I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a central role/part
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The report emphasizes the central role of science in society.
a crucial factor/part/element
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The cost of the project is the crucial factor.
a part of the equation
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The tourist industry is a crucial part of the country’s overall economic equation.
a parting gift (= a gift that you give someone when you leave/say goodbye )
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She brought him a parting gift.
a vital part/element
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Learning to play with other children is a vital part of growing up.
a vital role/part
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Nurses play a vital role in hospitals and surgeries.
act a part/role
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She is acting the role of Lady Macbeth six evenings a week.
act a part/role
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Stella felt unnatural in their company, as if she was acting a part.
an active part
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Our members take an active part in fund-raising.
appear on/take part in a show (= to be a guest on a show )
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They were trying to persuade Daniel Radcliffe to appear on the show.
be part of a chain
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The hotel is part of the MacDonald chain.
be part of a conspiracy ( also take part in a conspiracy )
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The jury found that Poindexter was part of a conspiracy to ship arms to Iran.
be part of a plot
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These accusations are part of a plot to discredit him.
be part of a scene
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Formal receptions were an important part of the social scene.
be part of sb's/sth's charm
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The house is a long way from anywhere and that is part of its charm.
bit part
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He’s had bit parts in a couple of soaps.
cast sb in a role/a part/the lead
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The producer finally cast Finsh in the male lead.
clouds part (= move away from each other )
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Suddenly the clouds that covered the moon parted.
component parts/elements etc
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We’ve been breaking down the budget into its component parts.
due in part to (= partly because of )
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Attendance at the meeting was small, due in part to the absence of teachers.
forms part of
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The project forms part of a larger project investigating the history of the cinema.
indispensable part
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Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of our lives.
integral part
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Vegetables are an integral part of our diet.
major role/part/factor etc
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Britain played a major role in the negotiations.
part exchange
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The company takes the buyer’s property in part exchange.
part of speech
part of the deal
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I got free accommodation as part of the deal.
part of the world
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This part of the world was new to her.
play a crucial role/part in sth
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Parents play a crucial role in preparing their children for adult life.
play a prominent part/role (in sth)
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Mandela played a prominent role in the early years of the ANC.
play a role/part/character etc
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Playing a character so different from herself was a challenge.
private parts
spare part
take an active part in sth
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Most of the students take an active part in sports.
take part in a competition
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Ten schools took part in the competition.
take part in a contest
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Twenty-five countries took part in the contest.
take part in a demonstration ( also participate in a demonstration formal )
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As many as 400,000 people took part in the demonstration.
take part in a festival (= perform there )
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The school choir, which has taken part in the festival since 1980, is rehearsing every day.
take part in a process ( also participate in a process )
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We encourage our clients to participate in the process at every stage.
take part in a raid
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They took part in various raids, including the bombing of Cologne in 1942.
take part in (a) sport
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Students are encouraged to take part in a sport of some kind.
take part in an activity ( also participate in an activity formal )
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The children were encouraged to take part in several different activities.
take part in politics
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Young people should be encouraged to take part in politics.
takes...in part exchange
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The company takes the buyer’s property in part exchange.
the early part of sth (= near the beginning of an event or period of time )
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I was doing quite well in the early part of the race.
tough neighborhood/area/part of town etc
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a tough area of Chicago
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
active
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However, he is likely to feel much more satisfied if he can take an active part in looking after the plants.
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I took but little active part in last row and am thus out of the scrape.
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In old age she was troubled by deafness and played little active part in her husband's later political career.
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All 48 people who took an active part in last night's exercise were given a New Brighton stick of rock.
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We shall play an active part in negotiations on Economic and Monetary Union.
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We both play active parts in the life of the village.
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It may be just a surface for bacteria or may play a more active part in filtration.
different
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The barn owl and kestrel samples examined here were drawn from widely different parts of their global range.
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For example, it could be a jigsaw reading, with different group members having access to different parts .
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Building materials for peasant houses varied between different parts of the country.
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Chaotic mechanisms would serve to maintain the functional independence of different parts of the nervous system.
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This takes time, and calls for contributions from different parts of the Office, as well as elsewhere in Whitehall.
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Wholesalers in different parts of the country provide the important connection between the farmer-breeder and restaurants or markets.
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People are so different in all parts of the world.
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The standard course comes in three books of case studies covering a variety of business activities in different parts of the world.
early
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In this early part of the reign there were two periods of fighting.
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Its name, Morrisonville, dated from the early part of the nineteenth century.
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The earlier part of the year was the crabbing season.
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Textile finds across Eurasia from the earlier part of the Neolithic are almost uniformly of plant fibres, particularly flax and hemp.
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And so the early part of the night passed quite quietly.
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In the early part of 1939 I was still a pacifist.
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In the early part of this century a calendar of the Abbey muniments was produced.
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That was some time during the early part of the morning.
essential
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Learning pro-social behaviour is an essential part of controlling aggressive and violent reactions.
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An essential part of its history is that of ships, convoys and the conquest of distant oceans.
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Sad, moving scenes are an essential part of lachrymose drama.
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Want creation is thus an essential part of a modern technologically-based economy.
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She considers thin distinction between the pure and the impure an essential part of social order.
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Again, as we will see, this kind of manoeuvre plays an essential part in the Roslin cloning procedure.
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People left essential parts of themselves on the shore.
great
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On the greater part of the body the spots are grouped in rosettes.
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During the greater part of each contest, the two are settled in a squat position, measuring each other.
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The greater part is given over to the well in which the ice was deposited.
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We have also left the enemy all our dead and the greater part of our severely wounded.
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Her objective was to acquire Transylvania, and she now at once invaded that country and quickly occupied the greater part of it.
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The legend of Lalla Haguza enlivened a great part of our childhood.
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It is these that make up the greater part of the transcribed conversations in Appendix 2 of this book.
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For this reason, the great part of reports relating to warfare in this period concern sieges.
hard
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The harder parts gave a much more satisfactory finish with clean shiny cutter marks even in the interlocking grain.
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Now comes the hard part: making the deal work for both sides.
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The hard part is sorting the good memories from the bad.
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In fact, the hardest part is getting the printer out of the box.
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Applying method to job applications Initially the aim is to get called for interview, and this is the hardest part .
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Digging a pit in these woods is the hard part .
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The skeletal elements of those with hard parts are fine, often branching elements called spicules.
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The hard part would be working it into her schedule.
important
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An important part of the notion of interdependence is reciprocity: the desire not to exploit one's partner too much.
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Beal maintains victims should be an important part of the process, but says they have no special legal status.
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In particular, we consider two especially important parts of your work: the beginning and the end.
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Community interest will lead to self-reliant integrated development with science and technology playing an important part .
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Mortgage rescue schemes are an important part of that initiative.
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Budgeting is an important part of the management control process in any organization.
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Effective and reliable handwriting recognition will necessarily form an important part of this new technology.
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Dominic said that for him the most important part of foreign travel was meeting the people.
integral
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It enables borders to be woven as an integral part of the carpet allowing continuation of the design without mitred corners.
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Coining phrases was an integral part of the mystique of the rhythm &038; blues deejays.
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He's young, supremely talented and an integral part of a successful, high profile side.
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Fear is an integral part of individual and organizational life.
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Petrofabric evaluation should therefore form an integral part of any study of basin evolution.
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As she found out, wrecks were an integral part of Trepassey life.
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It is envisaged that much of the assessment will be done by teachers as an integral part of their normal classroom work.
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It has shown that it must be an integral part of any peace process.
large
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Checheno-Ingushetia was abolished, and a large part of the Ingushi lands had been ceded to North Ossetia and repopulated by Ossetes.
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A large part of the higher expenses was an $ 11. 6 million write-down of office property in Tampa, Fla.
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They argue that the type of regime establishes constraints and determines in large part the paths to democracy.
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Environment has played a large part in making him the notorious character he is today.
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It has lost a large part of its voice in the control of its own destiny.
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And being able to make decisions is also a large part of the fun and satisfaction in being your own boss.
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So did a large part of the local population, including Morag Paterson.
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The control of development is in large part internal and affective.
major
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It follows that the duty can not be expected to play a major part in controlling managerialist tendencies.
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Outside of food and energy, inflation moderated in every other major part of the consumer price index.
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A levy of some sort is essential, so that the industry plays a major part in all training.
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It held together with the engine, the rest of the fuselage separating which took him out of the major part of the fire.
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The major part of teaching, motivating and assessing what has been learned should take place outside the diabetic clinic.
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It helped to bring the system into disrepute and played a major part in the eventual breakdown of the Plowden structure.
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Which of the many recent changes played the major part in the university disturbances of the early 1860s is unclear.
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That same report concluded that high income elasticities and low price elasticities had played a major part in this observed growth.
other
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The answer does not lie in saying that London has some advantages that other parts of the country do not enjoy.
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This problem of the representativeness of our study can be overcome by repeating our study in other parts of the country.
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The restoration process lasted for several years, extending to other parts of the station, and eventually cost around £10m.
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In other parts of the world, the same needs arise but they are met by different structures.
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Three remain free-standing; the other as part of federations.
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The seat is elm and the other parts are made of various fruit woods; mine is of cherry.
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Part of her was wishing they would hurry up and the other part was hoping they'd take for ever!
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The other part can not be used to do work.
small
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Moreover, Kalmar contains but a small part of the total final assembly facilities within the Volvo enterprise.
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Our concern is with the fire service and doing our small part to help that out.
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The play had done quite well and he was noticed in the small part .
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The Sunday Night Supper constituted a small part of the Georgetown set in embryonic form.
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Artists can be at a disadvantage in group exhibitions as only a small part of their activity can be seen.
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It is under-inclusive because teenagers pose only a small part of the drunken driving problem in this Nation.
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In the north, only a small part of Sutherland remained to be surveyed but the area was relatively inaccessible.
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A small part of the Large Cloud of Magellan extends into Mensa, but otherwise there is absolutely nothing here of interest.
spare
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No sound had emerged from it for six months: spare parts were hard to get, Dynmouth Hi-Fi Boutique informed him.
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He stood looking like a spare part , apparently waiting to be asked to sit down.
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These exceptions are significant for manufacturers and suppliers of spare parts .
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A shop should also be able to demonstrate the availability of spare parts for the board you have selected.
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Key resources are technical personnel and aircraft spare parts which account for the largest share of the maintenance budget.
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Approval will be given for spare parts for ships, naval helicopters and naval planes.
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The sheer cost of trained staff and the difficulties with obtaining spare parts are two indications of the absurdity of the idea.
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The air force divides responsibility for spare parts among seven centres.
vital
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Ask about Talkabout Nuclear power is frequently misunderstood but the truth is it plays a vital part in our everyday life.
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Mr Trimble is a vital part ofthe peace process.
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To begin to decrease this isolation is therefore a vital part of the stress-reduction programme.
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The home side gradually began to look interested, with the pace of Paul Bennett playing a vital part on the flank.
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Learning to play with other children and to form close friendships with some of them is a vital part of growing up.
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But experts now believe that the genes we inherit also play a vital part .
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The Berkeley Square Gallery, for example, maintains a second outlet in Tokyo, as a vital part of its operations.
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The result amazed them: the Il-4 killed the mice by shutting off a vital part of their immune system.
■ NOUN
body
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There he will create a towering bronze armature to which various body parts , heroic in size, will be affixed.
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The largest body part was a knee.
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Forearm training is frequently omitted because of all the work the forearms do while training other body parts .
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The company says there is no limit to the body parts it could grow in its lab.
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The 1995 team saw body parts strewn about callously by the robbers in their mad quest for anything of value.
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On the kitchen table are strewn the body parts of a dismantled wooden Easter bunny.
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Measuring body parts First, write on a piece of paper how you view yourself.
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The entertainment industry is, of course, rife with synthetic body parts , including hair.
■ VERB
become
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Could he really let his only child become a part of this family?
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The old man had become part of city.
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Malcolm Mann, for example, could have become part of the disgruntled class when he was laid off at age 55.
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That magnificent body had become part of hers.
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Once vice-chancellors start to think the unthinkable, then the issue becomes part of the agenda and it becomes harder to retreat.
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Charter of fundamental rights: After a battle spearheaded by Britain the charter will not become part of the Nice treaty.
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It becomes part of the establishment.
form
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If they do not feel easy about this physical closeness that, too, will form part of the communication.
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It is in this way a world view, of which psychoanalysis forms an important part .
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The responsibility statement forms part of the Investment Overview.
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Advice on monitoring the effectiveness of the procedures will form part of the Code of Practice.
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Assessment forms a large part of historical work.
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The Court of Appeal held that the oral statement overrode the exclusion clause which therefore did not form part of the contract.
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These reports will then go with the pleadings and form part of the documents for use of the trial judge.
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These cells form part of the immune system and help to prevent the body from getting diseases.
play
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Duty done, the vodka was playing a prominent part in his triumph.
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Sure, the Pentium chip plays a part , but other components provide the big difference.
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A little girl playing the part of Mary was asked by the teacher to imagine how Mary would be feeling in the stables.
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No longer does service play a large part in their future plans.
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This means choosing the right variety can play an important part in making savings further into the season.
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This is not to suggest that ethnicity did not play any part in the front's activities.
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Mayr passed around a still of the 6-year-old Herbert Halbik, who played the part so unforgettably.
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Musicals play a major part in the Forum line-up.
take
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But the vote has been declared invalid because fewer than half the parents took part in the ballot.
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About 34 percent of those who took part in the recent survey said they use a commercial online service.
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So far 4,411 retailers with 10,789 shops, including some major chains, have signed up to take part in the scheme.
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Pimm began asking himself: Can we assemble a stable ecosystem by taking in the parts at random?
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Customers at each of the Bank's 750 branches took part in the survey.
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No wild-talking hippies had taken part in the planning.
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No-one knew how many bands would take part in each contest until it was all over.
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We will take the parts remaining from this one and combine it with that one.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a parting kiss/gift/glance etc
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And every couple receives a case of Lygon Arms' dry white wine or claret as a parting gift.
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Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.
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They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.
bolt-on part/component/extra
discretion is the better part of valour
for the most part
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Ethnic minorities have struggled to retain their cultural identity, and have for the most part succeeded.
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For the most part, people seemed pretty friendly.
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For the most part, she's a fair person.
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The cell chemistry of these insects is, for the most part, poorly understood.
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You can get good deals there, for the most part
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An engaging blend of poetic characterization and deductive reasoning, it was delivered for the most part in a weary monotone.
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But for the most part he was a normal teenager who looked with confidence to the world soon to open to him.
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Discussion on the petition in Congress was heated and for the most part illogical.
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However, they soon comprised, for the most part, Roma children who were denied access to mainstream education.
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It had been a year of hardship and self-doubt, but for the most part the new managers had persevered.
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The concepts and practices of applied entomology for the most part date from that Stone Age of science.
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Various recommendations were advanced for making changes in the operational plan, but for the most part they got nowhere.
greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts
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Or is the organisation more than the sum of its parts?
in large part/measure
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Alvin had always made it plain that his company existed in large part to provide work for black dancers.
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As it turns out, the fears that govern such organizations derive in large part from invalid or negative core beliefs.
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My conception of postmodernist de-differentiation via an aesthetics of desire was also in large part dependent on Lyotard's work.
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Realism is now out of fashion, in large part as a consequence of those silly semantic claims.
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This continuity can be explained in large part by the nature of the superstructure.
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This is due in large part to the national officers and to yourselves and your colleagues.
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Whether the high jumper can requalify against stiff competition depends in large part upon the other big change: her takeoff.
part-timer/full-timer
parting of the ways
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They did not say whether Smith was fired, but called it an "amicable parting of the ways."
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Anyway, Riley, this is the parting of the ways; and you know something?
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I fear we are at a parting of the ways.
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It was also easier to get new sales jobs after a parting of the ways.
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Much of what I have said tonight points towards a parting of the ways.
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Then it was the parting of the ways.
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This parting of the ways is of the most profound importance.
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Was this a more than merely temporary parting of the ways?
parting shot
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As Eve was leaving, she couldn't resist a parting shot at Brian: "I never loved you anyway!"
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As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation, your parting shot needs to be powerful.
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Gilliland, however, had a parting shot to fire in his paper in Astrophysical Journal.
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He left with a parting shot at Supervisor Mike Boyd.
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He was strong enough now to attribute the man's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice.
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It's no coincidence that it originated in Moscow - this was the Communist old guard's parting shot.
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The ultimate parting shot from an ungrateful aircraft that had enjoyed every care and attention.
play a part/role
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Although the budget committees guide Congress's actions on spending, every committee plays a role.
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Hart clearly played a role in the decision to change admission standards.
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Men now play a larger part in looking after their children.
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Our goal is to make sure everyone plays a part and shares in the credit.
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Schneider played a key role in getting the organization started.
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The most effective learning occurs when the child is allowed to play a more active role in the learning process.
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The Secretary of State played a leading role in the government's successful foreign policy.
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Together with the police everyone can play a part in improving the security of their neighborhood.
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But big-city gangsters also play a part.
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By speaking out about envy between women, comedy can play a part in helping us to heal it in ourselves.
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He was six now and understood that I had played a role in his parents separation.
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Luck has to play a part in it.
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Sure, the Pentium chip plays a part, but other components provide the big difference.
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The New Man rejects traditional roles of parenthood and likes to play a part in decision-making.
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The researchers said more investigation was needed into whether vaccinations or pesticides played a part.
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Therefore, both over-confidence and under-confidence may play a part in creating an environment in which accidents happen more readily.
supporting part/role/actor etc
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At a crucial moment, the United States played an important supporting role.
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Benicio Del Toro won the best supporting actor prize for Traffic.
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But the chief joy despite several eye-catching supporting roles remains watching Courtenay milk the script for all its worth.
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He felt the other two were satisfied to play supporting roles to Gedge and to a lesser extent, himself.
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Hopper won a supporting role in that film too.
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Its most unarguable successes are in the main supporting roles.
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The meats are unfailingly tender and flavorful, and the stuffed tomatoes deserve a Tony Award for best supporting actor.
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The three supporting roles are all superbly played.
working parts
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He had, Edouard saw, a technical mind, and loved to see how working parts fitted together.
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It still retains all its working parts and would require only minimum repairs to put it into full working order.
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The working parts of a digital watch.
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The neo-biological approach is to assemble software from working parts, while continuously testing and correcting the software as it grows.
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They do not, at least by biological standards, have intricate working parts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Part of the research program involved interviewing teenagers in inner-city areas.
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Part One ends with the death of the hero's father.
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All our replacement parts are guaranteed, if you have your car serviced with us each year.
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Check inside the box to see if all the parts are there.
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Did you understand the part about switching the modem speed?
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I'll sing the bass part if you want.
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I've finished the first part of my thesis.
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Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', adapted for radio in six parts
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Malaria is still common in many parts of Africa.
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Mix one part milk with two parts flour and stir.
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Organizing the party was easy, the hardest part was getting my parents to agree to it.
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She spent the early part of her life in Barcelona.
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The part of Cyrano was played by Gerard Depardieu.
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The director has given us until tomorrow to learn our parts.
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This is the widest part of the river.
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What part of Russia are you from?
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When you have filled in the form, keep the top part and send the other part to the bank.
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Where does this part go?
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Which part of your job do you enjoy most?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A quarter of all 16-18 year olds are now taking part in these schemes.
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And if later some one disposes of a record in some other way no part of the royalty can be recovered.
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But people in these parts name their children after their favorite stock-car racer, and they're proud to tell you so.
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Gradually you should be able to phase out the tangible reinforcers when tantrums are no longer a major part of her repertoire.
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Isetan, however, said the filing was part of a dispute over control of real estate in three key markets.
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Morales' murder is part of a wave of killings since Figueroa took office.
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Most have a core of solid businesses that ensure that at least parts of the firm are making serious money.
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Sentimental attachment to some geographic part of the world is not part of the system.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
slightly
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Make sure that your lips are slightly parted and that your jaw is relaxed.
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And when Merrill awoke the following morning her lips were slightly parted to receive his dream-kiss.
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His lips were slightly parted , and she could neither see nor hear the thin whisper of breath.
■ NOUN
crowd
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Ever stage-dived and found the crowd parting like the red sea?
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With no words spoken the crowd parted before the old man, allowing him immediate access to the bar.
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The crowd had parted to let Harriet through to the centre of the square.
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Then, as she watched, the crowd parted and a man came towards her.
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The gunman looked around him wildly and the crowd parted as he darted up a narrow alleyway.
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The crowd had parted to let them through, and Kathleen's fear for herself vanished as she took in the scene.
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The crowd parted before them and they stared, unbelieving, at the three girls on the bloodstained pink marble floor.
death
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It had taken nothing less than death to part these men.
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Till death did they part , my customer and his bonds.
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This is how you talk about your wife, the woman you vowed to love and cherish till death does you part ?
hair
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She had dark-brown hair , parted in the middle, and wore a headdress of yellow felt.
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Margarett had pulled back her hair rather severely and parted it on the side.
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His hair is black and parted on the side.
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His long blond hair was parted in the center.
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My fair hair was meticulously parted .
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His golden hair was parted down the middle, and he wore a gold ring on his right hand.
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Within was the mummy of an old woman whose long, grey hair had been parted in the middle.
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Russell was thirty-five, a short man with slicked-down hair parted in the middle.
lip
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It was a second or two before it opened and when it did her lips parted silently.
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He saw Mayli, and stopped, his eyes widening, his lips parting as if he were about to speak.
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Her eyes were open and staring, her mouth open too, lips just parted , as though mid-breath.
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Mala was motionless, eyes wide, lips parted a little, as if hypnotized.
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Her mouth was under his, her lips parting beneath the flickering ecstasy of his tongue.
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She had pale crimped hair over her temples, and her lips were parted to reveal large, even teeth.
middle
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She had dark-brown hair, parted in the middle , and wore a headdress of yellow felt.
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His golden hair was parted down the middle , and he wore a gold ring on his right hand.
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Within was the mummy of an old woman whose long, grey hair had been parted in the middle .
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Russell was thirty-five, a short man with slicked-down hair parted in the middle .
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His dark hair, long and straight, was parted in the middle .
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Her hair was parted in the middle and drawn back from a round, pretty face.
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She had freckles, level gray eyes, a round nose, and straight dark blond hair parted in the middle .
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At six foot six, Tesla was a commanding figure, clean-cut and wiry, his jet-black hair parted in the middle .
money
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Whether these compromises are acceptable or not will be up to those of us parting with our money !
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Under that compulsion they parted with their money .
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If you're dealing with an overseas provider, look into how it is regulated before you part with any money .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fool and his money are soon parted
a parting kiss/gift/glance etc
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And every couple receives a case of Lygon Arms' dry white wine or claret as a parting gift.
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Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.
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They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.
bolt-on part/component/extra
discretion is the better part of valour
for the most part
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Ethnic minorities have struggled to retain their cultural identity, and have for the most part succeeded.
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For the most part, people seemed pretty friendly.
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For the most part, she's a fair person.
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The cell chemistry of these insects is, for the most part, poorly understood.
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You can get good deals there, for the most part
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An engaging blend of poetic characterization and deductive reasoning, it was delivered for the most part in a weary monotone.
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But for the most part he was a normal teenager who looked with confidence to the world soon to open to him.
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Discussion on the petition in Congress was heated and for the most part illogical.
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However, they soon comprised, for the most part, Roma children who were denied access to mainstream education.
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It had been a year of hardship and self-doubt, but for the most part the new managers had persevered.
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The concepts and practices of applied entomology for the most part date from that Stone Age of science.
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Various recommendations were advanced for making changes in the operational plan, but for the most part they got nowhere.
greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts
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Or is the organisation more than the sum of its parts?
in large part/measure
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Alvin had always made it plain that his company existed in large part to provide work for black dancers.
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As it turns out, the fears that govern such organizations derive in large part from invalid or negative core beliefs.
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My conception of postmodernist de-differentiation via an aesthetics of desire was also in large part dependent on Lyotard's work.
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Realism is now out of fashion, in large part as a consequence of those silly semantic claims.
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This continuity can be explained in large part by the nature of the superstructure.
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This is due in large part to the national officers and to yourselves and your colleagues.
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Whether the high jumper can requalify against stiff competition depends in large part upon the other big change: her takeoff.
part-timer/full-timer
parting of the ways
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They did not say whether Smith was fired, but called it an "amicable parting of the ways."
▪
Anyway, Riley, this is the parting of the ways; and you know something?
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I fear we are at a parting of the ways.
▪
It was also easier to get new sales jobs after a parting of the ways.
▪
Much of what I have said tonight points towards a parting of the ways.
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Then it was the parting of the ways.
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This parting of the ways is of the most profound importance.
▪
Was this a more than merely temporary parting of the ways?
parting shot
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As Eve was leaving, she couldn't resist a parting shot at Brian: "I never loved you anyway!"
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As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation, your parting shot needs to be powerful.
▪
Gilliland, however, had a parting shot to fire in his paper in Astrophysical Journal.
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He left with a parting shot at Supervisor Mike Boyd.
▪
He was strong enough now to attribute the man's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice.
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It's no coincidence that it originated in Moscow - this was the Communist old guard's parting shot.
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The ultimate parting shot from an ungrateful aircraft that had enjoyed every care and attention.
supporting part/role/actor etc
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At a crucial moment, the United States played an important supporting role.
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Benicio Del Toro won the best supporting actor prize for Traffic.
▪
But the chief joy despite several eye-catching supporting roles remains watching Courtenay milk the script for all its worth.
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He felt the other two were satisfied to play supporting roles to Gedge and to a lesser extent, himself.
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Hopper won a supporting role in that film too.
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Its most unarguable successes are in the main supporting roles.
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The meats are unfailingly tender and flavorful, and the stuffed tomatoes deserve a Tony Award for best supporting actor.
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The three supporting roles are all superbly played.
working parts
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He had, Edouard saw, a technical mind, and loved to see how working parts fitted together.
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It still retains all its working parts and would require only minimum repairs to put it into full working order.
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The working parts of a digital watch.
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The neo-biological approach is to assemble software from working parts, while continuously testing and correcting the software as it grows.
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They do not, at least by biological standards, have intricate working parts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Jen's black hair was parted down the middle.
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Joe parted the curtains and the sunlight came flooding in.
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Sharon and I parted on friendly terms.
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She parted the branches with her hands as she moved further into the forest.
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She hoped that she and Jonathan would never part .
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The crowd parted as Governor Langley walked to the stage.
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They parted in a fairly amicable way.
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Very gently, he parted the front of her robe.
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With a brief hug, they parted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few minutes later she parted from him and, weathering a few pleasant glances, went back to her office.
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Between the pathologists and police communication was intermittent, for they were parted by more than space.
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He lay back and she stretched her body over his, leaning to his mouth and parting his lips with her tongue.
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Then she kissed me to show me that we had to part .
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They knocked against linked bodies, which parted to let them pass.
III. adverb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fool and his money are soon parted
a parting kiss/gift/glance etc
▪
And every couple receives a case of Lygon Arms' dry white wine or claret as a parting gift.
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Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.
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They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.
bolt-on part/component/extra
discretion is the better part of valour
for the most part
▪
Ethnic minorities have struggled to retain their cultural identity, and have for the most part succeeded.
▪
For the most part, people seemed pretty friendly.
▪
For the most part, she's a fair person.
▪
The cell chemistry of these insects is, for the most part, poorly understood.
▪
You can get good deals there, for the most part
▪
An engaging blend of poetic characterization and deductive reasoning, it was delivered for the most part in a weary monotone.
▪
But for the most part he was a normal teenager who looked with confidence to the world soon to open to him.
▪
Discussion on the petition in Congress was heated and for the most part illogical.
▪
However, they soon comprised, for the most part, Roma children who were denied access to mainstream education.
▪
It had been a year of hardship and self-doubt, but for the most part the new managers had persevered.
▪
The concepts and practices of applied entomology for the most part date from that Stone Age of science.
▪
Various recommendations were advanced for making changes in the operational plan, but for the most part they got nowhere.
greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts
▪
Or is the organisation more than the sum of its parts?
in large part/measure
▪
Alvin had always made it plain that his company existed in large part to provide work for black dancers.
▪
As it turns out, the fears that govern such organizations derive in large part from invalid or negative core beliefs.
▪
My conception of postmodernist de-differentiation via an aesthetics of desire was also in large part dependent on Lyotard's work.
▪
Realism is now out of fashion, in large part as a consequence of those silly semantic claims.
▪
This continuity can be explained in large part by the nature of the superstructure.
▪
This is due in large part to the national officers and to yourselves and your colleagues.
▪
Whether the high jumper can requalify against stiff competition depends in large part upon the other big change: her takeoff.
part-timer/full-timer
parting of the ways
▪
They did not say whether Smith was fired, but called it an "amicable parting of the ways."
▪
Anyway, Riley, this is the parting of the ways; and you know something?
▪
I fear we are at a parting of the ways.
▪
It was also easier to get new sales jobs after a parting of the ways.
▪
Much of what I have said tonight points towards a parting of the ways.
▪
Then it was the parting of the ways.
▪
This parting of the ways is of the most profound importance.
▪
Was this a more than merely temporary parting of the ways?
parting shot
▪
As Eve was leaving, she couldn't resist a parting shot at Brian: "I never loved you anyway!"
▪
As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation, your parting shot needs to be powerful.
▪
Gilliland, however, had a parting shot to fire in his paper in Astrophysical Journal.
▪
He left with a parting shot at Supervisor Mike Boyd.
▪
He was strong enough now to attribute the man's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice.
▪
It's no coincidence that it originated in Moscow - this was the Communist old guard's parting shot.
▪
The ultimate parting shot from an ungrateful aircraft that had enjoyed every care and attention.
play a part/role
▪
Although the budget committees guide Congress's actions on spending, every committee plays a role.
▪
Hart clearly played a role in the decision to change admission standards.
▪
Men now play a larger part in looking after their children.
▪
Our goal is to make sure everyone plays a part and shares in the credit.
▪
Schneider played a key role in getting the organization started.
▪
The most effective learning occurs when the child is allowed to play a more active role in the learning process.
▪
The Secretary of State played a leading role in the government's successful foreign policy.
▪
Together with the police everyone can play a part in improving the security of their neighborhood.
▪
But big-city gangsters also play a part.
▪
By speaking out about envy between women, comedy can play a part in helping us to heal it in ourselves.
▪
He was six now and understood that I had played a role in his parents separation.
▪
Luck has to play a part in it.
▪
Sure, the Pentium chip plays a part, but other components provide the big difference.
▪
The New Man rejects traditional roles of parenthood and likes to play a part in decision-making.
▪
The researchers said more investigation was needed into whether vaccinations or pesticides played a part.
▪
Therefore, both over-confidence and under-confidence may play a part in creating an environment in which accidents happen more readily.
supporting part/role/actor etc
▪
At a crucial moment, the United States played an important supporting role.
▪
Benicio Del Toro won the best supporting actor prize for Traffic.
▪
But the chief joy despite several eye-catching supporting roles remains watching Courtenay milk the script for all its worth.
▪
He felt the other two were satisfied to play supporting roles to Gedge and to a lesser extent, himself.
▪
Hopper won a supporting role in that film too.
▪
Its most unarguable successes are in the main supporting roles.
▪
The meats are unfailingly tender and flavorful, and the stuffed tomatoes deserve a Tony Award for best supporting actor.
▪
The three supporting roles are all superbly played.
working parts
▪
He had, Edouard saw, a technical mind, and loved to see how working parts fitted together.
▪
It still retains all its working parts and would require only minimum repairs to put it into full working order.
▪
The working parts of a digital watch.
▪
The neo-biological approach is to assemble software from working parts, while continuously testing and correcting the software as it grows.
▪
They do not, at least by biological standards, have intricate working parts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
In a book that is part memoir and part sociological study, Wolf writes about the agonizing job girls face becoming women.
▪
Taking a cooking bowl from the side he part filled it from the water jar and set it down on the ring.
▪
The refusal seems part economic, part philosophic.
IV. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fool and his money are soon parted
discretion is the better part of valour
for the most part
▪
Ethnic minorities have struggled to retain their cultural identity, and have for the most part succeeded.
▪
For the most part, people seemed pretty friendly.
▪
For the most part, she's a fair person.
▪
The cell chemistry of these insects is, for the most part, poorly understood.
▪
You can get good deals there, for the most part
▪
An engaging blend of poetic characterization and deductive reasoning, it was delivered for the most part in a weary monotone.
▪
But for the most part he was a normal teenager who looked with confidence to the world soon to open to him.
▪
Discussion on the petition in Congress was heated and for the most part illogical.
▪
However, they soon comprised, for the most part, Roma children who were denied access to mainstream education.
▪
It had been a year of hardship and self-doubt, but for the most part the new managers had persevered.
▪
The concepts and practices of applied entomology for the most part date from that Stone Age of science.
▪
Various recommendations were advanced for making changes in the operational plan, but for the most part they got nowhere.
greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts
▪
Or is the organisation more than the sum of its parts?
part-timer/full-timer
parting of the ways
▪
They did not say whether Smith was fired, but called it an "amicable parting of the ways."
▪
Anyway, Riley, this is the parting of the ways; and you know something?
▪
I fear we are at a parting of the ways.
▪
It was also easier to get new sales jobs after a parting of the ways.
▪
Much of what I have said tonight points towards a parting of the ways.
▪
Then it was the parting of the ways.
▪
This parting of the ways is of the most profound importance.
▪
Was this a more than merely temporary parting of the ways?
play a part/role
▪
Although the budget committees guide Congress's actions on spending, every committee plays a role.
▪
Hart clearly played a role in the decision to change admission standards.
▪
Men now play a larger part in looking after their children.
▪
Our goal is to make sure everyone plays a part and shares in the credit.
▪
Schneider played a key role in getting the organization started.
▪
The most effective learning occurs when the child is allowed to play a more active role in the learning process.
▪
The Secretary of State played a leading role in the government's successful foreign policy.
▪
Together with the police everyone can play a part in improving the security of their neighborhood.
▪
But big-city gangsters also play a part.
▪
By speaking out about envy between women, comedy can play a part in helping us to heal it in ourselves.
▪
He was six now and understood that I had played a role in his parents separation.
▪
Luck has to play a part in it.
▪
Sure, the Pentium chip plays a part, but other components provide the big difference.
▪
The New Man rejects traditional roles of parenthood and likes to play a part in decision-making.
▪
The researchers said more investigation was needed into whether vaccinations or pesticides played a part.
▪
Therefore, both over-confidence and under-confidence may play a part in creating an environment in which accidents happen more readily.