I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good rest
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You need a good rest .
a resting place (= a place where someone or something stays or is buried )
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This tomb is the last resting place of the Davison family.
be based on/rest on an assumption
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Our plans were based on the assumption that everyone would be willing to help.
deserve a rest/break/holiday etc
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Once the students have done their exams they deserve a break.
let the matter rest/drop (= stop discussing or worrying about something )
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I was too curious to let the matter drop.
rest area
rest home
rest room
rest stop
the rest of the world
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How will this affect Britain and the rest of the world?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
day
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At that time Venturous was undergoing engine repairs and some of the crew were on rest days when the call came.
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Horst was suffering from a headache and needed a rest day .
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We can take a rest day when we like.
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The individual event starts here today with a rest day tomorrow.
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We ran back towards the Solent for a rest day at Southampton.
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It was an astonishing piece of planning, especially as the Friday, being Good Friday, was the rest day .
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We'd had our rest days , just three days work left.
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The only thing he was thankful for was that it was the eleventh day , the rest day.
■ VERB
let
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She rolled on top of him, letting her full weight rest on his body.
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When she sat down she didn't let herself rest against the back of the chair.
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He let his hammer rest on the shoe sole and looked up.
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He is also described as the quiet one who shuns publicity and lets the rest of the band enjoy the limelight.
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Anyway, you really should have just taken the useful tips from his lecture and let the rest slide.
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Knead 1 to 2 minutes. Let rest 10 minutes.
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Season buffalo steaks with salt and pepper to taste and let them rest for 1 hour at room temperature.
need
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You need rest and besides, I want you here with me anyway.
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Doctors tell him he needs a complete rest for six months.
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So respect, remembrance was for herself, and today herself needed rest .
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The hotel doctor says I need a rest .
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Economically, it did not need the rest of the world for anything.
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If people need a rest on the way what's wrong with sitting on the ground?
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That left him the resilience he needed to enjoy the rest of his life properly.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
... and the rest is history
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But then he started scribbling away at A Year in Provence and the rest is history .
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Dependence was imposed and the rest is history and green beans, cotton tee-shirts, patronage, and serfdom.
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He was initially hired by the Oxford Mail, then began to concentrate on sport, and the rest is history .
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Manufacturers responded by building cheaper modem hardware, and the rest is history .
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She noticed that he had a cute bum - and the rest is history .
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Then, when he was 17, he picked up a basketball, and the rest is history .
God rest his/her soul
God rest his/her soul
God rest his/her soul
lay sb to rest
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She was laid to rest next to her husband, who died in 1993.
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At nightfall she was tired and lay down to rest.
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Rather it attempted to lay the movement to rest.
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She took the pills and lay down to rest with her eyes closed.
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Then she lay down to rest in the lounge, surrounded by other women who even here never stopped talking.
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We can't even lay him to rest.
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Without proof I should really lay the idea to rest.
let sth drop/rest/lie
more ... than the rest/the others/everything else put together
rest in peace
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Ashamed of your old man, want the whole gruesome mess to rest in peace ?
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But resting in peace is not always easy.
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But the pensioners won't let him rest in peace .
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For Tony, that he may rest in peace , and for his family for their strengthening and peace.
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He hopes to give relatives peace of mind while their loved ones rest in peace.
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He was buried in Auchinleck kirkyard but, even in death, he was not allowed to rest in peace .
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So much for the residents being allowed to rest in peace .
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They need to find the killers of Peter and Gwenda so they can rest in peace .
rest/breathe easy
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Craig Chalmers, however, can rest easy .
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He also seems to want to be the Nineties Coco Chanel, so street fashion bods can rest easy .
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He can rest easy on that matter.
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No side can rest easy with such a slender lead.
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Some local retailer would rest easy in his bed that night.
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Surely, the letter said with a surprising burst of bitterness, Eileen Ryan would rest easy in her grave at last.
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The sun was up, the dark clouds disappeared and for a moment she breathed easy .
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Wall Street and the bond markets can rest easy .
rest/sit on your laurels
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But there is no room for resting on our laurels .
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But this generous accolade does not mean that we are resting on our laurels .
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Little time was granted to Lee and his men for resting on their laurels .
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Motorola has long been a leader in that as well, and it has never stopped to rest on its laurels .
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That is the only time when you can rest on your laurels .
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The religious authorities, who were very active during the nationalist struggle, rested on their laurels after independence.
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This evolution of Diamond Rio signals that the group is not ready to rest on its laurels -- at least not voluntarily.
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You can never rest on your laurels .
set/put sb's mind at rest
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Just to put your mind at ease, we will get a second opinion from a cardiac specialist.
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The doctor set my mind at rest by explaining exactly what effect the drug would have on me.
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But let me set your mind at rest.
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But she'd like to see him, to try and set her mind at rest.
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He's been very kind to me and Lily, as regards putting our minds at rest about Stella.
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He's unlikely to know how you feel, and until he does, he can't put your mind at rest.
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He must set their minds at rest about the Freddie affair, because they knew of Freddie.
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I wish I could put their minds at rest.
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It puts my mind at rest.
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Quite often, all that is required is a friendly chat to put your mind at rest.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By the fourth day, we were all in need of a rest .
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He eats a lot of junk food, and he doesn't get enough rest .
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Make sure you have a good rest this weekend.
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They decided to stop driving and take a short rest .
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Try and give your ankle a rest so it will heal better.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was fully responsible for the rest of his life.
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In the lounge Lord Beddington was taking a short rest after the exigencies of luncheon.
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Is it present with the limb at rest or mainly on movement?
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It almost went out with the rest of the junk mail.
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One hour later, the circuit breakers shut down the markets for the rest of the day.
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Performances have been added throughout the rest of the month.
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The rest of this chapter relies extensively upon the research the writer undertook in 1986 and 87.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
easy
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No side can rest easy with such a slender lead.
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Wall Street and the bond markets can rest easy .
lightly
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Your hands will now be resting lightly over your ribs. 3.
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Those hands, she thought, one resting lightly on her thigh while the other cleaned the wound.
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He could just see Hasan, sitting, as usual, quite still, his hands resting lightly on the desk in front of him.
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They scrambled from the police car and headed down a narrow alleyway, their hands resting lightly on their sheathed batons.
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Her hands, white to the knuckle-bone, rested lightly on his shoulders.
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Tuan Ti Fo stood there for some time, staring at the door, the wicker basket resting lightly in his hand.
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Their hands were resting lightly on the wizard's shoulders.
now
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The responsibility for that now rests with Parliament and is to be discharged ... in two ways.
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And in his dream, the angel returned and told Johnny Appleseed that his work was completed and he could now rest .
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The challenge now rests with local authorities in partnership with others.
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Since the world economy now rests more on brains than on brawn, intellectual property protection is crucial to honest trade.
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Jimmy went back to his conversation with the tattooed man, his thumb now resting casually in Sean's belt loop.
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Surrey's requirements now rested with Stewart and Graham Thorpe, who quickly carted Croft straight for six.
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The destiny of the NatWest Cup now rests on today's match between North and South.
there
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But Friedman argued that matters do not rest there .
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Thirty-five administration critics would not permit the matter to rest there .
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All this is desirable and, indeed, essential; but higher education can not rest there .
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Strangers rested there while children tried on their shoes.
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Evidently, the stock market believes that matters will not rest there and Pearl's share price raced up 87p to 639p.
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She had climbed the seventy-nine steps to the top of the tower and rested there beside the cupola.
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The dead man's father says he won't let it rest there and he's planning to take legal advice.
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Again, though, higher education can not rest there .
■ NOUN
arm
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You rest your cramped arms for a moment and push again.
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When her wooer turned from her she rested her arms against the mantel-shelf and bowed her face in her hands.
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It may be a delirious hope, but you force yourself to rest your arms on your chest, crossed and pulsing.
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With straps holding the patient against the bed, the patient stood on the footboard and rested her arms on a tabletop.
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When the man had gone he rested his folded arms on the table.
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Many experts recommend that computer users rest their hands and arms from time to time to avoid muscle injuries.
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Nowadays, though, top sailors use the harnesses to rest their weary arms on long races.
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Now he had to stop and rest his arms every ten feet.
assumption
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The majority of the procedures themselves and of the theoretical results describing their properties rest on certain assumptions .
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The strategic order among the major nuclear powers is fragile, however, because it rests heavily on the assumption of nonuse.
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Political theory rests on the assumption that these activities are central to the functioning of a democratic society.
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However, such schemes rest on the assumption that the small businessman already has an idea he wishes to develop.
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But when the proof comes it also turns out to rest on the assumption that it is already true.
back
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Sailing inside the Boom By crouching down, you can rise up inside the boom and rest your back on it.
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He regularly takes days off to rest his back ....
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He now pulled up a chair and, turning it about, sat on it, his elbows resting on the back .
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She sat silent, her head still propped by the arm that rested on the back of the sofa.
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Stephen lay flat, gazing out at the patterns of sunlight, his chin resting on the backs of his hands.
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Its ears rested flat back and the long dark lashes interlocked over closed eyes.
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Carol sat up, resting her back against the padded headboard.
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Millie was standing at the table with her hands resting on the back of a chair, looking down at the tablecloth.
case
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Well I rest my case on that one.
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Defense attorneys rested their case last week after calling just one witness.
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Should anyone remain unconvinced, I rest my case on the Leaning Tower of Pisa syndrome.
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I rest my case on what I did.
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It rested its case on Dec. 17, 1991.
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When Jacobs rested his case May 21, he had paraded 66 witnesses before jurors over the course of 20 days.
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I imagine when he rests his case , he will so state in plain terms.
chin
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He flexed his narrow shoulders and placed his elbows on the desk, steepled fingers resting against his chin .
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He put his elbows on his knees and rested his chin on his fists.
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She rested her chin on her knees, preparing herself for the long wait.
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She leant her elbows on the table, clasped her hands lightly and rested her chin on them.
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Paige drew her knees up inside the bag, resting her chin on them.
elbow
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Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow , looking up like a child, expectant.
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Alvin had strained up to stare around him, resting on his pudgy elbows as if to survey the world.
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Stephen took a chair beside the stove and rested his elbow on the long flue that ran across to the wall.
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She crossed her ankles and leaned back, resting on one elbow and facing the door.
final
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So naturally, coming to his final resting place is something of a pilgrimage for me.
foot
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Her feet were resting on a small, aluminium step-ladder.
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Buddie was sitting on a hard chair with one foot resting on an upturned petrol-tin.
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There was sagging wire beneath the frame, a drip of water plunged sporadically into the space where his feet would rest .
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His feet were resting comfortably on the ship's control panel.
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He knelt alongside at her feet , his elbow resting on her thigh.
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A horse dozes on its feet , resting one hip and showing a minimum of tail.
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This will cause both feet to rest on the windward rail, making it difficult to keep the board level.
hand
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Have your hands gently resting either side of your navel.
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Sit with your hands politely resting on your thighs.
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Her arm tightened around him, her other hand resting loosely on the shoulders of another singer.
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His right hand rested on his knee; the discolored palm opened and closed as he stretched his corpse-white fingers.
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He pressed up close, his hand resting on the slope of her thigh.
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The girl harpists' skeleton hands were still resting on the harp strings-or where the harp strings once had been.
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Next to him, on one side, Katherine, her hand resting in his.
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Sherman stood with one hand resting on the door, wondering if he dared leave it here.
head
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She leaned back, her head resting against a red and blue carpet hanging on the wall.
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My head was resting against his chest and I felt his heart beating against my eye and cheek.
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Her feet still hurt and she felt the tingle of cramp in her right arm where Jane's head rested heavily.
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My head , resting on the tile, was only a few inches from the phone.
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I had been sitting uncomfortably with my head resting against the door of the car.
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His head rests carelessly on the slumbering body of the unknown sarariiman beside him.
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She shook her head , resting it against the wood, as her hands stilled.
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She bowed her head , resting her forehead against the fence.
knee
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He is resting on his knees and appears calm.
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Iain Morrison continued to rest his knee injury, though Ian Corcoran was restored after his ankle strain.
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Li Shai Tung sat there, his feet spread, the cane resting against one knee .
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She had pulled her legs up, her chin resting on her knees .
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Tweed checked the small notebook he rested on his knee .
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His elbows rest on his knees .
laurel
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That is the only time when you can rest on your laurels .
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Motorola has long been a leader in that as well, and it has never stopped to rest on its laurels .
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But this generous accolade does not mean that we are resting on our laurels .
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The religious authorities, who were very active during the nationalist struggle, rested on their laurels after independence.
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But there is no room for resting on our laurels .
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This evolution of Diamond Rio signals that the group is not ready to rest on its laurels -- at least not voluntarily.
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You can never rest on your laurels .
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Little time was granted to Lee and his men for resting on their laurels .
leg
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She sat at her desk, crossed her shapely legs , rested her hands in her lap and listened.
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But, as I watch, even those last legs come to rest .
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In the kitchen Mario sat with one leg stiffly in front of him resting on a chair.
matter
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But Friedman argued that matters do not rest there.
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But this is a matter of policy that rests entirely with the Congress not with the courts.
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The matter would not rest here.
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Thirty-five administration critics would not permit the matter to rest there.
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I was going to knock for I was still intrigued by him but Benjamin called me so I let the matter rest .
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Any decision about disciplinary matters should rest elsewhere.
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Evidently, the stock market believes that matters will not rest there and Pearl's share price raced up 87p to 639p.
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The matter now rests with our local medical committee.
peace
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But resting in peace is not always easy.
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They need to find the killers of Peter and Gwenda so they can rest in peace .
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For Tony, that he may rest in peace , and for his family for their strengthening and peace.
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Ashamed of your old man, want the whole gruesome mess to rest in peace ?
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So much for the residents being allowed to rest in peace .
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But the pensioners won't let him rest in peace .
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This he would find touching beyond anything: Sien brought to rest , at peace in a thrilling silence.
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He was buried in Auchinleck kirkyard but, even in death, he was not allowed to rest in peace .
responsibility
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The responsibility for that now rests with Parliament and is to be discharged ... in two ways.
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The final responsibility rested with the president, the brothers wrote.
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The responsibility for doing this rests with the department managers.
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Ultimately, this responsibility must rest with the electorate, but they do not always receive the information necessary to make judgements.
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The man who designed the changes in 1993 says the responsibility rests not only with Government, but with all of us.
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Given the prevailing views about where responsibility for curricula rested , these findings are not perhaps totally unpredictable.
shoulder
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Richards will have to rest the shoulder for at least four months following the operation to tighten up ligaments.
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Her arm tightened around him, her other hand resting loosely on the shoulders of another singer.
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Suddenly, the barrel shook as a heavy man sat down and rested his shoulders against it.
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Solveig slept softly, her legs drawn up in front of her body, her face resting against his shoulder .
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They walked slowly and clumsily, her head resting on his shoulder .
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He fastened the beads round his neck, arranging the knife so that it rested hidden between his shoulder blades.
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His chin was resting on his shoulder and his face was in profile to her.
■ VERB
allow
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She was given a clean theatre gown and was then allowed to rest until the theatre porter arrived to collect her.
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Wrap in plastic and allow to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
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They will alleviate the pain and allow her to rest .
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Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 30 minutes.
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She was upset because I had not been allowed to rest on the drive.
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So much for the residents being allowed to rest in peace.
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He was buried in Auchinleck kirkyard but, even in death, he was not allowed to rest in peace.
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She was shocked and upset and what she needed most was to be allowed to rest , alone.
come
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The glass moved more smoothly, more quickly, then came to rest at the figure zero.
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Meanwhile, we spun out and came to rest with the car still running.
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He rolled a couple of yards downhill and came to rest in a dwarf willow bush.
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Finally the raft came to rest , sitting just below the tideline.
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She woke slowly from a vague dream as an errant breeze drifted over her face, coming to rest on her mouth.
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But the shield held, long enough for the glowing meteor to come to rest .
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His eyes had come to rest less on the table and more on her.
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Flop flop flop, until it came to rest near my feet.
lay
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Some ghosts are being laid to rest .
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He was laid to rest in a grave at his settlement on the riverbank and a shrine was raised in his honour.
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Then she lay down to rest in the lounge, surrounded by other women who even here never stopped talking.
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The initial findings lay to rest a few canards.
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He was laid to rest in Chingford Cemetery in a public grave.
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Indeed, Darwin, an evolutionist to the end, was laid to rest in the hallowed ground of Westminster Abbey.
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Without proof I should really lay the idea to rest .
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We exploited the economics of small scale and laid to rest the diseconomies of large scale.
let
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Then let it rest for twenty to thirty minutes.
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Encourage him to socialize with family and friends. Let him rest if he becomes tired or frustrated.
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You've got to find your own way. Let me rest .
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And I won't let it rest .
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I told him you would not let things rest and would look for me.
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After fifteen years he was still pursuing his feud against his master-mason, unwilling to let even his bones rest .
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I was going to knock for I was still intrigued by him but Benjamin called me so I let the matter rest .
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It was better to let him rest .
lie
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Then she lay down to rest in the lounge, surrounded by other women who even here never stopped talking.
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The initial findings lay to rest a few canards.
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She took the pills and lay down to rest with her eyes closed.
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They saw a deer lying down, resting .
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At nightfall she was tired and lay down to rest .
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Before lying down to rest , he went to visit some of the men.
need
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He needed to rest and think, and then to plan.
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A player will recover somewhat between matches, but an injured player might need to be rested for longer.
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They needed to rest , they said, but showed no signs of doing so.
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You need to rest for a few days, but you should be all right soon enough.
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To do so, he will need to rest up a little, for an old body is a less willing one.
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However, the player needs to rest periodically.
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However, he is likely to need to rest at frequent intervals.
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Although Sigarup's so thin now, it was a difficult weight to carry and we needed to rest a lot.
put
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The exhibition put to rest some of the myths surrounding impressionist paintings.
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This, then, is an issue we should put to rest .
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The old Five Nations competition, an unofficial series of matches was put to rest on Saturday.
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Morales also vowed to soon put to rest questions about a federal government scholarship received by his wife.
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But most of your worries can be put to rest with a spoonful of Calpol.
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I think this definitely puts it to rest .
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It is time the myth of the kilted, bagpipe-playing ambassador is put to rest .
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I put this thing to rest a long time ago.
sit
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Alice was tired and sat down to rest some 300m below the summit while the two men walked on.
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He sat and rested on his stool once he got back there.
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Suddenly, the barrel shook as a heavy man sat down and rested his shoulders against it.
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Slinging his mac over the back of a pew he sat down and rested his feet on the one in front.
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He had just fired up and sat down to rest .
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Little Billy found a comfortable place where two big branches came together and he sat down to rest .
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Carol sat up, resting her back against the padded headboard.
stop
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I had to stop and rest for a moment.
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At the mouth of the Umpqua River, they stopped to rest .
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He stopped neither to rest or eat until it was almost dark.
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Motorola has long been a leader in that as well, and it has never stopped to rest on its laurels.
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The magazines were heavy, and Bobbie stopped to rest on the way home.
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He had sworn that he would not stop to rest going down the stairs.
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She did not dare to stop or rest because immediately she was surrounded by offers of unreliable help.
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Now he had to stop and rest his arms every ten feet.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
... and the rest is history
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But then he started scribbling away at A Year in Provence and the rest is history .
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Dependence was imposed and the rest is history and green beans, cotton tee-shirts, patronage, and serfdom.
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He was initially hired by the Oxford Mail, then began to concentrate on sport, and the rest is history .
▪
Manufacturers responded by building cheaper modem hardware, and the rest is history .
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She noticed that he had a cute bum - and the rest is history .
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Then, when he was 17, he picked up a basketball, and the rest is history .
God rest his/her soul
God rest his/her soul
God rest his/her soul
rest in peace
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Ashamed of your old man, want the whole gruesome mess to rest in peace ?
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But resting in peace is not always easy.
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But the pensioners won't let him rest in peace .
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For Tony, that he may rest in peace , and for his family for their strengthening and peace.
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He hopes to give relatives peace of mind while their loved ones rest in peace.
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He was buried in Auchinleck kirkyard but, even in death, he was not allowed to rest in peace .
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So much for the residents being allowed to rest in peace .
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They need to find the killers of Peter and Gwenda so they can rest in peace .
rest/breathe easy
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Craig Chalmers, however, can rest easy .
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He also seems to want to be the Nineties Coco Chanel, so street fashion bods can rest easy .
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He can rest easy on that matter.
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No side can rest easy with such a slender lead.
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Some local retailer would rest easy in his bed that night.
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Surely, the letter said with a surprising burst of bitterness, Eileen Ryan would rest easy in her grave at last.
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The sun was up, the dark clouds disappeared and for a moment she breathed easy .
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Wall Street and the bond markets can rest easy .
rest/sit on your laurels
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But there is no room for resting on our laurels .
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But this generous accolade does not mean that we are resting on our laurels .
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Little time was granted to Lee and his men for resting on their laurels .
▪
Motorola has long been a leader in that as well, and it has never stopped to rest on its laurels .
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That is the only time when you can rest on your laurels .
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The religious authorities, who were very active during the nationalist struggle, rested on their laurels after independence.
▪
This evolution of Diamond Rio signals that the group is not ready to rest on its laurels -- at least not voluntarily.
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You can never rest on your laurels .
set/put sb's mind at rest
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Just to put your mind at ease, we will get a second opinion from a cardiac specialist.
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The doctor set my mind at rest by explaining exactly what effect the drug would have on me.
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But let me set your mind at rest.
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But she'd like to see him, to try and set her mind at rest.
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He's been very kind to me and Lily, as regards putting our minds at rest about Stella.
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He's unlikely to know how you feel, and until he does, he can't put your mind at rest.
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He must set their minds at rest about the Freddie affair, because they knew of Freddie.
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I wish I could put their minds at rest.
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It puts my mind at rest.
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Quite often, all that is required is a friendly chat to put your mind at rest.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Resting his spade against the wall, he went to help Michael light the fire.
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Her head rested gently on his shoulder.
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I rested against a wall for a minute in order to tie up my shoe laces.
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John rested his head on the back of the car-seat.
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She slid down in her chair and rested her head on the back of the seat.
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The doctor told me to take some time off work and try to rest .
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We stopped and rested for a while at the top of the hill.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even in its blackness, the sky did not rest .
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Finally, and fatally, it rests on a flawed understanding of the relevant medical facts.
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My head, resting on the tile, was only a few inches from the phone.
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Political theory rests on the assumption that these activities are central to the functioning of a democratic society.
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Sometimes I wonder about those three laid to rest in the old garden.
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The wedding platform was made of slats which rested on top of neatly stacked bricks.
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With the arm resting on the couch the force needed to accelerate the arm is coming from the material of the couch.