I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
morning-after pill
pep pill
poison pill
sleeping pill
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bitter
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The traditionalist camp has had to swallow some bitter pills .
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Its failure to comfort is just another bitter pill .
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Lamb and Botham had to swallow the very bitter pill of being dropped.
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We were in such a state we decided to swallow what seemed the bitter pill of Thatcherism.
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And we can speak up to tell them that bitter pills are indigestible.
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It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday.
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It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.
contraceptive
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Only women who are not breastfeeding and not taking the contraceptive pill are eligible.
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They also show a protective effect of pregnancy and current use of the contraceptive pill .
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There are several kinds of contraceptive pills available, and they act in slightly different ways.
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Use of the oral contraceptive pill was associated with a small increase in risk that was limited to current users.
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It's already known that women who take the contraceptive pill are much less likely to develop it.
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The contraceptive pill is also a contributing factor.
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At around the same time the advent of the contraceptive pill gave women freedom from the fear of pregnancy.
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It is therefore important that women of all ages who take the contraceptive pill should not smoke.
sleeping
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My Mom took a job as a nursing orderly in a mental hospital where sleeping pills and tranquillisers were easily obtainable.
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I tell her I am tired and giddy from last night's sleeping pill .
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She was unconscious because she had taken some sleeping pills .
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Maria Teresa: Don't forget the sleeping pills .
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Nigel was given a sleeping pill and some cocoa before he went to bed.
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After some weeks, instead of taking a sleeping pill she decided to lie awake and feel what her body was telling her.
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The jetset hostess was a hypochondriac who could not manage without sleeping pills .
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Claudia dived into her pocket, dropped the sleeping pills into the mug, stirred swiftly and rapidly switched the mugs round.
■ NOUN
abortion
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When Bush came to the Oval Office, the abortion pill had been approved for the market.
control
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No-one feels so strongly against abortion at any stage that they picket the factories where birth control pills are produced.
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They include birth control pills , other ovulation suppressors and long-acting hormones.
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Like clockwork, she goes to the local health clinic every third month for three new cycles of free birth control pills .
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Birth Control Pills and Headache Headaches may rarely occur as a side effect of birth control pills .
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Birth control pills may cause or aggravate vascular headaches as well as predispose the patient to cerebral venous or arterial occlusions.
diet
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Time to write a poem, go for a swim, take diet pills .
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Why is it being treated differently than diet pills ?
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It was the last time she was going to take diet pills before a race, that was for sure.
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For many years, most respectable doctors shunned the use of diet pills .
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So far, clients at these programs seem pleased to be able to get prescriptions for diet pills at their local mall.
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Pamela Bradley had taken about six times the recommended dose of diet pills containing the herb ephedra.
poison
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And a firm's environmental history has emerged as another potential poison pill no-one wants to swallow.
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On Wednesday, they threatened to withdraw support for a minimum wage boost if the so-called poison pill amendment passed.
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There were white knights and poison pills , Pac-Man defences and unbundling.
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Most notably, it bans firms from frustrating a bidder by crippling themselves with debt or swallowing poison pills .
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Mackenzie put a poison pill into place, which gave the company 60 days to find another suitor.
vitamin
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There were Cotton clubs, Cotton gloves, even vitamin pills endorsed by Cotton.
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Hundreds of children are taken to hospital after swallowing vitamin pills , often because they mistake them for sweets.
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The sky is now spotted with a scattered selection of bright dots like children's vitamin pills .
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He and I used to sail together to the Spice Islands to trade in vitamin pills and conch shells.
■ VERB
give
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Nigel was given a sleeping pill and some cocoa before he went to bed.
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When the body develops tolerance to a prescribed pill , some people ask their physicians to give them a different pill.
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At the first hospital visit, the woman is given a mifepristone pill .
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To answer your question: yes, I gave Alistair the pills .
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The doctor had been in and given her some sleeping pills .
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But surely Ben could have given the child a pill ?
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They gave her pills which kept the world at a distance, muted things, let her dream.
pop
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The producers must be popping pills too.
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But when coach is a financial necessity, read a few books, enjoy the movies and pop some sleeping pills .
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But the judges must have been popping the same pills as Martin Fowler.
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The post-exposure prevention offered through the research protocol entails more than merely popping a few pills the morning after.
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Zen popped two motion-sickness pills out of their plastic nests and put them in his mouth.
prescribe
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The doctor advised rest and quiet and prescribed some red pills .
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When I continued to demur, he promised to prescribe only five pills , one for each of the next five nights.
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The doctors prescribed all kinds of pills .
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Next day the doctor prescribed small yellow pills for vertigo.
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When the morning after is Sunday: pharmacist prescribing of emergency contraceptive pills .
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When the body develops tolerance to a prescribed pill , some people ask their physicians to give them a different pill.
sleep
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I've got anti-depressants and some sleeping pills .
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Obviously, sleeping pills are not harmless; they are drugs that require caution and care in use.
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I took sleeping pills for the first month and then tried hypnotherapy to cure it.
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As the next section points out, sleeping pills never cure InsomnIa.
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Peter committed suicide the next day with an overdose of sleeping pills .
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You may wonder why sleeping pills and tranquilizers are on a list of drugs that can cause insomnia.
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Sleep apnea and its effect on sleep are sometimes exacerbated by the use of alcohol, sleeping pills , and obesity.
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Not only do sleeping pills impair the function of sleep, they also affect the way you feel the next day.
stop
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I could just stop taking my pill and lot him think it was an accident.
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Once the transient sleep problem has passed, stop taking the sleeping pills .
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Reasons for stopping the pill seemed unremarkable.
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Even though the medication may have lost its initial beneficial effects, they believe they can not stop taking the pill .
swallow
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The traditionalist camp has had to swallow some bitter pills .
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The other half will swallow harmless sugar pills .
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Lamb and Botham had to swallow the very bitter pill of being dropped.
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Until then - don't swallow them pills .
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Hundreds of children are taken to hospital after swallowing vitamin pills , often because they mistake them for sweets.
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She watched him swallow a red pill and then a yellow and black one.
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Many users swallow the pills even before arriving.
take
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He took a pill from his pocket, and popped it into his mouth.
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Pretty soon you get patients who are no longer taking pills ..
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Only women who are not breastfeeding and not taking the contraceptive pill are eligible.
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Once the transient sleep problem has passed, stop taking the sleeping pills .
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Joan wept and at first refused to take the pills , but after much persuasion and then pleading, she agreed.
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Q.. For several years my wife and I have been taking beta-carotene pills in an effort to prevent heart disease.
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Time to write a poem, go for a swim, take diet pills .
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Or do you go through a rigmarole of inserting diaphragms or taking pills ?
use
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An audit of unplanned pregnancies seen in one practice also emphasised the need for great care in counselling people using the pill .
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He still is, except now he uses pills .
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Healers who use their hands rather than pills and potions are still treated with scepticism.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bitter pill (to swallow)
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Losing the business was a bitter pill to swallow.
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It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday.
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It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.
knockout pills/drops etc
pop pills
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The producers must be popping pills too.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hannah's being a real pill today.
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I took a couple of pills for my stuffy nose.
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sleeping pills
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Council officials had said earlier the pill would be on the market by mid-1997.
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Do not accept pills or medicines from anyone but your own doctor or the doctor at the clinic.
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Healers who use their hands rather than pills and potions are still treated with scepticism.
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Not only do sleeping pills impair the function of sleep, they also affect the way you feel the next day.
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Taking pills or powders for headaches and stomach upsets is only adding to your system's toxicity.
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The therapy requires dozens of pills a day and to stop even for a short time allows the virus to rebound.
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There are several kinds of contraceptive pills available, and they act in slightly different ways.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bitter pill (to swallow)
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Losing the business was a bitter pill to swallow.
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It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday.
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It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.
knockout pills/drops etc