I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a soup bowl/plate
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Russell pushed his empty soup bowl away.
collection plate
fashion plate
home plate
license plate
number plate
plate glass (= big pieces of glass made in large thick sheets, used especially in shop windows )
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Vandals smashed a plate glass window.
plate glass
plate tectonics
silver plate
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a silver-plated candlestick
vanity plate
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clean
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The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose, and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate .
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All that your hosts ask is that you observe some simple decorum and take a clean plate each time.
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He watches her in the yard with her cloth and bucket, as she kneels to tackle the clean plates .
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Remove tire from machine and clean face plate ...
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Maybe because the routine of washing-up is basically enjoyable - hot water and clean plates at the end of it.
empty
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Louis sat listlessly in his place opposite his dead wife's high-backed chair and empty plate .
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He removes the empty plates and napkins and cups from the table and tosses them into the bag.
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When we had finished, Jacob took the empty plates away.
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The waiter removed their empty plates and brought huge portions of southern-fried chicken.
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The manservant came in, cleared the empty plates and brought a great bowlful of pears and hothouse peaches.
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He pushed the empty plate away from him and leaned his arms on the table.
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As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal.
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As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate .
gold
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Finishes range from a white polyester-coat stove-enamelled finish to chrome, brass and gold plate - to suit all tastes and purses.
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Net Set, available in matt black or 14K gold plate finish makes an ideal tennis gift.
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I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.
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Massive cupboards which covered an entire wall, all stuffed with silver and gold plate .
hot
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The fried bread surrounding the bacon in the hot plate was simply to create effect and mop up the excess fat.
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Beds, boxes, a table holding a hot plate and a refrigerator take up most of the space.
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Cut the slice in four and put it on to four hot plates .
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His home is a flimsy wooden shack in a Watts alley, with only a hot plate , table and bed.
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Place the steaks on a hot serving plate , pour over the sauce and garnish with mint.
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The two recesses on either side of the two-oven range contain a hot plate and a separate pastry oven.
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Polyethylene piping comes in 20-foot rolls and requires above-ground welding with a hot plate .
individual
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Serve on individual plates , garnished with lollo rosso and a wedge of lime.
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Arrange duck pieces on individual serving plates and spoon sauce over top.
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Place sauce on individual plates and set parcels on top.
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Divide squab and black Eyed pea pilaf among individual serving plates .
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Arrange all these with the Borlotti beans on individual plates .
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To serve, place squab on individual serving plates and serve greens alongside, garnished with radishes.
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The individual calcite plates of which the fossil is composed can be clearly seen.
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Season to taste and divide among individual plates .
large
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The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface, spinelets may be present.
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To assemble, place one matzo on a large plate or board.
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Spoon the dip into the pineapple shells and arrange them top to toe on a large serving plate .
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It was a welcome distraction when Ruth Rasmussen walked in with a pot of coffee and a large plate of muffins.
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A nearby tray was furnished with a mug and a large plate scattered with the crumbs of a large slice of cake.
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The two original major tenants needed large floor plates , large single-floor areas which would be side by side.
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The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates sometimes bearing a spinelet.
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The lithosphere is broken into about a dozen large rigid plates , each plate moving as a distinct unit.
lateral
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The adoral shields are slightly wing-like, not or just separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
photographic
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The image appears on a fluorescent screen or a photographic plate .
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The creature can scarcely have sabotaged a photographic plate without leaving any sign upon its wrapping.
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The type specimen-the very substance-of this new form is a set of dark bands on a photographic plate .
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There is an important difference between holograms on photographic plates and holograms on photorefractive substances.
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Why were the photographic plates in Roentgen's laboratory continually becoming blackened?
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Between the source and your highly sensitive photographic plate sits Watson.
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The elements present emitted wavelengths which were recorded on a photographic plate .
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According to Miss Latham, having set up the photographic plates in the observatory dome, they stepped outside.
silver
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We were eating off silver plates and suddenly there was this toad.
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It's a silver plastic face plate that clips on to the front of the Prism.
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I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.
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They removed part of his brain and inserted a silver plate .
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She sold her silver and plate , but the proceeds fell short of what was required.
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A silver plate terrine was left behind.
small
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The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates armed with simple rods like those of the dorsal surface.
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Beneath that small metal plate lay the cause of the trouble.
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Reduced to one small plate of sorghum a day, all her children are suffering from diarrhoea.
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The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates .
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Two cleaning bonnets are provided: one for the carpet cleaner, and one for the small plate .
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Ventral interradial areas are covered by many quite small plates but granules are not present.
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Their armour consisted of large dorsal and ventral oval shields surrounded by a series of smaller plates .
steel
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The rim of the steel plate scraped his upper thighs.
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The last pushing pressure on the steel plate to create the space for his stomach and chest.
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A shard of steel plate knifed through Golden Girl's mainsail, cutting the portside shrouds as if they were string.
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In Sheffield they made steel plates and armoured plates for their ships.
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His fingers began to scrabble at the coarse edge of the steel plate .
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Holly pushed the steel plate down, eased the bolt back into its socket with his toe.
tectonic
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I described the grinding of the tectonic plates in Humboldt county.
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This year, two tectonic plates are shifting in a fashion that could cause economic earthquakes.
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We don't know whether they're localized or whether they spread out and lubricate the movements of the tectonic plates .
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Earthquakes line the borders of the tectonic plates and are symptoms of the perpetual motion inside our planet.
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There are no known tectonic plate boundaries in the area but a very ancient boundary may be lurking in the area.
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They will be those who understand the movement of the economic tectonic plates .
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The tectonic plates are no more permanent than the sovereign countries of the world.
ventral
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The ventral arm plates are pentagonal with the distal edge rounded and contiguous at least proximally.
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The first ventral arm plate is pentagonal with the lateral edges raised forming a boundary lip to the second oral tentacle pores.
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The ventral arm plates are pentagonal, broader than long and separated.
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The ventral arm plates are pentagonal often with a rounded distal edge, and are separated.
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The ventral arm plates are wider than long, pentagonal with an obtuse proximal angle and a slightly convex distal edge.
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The ventral arm plates are small, pentagonal with a rounded distal edge, sometimes the distal edge is indented.
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The lateral and ventral arm plates have distinctive transverse ridges most noticeable in dry specimens.
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The ventral arm plates are not contiguous.
■ NOUN
boundary
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The major differences in rift characteristics relate to their position with respect to plate boundaries and the intensity of volcanic activity associated with them.
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The possibility of such a mid-plate quake thus carries a much higher risk than one on a plate boundary .
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Except where subduction zones lie adjacent to mountain belts on continental margins, plate boundaries do not coincide with continental coastlines.
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They occurred nowhere near a plate boundary .
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There are no known tectonic plate boundaries in the area but a very ancient boundary may be lurking in the area.
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There are three types of plate boundary .
brass
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I idly noted that a brass plate declared that this bit of garden furniture was sacred to some one's memory.
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It had only a very small, hardly noticeable brass plate outside which gave nothing away.
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Breeze saw the brass plate from afar, and hurried up the path.
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This morning Betty - my cleaner - came in bursting with the news that there was a brass plate outside.
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It was only by chance, returning on the other side, that she saw its brass plate .
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The light from the oil-lamp shone on the brass plate .
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Interestingly the original bank brass plate was discovered in 1983 during drainage excavations in Henley.
dinner
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Archaeologists have discovered a complete Roman house beneath the leaning tower of Pisa, containing dinner plates and wine jugs.
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Walking through the old foundations, you discover broken bits of dinner plates and an occasional fork with its tines splayed.
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It is easy to mark around a dinner plate and then cut out with a sharp knife.
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Pages were spread over the wineglasses and dinner plates .
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Cover them with a bucket or large flower pot, or place a dinner plate on a crown of foliage.
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Like an Elvis dinner plate , they are always for show.
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Walker Evans records a roughly piled grave of loose earth topped with the impermanent and unstable memorial of a dinner plate .
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Or serve on individual dinner plates topped with 3 to 4 generous tablespoons sauce per serving.
glass
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The exhibition will be drawn from more than 45,000 glass plate negatives from the George Washington Wilson Archive at the university.
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She looked a bit bedraggled as she sat in the dining room, mechanically eating butter cookies from a blue glass plate .
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Halftone screen a glass plate or film placed between the original photograph and the film to be exposed.
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The final image is formed on a large frosted glass plate held at a convenient viewing angle.
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Perhaps the glass plates were treated by some arcane process that froze the light that passed through them?
home
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Scott Brosius was ejected in the sixth inning during an argument with home plate ump Larry Barnett.
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Leyland deadpanned while standing amid the postgame hugs near home plate .
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In his later years, Camilli still followed baseball keenly, frequently sitting behind home plate at Giants games at Candlestick.
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Base runners run to a line near first base or home plate .
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Even after I took the mound, people kept walking by, standing, talking, and laughing behind home plate .
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Lawson and Locke sit in Section 4, Row K, closer to home plate than third base.
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The Orioles claimed the umpire blew the call at home plate .
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Benitez, disgusted, gestured toward home plate umpire Jim Joyce, then turned toward McCoy, who ignored his plea.
license
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The seven were riding in a van with Missouri license plates that pulled into the path of the tractor-trailer rig.
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What better suspect than some one with an out-of-state license plate , parked so very near the scene of the crime?
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Last week, police arrested a motorist in Houston for driving a car with Republic of Texas license plates .
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He swore he only saw Soares' license plate after the radar has been activated.
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It sells buttons, bumper stickers, jewelry, license plate frames and other items at conventions and rallies.
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I saw young ones, eyes downcast, dutifully hammering out license plates and leather purses.
margin
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The most important of these variables is probably the heating of the plate margin since this will affect its thickness and strength.
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The main types of convergent plate margin and their possible modes of development are summarized in Table 3.1.
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If this were not the case significant deformation would occur within plates rather than being concentrated along plate margins .
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There are three types of plate margin , two of which we have already come across.
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The latter two are simple destructive plate margin volcanoes, but the Plate Tectonic setting of Vesuvius is a bit complex.
metal
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Voice over Gavin now faces the prospect of having to have a metal plate inserted in his head.
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Beneath that small metal plate lay the cause of the trouble.
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His right and left wrist were the worst affected and his body rejected the metal plates and wires inserted into them.
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Or magnetic rugs for men who have metal plates in their heads?
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The master copy is prepared on a thin metal plate or special paper.
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These consist of a motor-driven continuous sanding belt, held against the work by a metal plate under the body.
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Surgeons plan to operate tomorrow to insert a metal plate .
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Gravure a rotary printing process where the image is etched into the metal plate attached to a cylinder.
number
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Hust the number plate to buy Auntie for Christmas.
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Cut out two thin rectangles for the number plates and leave to dry on non-stick paper before securing on.
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But the police say they can still prosecute because the real number plate shows up on the negative.
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And they identified your number plate .
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The number plate tallied with the particulars they, and the local Securitate, had on record.
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A parent who was taking her children to school noted down the number plate .
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The number plate told me it was the same one I'd followed earlier.
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All that was left to identify the W-registered Cortina was its number plate , left perched on a mangled lump of metal.
paper
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Until there we are on the bare boards downstairs, with candles and Calorgas and a deli picnic on a paper plate .
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A half-eaten meal sits on its paper plate atop a picnic table, cold and buried in dust.
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Each team was provided with crepe paper , pins, a needle, rubber band, a doily and a paper plate .
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It's not fancy-just nine stools angled around the kitchen, plastic utensils and paper plates .
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Primo briefly has a clear view of the menu, written on paper plates taped to the quilted-tin wall.
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The unit, based in Appleton, Wis., markets disposable napkins and paper plates .
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On top of the furnace, a pile of paper plates , some with scallop-edged pizza crusts.
tectonics
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Any plate tectonics model of the Andes must in fact account for the uplift essentially in terms of vertical tectonics.
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Yet with the advent of plate tectonics , this model had to evolve.
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In the superficially simpler terms of plate tectonics , these are the repeated effects of plates splitting and coming together.
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In continental plate tectonics what seems static, the surface of the earth, is in reality in constant flux.
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In the interim before the next collision, plate tectonics resumed but subduction did not.
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Lured by the excitement of plate tectonics , some felt that earth science would be a practical way to apply their knowledge.
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This is because of the process known as plate tectonics .
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Such was the excitement in the field as the new theory of plate tectonics was taking shape.
■ VERB
carry
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The shepherd's pie was followed by waiters carrying plates of nibbles; nuts, crisps, salted crackers and more champagne.
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Amelia carried a plate of eggs and toast over to a man sitting in the back, poring through a newspaper.
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After less than an hour, he deliberately nudged her as she carried a pile of plates .
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She just walked on back to the shack, carrying my breakfast plate in one hand.
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He could do somersaults and cartwheels and he could walk on his hands carrying a plate of Eccles cakes on one foot.
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Both also carry limited-edition plates , with new patterns each year.
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She carries a plate of seaweed things.
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Mrs Abigail carried the two covered plates , one on top of the other, using a tea-towel because they were hot.
cover
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The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface, spinelets may be present.
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I like those houses that people cover with license plates and bottle caps.
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The ventral interradial areas are covered by plates and granules like those of the dorsal side.
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The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates sometimes bearing a spinelet.
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He dumped an enormous quantity on top of the cereal which covered Rostov's plate .
hand
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As with all great adventures and challenges, the rewards and achievements are not handed out on a plate .
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When I sat down I was handed a plate made of real china which had bread and butter and cakes on it.
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As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate .
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They handed me a cardboard plate on which was an apple, a slice of cake, and some homemade toffee.
place
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Whenever I did succeed in preparing a family meal, I insisted that everyone eat whatever was placed on her/his plate .
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Form into 10 large crab cakes. Place on plate .
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The intestinal segment, covered by a thin plastic sheet, was placed on a plastic plate specially designed for this purpose.
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Turn and continue cooking until nicely browned, 2 to 3 minutes longer. Place chili on plate and top with quail.
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Somehow, against her better judgement, she refrained and placed his plate with chicken and salad on to the tray.
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Four placed plates under a hovering motionless bowl.
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Cover them with a bucket or large flower pot, or place a dinner plate on a crown of foliage.
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Grill the coconut until golden; cool. Place these on separate plates .
push
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He pushed the empty plate away from him and leaned his arms on the table.
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As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal.
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Norm muttered, pushing his plate away.
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I pushed my plate away and settled back with the wine.
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I pushed back my plate angrily.
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Detective Sergeant Joseph Bragg pushed away his plate , and wiped his ragged moustache.
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He pushed back his plate now.
put
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He put the plate back on the ground and looked up.
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Rub it all over the rabbit pieces. Put them on a plate , cover lightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate.
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There was the sound of a knife being put on to a plate .
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But the next hurdle will be putting realistic plates on the surface.
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Anna put the sandwich on a plate , and then put the plate on the table, beside the moss.
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He opened a can of Spam and put it on a plate by the back door.
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There is more to a meal than what's put on the plates .
remove
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He removed the base plate of the telephone and examined the instrument's innards.
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As the waitress removes the plates , I notice the restaurant is emptying out.
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Make sure the whole base of the mould is covered. Remove the plate from the saucepan and let the chocolate cool.
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Miss Poole removed the plate and placed it on the floor beside her chair.
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He removes the empty plates and napkins and cups from the table and tosses them into the bag.
serve
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Mix together with the mayonnaise. Serve on individual plates , garnished with lollo rosso and a wedge of lime.
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Divide black-eyed pea mixture between 2 serving plates .
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Carefully remove greaseproof paper and place cake on serving plate .
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Place a serving of polenta on each of 6 flameproof serving plates and make a well in center.
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First, of Manhattan served on a plate , sculpted in perfect detail.
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Arrange duck pieces on individual serving plates and spoon sauce over top.
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Spoon the sauce on to serving plates , so that the base is completely covered and stand a pear in the middle.
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Garnish with cilantro sprigs and serve from the steaming plate .
shape
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The dorsal arm plates are bell shaped sometimes with a distinct lobe on the distal edge, and contiguous.
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The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped , much wider than long and separated from one another.
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The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped , contiguous proximal, but well separated distally.
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The dorsal arm plates are bell shaped , the proximal ones contiguous.
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The oral shield is basically rhombic but in some specimens the distal lobe is produced and the plate becomes arrow shaped .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
clean your plate
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A start is to ignore the old Depression-era paternal messages about cleaning your plate.
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At each meal she willingly cleaned her plate, eating ice cream and fried chicken until she felt bloated.
have a lot on your plate
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Don't bother your mother -- she's got a lot on her plate at the moment.
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Harris has a lot on his plate at the moment. Why don't we give the project to Melinda?
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Susan's had a lot on her plate recently, what with the car accident and everything.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a salad plate
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Doctors had to insert a steel plate to repair the damage done to his head.
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The engine model number is on a plate just above the spark plug.
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The reptile's body is covered with horny protective plates.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A little boy was washing plates and cups in a bowl of water glutinous with grease, food matter and drowned flies.
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Place chili on plate and top with quail.
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Police found the car in Knoxville, Tenn., with an Arizona license plate in the trunk.
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The lateral and ventral arm plates have distinctive transverse ridges most noticeable in dry specimens.
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The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface, spinelets may be present.
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This, of course, relates directly to the plate histories of the two continents.
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Too many plates and you're asking for trouble.
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When the flames die out, transfer the rabbit to a plate .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
gold
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The joints that hold the gold plated , cylindrical copper mirror are standard components.
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Too many people have undiagnosed nickel allergies, and gold is plated using cyanide so no gold, either.
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A gold plated curling tong, of course!
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
have a lot on your plate
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Don't bother your mother -- she's got a lot on her plate at the moment.
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Harris has a lot on his plate at the moment. Why don't we give the project to Melinda?
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Susan's had a lot on her plate recently, what with the car accident and everything.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The jawless fish, even though their heads were heavily plated with bone, had chinks in their armour to accommodate eyes.
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To plate , look for the instructions in your manual, it is quite easy, once you are threaded up.