I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blood/nerve/brain/muscle etc cell
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No new brain cells are produced after birth.
couldn’t move a muscle (= could not move at all )
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Paul couldn’t move a muscle he was so scared.
develop muscle
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exercises to develop muscle strength
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
abdominal
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This week she has devised the Oblique Crunch, to strengthen abdominal muscles .
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At the same time, middle linebacker Robert Jones was out because of a strained abdominal muscle .
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Your oblique abdominal muscle will contract as rib cage rotates.
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Some young people will slouch through habit or because they have weak back or abdominal muscles .
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Linebacker Gary Plummer and tight end Greg Clark are both nursing sore lower abdominal muscles .
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This exercise tones the outer thighs as well as the lower abdominal muscles .
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Middle linebacker Robert Jones missed the final three games with a strained abdominal muscle .
big
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Suppose a blacksmith does develop big muscles .
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Big father of the big muscles and the boom, boom, boom.
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Fighters need lots of things but not big muscles - one look at any of the lighter boxing greats tells us that.
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The heart beats thick, Big trout muscle out of the dead cold.
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Male speaker He's brilliant, big muscles and hard.
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If you've got bigger muscles and the will to use them, the others have to go along with you.
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She wrapped herself around him like a clam in formation, her body one big muscle , straining.
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And for bigger muscles , he needs to add a circulatory system that pumps the glucose to the muscles.
economic
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At least in Baja California, real estate should remain a prime factor in building new economic muscle .
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But by this time the North had begun to flex its superior economic muscles .
facial
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It's designed to gently exercise the small, delicate facial muscles to help prevent wrinkles and sagging.
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Those of you who move your lips when you read may take a 30-second break to rest your facial muscles .
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His thin body was rigid and they could see the contortions of his facial muscles beneath the skin.
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Watch for asymmetry of eyelid blinking or evidence of lower facial muscle weakness.
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It involved 14 groups of facial muscles and it releases chemicals to the brain that help combat depression.
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This is very important for facial muscles .
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Are there any exercises I can do to tighten up facial skin and muscles ?
financial
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The deposits are, in the main, so marginal that large companies with financial muscle are required to exploit them.
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Mr Fineman says that Darden has the financial muscle to hurt its competitors -- if the company ever gets moving.
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We also have the commitment and financial muscle to back our judgement with our own resources.
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The initiative is seen as the start of a wider move by other charities to use their financial muscle on ethical issues.
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The new group will use its enhanced financial muscle to mount takeovers and become increasingly dominant on the global stage.
hard
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He was only small but he was wiry, with hard , knotty muscles .
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He looked to be all hard muscle .
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I pushed against its hard muscles , the nerves twitched under the smooth coat.
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His face was smooth as a bowling ball, the skin tight and bright, masking hard inner muscle .
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Katherine felt skin, hot, hard muscle .
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This is potentially significant for athletes because they are exercising so hard that their muscles readily burn the liberated fatty acids.
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The Kittyhawk's controls usually responded to a nudge or a twitch; now they demanded a heavy boot and hard muscle .
political
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But they will just as surely have died because they were too weak in political muscle to be able to fight back.
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And it says something about the amount of political muscle the Chamber has, too.
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Big operators have the political muscle to win development permits.
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Second, when they are raised, they are resolved according to the simple criterion of political muscle power.
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He began to flex his political muscles .
skeletal
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The inflammatory process was seen to extend into adjacent skeletal muscle and was consistent with a diagnosis of Riedel's thyroiditis.
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Consideration is given first to the anatomic arrangement of the nervous and skeletal muscle systems involved in this activity.
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Finally, we determined the activities of the respiratory chain enzymes in skeletal muscle .
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Another possibility is that caffeine affects skeletal muscles indirectly.
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Thus carnitine is crucial for mitochondrial energy production, and this is of particular importance in skeletal and heart muscle .
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Here the processes of breakdown are qualitatively similar to those in vertebrate skeletal muscle .
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Gap junctions are distributed in a wide variety of tissues, with the possible exceptions of adult skeletal muscles and most neurones.
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Their properties are in some ways intermediate between those of the skeletal muscles and the smooth muscles found in other phyla.
smooth
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In addition to its potent vasoconstrictive actions, ET-1 is also a mitogen for vascular smooth muscle cells.
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Here adenosine helps control the tone of the smooth muscles used to propel feces on its way.
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When thought to involve abnormalities of smooth muscle without abnormalities in myenteric neurons the syndrome is termed hollow visceral myopathy.
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The smooth muscles thus more easily contract in a characteristic rhythm called intestinal peristalsis.
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The L-arginine-NO system exerts various biological actions including vascular smooth muscle relaxation and inhibition of platelet aggregation.
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This would facilitate the calculation of peristaltic velocity and the speed of contractility of gut smooth muscle with high temporal resolution.
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Electrical control activity is caused by the entrainment of the fluctuations of the transmembrane potentials of individual smooth muscle cells.
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Several theories of the factors causing smooth muscle cell proliferation have been made.
strong
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Such embryonic creatures needed stronger muscles , too, and a skin that was resistant to drying out.
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The mining industry especially rewarded strong back muscles without much regard for smart minds.
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Do remember that strong arm muscles and shoulders will help protect the back.
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Doctors reasoned that limbs left untreated would draw into deformity by strong muscles pulling against weakened ones.
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He was a little ponderous, but it was thick strong muscle which made him so.
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You should never apply pressure to the spine itself, but the strong muscles either side can take firm pressure.
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Strength Strong muscles are not necessarily big and bulky muscles.
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The knee, then the still strong muscles of the thighs.
■ NOUN
arm
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Do remember that strong arm muscles and shoulders will help protect the back.
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Fig. 8 Arm muscles Ballistic stretching is more vigorous, as the name suggests, and involves bouncing and jerking movements.
calf
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Any exercises which use the calf muscles , such as heel raises, hopping, standing on one leg would be beneficial.
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There were thick bulbous calf muscles teetering on stiletto heels.
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If you can improve the power of your calf muscles you will find that you can build up your mileage without difficulty.
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George Williams played his first game after suffering from a strained calf muscle and quite clearly didn't have his full movement.
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But defender Andy Barlow will be sidelined for a month after straining a calf muscle in training.
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Harvey Williams did not suit up because of his torn calf muscle .
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Only a few minutes ago I felt a slight twitch in the boy's calf muscle .
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Williams said Thursday that he expects to miss three weeks with his partially torn calf muscle .
cell
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In addition to its potent vasoconstrictive actions, ET-1 is also a mitogen for vascular smooth muscle cells .
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Then the cells were exposed to cytomegalovirus, to which the muscle cells are particularly susceptible.
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Heart tissue has a complex architecture that includes blood vessels and connective tissue, as well as muscle cells .
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The production of a visceral-specific anti-peptide antibody should permit a further investigation of its expression in smooth muscle cells .
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There is no difficulty in recognizing a red blood cell , a muscle cell, or a nerve cell.
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Electrical control activity is caused by the entrainment of the fluctuations of the transmembrane potentials of individual smooth muscle cells .
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Several theories of the factors causing smooth muscle cell proliferation have been made.
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When the horse is resting, this heat production is minimal because the muscle cells are fairly inactive.
contraction
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The taser fires a two-pronged dart that overrides the central nervous system and causes uncontrollable muscle contractions .
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The vascular changes and muscle contraction then could be considered to be of secondary importance.
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Locomotion is effected by undulating waves of muscle contraction and relaxation which alternate on the dorsal and ventral aspects of the worm.
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The problem is that this wrong-way impulse sets off a muscle contraction in each of those several hundred muscle fibers.
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Even more ciliary muscle contraction will be required for near vision and this may be uncomfortable.
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Attention originally focused on the way caffeine affects muscle contraction and reflexes.
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The tetanus bacteria grow at the site of the injury and release a toxin which produces rigid muscles and muscle contractions .
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The powerful involuntary muscle contractions are often quite distressing to the patient.
fibres
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In cases with massive deposits, there were degenerative changes in muscle fibres , with muscle tissue being replaced by amyloid.
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Myoglobin, a protein similar to haemoglobin in red blood cells, acts as a store for oxygen within the muscle fibres .
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The muscle fibres of white meat, by contrast, have a low content of myoglobin and mitochondria.
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Remember calcium is an electrolyte and is vital for the contraction of muscle fibres .
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They have no nervous system, no muscle fibres .
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In muscle disease degeneration of muscle fibres and replacement with fibrous tissue have been seen.
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Indeed, some animal tissues still practise anaerobic respiration - including muscle fibres , for short periods.
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The small, bouncing stretch routine is likely to introduce minute tears in muscle fibres and so should be avoided.
group
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The trapezius muscle group is kite-shaped and basically pulls the head and the shoulders back.
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Focus on certain muscle groups for sports that tend to overuse specific muscles.
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Well-equipped gyms will have a large selection of leg machines designed to isolate the various muscle groups .
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These are the major muscle groups at work when the transfer from backswing to forward swing starts.
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The twenty original muscle groups may be combined, as follows, into seven separate exercises.
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Practitioners vary in their technique but most use fewer muscle groups and exercises than the original procedures.
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If you fail to experience tension you must try to develop your own exercise which serves to tense that particular muscle group .
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Tensing the muscle groups Hold each tensing exercise for approximately five seconds then release the tension immediately not gradually.
heart
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The attack was over, but how on earth could Shelley know what damage had been done to the heart muscle ?
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Heart failure means that the heart muscle is not pumping well enough to meet the need for oxygen-rich blood.
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Magnesium is thought to affect the heart muscle .
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The beat also can be affected if sections of the heart muscle are unusually thick.
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Thus carnitine is crucial for mitochondrial energy production, and this is of particular importance in skeletal and heart muscle .
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Death occurs when a quickened beat pushes the heart muscle to complete collapse.
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However, if the mice were taken off the drug treatment, the damage to the heart muscle started immediately.
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Amyloidosis occurs when an abnormal protein becomes fibrous and becomes deposited in the heart muscle .
leg
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Particular attention should be paid to the lower spine and leg muscles - they remember every step of the way.
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Pull up your leg muscles and feel how solid that left thigh is becoming!
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Their leg muscles were stiff, their knees hurt, their shoulders resented the weight of their rifles.
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How else, besides using her leg muscles , might she be able to help herself to stand up?
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You can feel the leg muscles really hardening as you pedal hard up a hill.
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Sit as shown, and place your hands on the lower thighs so you can feel the leg muscle contractions.
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Ooooooh, how her leg muscles did ache from holding her skirt in this proper fashion - with blue flowers on it.
neck
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At the same time she could feel her neck muscles being strained.
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Surgical therapy has been attempted by section of various neck muscles or the accessory nerve.
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Gosse had been watching all in silence, his jaw clenched, his neck muscles taut.
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Tony smiled and without moving his left knee dodged the blows, his torso jinking, neck muscles popping.
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Francesca's neck muscles tensed every time she took a breath and her nostrils dilated.
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The high rate of acceleration strained her neck muscles .
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This exercise relaxes the neck muscles and relieves tension.
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We stood there a long time watching, heads tipped back, neck muscles beginning to ache.
relaxation
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I use acupuncture to promote muscle relaxation and reduce inflammation in the back's muscles.
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A follow-up study that looks at the long-term effects of transcendental meditation and muscle relaxation is expected to be completed in August.
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The L-arginine-NO system exerts various biological actions including vascular smooth muscle relaxation and inhibition of platelet aggregation.
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The study found that transcendental meditation was twice as effective as muscle relaxation in reducing blood pressure.
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Non-viable cells did not produce muscle relaxation .
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Only viable mononuclear cells and granulocytes caused muscle relaxation , suggesting that the relaxing factor is not stored by these cells.
stomach
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Northern's biggest setback came with the loss of midfield maestro Deryck Fox with pulled stomach muscles .
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Byrd had his arm broken, Noville had his stomach muscles torn.
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My stomach muscles were up to it, but I didn't want to lose any more teeth.
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Using his arms and stomach muscles , trying to keep his chest still, he sat.
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A day later, the tissue was inserted between stomach muscles , just above the bellybutton, where blood supply is plentiful.
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Then, glancing quickly at Jem, he slowly climbed the stairs, feeling his bruised stomach muscles protest with every step.
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Star Damon Bailey is playing with a torn stomach muscle .
strain
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Warming up Before you begin, take time to do the leg stretches overleaf which will help prevent any muscle strain .
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Hill has ended his last three games in agony since he first suffered the muscle strain at Ipswich earlier this month.
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After missing the first Test because of a muscle strain , Gillespie now has 18 wickets in the series.
tension
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Any experienced masseur can tell how often, as they release muscle tension , tears are shed.
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A series of twitches builds up muscle tension into a sustained contraction.
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In this way heart rate, respiration rate, oxygen consumption, and muscle tension all reduce without conscious effort.
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They suggested that the newfound connection might explain the apparent link between muscle tension and severe headaches.
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Cervical reintegration relieved muscle tension , principally in the neck and back regions, but also locally around specific joints as indicated.
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This prolonged tension travels up to your shoulders, neck and face and increases muscle tension in these areas.
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Many people control their feelings through muscle tension and may re-experience these feelings spontaneously when the muscle spasm is broken up.
thigh
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DeFreitas injured a thigh muscle early in the tour and missed the first Test.
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Frank had a perfect bubble-butt and massive thigh muscles clearly outlined in his khaki pants.
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As Grant hurried down the narrow concrete stairs, he felt the first warning stab of pain in his torn thigh muscle .
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Quickly Robert inserted the needle into the thigh muscle , and in about a minute, the small body went limp.
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Carling strained a thigh muscle in Dunedin and Bayfield ended that match on a stretcher with a neck seizure.
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This stretches and tones the front thigh muscle without adding bulk, and relaxes the muscles after the previous exercise.
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When finally I made the summit, my throat parched, my thigh muscles trembling, the herb woman was waiting.
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Former Manchester United reserve Paul Dalton is rated extremely doubtful with a strained thigh muscle .
tissue
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Lose weight too quickly and you will lose muscle tissue as well as fat.
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Massage-Good for general relaxation and to relieve stress buildup in the muscle tissue .
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In cases with massive deposits, there were degenerative changes in muscle fibres, with muscle tissue being replaced by amyloid.
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Nessim, who has created a documentary on cancer survivors, beat a rare muscle tissue cancer 21 years ago.
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Their finding could lead to new treatments for muscle wasting in humans, or ways to conserve muscle tissue during space flight.
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Loss of muscle tissue is accelerated in women at the time of menopause.
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The results in Fig. 3 confirm that the isoform is only expressed in visceral smooth muscle tissues .
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Larding slows the cooking process, however, since the fat heats more slowly than the muscle tissue .
tone
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We are taken to a place where characters have nice little problems and impressive muscle tone .
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Atonic seizures are characterized by a sudden loss of postural muscle tone .
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These can be very helpful in cases where lack of muscle tone is the main reason for incontinence.
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She also pointed out balance, muscle tone , and motor planning problems.
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They looked fantastic, all appealing muscle tone and clean, well-conditioned hair.
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A baby with low muscle tone has a slumped posture and is slow to sit up.
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Good weight control must be coupled with good nutrition and adequate exercise to maintain muscle tone .
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Someday these exigencies will show up as bad skin and collapsed muscle tone .
■ VERB
build
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Experts say there's no scientific evidence the drug helps build muscle .
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At least in Baja California, real estate should remain a prime factor in building new economic muscle .
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This is why people who want to build muscle have 4 or 5 smaller meals throughout the day.
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A series of twitches builds up muscle tension into a sustained contraction.
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Again, this is a very friendly area ideal for building up muscles and confidence.
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He was wiry and supple and began to train with weights to build up his muscles .
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But if he really wants to build up his muscles for a gold, he should try lifting his wallet.
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It is the fastest, most effective way to build muscles in existence.
cause
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These synapse with six motor cells, whose axons cause the muscles which withdraw the gill to contract.
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This may be due to the severe hypokalemia, which can cause respiratory muscle dysfunction.
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Parkinson's disease is a degenerative brain disorder that causes tremors and muscle rigidity among other symptoms.
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The sedative effects of alcohol cause the throat muscle to relax too much and also interfere with the involuntary awakening mechanisms.
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The taser fires a two-pronged dart that overrides the central nervous system and causes uncontrollable muscle contractions.
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By instigating a calcium deficiency inside the cells, the drugs cause muscles lining arterial walls to relax.
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You can expect a few aches tomorrow, as new exercises usually cause our muscles to respond 48 hours after we do them.
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Usually caused by muscle imbalance, but can be aggravated by bad shoes.
control
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The subject remains conscious and alert, but can not control his muscles .
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This hormone helps to control growth of muscle , bone and the cells of the immune system.
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More neurons are needed to control their larger muscle mass and to collect data from their extra sensors.
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He seemed to be having difficulty in controlling the muscles which worked in his forehead and at the corners of his mouth.
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At the junction of nerves and muscles , these neurones control the contraction of muscles.
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Many people control their feelings through muscle tension and may re-experience these feelings spontaneously when the muscle spasm is broken up.
develop
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Suppose a blacksmith does develop big muscles .
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Helen had developed muscles in her arms after all, it was carrying children that did it.
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He appeared unrepentant and impassioned in favour of us developing our nuclear muscle - for defence.
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The skeletal width of the shoulders is hereditary but an illusion of breadth can be created by fully developing the shoulder muscles .
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But these muddy-water fish have developed banks of modified muscle tissue that generate electrical charges on a much greater scale.
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Running or jumping exercises can encourage cellulite and swimming will develop the muscles in the shoulders.
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Obviously weight-lifting will develop many muscles .
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Perhaps you are developing the wrong muscles or refining movements which are opposed to the natural physiology of your hands.
feel
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There was the crunch of his feet rapidly moving away over the snow and she felt her tense muscles relax.
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Mitchell inhaled the laundered fragrance of her skirt, felt the pack of muscles on her thighs beneath the denim.
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He could feel a muscle twitching under his eye.
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I could feel the muscles on his back struggle as we made our sixth circle around the house.
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At the same time she could feel her neck muscles being strained.
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It reached the flat tummy and Ronnie spread it for a moment, feeling Mavis's muscles quiver.
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She felt the muscles of her face lock with distaste.
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Then, glancing quickly at Jem, he slowly climbed the stairs, feeling his bruised stomach muscles protest with every step.
flex
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This is an unfamiliar luxury for Labour voters; now they want to flex their muscles .
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Soldiers, who previously had lacked social status, were now flexing their muscles because the military ran the country.
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She watched him raise one hand to rub the nape of his neck, then flex his shoulder muscles .
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If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to flex your muscles .
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Only several good saves by Nicky Weaver kept the score down as Arsenal flexed their attacking muscles .
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At the same time, it was beginning to flex its muscles on the world stage.
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He seized a horrible pair of forceps and I closed my eyes as he started flexing his muscles .
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It also allows Delaney to flex her acting muscles .
move
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I was in no fit state to move a muscle .
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And yet in spite of that - or maybe because of it - she could not move one single frozen muscle of her body.
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The exercise allows you to move and stabilize muscles in the movement.
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So deeply asleep, he moved not a muscle .
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They will not move a muscle for at least another month or two.
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The soldier waited without moving a muscle .
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Virginia felt frozen to the spot, unable to move a muscle .
pull
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It tends to go on strike by pulling a muscle or twisting a joint.
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These help reduce the risk of pulled muscles .
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Naked, Julia stretched under the sheet, stretched so hard she pulled her stomach muscles to their full length.
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It came 11 days ago, when Ramon Martinez pulled a groin muscle and had to leave a game in Chicago.
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I was still at the crease, but having pulled a muscle in my leg I was batting with a runner.
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Washington pulled the muscle while covering Galloway in the third quarter.
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On the Thursday Luis Mendoza pulled a groin muscle , so Luke had to take his place.
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Slowly and smoothly pull your abdominal muscles in tight, keeping your chest and thighs in contact with the floor.
relax
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Gently stretch upwards for 15 counts. Relax the tummy muscles , then repeat.
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Conditioning the patient to relax these muscles through electromyographic biofeedback techniques has been attempted with some degree of success.
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These five-minute injections plump out the frown lines and defeat wrinkles by relaxing forehead muscles .
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The therapeutic pool helped patients build strength and stamina, while the warm saltwater relaxed their muscles .
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Hold this position for 5 counts. Relax your tummy muscles by cuddling the knees and repeat the exercise.
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We learn to relax the muscles in our throat, jaws, even in our shoulders and back.
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When you get home, take your heels off, stretch your toes and rotate your ankles to relax the muscles .
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Marvellous for relaxing aching muscles after a hard day in the hills.
strengthen
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The good news is that you can strengthen pelvic floor muscles through exercises.
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For example, football players should focus strengthening lower extremity muscles .
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This week she has devised the Oblique Crunch, to strengthen abdominal muscles .
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The group strengthened like a muscle .
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He joined in exercise classes to stretch and strengthen his muscles , and consequently became increasingly disabled.
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This situation will respond to exercises directed at strengthening the muscles .
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They will be able to advise you and may recommend exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles or other treatment.
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Treatment often begins with simple Kegel exercises designed to strengthen pelvic muscles .
stretch
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He joined in exercise classes to stretch and strengthen his muscles , and consequently became increasingly disabled.
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Be sure never to rush them, but feel how they are toning and stretching your muscles as never before.
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Not any more: your body is stretching magnificently and your muscles are getting into better shape every day!
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The environment, in fact, does work on him, by stretching the antigravity muscles in his legs on impact.
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Simply allow the body to fall forward and the weight of the body will stretch your muscles .
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That you can carry heavy bags and bend down without a twinge in the back? Stretch those muscles and smile!
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He got out to stretch his cramped muscles .
tense
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There was the crunch of his feet rapidly moving away over the snow and she felt her tense muscles relax.
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He thinks it is a type of shivering similar to repeatedly tensing one's muscles .
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Another technique for delaying ejaculation is for the man to practice tensing his muscles to stop the flow while urinating.
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If you fail to experience tension you must try to develop your own exercise which serves to tense that particular muscle group.
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Try not to tense the muscles so hard that you produce cramp or pain.
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They still breathe out when they strike, forcing the air out of their body and tensing their muscles .
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Her hand froze against his cheek as the realisation tensed every muscle in her body.
use
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In the great pressure for profits, the large stores are using their muscle to get their share of the market.
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The boat seemed to be crying out in pain, like an arthritic suddenly called upon to use weak muscles .
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We then start to use our voluntary muscles for support - something for which they were not designed.
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The ball is so outstretched that Edney can not bend his elbow to use his upper-arm muscles .
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Any exercises which use the calf muscles , such as heel raises, hopping, standing on one leg would be beneficial.
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It was clearly a case of workers trying to use union muscle to hold off reality.
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Some flies no longer use muscles directly attached to the bases of the wings.
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Just to be using brain and muscles and feelings all together at once, and not failing.
work
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These latter exercises also work the lower trapezius muscles and the rhomboids.
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Phenolphthalein apparently works by stimulating muscles responsible for forcing matter through the intestines.
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The Ultratone Facial works by stimulating the muscles and giving them concentrated exercise.
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She practiced the Sister Kenny method of muscle reeducation, working even with the muscles that appeared to have lost all function.
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This time it held out longer, and gradually it learned the way to work its muscles and to develop their strength.
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And if we want to tighten and tone our bodies, we need to do toning exercises that work specific muscle groups.
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But there will never be an exercise as good as squats for working all of the muscles together.
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Swimming is one of the most effective exercises, working every muscle in your body for all-over fitness and body-confidence.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flex your muscles
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This new position should give you the chance to really flex your muscles.
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At the same time, it was beginning to flex its muscles on the world stage.
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Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance, teeth bared, knife poised over his head.
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He seized a horrible pair of forceps and I closed my eyes as he started flexing his muscles.
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If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to flex your muscles.
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Like Querelle, men in tatty soiled uniforms are flexing their muscles, while others stare vacantly into the middle distance.
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Read in studio Finally tonight we're going to flex our muscles.
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Soldiers, who previously had lacked social status, were now flexing their muscles because the military ran the country.
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This is an unfamiliar luxury for Labour voters; now they want to flex their muscles.
nerve/muscle fibres
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hanson Trust has the muscle to buy up some of America's biggest companies.
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Panetta used his muscle to keep the budget agreement intact.
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The government has for years been trying to destroy the muscle of the trade unions.
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The Republicans do not have the political muscle to prevent the treaty being rejected by Congress.
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This exercise works the muscles of your leg.
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U.S. military muscle
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His body tightened, the muscles drawing in on themselves.
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Low vitamin D also is associated with muscle weakness, which could contribute to a fall.
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Now, leg stretched and r-o-l-l back those muscles.
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The group strengthened like a muscle .
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The joint and muscle were all right.
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The trapezius muscle group is kite-shaped and basically pulls the head and the shoulders back.
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There may also be numbness or muscle weakness occurring in a segmental pattern.
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They had to cut out seven inches of muscle in my legs.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
in
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The last thing she wanted was to have some overbearing man muscling in .
■ NOUN
way
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But other alleged triad leaders used violence to muscle their way into the business, according to the police.
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Guliaggi and Norrejo are muscling their way through the mob.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nerve/muscle fibres
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And for Gingrich to try to muscle anyone would backfire.
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At the same time, Rick Zombo was muscling Rob Niedermayer into the crease.
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Yield grade is based on the degree of fatness and the degree of muscling.