I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
love/enjoy/relish a challenge
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Children enjoy a challenge so the work should not be too easy.
relish the prospect (of sth) (= enjoy the thought of it very much )
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She would have to speak to him. She didn’t relish the prospect.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
challenge
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But in the event, most of the speakers and delegates appeared to relish the challenges that lay ahead.
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Lyons is relishing the challenge ahead, and he is determined to succeed.
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But those who were adequately prepared clearly relished the challenge , and emerged even stronger from the ordeal.
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Earlier in the year Mansell told me that Indycar racing fascinated him - and he would relish its new challenge .
chance
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This is the sort of position that most media moguls would relish the chance to exploit.
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They relished every chance to stymie him.
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A good retailer will relish the chance to show you how good they and their products are.
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Atkinson's Ayresome Park performance showed he is relishing the chance to play alongside the £2.3 million new boy.
idea
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It is only natural that the player relishes the idea of playing for them.
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Even narcotics officials do not relish the idea of killing farmers.
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Charman, a stickler for musical purity, did not relish the idea .
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He rather relished the idea of secret investigations.
opportunity
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Graham relished the opportunity to upstage Chelsea and found in the talented Russell the width to dominate the game from midfield.
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He's relishing his new opportunity .
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While relishing this opportunity there is a need for considered action.
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Ageing people usually relish any opportunity they have to express their feelings.
prospect
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I did not relish the prospect .
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Western governments do not relish the prospect of Iliescu returning to power.
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Do you relish the prospect of the open road?
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She didn't relish the prospect .
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Friends' I would definitely relish the prospect of being drawn against Milan.
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Not relishing the prospect of a cold wet night solo on the beach, I had to follow!
role
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Townshend may not relish a role as elder custodian of the nation s youth, but it suits him.
thought
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He did not relish the thought of joining the opposition one bit.
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Instead of being uneasy or anxious or angry, I suddenly relished the thought of calculated confrontation.
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Those large and lumpish hands could produce exquisitely fine work when required, and she relished the thoughts of others.
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Although most soldiers accepted combat, few relished the thought .
■ VERB
seem
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Luks's heroine seemed to relish her seductive power.
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They do not seem to relish this.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ella relished her short freedom during the summer.
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I really didn't relish the idea of being alone for two weeks.
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I stayed with an Israeli family, and relished the chance to soak up their culture at ground-level.
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Ida clearly relishes proving other people wrong.
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Setting up your own business is never easy, but Frank relished the challenge.
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She clearly relished the prospect of breaking the news to them.
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The interviewer seemed to relish asking her personal questions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cultivation: Very indifferent to conditions, though it will relish a planting medium consisting of nutritious detritus.
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Gwynn considers himself a self- motivator, but clearly he relishes proving others wrong.
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I never particularly relished torture, but I resigned myself to it when I arrived in Algiers...
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Nader is relishing the leverage and the limelight.
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Rioch lifted Middlesbrough's fortunes after the liquidation crisis of 1986 and could relish another rebuilding job at Darlington.
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These groups relish their own obscurity, because it allows them to do things in a covert manner, like cockroaches.
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This is the sort of position that most media moguls would relish the chance to exploit.
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We sit down to our morning bowl of coffee relishing everything we can see, touch, taste, or smell.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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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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With great relish , Janet asked him just who he thought was in charge of the campaign against him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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sweet pickle relish
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the magazine with heavy sarcasm reported: Lady Betty adopted her new career with relish .
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Denis could hear the tone of sarcastic relish in his voice.
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He argued with tremendous vigour, and when he demolished his victims it was with evident relish .
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Place a dollop of relish on plates and top with quail.
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To make relish , combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly.
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Top the chicken with tomato mango relish .