he put away a few pints.
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I timed it so I caught Stu on his lunch break .
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He was entitled to a fifteen-minute mid-morning break , a forty-five-minute lunch break and another fifteen-minute break around mid-afternoon.
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After all, the 27-year-old farm worker fully intended to return to work when his 30-minute lunch break was over.
buffet
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Journey north through the fertile Kikuyu heartland to Nyeri where a buffet lunch will be served at the Outspan Hotel.
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The cold buffet lunch , of high standard, included a large cake in the shape and colours of Searcher.
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Beer garden. 60/ -, 70/ -, 80/ - cask conditioned ales. Buffet lunches .
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A buffet lunch of delicious contributions by the Class added to the enjoyable sunny June afternoon.
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The cost of £20 includes a buffet lunch .
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After the tour we are ushered into the board-room where a magnificent buffet lunch is laid out.
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After a healthy buffet lunch , attention will shift to skincare, style and make-up.
business
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However, business lunches may crop up from time to time - and also evening invitations which involve dining at restaurants.
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He was introduced to an overseas banker at a business lunch and presented his transferable skills to the banker.
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The business lunch is certainly not easy unless carefully planned first and lighting and positioning chosen.
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May I also pass on my thanks to your master for providing such a great venue for my business lunches .
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Prove to yourself how enjoyable mineral water is during business lunches .
hour
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I sat through lunch hour staring at a poster of a crab louse magnified to monstrous proportions.
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So, by the late 1980s, the services resembled the kitchen of a fast-food restaurant during a busy lunch hour .
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It may be no more than a little park near work or a church that you stop by during lunch hour .
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Trade stands and demonstrations will be open during the lunch hour .
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He had roamed Queenstown during his lunch hour at the beginning of the week before he could find a roaster for sale.
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The shop was closed for the lunch hour .
picnic
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Hard-boiled eggs are sneaked from breakfast buffets to be scoffed for picnic lunches .
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This picnic lunch is usually eaten in random bites on the seafloor.
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Enjoy the scenic drive along the floor of the Great Rift Valley, with a picnic lunch enroute.
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The picnic lunch which had been eaten immediately on arrival had rendered some of the elders somnolent.
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Here you can buy everything for a picnic lunch .
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For want of a better location, we ate our picnic lunch in the cemetery with superb views of the north coast.
power
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Whether it's a power lunch or a romantic dinner, a meal at Cicada always feels like a special occasion.
school
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Tea was a plate of doorsteps cut by Mrs Garfitt the housekeeper at one-thirty, as soon as school lunch was over.
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Kayla had been a shy girl, who prayed before eating school lunch .
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After a while my hands smelled like an old-time Catholic school lunch room on a hot Friday.
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Bon Appetit software for government school lunch programs.
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More than 75 percent of students under the age of eighteen qualify for free school lunches .
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He also ordered the government to buy more school lunch beef to bolster cattle prices, now plummeting because of a drought.
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A Hartford school lunch costs 90 cents for elementary students, $ 1. 15 at middle and high schools.
time
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The Carvery every lunch time serves prime roast sirloin.
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She ran home sobbing at lunch time .
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We stopped at lunch time and had a traditional meal with our driver who then took us back on our way.
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Snacks are served by the pool at lunch time .
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Each location has a counter service restaurant at lunch time , along with a coffee and snack bar open all day.
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The main meal of the day may be eaten at lunch time or in the evening, according to your normal habit.
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She wasn't expected at the Refuge till lunch time .
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Deck-chairs, sun-loungers and umbrellas are provided and a pool bar serves snacks at lunch time .
■ VERB
bring
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Most people had brought a packed lunch and this was eaten in the sun on Kidderminster Station platform.
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So they were ordered not to leave the grounds but to bring lunch with them.
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Vicky would bring lunch , and Robby supper.
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Mme Guérigny brought the Sunday lunch ritual to a close as soon as she had buried M. Guérigny.
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Say, I brought you guys some lunch .
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The walk is expected to last all day so bring a packed lunch .
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When the four-star chef came to visit, he brought lunch .
buy
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I wouldn't let me buy me lunch , I said, and I meant it.
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He also ordered the government to buy more school lunch beef to bolster cattle prices, now plummeting because of a drought.
cook
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Middle-class families get their investment back in two to three years if they cook half their lunch every day in the cooker.
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When I rose at five Peter had already finished cooking both breakfast and lunch .
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She was sweeping out the yard while Bella cooked the lunch and sang to the baby.
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I usually cooked Sunday lunch after we got back from church.
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She had cooked the lunch in it.
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And I cooked this superb lunch .
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She was worried because she knew that the Copleys were waiting for her to cook lunch .
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As for Christmas Day itself, don't panic if you're cooking a big turkey lunch for the very first time.
eat
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Often an informal group will eat lunch near a machine or other work station, even though a canteen is available.
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After we eat a hearty lunch I begin my afternoon the normal way with my virgin pina colada.
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Members of the club joined in a wide range of activities and ate a healthy lunch at the Southlands Centre, Middlesbrough.
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And, the survey shows, men are more likely than women to eat lunch at a sit-down restaurant.
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I ate no lunch but drank solidly.
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People are eating bagels for lunch , dinner and snacks in between.
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Let her eat lunch and then give her a mild tranquilliser.
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People were eating lunch , and I saw the same faces and the same expressions I had seen the day before.
enjoy
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Kate had enjoyed her late lunch with Patrick Kelly very much.
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An experienced mountain climber, Gray rested, enjoying lunch and the view.
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He was quite enjoying his lunch after all.
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A visit to the fascinating museum can be enjoyed either before lunch or after the tour at the convenience of the visitor.
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Here in sophisticated surroundings you can wine, dine and dance, or simply enjoy a pleasant lunch or good dinner.
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Return with nonchalant air woman enjoying deliberately solitary lunch , but bark shin on chair.
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It was there Fergie recommended the school to her - where yesterday Eugenie and Zenouska enjoyed lunch of spaghetti and sponge cake.
invite
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I've invited them aboard for lunch .
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Sonya invited me to have lunch with her and Mendl.
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Having explained carefully to Willis what he was about to do, Richard invited Pinkie out to lunch .
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She had invited several friends to lunch the next day, and she had given no thought to what to cook.
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Hubert, who was the boy's housemaster, summoned a mechanic and invited Barbara to lunch .
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Last weekend I was invited out to Sunday lunch by the young teacher who is involved in organizing this course.
meet
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One Sunday that August, he left his farm near the Oxford ring road to meet a friend for lunch .
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So instead of making an appearance, he telephoned Mortara, who suggested they meet for lunch at the South Street Seaport.
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We met at lunch , once, and since then he has been bombarding my house with letters and phone calls.
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Can I meet you guys for lunch today?
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Luckily, Domino Mei-Ling did not come into the office to meet Damian for lunch that week.
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She and Laura continued to keep up their friendship through frequent telephone calls and meeting for lunch at least once a month.
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After the board meeting , they drove fifty miles south of Auckland to meet Forster for lunch .
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They met for lunch in Washington Park, smoked dope with her newspaper friends, were invited together to late night parties.
pack
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There was also a lecture Theatre for people who had packed lunches .
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Instead of having parents pack lunches , he decided the kids should get free, hot meals.
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We had persuaded our landladies to give us packed lunches in place of the statutory second meal.
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I am grateful not to have to pack lunches .
serve
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Now, fingers on the buzzers and no conferring: what did the caterers serve for lunch ?
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What do they serve here for lunch ?
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Across the road from the White Horse Inn - a family run pub serving lunches and evening meals.
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I washed dishes, set tables, and served breakfast, lunch , and supper from eleven at night until dawn.
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Fifty miles north, Sarah Morgan had just finished serving a lunch that no one had done more than pick at.
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It also serves lunch and dinner, but breakfast has become the most popular meal, says owner Gloria Salum.
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Choice of ALaCarte Restaurant or the Pavilion Lounge which serves light lunches and traditional beers.
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Deck-chairs, sun-loungers and umbrellas are provided and a pool bar serves snacks at lunch time.
sit
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The two girls sat together at lunch , at the far end of the table.
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They sat at the lunch counter in Shraders Pharmacy on the courthouse square.
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For secondly he sits through many lunches , discussing life and love and never mentioning football.
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I sat through lunch hour staring at a poster of a crab louse magnified to monstrous proportions.
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Then they all drew pictures till lunch . 12.55: I sat down and had lunch with the kids.
stop
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We stopped at lunch time and had a traditional meal with our driver who then took us back on our way.
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It may be no more than a little park near work or a church that you stop by during lunch hour.
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We stopped for lunch , to change the horses.
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The man recited all the way and they were nearly late, with no time to stop for lunch .
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Without my being in any position to know their movements, they stop off for lunch half-way through their trip.
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After a few more games we stopped for lunch and went over the morning's action.
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After stopping for lunch , they realised that one of their tyres had been let down.
take
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I wanted to take Ladislav to lunch , and he suggested a restaurant near Wenceslas Square.
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Sandy has learned to compress her hours by not taking lunch and taking work home if she has to.
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You can take her out for lunch as well.
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You take forty-five minutes for lunch .
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Notice of the application for the injunction had been given at about 11 a.m. and the hearing took place after lunch .
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This much done, he returned aboard and took lunch .
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They invariably took a late lunch to Mutton Cove and slept and swam the afternoon away.
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He now takes bites from his lunch between smokes.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
do lunch/do a movie etc
lunch/dinner hour
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During her lunch hour she shopped, deliberately avoiding the part of town in which Giles's office was situated.
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Friday: the long lunch hour at the York.
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I sat through lunch hour staring at a poster of a crab louse magnified to monstrous proportions.
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It may be no more than a little park near work or a church that you stop by during lunch hour .
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So, by the late 1980s, the services resembled the kitchen of a fast-food restaurant during a busy lunch hour .
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Walk for fifteen minutes each lunch hour .
power breakfast/lunch etc
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The perfect hit, the literary equivalent to a high-octane power lunch.
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Whether it's a power lunch or a romantic dinner, a meal at Cicada always feels like a special occasion.
there's no free lunch
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As a country, we must face the fact that there is no free lunch for Social Security recipients.
working breakfast/lunch/dinner
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Gannon explained recently during a working lunch downtown.
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He has working lunches with his team to discuss and develop their approach to managing people for profit.
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The afternoon rehearsal started late because Meredith was at a working lunch in Rose's office.
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The real business gets done at working lunches and small dinner parties.
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You might then have a working dinner with a business speaker.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At work we are allowed one hour for lunch .
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See you after lunch .
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Shall we have lunch before we go out?
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We always have roast beef for Sunday lunch .
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We had an early lunch and spent the afternoon shopping.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After lunch he fared better returning a 76, taking only 35 shots on the inward nine.
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At a lunch in his honour, friends and former rivals gathered to pay him tribute.
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Everybody else in the village was presumably either still eating lunch or else dozing.
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The lunch , at which numbers will be limited, will be open to all members and will feature an after-lunch speaker.
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The muscle work comes after breakfast, then again after lunch and a nap.
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The next week, we had a full house at the lunch .
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They were each allowed a glass of wine at lunch , and from my experience, smoking was compulsory.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lunch/dinner hour
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During her lunch hour she shopped, deliberately avoiding the part of town in which Giles's office was situated.
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Friday: the long lunch hour at the York.
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I sat through lunch hour staring at a poster of a crab louse magnified to monstrous proportions.
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It may be no more than a little park near work or a church that you stop by during lunch hour .
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So, by the late 1980s, the services resembled the kitchen of a fast-food restaurant during a busy lunch hour .
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Walk for fifteen minutes each lunch hour .
power breakfast/lunch etc
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The perfect hit, the literary equivalent to a high-octane power lunch.
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Whether it's a power lunch or a romantic dinner, a meal at Cicada always feels like a special occasion.
there's no free lunch
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As a country, we must face the fact that there is no free lunch for Social Security recipients.
working breakfast/lunch/dinner
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Gannon explained recently during a working lunch downtown.
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He has working lunches with his team to discuss and develop their approach to managing people for profit.
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The afternoon rehearsal started late because Meredith was at a working lunch in Rose's office.
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The real business gets done at working lunches and small dinner parties.
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You might then have a working dinner with a business speaker.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had lunched with the Wellands, hoping afterward to carry off May for a walk iii the Park.
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Shelley promises to lunch with them once she has got her things from the car.
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We often lunched together after her weekly consultation.
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You ask him to lunch at a posh restaurant.