I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
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He mentioned the goal but I don't remember recounting how it took happened.
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Prosecutor Greg Jacobs called on each woman to recount how she had suffered during and after an attack by Davis.
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Their relations were always cordial and, in his memoirs, Hedilla recounts how they often talked of politics.
■ NOUN
event
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He came to see her every evening and asked her to recount the events of that day.
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The stories themselves do not, however, recount an exceptional event , indeed they seldom focus on a single event at all.
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The others, however, told their anecdotes with no moral comment whatsoever, even though they had to recount some hair-raising events .
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Mandisa alternates between recounting the events on the day of the crime and remembering the past in a series of flashbacks.
experience
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What is so bad in recounting our experiences , cultures, dreams and visions in our own anecdotal fashion?
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It featured a series of comedy skits and a half-dozen songs, all loosely recounting the colonial experience .
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Then get him to recount his experiences and suggestions to the church council.
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Teacher after teacher recounted similar experiences at all grade levels.
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Don Bradbury recounts experiences and passes on some tips.
history
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Having recounted this history , Lanfranc mentioned that there were professions of obedience to Canterbury, all testifying to its primatial position.
story
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One of them looked at her as if she were mad as she recounted the story .
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He is enjoying recounting this story .
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With great relish he would recount the story of how he had surprised Branson one morning outside his house in Denbigh Terrace.
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Then he recounted a personal story he must have repeated a hundred times before.
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Will recounts a story about Carol Jung, a contemporary of Freud and one of the fathers of modern psychoanalysis.
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Witness after witness recounted stories of vanished fortunes and the hopeless struggle for recognition of their rightful claims.
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A modern Roman Catholic authority recounts a story which brings them up to the fourth century - the time of Constantine.
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Mandylor, also a writer, wears black fingerless gloves and broods magnificently while recounting stories of orgiastic dances in St-Tropez.
tale
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Certainly, he seemed strangely quiet and bemused as he recounted the extraordinary tale .
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They saw a sometimes remorseful, if inarticulate and profane, Davis recount his now-familiar tale of killing 12-year-old Polly.
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So far he hasn't had too many problems but doubtless he could recount some interesting tales !
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I spend a lot of time recounting tales of woe from friends and readers, but this one is my own.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"The plane dropped slowly," passenger Ken Argos recounted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A modern Roman Catholic authority recounts a story which brings them up to the fourth century - the time of Constantine.
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Brady recounts in a recent interview.
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But Menem later reacted with displeasure to a Vanity Fair article by Madonna in which she recounted the hectic process of filming.
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Mandylor, also a writer, wears black fingerless gloves and broods magnificently while recounting stories of orgiastic dances in St-Tropez.
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Resnick has written two books recounting Simpsons alleged mistreatment of his wife, who believed that he eventually would kill her.
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This mildly picaresque novel recounts a boy's flight from prep school to an eventful weekend in New York.
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What is so bad in recounting our experiences, cultures, dreams and visions in our own anecdotal fashion?
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Would seeing a re-run of the incident, as he had recounted it, help Terry Gill to a firmer conclusion?
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Opponents demanded a recount .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A hand recount across Florida, he said, might be acceptable.
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Al Gore successfully sought recounts in the four counties most favourable to him.
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But what if the recount in Florida does go Gore's way?
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Democrats say the errors suggest a manual recount would show that Gore won Florida.
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I am still trying to get them to do the recount .
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In a press conference, Bush supporters used the strongest language so far to impugn the legitimacy of the continued Florida recounts.
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The swing to Gore in the recounts in Broward and hapless Palm Beach counties helped cement the party too.
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Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989, his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount .