adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
when
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A less ambitious cash-in is the Gorby blaster, above right: the head flashes red and wails when pressed .
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These emit a piercing shriek when pressed .
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She herself, when pressed , indignantly refuted the suggestion.
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Most smoke alarms have a test button which sets off the alarm when pressed .
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It is at this point that the anthropologist, when pressed , retreats into impenetrable jungles of ethnographic fact.
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Amongst the flowers that turn a very dark colour when pressed are deep red primulas and auriculas, as well as small orchids.
■ NOUN
flower
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A pressed flower , Philip had said.
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This chapter therefore describes the techniques you will need to follow to obtain perfect pressed flowers .
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Another gift that was well received was a book of poetry for which I made a pressed flower bookmark.
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You should then decide which area of parcel is going to be decorated with the pressed flowers and foliage.
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Despite worries to the contrary, pressed flowers photograph well and make a refreshing change from more conventional forms of artwork.
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Apart from the ideas shown in this chapter, there are several other ways of incorporating pressed flowers into hobbies.
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After all, flowers always make very successful presents, but long-lasting ones, such as pressed flower pictures, are doubly appreciated.
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Arrange your pressed flower design on the piece of card, trying to keep the colours as harmonious as possible.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be hard put/pressed/pushed to do sth
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Aunt Edie was in such a rage about it that she was hard put to contain herself.
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Governments will then be hard put to get it on to their national statute books by mid-1993.
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I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment!
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Leinster will be hard pushed to keep the score within the respectable margins of defeat set by their predecessors.
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Once an apology is given, the defendant will be hard put to contest liability later.
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The slave's side ... and even Miss Phoebe would be hard put to understand.
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With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.
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You will be hard pressed to choose a single main course because so many are mouth-watering.
be pressed for time/cash etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aunt Margaret, frail as a pressed flower, seemed too cowed by his presence even to look at him.
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Chipboard and other pressed wood products are made with a resin containing formaldehyde, an irritant and suspected carcinogen.
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For example, the photograph on the previous page shows how pressed flower designs can be used to decorate photograph frames.
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In this way you will quickly be able to find the pressed material you want when you begin designing a picture.
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The two main types used are cold pressed and refined.
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Thinking of different pressed flower ideas for birthday presents should keep you going for a while!