I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brand name
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The use of tobacco brand names in sponsoring sports has been banned.
a code name (= a secret name used to hide your real identity )
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The spy was referred to in the report only by his code name 'Trevor S'.
a name/an identity tag
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Every baby had a name tag on his or her wrist.
a naming ceremony (= to name a baby, without a religious service )
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Many people opt for a naming ceremony rather than a christening.
assumed name
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He’s been living in Peru under an assumed name.
big name
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Poor attendance at the concert was put down to the lack of big names.
brand name
changed...name by deed poll
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Steve changed his name by deed poll to Elvis Presley-Smith.
Christian name
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She didn’t like children to call her by her Christian name.
clear...name
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a long-running legal battle to clear his name
code name
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a crime busting operation code-named Jeeves
domain name
enrol on a course/put your name down for a course British English (= to arrange to officially join a course )
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How about enrolling on a sailing course?
family name
first name
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Her first name’s Helen, but I don’t know her surname.
full name
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Please write your full name and address on the form.
generic term/name (for sth)
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Fine Arts is a generic term for subjects such as painting, music, and sculpture.
give sb/sth a bad name
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These annoying tourists give all Americans a bad name.
given name
good name
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It threatened to damage the good name of the firm.
have/get a bad name
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The bar had a bad name and was avoided by all the locals.
I forget the name/details etc
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I forget the name of the street, but it’s the first on the left.
in joint names (= belong to two named people )
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Both parties must sign the form if the account is to be in joint names .
last name
long name
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He has a very long name .
maiden name
mention sb’s name
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Why does he look angry every time I mention Clare’s name?
middle name
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Don’t worry – discretion is my middle name.
name a successor (= tell people who the successor will be )
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The company is expected to name a successor for Corbett in May.
name brand
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name-brand climbing gear
name day
name tag
pen name
pet name
place name
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Many of the place names are Scottish in origin.
proper name for
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The proper name for Matthew’s condition is hyperkinetic syndrome.
sb’s married name (= a woman’s last name, when she has changed it to her husband’s name )
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She gave them Pat’s married name and address.
sb’s name and address
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We’ll need your full name and address.
second name
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‘What’s your second name?’ ‘Jones.’
shout sb’s name
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Then she heard Ferdinando shout her name.
signed...name
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The artist had signed his name in the corner of the painting.
stage name
trade name
trades under...name
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The firm now trades under the name Lanski and Weber.
under the name of
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He made a few records under the name of Joe Ritchie.
user name
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Please enter your user name and password and click ‘OK’.
what on earth/in the world/in heaven’s name etc (= used for emphasis when you are surprised, angry etc )
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What on earth’s going on?
without a penny to...name
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He died without a penny to his name .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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Good technology has gained a bad name .
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On the field, he is annoying and irritating and gives high-salaried athletes more of a bad name than they already have.
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In this way the original insights of New Right thinking have acquired for themselves a bad name .
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This is the sort of self-serving, insincere baloney that gives good government a bad name .
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Then came the kind of spot award that gets Anfield a bad name .
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He called them, regularly, the worst purple-prose names .
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The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name .
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This is the kind of disingenuous hair-splitting that gives politics a bad name .
big
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No doubt about it, no doubt at all: Davis was going to be a big , big name .
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Investors steered clear of big-name high techs in favor of shares like karaoke equipment trader Nikkodo.
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Then he starts buying large consumer stocks and big brand names .
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The venue's been upgraded to attract big names , but critics say it's still not good enough.
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Many longtime Internet users vow to stick with the lowest-priced provider, not the one with the biggest brand name .
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The Lisburn event traditionally draws big names , as a glance through the previous winners list confirms.
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Many of the biggest names in rock have already been inducted.
different
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We know these parallel-operating wholes by different names .
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A number of different names have evolved for the new languages but the consensus today labels them Tocharian.
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Even if I am peculiar, I wish I had a different name .
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Only it seems they was callin' him by a different name , or names even.
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It did not produce new concepts or frameworks, although it did prevent unneeded competition among essentially identical approaches bearing different names .
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Even when their specific characteristics are recognized, they are given different interpretations and names .
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Students know it by different names in different towns: freaking, grinding, jacking, booty dancing, the nasty.
famous
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Building a reputation is extremely difficult unless you have a famous name coming from a famous relative.
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Inpart, the fading lustre of famous names can be blamed on the economic downturn of the 1990s.
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Rarely can such a clutch of famous names have faced the stark and unfamiliar spectre of failure on one afternoon.
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It was the best private house in Hochhauser, and after all, he was an internationally famous name .
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The imaginative and nimble have registered lots of famous corporate names before their sleepy owners realized what was happening.
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Otherwise the High Court will order the final curtain to fall on one of motorsports most famous names .
full
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An identity bracelet was put on her wrist with her full name and hospital record number written on it.
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At the very least, the full name of the first individual should fit on the first line.
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For companies you need their full name , country of registration and registration number.
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It occurred to Oswald that everyone called the prisoner by his full name .
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Maisie's full name was Maisie Ophelia.
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You know what my full name is?
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Include your full name and address, and request that your name be removed from their mailing list.
maiden
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And I see no point in reverting to my maiden name since that belonged to my father.
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Callahan is her maiden name as a matter of fact.
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For a long time she maintained her maiden name until it became a public and political necessity to adopt the surname Clinton.
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Or is Jones your maiden name ?
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Many women choose to work under their maiden names .
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For example, they recently voted to strike down an act that would have allowed married women to keep their maiden names .
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Her maiden name was Wyatt, but now she's called Hughes.
new
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The originator can be replaced with a new name , up to 28 printing characters long, including spaces.
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Ancient evil spirits went by a new name .
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The new wife's name was Medina.
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That could be the new column name .
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By late 1969, the length had increased, giving rise to a new name .
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Its members gave themselves new names , like X or No. 84.
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However, the party will give itself a new name when it resumes the congress next weekend.
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The sale needs to be revamped, even relaunched with a new name , and aggressively marketed.
proper
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When we're among ourselves we call it by its proper name , which is poliomyelitis.
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Other groups of plants require a thorough revision before we can be sure of the proper name for the species.
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Unusually for so dim a star, it is dignified by an old proper name: Alrakis.
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No, but patients occasionally complain afterward that they have more trouble with proper names than with memories in general.
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Many will never be known for many lived and died without a proper name .
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Consider the following grammatical and ungrammatical sentences containing proper names .
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His proper names show the same self-conscious striving for a romantic atmosphere.
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How does the syntax of proper names differ from that of descriptions? 15.
real
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Neither the instructors nor the other students knew anyone's real name , or even what they were giving as their name.
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The jury also acquitted the rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, of being an accessory after the fact.
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Bonefish's real name was Hector, but he had earned his nickname because of his uncanny ability to find the elusive fish.
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Achaachi was the only agent who had stayed at a Paris hotel under his real name .
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That is not my real name .
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Nor is Garcia his real name .
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My real name I can not remember.
■ NOUN
brand
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As a result, brand name activity is no longer permissible whereas corporate is, or at least still goes on.
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Some consumers associate brand name with quality; others associate quality with cost.
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Earlier this month the partners of this shop in Cheltenham were fined £600 each for selling fake top brand name t-shirts.
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Because a respected brand name is a valuable asset, the producer has a tremendous incentive to protect the reputation.
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It is a major opportunity for banks, insurance companies, and others with established brand names and good products.
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One product, aspartame - better known by its Nutrasweet brand name - dominates, with four-fifths of the world market.
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They may also feature brand name products whose price reductions are subsidized by food manufacturers.
change
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It has since undergone six name changes and numerous revolutions in technology, style and editorial philosophy.
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City officials were hoping the name change would help curb the prostitution which festered in the area during the 1970s.
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The former Teesside Polytechnic celebrated its name change by releasing hundreds of balloons into the sky above Middlesbrough.
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There have been a lot of name changes in retailing lately, he noted.
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Another name change came in 1973, to Health and Social Service Journal.
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Hansen says the name change will bring new life to the ballpark.
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Saturday's name change was the sixth this century, and the previous alterations did not necessarily lead to a radical renewal.
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The names change , but the winning continues.
code
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It was preceded by a scrupulous recce weeks before in a restaurant near his house with the code name Pomme d'Amour.
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The new system was as deep and mysterious as its chromatic code name implied.
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Medusa was the code name of a back-up disk suite product brought to market a year ago.
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Olenick picked the code name as a tribute to his commander, Col.
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The Triumph code name , by the way, has been changed.
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Chuck is short for Charlie, and Charlie is the old code name for a down-home white bigot.
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Fascination with code names went well beyond operations, reaching even the contra supporters and fund-raisers.
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Given the ironic code name Oxcart, the plane was the first to be built from titanium.
domain
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Seven new top-level domain names have been agreed on after lengthy deliberations.
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In addition, parked domain names increased by over 40,000 to a new total of 210,000.
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Bimpson recognised a business opportunity when he discovered that the government had secured domain names for all the schools in his borough.
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Some domain names have reportedly sold for as much as $ 50, 000.
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Anyone who's serious about their presence on the Web has their own domain name .
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The service provider will register the domain name for the customer and act as the customer mail forwarder.
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Finally, if you have a business of your own or some cash to burn, get yourself a good domain name .
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Verio's new self-serve domain name registration services provide customers with an easy-to-use and faster way to register and manage domain names.
household
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Nintendo, a household name , is accused of fixing the prices of its home-video games.
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Norris is not a household name .
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And it would be promoted by the sort of publicity which had made Sunlight soap a household name .
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Billy Dale is not going to become a household name .
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Interestingly, though, the bottom 10 includes many household names fallen on hard times.
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Plus, it's not as if the Barn Burners, Helm's current band, is a household name .
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Not only a household name , now it was a household face with household heart as well.
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Artists will range from school choirs to household names .
module
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Distribution, however, takes place via module names .
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A first issue number must be specified for every module name entered.
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You should check the spelling and enter an existing module name .
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A Part Number equal to the module name is automatically assigned for each module name reserved.
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Reserve module names for the package and the new modules which it is to contain.
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The details required are: The module name for the root package.
user
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You can change this user name is you wish.
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Repeat the request at a later time or repeat the request with a different start user name .
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The user name can be up to 28 alphanumeric characters long including spaces.
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The latter is the default and assumed to be the case wherever a user name mapping does not exist.
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If there are more than 25 ascendants, enter the last displayed ascendant in the user name field to reveal the other ascendants.
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Note that on all subsequent pages, the supplied user name will be displayed at the top of the page.
■ VERB
bear
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He devised a set of heavy draft horse casting hobbles which are now outmoded but still bear his name .
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The Lechmere chain traces its roots to merchant Abraham Cohen, who opened a harness store that bore his name in 1913.
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This company bears the name Royalbion, which is synonymous with Britain itself.
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Among them: Paul Dresher, founder of the Bay Area ensemble that bears his name .
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The open moors now bore the names and the marks of their Covenant spirit.
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Carl says some fake letters even bear the names of Apache tribal members.
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Any infant protected by an amulet bearing the names of the angels would be immune from her attentions.
call
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She sat there for a few seconds, then heard a voice softly calling her name .
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When she spoke to me, calling me by name , I never wanted to do anything to spoil the moment.
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Having skirted the mire itself without success, the search-party fanned out to cover a wider area, calling Horatia's name .
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The effect of this is to give the advantage to the person who is skilled at calling names .
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If I call it by this name I will have the whole of a dental audience with me.
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Lillian Garner called her Jenny for some reason but she never pushed, hit or called her mean names .
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This will help it to identify with you, and soon instinctively it will come to you when you call its name .
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All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names .
clear
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Mr Donovan's motive had been to clear his name , not to close the magazine.
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The Joint Committee investigating the scandal cleared my name .
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After twenty years of gossip and innuendo was this going to be the one chance to clear his father's name ?
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No defendant could completely clear his or her name .
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The trial could have been abandoned but he insisted on having the opportunity to clear his name .
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The suspects say they are not guilty but want to clear their names .
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Amal's brother, fearful of severe punishment for using drugs, did not step forward to clear his sister's name .
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Also this week: Samantha suggests to Siobhan that exhuming Josh's body could clear her name .
forget
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It's so easy to forget that the name of the game is survival.
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I was wondering if you know this guy Wilkinson, I forget his first name .
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You've forgotten my name again now.
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Edwards revealed he knew his days at Spurs were numbered when then-manager Peter Shreeves forgot his name !
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Through the passage of time and their incurious nature, the townspeople had completely forgotten where the name came from.
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She never forgot the names of her dead.
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She had come to this, to a limp white heap who had forgotten the names of her nearest and dearest.
give
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These may be included in the same genus - Tyrannosaurus - but will be given a different specific name .
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She remembered giving secret names to things, carrying on conversations with chairs and trees.
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In my application I had to give the names of two people who could give references about my work.
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He looked up at the screen at the exact moment Rocky gave himself the name he would henceforth carry.
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We believe a cup of coffee leaves a nicer taste in your mouth when it's given to you by name .
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He declined to give the names of the companies.
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Its situation south of Turnham Green is thought to have given rise to its name locally, in the first case.
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Here, for the first time, the prints were given pretty names instead of numbers.
hear
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Did you ever hear such dopey names ?
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Now, where have I heard that name before?
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Travis has said nothing to his family about any Leith Everett, so they won't have heard your name before.
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His attorney, Zachary Jones, initially said Smith left after hearing his name in trade rumors.
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I was to hear his name again and again.
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He actually could hear his name !
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I remember having heard the name Primo before.
know
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If you know the name of the existing document that you want to edit, press Shift-F10.
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I don't know your first name , but I love you.
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And I know all the names of the states in the United States and their capitals.
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It had been Arthur's brainwave in the night; they must know Clare's second name , and address.
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I knew what its name was.
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Birger Dahlerus, Wenner-Gren, you know the names .
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This requirement arises only where such a person demands to know the name and address of the proprietor and not otherwise.
mention
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I could mention the names of several persons whose influence over their flocks was solely attributable to this circumstance.
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Only when she mentions the name Miranda do their eyes light up with respect.
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Clare had evidently mentioned my name to her.
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Although the president did not mention him by name , Feuerstein was seated behind Mrs Clinton throughout the address.
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The original title-page was replaced with one that did not mention Shakespeare's name .
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He never referred to any of his predecessors by so much as mentioning their names .
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When the initial grief of the desertion had passed she had known better than to mention her father's name .
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Don't ever mention the boy's name again.
put
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Get him into a corner / Corner him. 89. Put his name in a book / Book him.
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I did not put my name in.
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Craig McGrugan put his name on the score sheet twice and Jonathan Kennedy got the other.
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Some disreputable agencies try to charge just for putting your name on their lists although this is illegal.
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Emilio recognized the smell instantly but it was a moment before he could put a name to it.
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Consumers will be able to put their names on a register of people who don't want to receive sales calls.
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That would teach me to pay more attention, and to put names to phone numbers.
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Charfi had never before put his name to such a public statement.
remember
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Unfortunately they couldn't remember its name - or even which town it was in.
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He dreaded the sessions, although years later he remembered the name of at least one of the most gifted little girls.
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A simple method for remembering the names of the three areas is to associate them with a particular point of the body.
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I do not remember her name , just that she was very old.
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Entrants should remember to include their name , address and age on a label on the back of each piece of work.
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I recall, in my confusion, being inanely impressed by a pop star with enough upstairs to remember his own name .
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If people can not remember any other name from the crew, they do remember hers.
sign
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The potter has signed his name Alletio on a raised panel.
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Some extend their billed baseball caps or hunch over and have the players sign their names on the back of their shirts.
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Mr Rosenthal's charitable actions go much further than signing his name on checks.
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Eight days later, the agreement was drafted and both sides met again at the summit and signed their names .
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So sign your names , friends, or make a mark if need be.
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He pulled out the piece of paper upon which earlier I had signed my name .
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The importer signifies his acceptance to future payment by signing his name across the bill's face.
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It was all signed in my name , made out in my name and everything.
use
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It is general that, in geology at least, women use their own names professionally.
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San Francisco-based AirTouch hoped to use its name in the effort.
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The trick is to use the person's name to conjure up a picture in your mind.
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In many cases, he has kept members of the original groups from using the names they helped make famous.
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He was right; she didn't use his name , if she could avoid it.
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She started using her given name in the Western manner rather than her family name, Wei.
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If I used my father's name .
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Twelve years later, Biddy returns to Dublin as a highly successful photographer using the name Beth Waters.
write
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Because I was afraid, and tired, and ill, I wrote my name on the letter: Mary.
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After studying her application, the examiner asked her to write down the name of the first president.
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Please write your name and address on the back.
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He wrote only his first name , in script-a big loop connected to a smaller loop.
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Taking an envelope from his pocket he wrote down the names of his guests.
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People must write her name on the ballot to vote for her.
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After attending a local nursery school, some children had been able to write their own names .
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He asks Primo to write his name on it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bad name
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In this way the original insights of New Right thinking have acquired for themselves a bad name.
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On the field, he is annoying and irritating and gives high-salaried athletes more of a bad name than they already have.
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The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name.
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Then came the kind of spot award that gets Anfield a bad name.
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These holy rollers gave all the churches a bad name.
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This is the kind of disingenuous hair-splitting that gives politics a bad name.
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This is the sort of self-serving, insincere baloney that gives good government a bad name.
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What happened is indisputable: students, and the institutions to which they belonged, acquired a bad name universally.
a name to conjure with
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Carruthers, a name to conjure with!
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There is a name to conjure with and let slip easily of the tongue.
answer to the name of sth
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He's 6 foot 5, but he answers to the name of Shorty.
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One answering to the name of Henry.
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Relieved of her professional role, she manifested herself as an attractive well-dressed young woman answering to the name of Suzanne.
any ... you care to name/mention
aptly named/described/called etc
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In that regard, this disc is aptly named.
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It was aptly named the Plough & Harrow.
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The aptly named Honda Accord has been produced in co-operation with Rover.
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The latter was aptly named, so tart that the first gulp curled your lips back.
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The Manor might be aptly described as a spiritual College.
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The Moonlight Restaurant was aptly named.
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The parish was recently founded and aptly named.
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Then it was being run by the aptly named Thomas Mill.
be a household name/word
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Apple computers became a household word in the late '80s.
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He was the first Aboriginal to have mastered a western mode of painting and by 1940 his was a household name.
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His was a household name when the craze for stereoscopic views was fashionable.
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However, a number are household names; the obvious examples are the Severn and the Thames.
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I won't tell you who she is because the name is a household word.
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It sold world-wide, was a household name, and had virtually no competition.
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Its heroes are household names and millions of pounds are at stake when it is staged.
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Of course, her name was a household word.
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Plus, it's not as if the Barn Burners, Helm's current band, is a household name.
be on first name terms (with sb)
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Voice over Even the governor is on first name terms with the inmates, although the staff still keep a respectful distance.
blacken sb's name/character/reputation
drag sb's name through the mire
drag sb's name through the mud
get (your name) on the scoresheet
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Johansson got on the scoresheet himself just after the break to give Charlton the lead.
have your name in lights
lend your name to sth
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Nintendo lends its name to new games developed by about 60 companies.
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But a more calculating side is emerging, where celebrities are almost being blackmailed into lending their names to causes.
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Can he lend his name to the petition without compromising his professional integrity?
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Is he actually involved, or just lending his name to it?
rejoice in the name/title (of) sth
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This hotel looked older and rejoiced in the name of the Lion's Cub.
stain on sb's character/name/reputation etc
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Buy him eine kleine Knackwurst and toddle home without a stain on your character.
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Duran dominated Leonard physically that night, but five months later the New Orleans farce put a huge stain on his reputation.
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Robert Lopez is released without a stain on his character.
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The massacre has left an indelible stain on the name of Clan Campbell.
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Whatever the outcome, he not unnaturally regarded his time in gaol as a stigma, as a stain on his character.
stain sb's name/honour/reputation etc
sth is sb's middle name
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Don't worry - consistency is my middle name.
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I think Serious is your middle name.
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Let's just say this: Pretension is thy middle name.
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Optimism is my middle name because, unable to agree on a name, my parents stuck a pin in a dictionary.
the name/date/title etc escapes sb
to name/mention but a few
what's his/her/its name
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What about your commitment to - what's his name?
what/how/where/who in God's name
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What in God's name is that noise?
what/how/why etc in heaven's name
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ayrton Senna's full name was Ayrton Senna da Silva.
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He's a determined man and he values his good name .
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Her name was Martha.
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His name is Raymond Ford.
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I'm not very good at remembering people's names.
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I've forgotten the name of the street where she lives.
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I can't remember the name of the island.
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Marks and Spencer have made a name for themselves as a producer of high quality goods at reasonable prices.
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She didn't mention you by name , but I'm sure it was you she was talking about.
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She must have written to Laura without signing her name .
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Teenagers tend to get a bad name for being moody.
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The Chinese name for this plant means "cat's ears".
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The doctor will call your name when he is ready to see you.
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The village of Furnace got its name from the local industries of silver and iron smelting.
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This man has a name for making tough business deals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any name that was on the list was there because Nikos had put it there.
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I can't even recall how I ended up with Derek - if that was his real name .
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I was wondering if you know this guy Wilkinson, I forget his first name .
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If you are not ready to print the form letter, save it under a different name .
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The names came after a studio competition.
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Would the funds get new names?
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
aptly
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In fact, one way and another the food is very aptly named , having risen from the ashes in two senses!
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The parish was recently founded and aptly named .
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In that regard, this disc is aptly named .
■ NOUN
director
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Michael Merson was named as acting director .
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Clinton has not named a campaign director or other top officials except Lewis.
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Darryl Marek was named the director of sports.
domain
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Humans are numerically dim so we use domain names instead, by matching up the names and numbers in a table.
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Verio previously hosted over 55,000 domain names .
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Some suggest simply increasing the kinds of domain names available.
man
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But that was so long ago, before even one man named Bush had won the White House.
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One of his linguistics professors, a man named Samuel Goldstein, had helped him understand the consequences of that simple fact.
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The man has not been named by police but was said to be aged 23.
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I sat next to a personable young man named Yong Yoon, who was not a typical bureaucrat.
player
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Premiership One title winners Leicester claimed another award when Austin Healey was named player of the season.
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He became the sixth player to be named a conference player of the week after playing the Raiders.
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Toby Bailey was named Pac-10 player of the week.
president
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ProActive Software Inc has named Pat Marriott vice president of market.
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Fitzsimmons was named senior executive vice president , and it appeared his coaching days were over.
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The latest impasse appears to be over the naming of a president .
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When the politicians returned to Congress, they approved the compromise that named Arteaga interim president .
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Since Newman was named president in October, Bankers Trust reorganized its derivatives and asset management businesses.
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Bennett, 44 years old, succeeds Rob Dickenson, 46, who recently was named president of a new company division.
son
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But so cool is the blue minimalist card that one style magazine editor aspired to name his baby son Sony.
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But she wondered what would happen if she and her husband had a son named Bastianelo and the son died.
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And he named his first son George Alex after his personal heroes, Best and Higgins.
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I vaguely recalled that Amin had named one of his sons after him.
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Of these the most important was Hartley, after whom he had named his first son .
woman
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Its only remaining inhabitant, a woman named Wah Wah, is cooking rice in a hut in the afternoon downpour.
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A beautiful biblical woman named Abigail is responsible for yet another version.
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He told his Intourist guide, a young woman named Rimma, that he wanted to apply for Soviet citizenship.
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Although he was personally opposed to slavery, in 1835 Barnum purchased a slave woman named Joice Heth.
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What motivated my desire to write about the homeless from the position of that doorway was a woman named Gerri Willinger.
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Soon after John Henry got the railroad job, he married a woman named Polly Ann.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bad name
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In this way the original insights of New Right thinking have acquired for themselves a bad name.
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On the field, he is annoying and irritating and gives high-salaried athletes more of a bad name than they already have.
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The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name.
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Then came the kind of spot award that gets Anfield a bad name.
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These holy rollers gave all the churches a bad name.
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This is the kind of disingenuous hair-splitting that gives politics a bad name.
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This is the sort of self-serving, insincere baloney that gives good government a bad name.
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What happened is indisputable: students, and the institutions to which they belonged, acquired a bad name universally.
aptly named/described/called etc
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In that regard, this disc is aptly named.
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It was aptly named the Plough & Harrow.
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The aptly named Honda Accord has been produced in co-operation with Rover.
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The latter was aptly named, so tart that the first gulp curled your lips back.
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The Manor might be aptly described as a spiritual College.
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The Moonlight Restaurant was aptly named.
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The parish was recently founded and aptly named.
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Then it was being run by the aptly named Thomas Mill.
be a household name/word
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Apple computers became a household word in the late '80s.
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He was the first Aboriginal to have mastered a western mode of painting and by 1940 his was a household name.
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His was a household name when the craze for stereoscopic views was fashionable.
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However, a number are household names; the obvious examples are the Severn and the Thames.
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I won't tell you who she is because the name is a household word.
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It sold world-wide, was a household name, and had virtually no competition.
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Its heroes are household names and millions of pounds are at stake when it is staged.
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Of course, her name was a household word.
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Plus, it's not as if the Barn Burners, Helm's current band, is a household name.
be on first name terms (with sb)
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Voice over Even the governor is on first name terms with the inmates, although the staff still keep a respectful distance.
drag sb's name through the mire
get (your name) on the scoresheet
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Johansson got on the scoresheet himself just after the break to give Charlton the lead.
have your name in lights
stain on sb's character/name/reputation etc
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Buy him eine kleine Knackwurst and toddle home without a stain on your character.
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Duran dominated Leonard physically that night, but five months later the New Orleans farce put a huge stain on his reputation.
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Robert Lopez is released without a stain on his character.
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The massacre has left an indelible stain on the name of Clan Campbell.
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Whatever the outcome, he not unnaturally regarded his time in gaol as a stigma, as a stain on his character.
sth is sb's middle name
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Don't worry - consistency is my middle name.
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I think Serious is your middle name.
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Let's just say this: Pretension is thy middle name.
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Optimism is my middle name because, unable to agree on a name, my parents stuck a pin in a dictionary.
to name/mention but a few
what's his/her/its name
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What about your commitment to - what's his name?
what/how/where/who in God's name
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What in God's name is that noise?
what/how/why etc in heaven's name
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bill was named after his father.
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Can you name this tune?
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Have they named the baby yet?
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He would not name his clients.
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McCarthy was recently named to the Small Business Committee.
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Our sources spoke on condition that they not be named.
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Police have named the dead woman as Annabel Thomas.
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Ron has a cat named Chicken.
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She refused to name the father of her child.
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The editor of "The Times" has resigned amid a political storm. His successor has not yet been named.
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The magazine has named Bonnie Fuller as deputy editor.
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The new building is going to be named for Ronald Reagan.
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We named our daughter Sarah.
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We are naming Dr Bob McClure head of the IRC in China.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In 1570, the Marquis's son, also conveniently named Alberigo, inaugurated the use of gunpowder in quarrying.
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It named Thomas Ashmore president of the top-10-market organization, which will be based in Dallas.
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On 31 August Sukarno named his Cabinet.
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Potter's wife is unknown, but he had a brother-in-law named Thomas Fowle in Boston prior to the civil war.
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The form should name the registered proprietor in full.