noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
spiral notebook
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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Look out for Viglen's new notebook .
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Now that he had embarked on the Stillman case, he felt that a new notebook was in order.
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Soon Karen had to begin a new notebook .
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But I did buy Miles a new notebook and helped him make an audiotape of a Star Wars play he had written.
red
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Water carafe and glass. Red notebook Bed linen Samba square dance double duvet cover; pillowcase.
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Quinn flapped the red notebook nervously against his right thigh, stood on his tiptoes, and peered into the throng.
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Stillman was sitting alone on a bench, staring out at nothing in particular, the little red notebook on his lap.
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After his meal, he began to write in the red notebook .
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Nevertheless, he tried to face the end of the red notebook with courage.
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He ate what he could of the food and then went back to writing in the red notebook .
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Then he opened the red notebook .
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In the end, it was the red notebook that offered him salvation.
small
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He took out his small notebook , found the number for Kriminalpolizei in Wiesbaden, dialled Kuhlmann's personal number.
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He pulled a small notebook from his pants and slowly recorded his intake.
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Tweed checked the small notebook he rested on his knee.
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I even carried a small notebook .
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Lux opened a small spiral notebook .
spiral
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He took a page out of his spiral notebook and replied at once, mainly answering questions.
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This definition, however, has more loopholes than a spiral notebook .
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Lux opened a small spiral notebook .
■ NOUN
computer
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Its SPARCbook 2 notebook computer is expected early next year.
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The Presario 1000, a multimedia notebook computer .
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GRiD also holds the Patent on the idea of a fold-up screen which is part of every laptop, or notebook computer .
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Almost since the invention of the notebook computer , buyers have complained about its cost.
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A new San Jose-based subsidiary of the huge company has begun shipping its first products: notebook computers aimed at business users.
■ VERB
carry
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Always carry a notebook with you!
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I even carried a small notebook .
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Under one of the saucers she carried an open shorthand notebook .
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He commenced to carry round a notebook and write down what we said.
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Mr Nhieu carried a notebook everywhere with him, and wrote copious official notes.
fill
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Some assiduously fill notebooks with writing: incipient novelists or thesis writers?
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He filled notebooks with drawings, observations and inventions designed to answer these questions.
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But he seemed anxious to show me his own poetry, with which he had filled several notebooks .
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Soon Evan had filled his notebook page with memories of diving under the water to get a closer look at the boat.
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We filled a great many notebooks with testing data but learnt very little about the strength of materials.
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Too alert to sleep, I fill my notebook with sketches of the nubble under the quarter moon while Margaret naps.
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After filling several notebook pages with black scrawl, I stopped the recorder.
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Often bedridden, young Toulouse-Lautrec developed his artistic abilities by filling notebooks with sketches.
keep
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I kept a notebook of what I made each day.
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Another strategy my children use is to keep their notebooks open to a blank page while reading one of their books.
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Nevertheless we are told that he kept tablets or notebooks under his pillow, and would practise his letters from time to time.
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He kept a notebook full of characters' names, prospective titles and slang.
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I had also begun to keep a notebook in which I wrote details of my observations, complete with explanatory drawings.
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That page could start a work notebook you ought to be keeping .
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He kept a notebook of travel times, distances and other observations.
look
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Anne looked up from her notebook as Emilio and Sofia joined the others.
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I looked at the notebook of the woman next to me; it was full of circles and triangles.
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The startled reporters looked up from their notebooks .
open
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Days since I opened this notebook .
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Then he opened the red notebook .
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I flicked open my notebook and called her number.
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Lux opened a small spiral notebook .
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She uncovered her typewriter, flipped open her notebook and was soon immersed in a draft of the lengthy Ghent report.
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He opened the red notebook and set it squarely on his lap.
pull
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Viol pulled out a notebook and a biro.
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He pulled a small notebook from his pants and slowly recorded his intake.
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I began to notice that whenever I pulled out my notebook and maps, people closed like slamming doors and wandered away.
put
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She had put a notebook and a pencil beside the phone.
take
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I took a fresh notebook from the glove compartment and started back to talk to them.
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Blue takes out his own notebook and writes: Feb. 3, 3 P. M. Black writing at his desk.
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Silently he took the notebook from her nerveless fingers and dropped it on the floor.
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The next day I would take a brand-new notebook from my bag.
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Doug took out his notebook and wrote laboriously in it.
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He took out his small notebook , found the number for Kriminalpolizei in Wiesbaden, dialled Kuhlmann's personal number.
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The sergeant smiled and took out his notebook .
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Then he put the envelope back in his pocket, took out a little notebook and waited expectantly.
use
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Can you see the kinds of books a particular publisher tends to market? Use your notebook here.
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The list can be prepared by hand, using your own notebook or a booklet available free from many insurance agents.
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Mama had stopped using the notebook when she'd become too ill for them to have any more happy times together.
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Jen was using the notebook to get her e-mail and check her newsgroups on the Internet.
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It may help if you use a notebook to write down the point you want to make.
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This just isn't the same as using a notebook in transit.
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But the Canon may be a smart idea if you need to use your notebook and print on the move.
write
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As they searched, they wrote down in a notebook details of all the things they found.
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Sure enough, Black is already at his desk by the window, writing in the same notebook as the day before.
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Images Street Image She's busy and alert, writing in her notebook , or studying a street map.
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After his meal, he began to write in the red notebook .
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He was sitting on the gate ahead of me, writing in a notebook .
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He ate what he could of the food and then went back to writing in the red notebook .
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The reason why I have a soft spot for this notebook , he wrote .
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All he can say for certain, therefore, is that Black is writing in a notebook with a red fountain pen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A teacher had assigned the class to make a composition by taping personal objects into a notebook .
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As they searched, they wrote down in a notebook details of all the things they found.
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Couldn't have picked up the pen and opened the notebook and faced the blank page.
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He closed his notebook , stood up, made a motion at Vinny Pearson.
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His companion was thin and nervy and carried a notebook .
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Imagine having your own self-contained knowledge manipulator in a portable package the size and shape of an ordinary notebook .
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In the main compartment were two very old-looking notebooks bound in calfskin; nothing else.
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Viol pulled out a notebook and a biro.