I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a mixed marriage (= between people of different races or religions )
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Her parents disapproved of mixed marriages.
a mixed metaphor (= the use of two different metaphors at the same time to describe something, especially in a way that seems silly or funny )
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In a mixed metaphor, she said ‘he stepped up to the plate and took the bull by the horns.’
a mixed reception (= when some people like something and some do not )
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His first novel received a mixed reception.
a mixing bowl (= for mixing foods )
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Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.
an ethnic mix (= a mixture of people from different ethnic groups who live in the same place )
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The city has a wonderful ethnic mix.
cake mix (= a mixture that you buy in a packet and use for making a cake )
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If I'm feeling lazy, I sometimes use a cake mix.
have mixed feelings (= have both positive and negative feelings )
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Her parents had mixed feelings about the marriage.
mingle/mix with the crowd (= join a crowd to be social or in order not to be noticed )
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The actors went outside to talk to and mingle with the crowd.
mixed ability (= at different levels )
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a mixed ability class
mixed ability
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a mixed ability group
mixed doubles
mixed economy
mixed farming
mixed grill
mixed marriage
mixed media
mixed motives
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He had mixed motives for joining the army: a desire to prove himself, but also the desire to get away from his family.
mixed reactions (= some positive and some negative reactions )
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The book met with mixed reactions.
mixed signals (= ones that are confusing because they seem to show two different things )
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Our culture gives girls mixed messages about food, with skinny models and fast-food commercials competing for attention.
mixed up
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He’s the last person I’d expect to be mixed up in something like this.
mixed/conflicting emotions (= a mixture of very different feelings )
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She had mixed emotions about seeing him again.
mixing bowl
move/mix in a circle (= belong to a particular type of circle )
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At Harvard he moved in scientific circles.
stir in/mix in ingredients (= add them by stirring or mixing )
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Heat the sauce gently, then stir in the remaining ingredients.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
in
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As soon as the eggs meet the hot fat, they will harden and the mushrooms could never be mixed in with them.
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Instant coffee with creamer already mixed in ?
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This method of commentary addition works quite satisfactorily provided that there is no music to be mixed in as well.
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What was different was that there had been something else mixed in with the raw hunger blazing in his eyes.
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Under his feet, fallen apples were mixed in with the first autumn leaves.
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Cream fat and sugar until light and fluffy, add egg and mix in .
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Primo can respond to either the anger that tightens her forehead or the humor mixed in with it that lightens her eyes.
together
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Stir carefully to mix together , then cook for 3 minutes over a medium heat. 4.
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In a chemical reaction, one or more substances are mixed together or combined in some way.
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The packet contained two smaller packets - one blue, one white, which were mixed together in a tumbler of water.
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In another bowl mix together next 7 ingredients; while still beating, gradually add flour mixture and water.
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Drain on kitchen paper. 2. Mix together all the dressing ingredients.
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Remove from heat and let cool. Mix together yogurt and walnut oil in a medium-sized mixing bowl.
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Approximately equal amounts of each are powdered and mixed together thoroughly.
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In a small bowl, mix together pine nuts, parsley, and lemon zest.
up
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He's all mixed up and dead sure of himself.
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The racketeers are mixed up with phases of the city government just like a regular Class A City.
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She couldn't believe that anyone as nice as Angelica could have been mixed up in an insurance swindle.
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How could you get us mixed up with the police?
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Seems a bit odd, but ... All this was mixed up with the newspapers and the money.
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What was Lucky mixed up in this time?
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Several of the photo captions are mixed up and some text is missing from pages 117-118.
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We mixed up some defenses and played better team defense.
well
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When cool, add the tuna, sweetcorn and parsley and season to taste. Mix well again.
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Add mango, salsa and raisin; mix well .
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Mixture will be too stiff to mix well .
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Add dry ingredients; mix well .
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Drain the pasta shapes well and add to the sauce. Mix well together and check the seasoning.
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When fluffy, gradually add remaining ingredients and mix well .
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Add the sifted flour and lightly beaten eggs in alternate spoonfuls, mixing well .
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Add bananas, sour cream and vanilla, and beat until well mixed .
■ NOUN
bowl
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Divide it among four small bowls , then mix a few drops of food colouring into each one.
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In small bowl , mix together oil, garlic and salt.
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In a bowl mix the cottage cheese, prawns and Tabasco sauce together.
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In another bowl mix together next 7 ingredients; while still beating, gradually add flour mixture and water.
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In another bowl mix the remaining soured cream with ketchup and tomatoes.
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In a separate bowl , mix the liquid ingredients.
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Using fine-mesh strainer, strain sauce into mixing bowl and place bowl in larger mixing bowl of ice water to cool sauce.
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In a cup or small bowl , mix together water and cornstarch until smooth; add to broth.
colours
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I sketch what I want, I mix up the colours as a guide.
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You could try mixing the colours so that the roses look like a planted flower arrangement when they are in full bloom.
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They are available as mixed or straight colours of white, yellow, mauve, purple and blue.
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You don't have to mix your colours , squeeze your tubes out, you just pick up a colour.
ingredient
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Make the sauce by mixing together all the ingredients .
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When the rice is cooked, gently mix in all other ingredients .
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In a separate bowl, mix the liquid ingredients .
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Some of it was mixed with other ingredients as a compost, some of it was used as pure money.
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In a large bowl, mix all of the ingredients together, except the sesame seeds, and stir until well-blended.
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Soften the cream cheese and mix all ingredients for the filling.
media
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Their styles range from literal oils to more impressionist mixed media works.
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And even the artists who stick to paper have mixed their media in other striking ways.
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Her mixed media watercolors show humans transmuting into beasts, in strange landscapes full of foreboding.
pleasure
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No wonder our passengers are often reluctant to mix business with pleasure .
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I didn't want to mix business with pleasure ... I won't go out seriously with anyone from the company.
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Still, learn from experience: and the moral of this story is: don't mix business with pleasure .
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Never mix work with pleasure is always a good policy in work and personal relationships.
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If you can mix business with pleasure , so much better.
race
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Equally, though, there are unique burdens associated with being born into a mixed race family.
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In this context, the mixing of the races was not just an early equal opportunity program.
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They were mixed in age and race , but all favored raising the minimum wage in Tucson.
reaction
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In every case two chemicals are mixed to produce the reaction .
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When Gore was the Democratic front-runner for the presidential election, his satellite drew a sharply mixed reaction .
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The very individual-some have called it idiosyncratic-styling met with a mixed reaction .
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Some couples are ecstatic, while others have mixed reactions .
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Other audiences are likely to be mixed in reaction to this odd mixture of thriller and twisted romance.
result
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Abrams leads an eight-piece band plus a vocalist, with mixed results .
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A number of experiments already have been conducted with mixed results .
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This attracted a great deal of attention, although attempts to replicate the study have had mixed results .
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Studies have had mixed results in looking for a link between coffee and heart disease.
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Here, he shoots for Capra-esque comedy with mixed results .
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Controlled studies to date of the effectiveness of covert sensitization offer mixed results .
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Different combinations simply have provided mixed results and Liskevych is trying to get it all together by July 19.
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He has been juggling lineups all season with mixed results .
water
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Add sufficient warm water to mix to a firm dough, then lightly knead and roll out the pastry.
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For refrigerators with removable drain plugs, remove plug and force warm water mixed with baking soda through the drain.
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One the flour and water are mixed to a paste, it takes about 10 minutes for the heat to develop.
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Sink mixers have divided flow so that the hot and cold water do not mix until they have left the tap.
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Our attempts to save fresh water by mixing in seawater when cooking rice or noodles had not had much success.
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Add about five or six tablespoons of cold water to mix to a soft, but not sticky dough.
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Small eddies in the flow entrain cold water , mixing it into the plume, cooling the plume quickly.
■ VERB
get
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The girl had not quite forgotten who she was, but had got her mixed up with her sister.
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How could you get us mixed up with the police?
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You've got ta mix in some politics.
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But let me tell you, that bus was so crowded, Lolo and I got our wires totally mixed up.
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It's a bit like being colour-blind, only it's not colours I get mixed up, it's objects.
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He did an excellent job getting some steals, mixing it up and changing the complexion of the game.
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We will get a mixed bag of patents.
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It started that way: laughing children, dancing men, crying women and then it got mixed up.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(of) mixed race
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Elsewhere, people of mixed race lost their monopoly of the middling-rank jobs, as they found themselves jostled from below.
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Equally, though, there are unique burdens associated with being born into a mixed race family.
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The murder suspect is described as of black or mixed race in his early 20s.
a mixed bag
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It's a mixed bag. The actors are fine, but the story is not very believable.
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Airlines, meanwhile, are more of a mixed bag.
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Among this lot, the emotional trawl was a bit more of a mixed bag.
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But beer-drinkers are a mixed bag these days, and so is the stuff they drink.
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Last year was a mixed bag for the billboard business, Nickinello notes.
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So we have a mixed bag of destinations and holiday choices for you.
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The 17 exhibitors at the fair had bought a mixed bag of drawings, spanning centuries and price ranges.
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The first is a mixed bag of songs and dances, only a couple associated with Rivera.
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You must by now guess that this compilation is by definition a mixed bag, of mixed quality.
a mixed blessing
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Staying at home with the baby has been something of a mixed blessing for Pam.
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The color printer is a mixed blessing - it looks good, but it takes a long time to print.
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But the passenger pigeon, as we now know this bird, was a mixed blessing for the Pilgrims.
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Even that has been a mixed blessing .
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For voluntary organisations the budget was more of a mixed blessing .
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My celebrity was a mixed blessing .
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Such a prestigious credit was something of a mixed blessing .
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Switching to College Prep was a mixed blessing .
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The disintegration of the Takeshita faction was seen as a mixed blessing for Miyazawa.
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The sheer pace of accumulation was itself a mixed blessing .
a mixed blessing
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But the passenger pigeon, as we now know this bird, was a mixed blessing for the Pilgrims.
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Even that has been a mixed blessing.
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For voluntary organisations the budget was more of a mixed blessing.
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My celebrity was a mixed blessing.
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Such a prestigious credit was something of a mixed blessing.
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Switching to College Prep was a mixed blessing.
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The disintegration of the Takeshita faction was seen as a mixed blessing for Miyazawa.
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The sheer pace of accumulation was itself a mixed blessing.
be inextricably linked/bound up/mixed etc
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For in fact political theories, doctrines or ideologies, and political action are inextricably bound up with each other.
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In her mind the murder and the attack at the Chagall museum were inextricably bound up with the secret of the Durances.
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It makes you understand that you are inextricably bound up with each other and that your fortunes depend on one another.
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Within the workplace inequality and conflict are inextricably bound up, irrespective of the relationship between particular managements and workforces.
be/get mixed up in sth
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A straight-laced Wall Street banker gets mixed up in one ludicrous misunderstanding after another in George Gallo's screwball comedy.
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Everything else about this journey is starting to get mixed up in my head.
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He defended me and Eddie when we got mixed up in a couple of scrapes.
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He had to be mixed up in the Cicero Club.
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Her son's got mixed up in it, probably demonstrated yesterday with the Socialists outside the Town Hall.
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I still do not want to get mixed up in any Indochina decision....
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It was nothing to do with her, and whatever it was she didn't want to be mixed up in it.
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We weren't going to get mixed up in a job, when we were going home off duty.
be/get mixed up with sb
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Answer: She would never have got mixed up with him in the first place.
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But this all gets mixed up with motivation too: the horse must be motivated to learn.
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I am beginning to get mixed up with the days of the month.
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It's an odd business and it seems to be mixed up with Edwin Garland's will.
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Of all the people you do not want to get mixed up with he is the first and the last.
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Then Conley got mixed up with Charlie Keating and somehow lost millions of dollars, eventually ending up bankrupt.
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Trust Auguste to get mixed up with it.
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We used to get mixed up with the fight.
in mixed company
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Most of us are happy in mixed company.
mixed feelings/emotions
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I have mixed emotions about our passing game.
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It was pretty good, but we left the rugged mountains with mixed feelings.
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Rob had mixed feelings about the house.
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The fifth reason was that mixed feelings seemed to exist about the mass media generally and radio in particular.
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Voice over Around Oxford students from other colleges had mixed feelings.
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Yeske has mixed feelings about the trust accounts known as Uniform Gifts to Minors Act accounts.
mixed metaphor
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I have mixed metaphors for all occasions.
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Instances are quoted of highly contrived antithesis, of mixed metaphor and elaborate circumlocution.
mixed reaction/response/reviews etc
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As its image as an independent search for truth has changed, scientists have had mixed reactions.
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Carrick's captaincy received mixed reviews.
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Central Florida school leaders gave the proposed passing scores mixed reviews Wednesday.
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Math Blaster 1 and 2 from Davidson got mixed reviews.
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The campaign received mixed reviews inside and outside Hollywood, with some accusing Jackson of bad timing.
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The seventeenth edition met with mixed reactions.
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When asked how beneficial the training had been there was a somewhat mixed response.
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When Gore was the Democratic front-runner for the presidential election, his satellite drew a sharply mixed reaction.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl.
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A heater introduces warm air to mix with incoming cold air.
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After a short time the oxygen and the nitrogen molecules will start to mix .
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At the bar, she mixed a double scotch and water.
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Concrete is made by mixing gravel with sand, cement, and water.
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Ferns mix well with other shade-loving plants.
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If these two chemicals are mixed together, they will explode.
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If they sell cocktails would you ask the bartender to mix a Harvey Wallbanger?
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In a large bowl mix the butter and flour.
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Keillor enjoys mixing high and low culture.
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Oil and water do not mix .
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You can leave the meal cooking while you mix a drink for your guests.
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You can make green by mixing blue and yellow paint.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A curious sparrow follows them, mixing its ries with theirs.
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Bulk salt is rigorously tested before being mixed with pharmaceutical grade chemicals.
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Decorate with plain icing sugar mixed with water, or sprinkle ground ginger on top.
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Equal volumes of bacterial and cell suspensions were mixed and shaken gently at room temperature for 30 minutes.
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Iii this procedure, plasma is mixed with a strongly acidic cation exchange resin of the sodium form.
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The racketeers are mixed up with phases of the city government just like a regular Class A City.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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This is because each individual brings a different mix of strengths and weaknesses, experiences and perceptions.
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It is intended to experiment with different mixes of cement in order to achieve a good colour match.
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On the contrary, a given boundary may entail a combination of spatial, technical and social elements in different mixes .
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Different sports are likely to confer a different mix of benefits on participants.
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When buying your feed, ask the merchant about ingredients and nutrient levels in different mixes .
eclectic
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Yet for all its compact cuteness, the Fulvia is an eclectic mix of technologies.
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Opera is known for attracting an eclectic mix of the powerful, the hip and the happening.
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The six books are an eclectic mix from established and new writers who between them offer a challenging spectrum of contemporary writing.
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The decor is an eclectic mix of items loosely associated with fishing and writing.
ethnic
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The United States also has a far greater ethnic mix than Britain.
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Dole needs to win New Jersey with its diverse ethnic mix and 15 electoral votes.
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What of the future of Bosnia, in particular, where there is a very complicated cocktail of ethnic mixes ?
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The rich ethnic mix gave massive scope for discontent, disruption, tension and victimisation.
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The police have been told to make sure that their arrest record mirrors the ethnic mix of their patch.
good
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It provides a good mix for Reverse Osmosis purified water.
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The twenty slides are evenly distributed by gender, with a good mix of age and race.
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Would make a good mix for Kir Royale or Bucks fizz.
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Feedings with live and frozen brine shrimp should be alternated with chopped clams and shrimp and a good dried food mix .
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Choosing the best mix and match for your racket takes skill.
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You are trying to get a good mix of browns and greens.
rich
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The rich ethnic mix gave massive scope for discontent, disruption, tension and victimisation.
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The richer the mix of people, the more likely that new connections will be made, new ideas will emerge.
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Where participants cross disciplinary boundaries and professional backgrounds, a rich mix of ideas is fostered.
right
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One way to ensure the right mix is quite straight forward.
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No team ever succeeds without the right mix of skills and perspectives needed for the performance challenge at hand.
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Given the right level and mix of marketing support, a significant market opportunity can be created.
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That means the manager picks the right bonds or mix of bonds.
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The right mix of housing could provide that.
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And 12-year-old Jamie Cronin manages just the right mix of little-girl confusion and cusp-of-womanhood worldliness.
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With the right mix and enough patience, you can stretch out the process for an even more interesting character development.
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Perhaps the right mix of plants and mammals in their symmetrical demands could support each other.
■ NOUN
bowl
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In a large bowl mix together the yoghurt, dill and pepper.
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In a large bowl mix together the egg white, soy sauce and five-spice powder.
cake
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It wasn't as splashy as water - it was sort of like cake mix .
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In a large mixing bowl combine cake mix and pudding.
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Christmas tree cake rack Miniature trees on a rack for sponge cake mixes and jellies.
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Stir nuts and water into remaining cake mix mixture, then sprinkle over filling.
marketing
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Tactical information Marketing mix item Type of research Product policy decision Qualitative research to generate ideas for new products.
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The marketing mix is a central feature of an organization's tactical plan for a particular market.
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Distribution is a key pan of any marketing mix .
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The evaluation of a sales promotion is never a clear-cut matter, mainly on account of other variables in the overall marketing mix .
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The role of the marketing mix is to move objectives and plans into the reality of implementation and achievement.
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The promotion aspects of the marketing mix vary slightly between consumer markets and industrial markets.
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Pricing is a very flexible element in the marketing mix and enables firms to react swiftly to competitive behaviour. 20.
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The selling effort is not just confined to the Promotion element in the marketing mix .
product
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The range of products offered by an organization is called the product mix .
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That persuaded Data General executives to add Pentium-based AViiONs to the product mix .
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The group is singling out stores in terms of product mix .
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Become familiar with these various techniques, even the more sophisticated ones, if they fit your business and product mix .
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Finally, price is important in determining the relative standing of one product or product line vis-a-vis another within the product mix .
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But in government, managers have no incentive to winnow out their product mix .
skill
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Qualitative measurement of skill mix within departments is usually of equal importance.
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Firstly, the qualifications and skill mix of the labour force, which might be undermined by outward migration.
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However, neither should it be assumed that grade mix and skill mix are the same thing.
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This was achieved through a carefully planned programme of voluntary redundancies and with no manufacturing disruption or imbalance to the skill mix .
■ VERB
add
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In 1989, the decision was made to add art to the mix .
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When cool, add to your mix .
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Mix well and leave to rise at room temperature for 30 mins. Add other ingredients, mix to a smooth dough.
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Those feelings, of course, increase the hyperventilation and add adrenaline into the mix .
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Drain off any fat. Add the taco seasoning mix and the water, stir well and simmer for 20min. 3.
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Slowly add milk and cook and stir until thickened. Add spinach and mix thoroughly.
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Ten minutes before the end of cooking time, add the mushrooms and mix in well.
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Dissolve gelatin in cold water and add to soup mixture. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
change
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They change diapers and mix bottles for infants crying in the middle of the night when no one else is around.
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Independent pharmacies say they are changing the mix in their stores to survive.
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In Fort Wayne, efforts to redevelop the Southtown Mall property have focused on increasing or changing the mix of tenants.
combine
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Butter or spray with nonstick spray timbale molds or 3-quart baking dish. Combine all ingredients, mix gently but thoroughly.
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To make stuffing, combine all ingredients and mix well.
let
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Would you let your youngster mix with just anyone, for the sake of company and entertainment?
match
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This is what allows you to adjust the colours and mix and match them for your new palette.
offer
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Famous throughout the world for its boots and shoes, this thriving market town offers a fascinating mix of old and new.
play
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I try and play a varied mix of music on the programme and, most importantly, requests for the patients.
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What you finally get to play is a clever mix of interactive B-movie, arcade-style space combat and interplanetary trading.
use
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Ask the students if they have ever used the drink mix .
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The new fridge uses a mix of butane and propane gases as coolants.
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These products are spray-dried and are used in dry mixes for sour-cream sauce.
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Overall, teachers are using a greater mix of materials, including library books, computer software and interactive video.
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Always use a sea-salt mix , prepared as instructed and diluted four or five fold.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(of) mixed race
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Elsewhere, people of mixed race lost their monopoly of the middling-rank jobs, as they found themselves jostled from below.
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Equally, though, there are unique burdens associated with being born into a mixed race family.
▪
The murder suspect is described as of black or mixed race in his early 20s.
a mixed bag
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It's a mixed bag. The actors are fine, but the story is not very believable.
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Airlines, meanwhile, are more of a mixed bag.
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Among this lot, the emotional trawl was a bit more of a mixed bag.
▪
But beer-drinkers are a mixed bag these days, and so is the stuff they drink.
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Last year was a mixed bag for the billboard business, Nickinello notes.
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So we have a mixed bag of destinations and holiday choices for you.
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The 17 exhibitors at the fair had bought a mixed bag of drawings, spanning centuries and price ranges.
▪
The first is a mixed bag of songs and dances, only a couple associated with Rivera.
▪
You must by now guess that this compilation is by definition a mixed bag, of mixed quality.
a mixed blessing
▪
But the passenger pigeon, as we now know this bird, was a mixed blessing for the Pilgrims.
▪
Even that has been a mixed blessing.
▪
For voluntary organisations the budget was more of a mixed blessing.
▪
My celebrity was a mixed blessing.
▪
Such a prestigious credit was something of a mixed blessing.
▪
Switching to College Prep was a mixed blessing.
▪
The disintegration of the Takeshita faction was seen as a mixed blessing for Miyazawa.
▪
The sheer pace of accumulation was itself a mixed blessing.
be inextricably linked/bound up/mixed etc
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For in fact political theories, doctrines or ideologies, and political action are inextricably bound up with each other.
▪
In her mind the murder and the attack at the Chagall museum were inextricably bound up with the secret of the Durances.
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It makes you understand that you are inextricably bound up with each other and that your fortunes depend on one another.
▪
Within the workplace inequality and conflict are inextricably bound up, irrespective of the relationship between particular managements and workforces.
be/get mixed up in sth
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A straight-laced Wall Street banker gets mixed up in one ludicrous misunderstanding after another in George Gallo's screwball comedy.
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Everything else about this journey is starting to get mixed up in my head.
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He defended me and Eddie when we got mixed up in a couple of scrapes.
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He had to be mixed up in the Cicero Club.
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Her son's got mixed up in it, probably demonstrated yesterday with the Socialists outside the Town Hall.
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I still do not want to get mixed up in any Indochina decision....
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It was nothing to do with her, and whatever it was she didn't want to be mixed up in it.
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We weren't going to get mixed up in a job, when we were going home off duty.
be/get mixed up with sb
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Answer: She would never have got mixed up with him in the first place.
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But this all gets mixed up with motivation too: the horse must be motivated to learn.
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I am beginning to get mixed up with the days of the month.
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It's an odd business and it seems to be mixed up with Edwin Garland's will.
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Of all the people you do not want to get mixed up with he is the first and the last.
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Then Conley got mixed up with Charlie Keating and somehow lost millions of dollars, eventually ending up bankrupt.
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Trust Auguste to get mixed up with it.
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We used to get mixed up with the fight.
in mixed company
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Most of us are happy in mixed company.
mixed feelings/emotions
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I have mixed emotions about our passing game.
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It was pretty good, but we left the rugged mountains with mixed feelings.
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Rob had mixed feelings about the house.
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The fifth reason was that mixed feelings seemed to exist about the mass media generally and radio in particular.
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Voice over Around Oxford students from other colleges had mixed feelings.
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Yeske has mixed feelings about the trust accounts known as Uniform Gifts to Minors Act accounts.
mixed reaction/response/reviews etc
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As its image as an independent search for truth has changed, scientists have had mixed reactions.
▪
Carrick's captaincy received mixed reviews.
▪
Central Florida school leaders gave the proposed passing scores mixed reviews Wednesday.
▪
Math Blaster 1 and 2 from Davidson got mixed reviews.
▪
The campaign received mixed reviews inside and outside Hollywood, with some accusing Jackson of bad timing.
▪
The seventeenth edition met with mixed reactions.
▪
When asked how beneficial the training had been there was a somewhat mixed response.
▪
When Gore was the Democratic front-runner for the presidential election, his satellite drew a sharply mixed reaction.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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lemonade mix
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She went to New York, where she began to meet a different mix of people -- artists, designers, and art collectors.
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The market square is a fascinating mix of ancient and modern.
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There's a real ethnic mix in the city nowadays.
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What cake mix did you use - it's really good.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is a mix of staff, says Shandell, which also helps get things done when dealing with ministerial bureaucracy.
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J., get snagged in the complicated mix of state gun laws.
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The active virus has been suppressed, perhaps eliminated, in 21 of 24 chronic patients given the mix .
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The marketing mix is a central feature of an organization's tactical plan for a particular market.
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The United States also has a far greater ethnic mix than Britain.