I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an afternoon nap (= short sleep )
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Dad was having his Sunday afternoon nap.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
short
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The good coroner was taking one of his short naps , his great belly sagging, mouth half-open.
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I take a quick breakfast myself, and a short nap . 8: 00-8: 05 AMThe sun is burning hot.
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Authorities claim that a short nap can reduce tension and revitalize you.
■ NOUN
afternoon
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He leads me to a dormitory, where eight boys are settling down into one big bed for their afternoon nap .
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He waited until Lois came upstairs for her little afternoon nap .
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If a group is coming to entertain residents, then bring them in after an afternoon nap .
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Nevertheless, recent research indicates that the body is designed for at least one afternoon nap per day.
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I had bought him a musical tie which woke him up from an afternoon nap when he rolled on to it.
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On the road, the girls sleep ten hours a night, eat many and formidable meals and take long afternoon naps .
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It was by the rice banks, where a coolness congregates near a coconut grove, that I took my afternoon nap .
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When Miles and Evan were little, John and I were very consistent in putting them down for an hour-long afternoon nap .
■ VERB
take
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We were very quiet because some people were taking a nap .
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Following that kind of meal, the two main options are to take a nap or a walk.
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Do not take naps in the daytime if you feel tired.
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Dave took a nap on the ride home.
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But between two o'clock and three-thirty, Flora took a nap .
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Janir, I have to take a nap .
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Dolly's limbs lay strewn about the carpet but Dolly's assailant had gone to take a nap and slept.
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They were the things we always did, and that night we took a darling nap and did them all again.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
catch sb by surprise, catch sb off guard, catch sb napping/unawares
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My pregnancy caught us by surprise, but we're happy about it.
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The public's reaction obviously caught the governor off guard.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As I approached the veranda, three people got up from what appeared to be an early evening nap and came outside.
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He leads me to a dormitory, where eight boys are settling down into one big bed for their afternoon nap .
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He waited until Lois came upstairs for her little afternoon nap .
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He went to the library at noon and sat, idly reading, wanting a nap , forgetting to have lunch.
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Often even young children can't have a comfortable nap during the day.
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The muscle work comes after breakfast, then again after lunch and a nap .
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These raised the nap on the cloth, which could then be cropped with shears to give it a smoother finish.
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Two of them were only having a nap .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
catch
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But Springsteen wouldn't catch me napping again.
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This double-barreled ap-proach should catch our competitors napping .
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Quakers were caught napping again two minutes later.
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Rookie Trent Whitfield almost caught Joseph napping , surprising him with a quick slap shot from the blue line.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But many tourists waste their first day abroad anyway, napping either in a hotel bed or a theater seat.
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But Springsteen wouldn't catch me napping again.
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He thought he might nap for a while, then read some of it, whatever the hour.
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Here and there, they nap -- half an hour, an hour, rarely longer.
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One was asleep, napping under a trilby hat pulled down over his eyes.
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This double-barreled ap-proach should catch our competitors napping.
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Too alert to sleep, I fill my notebook with sketches of the nubble under the quarter moon while Margaret naps.