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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
hide
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His clothes shop is allowed to put peepholes in the fitting-rooms; some have hidden microphones , too.
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Two of its producers got jobs as food handlers for Food Lion and worked there wearing tiny hidden cameras and microphones .
speak
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The volume of the presiding cleric's voice waxed and waned as though he were speaking through a faulty microphone .
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Just a man speaking into a microphone , explaining the ways of his adopted country.
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When the cheering had died down he took the microphone and began his speech.
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Chris took the microphone and launched in.
use
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The idea of using two microphones appeals to me because it could stimulate two ears.
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The Ear uses a microphone and dish to make sound louder.
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Getting used to acting with the voice only and knowing how to use the microphone are basic features of good radio technique.
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Then they roused themselves, surprised that some one was actually going to use the microphone .
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But a professional narrator was hired one morning, and alternate lines of speech were recorded using the normal microphone and recorder.
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The system uses microphones that are mounted atop utility poles and buildings to record gunshots and immediately relay a signal to police.
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Answer Use an extension microphone aimed away from the unwanted noise.
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Now they used a microphone and loudspeaker system and the mechanically multiplied sound echoed off walls.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beldock takes her place behind a microphone during morning assembly and surveys 1, 200 faces whose heritage spans six continents.
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He sights a bird and aims the microphone in its direction.
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He was handed a microphone , but with an irony that summarised Labour's plight, it failed to work.
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In this case another usher or bridesmaid could take over the duty of checking the microphone .
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She can allow speakers to overrun by 20 seconds before cutting off their microphone .
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The idea of using two microphones appeals to me because it could stimulate two ears.
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The user makes a local call to dial into the Internet, then talks into a microphone .
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We shout our hatred of them at public forums and into radio and television microphones.