adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
absolute/pure hate (= complete and total hate )
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His speech was an expression of pure hate.
complete/total/pure fabrication
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Of course, it might all be complete fabrication.
perfect/pure/sheer happiness (= happiness that is as good as it can be )
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The birth of my child was a moment of sheer happiness.
pure conjecture
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What she said was pure conjecture .
pure cotton (= not mixed with any other materials )
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shirts made from pure cotton
pure genius
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a work of pure genius
pure hatred (= complete hatred )
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The child opened her eyes and stared at Juliet with pure hatred.
pure jealousy
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Their remarks were motivated by pure jealousy.
pure nostalgia (= used when talking about good things from the past that are not mixed with things from the present )
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It was an evening of pure nostalgia, as the band played hits from the 1940s.
pure silk
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pure silk stockings
pure supposition
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His version of events is pure supposition .
pure/absolute/sheer etc hell
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They described the war zone as sheer hell.
pure/absolute/sheer etc hell
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‘How was your exam?’ ‘Sheer hell!’
pure/mere speculation (= not based on any knowledge )
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A government official yesterday dismissed the reports as ‘pure speculation’.
pure/sheer luxury (= used when you want to emphasize that something gives great comfort and pleasure )
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The blouse was satin, and felt like pure luxury.
pure/sheer spite (= spite and nothing else )
pure/sheer/complete joy (= a lot of joy, not mixed with other feelings )
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It was a moment of pure joy.
pure/snow white (= completely white )
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snow white hair
pure/solid gold
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solid gold watches
sheer/pure coincidence (= complete chance )
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It was pure coincidence that we were on the same plane.
sheer/pure delight (= very great )
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She opened the present and laughed with sheer delight.
sheer/pure luck (= chance, and not skill or effort )
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She managed to catch hold of the rope by sheer luck.
sheer/pure malice
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She did it out of sheer malice.
sheer/pure pleasure
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He studied ancient languages for the sheer pleasure of learning.
sheer/pure terror (= complete and total terror )
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The horse galloped off in sheer terror down the path.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
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Some of it was mixed with other ingredients as a compost, some of it was used as pure money.
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What began as pure fun, naturally, got competitive.
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Cleansers, moisturisers and a soothing toner all specially formulated to be as pure as possible.
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The process was as pure as meditation.
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Sufficient to say that I regard the play as pure make-believe.
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It was all-male and as pure white as a Wyoming snowstorm.
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Perhaps Gwen Evans was as pure as the driven snow.
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By and large, they viewed themselves as pure researchers.
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We made our usual rest stop and got water from the mountainside that had been piped in, so pure and tasty.
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It seemed so pure , last night, if sentimental.
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So sweet, so good, so pure !
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There is nothing on this earth that can oppose a love so pure and strong.
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Parts of the open ocean are so pure as to support little life.
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Would you modify a car so pure ?
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You know, 99. 44 percent pure . So pure it floats.
■ NOUN
air
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Reynard wears an oxygen mask and breathes pure air .
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Someplace remote, someplace quiet, with no people, pretty lakes, forests, pure air , clear skies and views?
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He landed at Durlston and expressed his delight at the beautiful scenery and pure air .
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He was like a plant with its roots in pure air .
alcohol
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Among the various solutions, epinephrine and pure alcohol are proved to be effective in the arrest of peptic ulcer haemorrhage.
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The rebleeding rate was high, however, and this could be decreased with pure alcohol injection after the epinephrine injection.
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For patients with spurting peptic ulcers, we suggest pure alcohol injection after an epinephrine injection instead of epinephrine injection alone.
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For the epinephrine plus pure alcohol group, all achieved initial haemostasis.
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However, in case of need, cars can run on pure alcohol after adjustments.
chance
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It was pure chance that Philip Yale Drew came into the frame.
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It was pure chance that made me notice the writing on the top file, as I pushed open the window.
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It was pure chance that had brought Jean-Claude to the attic window that same afternoon.
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The connection was made, forged beyond the power of pure chance to explain.
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Unless she was much mistaken in that young man, pure chance played very little part in his proceedings.
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Perhaps it was by pure chance that the other woman had been there, and Matthew was entirely innocent.
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McQuaid had either struck true by pure chance or had picked up reliable gossip at the Mohill Fair.
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None of us had ever been able to discover whether it was a deliberate effect, or the result of pure chance .
coincidence
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It is pure coincidence that the date of his birthday was 1st April.
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Whether it was pure coincidence or something deeper in his make-up, Fran had no idea.
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Of course, I realised that it was an example of pure coincidence and that there could be nothing more to it.
cotton
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Your sample is quite safe to use, being of pure cotton .
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Now, the shirt comes in a choice of 30 colours, and is made from 12 miles of pure cotton .
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The owners showed me the hotel rooms, which looked extremely pleasant and had pure cotton sheets.
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Shapes are kept simple - shirts and T-shirts - and fabrics are pure cotton or silk.
fantasy
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Without that income, promises of better public services - that is, publicly financed services - are pure fantasy .
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Rather than offer pure fantasy , the fashion gurus rose to the challenge of suggesting truly flattering, appropriate and stylish options.
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Or possibly she had seen nothing at all, and it was pure fantasy .
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If not, the rest is pure fantasy .
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The subjects of these plays were pure fantasy , mingled with themes from wide reading.
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These charming ideas were almost certainly propaganda or pure fantasy , but it was not safe to discount any of them.
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It was pure fantasy and she knew it.
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For those who have not left for the roof, be advised that the above depiction is pure fantasy .
form
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With Wagner the theatrical part of the programme reappears in a pure form .
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This is alienation in its purest form , so why does this book still make me laugh?
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The ideal time to pursue the sport which many considered to be the purest form of hunting.
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In its pure form , a no-fault system, as its name suggests, does not concern itself with blame.
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The liberal theology of a figure like Adolf von Harnack represents the genre in its virtually pure form .
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We are back to the Platonic world of pure forms , pure possibilities.
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Teletext and Videotext are two examples of this technology in its purest form , ie no paper.
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The purer forms of objectivity do not always aid an investigation to the degree that is often assumed.
genius
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We are swimmers in slow motion, we glide together through clear and wordless waves, strokes of pure genius .
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None of us has the gift of a pure genius like Mozart.
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Warm yourself by the fireside of pure genius and it won't cost you a penny.
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The Swindon sweeper doesn't need a broomstick to weave his magic and cast his soccer spells, just pure genius .
gold
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Links of pure gold may be forged in the flame of adversity.
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And much of that material was pure gold .
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That was all part of the job - dig the dirt and then turn it into pure gold .
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More and more he pauses to observe a doubloon made of pure gold , fastened into the main mast.
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There were bracelets and anklets of great weight and solidity made of the purest gold .
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The weather was pure gold and wonderful.
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Gardeners reckon her manure is pure gold .
hell
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He was never able to reveal that his life was pure hell .
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Perhaps not very surprisingly, it turns out to have been pure hell-brutality intensified by stupidity.
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The pure hell of making a speech is only equalled by the agony of the audience.
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Sitting in a small room with a strange man asking me questions is pure hell .
joy
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It was a moment of such pure joy that I probably went pink with pleasure.
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For some, there is the pure joy of watching talent they nurtured through countless Saturday afternoons in the driveway playing Horse.
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He didn't speak, but there was no mistaking his smile of pure joy .
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My heart races with excitement, pure joy washes over me.
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His kiss was pure joy , winging happiness, as if her spirit was soaring into a clear sky.
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Fiction is pure joy how sad that I could not reinvent the trip as fiction.
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Many of them, of course, watch a Webcast for the pure joy of doing it.
luck
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It was pure luck , my seeing that notice of your concert.
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Of the pure luck , or destiny, involved.
oxygen
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He has spent four one-hour sessions in the hyperbaric therapy unit - a pressurised cabin into which pure oxygen is fed.
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The blessed torrent of cool, pure oxygen poured into his lungs.
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In a cabin soaked in pure oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure for five hours, almost anything bums.
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The oxygen ion passes through the membrane and emerges on the other side as pure oxygen gas.
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There they breathe in pure oxygen at high pressure.
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A pure oxygen atmosphere was used with a pressure of 35 in flight5.
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After 20 sessions, 70 percent of those breathing pure oxygen tired less easily and became more mobile and co-ordinated.
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The only by-product is pure oxygen .
pleasure
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To listen to music and read for the pure pleasure of reading.
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Why should the worm of anxiety intrude so early on such pure pleasure ?
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And it was all pure pleasure to Walter.
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And to marketing director Elizabeth Carduff, whose support and deep-felt response to this book has turned business into pure pleasure .
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She stifled a gasp of pure pleasure .
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This was the time when a cigarette was the purest pleasure known.
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But what may have been problematic to the feet was pure pleasure to the ear, more languid song than lilting dance.
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As relief spread to pure pleasure she waved and came towards him across the yard like a young girl.
poetry
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The work was completed, the Tyndalls eventually passed away and now the University has a music Department housed in pure poetry .
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He wished to put in a plea for the teaching of pure poetry in the primary school.
science
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The question is, will Congress pay that much for pure science , with no clear technological benefit attached?
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Critics have argued that an excessive commercial focus will lead researchers to ignore pure science .
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She was also a physicist, one of the rare female students to study pure science .
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This was to be a contribution to pure science , altogether elegant.
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The ruthless convenience of the pure science of lust?
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I breezed right through the first two years of pure science courses.
silk
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Her black hair was immaculate, and the pure silk violet dress fitted to perfection.
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Prices start at $ 20 for acetate shades and go up to several hundred dollars for pure silk .
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Her napkin was of pure silk with a neatly monogrammed corner.
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My first impression of the machine was that it was pure silk .
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Hair is a marvellous natural fibre - you could almost compare it to pure silk thread.
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A Casual, short sleeved shirt in pure silk with the fashionable sand-washed finish that feels so luxurious to the touch.
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I made my daughter's dress from pure silk and lace for £80!
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He dressed expensively, wore hand-made shoes and pure silk shirts.
speculation
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But a regional health authority spokesman dismissed the document as pure speculation .
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There are clinical-minded people who claim that the youngsters are just hysterical from overwork, but that of course is pure speculation .
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How often he acquires them for himself, how often through another, is pure speculation .
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Jury will disregard that last as pure speculation on the witness's part.
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Critics are free to express opinions on such matters, but most of what you hear is pure speculation .
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I said this was pure speculation .
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But very little - if any - was written as pure speculation .
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Brady uses this horrid incident as a Rosebud inspiration for a life of flurry and accomplishment, but this is pure speculation .
water
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Each point on the demand curve shows what the individual would pay for the last unit of purer water .
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In wooded recesses were numberless springs of pure water and numerous small lakes.
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George Burt provided Swanage with a pure water supply, gas, drainage and a railway.
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Flush your plant and rock periodically with pure water .
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D 2 D 2 shows the marginal benefit of purer water to the second individual.
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They lived on certain kinds of food and drank pure water .
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He gobbled its contents like a thirsty man would the purest water .
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He walked into the brightly-lit kitchen, opened the fridge, took out a bottle of pure water and opened it.
white
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When investing in a new kitchen, most people still go for easy-on-the-eye neutral shades, pure whites and sophisticated greys.
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The whites around the irises are just that, just pure white, even when Kip had been up for days.
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The pure white of the swans against the blue of the water was very beautiful.
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It was all-male and as pure white as a Wyoming snowstorm.
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Her hair is pure white , her face covered with spidery lines, but her eyes are absolutely clear, sparkling.
wool
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His grey cloak was of pure wool pushed back over his shoulders, yet it was his face which attracted me.
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I wanted the garment to seem feminine even though it is made out of a yarn as heavy and warm as pure wool .
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The pure wool comes in over 50 colours.
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It is no good trying to convince some folks, if they want pure wool they are going to have it!
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The lady prioress, a pure wool cloak wrapped around her, came down to bid us adieu.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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pure drinking water
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Pure olive oil is usually light gold in color.
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pure orange juice
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a pure tenor voice
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Clothes made of pure cotton are much cooler than those made of mixed fibers.
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Crude cocaine is only about 25 percent pure .
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I'm sure he had the purest of motives.
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In terms of pure natural ability, Rick's the best athlete on the team.
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It felt good to get away from the city and breathe in some pure mountain air.
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It was by pure luck that we found the place.
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Our burgers are made of 100% pure beef.
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The bottle contained 4 litres of pure alcohol.
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The cocaine was 95% pure .
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The water in the lake is so pure you can drink it.
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These flowers also come in pure white.
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When it first comes out of the ground, the oil is not very pure .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And research on pure electrics powered by exotic new battery systems is promising.
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And the closing bloodbath is pure Grand Guignol.
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At one extreme are pure , natural ecosystems like an alpine meadow or a mangrove swamp.
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The pure , hot contempt I now felt for him warmed me.
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The ideal time to pursue the sport which many considered to be the purest form of hunting.
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Under the 1990 reforms, districts will be financed on a pure formula basis too.