I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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Everything a new mum needs - just look inside!
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And walking tall: Why Harry the penguin loves his new mum .
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And the milk of human kindness ... Hickory gets used to a new mum .
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This was a success as most H.V.s keep lists of groups to tell their new mums about.
old
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My old mum used to take me to the fair there.
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There's no side to me and I look after me old mum .
other
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I joined other escaping mums - and dads and younger folk and older folk too.
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The rest of the time sees her shopping in her car or meeting other mums .
single
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They say the project helps single mums , children, and people with problems.
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Deborah Benady, freelance writer and single mum Being female helps with mothering, but it is not enough.
working
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Perhaps I should have asked them if they were intending to introduce creche facilities or anything to help the working mum ?
young
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The firm says its key target is persuading busy young mums that Spam makes an easy meal in minutes.
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What young mums want from a car is the same as anyone else.
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He is 61, five years younger than my mum .
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Maniac butchers mum A YOUNG mum was brutally knifed to death just moments after taking her five year-old daughter to school yesterday.
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Living in fear. Young mum gets phone threats from her kidnapper.
■ VERB
ask
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At home, indoors, I didn't ask my mum .
call
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At work, some of the patients call her mum and she fosters all the animals.
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I called my mum and dad and asked if they could take me to the hospital.
help
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Perhaps I should have asked them if they were intending to introduce creche facilities or anything to help the working mum ?
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District nurses were made available to help mum look after me, though they were very unreliable.
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He's good about helping my mum in the house.
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They came from broken homes and were desperate to help struggling mums .
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The mate would have gladly helped but his mum would not let him out.
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I promise I will do my best to help mum .
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They say the project helps single mums , children, and people with problems.
keep
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I keep telling my mum she's got herself a con-man, but she won't listen to me.
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So, darling, keep mum about where we are.
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That obviously includes me, so your mum's got to keep mum, chick.
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The grinning skull on the back of the mystery woman's jacket is keeping mum .
live
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Eddie tries to deny he still lives with his mum .
talk
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Rory moved near the stage, behind the tables where Kenneth and Mary sat, talking to mum .
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But I've never really talked to my mum about anything. 1 knew straightaway after the first month.
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And I couldn't talk to mum and dad.
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Mum sent me outside while they talked .
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And we're not just talking about your mum and your best mate.
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Suddenly I felt I was talking to my mum .
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And even if you still can talk to your mum after she knows, you've got some one here to talk to.
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If talking proves fruitless, talk to your mum .
tell
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I keep telling my mum she's got herself a con-man, but she won't listen to me.
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Gran told her that mum had to go into hospital because she was hysterical!!
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Don't be afraid to tell your mum and dad how you feel.
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Who's going to tell mum first.
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I told my boyfriend but I couldn't tell my mum .
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Only two weeks before, she told her mum she wanted a donor card in case anything happened to her.
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We'd better tell ... tell, tell, tell your mum and dad.
want
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Because he didn't want to offend his mum and dad, devout Catholics.
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I want to pass all my exams, I want my mum and dad to be proud of me.
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She didn't want my mum nursing her.
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When you're a little girl and you're poorly, all you want is your mum .
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But who wants their mum to dress them when they're eighteen!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Being a single mum is never easy.
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My mum and dad won't mind if you want to stay the night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind.
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And for mums with their hands full, there's a trouble-free container.
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In the vast majority of cases this means giving them a mum and dad.
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John, desperate to keep his throne, sticks close to his mum for comfort.
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Now my mum and dad come to just about every concert.
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When the last hymn is sung, it's time to join mums and dads over the road at the church.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bush remained mum when the Rev.
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Course when I was up there, everything was mum .
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The designer and the White House are mum about colors and particulars.