I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a steady pace/rate
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He moved at a slow and steady pace through the maze of corridors.
at a rapid rate/pace
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Deforestation is occurring at a rapid rate as a result of agricultural development.
at a sedate pace
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We continued our walk at a sedate pace .
at a smart pace (= fairly fast )
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She set off at a smart pace .
brisk pace
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They set off at a brisk pace .
force the pace
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We need to force the pace on alternative energy policies.
frantic pace/rush/haste etc
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There was a frantic rush to escape from the building.
furious pace
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Neil set off at a furious pace .
keep pace with inflation (= be at the same level as inflation )
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Salaries have not kept pace with inflation.
quickened...pace (= began to walk faster )
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Ray glanced at his watch and quickened his pace .
set the pace (= move or change quickly, so that others try to do the same )
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With regard to industrialization, Britain set the pace in the first half of the nineteenth century.
slacken your pace/speed (= go or walk more slowly )
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Guy slackened his pace as he approached the gate.
the pace/rate of change
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People sometimes feel alarmed by the pace of technological change.
walking pace (= the speed that you normally walk at )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
breakneck
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Cirrus, known mostly for multimedia chips, had been growing at a breakneck pace until last year.
brisk
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Smith has a second claim with his knack of producing wicket-taking spells at a brisk pace .
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Some, of course, want to move at too brisk a pace for safety.
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He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo.
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We were determined to go through the speakers listed at a calm but brisk pace , then leave.
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None the less, research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options.
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With knapsack in hand, a brisk pace is assumed.
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It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west.
fast
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Terry Hands's direction whips all this along at a fast pace .
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That in itself was a risk and imposed a fast pace on the designers and builders.
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Wide roads lead to a new bridge crossing the water and traffic can proceed at a fast pace without a halt.
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Technological developments have been at a fast pace since the 1950s.
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The overweight people in this experiment, however, kept eating at the same fast pace throughout the meal.
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Unemployment has reached post-war records, and government schemes for the unemployed have replaced each other at a very fast pace .
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The intensity of instruction is a combination of fast pace and close focus.
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The traffic moves at a fast pace and averaging a speed of over one hundred kilometres an hour is not difficult.
faster
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Her words were written down by recorders, whom she sometimes exhorted to write faster to keep pace with her.
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Events were moving at a faster pace than ever before, thanks to improved transportation and communication.
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They toured with another Leeds' band, Age Of Chance, who were breaking at a faster pace than themselves.
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To that end, Wilkens says he might try a full-court press in the interest of forcing a faster pace .
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This proceeded at a faster pace in services than in industry.
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This means that man-made substances are not produced at a faster pace than they can be broken down by nature.
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The South has also been adding jobs at a much faster pace , especially in the cities.
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John nodded and revolved his right hand, indicating a faster pace .
frantic
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It posed a problem for Charman because he could not sustain the song's frantic pace .
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Change continues at a frantic pace , and many voters are waiting till the last minute to make decisions.
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The fourth-round replay began at a frantic pace and burst into life after 12 minutes.
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That threat set the frantic pace at Los Alamos.
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The path continues to the Strid - a spectacular chasm where the Wharfe reaches a frantic pace .
furious
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The facts are that within a decade of the Vienna Congress, nationalism was gathering furious pace .
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Both major parties raised soft money at a furious pace in 1995 and 1996, each gathering more than $ 100 million.
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The stage hands grumbled at the furious pace they were expected to work.
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Small banks are also merging at a furious pace , a trend expected to continue in 1996.
leisurely
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Lennon followed at a more leisurely pace , his weapon concealed once more.
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The horse cropped at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside, Illingworth fretting while my friend gazed about calmly.
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They moved upon a level trajectory and travelled at what appeared to be an even and leisurely pace .
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Maybe it has something to do with the leisurely pace of the sport.
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Again, beautifully rounded characters which established themselves at a leisurely pace are the secret of its appeal.
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La Plante lets her mystery unfold at a leisurely but absorbing pace .
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Since you are not connecting up at this stage, the rising main can be installed at a leisurely pace .
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The President lived at a somewhat more leisurely pace , as was the intended result of the frenetic activity of his aides.
rapid
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Gripping the sides of the sidecar, he urged Yanto to increase the already rapid pace .
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C.-Only eight games into the season and the Raiders are on a rapid pace to being written off.
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The very rapid pace of change in the computer market does mean that second-hand computers can be excellent value.
slow
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There is little doubt that their handwriting skills develop at a slower pace than their linguistic skills.
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What you do not do is rush it by warming it up; just let it grow at its own slow pace .
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Life seventy years ago was at a slower pace and people were able to cope more easily with upset routines.
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This means that spending continues to rise, but at a slower pace than had been previously planned.
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Byrne was walking beside him at the slow pace required by their orders.
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As long as you go at a slow , steady pace , the job can be done and you none the wiser.
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Bloomfield Hills, Canton and Carleton have grown at the slowest pace .
steady
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As long as you go at a slow, steady pace , the job can be done and you none the wiser.
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Louis: Regional economy is growing at a slow-but-#steady pace .
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They had been trying to maintain a steady pace , between hopping and running, and it had come hard.
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Huntsville continues to build its high-tech infrastructure and should add jobs in that sector at a steady pace .
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It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom.
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You go to work and toil at a hard, steady pace all day, accomplishing as much as you can?
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The rhythm of the cart, moving once more at a steady pace , rocked the kaleidoscope of memory.
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Recent surveys show that charity donations maintain a steady pace and that some giving to some charities by some people is increasing.
walking
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Riders are sometimes slowed to a walking pace and punch the supporters who try to embrace them.
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Walking pace often seems to give us the pulse of a movement; and walking pace and heartbeat are often linked.
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You advance at walking pace behind the barrage.
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Even with the wind of generosity at their back, why did they travel at a man's walking pace ?
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The target was man-shaped, man-sized, and was moved electronically across the sandbagged wall at a brisk walking pace .
■ NOUN
bowler
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The pace bowlers capitalised during the abbreviated first day, even if the close catchers didn't.
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Clive Lloyd devised the concept of a quartet of pace bowlers who would carry all relentlessly before them.
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Bob Woolmer, the county's director of coaching, claims the pace bowler was used unnecessarily in the World Cup.
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Kent had expressed interest in the pace bowler .
■ VERB
change
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Not all subjects are changing at the same pace although the national curriculum will in time no doubt reach some kind of consistency.
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They did it with defensive pressure that changed the pace of the game in their favor in the second half.
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Didn't change their pace one iota.
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He was able to go directly to the railroad supervisor and convince him to change the pace of slab deliveries.
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In the world of corporate real estate, things changed at a bewildering pace .
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Postures change , pace slows, bustle becomes murmur.
continue
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The rate of change in media will continue at this pace for some years and we can take nothing for granted.
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The downsizing of big firms with high wages and good fringe benefits continues at an unrelenting pace .
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In recent months that rate continued , keeping pace with the stepped-up U.S. flights.
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Change continues at a frantic pace , and many voters are waiting till the last minute to make decisions.
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Development of new ranges has also continued at a considerable pace .
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She wondered how long she would be able to continue at her present pace .
fail
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Interest rates paid on checking and passbook savings accounts failed to keep pace with inflation.
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Many loan programs have failed to keep pace with skyrocketing tuition, said Dare.
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Student loans continue to balloon as federal grants and aid have failed to keep pace with college costs.
force
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There will be no attempt to force the pace at the Luxembourg summit next month.
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To that end, Wilkens says he might try a full-court press in the interest of forcing a faster pace .
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He climbed the steep slope to the Incident Room, forcing his pace , and arrived just a little out of breath.
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To force the pace now was irresponsible, and could lead to a power vacuum.
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Why loot and burn when you can participate, force the pace of change?
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There was an alternative view, however, that forcing the pace was necessary if real change was to be effected.
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But she was not to force the pace in any way.
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Boxer was forced to reduce pace at this point by the congestion of traffic in and out of the Barracks.
gather
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The facts are that within a decade of the Vienna Congress, nationalism was gathering furious pace .
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The novel gathers the pace of a thriller as the resourceful Birdie becomes a runaway searching for her scattered family.
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This enables the design phase to gather pace before the hardware is ready for implementation.
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Air Quality work has gathered pace , after the disastrous loss of our mobile unit at the beginning of the year.
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He had started only one of the previous eight games and talk of a summer move was gathering pace .
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Britain's conservative approach to damages began to break down in the 1980s and the revolution has lately gathered pace .
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It stood in contrast to the totalitarianism gathering pace under Lenin and Trotsky which accelerated out of control under Stalin.
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Labour protest in the cities might pose no immediate security risk but it had gathered pace ominously throughout the 1870s.
grow
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Voice over Bamboo grows at an amazing pace .
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Bloomfield Hills, Canton and Carleton have grown at the slowest pace .
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We discover that prayer grows as it keeps pace with the moral and emotional changes within us.
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Cirrus, known mostly for multimedia chips, had been growing at a breakneck pace until last year.
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The economy was growing at an unsustainable pace , and the trade deficit was exploding.
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The numbers grew and the pace of activity became a thick and steady march.
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Membership grew at an astonishing pace , reaching close to 30,000 in the late 1970s.
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But the on-line service is still growing at a breathtaking pace .
increase
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Parallel action cutting is a good way to increase the pace and interest of your movies.
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I imagined Ly Keang would relent, as she looked over her shoulder; but instead she increased her pace .
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Gripping the sides of the sidecar, he urged Yanto to increase the already rapid pace .
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My new neighbor has passersby; they increase their pace when he barks at them.
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Vologsky increased his pace , momentarily, gaining a few feet so that he could look back at Kirov's grim face.
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To begin with, gradually increasing your pace until you are walking comfortably in your training zone.
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He increased his pace and arrived back at the hall as the church clock was striking six.
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She didn't increase her pace - it would only alert her pursuer.
maintain
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Bristol plans to issue revisions to maintain pace with the changes made in Windows and Unix.
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Ashton took over the directorship and maintained the pace .
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They had been trying to maintain a steady pace , between hopping and running, and it had come hard.
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He had six rushes Sunday, maintaining a pace way below last year.
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Recent surveys show that charity donations maintain a steady pace and that some giving to some charities by some people is increasing.
move
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It might be short on intrigue and backstabbing but it would move at a cracking pace .
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Events were moving at a faster pace than ever before, thanks to improved transportation and communication.
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FitzAlan moved a pace to meet them, his free hand unfastening his cloak.
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It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom.
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Hughes kept moving at a deliberate pace , turning right and left to give his benediction.
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He punched one of them in the hindquarters; it moved a pace and grazed on.
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You move at your own pace .
pick
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Next time, stay calm and pick up the pace when you can.
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Then he picked up his pace .
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On the long walk down the hall Glover picked a crawling pace calculated to paralyze an opponent this young.
proceed
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Wide roads lead to a new bridge crossing the water and traffic can proceed at a fast pace without a halt.
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Arkin offers tips that a beginner can use, proceeds at a slow pace and focuses on correct breathing and placement.
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Indeed, the entire rescue operation seems to have proceeded at a glacial pace .
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Every child enters at a set age and is expected to proceed at the same pace .
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Were it running more slowly, all geologic activity would have proceeded at a slower pace .
put
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Joshua found a seat and watched Hyacinth Scragg being put through her paces .
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Every hour on the hour a different doctor would walk into the room and put me through my paces .
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Prospective buyers could see the horses put through their paces down a street that still bears the name Horsefair.
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She worked with several hawks and falcons, putting each through its paces according to its maturity and natural ability.
quicken
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He quickened his pace to try and intercept her but the crowds on the pavement and the traffic on the street intervened.
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This meant that he was constantly in danger of quickening his pace and crashing into Stillman from behind.
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I chirruped to the horse, and he quickened his pace .
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The back-to-back executions would quicken the pace of capital punishment in Maryland.
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As the old man shuffled off into the drizzle Henry quickened his pace .
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Then teammate Joel Zide of Northridge quickened the pace to reach the five-fish plateau first.
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I quickened my pace and by the time I reached the top of Paton's Lane I was running.
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When they pass out of the gate and into the concourse the man quickens his pace and the distance between them increases.
set
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Or is it your children who are setting the ecological pace ?
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He or she controls the room and sets the pace .
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Zeta's Lad set the pace .
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Thus, the infant is setting the pace .
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This should result in fundholders setting the pace and others benefiting.
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He blamed me for setting too fast a pace .
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Crossing the Judith Mountains, Poker Joe set a hard pace , and the elderly and wounded silently drifted behind their people.
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Your rhythm should set the pace of the fight.
slacken
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Rose, exhausted with running, slackened her pace a little and took in long gulps of air.
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I tried to slacken pace but the slowest I went seemed to be faster than I had ever run before.
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I was warned again and again by friendly police officers of some rank to slacken the pace: and I refused.
stand
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If you hot foot it whatever the weather, there's only one watch that can stand the pace .
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Petey stood at fifty paces and pushed a leaf with his foot.
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Those who could stand the pace flourished; those who could not went to the wall.
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I remember one lad, Nobby Clark, who could not stand the pace .
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The real man stood back a pace and watched.
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When she reaches him, the security guard stands back a pace , and her people hold back.
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I can stand the pace all right.
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And if you have what it takes and can stand the pace , a jolly good salary.
step
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He stepped back a pace , smiling broadly as he saw the young woman who stood before him, looking slightly surprised.
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Through the information technologies they have spawned, computers step up the pace of the ticking.
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She stepped back a pace and watched as he looked across at the Fiesta then at the house once more.
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But by mid-1993, Ed Dillard knew he had to step up the pace if he was to make a living.
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So why not step back a pace , and discuss values?
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She stepped back a pace in the floury dust.
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Sharpe stepped a pace forward to look down at the map.
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Elliott stepped forward a pace , then stopped.
walk
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He walked , his pace swift, down the twisting path, then hesitated where it veered off to the staff-cabins.
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I trotted for half a block or so, then switched back to my brisk walking pace .
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It will soon learn to walk at the right pace .
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He walked at his regular pace toward the Astor House.
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Jotan walked perhaps thirty paces , and then he halted.
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After Alexei had walked about fifty paces , he stopped and turned.
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Slow up and walk my pace .
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Most sports contain the vital ingredient of moving your legs forward at a quicker-than-#walking pace .
work
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The child then has to work out how many paces to each side and where to turn through 90o.
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But she works at her own pace , with no boss to make tea for.
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Your legs keep working , your pace is unvarying.
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The slaves were driven to work at such a pace that their entire population had to be replaced about every 20 years.
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You can work at your own pace and choose from a wide range of flowers from around the world.
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Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.
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Yet the structure of the civil court and the way they work has not kept pace with these changes.
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We worked at an unheard-of pace .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at (a) breathless pace/speed
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Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.
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Though she has had little education, her vocabulary is excellent: she fountains out ideas and observations at breathless speed.
at a snail's pace
at a spanking pace/rate
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In the distance, ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace, the wheels spinning around.
at breakneck speed/pace
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As most travelers know, you can only travel at breakneck speed for so long.
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Dorothy Newman nudged her fellow conspirator back to reality, then they ran at breakneck speed to their respective homes.
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If they had been alone ... She shook her head in disbelief; everything was suddenly moving at breakneck speed.
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Neither do I. Tradition is being manufactured at breakneck pace.
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Some guides are indeed very brief, suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen.
the pace hots up
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Remember this when the pace hots up!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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About 20 paces from the house is an old oak tree.
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Eddie walked a few paces behind his mother, his head hung low.
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He took a couple of paces forward, then stopped.
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I'd gone about ten paces, when I heard a strange sound behind me.
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I'm enjoying the relaxed pace of life of Jamaica.
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Paul stepped three paces into the room and dropped his bag.
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The pace of political change has been rapid.
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The Kumon method involves students learning at their own pace .
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The soldiers were marching at a steady pace .
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We climbed at a leisurely pace , stopping occasionally to enjoy the view.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it built them at a pace that would have left the most ambitious pharaoh dazzled-something like six hundred in sixty years.
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Finally I got the ax to stick from ten paces.
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He fell from power in 1987, resigning from the Politburo over the slow pace of reform.
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Since November, the pace of borrowing likely slowed as department and chain stores reported dismal holiday sales.
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The numbers grew and the pace of activity became a thick and steady march.
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There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own pace .
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These are the experiences of monotony, fragmentation and excessive pace in work and social interaction patterns.
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They stood close to the door, the boy a pace behind the official.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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He was tall and elegant, with a good head of hair, and was much given to pacing about .
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I wonder if there is a smoking-room here, where I could pace about while I enjoy a 97 pipe.
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He paced about with arms folded.
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Unidentified creatures paced about near their camp, and green eyes looked out on them from the bushes.
around
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The Doctor paced around the excavation measuring the depth and imprint of the relics.
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He stood up from his chair, paced around , shut the window.
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His fur leggings became saturated as he paced around the edge.
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Emily paced around the book-lined study and blamed her father for his hostile attitude to Craig.
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I enjoyed this comparative freedom and spent a lot of time pacing around the cell.
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He paced around constantly drying his hands on a handkerchief, sat, then stood and paced some more.
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I paced around smoking while I decided what to do.
back
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Joseph found he couldn't sit still and he rose to pace back and forth at a distance from the others.
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Once again, I took to pacing back and forth.
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He paced back and forth on the tarmac, occasionally stopping to talk to his men.
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I began to pace back and forth, silently, so that Meir Ahronson would not hear.
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He paced back and forth, muttering things I could barely make out.
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He was pacing back and forth; his agitation was mounting.
up
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After they'd gone Sukey paced up and down sipping Evian water.
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She might be pacing up and down, chewing her fingernails.
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He began pacing up and down the room.
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A tiger in a zoo paces up and down the cage and can worry like crazy about a ball of string.
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As he paced up and down the narrow kitchen, shouting curses through the bedroom door, Constance smiled.
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He paced up and down the sidelines, too.
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He paced up and down between the scullery and the living-room as if on the deck of a ship.
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My father was on the phone, pacing up and down in front of the aquarium.
■ NOUN
floor
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She paced the floor , waiting until she judged the rooms would be full of people.
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He had spent a ruinous and totally sleepless night, pacing the floors but being able to find no solace.
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Then I began to pace the floor and think about this thing.
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He was pacing the floor when Dannie Bulman spun a deep cross into the Leicester penalty area.
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As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor .
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Suddenly unable to sit still, she stood up and began pacing the floor until she ended up sitting by the phone.
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He gets up, sits down, paces the floor .
room
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He might wake to watch her pacing the room in the dark, hour after hour.
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For more than an hour, Jess paces the small room , yelling and crying.
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She paced her room , back and forth, back and forth.
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Augusta rose and paced the room , stopped and put the heels of both palms against her temples.
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The Reichsminister rose from his chair and began to pace the small room , trailing one foot behind him.
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She paced around the room , one hand on her hip and the other at her chin.
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Back at the villa, after she'd showered and changed, Ronni spent the next hour pacing her room .
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I was pacing in the next room , talking to the Lord.
■ VERB
begin
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He began pacing up and down the room.
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Then I began to pace the floor and think about this thing.
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He began to pace slowly around the clearing.
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As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor.
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Suddenly unable to sit still, she stood up and began pacing the floor until she ended up sitting by the phone.
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I began to pace back and forth, silently, so that Meir Ahronson would not hear.
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The Reichsminister rose from his chair and began to pace the small room, trailing one foot behind him.
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He let go of her arms and began pacing the area.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at (a) breathless pace/speed
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Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.
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Though she has had little education, her vocabulary is excellent: she fountains out ideas and observations at breathless speed.
at a snail's pace
at a spanking pace/rate
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In the distance, ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace, the wheels spinning around.
at breakneck speed/pace
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As most travelers know, you can only travel at breakneck speed for so long.
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Dorothy Newman nudged her fellow conspirator back to reality, then they ran at breakneck speed to their respective homes.
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If they had been alone ... She shook her head in disbelief; everything was suddenly moving at breakneck speed.
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Neither do I. Tradition is being manufactured at breakneck pace.
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Some guides are indeed very brief, suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"We're going to be late,'' Jordan said irritably, pacing up and down the room.
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A lion paced up and down the cage, growling.
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He paced off the distance just to make sure.
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I need someone to pace me or I fall too far behind.
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Kernan paced the Monarchs with 17 points and 15 rebounds.
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Meryl was also awake, pacing the floor in her dressing-gown.
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Sarah paced back and forth along the corridor, waiting for the doctor to come back.
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Stewart was pacing the floor while watching the game on TV.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Augusta resumed her pacing, throwing her hands outward in little distracted gestures.
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Emmanuel Adigun and Haywood Vital paced the second-half surge for the Wildcats with 14 and 11 points, respectively.
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He began pacing up and down the room.
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I was pacing in the next room, talking to the Lord.
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I went back to the tree, and I found Barbra pacing.
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She paced the floor, waiting until she judged the rooms would be full of people.
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The Doctor paced around the excavation measuring the depth and imprint of the relics.