I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mint julep
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fresh
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The bills were fresh from the mint .
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In a small saucepan, melt the butter and add the orange zest and fresh mint , finely chopped.
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Decorate with sprigs of fresh mint and serve.
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This dish is particularly tasty at the height of summer when fresh mint abounds.
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At once the room was filled with the sweet, fresh smell of mint .
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Arrange three eggs on each plate and garnish with fresh dill or mint .
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Mint - Half a teaspoon of dried or fresh green mint leaves is helpful for nausea, stomach upsets and encourages appetite.
■ NOUN
condition
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Charvel Model 4, mint condition , with protector case, £375.
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Every single volume is in order and neatly tied with string, and most are in mint condition .
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Mint Stamps - A full set of stamps for each issue, packaged to arrive in mint condition in a protective folder.
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Unused so in mint condition , £195 ono.
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Those in mint condition have doubled in value over the last two years to around £50.
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Top notes present thrillingly, and Kollo's technique is in mint condition after nearly 25 years.
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PENSA-SUHR the ultimate guitar, unique, mint condition , phone for more details.
sauce
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Avoid vinegary mint sauce and serve a home-made sauce instead.
tea
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I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table.
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I smiled at them, heaped more food on to their plates, poured more mint tea or coffee into their cups.
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Some one brought mint tea in a silver pot, on a chased, silver tray.
■ VERB
chop
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Wash the spinach, pull off the stalks and chop the leaves. Chop the mint finely.
make
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NatWest also made a mint from the upheaval in the money markets last year.
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Exploiting these fears, nuclear blackmailers could make a mint .
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Must have made a mint out of the wars.
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But it doesn't seem to apply to those already making a mint .
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The property dealer, ex-drug baron Robert Clapley, aims to make a mint .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mint/camomile etc tea
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And anyway, why have I been sitting here pretending I like camomile tea ?
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I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table.
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I smiled at them, heaped more food on to their plates, poured more mint tea or coffee into their cups.
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If you have a warm drink, try milk, cocoa or a herbal drink such as camomile tea .
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Some one brought mint tea in a silver pot, on a chased, silver tray.
newly/freshly minted
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Because she made it look effortless, improvised-newly minted .
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But its newly minted dual-containment policy may reckon without the Middle East's rare talent for opportunistic alliances.
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Cray liked to hire talented but newly minted engineers.
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George W Bush steps freshly minted into that line.
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He's a newly minted law school graduate from Long Island.
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Some newly minted salesmen and saleswomen have been laid off from other jobs.
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The twilight sky was lavender and dark enough that Venus was out, hung above a freshly minted sickle moon.
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Two days after the plan was announced, Mr Resende took the newly minted package to creditors in Washington.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he has finally won a mint .
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Children will have the opportunity to create money for the Storyopolis mint .
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Eat smaller meals and try soda mints or indigestion tablets.
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He helps himself to a mint from a fancy glass bowl on the coffee table.
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Pennyroyal, a type of mint , is effective against fleas so attach a few dried pennyroyal leaves to your pet's collar.
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Well, pop a mint , our friends, head for the hills, and pick your teeth with a mesquite twig.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
coin
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Certainly, he had been stopped from minting his own coins .
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But sometimes unscrupulous leaders added coins to the money supply by minting new coins that contained less gold and silver.
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He minted coins and his patronage of continental missionary activity is a noticeable feature of his reign.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a newly minted engineering graduate
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A more perfect ski day had not yet been minted.
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But sometimes unscrupulous leaders added coins to the money supply by minting new coins that contained less gold and silver.
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He minted coins and his patronage of continental missionary activity is a noticeable feature of his reign.
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He minted his own silver pieces, and enjoyed music, thinking, inventing, sailing and restoring old houses.
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This indicates that the two denominations were minted in the same part of his reign.
III. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mint/camomile etc tea
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And anyway, why have I been sitting here pretending I like camomile tea ?
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I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table.
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I smiled at them, heaped more food on to their plates, poured more mint tea or coffee into their cups.
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If you have a warm drink, try milk, cocoa or a herbal drink such as camomile tea .
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Some one brought mint tea in a silver pot, on a chased, silver tray.