I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a throbbing/pounding/blinding headache (= a very bad headache )
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He had a throbbing headache, behind his nose and his eyes.
be 5 kilos/20 pounds etc overweight
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I’m about 15 pounds overweight right now.
billions of pounds/dollars etc
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Airlines have lost billions of dollars.
grey pound
half a mile/pound/hour etc
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half a pound of butter
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It’s about half a mile down the road.
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She drank half a bottle of wine.
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half a million dollars
hundreds of people/years/pounds etc
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Hundreds of people were reported killed or wounded.
millions of pounds/dollars etc
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Millions of pounds were lost in Western aid.
pink pound
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Companies are trying to attract the pink pound.
pound cake
pound key
pound sign
pound sterling
sb’s heart pounds/thuds/thumps (= it beats very strongly )
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He reached the top, his heart pounding.
shed pounds/kilos (= to lose this amount of weight )
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I needed to shed a few pounds.
trillions of pounds/dollars etc
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the trillions of dollars in the bond markets
waves pound (= hit something hard )
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The waves pounded the rocks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
extra
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Over the next three years, those items will account for only 17p of every extra pound spent.
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Foyle is still carrying a good 15 extra pounds .
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On her own at the till, Rachaela removed the extra pound and kept it.
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Do people get sick and die because of the extra pounds they carry on their frames?
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What is beyond question is that it must be carried round as extra pounds .
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Oxfordshire council now hopes to find the extra five million pounds from other budgets.
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She usually piles on some extra pounds too.
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He's announced that an extra seventeen million pounds is to be pumped into care over the next six years.
■ NOUN
cake
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His plate held the last few crumbs of a generous slice of pound cake .
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She made potato salad and deviled eggs and tea and I brought green beans and a pound cake .
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After ripening, use as a topping for pudding, pound cake or ice cream.
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She had been in the midst of baking a pound cake and it had come out too heavy.
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I got a pound cake from Patience mailed in September.
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He puts butter on already buttery things like croissants and pound cake .
note
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Dollar bills, pound notes , they're suicide notes.
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But when we arrived home, we found the stranger had given me two pound notes as well as the coin.
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My sister thought it must have been a mistake, and kept the pound notes in case he came back for them.
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I notice that her paper cylinder is a rolled-up five pound note .
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So I've got eight crisp ten pound notes and one five pound note.
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Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table.
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He selected four records and paid for them in pound notes , and there were more where those came from.
sterling
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The rate for the pound sterling was 1,650,000 roubles in January 1922 and 71,730,000 by October.
worth
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Nearly fifty thousand pounds worth of a growth hormone called Genotropin has disappeared from a warehouse.
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The Reverend Derek Sawyer needs to make nine thousands pounds worth of savings, so these cuts are just the start.
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The sprawling house needed at least thirty thousand pounds worth of work to be spent across its four floors.
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Thousands of pounds worth of smoke and water damage reclaiming the family home from chaos.
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The Dowty group will provide twenty five million pounds worth of fuel systems and landing gear for the Tornado.
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It's estimated that half a million pounds worth have been smuggled out of the country already this year.
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They were there for a motoring festival, with more than two hundred million pounds worth of classic cars on show.
■ VERB
buy
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If we buy half a pound we tend to eat either half a pound - or half that quantity.
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An undercover trading standards officer bought a pound of bananas for 34p from Mr Thoburn's stall last summer.
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He then went back several days later and bought two more pounds for $ 1, 800.
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At midnight on Tuesday, he told his share dealers to start buying - confident the pound would be devalued.
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Meredith bought two pounds of satsumas and retired defeated.
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The Wise Woman wouldn't buy another half pound of toffees in Birdie Mac's because she'd get spots.
cause
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Read in studio An investigation is under way into a fire which caused thousands of pounds of damage to a plastics factory.
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Incendiary devices have caused millions of pounds in damage.
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Read in studio A school fire in Buckinghamshire which has caused fifty thousand pounds damage is being treated as arson.
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A stained glass window was recently kicked in - causing fifteen hundred pounds worth of damage.
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Businessmen fear a Labour victory would cause the pound to fall in value even though they would probably benefit.
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No one was hurt in the crash, which caused thousands of pounds damage to the train and destroyed the Ford Transit.
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Drunken brawls have also caused thousands of pounds worth of damage.
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It spread to the roof causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
cost
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A longer pair for waders and which are prevented from slipping down by an elasticated band, cost a pound more.
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They cost just a pound a copy to produce, so why do we pay so much for them in the shops?
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The National Rivers Authority says the clear up will take several days and will cost thousands of pounds .
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Supercomputing - High-performance computers costing millions of pounds can not be sited at every university that needs their computational power.
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That hadn't cost a couple of pounds - it can cost a small fortune.
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It costs thousands of pounds to draw up the documentation.
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It cost two million pounds , and includes the latest in video technology, as Adrian Britton reports.
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A complex dedicated simulator can cost several million pounds and it needs its own crew of skilled operators.
lose
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During this time I lost 8 ¾ pounds and came away feeling a new woman!
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Be slimmer and trimmer! Lose ugly pounds systematically!
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In ten days Nutty had lost another eight pounds .
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It got me to laughing so hard, I believe I might have lost a pound or two.
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You'd probably benefit from losing a few pounds or taking more exercise.
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And it must be prepared to lose a few million pounds in the process.
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So can losing a few pounds if you are overweight.
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After two weeks I felt better in myself and I had lost several pounds .
pay
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Using leftovers and store cupboard items, you will have made a meal that many people pay several pounds for in restaurants.
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But two weeks ago he signed this contract with the Sun and was paid five thousand pounds .
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Jacqui had paid out a thousand pounds for something that could be reproduced at will.
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They were conditionally discharged but each was ordered to pay costs of 750 pounds .
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She paid ninety pounds for it.
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Tuition Fees must be paid in pounds sterling.
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He was ordered to pay ten pounds costs.
raise
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They are expected to raise hundreds of pounds in sponsorship for the special care baby unit at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton.
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It also raises thousands of pounds which are distributed to charities and worthy groups and individuals of the area.
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As well as raising several thousand pounds for charity, the Crusaders also won 24-14.
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Organisers are hoping to raise millions of pounds to turn the centre into a living museum.
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Despite sore feet and blisters, they completed the 26 and bit miles to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
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It superseded the very successful Coalville open days which have raised thousands of pounds for charity over the last nine years.
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But unless the children's parents raise twenty thousand pounds within the next few days it will close.
save
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It could save you thousands of pounds , not to mention hours of anguish.
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She could save up to eight pounds - yes!
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This often means great economy too, for eliminating draughts and adding insulation will save pounds on energy bills.
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And the high-tech scheme could save thousands of pounds .
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The council which owns the pool needs to save a million pounds , because it's been charge capped by the government.
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Amazingly we saved thousands of pounds that way!
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The council must save a million pounds after being charge capped by the Government.
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Prompt action by local people can not only prevent ultimate demolition, but also save many thousands of pounds in repair costs.
spend
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Go to Boots. Spend a pound .
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He spends hundreds of pounds on me.
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The Aga Khan has spent millions of pounds on the Aliysa case.
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The council is planning to spend ten million pounds more than government guidelines next year.
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In nineteen ninety we spent fifty two million pounds on vitamin supplements.
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The country has spent millions of pounds this year on advertising to attract visitors.
steal
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But while one kept her talking, the other stole the five thousand pounds she had hidden in her wardrobe.
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Read in studio A man armed with a handgun has stolen around a thousand pounds from an estate agents.
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Bank break-in: Burglars have stolen several thousand pounds after breaking into a bank at Rowlands Gill, near Gateshead.
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Read in studio Thieves have raided a widow's home and stolen ten thousand pounds of her late husband's jewellery.
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It replaces an earlier charge of stealing more than six thousand pounds after she was arrested last month.
weigh
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It was fair-sized, four feet long and weighing twenty-five to thirty pounds .
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Since then it has banned the public from placing stamped parcels weighing more than 1 pound in mail collection boxes.
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He now weighs twenty nine pounds ... week old lambs would normally turn the scales at around fifteen pounds.
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Heather was the smallest baby of all, weighing in under six pounds .
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Among the objects salvaged were gold dishes, weighing a pound each, with the image of the emperor on them.
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It weighs seven pounds twelve ounces, is ten and a half inches long and nine inches wide.
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Chilperic also showed Gregory a gold salver covered with gems, weighing fifty pounds .
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He thought suddenly of Antony Royd, weighed in at four pounds , doing eleven lengths in four minutes.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a run on the dollar/pound etc
an ounce of prevention (is worth a pound of cure)
be down to your last pound/dollar/litre etc
in for a penny, in for a pound
multimillion-pound/multimillion-dollar etc
pile on the pounds
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Most comfort eaters enjoy it while they're eating, but the downside is they soon start to pile on the pounds.
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She did slim down a couple of years ago but has piled on the pounds again.
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To his relief the producers didn't want him to pile on the pounds.
pound/hit the pavement
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For months, Garcia pounded the pavement for jobs.
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And if my next fifteen years are spent pounding the pavement in search of a job without a handset in it - too bad.
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He turned and saw a lithe figure in a track suit pounding the pavement towards him.
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I wrenched the wheel round in a tight turn, hitting the pavement as I went.
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It began to rain when she was half way along Gloucester Road, big spots like buttons hitting the pavement .
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Or pull out your own wheels and hit the pavement .
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The brown paper bag tied with white string hit the pavement , split and corn went all over the place.
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When he's not on the track competing, you will find Paul out pounding the pavements .
ten pounds' worth/$500 worth etc of sth
the grey pound
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Enter your five-digit code, and then press pound .
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I've gained 10 pounds since Thanksgiving.
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Navel oranges are only 39 cents a pound .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A week later a cheque for twenty-five thousand pounds arrived on the churchman's desk.
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Customers can ask for a pound of bananas, but traders are obliged to weigh them in metric units.
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Just 200 extra calories each day add up to one-half pound of extra body fat each week.
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The council is planning to spend ten million pounds more than government guidelines next year.
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The Government gets its pound of flesh, doesn't it.
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This often means great economy too, for eliminating draughts and adding insulation will save pounds on energy bills.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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He pounded along the street and round two corners, losing his way.
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Then they set off at a run, Jim and Louise leading the way, Jube pounding along behind them.
away
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By August of 1824 the stamps were pounding away and 50 tons of concentrate were ready for market.
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They used a power strategy of persistence, pounding away until they won on every point.
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The slaves continued to pound away .
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Top scientists around the country are pounding away at different parts of the puzzle.
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Good old Simon, pounding away and probably thinking about his golf handicap to keep himself going.
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Perhaps he was still sitting in his cellar pounding away .
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The smell was bad enough to turn the strongest stomach, and his heart was pounding away like a road drill.
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He was pounding away , and. 1 was wondering if he would ever finish.
down
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Clinton said as rain pounded down at the air base, where he landed.
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He pounded down in me a few dozen times, quickly.
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He and Kemp pound down the stairway, exchanging words.
out
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Lungs pounding out torrents of frozen breath, we speed down narrow forest corridors, then burst into dazzling clearings.
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I leave a few voice mails and pound out a few more pages.
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Yet he staged an amazing comeback to pound out a points win.
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Two of the men were in shirts, sweating, pounding out beer after beer.
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When he's not on the track competing, you will find Paul out pounding the pavements.
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I pound out articles now and then.
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The keyboarder5 particularly hate him, pounding out anger with every stroke.
still
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Caroline, heart still pounding with anger and confusion, did the same.
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We finally rescued our wounded, and, with the artillery still pounding , we called in for an air strike.
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Then, with her heart still pounding madly, she looked back over her shoulder.
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And I bought the pill box I had wanted in the first place, heading home with my heart still pounding .
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Metal was still pounding against metal in a distant forward compartment, but soon that also stopped.
■ NOUN
billion
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Sales of single premium products dropped 8 percent to 2. 03 billion pounds .
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Net gilt sales were 245 million pounds in November, down from 3. 8 billion pounds a month earlier.
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Lloyds reported fiscal 1995 sales of 1. 08 billion pounds , a 15. 1 percent rise over the year earlier.
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The value of the transactions was 9. 4 billion pounds .
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Net lending secured by property was 1. 233 billion pounds in November, up from 947 million in October.
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Since then, housing associations raised 8. 5 billion pounds in private financing.
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The fund manages about 9. 5 billion pounds in fixed-income securities.
chest
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John's heart was pounding out of his chest .
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The Cowboys will sense it and start to pound their chests and dig in.
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My heart was pounding in my chest , the mosquitoes and everything else forgotten.
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Her heart was pounding in her chest .
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Why did her mouth go dry and her treacherous heart start pounding away inside her chest like war drums in the jungle?
door
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She pounded on the door , shouted at the top of her voice, and yelled threats at Julius.
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He pounded at their door , and Mandy came to it, her head in a towel.
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He is on the porch already, pounding on the door .
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Jim winced, then pounded the door panel with his fist, cursing under his breath.
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He pounded on the storm door , and waited.
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He might have been pounding on the door of a tomb.
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Sometimes they misread the house numbers, and they pound on our door , demanding to be let in.
fist
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When she stayed put, the men began pounding their fists on the tables as well.
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Daley turned purple and pounded his fist on the lecterns when he later denied the rumor.
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Stevenson has long since taken his towering presence and pounding fists into retirement.
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He pounded his fist on the desk.
foot
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But he did not turn, he did not even falter, because his head was up and his feet were pounding .
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The whole place reverberated with noise, feet pounding up and down stairs, children yelling, women shouting, doors banging.
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Throughout the hotel, doors slammed, and feet could be heard pounding the length of corridors.
head
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They had their heads down and were pounding across the ground with one aim in mind.
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My head began to pound as soon as I got there.
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Her head pounded , forcing her to come to some decision.
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The consequences: You feel nauseated again and your head is pounding .
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I skidded into the forecourt and ran behind a pump, gasping and belching and feeling my head pound .
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Her head was pounding , her hands wanted to be claws.
heart
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In the long silence that stretched between them she could almost hear her heart pounding like a sledge-hammer in her chest.
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I jumped, a small, involuntary hop in place, my heart pounding .
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My heart was pounding , my stomach spinning like a child's top.
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He wanted to pretend cool detachment, but his heart was pounding .
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She forced her eyes open, and at once her heart was pounding .
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I felt my own blouse sticking to my back, my heart pounding fast.
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Corbett suddenly remembered his last meeting with the nuns at Godstowe and his heart began to pound .
hundred
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I drove to Saltcoats, then Prestwick, a hundred pounds here, forty there.
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I pictured myself picking at least three hundred pounds a day and took the job.
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Weston is now the vicar of a parish two miles away, with three hundred pounds a year.
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He opens the door unto a crumbling Tatica, two hundred pounds going limp in his arms.
key
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With a sinking sensation in her stomach, she heard the trooper's fingers pound the keys again.
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Most of all, her eyes lingered on tIe thick, short fingers as they pounded the keys .
million
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Lloyds pretax profit dropped 28 percent to 42. 2 million pounds from 58. 3 million pounds a year earlier.
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Quilter employs 236 people and had estimated revenues of 18. 5 million pounds in 1995.
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Braithwaite employees 51 people and had revenues of 4. 5 million pounds last year.
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Eight analysts surveyed Friday had predicted pretax profit of between 130 million pounds and 127 million pounds.
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Sales at the unit rose 13 percent to 235. 4 million pounds .
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The initial forecast was for 2. 5 million pounds a year, but consumers were clamoring for more.
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D., a provider of online information, lost 3. 0 million pounds on revenues of 9. 6 million.
pavement
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He turned and saw a lithe figure in a track suit pounding the pavement towards him.
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And if my next fifteen years are spent pounding the pavement in search of a job without a handset in it - too bad.
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When he's not on the track competing, you will find Paul out pounding the pavements .
year
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Typically, however, the savings from this convenience will be small, probably no more than a few pounds a year .
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Lloyds pretax profit dropped 28 percent to 42. 2 million pounds from 58. 3 million pounds a year earlier.
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Braithwaite employees 51 people and had revenues of 4. 5 million pounds last year .
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Weston is now the vicar of a parish two miles away, with three hundred pounds a year .
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The initial forecast was for 2. 5 million pounds a year , but consumers were clamoring for more.
■ VERB
begin
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Corbett suddenly remembered his last meeting with the nuns at Godstowe and his heart began to pound .
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My head began to pound as soon as I got there.
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He dragged himself back, anxious now, and began to pound the life back into his legs.
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When she stayed put, the men began pounding their fists on the tables as well.
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His hear began to pound against his ribs, and his hands trembled.
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She took up her cleaver and began to pound on some veal, making Moza flinch.
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As she turned the corner into Perry Street her heart began to pound .
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Manion felt his heart begin to pound as Lynne got up to leave.
hear
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In the long silence that stretched between them she could almost hear her heart pounding like a sledge-hammer in her chest.
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I could hear my blood pounding .
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She could hear the sea pounding on the rocks far below.
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From above he heard the pounding of planks.
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His hear began to pound against his ribs, and his hands trembled.
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The din set up by dry corn leaves nearly paralyzed her with fear and she could hear the pounding of her heart.
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Throughout the hotel, doors slammed, and feet could be heard pounding the length of corridors.
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He had heard the pounding , too, and thought a storm shutter had torn loose.
weigh
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Not computer programmer Kevin Kennedy, 38, who weighs nearly 400 pounds .
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The handset looks like an elongated remote control and weighs only 1 pound .
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Supply packets weighed 20 to 50 pounds an item, and if you drop that from 40 feet, you kill people.
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Weightlifting overview: He weighed 220 pounds at the age of 10.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a run on the dollar/pound etc
an ounce of prevention (is worth a pound of cure)
be down to your last pound/dollar/litre etc
in for a penny, in for a pound
multimillion-pound/multimillion-dollar etc
pound/hit the pavement
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For months, Garcia pounded the pavement for jobs.
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And if my next fifteen years are spent pounding the pavement in search of a job without a handset in it - too bad.
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He turned and saw a lithe figure in a track suit pounding the pavement towards him.
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I wrenched the wheel round in a tight turn, hitting the pavement as I went.
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It began to rain when she was half way along Gloucester Road, big spots like buttons hitting the pavement .
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Or pull out your own wheels and hit the pavement .
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The brown paper bag tied with white string hit the pavement , split and corn went all over the place.
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When he's not on the track competing, you will find Paul out pounding the pavements .
take a pounding
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Our football team took a real pounding .
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Advertising revenue has taken a pounding from the consolidation among retailers.
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But if the choppers took a pounding , the ground troops also suffered.
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But in order to do that you have to take a pounding .
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Quarterback Gus Frerotte took a pounding behind a line that has undergone yet another injury-induced shuffle.
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Referee Rudy Battle had seen enough soon after and called it off as Dixon took a pounding .
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The older kids get, the more your home takes a pounding .
ten pounds' worth/$500 worth etc of sth
the grey pound
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Army cannons continued to pound the city from the hillsides.
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He pounded some garlic and ginger and put it in the pan.
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Here the loose earth had been pounded flat by thousands of feet.
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Jessica felt her heart pounding but forced herself to remain calm.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sweeping attack peaked when Greenwood played a one-two with Healey before pounding in for his hat-trick.
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Before this defeat, their lowest point was a 25-10 pounding from San Diego on Oct. 5.
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He pounded along the street and round two corners, losing his way.
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Her heart was pounding, and she felt sick.