I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a birthday party
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Can you come to my birthday party next Saturday?
a Christmas party (= a party held around Christmas )
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What are you wearing for the Christmas party?
a coach party (= a group of people who travel by coach )
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We’re organizing a coach party to the theatre.
a coalition party
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The treaty required the backing of both governing coalition parties.
a dinner party (= when someone's friends are invited for a special evening meal )
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We are having a dinner party on Saturday.
a group/party of tourists
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The guide was talking to a party of tourists.
a holiday/party/festive mood (= a happy mood in which you want to enjoy a holiday or party )
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The fans were in a festive mood after their team won the championship.
a party conference (= for a particular political party )
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the Labour party conference
a party dress (= for parties )
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I need a new party dress for Christmas.
a party game
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What's your favourite party game?
a party leader
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Brown was quickly chosen as the party leader.
a party political broadcast (= a short television advertisement made by a political party )
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How are party political broadcasts funded?
a party/wedding invitation
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He had a wedding invitation from Rob and Jen.
a political party
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I am not a member of any political party.
a surprise party
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His friends had planned a surprise party for him.
bachelor party
block party
bridal party
cocktail party
dinner party
drinks party
fancy-dress party
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an invitation to a fancy-dress party
follow/toe the party line (= to support the official opinion )
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He refused to toe the party line.
garden party
giving a...party
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We’re giving a small party for dad’s birthday next week.
gym/union/party etc membership (= membership of a particular group )
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How much do you pay for your gym membership?
hen party
house party
house-warming party
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a house-warming party
impromptu speech/party/meeting etc
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The band gave an impromptu concert.
lawn party
office party
party animal
party favor
party line
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He refused to toe the party line.
party piece
party policy
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State ownership is party policy.
party political broadcast
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a party political broadcast on television
party political
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a party political broadcast on television
party politics (= trying to make your party successful )
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He believes that party politics has no place in local government.
party politics
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The decision was influenced by party politics.
party pooper
party propaganda
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Public money should not be used to produce party propaganda.
party wall
party/political loyalty
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Most of the people seem to vote according to party loyalty.
raiding party (= a group taking part in an attack )
search party
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Let’s get going or they’ll send out a search party .
send out...search party
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Let’s get going or they’ll send out a search party .
shooting party
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The shooting party set off shortly before dawn.
slumber party
stag party
tailgate party
tea party
the majority party (= the party with the most seats in a parliament )
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At that time, Labour was the majority party in Parliament.
the party faithful
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Hess still has the support of the party faithful .
the party line (= the official opinion of a political party )
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He found it hard to accept the party line on every issue.
the people’s party/army etc (= belonging to or popular with the ordinary people )
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the People’s Liberation Army
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Diana – the people’s princess
theme party
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a Wild West theme party
third party
third party
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Does third party insurance cover pay for this type of damage?
Tupperware party
warring factions/parties (= groups of people fighting each other )
wear sth to a party/a dance/an interview etc
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I’m wearing a scarlet dress to the party.
welcoming committee/party
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I was met by a welcoming committee.
working party
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
communist
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In 1946, during his student years, he joined the Communist party .
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The struggle has been between the Czech people and the security apparatus behind the Communist party .
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Politically, power drifted toward the security services ... while the inner life of the Communist parties petrified.
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They were turning towards Marxism, often of a neo-Trotskyist variety, and almost never via the Labour or Communist parties .
conservative
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That achievement represents a larger share of a larger national product and the Conservative party can be extremely proud of it.
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The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties both recently announced their Net plans for the nation.
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After the 1945 election more than a quarter of the Conservative parliamentary party had been at Eton.
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If the strictures of the Conservative party against the implications of socialism were implemented, there would be no housing benefit.
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The Conservative and Unionist party will fight the next general election as the party of the Union.
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That is another reason why, for the sake of our economy, we must stick with the Conservative party .
democratic
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Led by the Social Democratic party of the prime minister, Ivica Racan, it only came to power 18 months ago.
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The ruling party won 103 mayorships, the leftist Democratic Revolution party took 59, and center-right National Action won 39.
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The Democratic party has won the presidency only once out of the last six elections since 1964.
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The leadership of the Democratic party was anxious for him to declare his intentions about running for the second term.
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Such behaviour is not suited to a democratic socialist party of the 1990s.
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In other words, he was opposed to the policies of both the Democratic and Republican parties .
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Nader advanced a variety of conflicting predictions for the Democratic party over the course of an hour.
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A unified Democratic party versus an ideologically split Republican party.
interested
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To find out we asked a number of interested parties for their own budget proposals.
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An international organisation or specialised agency may also be an interested third party to a non-constitutive treaty between States.
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Potentially, this is the simplest, most effective form of daily communication between pilots, authorities and other interested parties ever.
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As far as we are aware, at present, this title has been agreed by all interested parties .
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Almost 1500 copies were despatched, ensuring that the proposals reached as many interested parties as possible.
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I have photos if any interested party would care to have a preview.
labour
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The Labour party is certainly in opposition now.
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But since the Labour party is nonsexist, clearly we were mistaken.
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Which is the true view of the Labour party ?
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Since 1987 the Labour party has undergone considerable changes in both policies and organisation.
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I only wish that the Labour party had the same openness of mind.
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If he were here, it would be interesting to know how that deficit would be reflected in Labour party policy.
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However, I welcome without any difficulty the progression in Labour party thinking from a first-past-the-post system to a system of proportionality.
main
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Backing for the main opposition party surged in some parts of the country.
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The respondents were asked to pick statements that described the supporters of the main political parties in their countries.
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Both the main parties were split with Labour more favourable to television than the Conservatives.
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Labour is much the stronger of the two main opposition parties .
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As for wartime political activity, this was naturally inhibited for all the main parties by the electoral truce.
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They reasoned that, if neither main party won a commanding majority, both would have a stake in negotiating rather than fighting.
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Meanwhile the main search party was still at Cushendall, searching each house and property.
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They indicated that both of the main political parties had reached a similar conclusion.
major
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Every major political party was faced with offering solutions to these problems and governments were measured by the effectiveness of their actions.
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She was the first black woman to make a keynote address to the national convention of a major political party .
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The document left many questions unanswered and when it was not endorsed by any major party figure it slid into oblivion.
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The Czech Republic, for example, has now reduced its party system to eight major parties.
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If there is any net switching, which major party would benefit?
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Political consistency, however, has never been mandatory in either major party .
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Whatever the fortunes of the major political parties , it is likely that managers will be coping with rapid change.
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Two-Party Systems A two-party system is characterized by the alternation in governmental power of two major political parties .
national
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The candidates of the main parties are selected locally, though the national party in each case retains some veto power.
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The core activists in both the local groups and the national party tend to be radical in their politics.
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Hence the relationship between members of the Congress and their local electorate is much less affected by national party considerations.
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People find a purity in them which they do not find in secular, national parties .
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The records of local Labour parties reveal that Labour's feverish organizational activities were not confined to the national party alone.
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The representatives from seventeen national parties at the Paris conference were quite plainly non-attenders in the established church of politics.
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For as much as I reject the demo mentality, I also despair at the apolitical bipartisanship of our national mainstream parties .
new
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Many of the new parties also made calls for further political reforms.
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Many Protestant Unionists also had doubts about the new party .
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Among those tipped to become the new party chief is Mr Wolfgang Berghofer, Dresden's reformist mayor.
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It has the advantage of being a new party , and is forecast to have 15 % of the intended vote.
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Outhwaite names' champion Peter Nutting is to head a new working party to co-ordinate syndicate action groups.
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In California there was nothing new about enfeebled parties .
political
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As President, Özal refused to consider an immediate suspension of the constitutional ban on political parties .
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Even if an individual does not have strong party identification, political parties can be an important source of political knowledge.
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By law, political parties could be banned only by a court decision, which had not been received.
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Party systems are generally classified according to the number of political parties and the interactions among the parties in the governing process.
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A new constitution was adopted transforming a loose federation of affiliated organisations into a centralised national political party .
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Existing political parties were banned, and a period of military rule followed.
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Existing political parties were banned; after a period of military rule a single-party system was established in 1969.
republican
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And in Dusseldorf police said a member of the Republican party suffered a heart attack after being beaten up by demonstrators.
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Those ideas may not have been original, but they helped move the Democratic and Republican parties toward changes in the system.
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But it was hardly the end of his troubles or of debate about his future as a leader of the Republican party .
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In other words, he was opposed to the policies of both the Democratic and Republican parties .
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Powell spoke hours after the right wing of the Republican party began to unify behind Dole.
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Interest groups have always been with us, but they used to operate within coalitions called the Democratic and Republican parties .
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A unified Democratic party versus an ideologically split Republican party.
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The Republican party has traditionally been a staunch champion of the vested interests, and it still is.
ruling
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Rarely has division within a ruling party been so bitter.
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The close integration of labour with the ruling party means that labour has no independent base.
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Her arrest was attributed to her village leader's opposition to the state ruling party .
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But the ruling party's congress last month promised to establish a multi-party democracy.
small
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True, it keeps out small parties .
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The group of smaller Catholic parties allied with Berlusconi hold 34 seats.
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In 1988 it allowed thirteen very small parties to secure 41 of the Knesset's 120 seats.
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This was followed by weeks of bargaining with the smaller parties over ministerial posts and policies.
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It's known there was a small party in the house last night.
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If a small party is under-represented, it follows that some bigger party or parties will be over-represented.
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The real business gets done at working lunches and small dinner parties .
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It would be dominated by Swapo, and two minor deputy cabinet minister posts would be given to small opposition parties .
tory
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The Tory party used cash and back channels and foreign donations to influence elections and change laws.
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It brings out the old policies of Enoch Powell way back and there are still a few Powellites in the Tory party .
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In theory, the Tory constituency parties could come to the rescue.
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Mr. Enright I nearly called him the chairman of the Tory party - I apologise.
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Many Tory party cheer-leaders boast that there has been a cultural revolution.
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Their relationship to the officially recognised Liberal, Labour and Tory parties has been close.
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The Tory party has not said that it would ensure that rural areas do not suffer disproportionately as a result.
working
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Ernest Marples, Macmillan's Transport Minister, appointed two working parties to find solutions.
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Networking A development which seems likely to bear fruit was the creation of a working party from within the panel.
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A working party established under will publish its report shortly.
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An Institute working party was charged with updating the guidelines.
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A joint EC-ACP committee would be set up to discuss co-operation on international commodity agreements and specialized working parties .
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Sometimes it merits a separate sub-group or working party of its own.
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The working party , chaired by James Morgan, studied crime prevention programmes.
■ NOUN
birthday
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So this was what a birthday party was like.
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After Jasper died, Abigail told me what he said to her at a birthday party he gave me.
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Diana enjoyed herself enormously at the birthday party not least because it brought her sister down a peg or two.
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I went to school and each year I had a birthday party .
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Just a few weeks ago, Sefton was enjoying his thirtieth birthday party .
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I remember that my aunts thereafter decided that only cousins could come to our birthday parties .
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Von Steinholz had been drunk at his birthday party two hours earlier.
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But there was little time to do more than plan a very small birthday party in 1988.
cocktail
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The technical supremo is Caroline Fawcett-Inne whose previous experience was organising a cocktail party in a punt one May Week.
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Stella Adler had called to invite Alvin to a cocktail party .
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It was at a cocktail party in the prestigious Monomatapa Hotel.
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Dearest Timothy Miss Addison had a cocktail party , as she calls it, for four cats in the building.
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Paula always held open-house cocktail parties on Tuesdays and Fridays, and if you were a friend, no invitations were required.
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But the big scene happens at a cocktail party in the home of a famous plastic surgeon.
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The sort who bore you at cocktail parties .
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I want to get to the cocktail party when some of the other guests already are leaving.
dinner
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It was the second weekend after the dinner party .
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The weekly dinner parties , the teas and lunches ceased.
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In the past, she had played hostess at dinner parties there.
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A recent large dinner party for Sen.
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I lay in my room like a dead body and I listened to Elizabeth thinking about her dinner party .
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Then I came back here to change, before I joined my wife at a dinner party .
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At dinner parties , people were so busy chewing there was scarcely time for conversation.
leader
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It is not impossible, in this highly charged atmosphere, that the party leader will be replaced by the weekend.
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Estes Kefauver by party leaders , with Harry Truman at their helm.
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No Socialist bastion remained intact, no government minister or party leader unthreatened.
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The Kansan is the longest-serving party leader in Senate history.
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The former party leader and foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, became effective head of state in March 1992.
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But party leaders have continued to anoint candidates in important local races.
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What was left of their election reporting consisted of brief clips from the itineraries of the party leaders .
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That selection will be confirmed when party leaders gather in Washington next week.
member
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One soldier even hid from Yakovlev the fact that he was a party member .
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After the convention, party members will vote by mail and electronically to pick the nominee.
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Political activism of party members also varies over time.
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He has dumped several party members for violating his personal moral standards.
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The 367 congress delegates represented over 60,000 party members .
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All deputies were either party members or carefully vetted non-party people.
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Ex-Labour party member , Liverpool 9.
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I have discovered a dress code among Labour party members .
opposition
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It is also true that the two main Opposition parties have energy policies which are flatly contradicted by their environmental policies.
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In Britain, the opposition party is guaranteed control of a specified amount of time during legislative sessions.
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In addition there are 23 smaller opposition parties .
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When legislative elections were held in 1990 under domestic and international pressure, the opposition party won 392 of 485 contested seats.
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By Christmas all three main opposition parties had dissolved themselves.
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The birth takes place under threatening skies. Opposition parties are boycotting the vote.
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Called by the five main opposition parties and by trade unions, the protest took place with government consent.
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In addition there are a number of banned opposition parties operating either underground or in exile.
politics
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It was not until 1973 that he gave up party politics for good.
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There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.
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Observers suggested that the election reflected widespread disillusionment with traditional party politics .
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The Judicature Society reported that half of the male federal judges were active in party politics before their election to the bench.
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Their loyalty was therefore to some profounder vision of Britain than that expressed in mere party politics .
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This is not a matter of party politics or personalities or policies or even principles.
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The Treasury saw financial control as being concerned with sound finance and above party politics .
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Whoever bears the responsibility, the domination of local government by party politics is now almost complete.
tea
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Plainly they had interrupted a mourning tea party .
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Girls practiced proper behavior, or etiquette, at tea parties .
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They are having a tea party .
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The book describes how to give a tea party .
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Other opportunities Tea parties - birthday parties in particular.
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I think you should let me throw you a little tea party or something.
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Preparation work stopped one day for a tea party .
■ VERB
throw
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He threw out no sounding parties too weak to guarantee their own safety, and he lost none of them.
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I guess the modern equivalent of the actual party would be that Reform joke Ross Perot threw together.
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He threw a small private party at the Turnberry Hotel and he invited me.
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In 1982 Tom celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as a Jesuit, and the parish threw him a party .
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Can we throw a party or what?
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With the birth of his firstborn son, the nobleman had thrown an elaborate party for hundreds of guests.
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AT&T is going to throw a party to end all parties at Uniforum next month.
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We could also throw vast parties there.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
advance party/team
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Dawson felt as if he were the advance party for a dawn raid.
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Fields was wearing a set of the new jungle fatigues and boots that the advance party had picked up for him.
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Henkel made the change-and that resulted in an unusual problem for the advance team.
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I had flown out to Novosibirsk with the advance party at the beginning of September.
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In this they had the enthusiastic collaboration of professional media advance teams from both governments.
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One of Isambard's advance party, and by the cut of him a man of importance.
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Our advance party had done a big job.
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Some advance party with orders in preparation for Isambard's reception.
along religious/ethnic/party etc lines
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In Moldavia there was a marked division of voting along ethnic lines .
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In the specific conditions of post-colonial underdevelopment it is not unusual to find conflict within the bourgeoisie working along ethnic lines .
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It comes as no surprise that the caricatures are extended along ethnic lines .
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On Capitol Hill, reactions to Bush's proposals fell predictably along party lines .
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The committee voted 21-16, along party lines , to empower Burton.
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The Council, said the author, should not be reported as if it was divided along party lines .
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The vote was 35 to 24, almost strictly along party lines .
be no tea party
breakaway group/party/movement
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De Rossa said that his breakaway group would form a new democratic socialist party.
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Members of a breakaway group who blocked traffic in University Square the same evening were forcibly dispersed by police.
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Nor were there frustrated breakaway movements from a handful of top clubs.
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Thus the breakaway group, organizing its own exhibition, was an obvious initiative.
drunken party/orgy/brawl etc
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Robyn had two casual heterosexual encounters at this time, both one-night stands after rather drunken parties, both unsatisfactory.
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They are extremely handsome and sensual, and glory in a drunken brawl.
farewell party/dinner/drink etc
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A celebration, a farewell party.
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Kate's local women's group gives her a farewell party of disapproval veiled by loyalty.
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On 8 August 1952 he and Joan gave a farewell party to Cambridge friends.
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She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.
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The farewell dinner is at the historic Abbey Tavern, located in the fishing village of Howth.
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Worse awaited the Vietminh leader two evenings later, at a farewell dinner organized by Zhou.
interested party/group
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All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting.
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Almost 1500 copies were despatched, ensuring that the proposals reached as many interested parties as possible.
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At the other end of the political spectrum, some left-leaning think tanks take money from interested parties.
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Costs and expenses Article 12 of the Convention specifies that costs and other expenses must be borne by the interested parties.
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Every effort will be made to accommodate requests to provide all interested parties with the same information.
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Information memoranda should not be sent to interested parties until a signed confidentiality letter has been received.
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Local authorities must also respond to requests for information from a variety of interested groups.
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That is increasingly being recognised by many interested parties.
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The Department of Education is inviting interested parties to submit comments on the new support arrangements by October 31.
make the meeting/the party/Tuesday etc
the guilty party
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And they'd find the guilty party: a giveaway print of designer lipstick mars the rim.
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Fines of up to 10 percent of the worldwide turnover of the guilty parties may be imposed.
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How dared he act as though she were the guilty party?
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Say they believed they had the guilty parties.
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Some critics might favour the pragmatic solution of convicting both, to ensure that the guilty party does not escape justice.
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The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties.
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The rest of the audience cranes its collective neck to spot the guilty party.
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Yet economic mismanagement at home will often be the guiltier party. % % Rrrrrrrrecession?
the injured party
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Alternatively, an illness may befall the injured party.
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As far as Nicolo was concerned, he was the injured party.
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These sums can then be varied over time to reflect changes consequent upon the damage caused to the injured party.
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This aspect of the Tynagh discovery was never reported in the press and litigation was not initiated by the injured parties.
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When her assailant spoke he sounded almost offended, which struck Rachel as strange since she appeared to be the injured party.
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When they arrived the woman began crying, behaving as the injured party.
the life and soul of the party
third party insurance/cover/policy
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Members of the scheme also benefit from a third party insurance, for a premium of £2 a year.
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With some landowners now looking towards insisting on third party cover for climbers, insurance is increasingly looking indispensable.
throw a party
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He threw a huge party to celebrate making his first million dollars.
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The German club is throwing a party this Friday night.
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The Krugers threw an impromptu cocktail party for him in the backyard.
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The staff and patients threw a going-away party for Dr Rogers.
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As Bruce Willis discovered the night he threw a party and the police turned up.
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AT&T is going to throw a party to end all parties at Uniforum next month.
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Can we throw a party or what?
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Earlier this year they threw a party and got their mates round to sample the goods.
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One evening, after the hospital was closed, the nurses threw a party.
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She threw parties and invited gossip columnists.
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They threw a party for me in the Tiger Hotel in uptown Columbia.
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Traditionally for some, that means throwing a party on the Feast of Candelaria, Feb. 2.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A party of Japanese businessmen will be visiting the factory next week.
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a birthday party
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a search party
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All party members will have the right to vote for the new leader.
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All the major political parties have given their support to this initiative.
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Both parties will meet again on Monday to discuss the contract.
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Did you go to Stella's party ?
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Foster, party of six, your table is ready.
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He first joined the Communist party when he was a student.
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How many people have they invited to the party ?
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I gave my first dinner party last weekend.
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I went to a cocktail party in the lobby of the Ritz once.
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John was taking a party of tourists around the museum.
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Office parties are fun if you're young, free, and single.
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Over a hundred children came to the annual Christmas party .
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The climbers did not return, and a search party was sent out to look for them.
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The President was followed around by a small party of journalists.
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The Republican Party now has a majority in Congress.
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the Republican Party
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We're having a party at my house. Do you want to come?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Does he agree that none of that would be the case if the Labour party was in charge?
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It is easy to dismiss them as the strategic outpourings of a new recruit trying to impress the party machine.
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It wasn't exactly an exciting party , but the vice squad knocked on the door.
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Save your energy at both dinner and luncheon parties.
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The hostess chose a color for dishes, linens, decorations and even food, which set the theme for the party .
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The money is frozen in the hands of a third party and not paid out to either side.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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When I went to bed at around two o'clock that night, everyone else was still out partying .
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Then, last June, she keeled over frothing at the mouth while out partying with pals in a London club.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
advance party/team
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Dawson felt as if he were the advance party for a dawn raid.
▪
Fields was wearing a set of the new jungle fatigues and boots that the advance party had picked up for him.
▪
Henkel made the change-and that resulted in an unusual problem for the advance team.
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I had flown out to Novosibirsk with the advance party at the beginning of September.
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In this they had the enthusiastic collaboration of professional media advance teams from both governments.
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One of Isambard's advance party, and by the cut of him a man of importance.
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Our advance party had done a big job.
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Some advance party with orders in preparation for Isambard's reception.
along religious/ethnic/party etc lines
▪
In Moldavia there was a marked division of voting along ethnic lines .
▪
In the specific conditions of post-colonial underdevelopment it is not unusual to find conflict within the bourgeoisie working along ethnic lines .
▪
It comes as no surprise that the caricatures are extended along ethnic lines .
▪
On Capitol Hill, reactions to Bush's proposals fell predictably along party lines .
▪
The committee voted 21-16, along party lines , to empower Burton.
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The Council, said the author, should not be reported as if it was divided along party lines .
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The vote was 35 to 24, almost strictly along party lines .
be no tea party
breakaway group/party/movement
▪
De Rossa said that his breakaway group would form a new democratic socialist party.
▪
Members of a breakaway group who blocked traffic in University Square the same evening were forcibly dispersed by police.
▪
Nor were there frustrated breakaway movements from a handful of top clubs.
▪
Thus the breakaway group, organizing its own exhibition, was an obvious initiative.
drunken party/orgy/brawl etc
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Robyn had two casual heterosexual encounters at this time, both one-night stands after rather drunken parties, both unsatisfactory.
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They are extremely handsome and sensual, and glory in a drunken brawl.
farewell party/dinner/drink etc
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A celebration, a farewell party.
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Kate's local women's group gives her a farewell party of disapproval veiled by loyalty.
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On 8 August 1952 he and Joan gave a farewell party to Cambridge friends.
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She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.
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The farewell dinner is at the historic Abbey Tavern, located in the fishing village of Howth.
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Worse awaited the Vietminh leader two evenings later, at a farewell dinner organized by Zhou.
interested party/group
▪
All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting.
▪
Almost 1500 copies were despatched, ensuring that the proposals reached as many interested parties as possible.
▪
At the other end of the political spectrum, some left-leaning think tanks take money from interested parties.
▪
Costs and expenses Article 12 of the Convention specifies that costs and other expenses must be borne by the interested parties.
▪
Every effort will be made to accommodate requests to provide all interested parties with the same information.
▪
Information memoranda should not be sent to interested parties until a signed confidentiality letter has been received.
▪
Local authorities must also respond to requests for information from a variety of interested groups.
▪
That is increasingly being recognised by many interested parties.
▪
The Department of Education is inviting interested parties to submit comments on the new support arrangements by October 31.
the guilty party
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And they'd find the guilty party: a giveaway print of designer lipstick mars the rim.
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Fines of up to 10 percent of the worldwide turnover of the guilty parties may be imposed.
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How dared he act as though she were the guilty party?
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Say they believed they had the guilty parties.
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Some critics might favour the pragmatic solution of convicting both, to ensure that the guilty party does not escape justice.
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The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties.
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The rest of the audience cranes its collective neck to spot the guilty party.
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Yet economic mismanagement at home will often be the guiltier party. % % Rrrrrrrrecession?
the injured party
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Alternatively, an illness may befall the injured party.
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As far as Nicolo was concerned, he was the injured party.
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These sums can then be varied over time to reflect changes consequent upon the damage caused to the injured party.
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This aspect of the Tynagh discovery was never reported in the press and litigation was not initiated by the injured parties.
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When her assailant spoke he sounded almost offended, which struck Rachel as strange since she appeared to be the injured party.
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When they arrived the woman began crying, behaving as the injured party.
the life and soul of the party
third party insurance/cover/policy
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Members of the scheme also benefit from a third party insurance, for a premium of £2 a year.
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With some landowners now looking towards insisting on third party cover for climbers, insurance is increasingly looking indispensable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I could party all night long!
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I just got paid and I'm ready to party .
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They partied till 7 in the morning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Be safe, stay home and let professionals handle the partying.
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On the other hand, she wants to party all the time.
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Prefontaine was legendary for his ability to sweat out the damage done by partying in grueling training runs the next day.