I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a convoy reaches sth
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When is the convoy expected to reach its destination?
a population reaches
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Nigeria 's population will reach 532 million in the middle of this century.
achieve/attain/reach your goal
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She has worked hard to achieve her goal of a job in the medical profession.
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They’re hoping to reach their goal of raising £10,000 for charity.
achieve/fulfil/reach/realize your potential (= succeed as much as you have the potential to succeed )
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A lot of athletes find it difficult to achieve their potential.
achieve/reach a level
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China’s imports of wheat reached record levels.
approach/reach/go into etc double figures
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The death toll is thought to have reached double figures.
be through to/reach the final
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He’s through to the men’s tennis final for the first time.
come to/arrive at/reach a conclusion (= decide something )
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I eventually came to the conclusion that I wanted to study law.
come to/bring to/reach fruition
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His proposals only came to fruition after the war.
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Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.
come to/reach a dead end
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The negotiations have reached a dead end.
come/get/reach etc home (= arrive at your home )
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It was midnight by the time we got home.
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What time are you coming home?
establish/reach a diagnosis
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It is important to establish the diagnosis and begin treatment quickly.
fall to/hit/reach etc a new low (= be worth less than ever before )
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The euro has fallen to a new low against the dollar.
get to/reach the end of sth
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The 40 year-old power station has now reached the end of its operating life.
get to/reach/live to a particular age
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One in three children die before they reach the age of 5.
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The number of people living to to the age of 80 has doubled in the last fifty years.
grow to/reach a length of 2 metres/8 feet etc
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A blue whale can reach a length of 100 feet.
meet/reach a standard
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Many food businesses fail to meet basic standards of hygiene.
reach a climax
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The film reaches its climax in the final scene.
reach a compromise
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After a bitter political fight, a compromise was finally reached.
reach a consensus ( also arrive at a consensus )
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The committee found that it was unable to reach a consensus.
reach a maximum
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These sheep reach a maximum of 70 kg at adulthood.
reach a peak ( also hit a peak informal )
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The traffic reaches a peak between 5 and 6 pm.
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The company’s stock hit a peak of about $23.
reach a point
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Some couples reach a point where divorce is the only solution.
reach a position
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It has taken two years to reach the position we are now in.
reach a settlement
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The companies reached a settlement in March.
reach a speed
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The trains will reach speeds of 140 mph.
reach an audience
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For an advertiser who wants to reach a large audience, television news easily surpasses other news media.
reach double/six etc figures (= be 10 or more/100,000 or more etc )
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The death toll in the region has reached five figures.
reach epidemic etc proportions
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Alcohol abuse has reached epidemic proportions in this country.
reach into your pocket (= put your hand into your pocket to find something )
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"Do you want a cigarette?" he asked, reaching into his pocket.
reach its zenith/be at its zenith
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The Roman Empire reached its zenith around the year 100.
reach middle age (= be middle-aged )
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You need to start saving for retirement before you reach middle age.
reach puberty
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Fourteen is a fairly normal age for a girl to reach puberty .
reach/achieve/hit a target (= meet it )
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They achieved their target with just days to spare.
reach/arrive at a verdict (= agree on a decision )
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The jury failed to reach a verdict.
reach/arrive at your destination ( also get to your destination informal )
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It had taken us 6 hours to reach our destination.
reach/attain manhood
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He had barely reached manhood when he married.
reach/be at the top of your profession
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He was a very highly respected man, at the top of his profession.
reach/come to an agreement ( also conclude an agreement formal )
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It took the two sides several weeks to reach an agreement.
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The two sides failed to come to an agreement.
reach/come to/arrive at a decision (= make a decision after a lot of thought )
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We hope they will reach their decision as soon as possible.
reach/come to/grow to maturity
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These insects reach full maturity after a few weeks.
reached a crescendo
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The curtains opened as the music reached a crescendo .
reached a...deadlock
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The talks have reached a complete deadlock .
reached boiling point
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Relations between the two countries have almost reached boiling point .
reached fever pitch
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After a night of rioting, tensions in the city reached fever pitch .
reached its crescendo
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The campaign reached its crescendo in the week of the election.
reached saturation point
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The number of summer tourists in the area has reached saturation point .
reached the dizzy heights of
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Naomi had reached the dizzy heights of manageress.
reached the pinnacle
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She had reached the pinnacle of her political career.
reached...accommodation
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We reached an accommodation between both parties.
reached...impasse
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Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse .
reached...milestone
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The treatment of diabetes reached a significant milestone in the 1970s.
reached...nadir
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By 1932, the depression had reached its nadir .
reached...pitch (= become so strong )
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The controversy reached such a pitch that the paper devoted a whole page to it.
reached...velocity
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The speedboat reached a velocity of 120 mph.
reach/get to a stage
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We have reached the stage where no-one is safe to walk our streets at night.
reach/meet an objective (= achieve an objective )
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We need to control spending in order to meet our financial objectives.
reach/strike a deal (= agree a deal after a lot of discussions )
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The US and North Korea reached a deal about North Korea's nuclear development program.
rise to/achieve/reach a rank ( also attain a rank formal )
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He rose to the rank of colonel.
rise to/reach etc ... heights
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He reached the dizzy heights of the national finals.
the far/furthest/vast reaches of space (= the far, furthest etc areas of space )
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Light takes time to travel across the vast reaches of space.
the jury reaches/arrives at a verdict (= decides if someone is guilty or not guilty )
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Has the jury reached a verdict?
the upper/lower etc reaches of a river (= the upper, lower etc parts )
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We sailed down the lower reaches of the river.
upper reaches
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the upper reaches of the Nile
within easy reach of (= close to )
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We live within easy reach of the shops.
within easy reach (= close to )
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The station is within easy reach of the town centre.
within reach (= close enough to touch )
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Adjust the driver’s seat so that all the controls are within reach .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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Death reached down and took a handful of sand.
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He reached down and opened the thought-drawer.
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With that, he reached down to grab up her suitcases.
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Turning his face aside, he reached down and in.
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Stephen reached down to his belt for the grenades.
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The General reached down and took the little bouquet.
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She shook her head no and reached down to take off her shoes.
out
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She reached out to touch the surface, aware of a chill that seemed to have settled around her.
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He reached out wildly, trying to grasp the creature, but it had moved away.
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Left fielder Mark Whiten reached out and poked a tailing fastball over the left-field wall in the second.
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Something about the angle of his shoulders made her want to reach out to him.
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Instead, political interest groups reach out directly, using computerized mailing lists and modems in addition to the old-fashioned campaign techniques.
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I felt an unusual twinge of pity for him and reached out and clasped one of his hands in mine.
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They reach out for some of the techniques as a panacea for ills that run far deeper.
over
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He reached over to touch my wrist, and his look was tender.
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He reached over the console and wiped some of the grime off the viewport.
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She sat up and reached over for a nacho on the table next to Cyril.
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Repeat to your left. Reach over to your left side, curving from your right arm.
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He reached over into aii ashtray and took out a fat joint.
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It was very nearly respectable, reaching over half way down her thighs.
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She reached over now and touched his cold rigid hand.
■ NOUN
age
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In less than a year I would reach retirement age and I had nothing to fall back on.
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Male albatrosses are so faithful to their single wives that virtually every male that reaches the right age will breed.
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Still, he has reached the age when he must think of retirement.
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By the 1890s civil servants had become obliged to retire on reaching pensionable age .
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Illness eventually caught up with Alan, but not until he had reached the age of 79.
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Infant mortality is phenomenally high, and many children die before they reach six years of age .
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In some countries as many as one child in three dies before reaching the age of five.
agreement
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We shall never succeed in reaching an agreement on how far back we must go.
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Barneys said the two parties could not reach agreement on financing, royalties, equity and trade name issues.
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On Dec. 31 the government and Solidarity reached agreement on ending the strike.
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Critics and supporters alike acknowledge that it could take years to reach even a narrow agreement .
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It reached agreement over a number of issues including selection procedure and the team's uniform, flag and song.
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While the airline has slashed costs in many areas, it so far has failed to reach cost-cutting labor agreements .
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During their talks Qian and Alatas reached agreements on the remaining stumbling blocks to normalization.
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Platt and Brooks reached an agreement with the filmmakers by telephone, then flew to Dallas to meet them.
compromise
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As for smoking, we reached a compromise .
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Within a few months, they made the triumphant proclamation that they had reached a compromise all sides could live with.
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Eventually I reach the same old compromise .
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Republicans said they see little chance of reaching a compromise this year.
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It's hoping to meet the shopkeepers and reach a compromise .
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How hard after all these decades to reach out and compromise .
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Luckily the timely intervention of Trevor Proby's left boot into my right ear quickened everyone's resolve to reach a compromise .
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Failure to reach compromises on spending in 1995 and 1996 triggered two partial government shutdowns.
conclusion
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Part of this process requires the team to reach conclusions as to how the corporate centre will relate to the operating businesses.
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Yet epidemiologists in many countries have independently evaluated possible methods of transmission and have reached the same conclusions .
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Therefore, a tribunal or inferior court acts ultravires if it reaches its conclusion on a basis erroneous under the general law.
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The seemingly interminable day was finally reaching its dark conclusion .
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There was nothing about how the pathologist had reached the conclusion that death had taken place some time between 1974 and 1977.
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Apparently, many of you already driving 528s reached the same conclusion .
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However as a story it reaches no conclusion .
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Many of you might reach the same conclusion about your whole organization.
consensus
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At least five local law societies found it difficult to reach a consensus amongst their members on the matter.
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After discussing several alternatives, the team reaches consensus on a plan of action.
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Most decisions are reached by general consensus with a minimum of formal voting. 7.
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Various group decision-making methods can be used to reach consensus .
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Our impressions are of a team in which decisions are reached by consensus and with the minimum of tension.
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The group itself must get together and reach such decisions by consensus .
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All agreements are reached by consensus .
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In general local law societies disagreed with the question, although they found it difficult to reach a consensus on the issue.
decision
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Faced with the same situation, not all scientists will reach the same decision or adopt the same strategy.
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Regulators are scheduled to reach a decision by Feb. 18 on whether they will accept the banks' merger applications.
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Only on one count, against Powell, was the jury unable to reach a decision and a mistrial declared.
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This at once enhances the contribution which the court or parents can make towards reaching the best possible decision in all the circumstances.
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The no difference thesis is about what happens if authorities reach the right decision .
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But he rose from his sick-bed to be on hand when the committee reached their expected decision .
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I shall take careful account of all aspects of the application before reaching a decision .
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The missed approach is commenced immediately on reaching decision height, if visual contact has not been made at this point.
end
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When he reached the end of the street, Scott turned and looked back towards the house.
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The village sat on a shoreline as if it had reached the end of something and could go no further.
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When the tone stopped you had reached the end of the line - and that indicated the ferret's position.
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Press Home Home down arrow to reach the end of the document. 2.
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Helicopters circled overhead as the caravan finally reached the end of its historic journey.
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By the time you reach the end you have forgotten in what age you began it!
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They may originate above the clouds, but they reach us in the end .
final
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Parry, 23, has twice reached the national quarter finals , losing each time to the legendary John Lyon.
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He left Kansas a year before the Jayhawks reached the Final Four.
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Jackman, a 20-year-old from Norfolk, has reached four major finals since joining the world tour in August 1991.
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For every athlete who reaches the County finals , it is a potential stepping stone to the National Championships.
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I mean, the Seattle SuperSonics reached the Western Conference final in 1987 despite their 39-43 regular-season record.
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Parker, after all, had been a key figure in helping Forest reach four Wembley finals over the previous three seasons.
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Negotiators in Geneva reached their final agreement just hours before the midnight deadline.
goal
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Many people who try to set themselves goals and call them objectives think they have failed when they don't reach them.
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There are strong differences on how to reach their shared goal .
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The Date Achieved is filled in only after you have reached your goal .
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These are the practical, day-by-day steps that we take to reach our goals .
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A lot of them failed to reach that desirable goal .
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Most of my clients quit well before reaching their goal weight.
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Mobility therefore relates to people's ability to move and to reach desired goals .
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How many people who walk in the door reach their goal weight and keep it off?
level
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How do we reach an acceptable level of data security?
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Now they own an international distribution company and have reached the highest levels of achievement in our business.
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As the winding current is increased, however, the flux density in the iron eventually reaches its saturation level .
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When the leaves have reached the water level they wind about below the surface and become dense tangles.
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With computer analysis it can also reach a far higher level of sophistication than can be achieved by hand methods.
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Small wonder it is so nourished by the time it reaches the national level .
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But if there is a significant improvement then the programme can be continued until the problem reaches an acceptable level .
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They were a special reward based on reaching various outstanding levels of performance.
limit
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I reckon also I've reached the limit .
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As cognitive development reaches an upper limit with full attainment of formal operations, so too does affective development.
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Your tank has certainly reached its limits now, and some of the fish have yet to reach their full potential.
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Evidently he has reached the limit of his imagination, for at this point he reverts from words to breathing.
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Mercury will then let customers know when they have reached that limit , so that users can choose whether or not to make further calls.
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I stumbled out of town with barely enough strength to reach the city limits .
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It would create unfair trading as some buyers may already have reached their 90-claim limit .
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Valerie and Mike were both reaching the limits of fear and frustration.
peak
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Discs Formula: Madness quit without ever reaching a proper peak .
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Boukreev's last climb was a dangerous attempt to reach the peak of the 26,700-foot Mount Annapurna in the winter.
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I just think Tony Jacklin had reached his peak .
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My interest in debating reached a high peak at Duke.
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As it reaches its peak throw the second ball underneath it towards your left hand.
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The sages said they may be reaching their peak .
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It reached a peak as miners surged in against the riot shields.
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Every 13 weeks Beck receives 300 units of the botulinum toxin, which reaches peak effect in about five weeks.
point
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This is because joke after joke is tedious and people quickly reach saturation point .
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You reach a point of success.
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His life reached its lowest point in 1970.
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He has reached the point where he will not tolerate any further evidence of divided loyalties.
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But he knew he hadn't reached that point yet.
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The principal message conveyed by the leadership was that the Three Gorges project had reached the point of no return.
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They have reached a point in their drama when they need factual information, they want to get it right.
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This convinced him he had to reach the point where there was no turning back.
settlement
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Disney said yesterday it had reached a settlement with one group of contractors for an undisclosed sum.
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Mr Widmer said there seemed little hope of reaching a settlement before Caldaire turned to legal action.
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Seagram reached a similar settlement with Heublein on more clearly listed ingredients in January.
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At the head of the valley we reached a tiny settlement and stopped to ask the way.
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His agent, Scott Casterline, reached a settlement with the team that will save Brown one paycheck during his suspension.
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This deal was subsequently accepted in the other regions, which had hitherto failed to reach settlements .
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Mills and Raines reached a settlement in March, with Mills receiving half of the winnings.
stage
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They've just reached the half way stage of the project but it's taken them five years to get this far.
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Growth companies have not reached the regal blue-chip stage and are trying to expand their business by reinvesting most of their profits.
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We have reached a sensitive stage in the operation.
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As I stood looking out at the crowd, I felt I had finally reached a new stage in my life.
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Single-cell protein production from non-photosynthetic organisms has also reached the stage of commercial availability, mainly as animal feed.
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The trouble can mount as the child reaches the stage when he is supposed to begin learning emotional ideas.
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The up-side is that you have reached a stage where you can make some decisions.
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By the time I reach the stage again, the audience is one with me.
standard
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Cherwell Scientific Publishing Limited was founded in 1990 to distribute and publish carefully selected software which reaches this standard .
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They insist that virtually all of their students reach a high educational standard .
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Both bodies regularly inspect the homes and have powers to make sure that care and other conditions reach specified standards .
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Why work more industriously to reach the new standard ?
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The young concert pianist had spent fewer hours reaching concert standard than he had spent achieving a mediocre amateur level.
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They never reached the standard of work evidenced by the Parthenon or the Erechtheion.
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Diplomas are awarded to candidates who reach a satisfactory standard in written examinations following nine months of coursework.
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Studies that reach a high standard can be submitted for publication.
target
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Once you reach your target weight, you can increase your intake up to a maximum of 70 grams a day.
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Executives are given head-count-reduction targets by their boards, and sometimes financial incentives are tied to reaching the targets.
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Offerton lost eight wickets in reaching the target .
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To get our bearings, first he has me shoot from a distance too great to reach my target .
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The danger is that the pressure to reach target leads you to exaggerate chargeable hours.
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If any sweat was lost in reaching this target it was not noticeable, and a six-wicket win was duly recorded.
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Yet in the 1980s Britain missed its chance to reach for those targets .
verdict
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Allow me to present the evidence and then reach your own verdict .
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Nor did he grant the plaintiffs' request to sequester the panel until they reach a verdict .
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It took the jury almost five hours to reach a majority verdict and acquit her on all three charges.
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The jury considered the matter for many days and have reached their verdict .
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However, on July 29, the same day the Reclamation panel reached its verdict , Otis could no longer contain himself.
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As in a hung jury - one that can not reach a verdict .
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To reach a verdict , only nine of 12 jurors had to agree.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be at/hit/reach rock bottom
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By four o'clock Melissa's spirits were at rock bottom .
get to/reach first base
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Compared to this little middle-aged lot, we didn't get to first base!
hit/reach rock bottom
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After we lost the contract, morale in the office reached rock bottom.
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Confidence in the city's police force has hit rock bottom.
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Joan Rivers reveals how she hit rock bottom and recovered in her autobiography.
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As a result, hotel values hit rock bottom in 1992&.
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At the time, I thought one had hit rock bottom.
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But this time he does seem to have hit rock bottom.
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Ogmore to Barry beach sport hit rock bottom.
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The 28-year-old mechanical engineer's fortunes took a dramatic twist midway through last season when his career hit rock bottom.
reach sb's ears
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After you reach a certain age, nobody wants to hire you.
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Babies will put everything they can reach in their mouths.
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Can you reach the salt for me?
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Can you get that book down for me? I can't reach .
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China's economic output is likely to reach $13 trillion within the next few years.
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Gold prices have reached their lowest level in 15 years.
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Have you been able to reach Neil?
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Have you tried reaching her at home?
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Hurricane damage could reach billions of dollars.
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I can't reach the top shelf.
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I don't think these curtains will reach down to the floor.
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In winter, parts of Northern Canada can only be reached by plane.
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Inflation continued to rise, reaching a peak of 28%.
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It took more than three days to reach the top of the mountain.
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It took seven hours before we reached the border.
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It won't work - the ladder won't reach .
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Snow prevented workers from reaching the broken pipeline.
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Some letters are taking up to two weeks to reach their destination.
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Someone reached out and grabbed her arm.
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Temperatures are expected to reach the 80s and 90s.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After reaching the desired revs by using the foot throttle, the driver then pushes the centre button.
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At this point the panic reached its peak.
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Immersed in his thoughts, Kirov reached his small tailor's shop without realizing it.
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Lastly, Linda will have to work full-time or part-time for this retirement goal to be reached, Steinmetz said.
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The blankets lay to one side of the fire and she reached out for them.
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The door irised open and he reached inside, drawing out the tiny phial before the door closed up again.
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This means our mailings to advisers are far more likely to reach the person they are intended for.
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When he reached the age of reason, I confidently sent him forth to seek his fortune.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
easy
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For racegoers there are no less than six racecourses within easy reach .
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Men fought with bottles and knives, and with guns within easy reach .
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Also within easy reach of many places of interest, including the new International Convention Centre.
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A short climb from the tarn leads to the ridge wall, the summit then being within easy reach on the left.
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The latter were concentrated quite markedly in Stratford and Forest Gate within easy reach of the main railway line into the city.
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The centre is ideally located within easy reach of many historical sites and venues for practical and outdoor activities.
far
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In a farther reach of the bay, the seafront lights came on.
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As the warm weather arrives in Yosemite, so do the people en masse, many from far reaches of the world.
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They distrusted predictions about the far reaches of the universe because it did not seem they could be tested by observation.
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Whose idea was it to set a haunted-house flick aboard a spaceship at the far reaches of the solar system?
further
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She was a thin, slender woman, somewhere in the further reaches of middle age.
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The further reach of State enterprise had been confirmed.
global
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I still feel Nestle's global reach gives it a defensive quality.
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But a string of acquisitions starting 12 years ago has boosted its global reach .
long
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Microprocessor control on this long reach mower keeps the hood floating over undulations.
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The one in the shirt was taller, with a longer reach , and his short blond hair stood up with sweat.
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The long reach of the gene knows no obvious boundaries.
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However, Oxford's longer reach , excellent rhythm and exceptional fitness could prove decisive in the predicted headwind.
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The game was nearly over, and as usual Fred was winning, despite his opponent's longer reach .
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The real power of most artillery lies in its long reach .
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Above, a steep rib requires a ridiculously long reach before an easy traverse leads back into the corner.
outer
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Even in the outer reaches of the capital-Bexley, say-you are looking at £137,000.
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They explored the outer reaches of the farm and took long hikes up Talcott Mountain.
upper
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Grayling in upper reaches , some pike around Darlington.
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Eventually, of course, you will want to go for the upper reaches of naval accomplishment: world domination.
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Men involved in the upper reaches of political life might not necessarily find in it an adequate protection.
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It singled out the upper reaches of primary schools for particular criticism.
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For a sixty-year-old man in the upper reaches of the legal profession, that was pathetic.
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And even the long dried out upper reaches of the Pang are flowing ... just ... but more is required.
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Certainly, he had abundant connections to the upper reaches of the company hierarchy.
■ VERB
expand
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You are a small world of scientists surrounded by a vast and rapidly expanding reaches of barbarism.
extend
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This is just like the sweep stroke where we extend the reach to apply more force.
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J., will extend its reach to more than four million subscribers.
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Another day he calls for a higher minimum wage, or praises a bill that would extend the reach of health insurance.
lie
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Cardboard folders of stamps lay haphazardly within my reach .
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The real power of most artillery lies in its long reach .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a boxer with a long reach
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Grayling in upper reaches, some pike around Darlington.
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Its failing came in the inevitable shortfall between reach and grasp.
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Jaq doubted that even the most towering of storms could engulf the uppermost reaches of Vasilariov.
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The highest reaches of love and life depend on trust.
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The quality of diet is falling as the prices of meat and staple provisions rise beyond the reach of many poor residents.
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These shrimp live 3, 600 meters below the surface, far beyond the reach of sunlight.