verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
restore calm
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The presence of soldiers helped restore calm .
restore confidence (= make people have confidence again )
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Interest rate reductions would restore business confidence.
restore credibility (= get it back again after it has been damaged )
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His priority was to restore credibility to his government.
restore harmony (= make friendship or peace exist again )
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The couple decided to put their problems behind them in an attempt to restore harmony to the family.
restore morale (= make people confident and positive again )
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The new manager realized that his first job would be to restore morale.
restore peace
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The emperor’s brother was able to restore peace in the troubled areas.
restore sb to power (= put someone in control of a country again )
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In 2004, the army restored him to power.
restore sb’s faith in sb/sth (= make sb’s faith return )
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His kindness had restored her faith in human nature.
restore the honour of sb/sth (= make it return to its former state )
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He would be forced to restore the honour of his family name.
restore/resume relations (= begin them again after they were stopped or interrupted )
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Kenya and Uganda agreed to restore full diplomatic relations.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
fully
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Shekhar's visit confirmed that good relations had been fully restored .
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As of 3: 30 p. m. Friday, power was fully restored at Stanford, a university spokesman said.
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The resulting well was used for more than seventy years, and now is fully restored and a much-loved landmark.
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Before lunch was over the relationship had been fully restored . 2.
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The Holstentor, which is still the town gateway though the walls have partly disappeared, is now fully restored .
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So Berman got a special prop: a bright-yellow, fully restored 1956 Ford F-100.
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Well, she is fully restored to health today.
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One of the reasons the prairie may never be fully restored is that some parts are for ever gone.
■ NOUN
attempt
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However an attempt was made to restore confidence in it by what is now section 184.
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Part of Bushley's determined attempt to restore the eco-balance to a small corner of Gloucestershire.
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Isagoras invoked the aid of King Cleomenes of Sparta, and an attempt was made to restore the aristocratic oligarchy.
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Mr Heath's Government was chiefly preoccupied with his attempt to restore the economy after Labour mismanagement.
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Intervention arises from attempts to restore the authority of the state and secure the compliance of other agencies and interests.
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The fact that attempts are made to restore it is positive proof.
balance
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Night Cream a rich blend to restore moisture balance while you sleep.
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In fact, the capacity of forests to increase in order to restore carbon balances has been called into question.
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Retributive punishment restores the balance by cancelling out this advantage with a commensurate disadvantage.
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Definite and energetic steps must be taken in other directions to restore the balance of our national economic life ....
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When a surgeon destroys overactive cells in the globus pallidum, he restores balance to the system, said Grossman.
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It is quite another thing to assess how out of balance the individual is and how to set about restoring the balance.
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We are beginning to see significant signs of restoring a balance to this overemphasis on left-brain skills.
building
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Plans to restore the original library building in Hamburg include the possibility of exchanging and sharing resources with London.
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Apart from the exhibits, work has progressed rapidly on restoring the various buildings to make them usable once again.
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During his years at the Old Palace he spent considerable sums on restoring the building .
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A vast number of people dream of rescuing and restoring a historic building , and a remarkable percentage actually do it.
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We have restored the hospital building programme so savagely cut by Labour at the end of their last term of office.
church
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It is perhaps fitting that he was carried to his pauper's grave by the stonemasons then engaged in restoring Camborne Church .
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As so often when something good is being restored to the church , its arrival is not without controversy.
confidence
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Mr Dervis is expected to become a pivotal figure in a new economic team designed to restore the confidence of sceptical investors.
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There is only one good solution to capital flight: shaky governments must restore confidence by adopting sensible policies.
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The probe was aimed at restoring public confidence in the service, she said.
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Hearing him in action restores her confidence in his abilities.
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The first step must be to restore coherence and confidence to the central direction of economic policy.
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He took over after the disastrous administration of Manoj Vyas and restored confidence in county government and stability to county employment.
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Macpherson's first task was to restore confidence in that Service while equally repairing relations between Government House and the nationalist leadership.
control
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The AFL-CIO has targeted 75 vulnerable Republican seats as part of a push to restore Democratic control of the House.
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For others the main objective was simply to restore central control of the nuclear armoury of the West to the United States.
effort
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Unfortunately, much of that habitat has been destroyed, and it would take a Herculean effort to restore it.
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An effort to restore half of the production funds failed in the full Senate.
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In a $ 7.5 million effort to restore native plants and animals in the national park, the U.S.
faith
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Given the recent events in Orkney and elsewhere, promoting social work as a caring profession must restore faith in its activities.
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But no, here to restore your faith is Sen.
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It was his chief aim to restore the nation's faith in the presidency.
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Along the way, she touched lives, inspired hope and restored faith in public service.
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Your kindness and sincerity really did restore my faith in human nature.
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If we had lost hope, the desert dawn would restore our faith .
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Help restore my faith in women All letters answered Photo appreciated.
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I had to restore my faith in myself.
glory
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Outside, the orchard has been restored to its former glory .
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But now it's hoped that Longfords may be restored to its former glory .
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Sadly neglected examples of classic pub architecture were restored to their former glory at no small expense.
government
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The Government is restoring several of them as holiday flats, a slow process but tastefully done.
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There is only one good solution to capital flight: shaky governments must restore confidence by adopting sensible policies.
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But the Government also needs to restore the tax relief which used to exist on life assurance premiums.
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Clinton noted that even some Republican governors had asked for the government to restore such benefits.
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If the government is to restore its credibility, it must seek chiefly to inform, not to reassure by whatever means.
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With the ceasefire in operation, government troops attempted to restore order in Kabul by disarming mujaheddin fighters roaming the city.
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On Jan. 29 Nguza said that the government would restore order and deal with the army's concerns over food and pay.
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The announcement led to speculation that the Soviet government was intending to restore diplomatic relations with El Salvador.
health
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John has also become quite adept at treating fish and he has bought several with faults and restored them to full health .
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He carried it home and patiently set about restoring it to full health , hand feeding it for days.
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Private and public finances will both be restored to health .
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Cheer and uphold them with the knowledge of your love and restore them to full health .
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While some sufferers will quickly be restored to perfect health , for others it may be a long haul.
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By the time the St Lawrence River is restored to health , the belugas will probably be gone.
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Well, she is fully restored to health today.
house
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Elegantly restored ballroom that plays house , garage and disco to a smartly dressed, trendy crowd-no jeans or trainers.
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Inside the restored stone house , an altar crowned by a statue of Mary drew the devout and the curious.
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He minted his own silver pieces, and enjoyed music, thinking, inventing, sailing and restoring old houses .
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Male speaker People kept asking if they could see upstairs.It's a constant challenge to restore the house .
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Repair costs for restoring the house will be covered by insurance.
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Those who remain in the area say they'd go back and restore the houses again tomorrow, given the chance.
lead
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Christie took over the kicking duties and restored North's lead with a penalty.
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McClatchey restored St Helens' lead with a stunning volley and Pennington helped himself to a fine hat-trick.
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Five minutes later Arsenal might have restored their lead when Smith grazed the outside of the far post.
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After Johnson restored Northern's lead midway through the half, Robson missed a chance to level the scores again.
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It was a shock when Tommy Wright restored Leicester's lead with ten minutes to go.
life
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He prayed once more to the Magdalen and his wife was restored to life .
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Specifically, Ortega seeks to restore concrete human life to the centre-stage of philosophical preoccupation.
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Radical restructuring seeks information and power, both to be utilized in the shared life or the restored life.
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True paschal lamb, dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life .
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She does not simply restore plant life , but teaches the secrets of agriculture, giving humans control over their food supply.
order
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When order is restored over the next few weeks, Lotus will be ready for the most ambitious expansion in its history.
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School officials canceled classes for the day after order was restored .
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It was the only time Oxford's fans let themselves down, but order was soon restored .
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Ultimately, order is restored and wounds are healed.
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A degree of order was reportedly restored on May 31.
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In fact, the capacity of forests to increase in order to restore carbon balances has been called into question.
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This only seemed to exasperate the situation and it was some time before order was restored .
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He wanted to win in order to restore trust and decency, he said.
party
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And there are provisions of a restitutionary character designed to restore the respective parties to the share transactions to their former positions.
peace
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Sometimes you're treated like some one who might be able to restore peace there, sometimes like a mere diamond trafficker.
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Let us strike the blow which is to restore peace and union to this distracted land.
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Even the acquittal pronounced by Athena had not restored to him his peace of mind.
position
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The picture accomplished, the pages are restored to their normal position and the edge gilded.
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He has invited you to review that hotel's operations with a view to restoring its position prior to any such sale.
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Otherwise only one of the parties is being restored to his former position .
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Playing, walking, recreation and social events would be restored to their historical position as focal points of street life.
power
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The Rada now summoned the Red Army to restore its power .
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Then restore the power at the mains.
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Conditions were so bad that emergency crews were told it was too dangerous to try and restore power before daybreak.
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Their goal of restoring the power of the Church hid their aim of overthrowing the republic.
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Double-check everything before restoring the power .
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Now a knee operation could restore his athletic powers .
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Turn off the main isolating switch and remove the circuit fuse, before restoring the power to the rest of the house.
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Independence of the central bank would restore its power .
pride
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I want to restore pride in our public services.
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For those who've faced redundancy, it's also restoring their pride in a job well done.
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The public wanted a story of national scientific success, to restore pride following the launch of the Soviet Sputnik.
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And indeed it would help restore pride in animal husbandry without bankrupting farmers in the process.
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We want to restore the pride and local commitment that died with nationalisation.
reputation
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If you've been gossiping about some one, go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person's reputation .
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In order to pay his debts and restore his reputation , John took almost every job that was offered.
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The Barbarians are in Middlesbrough till August attempting to restore their lost reputation .
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Under the legislation individual victims of Stasi defamation would be able to see and use their records to restore their reputation .
sight
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Did you restore this man's sight ?
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In addition Charlie needs to raise enough money to finance an operation to restore the girl's sight .
■ VERB
aim
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The probe was aimed at restoring public confidence in the service, she said.
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The move is aimed at restoring public confidence following the breakdown of the computer emergency 999 call system.
help
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Still, if it helped to restore his own estimation of himself, let him think otherwise.
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City Hall had promised that urban renewal would be used to help restore and stabilize the community.
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It also helps us restore habitats quickly for conservation - for re-introduction programmes, for instance.
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He wrote books of nonfiction, too, that helped restore a sense of real history to the backcountry.
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In Rome, the system even helps to restore old masters.
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These men... helped to restore the morale of our army.
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These are relatively inexpensive and can help to restore order to superficial chaos.
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To help others enjoy this restored landscape, Wright followed old animal trails and transformed them into paths and theme walks.
need
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They spent an additional £45,000 on renovating it - although the beacon needs more work to restore it to its former glory.
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Is a strongman needed to restore civil order?
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He needed the championship to restore Lotus's fortunes.
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Another 237 people were treated for radiation sickness, some of whom needed bone-marrow transplants to restore their white blood-cell count.
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But the Government also needs to restore the tax relief which used to exist on life assurance premiums.
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Such intervention was needed to restore productivity and profitability.
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Almost 1,000 officers, many in riot gear, were needed to restore order.
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She needed to move and restore circulation to her frozen limbs.
try
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Is it some sort of reference to your own noble persistence in trying to restore our marriage?
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The only hope lay in trying to restore order.
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Ryker knelt beside her, shook her, rubbed her arms as if trying to restore the circulation.
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Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm travel around Busytown trying to restore stories to the looted story van.
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If you've been gossiping about some one, go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person's reputation.
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Because at random was exactly how humans were trying to restore ecosystems.
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Conditions were so bad that emergency crews were told it was too dangerous to try and restore power before daybreak.
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Individuals are often so ambivalent about trying to restore a relationship that they back away without making an effort.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After decades of colonial rule, and the land was finally restored to its rightful owners.
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Experts are still working to restore the painting.
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He spent almost three years restoring a 1922 Rolls Royce.
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In 1905 both Japan and Russia agreed to restore Manchuria to China.
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She's restoring her grandmother's antique dresser.
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The building has been carefully restored after the fire.
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The earlier restrictions on currency exchange have now been restored.
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The utility company is still working to restore power supplies in rural areas.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is hoped brown trout will be restored to the Darenth before 2000.
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Power was restored at 5: 21 a. m., LaFaver said.
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Small sums of money, but the hope they can restore is priceless.
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Surgeons at nearby Stoke Mandeville Hospital were able to put it back on and have restored some movement.
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The amount used to restore the income account is, however, no longer the same item as the income originally borrowed.
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You can also create one of these compressed archives that can be moved to another computer and restored there.