I. modal verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I might add (= used to comment on what you have just said )
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She was trying to entertain us – unsuccessfully, I might add .
It might be worth...while
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It might be worth your while to talk to the head of department.
might have known (= I am annoyed but not surprised )
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I might have known you would take that attitude.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I/you might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb
as well sb might/may
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Marilyn looked guilty when she saw me, as well she might.
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And a deviant and mentally diseased species as well .
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Microscopes caught the imagination, as well they might.
could/can/might easily
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A high-resolution image, by contrast, could easily run as large as 15 million to 20 million bytes.
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A single mutational step can easily be reversed.
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But a small error in the procedure could easily leave her inoperable, or at least changed beyond recognition.
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Governments can easily guarantee their employees a job, without guaranteeing the job they currently hold.
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If you are writing on a complex topic a reader can easily become confused.
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This was his hobby, sketching vertical monstrosities, though he might easily have been a spy.
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Yet the world champion is so unpredictably gifted that one on-song display could easily enable her to sweep aside the opposition.
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Young minds can easily assimilate and embrace all kinds of musical styles.
could/may/might yet do sth
it might/would be as well
may just/might just
may/might/could (just) as well
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And if you have to plough the field anyway, you might as well plant it at the same time.
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And we might as well get used to it and resolve to cope.
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Besides, they cost so much, you might as well get some fun out of them.
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I thought I might just as well come down to the point.
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If the traveler expects the high way to be safe and well-graded, he might as well stay at home.
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It might as well be now.
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She might as well see how the enemy behaved themselves in a place like this.
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While she was there, they might as well have added the charge of breaching the Trades Description Act.
may/might/could well
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As we have already noted, he may well have been a militant nationalist who did not shrink from violence.
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But the women whom they find may well not match their feminist consciousness.
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By and large Alex and I think these developments are likely to give tangible gains and could well become a priority for implementation.
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In addition, the clarification of such issues could well provide the initial stimulus for a whole school language policy.
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It is too early to be entirely sure, but it looks as though the tide may well have turned.
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The requirements may well be modified as detailed work and discussion proceed.
pigs might fly
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Might I come in?
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Carrie might not be able to go.
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He might have been outside.
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I thought it might rain, so I brought an umbrella.
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If Hawaii is too expensive, we might go to Florida.
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Samuel left his children a letter, so that they might understand why he had to go away.
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She said she might call you tomorrow.
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This might help the pain a little bit.
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You might try calling the store.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But you might also want to be bumped.
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Democracy might be expected to collapse under such pressure.
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For reasons such as these, the property sector is increasingly concerned that these regulations might hold back major developments.
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I wanted to tell him I might be the only one besides himself who would be voting for it.
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In this way we catch a glimpse of what might be called the hermeneutical communion of saints.
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Sewers and wells might halt the disease, but cost much more.
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This isn't as difficult as you might think.
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With the extra free time, they might do more volunteer work, Jerome said.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
industrial
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Boss Mangan, the symbol of industrial and political might , is a love-stricken wreck easily manipulated by the go-getting Ellie Dunn.
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They looked to the air as a source of jobs and industrial might .
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I do not deny that it plays an important part, but the key to our strength is our industrial might .
military
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I had thought all our military might was in the Middle East.
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They pointed out that the United States already had more military might than the rest of the world combined.
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It was a realm controlled by the disciplined military might of the Franks.
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It is not simply enough to amass capital, military might or political support.
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But it was good television rather than a convincing display of military might .
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Its military and technological might is such that no state can come close to challenging it in the foreseeable future.
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The territories described above were all to feel the military might of the Franks under the remarkable leadership of Charles the Great.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The full might of the army could not defeat them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The might of water overwhelmed dark earth, over the summits of the highest mountains.
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The Foundation is the source of power and might .
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Think of the might of a forest fire or the burning heat of the sun.