I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bicycle ride
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They went for a 50 km bicycle ride.
a bike ride
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We used to go for long bike rides in the summer holidays.
a bus ride/journey/trip
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It's a 20-minute bus ride into town.
a cab ride (= trip in a cab )
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It's only a short cab ride to Georgetown.
a cycle ride (= trip on a bicycle for pleasure )
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We went for a 20 km cycle ride.
a rough ride (= a time when you are criticized, opposed etc )
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She was given a rough ride by the press.
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Though the President pushed the bill through the House of Representatives, it faces a rough ride in the Senate.
a taxi ride
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The centre of town is a five minute taxi ride away.
comfortable to wear/use/ride etc
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My bike isn’t very comfortable to ride.
football/rugby/riding/ski boots
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Take your muddy football boots off before you come inside.
hitch a ride/lift (with sb)
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We hitched a ride with a trucker.
park and ride
ridden pillion
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Tom had never ridden pillion before.
ride a bicycle
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Riding a bicycle is very good exercise.
ride a bike
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Her Dad taught her to ride a bike and to drive.
ride a bus American English
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It was the first time Craig had ridden a bus downtown by himself.
ride out a storm (= survive it without being damaged )
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The Greek fleet had ridden out the storm near Euboia.
ride out the storm (= survive the situation )
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Do you think the government will be able to ride out the storm?
riding bareback
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He’d been riding bareback all his life.
smooth flight/ride (= a comfortable trip in an airplane or car )
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It wasn’t a very smooth ride.
walking/riding/farming etc country
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To the east is an area of rich farming country.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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When the roadway was finished four of the boys sat on a train to ride along the roadway.
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By this time the body count was getting so high, sensible people refused to ride along with us.
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Together they rode along in the dark, Tess holding on to Alec.
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Sophia Museum, the Blue Mosque and a ferry ride along the Bosphorus.
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Branch manager Richard Fairhurst took a back seat for the day, as he rode along on the back of a tandem.
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He rode along the narrow road towards Emminster and his parents' house.
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We hired bicycles and rode along the rutted road to the reserve.
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She had been riding along a road with a little girl and Clare's small pony Kizzy on a leading rein.
around
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She was riding around town looking for George on his Bay Horse to hear of his encounter with the Dragon.
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They put on a bed sheet and ride around trying to get something out of their systems.
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She rode around the blazing pyre.
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With all that rubber between you and it, it's like riding around in a car and never getting out.
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I never rode around bends or up steep hills.
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Later, I asked her if she wasn't frightened to ride around like that.
away
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Remembering how she had stood on the tower battlements the next morning, watching her knight ride away .
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Giving away rides on Air Force One.
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They galloped up until they were within shouting distance, exchanged words with Arghatun, and then rode away again.
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The prince and the eldest stepsister rode away together.
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The group had then ridden away across the river.
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As he rides away , the sunset gilds his silhouette.
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Tyrion rode away with his army.
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As I rode away , I noticed that the front disc brake still faded erratically.
back
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The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village.
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Knights who had ridden forth under the banner of this leader or that rode back on their own.
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They rode back to Kinsai late in the afternoon.
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Russell mounted his horse, rode off, and rode back at full gallop toward the trailer.
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When we're alone, you and I will leave and ride back here to fetch the King.
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The master and I rode back to the house that night drunk with joy.
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Quickly the king's son mounted his horse again and rode back over forty-nine kingdoms.
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They rode back to Queenstown in a silence made steamy by the aftermath of heavy rains.
down
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Then advance at the charge, in line abreast, and ride down the usurper's camp.
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The kids are allowed to ride down if they want the thrill of the elevator ride.
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He was ridden down before he could reach the comparative safety of his parsonage at Yateley.
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Grant rode down to the river to exchange congratulations with Admiral Porter on their joint victory.
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As they rode down the village, George noted how clean and tidy it was.
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We rode down in a limousine, my first time in a limousine.
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Next day, as Ginger was ridden down the same road, he saw that the bins were still there.
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The crested helmet of the warrior gleamed in dawn sun and he turned and rode down on Tallis.
home
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We rode home through a brilliant day smelling of primroses.
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On the long ride home they did not talk much.
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We were glad to know that the little boy was allowed to ride home with the others.
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On the train ride home , Mr Tanaka sat stone-faced, as if he could not hear the complaining around him.
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Five Joan rode home , her heart heavy as lead.
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And you expect me to ride home like that?
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On the 10-rouble bus ride home , approaching the industrial glare of the night city, we retreat into contemplation.
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But Will caught a fever and then rode home through the cold spring rain.
in
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She performed with great natural charm in a television interview and marvelled at all the stretch-limousines she rode in.
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He wants to ride in on pop so we can't ignore him.
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Antley has won the past five stakes he has ridden in .
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He's just ridden in from London, and his lady's here to meet him.
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The rain had stopped but the mosquitoes were out in alarming numbers and there was no jeep to ride in.
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The Steam Tank is also very uncomfortable to ride in .
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After another hour of waiting and riding in the vehicle followed.
off
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Then another man picked me up, swung me in front of him and we rode off .
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Russell mounted his horse, rode off , and rode back at full gallop toward the trailer.
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Ramsay was the first to ride off , with an unknown but substantial following, north-about round the town's broken-down walling.
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He looked about him, for once strangely ill at ease, disconcerted to learn that she had ridden off ahead of him.
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At the time, however, rejected again, he bade farewell and, dejected, rode off .
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Anyway, they're always falling off riding across country and they know how to fall.
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He climbs up, rescues her, they ride off together.
on
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Next morning, with no sign of the Earl, they rode on to Berwick.
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We rode on , and I got out at the first stop sign and walked back.
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Unfortunately as the blocks reached the wall at either side they could not ride on or off at the ends.
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We rode on to Safford, hit a bar and had a hell of a good time.
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With three blocks removed, it was just the right length for riding on at one end and off at the other.
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General Pemberton rode on himself....
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After it's been dished out the paymasters ride on to take the pay to the men cutting down the forest.
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The thirteen men moved closer together as they rode on .
out
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Together they ride out into the country.
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He lay on the track for five minutes before being rescued by two friends who were also out riding .
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He hunkered down and rode out the storm.
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So, at half-past eleven that night, Sapt and I rode out to the house in New Avenue.
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No estimates were available on the number of residents who had chosen to ride out the storm.
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It needs to ride out the storms of adverse publicity.
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Administrative force and nerve were not lacking, and the constitutional government managed to ride out the storm.
over
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I rode over to Cherry Street and looked at the houses.
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Drifting out of an open window, riding over a choppy bassline, comes the distinctive voice of Omar.
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George rode over and roped him.
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Movie star Tom Mix, filming on location in nearby Bishop, rode over with a mariachi band and joined the party.
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The scheme involves trial riding over a series of obstacles.
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As their carriage went by, Nora smiling, Sarah aghast, Flynn came riding over .
roughshod
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Instead they set out to ride roughshod over the legislative branch, attempting to govern without congress rather than with it.
up
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Her nightgown had ridden up around her waist, and she enjoyed feeling his hard, muscular legs entwined around hers.
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I took a horse and rode up .
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There was a female slave working outside, but when Burun rode up she did not even raise her head.
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So we decide to ride up to Graveyard Lake to see about getting some ducks, or maybe a moose.
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Colberg rode up as hundreds of people - women, children, men - ran out of the woods along the riverbank upstream.
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He rode up and down Main Street twice, circled the war monument and checked the lot behind the post office.
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The Supports are comfortable, they do not ride up or slip down and are suitable for all racket sports.
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They rode up in the elevator again.
■ NOUN
bicycle
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We hired bicycles and rode along the rutted road to the reserve.
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I panicked too, and without a moment's hesitation mounted the bicycle and tried to ride away on it.
bike
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From a safe distance he saw him rev up a motor bike and ride away.
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Kerry was on his older bike , riding between Ronny Taskin and Alistair in the vanguard of a flock of other boys.
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They took the bike then and rode along the coast to Blakeney.
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I'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street.
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One after the other, Nat, Aldo, Jimmy and Ben got on to their bikes and rode off.
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With news like that, you can understand him wanting to get his leg over an old bike and ride all night.
bus
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On the 10-rouble bus ride home, approaching the industrial glare of the night city, we retreat into contemplation.
car
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Few cars ride and handle so well, even fewer offer such good value for money.
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The Indianapolis resident also admitted using marijuana during an afternoon car ride last spring with two other midshipmen.
crest
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She rode on a great crest of spittle, from one tongue, one watery taste, to another.
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Chiseled into the first was the outline of a boat riding the crest of a wave.
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Lois was riding the crest of it.
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Its literacy struggle rode the crest of revolution.
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Booker Washington, riding a crest of popularity, taunted Turner with statistics.
horse
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I took a horse and rode up.
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The race could have been laid on especially for that horse you rode before.
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Russell mounted his horse , rode off, and rode back at full gallop toward the trailer.
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For a few minutes, Hope thought of saddling up a horse and riding the eight miles up to Keswick.
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Every horse ridden into the fight, my own among them, was dead.
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The sun, being creative and horse riding .
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A big dray horse might be suited to haul a coal wagon, a more delicate saddle horse to recreational riding .
horses
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Anxiety in the horse has many other unfortunate side effects besides the obvious problems of handling and riding such horses .
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Jane had never been known for fights with teachers or desires to ride too many horses .
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We could have hiked, taken four-wheel-drive excursions, ridden horses , signed up for diving instruction.
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I love to see thern around the place, riding their horses , wearing ties, shooting in their tweeds.
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One minute we were riding our horses , the next we were surrounded by five villains intent on murder.
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They were always represented as riding splendid snow-white horses , but Homer distinguishes Castor above Pollux for horsemanship.
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He had ridden eight of their horses , and studied videos with anyone who asked.
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I had a ten-speed bike, and there were kids here who rode their horses to school.
storm
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It needs to ride out the storms of adverse publicity.
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He hunkered down and rode out the storm .
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Overall, use of search is now widespread enough to enable search firms to ride out storms in specific sectors.
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No estimates were available on the number of residents who had chosen to ride out the storm .
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Nirvana Inc battened down the hatches and made to ride out the storm .
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Roosevelt rode out the storm by stressing the temporary nature of the deal.
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A high number of singular military displays more than took up the slack, riding a post- Desert Storm popularity wave.
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Administrative force and nerve were not lacking, and the constitutional government managed to ride out the storm .
train
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When the roadway was finished four of the boys sat on a train to ride along the roadway.
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We had seen the little underground train which congressmen rode and we had visited one of our senators in his office.
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On the train ride home, Mr Tanaka sat stone-faced, as if he could not hear the complaining around him.
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We decide to spend the day in Osaka, a thirty-minute train ride from our apartment.
wave
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He rode women the way he rode waves .
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However the early reports from the surfers has been that conditions for riding the waves have actually improved.
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Despite this the finale still manages to ride on a wave bigger than any individual personality, bigger than the music itself.
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On weekends, this connoisseur of contemporary language stations himself on the couch, clicker in hand, riding the on-air waves .
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At the end of the day, who cares if they're boogie boarding off Newquay or riding big waves in Scarborough?
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Rex later commented on how smoothly she rode out the waves .
winner
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During his racing career he rode 1,544 winners .
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During the subsequent week, she had ridden three winners , only one of which was for Bill Templeman.
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Russell's loss was Marcus Gorman's gain, as the 28-year-old stockbroker was riding his first ever winner .
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Editors love riding a winner into the ground.
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Collectively they rode four winners , six seconds, and two thirds from a total of 34 rides.
■ VERB
learn
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A favourite place was Newbeggin-in-Teesdale where they stayed at a farm and where he learned to ride .
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Students may remember their early failures in learning to ride a bike or a skateboard, or learning to swim.
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He looked about him, for once strangely ill at ease, disconcerted to learn that she had ridden off ahead of him.
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I need help learning how to to ride it and I want to show my friends that I know how.
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Eventually she learned to ride with the help of a neighbour.
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Once he learned to ride his gains and cut his losses, he never looked back.
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She would not have had time to learn to ride a bicycle once refugees and partisans started coming to the house.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bumpy ride/time
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Euro Disney had a bumpy ride as the market digested its results, sinking to a low of 813p down 35p.
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It had been a bumpy ride, through the tail end of a thunderstorm.
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It is therefore going to be, at best, a bumpy ride.
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It was the same man who had jostled her repeatedly during a bumpy ride on the Lexington Avenue Express subway.
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Since the programme was announced in 1998, like previous eradication campaigns, it has had a bumpy ride.
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The plant had had a bumpy ride since Cellatex was sold off by the chemicals giant Rhne-Poulenc in 1991.
be on/riding the crest of a wave
get/take a free ride
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Suppose we get a free ride into the land of happiness?
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The company got a free ride on just about everything.
ride roughshod over sb/sth
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Critics claim that certain powerful interests are able to ride roughshod over plans and competitors.
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He was readily obeyed, even when he outraged the sensibilities of the privileged and rode roughshod over their traditional rights.
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I told them they should be riding roughshod over whoever compiled tha bus and send them to Stavropol Territory right now.
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In particular it has attempted to take on board community aspirations and local authority plans rather than ride roughshod over local wishes.
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Instead they set out to ride roughshod over the legislative branch, attempting to govern without congress rather than with it.
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Recent weeks have seen it ride roughshod over ostrich breeders, society con artists, champagne fraudsters and the occasional fallen tycoon.
ride/sit side-saddle
walk/ride etc abreast
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Corbett and Ranulf, riding abreast , stopped and gazed at the chaos.
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If there are six people walking abreast there is little chance that they will create an avenue for you to go through.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Riding a motorcycle is safer than riding a scooter.
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After you've been riding a bike all day, you're really glad to reach your campsite.
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Bicyclists should ride on the right side of the street.
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His teammates are still riding him about striking out.
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I ride a bicycle to work every day.
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Louise taught her kids to ride and rope on the ranch.
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The kayak rode the waves gently.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Corporate executives got ready to ride the coming demographic wave.
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He used to be ridden in a twisted mouthpiece double bridle and yet still he was very strong.
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I've been riding this horse for a couple of years now and he never lets me down.
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On weekends, this connoisseur of contemporary language stations himself on the couch, clicker in hand, riding the on-air waves.
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The rain had stopped but the mosquitoes were out in alarming numbers and there was no jeep to ride in.
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They rode through spring - it took two hours or so - and entered summer.
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We still ride hard and take no prisoners.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bumpy
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A bumpy , shaky ride back across Paris.
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It was the same man who had jostled her repeatedly during a bumpy ride on the Lexington Avenue Express subway.
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Since the programme was announced in 1998, like previous eradication campaigns, it has had a bumpy ride .
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Emma took us all on a bumpy buggy ride over to the second stage, until it was confiscated by security.
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It had been a bumpy ride , through the tail end of a thunderstorm.
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The plant had had a bumpy ride since Cellatex was sold off by the chemicals giant Rhne-Poulenc in 1991.
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Euro Disney had a bumpy ride as the market digested its results, sinking to a low of 813p down 35p.
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The Education Department also moved quickly from November 1983, having had a particularly bumpy ride at the hands of the media.
comfortable
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The hydraulics, in theory, separate the chassis from the body to provide firm suspension yet a comfortable ride .
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In fact, the comfortable ride was our most pleasant surprise.
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And in both cars passengers will get a firm comfortable ride .
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The six-cylinder model has a firmer and lower suspension, though it still produces a comfortable ride .
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Springing was provided only on the bolsters and above the axle boxes giving a comfortable ride but a tendency to roll.
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The unusually smooth driveline and comfortable ride add to a general sense of well-being.
easy
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Even if she manages to get through her first probationary year, life is not an easy ride for full members either.
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Sweeping views of the South Bay, incredible birdwatching, and an easy ride along a stream.
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They remind us that we are not called to an easy ride over the waves during our lifetime.
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Gazza makes his Lazio debut against his old club and his Tottenham pals aren't going to give him an easy ride .
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Holly's easy ride was over.
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It has not been an easy ride , however.
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Unlike the United States secretary of state, Colin Powell, last month, the president was given an exceptionally easy ride .
free
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Because as part of their battle plan the taxi drivers are offering them free rides .
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It is still acting as if Democrats offer a free ride to Medicare reform and the Republicans a drive over the cliff.
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Suppose we get a free ride into the land of happiness?
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Taking the patriarchal code literally, however, gives Kelly Flinn a free ride on coveting.
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Working Locomotive in the South Yard - Free rides for everyone!
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The company got a free ride on just about everything.
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Formal inauguration ceremonies are planned for December 17 followed by free rides over the December 18-19 weekend.
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But even those that match expectations get no free ride .
good
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Definitely the place to go after a good bike ride .
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It should have been a good ride downtown, through his city.
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Fit the 7.50x 16 as fitted to 110 for a better ride and tyre life from the radial tyres.
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A brass ring is good for another ride .
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Turning down two good , last-minute rides at Kempton in order to be a lad.
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Riders may be separated only by seconds, but a good prologue ride is a valuable psychological boost.
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It is their first one, but no jockey could have a better ride .
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All the good rides went to younger amateur gentlemen.
long
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The long car ride through the cold night woods flowed back into his mind.
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How could a longer ride be less stressful than a shorter one?
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They arranged to come that way again next Sunday and then turned their horses eastwards for the long ride home.
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Some have long bus rides to and from school, and are exhausted by the end of the day.
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The clever Ephron has taken him for a very long ride indeed.
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Mutual anger surmounts mutual embarrassment through the rest of the long dark carriage ride .
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It was hailed as the longest ride , but Duke was convinced a still longer ride was possible.
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We wound up taking him for long rides in the car to settle him down.
rough
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Goodwin's letter was given a predictably rough ride by the liberationist press.
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But history says Bill Clinton may be in for a rough ride .
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Well, it's turned out not so badly, he thought, although it's been a rough ride .
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Even after the Renaissance and the rebirth of learning had reached these shores ears were still having a rough ride .
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He felt cold, his arms and legs aching from the rough ride of the previous day.
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He cheered Tory backbenchers, but they predicted that the Chancellor could also face a rough ride unless the plan works.
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Any member on a committee to which Karl Barth belonged had a rough ride .
short
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It was a rare family that even bothered to take the short bus ride to the sea.
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On advertised steaming days, trains are operating every half hour between 11.00 and 17.30 with short rides in the station yard.
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Seclusion is at hand a short train ride from Zurich, whose airport handles sleek business jets in nearly any weather.
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The larger town of Keszthely, on Lake Balaton, is a short bus ride away from Heviz and easily reached.
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The resort is a short bus ride away and shops and cafés are nearby.
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Easily Accessible: Craiglynn is situated in a quiet residential area but within a short bus ride of the centre of Aberdeen.
smooth
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By later standards they were rather slow cars, but the trucks gave a smooth ride on straight track.
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Please give my compliments to Captain Tynes, and thank him for the smooth ride .
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All the rail joints would be welded by the Thermit process, to give a smooth ride throughout.
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Fifty years later, it provides a remarkably smooth and engrossing ride to its tragic destination.
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Re-designed suspension both front and rear, together with pendulum engine mounts ensure a smooth and quiet ride for Safrane's occupants.
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As far as home openers go, there have been smoother rides .
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It is expected to be a smooth ride for the bill from here.
wild
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It's a wild ride , man, a wild ride!
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We were plowing through the bush to help, and it was a wild ride .
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It's a wild ride , man, a wild ride!
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The result was a wild emotional roller-coaster ride for all of us.
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I was with the team every night, and it was a wild , fantastic ride .
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In short, get ready for another wild ride on the information highway in 1997.
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While semiconductors and Internet stocks reflected the wild ride for technology stocks, banking stocks displayed powerful consistency throughout the year.
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We are just giving up the wild ride .
■ NOUN
bicycle
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The intrepid four took part in a gruelling sponsored 50-mile bicycle ride .
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That's quite a bicycle ride .
bike
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Definitely the place to go after a good bike ride .
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Arrangements are made, other kids plan on joining them, and excitedly they organize a group bike ride for that evening.
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It was a nine mile bike ride but it was worth it.
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We had plenty of time to take a bike ride or walk after dinner, before it got dark.
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Ten tokens meant a bike ride round the park with one of his parents.
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Ramsey, who grew up in a quirky Pennsylvania family, went for a long bike ride in August 1968.
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My parents encouraged me to jump rope, bike ride , play kick-the-can and tetherball.
boat
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The most romantic boat ride is by gondola.
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Some outings include short train, cable-car or boat rides .
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It is just five yards from the Grand Canal and a picturesque 20-minute boat ride from St Mark's.
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The boat ride to the park from the fishing village Labuan is seven hours on hard wooden seats.
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You could take ski boat rides , but you had to keep going in a circle to the right.
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You can take boat rides , walk the wharf or picnic along the rivers' grassy banks.
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Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began, can be toured after a boat ride from the city.
bus
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It was a rare family that even bothered to take the short bus ride to the sea.
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Some have long bus rides to and from school, and are exhausted by the end of the day.
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But on the bus ride home he resolved to do one thing.
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It also gave Catholic a chance for its first bus ride to a game when it plays at Widener.
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The larger town of Keszthely, on Lake Balaton, is a short bus ride away from Heviz and easily reached.
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He is working with filmmaker Aaron Yamaguchi on a documentary about SlamAmerica, a poetry bus ride across the country.
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No one carries more than about $ 1, enough for a train or bus ride and a phone call.
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They will fly to Buffalo, then take a two-hour bus ride to Olean.
cab
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Which was a right drag - Kensal Green was a quid cab ride from the West End which was within my pocket.
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One seemed to think I wanted a cab ride , but I pointed to my car.
car
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The long car ride through the cold night woods flowed back into his mind.
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C., were penalized for catching a car ride to the end.
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From the village, a 10-minute cable car ride delivers you to the slopes.
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He could not remember when he had enjoyed a car ride more.
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Like children looking for a game to play during a long car ride , Boynes shouted to his driver, Spec.
cycle
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A number of Farnham members rode in the Farnham to Winchester and back 53-mile reliability cycle ride.
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The sponsored cycle ride for Darnley Miners came and went.
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It may be just a gentle daily stroll or cycle ride or something much more strenuous.
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I still left Winston Street every morning for the long cycle ride through town and up the Banbury Road.
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A cycle ride , walk or swim at least three times a week will boost your circulation and help maintain a healthy bloom.
home
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They arranged to come that way again next Sunday and then turned their horses eastwards for the long ride home .
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Within half an hour they were filing back on to a bus for the three-hour ride home .
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On the train ride home , the compartment no longer seemed like a compact travelling home.
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Dave took a nap on the ride home .
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Their gathering for the bus ride home is often the occasion for a racial attack.
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He was given the silent treatment during the wagon ride home .
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At that point, even a 3, 000-mile plane ride home into relentless headwinds almost seemed preferable to Vancouver.
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Keep leftovers only if there is enough ice or frozen gel remaining to keep them cool for the ride home .
sleigh
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If you prefer leaving the driving to some one else, a sleigh ride may be in order.
taxi
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The centre is a thirty minute walk or a five minute taxi ride away.
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She says did you enjoy your taxi ride ?
train
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This train ride felt like that - except that the station wouldn't have saved him from the nightmare.
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Lethamhill is in the town of Helensburgh, a half-hour train ride from Glasgow.
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A long train ride to an owl called Maggie.
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Seclusion is at hand a short train ride from Zurich, whose airport handles sleek business jets in nearly any weather.
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The 75-ton monster was spotted by staff at Three Bridges station, a short train ride from busy Gatwick Airport.
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I mean, a chump who spends an entire three-hour train ride returning voice mail?
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Vernazza is nearest - a short train ride or lovely hour-and-a-half walk away - appearing like an unexpected vision as you approach.
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It is smaller and more refined than its sister city, a 21-hour train ride to the south.
■ VERB
catch
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Each had caught his share of rides .
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I caught a ride as far as Columbus, then hitched to Athens.
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C., were penalized for catching a car ride to the end.
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The next morning, all bandaged up, I stuck out my thumb and caught a ride to Tay Ninh.
enjoy
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But it wasn't just the surfers who enjoyed the ride , the canoeists had a great day out too.
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Next you rocket through space mountain, which you enjoy more than any ride you have ever whizzed through.
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She would probably have enjoyed the ride in Dunbar's big Bentley.
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On Steamdays visitors can enjoy rides in the 1930s steam trains and see the activities of a steam locomotive depot.
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There's plenty of time to enjoy the ride and time to show off some skill and control.
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A cool but bright autumn day promised, and at any other time Isabel would have enjoyed the ride .
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By midmorning the park was already lively with families enjoying thrill rides and grilled bratwurst.
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We can be confident, as the anarchy gets under way, that we will enjoy the ride .
get
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Maybe she would relish a return and revel in her celebrity as the girl who got the helicopter ride .
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He often scored free tickets and would get rides to the shows from the fans.
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Most stable-lads would have counted themselves lucky even to get a ride let alone to win a race.
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The company got a free ride on just about everything.
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Suppose we get a free ride into the land of happiness?
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The ones whose children drive themselves or get a ride with friends for their rare appearances at the pool.
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And in both cars passengers will get a firm comfortable ride .
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We got a ride on a truck that bounced along the dusty road to the village.
give
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Goodwin's letter was given a predictably rough ride by the liberationist press.
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By later standards they were rather slow cars, but the trucks gave a smooth ride on straight track.
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The murderer may have been somebody he picked up to give a ride to.
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All the rail joints would be welded by the Thermit process, to give a smooth ride throughout.
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He gives her rides on his bicycle to help her with her schemes.
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We are just giving up the wild ride .
go
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Lord knows where they're heading, but you really should go along for the ride .
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We know some kids who go on these rides all the time.
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I felt like going for a ride and when I saw you take horse I followed, seeking companionship.
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Minnesota boy, 10, goes for joy ride Fridley, Minn.
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But do members just go along for the ride ?
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Want to go for a ride ?
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He practically invited you to go for a ride in his car.
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Or she probably chose me for him and he just went along for the ride .
hitch
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Unable to sleep, I hitched a ride up the road to the start.
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We had hitched a ride with an armored unit, 6 Patton tanks.
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He worked on farms to pay for food and hitched a ride wherever he could.
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The soldier hitched a ride on the boat with the youngest princess and her prince.
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Edward paddled across the river to the highway, hitched a ride into town and bought back beer.
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He'd hitched a ride from a 1950s hearse.
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Explore the ruins. Hitch a ride in the van to canoe in Laguna Verde.
offer
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Because as part of their battle plan the taxi drivers are offering them free rides .
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It is still acting as if Democrats offer a free ride to Medicare reform and the Republicans a drive over the cliff.
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Simply scour playgrounds for bullied, spectacled children and offer a ride around the park in exchange for pocket money.
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They offer neighbors rides to hospitals, to services.
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Now cops will concentrate on visiting biker meets and offering assessment rides and general handling advice.
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It offers ride , resort and restaurant reviews, trivia and newsy updates.
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In the early afternoon a farmer stopped his wagon and offered Jimmy a ride .
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H., has been offering day rides since the 1970s.
take
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The drinking public was now aware they were being taken for a ride by the brewing barons.
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Nicola explodes with anger when she discovers stud boss Andrew has been taking her for a ride .
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The tour includes lunch at the Grand Hotel and guests take a carriage ride on Mackinac Island.
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They claim they've been taken for a ride .
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We had plenty of time to take a bike ride or walk after dinner, before it got dark.
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Read in studio A glider pilot is trying to popularise a new aerial sport by taking people for free rides .
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You can take boat rides , walk the wharf or picnic along the rivers' grassy banks.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bumpy ride/time
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Euro Disney had a bumpy ride as the market digested its results, sinking to a low of 813p down 35p.
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It had been a bumpy ride, through the tail end of a thunderstorm.
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It is therefore going to be, at best, a bumpy ride.
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It was the same man who had jostled her repeatedly during a bumpy ride on the Lexington Avenue Express subway.
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Since the programme was announced in 1998, like previous eradication campaigns, it has had a bumpy ride.
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The plant had had a bumpy ride since Cellatex was sold off by the chemicals giant Rhne-Poulenc in 1991.
be on/riding the crest of a wave
catch a ride
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Can I catch a ride with you?
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I caught a ride as far as Columbus, then hitched to Athens.
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Maybe I should call her and catch a ride with you.
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The next morning, all bandaged up, I stuck out my thumb and caught a ride to Tay Ninh.
get/take a free ride
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Suppose we get a free ride into the land of happiness?
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The company got a free ride on just about everything.
ride roughshod over sb/sth
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Critics claim that certain powerful interests are able to ride roughshod over plans and competitors.
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He was readily obeyed, even when he outraged the sensibilities of the privileged and rode roughshod over their traditional rights.
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I told them they should be riding roughshod over whoever compiled tha bus and send them to Stavropol Territory right now.
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In particular it has attempted to take on board community aspirations and local authority plans rather than ride roughshod over local wishes.
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Instead they set out to ride roughshod over the legislative branch, attempting to govern without congress rather than with it.
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Recent weeks have seen it ride roughshod over ostrich breeders, society con artists, champagne fraudsters and the occasional fallen tycoon.
ride/sit side-saddle
walk/ride etc abreast
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Corbett and Ranulf, riding abreast , stopped and gazed at the chaos.
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If there are six people walking abreast there is little chance that they will create an avenue for you to go through.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a rollercoaster ride
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He pretended to be asleep for the entire two hour ride .
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It's a two-hour ride to the Canadian border.
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On the car ride back from the airport he told her all about his trip.
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She took me to see the horse and asked if I wanted to go for a ride .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beyond a quieter plane ride , NoiseBuster is said to lessen the effects of jet lag.
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His progress since has been steady, his number of rides has increased.
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In short, get ready for another wild ride on the information highway in 1997.
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Minnesota boy, 10, goes for joy ride Fridley, Minn.
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With three air-force pilots along for the ride , James flew along a railroad track bordered by tall trees.