I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bold move
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The newspapers described her resignation as a bold move.
a career change/move
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After ten years in the job, I realized that I needed to make a career change.
a chess move
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You first have to learn the basic chess moves.
a moving speech (= making people feel strong emotions )
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That was a very moving speech.
a surprise move (= an unexpected action )
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In a surprise move, the government lifted the ban on arms exports to the country.
be moved to tears (= be so upset that you cry )
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Members of the audience were moved to tears by her singing.
be/move/work in sync
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The two mechanisms have to work in sync.
clouds move/roll
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A narrow band of cloud has been moving across the country.
move a file
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He was trying to move the file from one folder to another.
move forward
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Britain is now ready to move forward .
move into a flat
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They move into their new flat next week.
move into/out of a house
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We’re moving into our new house next week.
move into/out of an apartment (= start living in a new apartment, or leave an apartment in order to live somewhere else )
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They moved into the apartment last Easter.
move into/out of an area
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She had just moved into the area and knew very few people.
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Many young people are moving out of rural areas.
move towards a climax
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Political tensions were moving towards a climax.
move towards independence (= gradually achieve it over a period of time )
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The country was slowly moving towards independence.
move up/down a scale
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Some farmers prospered and moved up the social scale.
move/empty/open your bowels (= get rid of solid waste from your body )
move/go upmarket
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a brand that’s moved upmarket
(= it is trying to attract richer people )
move/head in a direction
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We followed the other passengers heading in the direction of passport control.
move/mix in a circle (= belong to a particular type of circle )
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At Harvard he moved in scientific circles.
moves/plans/changes afoot
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There were plans afoot for a second attack.
moving freely
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The injury prevented him from moving freely .
moving picture
moving staircase
moving van
One false move
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One false move and you’re dead.
relocation/moving expenses
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Successful candidates will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes relocation expenses if needed.
sb’s gaze moves/travels/shifts/sweeps etc
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His gaze travelled over the still water to the other side of the lake.
smart move (= sensible thing to do )
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His decision to become a director was a smart move .
tactical move/decision/ploy
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a tactical decision to send in troops
the emphasis shifts/moves (= changes )
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The emphasis is now shifting away from oil towards renewable sources of energy.
traffic moves/flows
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At last the traffic was moving again.
wise move (= not be a sensible thing to do )
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I don’t think that would be a very wise move .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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She spotted other figures moving about , and from some place close by she heard agonized sobbing.
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I think we have the right to move about as we please.
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Changing preferences will be shown in siting, and occupation will tend to move about within an area.
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They are afraid, they stumble and feel weak-how do you move about when chains were your programmed destiny?
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Secondly, don't move about so often-stay in one place.
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He could also move about in a battery-operated wheelchair, which was designed to look like a toy car.
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People moving about in the dead of night, poisons being administered in a locked room.
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Criminal justice officials say he apparently moves about freely under the noses of state leaders, including Gov.
along
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It's a very good cruiser, too, moving along effortlessly at motorway limit speeds and above. 40.
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For five minutes she is moving along as usual.
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She moved along the heath, and from a tuft of darkness something came out and stood in her way.
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All this is presented with slick lighting and production values, moving along at a crisp pace.
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The Mercedes moved along the Kurfurstendamm as snow started to fall again.
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We are are so big, and move along with such momentum, that we are able to live through everything.
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I moved along to the patio window.
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Both are moved along at the same speed and in the same direction by the proportioning pump.
around
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They have been jaw locking, tail shaking and they always move around the tank together.
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But you could never be sure if one or both of these batteries would be there because they were frequently moved around .
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Able to move around with limp.
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So I can hang on to things as I move around .
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Prowling, scuffling, moving around out there somewhere ... There was another crash of thunder.
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As the forensic team finished with areas of the flat he could move around more and disturb things.
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Can the text and graphics be moved around once they have been placed on the page?
away
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The woman with the child began to move away .
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They moved away to have a more private conversation, from which I gathered problems existed.
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I wave airily and the face moves away .
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I moved away from my personal and creative environments, and just grew up, essentially.
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She had never done this before, never felt like this, but she had no thought at all of moving away .
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He looked over at the judge, but the judge had already started to move away .
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We climbed aboard the transport and as we moved away in convoy I gazed at Francoise from the back of the truck.
back
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She moved back against the pillow and drew me on top of her.
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I may even move back one day.
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The only relevant question now is: will the new government enable to him to move back into the driving seat?
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But Dominic says moving back home would be a defeat.
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Keep the board level; move back as the wind increases.
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Anderson repeatedly refused to predict when the company will move back into the black.
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And they have vowed to refuse to move back into the flats on Conwy Morfa until their demands are met.
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He moved back to his native country briefly, where he married, and then returned here, Crum said.
closer
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Hala giggled and rocked back and forth and Fatima moved closer to watch.
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Several microphones, which had been hanging listlessly in reporters' hands, suddenly rose and moved closer to Cantor.
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The criterion moves closer to asking whether the courts believe that the exercise of discretion was reasonable.
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Over the years, the departments have moved closer together and combining them will also lead to efficiency savings for the authority.
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Hicks moved closer to the stove, partly turning his back on her.
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In Walter's action, the hammer is moved closer to the stationary check.
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Some couples who do not seem to be close previously may move closer together as they work through the process of adaptation.
fast
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Got ta move fast in this business.
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Or some one driving north toward Lake of the Woods, moving fast , coming to her rescue.
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He was angry with the hijackers and he was angry with himself because he had not moved fast enough to help Harald.
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San Diego is an international city and we are growing fast and we are moving fast.
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The company had moved fast since landing at Portsmouth with King Henry late in October.
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When Ted was out of the bathroom and thumping around in the bedroom, I moved fast .
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We had therefore to move fast .
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The salamander, who now barely moved , could never have moved fast .
forward
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We move forward only as rapidly as our successes permit, and progress often does not seem rapid enough.
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In the meantime, the 2d Battalion of the 271 Regiment, moving forward in a column, engaged the northernmost company.
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It means that energy is required to overcome the friction as well as to move forward .
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They moved forward because there seemed to be no competition in the distribution business.
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The most important thing is integrity and moving forward .
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The boat moved forward with a jerking motion as the line to the police launch slacked and tightened in the swell.
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He moved forward , hand against the wall of the passage.
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Since those legs happen to be touching the ground, the body moves forward .
freely
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These characters would never escape their existential lots, or move freely from one class to another.
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But even for those who move freely in this circle of literary classics, Characters still has some problems.
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The traffic, even at that time of evening, wasn't good, but at least it was moving freely .
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They are apt to talk a great deal with each other and to move freely and purposefully about the space.
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One reason is that the lithosphere is not divided into small discrete blocks able to move freely up and down with respect to each other.
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Once hot spots and rifting cave created a new border, the plates on either side of it start moving freely .
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There are, however, natural systems in which dissolved metals move freely through membranes, irrespective of concentration.
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These gnomes would move freely through the earth and were guardians of mines and quarries.
in
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He touched the toad and it inflated jerkily, its throat moving in and out like bellows.
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In its place, more activist shareholders are moving in.
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When you move in , you must move in fast - really fast.
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You remind me of law sessions they used to have in the gold fields before the North West mounted moved in.
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She'd moved in on and in with Dionne, spitting scorn at her friends, slurring drunk at parties.
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When old enough, Margaret left the farm and moved in with a knight.
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They moved in , and invited William Morris to stay so that he might advise them on decorating and restoring the place.
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None of them were moving in .
off
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We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth, chopping at it with jungle machetes.
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The plates slide toward one direction or another and, inevitably, their ridges move off the hot spots that found them.
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Can't move off this confounded sofa.
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She opened the door and watched him move off down the corridor.
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The chauffeur started up, and they moved off .
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Then, at his peak, he moves off to Paris, London, Berlin.
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He would stand and just look at his trusted trainer, not moving off as directed.
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She remembered John moving off to shake hands along a chain fence, his face rigid in the gray drizzle.
on
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Hornby, founded in 1908, has now moved on from trains and cars to sell dolls and video games.
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It was time to move on .
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Yes, we would move on .
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While singer Neneh Cherry moved on to crossover fame, her fellow conspirators took a back seat.
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Zeus, though eternal, comes into being and moves on .
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The secondment provided a change and the chance to move on .
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He was apparently out of favor with the judges, some of whom had dropped subtle hints that Galindo should move on .
out
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Rabbits find them uncomfortable and they move out to warmer quarters.
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Various communities of the region saw the Negro residents move out en masse.
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He and Mum were moved out to the new estate.
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The Republican presidential campaign moved out of New Hampshire on Wednesday in a fog.
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Blackening the sky, they move out from Abbey Park in well defined flight lines to feeding grounds.
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Thirty years later, I am in academia myself and realize now that people are moved out of Department Chair positions regularly.
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And Dot saw something else alive and moving out there too, brown yet larger than a hare.
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Whites were moving out as blacks moved in.
over
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And that meant them moving over .
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If you enter characters within existing text, words to the right will move over and down to make room for them.
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He rode the rocking-horse, which moved over the lawn without effort.
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I did my job and I moved over to a job as a state policeman.
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To move over long distances the dredger has to be towed by a tug.
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He moved over to the window of his office and looked out.
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He took the wheel of the jeep himself, telling the driver to move over .
quickly
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On reaching the crossroads, we moved quickly to the right, and up the very dusty road leading to the village.
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People stopped and then quickly moved on.
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Armed with this information, Mr Centerman moved quickly .
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House members saw a need to move quickly to avoid having the legislation bottled up by possible impeachment proceedings.
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He may have to move quickly .
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They are heavy, smart trout, and they move quickly into the heavy water and riffles.
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After the passage of the Act through Parliament, events in Bedford moved quickly .
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The 18-year-old king moved quickly to establish rule under his personal control.
slowly
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Guy found his gaze moving slowly over Isabel as if her body held the answers to the questions in his mind.
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Despite the quick beginning, the effort moved slowly for much of 1980.
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Primo hears a sound that could be a car, miles from them, moving slowly through the city.
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Now he was moving slowly as the bark peeled back in a longer and longer strip.
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Penelope outlined their bodies together and began to move slowly , very slowly, closing her eyes.
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Cold dark-matter particles move slowly - hot ones move at nearly the speed of light.
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The starter whined, the rotors moved slowly , then the turbine caught.
■ NOUN
area
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Rapeman duly foundered - worldwide, it must be said - and then Steve moved into an area of similar controversy.
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But pretty soon, we lost the tunnels completely in the debris, so we gave up and moved to another area .
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He realized that he was following the pattern of the streets, moving into the poor area of World's End.
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Instead, proposals have involved moving him to his area of greatest expertise as public works director.
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Business was so bad that they moved to more lucrative areas before the shows had even finished.
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Blacks who moved into the area settled in a district called Mudtown.
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We have moved forward in this area , although there is still an under-representation of qualified social workers.
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In addition, the activities of firms moving into the area in response to gasfield opportunities are also being monitored.
direction
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Bilateral animals move in a constant direction in such a way that one end is the front and the other the back.
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But slowly they were moving in the right direction .
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Within some relationships, the two partners can begin to move in opposite directions .
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Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions .
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This should make the model start to move in the direction which it is pointing or stop the rotation.
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In Jerusalem, things looked to be moving in that direction even without the settlers' help.
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Stabiliser A device to check lateral motion and maintain the foot moving in a forward direction .
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Johnson would often move in contradictory directions , yet he would usually achieve consensus.
house
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Since the 1991 explosion the Drumgooles and their three young children have moved to two different houses .
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It only really started when everybody began moving out of the house .
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His enquiry about my whereabouts was due to our having moved house .
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I spoke to a middle-aged woman in Sunderland who moved into her council house when it was new thirty years ago.
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Then he moved to a half way house for gay alcoholics.
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She is planning to move into the house on Monday from the home she rented in Eldon Street, Darlington.
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They moved into the three-bedroom house in February of that year and said they have enjoyed every day since.
stage
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He saw groups as moving through four key stages of development as follows.
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He further postulates that until each conflict is resolved positively, we can not move to the next stage or conflict.
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Cram wallflowers into containers now to be moved to centre stage in late spring.
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The proceedings now have moved to the stage of determining a penalty.
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Peasants tended to move onwards in short stages , so their progression across Siberia was not sudden.
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Some move through the stages slowly, while others seem to zip up across and over at a brisker pace.
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A woman was moving on stage , a woman wearing a red dress.
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Your career will have moved from an establishment stage into a maintenance stage.
■ VERB
begin
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It covers that period - she began it when they moved to Richmond.
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Have one student slowly tip the board up so that the objects begin to move .
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That model was discarded in the 60s when women began to move into spheres that had previously been restricted to men.
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Penelope outlined their bodies together and began to move slowly, very slowly, closing her eyes.
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It was also during this period that his political ideas began moving sharply to the right.
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Instead, Vinik began moving money into Treasury securities, according to a report released by Fidelity Investments.
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Gradually the crowd began to move .
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I felt Frank begin to move slowly inside me and I felt the doors to my body open.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
God moves in a mysterious way/mysterious ways
a moving target
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As always, this is a moving target.
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At its best, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings is a game of how to master a moving target.
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Duration is a moving target as rates and portfolios change, though it is already used by many managers.
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Nobody hits a moving target and you can quote me.
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Only the top half of her body was visible, and she resembled a moving target on a shooting gallery.
false move/step
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A false step, a forgotten detail.
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And marriage, I should have thought, is a false step you must have been well warned against.
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Any false starts or false moves will result in error and the telltale bugs.
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Leicester are the sporting equivalent of those brave landmine engineers who operate in areas where one false move can destroy everything.
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No regrets, no hesitation; there were no false moves left in me.
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One false move in the conduct of the attack will spell certain doom for White.
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One false step and we would be down there too.
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Risking a false step in the bog, she sped over the path.
go/move downmarket
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The Opera House specialised in drama for nine years - and then went downmarket .
make the first move
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Everybody's waiting for the other person to make the first move.
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I'd always been attracted to her, but I was too shy to make the first move.
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Neither side is willing to make the first move in the trade talks.
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The employees made the first move to end the strike.
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And in the matter of seduction itself, once more it is the male who is expected to make the first move.
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And now Cambridge United, who recently sacked controversial manager John Beck, have made the first move.
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He had decided to do nothing further for the present and leave it to Berowne to make the first move.
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If they have upset you, perhaps they are hoping you will make the first move.
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She was damned if she was going to make the first move.
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Those weeks, not seeing him, wondering, too proud to make the first move.
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We suggest you make the first move.
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We were both trembling with desire, afraid to make the first move.
move heaven and earth
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Bishop Auckland have also moved heaven and earth to improve their standing.
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If you knew what I was doing you'd have moved heaven and earth to stop me.
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So together we moved heaven and earth to ensure, in a difficult year, that the necessary money was made available.
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We've all experienced it and most of us would move heaven and earth to avoid it.
move in/close in for the kill
move mountains
move/change/keep up with the times
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Motoring: Can R-R keep up with the times ?
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The pub has made no attempt to keep up with the times ... no karaoke here ... just conversation.
move/get into top gear
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Accelerate smartly so that you can get into top gear as quickly as possible.
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It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.
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Meanwhile Pistol Packer was getting into top gear on the stands side, and Caro and Arlequino were not done with.
move/shift the goalposts
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It has been subtly shifting the goalposts of what can be done in and through art.
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The answer to failure and sin is not to move the goalposts but to repent and try again.
not move a muscle
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I didn't dare move a muscle . He would have shot me.
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I was so scared, I couldn't move a muscle .
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She hid behind the door, not moving a muscle .
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The performers didn't move a muscle .
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It suddenly occurred to them that he had not moved a muscle since they came in.
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They will not move a muscle for at least another month or two.
shift/move your arse
the moving spirit
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Rittall is regarded as the moving spirit behind the project.
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That bull had been the moving spirit of the herd, a figure rather of mythic than of material dimension.
when/as the spirit moves you
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Do they still live on Reighton Road?" "No, they've moved."
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Moving house can be extremely stressful.
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Airport authorities are moving fast to improve security following a series of bomb threats.
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Did you know that Karen's moving to the US in August?
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Don't move , there's a spider on your back.
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Every time I move I get a pain in my left shoulder.
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His dad was in the army, so they moved a lot as kids.
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I can hear someone moving around downstairs!
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I think that the trade agreement is moving in the right direction.
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I tried to open the door, but I couldn't move it an inch.
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If anyone wants to put in a bid on the property they'll have to move quickly.
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In her early years her family had moved from one town to another, and she had never felt settled anywhere.
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In the past year the leadership has moved to strengthen their control over the party.
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It's essential that these budget talks get moving.
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It took three men to move the piano.
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Many socialists were moving away from faith in revolution towards a fight for reform.
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My mother moved forward and grabbed my wrist.
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Neither side is willing to move on this issue.
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Once she's made up her mind, you can't move her.
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Police say that the investigation is moving slowly, and they are hoping that more witnesses will come forward.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A collection of firefighting crews moved to a primitive airstrip, a strip of grass amid the pines.
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After the war, Oberth moved to Heidelberg to study with the outstanding chemists and physicists there.
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He also earned a law degree before changing his name from Margulois to Merrick and moving to New York in 1939.
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His suit was disheveled, his shoes caked with mud; his hands moved abstractly before him.
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It may be difficult to move areas since many local authorities and some housing associations operate strict residence restrictions.
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More rabbits are likely to move in, more rabbits are bred and no area stays denuded for very long.
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Now I got to move and start all over.
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So, just as the statue was to be moved, the controversy heated up.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bold
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It is a bold move , since it throws into reverse one of Clinton's central election pledges.
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Lee wasted no time entering Maryland, the men being in high spirits as the bold move was made.
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In a particularly bold move , I decided to shave less often.
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Two years later, in 1994, he made perhaps the boldest move of his life.
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That would be a bold move indeed.
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As innocent as that sounded, it was a bold move .
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That first trip was a bold move .
false
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Any false starts or false moves will result in error and the telltale bugs.
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No regrets, no hesitation; there were no false moves left in me.
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One false move in the conduct of the attack will spell certain doom for White.
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Leicester are the sporting equivalent of those brave landmine engineers who operate in areas where one false move can destroy everything.
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From that day there was no appeal from the consequences of even one false move .
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A false move and the State would not hesitate to send him to the same grave as his father and grandfather.
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Then it happened, that one false move that a batsman never wants to make.
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He scarcely made a false move .
smart
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What is the smartest move you've ever made?
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Perhaps pretending to fall in love was merely a smart career move allowing you to diversify into pasturing.
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The smart move is to proceed according to Mr Punch's exclusive eight-point plan, as follows ... 1.
wise
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As it turned out, this rejection of Hopper's advances was the wisest career move Nicholson ever made.
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This wise move was not made because of treaties.
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There were many more than two hundred behind that large banner, so was it the wisest move ?
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But the doctor decided to cover the full investment for $ 550, 000, a wise move .
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I knew it wouldn't be a wise move for me.
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Killing this guy was not a wise move .
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Did I think it would be a wise move or should she try to persuade Meredith to keep her on for Christmas?
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The wisest move at this point would be to begin reading the first page.
■ NOUN
career
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As it turned out, this rejection of Hopper's advances was the wisest career move Nicholson ever made.
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The structural load which exists within seemingly minor career moves or internal transfers around the force is enormous.
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And it could so easily have been a suicidal career move .
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This may be particularly beneficial for those making a major career move within an organisation.
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Perhaps pretending to fall in love was merely a smart career move allowing you to diversify into pasturing.
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At twenty-five she had married a colonel, a career move , and divorced him three years later.
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Has a colleague just made an interesting career move ?
■ VERB
follow
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His strength drew her to him like a magnet, until her eyes followed his every move .
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I've been following every move he's made outside the walls these last ten days.
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The smaller rises from the largest two mortgage lenders will deter other societies from following the Yorkshire's move .
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The reflection tries to follow every move .
make
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Mr Coleridge inherits a market that has made some sensible moves to improve its competitive edge.
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Most market participants were waiting for January before making new moves .
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And now Cambridge United, who recently sacked controversial manager John Beck, have made the first move .
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He showed his empty hands, made a move , and displayed a pair of glass earrings.
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Until recently, the Tories were in power, making such a move impossible.
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He was not responding to pressure on himself in making the move .
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To break the impasse, he made a sudden threatening move forward.
watch
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As he examined the yoyo, he could hear the child breathing beside him, watching his every move .
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We don't realise that when we connect to the internet from home, some one may be watching our every move .
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With his huge head, huge eyebrows, he watched our every move in the building.
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Her cub followed, watching her every move .
welcome
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Universities and colleges welcomed the move , seeing it as victory for their long-running campaign to reduce the inspection burden.
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Wilmut said he would welcome any moves toward an international agreement to prohibit such attempts.
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The international profession has welcomed the move .
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They no doubt that conservation groups would welcome the move .
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Local councillor Peter Shephard, who led the campaign, has welcomed the positive moves to solve the problem.
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Environmentalists welcomed the move , claiming that some fishermen in Cornwall and the South-West were disguising the true extent of the problem.
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The warden of Sarah's refuge has welcomed the move .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
God moves in a mysterious way/mysterious ways
a moving target
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As always, this is a moving target.
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At its best, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings is a game of how to master a moving target.
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Duration is a moving target as rates and portfolios change, though it is already used by many managers.
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Nobody hits a moving target and you can quote me.
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Only the top half of her body was visible, and she resembled a moving target on a shooting gallery.
false move/step
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A false step, a forgotten detail.
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And marriage, I should have thought, is a false step you must have been well warned against.
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Any false starts or false moves will result in error and the telltale bugs.
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Leicester are the sporting equivalent of those brave landmine engineers who operate in areas where one false move can destroy everything.
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No regrets, no hesitation; there were no false moves left in me.
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One false move in the conduct of the attack will spell certain doom for White.
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One false step and we would be down there too.
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Risking a false step in the bog, she sped over the path.
go/move downmarket
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The Opera House specialised in drama for nine years - and then went downmarket .
make the first move
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Everybody's waiting for the other person to make the first move.
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I'd always been attracted to her, but I was too shy to make the first move.
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Neither side is willing to make the first move in the trade talks.
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The employees made the first move to end the strike.
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And in the matter of seduction itself, once more it is the male who is expected to make the first move.
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And now Cambridge United, who recently sacked controversial manager John Beck, have made the first move.
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He had decided to do nothing further for the present and leave it to Berowne to make the first move.
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If they have upset you, perhaps they are hoping you will make the first move.
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She was damned if she was going to make the first move.
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Those weeks, not seeing him, wondering, too proud to make the first move.
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We suggest you make the first move.
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We were both trembling with desire, afraid to make the first move.
move heaven and earth
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Bishop Auckland have also moved heaven and earth to improve their standing.
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If you knew what I was doing you'd have moved heaven and earth to stop me.
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So together we moved heaven and earth to ensure, in a difficult year, that the necessary money was made available.
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We've all experienced it and most of us would move heaven and earth to avoid it.
move in/close in for the kill
move mountains
move/change/keep up with the times
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Motoring: Can R-R keep up with the times ?
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The pub has made no attempt to keep up with the times ... no karaoke here ... just conversation.
move/get into top gear
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Accelerate smartly so that you can get into top gear as quickly as possible.
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It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.
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Meanwhile Pistol Packer was getting into top gear on the stands side, and Caro and Arlequino were not done with.
move/shift the goalposts
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It has been subtly shifting the goalposts of what can be done in and through art.
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The answer to failure and sin is not to move the goalposts but to repent and try again.
shift/move your arse
the moving spirit
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Rittall is regarded as the moving spirit behind the project.
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That bull had been the moving spirit of the herd, a figure rather of mythic than of material dimension.
when/as the spirit moves you
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His first move after taking office was to appoint four communists to his cabinet.
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It's probably time to think about a move to a new job.
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It's your move .
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Let's face it -- going from an academic life to the world of business is never an easy move .
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Planners hope to encourage the move towards increased use of public transport.
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Public sector unions are likely to oppose Blair's move away from government investment in health and transport.
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The move took three days.
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The coach has taught the players some basic defensive moves.
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The management have offered less money than we wanted so what's our next move ?
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The UN's latest move to stop the fighting has ended in failure.
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The United Nations was supposed to supervise the move to independence.
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There is a move towards greater equality for women in the workplace.
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This picture marks the move to the big screen of some of our best television comedians.
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Three board members have opposed these moves.
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What will his next move be?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A move further towards the end-user is being forged by linking the chlorine, hypochlorite and electrochemical technology businesses.
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He added that a statement was expected later this week on moves to secure the colliery's financial position.
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He reflected that there was very rarely logic in these moves, or if there was he could not 115 understand it.
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In the United States during the period we are discussing there were powerful moves for the professionalisation of sociology and social science.
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It is merely that Gandhi was ready for a back-to-nature move and a passage in Ruskin crystallized his determination.
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The move completed, Paige sank to the ground and rested her head back against the rising bulk of a tree.
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The move was announced by Norman Lamont towards the end of his tenure of the Chancellorship.
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The first 25 metres are 8a+, serving to sap strength and stamina for the harder moves to come.