I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as plain as day/the nose on your face (= very clear )
chiselled features/chin/mouth/nose etc
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his chiselled good looks
hurt your arm/leg/nose etc
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He hurt his knee playing football.
nose job
parson's nose
Roman nose
rub your nose/chin/eyes/forehead etc
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She yawned and rubbed her eyes.
snub nose
wiped...nose
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He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his nose .
wrinkled...nose
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Alex wrinkled up her nose at the smell.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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He had a cruel, clever, merciless face, with a big curved nose and very bright, hard eyes.
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She says a lot of older guys only want to drive trucks with those big , long noses .
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That's his big nose and double chin.
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He had big nose in my face and was blowing impatiently.
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He got his big nose broken for his trouble and the guy he helped wasn't notably grateful.
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Not like you to poke your big nose into areas that don't concern you.
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Careful application of a slightly darker foundation can slim a big nose .
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Her big beaky nose gives her a masculine look.
bloody
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Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago.
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One of them has a bloody nose that looks like a bloody mouth, all red.
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Those who take that risk will get a bloody nose .
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His opponents always ended up with bloody noses .
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Millions of pounds are at stake and one side is certain to receive a bloody nose .
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A 17 and 18 year old escaped with no more than bloody noses .
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As John Major said, they've given us a bloody nose .
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Unfortunately for him, Alfred had been well trained and Bastide staggered back, clutching a bloody nose .
broken
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And while all this brouhaha was going on Richard Harris was getting up Heston's famously broken nose .
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Carwyn was flying home, Ted was working on his self-esteem, Richie was nursing a broken nose .
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He suffered a broken nose and bruising.
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He screamed in agony and fell to his knees, cradling his broken nose between his bloodied hands.
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Horrified shoppers watched as Darren Caygill was knocked to the ground, suffering a broken nose .
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Clive wanted to see the manager with a broken nose , blood on his dicky bow and frilly shirt front.
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He had one clear memory of a fight in some dive, a broken nose , a throat ready for cutting.
long
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When the figure looked up the boy was impressed by bright, blue eyes and a long nose but a kind expression.
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It is a fierce face with a very long nose .
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She gets my goat sometimes with her long , strong nose and her self-assertion.
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Zali whimpered and pushed his long nose under the covers.
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The boy grew into a man with blue eyes, a long straight nose , and dark red hair.
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She says a lot of older guys only want to drive trucks with those big, long noses .
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His long nose came from the latter and more specifically from a genetic type unit near the Dead Sea.
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They snout in the dirt with their long noses .
red
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But then most of the police - even the ones in cars - are sporting red noses for the occasion.
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Jozia blew her red nose into her kerchief.
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All the other reindeers had red noses just like Randolph's daddy, Rudolph.
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A porter's found a red nose .
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The first day Emma had escorted Ruth to the gates and come back with a red nose .
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As if a red nose could suit anyone.
roman
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Both had a slightly Roman nose .
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Black curls, a handsome Roman nose , shining sharp senseless saliva-moist teeth.
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It was time to rub that handsome Roman nose of his in the dirt.
runny
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You may also have a dry irritating cough, a sore throat and a runny , itchy nose .
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She put her arms around his waist; her tears and runny nose wet his shirt.
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Sore throat, runny nose , head like a cottage loaf.
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And you have to consult baby pictures to remember what your kids looked like without raw, runny noses .
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Reintroducing those foods brings the bad behaviour back along with the wheezing or runny nose .
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Respiratory system Runny or congested nose , constant sore throat, catarrh or post-nasal drip, difficulty in breathing, hyperventilation.
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An allergic reaction can often be nothing more than red eyes, a runny nose , or a touch of wheeziness.
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With the runny nose there could be a problem with the sinuses or the pony may be a catarrh sufferer.
straight
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A round face with a high forehead, blue eyes, short straight nose , a mantle of shining, fair hair.
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Gliding by they showed their fair faces, their committed brows and straight noses .
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The boy grew into a man with blue eyes, a long straight nose , and dark red hair.
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Her face was perfect: high cheekbones, a straight nose and a lush mouth.
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Thick dark hair, large eyes, pale unblemished skin, sculpted planes of the face, straight noses , strong mouths.
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She wore no make-up but had classic features, a straight nose , full lips and fine eyes.
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Dark hair, brown eyes, straight nose , not too short.
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She had a wide, full mouth, a straight nose , and the same piercing blue eyes as her brother.
■ NOUN
aquiline
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It was a tall man with an aquiline nose and thick dark hair.
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A medallion in Hughes Hall portrays her with short hair, an aquiline nose , and a determined chin.
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But he had a thinnish face, with an aquiline nose and really black hair.
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In my mind's eye I see him as he was, complete with bowler-hat and aquiline nose .
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He was in his early thirties with dark skin and a long face from which protruded a sharp, aquiline nose .
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At an upstairs window they present a life size dummy head: firm jaw, aquiline nose , shining complexion.
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She watched Luke read it, saw the gathering frown carve two grooves over his aquiline nose .
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Sir John had dark hair, sharp eyes and an aquiline nose .
job
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I think this is a pretty car, especially at the front where the nose job is great.
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Tries to put her best face forward, even if it means a nose job .
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Jackson must've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad.
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If I hung around here any longer, it would all go on a nose job for Emily Quigley.
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He may have had a nose job at Edith Piaf's request, but that was a long time ago.
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Not only is she incredibly slim, she's also allegedly had a nose job to improve her looks.
■ VERB
blow
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She blew her nose and announced that she was going to have a bath.
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For a moment Converse thought that she would blow her nose on him.
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She blew her nose as daintily as was possible in the circumstances and handed the handkerchief back with a wan smile.
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Stu was worried that he was responsible for me needing Kleenex, blowing my nose .
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Either way, if you blow your nose , you may well miss it altogether.
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I had a terrible cold and spent much of the time blowing my nose .
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With great discretion, the overcoats in the front pews blew their noses .
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She took out a handkerchief and pressed it against her eyes, then blew her nose .
break
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He broke Sonny's nose and closed his left eye.
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Once, she fell and broke her nose and chin.
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McClelland punched Mr Woodhouse twice in the face breaking his nose .
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When he fell after being hit with the staff, he broke his nose on the ground.
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It wasn't so much the threat of Dennis breaking his nose that had changed his mind.
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More Sanders: He broke his nose against Green Bay when his helmet was shoved down.
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He cut me above the eye and broke my nose which had been broken before.
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Newsweek puts Geraldo on the cover with his broken nose so that Newsweek can sell more magazines.
breathe
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They both sat breathing through their noses , on the verge of anger.
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He worked quietly behind her, one and a-two, breathing through his nose .
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Colonel Fergusson had his eyes closed and was breathing out through his nose in long smooth puffs like a bellows.
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Stand with feet shoulder-width apart. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
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Before the exercises actually begin, for a few minutes, close your eyes and breathe through your nose .
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You should always breathe through your nose: the nose warms up the air.
hold
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Until then, the rest of us will just have to keep holding our noses .
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He shut his eyes, held his nose like a kid about to take his medicine, and started to drink.
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The opposite rudder is then applied to hold that nose direction and to prevent the glider from turning.
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I drank more beer, holding my nose while I swallowed.
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There was more drama to follow in the actual race, where Shemaka held on by a nose from Baya.
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Confound it, who am I to hold up my nose in such a fashion?
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Angela actually found herself holding her nose as she walked through the cobbled streets.
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In this instance, the jaws should be held together with the nose pointing upwards.
keep
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Until then, the rest of us will just have to keep holding our noses .
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Thass why you got ta keep yuh nose clean.
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You keep your nose out, you hear me?
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The pouch did not help, but I kept it on my nose , afraid to take a chance.
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Come on, you can't seriously expect me to keep my nose out of things at this stage, Ellis.
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But keep his nose clean and take their money, and he could have a marvellous life in Berlin.
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Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone and avoid confrontations at work.
pick
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He wouldn't be allowed to fart or pick his nose or put his feet on the table.
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Centuries later the light brought two of the shepherds, the tall one picking his nose , and Douthwaite smirking.
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Edwina Currie was opening her post, Sir James Spicer was picking his nose .
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I just saw a man trying not to pick his nose behind his newspaper!
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Please don't pick your nose at the table.
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The young Eric was looking away and picking his nose , looking bored.
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The toilet stank of urine, and at one point a chef was seen picking his nose while preparing food.
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Both pick the nose of rock credibility and flick rolled-up bogies at its established figureheads.
poke
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Or maybe they resented a stranger poking his nose into their affairs?
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He merely watched the obscure corners of the busy planet and poked his stubby nose into dusty crannies.
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So he poked his nose through the letterbox.
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I didn't really want her poking her nose in anyway.
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Not like you to poke your big nose into areas that don't concern you.
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Not her national monument I told her, and she shouldn't come poking her nose in where it wasn't wanted.
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He poked his nose outside to see if he could tie off the cord.
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Didn't he ever stop talking, poking his nose in?
powder
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After the main course Vanessa disappeared to powder her nose .
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I also notice the fresh lipstick and powdered nose and realize my sister had done as she pleased.
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One way or another, I had drunk quite a bit this evening, but I didn't need to powder my nose .
press
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Inside, Tamika presses her nose against the pastry case.
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He rolled sideways and pressed his nose into the grass.
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The Doctor pressed his nose into the ground and waited for salvation or destruction.
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He pressed his nose against the window, smearing it with fresh snout prints.
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Charlie pressed his nose against the window but couldn't recognise anyone who was working inside.
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They pressed their noses against the window of Healy's Hotel.
punch
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The floor punched me in the nose and I stretched out on it.
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On another some one told him that an irate parishioner had threatened to punch Ray in the nose .
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What she would give to punch him on the nose , and flatten once and for all his insulting, devilish assumptions.
put
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He put his nose tip to tip with hers.
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Dunne took up the glass of whiskey, put it under his nose , and dipped his tongue in.
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Now is the time for the golfer from Welwyn Garden City to put his nose to the grindstone once more.
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Lincoln put his nose at the top of the window, savoring the traffic smells, and then the farms and orchards.
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Killion immediately put the nose down.
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No one would believe the truth even if you put their nose right up to it.
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There was no one around so I went up and put my nose practically against the glass.
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They put their noses in the air.
rub
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Even when you rub their noses in it, politicians can be remarkably slow to recognise reality for what it is.
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A child might not complain of itching, but she might be rubbing her eyes or nose repeatedly.
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The Deputy Under Secretary rubbed his nose , watched a flake of skin pirouette down to the opened pages of the file.
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He kept blinking to clear his eyes and now he rubbed his nose .
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He stepped forward, stopped suddenly, and rubbed his nose .
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She had defined what she perceived to be reality, and she kept trying to rub Scarlet's nose in it.
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They rubbed their noses on it so that globs of anthrax green snot hung off it in the morning.
stick
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He offers me a free go too but I just stick my nose in the air and say no thanks.
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Hairs sticking out of his nose and ears.
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Well, why not - he was sticking his nose in everywhere else.
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Sammy stuck his nose in the air, delighted at such attention.
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But maybe he's thinking that Gerald and Les might like to know you're sticking your nose in.
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We all stuck our noses that much deeper into the Colonel's Sumbanese rugs.
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Often he was right, often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in.
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Bossy matriarch Pauline Faaahhhhler finds out she's the real grandma of Sonia's baby and sticks her nose right in.
thumb
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So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone, he could thumb his nose at Cotton.
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Voters here have always been drawn to against-the-grain outsiders who make a career of thumbing their noses at party traditionalists.
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Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy.
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Faubus had again thumbed his nose at the judiciary by refusing to appear.
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The way she slept on her side, thumb up against her nose .
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Voters have thumbed their noses at it.
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The protestors were denigrating the primary symbol of the ordained ministry, they claimed, and thumbing their noses at the Church.
turn
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Even Sal and Kitty turned up their noses when he offered them such delicacies as black bananas and bruised apples.
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And then they turned up their noses .
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Time and again he had to turn his nose up into the arch of the drain to keep from drowning.
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That caught the attention of New York publishers, who had turned up their noses at the manuscript.
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It turns out her nose is sore but unbroken, not even bruised.
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Classical music elders may turn up their noses , but so far, the antics are working.
wipe
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Occasionally he wiped his nose on his sleeve.
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Varney sniffed, wiped his nose with his hand and backed his other foot into the water.
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Frank had sat up and taken out his handkerchief and wiped his nose .
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Morrill sniffed, wiped his nose with the back of his hand, and looked up.
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She wiped her nose with her sleeve, leaving a snail's trail on the rough wool.
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She wiped her nose and watched the suntan lotion ad that was on television.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a nose/boob job
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He may have had a nose job at Edith Piaf's request, but that was a long time ago.
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If I hung around here any longer, it would all go on a nose job for Emily Quigley.
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Jackson must've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad.
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Not only is she incredibly slim, she's also allegedly had a nose job to improve her looks.
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Tries to put her best face forward, even if it means a nose job .
aquiline nose
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A medallion in Hughes Hall portrays her with short hair, an aquiline nose, and a determined chin.
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At an upstairs window they present a life size dummy head: firm jaw, aquiline nose, shining complexion.
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But he had a thinnish face, with an aquiline nose and really black hair.
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He was in his early thirties with dark skin and a long face from which protruded a sharp, aquiline nose.
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In my mind's eye I see him as he was, complete with bowler-hat and aquiline nose.
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It was a tall man with an aquiline nose and thick dark hair.
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She watched Luke read it, saw the gathering frown carve two grooves over his aquiline nose.
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The older woman had a lean face, a long neck, and an aquiline nose.
blow your nose
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Here's a Kleenex - blow your nose.
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Either way, if you blow your nose, you may well miss it altogether.
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For a moment Converse thought that she would blow her nose on him.
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I had a terrible cold and spent much of the time blowing my nose.
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She blew her nose as daintily as was possible in the circumstances and handed the handkerchief back with a wan smile.
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She took out a handkerchief and pressed it against her eyes, then blew her nose.
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Stu was worried that he was responsible for me needing Kleenex, blowing my nose.
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With great discretion, the overcoats in the front pews blew their noses.
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With soil-caked fingers he drew a handkerchief from a pocket and blew his nose.
button nose/eyes
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Mrs Stych fixed her button eyes upon the elegant figure of Mrs Frizzell and bowled purposefully across the lawn.
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Reddish brown hair and bright, button eyes, and a shy, quivering look.
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There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.
cut off your nose to spite your face
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If you love him, ask him to stay. Otherwise you'll be cutting off your nose to spite your face.
follow your nose
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I don't really have a career plan - I just follow my nose.
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Turn left on 6th Avenue, then just follow your nose.
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Finding her was easy enough, I just followed my nose.
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I smelled the coffee and followed my nose.
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In search of an answer, you follow your nose, wherever it leads, actively pursuing the mystery.
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Lucky girl, Ruth thought miserably as she followed her nose to the kitchen, a choice of two men.
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She followed her nose, turning into a passage which led to the back of a small bakery.
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When the rooftop vanished behind a yellow bluff of gorse, you followed your nose.
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You are on the right track so follow your nose.
have your ears/nose etc pierced
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I am a female, mid-twenties and happen to have my nose pierced with one small silver ring.
have your nose/snout in the trough
it's no skin off sb's nose
lead sb by the nose
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He let her lead him by the nose.
look down your nose at sb/sth
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I can go in a shirt and jeans and no one looks down his nose at me.
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Besides, I didn't fancy going to the Chapel and having all the family looking down their noses at me.
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But I was not one to look down my nose at shabbiness.
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Don't look down their noses at you.
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Never had any man so looked down his nose at her.
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No more will I look down my nose at whining, spineless malcontents.
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Normally she looked down her nose at men and then ignored them unless they needed the sharp edge of her tongue.
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One who doesn't look down her nose at anybody.
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We looked down our noses at this pair of student hicks.
pay through the nose (for sth)
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Many people end up paying through the nose for their car insurance policies.
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But all-seaters don't mean all-safe so why should clubs risk bankruptcy and fans pay through the nose for an ill-conceived scheme?
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Catherine, paying through the nose to search for fun and relaxation.
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That doesn't mean you have to pay through the nose for the privilege of an overdraft, however.
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The message is that the government will cut a deal with any threatened industry willing to pay through the nose.
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They run over cross-country courses and pay through the nose for it.
pick your nose
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Davey, don't pick your nose!
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Centuries later the light brought two of the shepherds, the tall one picking his nose, and Douthwaite smirking.
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Edwina Currie was opening her post, Sir James Spicer was picking his nose.
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He wouldn't be allowed to fart or pick his nose or put his feet on the table.
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I just saw a man trying not to pick his nose behind his newspaper!
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Please don't pick your nose at the table.
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The toilet stank of urine, and at one point a chef was seen picking his nose while preparing food.
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The young Eric was looking away and picking his nose, looking bored.
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You have to watch them picking their noses.
poke your nose into sth
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Or maybe they resented a stranger poking his nose into their affairs?
powder your nose
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You get the drinks in - I'll just go and powder my nose.
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After the main course Vanessa disappeared to powder her nose.
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One way or another, I had drunk quite a bit this evening, but I didn't need to powder my nose.
rub sb's nose in it/in the dirt
strong nose/chin/features
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Beneath the strong nose was a dark moustache, thin and slicked down, which gave him a Latin look.
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Eyes closed, his strong features were peaceful in repose.
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He had a large square head, strong features, the worried look of a rustic crossing streets in the capital.
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I think Janir resembles her more, with his dark skin, curly hair and strong features.
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It actually detracts from one of email's strongest features-simplicity.
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She gets my goat sometimes with her long, strong nose and her self-assertion.
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She liked a man to have strong features.
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Sunlight reflected from the snow outside flashed off his rimless pince-nez perched on the bridge of his strong nose.
the bridge of your nose
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He drew an imaginary scarf across the bridge of his nose.
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He stopped, and pinched the bridge of his nose. ` Oh, I am sorry.
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Heavy black glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, but the effect was not severe.
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Her false teeth were encompassed in a loose smile and her glasses were low on the bridge of her nose.
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Marco takes off his glasses and pinches the bridge of his nose.
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She then brought her clenched fists down viciously on to the bridge of his nose.
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The lid fell on to the bridge of my nose.
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The low mewling sound it made indicated its displeasure; those long, clawed fingers rubbed the bridge of its nose.
thumb your nose at sb/sth
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This is yet another example of Republicans thumbing their nose at the poor.
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Faubus had again thumbed his nose at the judiciary by refusing to appear.
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Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy.
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So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone, he could thumb his nose at Cotton.
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The protestors were denigrating the primary symbol of the ordained ministry, they claimed, and thumbing their noses at the Church.
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Voters have thumbed their noses at it.
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Voters here have always been drawn to against-the-grain outsiders who make a career of thumbing their noses at party traditionalists.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Each missile carries 150 kilos of high explosive in its nose .
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Our dog has a very good nose , you know.
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Ripken's nose was broken when Hernandez accidentally hit him.
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The nose of the plane dipped as we came in to land.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fogarty avoided fistfights, but when they were unavoidable he packed his nose with the cotton he always carried.
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He clearly viewed my sharp nose and dark beard in a more favorable light than the starlets had.
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He squatted down, brushed a hand across the dirt floor, and put the hand to his nose .
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Like most modern decks the nose is double drilled: either 5 ¼ or 5 ¾ inch.
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Mr Taylor was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital where he received seven stitches to his nose .
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She smiled at him, but he buried his nose in his beer.
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Those who take that risk will get a bloody nose .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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I holders cutters around nosed pliers a medium grade sandpaper, silver spray paint.
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Several reporters have been nosing around on the subject.
down
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On their way out they found it nose down in the field.
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At 12: 50 they nosed down and sighted Newfoundland, the Burin Peninsula, to the left.
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Then there's a steep approach when we nose down at 30 degrees.
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Now the Autocrat was nosing down the kerb.
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Each pilot wheeled out of the fictional sun, nosed down , and jockeyed his bouncing machine into a dive.
in
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The motoscafo, full of lights and people, went blindly on and nosed in at the wooden pier across the canal.
■ NOUN
way
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The taxi nosed its way back into the traffic as she introduced herself with a soft Cockney accent and a shy manner.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a nose/boob job
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He may have had a nose job at Edith Piaf's request, but that was a long time ago.
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If I hung around here any longer, it would all go on a nose job for Emily Quigley.
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Jackson must've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad.
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Not only is she incredibly slim, she's also allegedly had a nose job to improve her looks.
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Tries to put her best face forward, even if it means a nose job .
aquiline nose
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A medallion in Hughes Hall portrays her with short hair, an aquiline nose, and a determined chin.
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At an upstairs window they present a life size dummy head: firm jaw, aquiline nose, shining complexion.
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But he had a thinnish face, with an aquiline nose and really black hair.
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He was in his early thirties with dark skin and a long face from which protruded a sharp, aquiline nose.
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In my mind's eye I see him as he was, complete with bowler-hat and aquiline nose.
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It was a tall man with an aquiline nose and thick dark hair.
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She watched Luke read it, saw the gathering frown carve two grooves over his aquiline nose.
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The older woman had a lean face, a long neck, and an aquiline nose.
button nose/eyes
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Mrs Stych fixed her button eyes upon the elegant figure of Mrs Frizzell and bowled purposefully across the lawn.
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Reddish brown hair and bright, button eyes, and a shy, quivering look.
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There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.
have your nose/snout in the trough
it's no skin off sb's nose
strong nose/chin/features
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Beneath the strong nose was a dark moustache, thin and slicked down, which gave him a Latin look.
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Eyes closed, his strong features were peaceful in repose.
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He had a large square head, strong features, the worried look of a rustic crossing streets in the capital.
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I think Janir resembles her more, with his dark skin, curly hair and strong features.
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It actually detracts from one of email's strongest features-simplicity.
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She gets my goat sometimes with her long, strong nose and her self-assertion.
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She liked a man to have strong features.
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Sunlight reflected from the snow outside flashed off his rimless pince-nez perched on the bridge of his strong nose.
the bridge of your nose
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He drew an imaginary scarf across the bridge of his nose.
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He stopped, and pinched the bridge of his nose. ` Oh, I am sorry.
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Heavy black glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, but the effect was not severe.
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Her false teeth were encompassed in a loose smile and her glasses were low on the bridge of her nose.
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Marco takes off his glasses and pinches the bridge of his nose.
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She then brought her clenched fists down viciously on to the bridge of his nose.
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The lid fell on to the bridge of my nose.
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The low mewling sound it made indicated its displeasure; those long, clawed fingers rubbed the bridge of its nose.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A ship was nosing its way through the small fishing boats in the harbour.
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The boat nosed out into the lake.
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The Rolls Royce slowly nosed through the crowds, and drew up outside the hotel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At 12: 50 they nosed down and sighted Newfoundland, the Burin Peninsula, to the left.
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Reese nosed the stuffed Huey gently over, letting it accelerate across the ground to gain lift.
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Some minute miscalculation nosed the machine down too abruptly.
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The lopped head of Argus nosed, listening still, into the silver dust.
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The motoscafo, full of lights and people, went blindly on and nosed in at the wooden pier across the canal.