I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
on
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But he's been rambling on about you, Miranda.
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She rambled on , but Anastasia was not listening.
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Which, given the way Wally rambles on , is scarcely surprising.
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On a slow day, Quigley just goes through the newspapers and rambles on about whatever comes into his brain.
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He rambled on about making his home here with Maria Luisa on this wonderful island.
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You should indicate the aspects of your background which the interviewer is looking for without rambling on about things which are irrelevant.
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She went rambling on much as I am doing myself now.
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In flaccid prose Shaftesbury rambles on with an air of affected conversational ease which projects the persona of the patronising aristocrat.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dean Wilford tends to ramble when he speaks.
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He was a little drunk and kept rambling on about the good old days.
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I sat down and let him ramble on for a few minutes.
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Ida rambled on, but Anna wasn't listening to her.
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In his diary, the Unabomber rambled at length about the evils of technology.
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The trouble is once Dad gets started on a subject, he tends to ramble .
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We spent three wonderful days rambling around Palermo.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he's been rambling on about you, Miranda.
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Hasty rambled 80 yards for the touchdown.
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No one wants a head's rambling, spur of the minute monologue at the end of the day.
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She rambled on, but Anastasia was not listening.
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We'd wander round the house as we rambled conversationally.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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My favorite ramble is the nine-mile hike to West Potrero Road.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even local walkers were put off making their local rambles, aware that Mrs Chandler's attacker could strike again.
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Followed by an afternoon family ramble .
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I was told to weaken my left-hand grip and the game became a sort of nature ramble .
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In my own rambles around vents I have stumbled upon and helped describe a few of the new species.
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Most were rambles through the countryside, but one or two were organized strolls through historical sections of London.
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Some are easy rambles but others should kick into touch the idea that valleys are easy options.
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The hotel also offers a free guided ramble every week.
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The walks range from leisurely country rambles to strenuous mountain walks from the spring through mid-October.