I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pool of blood
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A dark pool of blood was spreading from his head.
a pool of talent (= lots of talented people )
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Employers can draw on an enormous pool of talent in this area.
a pool/circle of light (= an area of light )
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They stood in the pool of light cast by the streetlamp.
car pool
football pools
gene pool
infinity pool
motor pool
paddling pool
pool hall
pool your resources (= put together the resources that each of you have )
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They decided to pool their resources and buy a business together.
pool/card shark (= someone who uses their skill at pool or cards to cheat other players out of money )
rock pool
swimming pool
the gene pool (= all the genes in a particular species )
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It is hoped that these new wolves will mate with the native population and increase the wolves' gene pool.
tide pool
typing pool
wading pool
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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He paid, walked down a dark corridor and pushed through a curtain into a deep pool of sound and flickering light.
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She leaves the coach and wanders through fields for many miles until between trees she sees a deep black pool of water.
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His skin was translucent with age and he had dark brown eyes like two deep pools .
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In the dry season, the wonderfully cool river water is a stunning blue-green in the deep pools below the falls.
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Yanek fell into the deep pool and was drowned.
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During his walk Van Cheele came to a deep pool under some tall trees.
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He had large dark eyes, like pears set in port wine aspic, deep pools in a thin, delicate face.
heated
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The small heated swimming pool hidden from view near the rose walk was a wedding gift from the Army.
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Free indoor heated swimming pool with small bar.
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It includes a heated swimming pool for the 220 pupils.
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The gardens shelter a heated swimming pool and a private sun deck with panoramic views.
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Next to the lake is a heated outdoor swimming pool and children's pool.
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The indoor heated pool is free to guests, as is the sauna three times a week.
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There is a small cellar bar, a sun terrace, a large garden and small heated outdoor swimming pool .
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Leogang also has a super leisure and fitness centre, with a heated open-air swimming pool .
indoor
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Our hotel had an indoor pool , a nightclub and good food - notably, reindeer stew with cranberry sauce.
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Seven purpose-built conference suits, exclusive health club and heated indoor pool and gymnasium.
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The town of Andover had no legal requirement for a fence around the indoor pool .
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The hotel has a new indoor pool leading directly on to the well-kept gardens with table tennis and sun-bathing lawns.
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Within the park there is a large swimming pool , a separate children's pool, and an indoor pool.
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Gymnasium, sauna, steam room, beauty salon, indoor pool .
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Zell am See also has an excellent Sports Centre, with an indoor swimming pool and sauna.
large
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One of the keys to the success of software companies in Northern Ireland is the large local pool of talented labour.
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But many business groups and some unions would welcome the ability to tap a large pool of legal workers.
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Within the park there is a large swimming pool , a separate children's pool, and an indoor pool.
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Outside, a large swimming pool is surrounded by private cabanas.
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Between five and 15 consultants chosen from a large pool of employees are typically called upon to review any given idea memorandum.
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That means producing more work per worker as well as creating a larger pool of workers to exploit.
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He would make less stir in the larger Aintree pool .
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It formed urban areas, with their large pools of labour, shopping centres and transport networks.
outdoor
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Well recommended food. 2.5 acres of terraced lawns with 25 metre heated outdoor pool .
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The Form has a bar, sauna and massage rooms, an outdoor swimming pool as well as clock golf and a tennis court.
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Next to the lake is a heated outdoor swimming pool and children's pool.
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In addition there is a billiard room, solarium, cinema, indoor and outdoor pools , bowling alley and gym.
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Optimum Sports Centre: Indoor and outdoor pools , sauna, solarium, massage rooms and outside whirlpool.
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There is a small cellar bar, a sun terrace, a large garden and small heated outdoor swimming pool .
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There are indoor and outdoor pools , sauna, solarium, massage facilities and sunbathing lawns.
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In the resort itself are indoor and outdoor swimming pools .
shallow
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Mating takes place at night in shallow pools in dunes and other sandy areas.
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Picture a shallow pool with a glassy surface, and in the pool picture minnows fluttering their tail fins but otherwise stationary.
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And they mate, laying their eggs in the shallow tepid pools .
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The stomach is mostly empty-the whisky is lying in a shallow pool where it is now mixed with highly acidic gastric juices.
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She picked up the stick and hurled it, skimming it low over the shallow pools left by the tide.
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Shortly thereafter we enter a stretch of shallow pools and channels cut into the rock by a millennium of erosion.
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The resulting shallow pits and pools , often extending over many hectares, accumulate salts and nutrients from year to year.
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It grows in shallow water in pools and ponds, most frequently on substrates ranging from sand to fine silt.
small
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If you were to visit it you would be struck by the quietness of the small pool .
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They stood beside a small , gurgling pool at the foot of the altar and professed their faith.
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The small heated swimming pool hidden from view near the rose walk was a wedding gift from the Army.
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Water is using sparingly, not wasted on thirsty lawns but displayed in fountains and small pools .
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Start with a puddle and progress slowly to a small pool and shallow stream.
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That's enough to fill a small blow-up swimming pool in a couple of minutes.
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Outside, there is a sun terrace, small pool , children's pool and whirlpool with sea views.
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The hotel's extensive grounds include colourful gardens, a small swimming pool , and a short tennis court.
swimming
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There was a swimming pool and a distant view of the donkey field.
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More than 40 homes were flooded, valuable shop stocks were ruined, and the local theatre turned into a swimming pool .
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Hotel guests can use the swimming pool and pleasant garden of the nearby Hotel Imperial, under the same management.
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Sports facilities include a swimming pool and 4 tennis courts.
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Zell am See also has an excellent Sports Centre, with an indoor swimming pool and sauna.
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It includes a heated swimming pool for the 220 pupils.
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A swimming pool is available throughout the season.
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There's a swimming pool and large sun terrace and guests are welcome to use the facilities of the Montanamar hotel opposite.
■ NOUN
car
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The service operates rather like a car pool .
football
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With home shopping out of the way, Pitcher will be able to concentrate on the football pools and high street retailing.
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Stephano and Trinculo are the football pools .
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We will raise revenue for investment in safety by increasing levies on footballs pools and betting.
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But the great dream was winning the football pools .
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Winnings from betting, football pools , and premium bonds.
gene
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The gene pool of the resulting subgroups would be too small to ensure the viability of the population.
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Because the gene pool for a growing breed is slight, munchkins are generally bred with other cats.
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Even the gene pools in the South are drying up.
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People have to be executed, removed from the gene pool .
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The net result was a widening gene pool and an altogether hardier national herd.
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In the long term, the loss of genetic diversity will reduce the gene pool available for agricultural crops.
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A plague of uniformity is sweeping the world, numbing the taste buds and reducing the gene pool .
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The genes themselves don't evolve, they merely survive or fail to survive in the gene pool .
hall
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When they fished me out I made a few phone calls, fed a few meters, hung round the pool halls .
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Lawrence was a big fifteen-year-old, and sometimes made money playing for dances in the Strasburg pool hall .
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Seen through the lacy walls of the village pool hall the polystyrene floats of the fish farm bobbed busily.
rock
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Others crouched over rock pool , teasing out sea anemones.
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Explore perfectly recreated rock pools and enjoy daily talks and feeding displays.
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Bathing is safe and children can have lots of fun, paddling and shrimping in the rock pools and making sand castles.
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A bottle swept up to his feet and rolled in a rock pool .
table
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Recreation areas have telephones and pool tables .
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But the pool table proved to be a bigger bone of contention.
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The Tirajana has two pool tables , a bar and supermarket.
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I had met Evan in the basement near the pool table .
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For those who prefer something a little more energetic, there's also a darts board and a pool table .
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Two television sets and a pair of pool tables will be added to the setting.
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For the energetic there is snorkelling and fishing, tennis, table tennis and a pool table.
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There was a pool table in the cellar, a good big professional-size pool table.
water
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You can also relax on the terrace of the lovely fresh water pool sipping a cool drink form the bar.
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Hot water pools beneath these flanges, creating unique hazards for a pilot ascending the structure.
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There is a fresh water pool with bar, a panoramic sunbathing terrace and an airy, first-floor restaurant with sea views.
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First, they decreased the depth of the water pools .
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There is a fresh water pool , tennis court, peak season beach restaurant and sound proofed discotheque.
■ VERB
create
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Downlighters can also be recessed into ceilings, to create atmospheric pools of light on the surface below.
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Reaganomics created a pool of scabs as big as Lake Michigan.
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Floor lamps Use a floor lamp to create enticing pools of light.
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That means producing more work per worker as well as creating a larger pool of workers to exploit.
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Lamps glowed here and there in the room, creating pools of warm light.
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Rocky and shallow coastlines create the most spectacular pools , where small seaside animals become temporarily trapped in these natural aquariums.
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The countenances of all three were radiant, which created a special pool of light on the gospel side.
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When the filthy yellow flow reached the desk-top, it created a pool about the size of a Kennedy half-dollar.
lie
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It was a dead Hearthware, lying in a dark pool of blood.
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A guard found him lying in a pool of blood, and a doctor saved him.
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Behind a grey stone wall lay a little pool .
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The stomach is mostly empty-the whisky is lying in a shallow pool where it is now mixed with highly acidic gastric juices.
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Even after they have dropped, they are valuable, lying in a blood-red pool under the dense thicket of branches.
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Some people will always want to lie around the pool .
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She found him lying in a pool of blood in his cot.
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The Elle-men are stooped and old, and are happiest when lying in a pool of sunlight to warm their withered limbs.
play
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I play pool , but I am really brutal.
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There is a games room where you can play pool or table-tennis, and live music is planned for the summer.
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There were sewer backups in both cities, which added to the odor; children played in stagnant pools .
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She reported that when members play pool they pay 10p.
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I have fond memories of Sussex-\#playing pool and, much more to the point, the excellent discussions on science.
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He left the house less and less frequently and spent more and more time in the cellar playing pool .
win
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Therefore, finding a job is akin to winning the pools .
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So will all of us trying to win Oscar party pools .
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For shareholders, it must have been like winning the pools .
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Maybe she'd win the pools or walk off with first prize in the national lottery!
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New member Peter Lambert won the match and pool with three good dabs.
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Now when you've done that, it's almost like winning the pools .
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But the great dream was winning the football pools .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shoot pool
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The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words.
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They went out, he in a white suit, and he told her they were going to shoot pool.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A pool of oil had collected under the car.
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a pool of volunteers for community projects
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a secretarial pool
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He won $50,000 from the pool .
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I spent the entire afternoon relaxing by the pool .
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Kids were looking at the starfish and anemones in the tide pools.
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Most countries have a pool of surplus labour.
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The Kohlers' have a pool in their backyard.
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There is a much smaller pool of houses to rent than there used to be.
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Trautman was lying in a pool of blood.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anna was gazing at the pool of fluid, and the corners of her mouth began to droop.
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Below us in the center of the compound there was a swimming pool , set amidst flower beds and rows of palms.
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But even more intriguing was the third pool , Heart pool.
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Going too fast would result in his jumping over the pool and crashing into the far end.
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Huge pools of eyes stared back at her from the dead white planes of the face.
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Littlewoods, the pools promoter, calculates each punter has a 1:39 chance of a win.
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There had been the world, with the pool in the middle and the petals round the edge.
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What Mr Milken did was to make huge pools of capital available to finance takeovers.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
money
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It seemed that the men pooled their money to help survive.
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Partners can pool their money capital and are usually somewhat better risks in the eyes of bankers.
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The idea was to give small investors the chance to pool their money and so spread their risk and get better returns.
water
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The front door stood open, water pooling in the hallway.
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The trapped water pools and backs up under the shingles, where it can leak into the house.
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She saw the water pooling in the kitchen sink.
■ VERB
swimming
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She has a picture of herself and the boy by a swimming pool at the Fountainebleu Hotel in Miami.
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Those of us with tadpoles for children have made local swimming pools our summer homes.
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Approved a measure requiring electrical wiring in older swimming pools to be retrofitted.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If we all pool our money I'm sure we'll have enough to buy her a present.
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Why don't we get together and pool our ideas?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All information can be pooled at the report session, and problems discussed and clarified.
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If constitutional independence is what sovereignty is, I do not know how one can reduce it by pooling it.
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Other voluntary hospitals with such funds lost them to the Exchequer, which pooled them in a central fund.
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Usually they pool their financial resources and their business acumen.
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We will be pooling our sovereignty, not losing it.