I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ball rolls
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The ball just rolled past the hole.
a mist rolls in (= moves along to a place )
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A mist began to roll in off the sea.
a Rolling Stones/Kylie Minogue etc fan
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Mike has been a lifelong Kylie Minogue fan.
a rumble/roll of thunder (= one of a series of deep sounds )
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We could hear the rumble of thunder growing louder.
bog roll
clouds move/roll
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A narrow band of cloud has been moving across the country.
egg roll
forward roll
honor roll
jelly roll
kitchen roll
pitch and roll
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the pitch and roll of the ship
rock 'n' roll
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Elvis, the king of rock ‘n’ roll
rock and roll
roll a cigarette (= make your own cigarette using special paper )
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It’s cheaper to roll your own cigarettes.
roll of honour
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the roll of honour on the war memorial
roll up/down a window (= open or shut the window in a car )
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Lucy rolled the window down and waved to him.
rolling countryside (= with hills )
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a valley surrounded by rolling countryside
rolling pin
rolling stock
rolling/gentle hills (= hills with slopes that are not steep )
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He loved the green rolling hills of Dorset.
sausage roll
spring roll
sweet roll
Swiss roll
tears run/roll/stream down sb’s face
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Oliver laughed until tears ran down his face.
the fog rolls in (= it arrives from the mountains, the sea etc )
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The fog rolled in from the ocean.
throw/roll the dice
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It’s your turn to roll the dice.
thunder rumbles/rolls
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Thunder rumbled in the distance.
toilet roll
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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In some of his experiments the rats were rolling along to get to the food in the goal-box.
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For his part, Chief just rolled along .
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Now and then a door slammed, sending metallic echoes rolling along the corridors.
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On this the debate got into high gear and rolled along for two weeks.
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Rivers only roll along to brighten up the landscape, and cattle graze only to give life to his drawings.
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Express has been rolling along , delaying and canceling the construction of much-needed facilities.
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The van was already rolling along the winding lane out of sight.
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But can the economy roll along strongly enough to boost profits while not pushing interest rates higher?
around
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Only this time, it was found rolling around in a dustbin.
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Last season they were 3-10 by the time Thanksgiving rolled around , and they never recovered.
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You rolled around , went blue and your eyes shot up into your head.
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Add potatoes and roll around to cover all surfaces with butter.
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We disappear into the darkness, where nobody can see that we're not rolling around the floor in paroxysms of ecstasy.
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But when the election rolled around last Tuesday, gays and lesbians in large numbers stood by Clinton.
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He eased inside Rosie with her pants still on, they rolled around each other like grotesques.
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What am I doing out there rolling around and being thrown around and groping myself?
away
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So, having rolled away the rock, he hit George Foreman on the head with it.
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I shifted the transmission out of park and into drive, and let the car roll away from the curb.
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Now when we meet the years roll away .
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After a while she rolled away and lay on her back with her scratchy eyelids stretched open.
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He had heard it drop off and roll away .
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He was rolling away from her, rolling for ever down a steep hill.
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Instinctively he tried to roll away and something to his right prevented him.
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The truck rolled away , gravel snap crackle pop under the oversize tires.
back
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Since 1979 there has been fresh emphasis on the need to roll back the frontiers of the state.
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Pope had already removed his jacket and begun to roll back his sleeve.
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A wide pancake shaped black cloth hat with a huge brim rolled back on one side adorned his dark hair.
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Environmentalists say that Congress is trying to roll back clean-air and water laws and to dismantle the Endangered Species Act.
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It comes at a time when the Reagan administration is rolling back the controls established by successive governments in the 1970s.
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The second it ended, I would roll back over and spit up again.
down
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Tears rolling down her face, she turned on the taps.
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Sometimes when this is whispered in the ears of those near death, tears roll down their cheeks.
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It was as tall and cold as a glacier rolling down a valley, crunching trees like matchsticks.
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Under them and breathing evenly again, the anguish rolled down .
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Tears were rolling down my cheeks.
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It will be the one flying into Jacksonville with the windows rolled down .
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Rumours of something new would send us rolling down the ever widening highways.
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She was wearing a loose print dress and stockings that were rolled down below the knee.
forward
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The Carrier rolled forward , without slowing, its massive tyres crushing the last of the barricade.
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I rolled forward , hoping there would be a parking pad somewhere around the bend coming up.
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He pushes the man away; the man flops on to his side, then rolls forward on to his face again, groaning.
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The train rolled forward on its beams of steel.
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A new attack on them was rolling forward behind him.
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This would allow the construction teams to roll forward from the first stage due to open in November.
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And there are ribbons to shake, stepping stones to hop between, forward rolls to master.
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He landed headfirst in the corridor outside, rolling forward so that his heels chipped the wall opposite.
in
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After that the plum parts began to roll in .
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And the more I think about how nothing can be helped, the faster the fog rolls in .
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I smelt the sour odour of sweaty robes and noticed a brazier of gleaming charcoal had been rolled in .
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And, the sales keep rolling in .
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So long as fees rolled in , all this seemed justifiable.
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A lot of people on Wall Street are salivating at the prospect of having $ 150 billion a year rolling in .
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But when the business started rolling in , there was less time for arguments.
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The evidence just came rolling in .
off
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Then, as the years rolled by, more bikes rolled off the edge or into the mountainside.
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On the opposite bank, Luke rolled off her back and lay on the grass.
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Answers rolled off her tongue with well. oiled ease.
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Open windows receive the sea breeze rolling off the glistening sea.
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It may even roll off the table.
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Most have spent all their sentient life as paid-up devotees, and the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue.
on
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Shannon rolled on to her back, staring through tear-glazed eyes at the ceiling.
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The conversation paused, and then rolled on .
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Then he hauled himself up over the Zodiac's port tube and rolled on to the floor slats.
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The scandals just kept rolling on .
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It rolled on to within eighty yards of the green, finishing on the left side of the fairway.
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The days of death rolled on inexorably towards the ending of the year.
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He rolled on top of her the second before it happened, spilling his seed on her leg and stomach.
out
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Cool. Roll out pastry and line an 8in fluted flan ring.
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Back in the cabin I mix the berries with sugar and lemon peel, then roll out the pie crusts.
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Continue rolling out all the rounds, covering them with a damp cloth. 5.
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The question is: Should we roll out the howitzer every time corruption appears?
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Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough.
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Because both market-dominating companies will roll out the innovation, prices are expected to be competitive.
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The waiters had filled her korma with man milk. Roll out the plank, Captain.
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But, I tell you what, tears rolled out my eyes.
over
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Relax the leg by bringing the knee close to the chest, then roll over and repeat on the other side.
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Alice stole one long drink before rolling over in the boundless bed, fantasizing it as an endless beach of white cloud.
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Repeat 15 times, then roll over and repeat on the other side.
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I rolled over and the soreness in my stomach throbbed and spread.
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Twenty-five feet down, Foo rolled over and saw an upside-down steam train puff by above him.
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McMurphy whispered and rolled over to sleep.
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Ronni felt her heart roll over and die at the sight of him.
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Beethoven may be rolling over in his grave, but audiences love it.
round
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He saw the old hedgehog rolling round among the windfalls early in the morning.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution expects to increase its circulation so much that its presses will roll round the clock.
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Jenny's twenty-sixth birthday was rolling round and she was becoming bored - very bored.
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These matter rolled round and round my brain, like a thunderstorm, like clothes in a tumble-drier.
up
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I took off my jacket and rolled up my shirtsleeves.
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Citizens rolled up their sleeves and went to work.
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He rolls up a dollar bill, and stares at it as if deliberately recalling something.
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A pickup came down the road and they rolled up their windows to keep the dust out.
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Sister Marcus gave us the report with her sleeves rolled up .
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The walls of his shack were bamboo mats that had been rolled up to the roof beam.
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The danger, of course, lies in the fact that the deferred interest payments will be rolled up into the capital debt.
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Some combined a fatigue shirt with black pajama trousers rolled up to the knees.
■ NOUN
ball
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Celtic got the ball rolling with a goal from the impressive Nicholas after just 10 minutes.
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But now the ball is rolling .
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Hyperlink reference not valid., to start the ball rolling .
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Her words started the ball rolling .
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To determine how far the ball bounces roll the Artillery dice again and mark the spot where the ball comes to land.
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That ball rolled to the wall full of so many possibilities.
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Q, a sharp twentysomething, set the ball rolling by applying the lessons of club culture to literature.
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A ball of white yarn rolls across the floor.
bed
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She could roll over the bed and pick up the receiver.
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I stripped, and we rolled around the bed .
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At night, in our hotel, we practised how quickly we could roll out of our beds in case of an attack!
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He kicked it in, threw himself on the floor and rolled under the bed .
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Charles rolled out of bed and groped his way over to open it.
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Lais rolled over in bed , still half-asleep, clutching the pillow close to her, afraid to open her eyes.
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Sometimes, rolling over in bed reminded her, or reaching for something.
camera
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As their cameras rolled , the film crew looked on anxiously while Crawford drove the Rolls up the ramp.
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Of course I am scared, but when the camera is rolling all the people on the set are very quiet.
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When the cameras roll and the playback begins, everyone smiles.
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Not all the pranks end when the cameras stop rolling .
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Elia Kazan kept the cameras rolling and caught it for posterity.
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The roar of the crowd could be heard inside the courtroom, where cameras rolled and flashbulbs popped.
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He took equal care, however briefly he knew the camera would be rolling .
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She was supremely self-confident with the gift of being able to bubble whenever the camera was rolling .
car
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What's more, this car will certainly not be the last hot road car development to roll out of the factory.
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There will also be 15 double-ended locos derived from the streamlined power cars to haul conventional rolling stock.
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I shifted the transmission out of park and into drive, and let the car roll away from the curb.
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The car was rolling over and kicking its legs for her.
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The apparatus included a car that kept rolling in circles, an enormous block of ice and taped Chopin piano music.
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By investing in car transporter rolling stock the railway companies were able to offer the manufacturers a service economically beneficial to both.
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I got into the car and tried to roll the window up.
carpet
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Looked together, they rolled across the carpet .
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She rolls it over the carpet by pushing it.
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She rolled along the carpet , hampered by her long dressing-gown, and then arms like steel tentacles caught her again.
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Under his bed was rolled a piece of carpet with a fringed edge, and among its creases Frankie kept his treasures.
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Practically lies down and purrs ... Well it's nice to roll out the red carpet , isn't it?
cigarette
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With a lifetime of practice behind him he rolled a passable cigarette in his fingers and lit it.
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Dunne rolled another cigarette , running his tongue slowly along the glued edge of the brown paper.
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He took off his shoes, climbed into a chair, rolled a cigarette and poured himself a coffee.
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He began to hum a tune, dissociating himself, rolling a cigarette with easy movements.
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And he rolled up a cigarette and he says, I want you to pray with me.
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Odd-Knut rolled a thin cigarette and poured himself yet another coffee.
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Dunne rolled another cigarette and lit it.
dice
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If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode.
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But Dole had little choice but to roll the dice in a way that surprised even the most astute political observers.
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Now roll the artillery dice again.
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I envy them for getting to roll the dice .
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Mark the point where the cannon ball strikes the ground and roll the Artillery dice to establish the bounce distance.
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To determine how far the ball bounces roll the Artillery dice again and mark the spot where the ball comes to land.
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To decide if the Goblin lands where you have aimed it roll both the scatter dice and the artillery dice.
dough
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Learned how to combine the ingredients for pasta, to roll out the dough , and cut it.
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Flour board and roll out dough .
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On a lightly floured board, roll out dough into a 12-inch circle.
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You may need to roll out dough slightly with a rolling pin.
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If you try to roll it, the dough will break apart, Noury says.
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Begin to roll out your dough , starting from the center and working to the outer edges of the dough.
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Stop rolling when the dough is about 11 or 12 inches in diameter.
face
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He pushes the man away; the man flops on to his side, then rolls forward on to his face again, groaning.
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Soon she found tears rolling down her face .
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Tears rolling down her face , she turned on the taps.
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Suds were rolling down her face and were on her shoulders.
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I sat in the front row of the balcony with tears rolling down my face and feeling nothing at all.
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Marion was kneeling by the cradles, hugging her son, tears rolling down her face .
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I blew over its mouth and nose to revive it even though my tears were rolling on to its face .
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When the cleaners have gone home I trek through the rubber-tread corridors rolling on my faces like a marble ashtray.
floor
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Then he hauled himself up over the Zodiac's port tube and rolled on to the floor slats.
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He had jars of diet food rolling across the floor when he stopped or turned.
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My orderly had to roll me on the floor .
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The two men rolled around on the floor slugging each other and yelping and growling.
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We disappear into the darkness, where nobody can see that we're not rolling around the floor in paroxysms of ecstasy.
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A ball of white yarn rolls across the floor .
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A shopping trolley pushed along and then released will roll across the floor , gradually slowing down until it comes to rest.
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They roll grenades down floors of cinemas and blow up women and kids: does your heart bleed about that, Trevor?
head
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Instead of jerking on the lead, he gave a mighty push to the bear's head and the man-animal rolled over backwards.
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Some woman who bats him over the head with a rolling pin.
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Sir Paul sympathises with Mr Meeks ... but says it's inevitable that heads will roll .
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Noting the irony, Johnson just shook her head and rolled her eyes.
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There might have been hands in the gutter and heads rolling about under the lamplight too.
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There had been a ghastly failure of security, and heads had rolled .
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The boy had a large olive head and very glassy rolling eyes.
hill
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It is nestled into the verdant rolling hills some 25 kilometres north of Cape Coast still located on the Central Region.
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Inside a yellow barn set in rolling green hills , 10 Sufis spin like synchronized tops across the wooden floor.
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We rolled down the hill to the cemetery.
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Pickup trucks were rolling down the hill to the cove from upland.
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If rolled down a hill , the hollow-centred ball will reach the bottom quicker since it has a greater inertia.
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Before the boat swung around Ezra caught sight of the truck rolling down the hill to the wharf.
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The can rolled sideways down the hill and she scrabbled across the tent for it.
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Outside the store, the rolling hills of New Hampshire were aflame in scarlet, yellow, orange and gold.
rock
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The rock and roll global village.
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Finished digging, hauling rocks , and rolling and cajoling them into place-last of north wall built.
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On the verge of Connemara, we passed through a steep valley of rocks poised as if to roll down upon us.
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Yet no one who knew the man disputes that Robey might well have knocked down the self-proclaimed king of rock &038; roll .
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Only the tips of her tail-feathers were caught between the rocks as they rolled back together; and those were torn away.
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This was more ambitious than mere rock &038; roll .
side
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A trickle of sweat rolled down the side of Tom's face.
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She and Patrick roll Bob to one side , and she strips and replaces the linens.
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The girl had had her hands over her face and was rolling from side to side.
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After she finally dropped into bed, she noticed that she had trouble moving her legs when she rolled to her side .
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A wide pancake shaped black cloth hat with a huge brim rolled back on one side adorned his dark hair.
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Heat oil to 375 degrees and add egg rolls , flap side down.
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She rolled on to her side to let him pull down the zip of her dress.
sleeve
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He had a grey walrus moustache and was wearing a collarless shirt with the sleeves rolled up.
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He sequesters himself in a small working office, sleeves rolled up, tie off, reading mail, making overseas calls.
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Sister Marcus gave us the report with her sleeves rolled up.
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A large black man sat behind the front desk with his sleeves rolled up.
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His sleeves were rolled almost to the shoulder and the right one bore the three gold chevrons denoting his rank.
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If I roll my jacket sleeves , they will roll theirs.
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The barman was a beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms.
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She was barefoot and wearing a man's shirt over jeans, the sleeves rolled back on her thin arms.
tear
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Two tears rolled down his cheeks, followed by sniffs and heaves of the narrow chest.
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When my sister was upset, she would cry and great piteous tears would roll from her eyes.
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Hot, bitter tears rolled down her cheeks, and with them came back the noise of the street.
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He smiled, sensing an odd happiness welling up in her, even though tears began to roll down her cheeks.
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She did not observe a large tear rolling slowly down his cheek.
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Soon she found tears rolling down her face.
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I sat in the front row of the balcony with tears rolling down my face and feeling nothing at all.
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The tears rolling off her chin on to her fingers, she sang louder; drowning out her other noises.
thunder
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Lightning played across the front almost continually, and thunder rolled over the catamaran.
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A little bit of thunder rolled through the evening sky, far off.
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One hot late-summer evening as Virginia left Pack Meeting thunder began to roll across the sky.
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In the distance, another thunder clap rolled , this one more muffled than its predecessors.
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The thunder rolled away as Mr Beckenham stared, leaving the place eerily silent, and his heart still.
tongue
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This committee compromise is unlikely to roll off anyone's tongue .
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Answers rolled off her tongue with well. oiled ease.
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Most have spent all their sentient life as paid-up devotees, and the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue .
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She took a swig and rolled it around her tongue like mouthwash.
welfare
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Hundreds of thousands end up on welfare rolls .
window
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It will be the one flying into Jacksonville with the windows rolled down.
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The sun was gone, but with the window rolled down I could feel the warm wind.
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His windows were rolled down, so there was nothing to obstruct my direct view of this scene.
■ VERB
keep
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Still liking it, still doing it, Gerry Marsden keeps rocking and rolling at the Apollo tonight.
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It is important to keep the wheels rolling; rolling wheels have traction.
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At what point does a state have a motive for keeping the smoking rolls up?
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And, the sales keep rolling in.
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I had the good sense to let go of the trumpet case and try and keep rolling out of range.
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The apparatus included a car that kept rolling in circles, an enormous block of ice and taped Chopin piano music.
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He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right.
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That passion is what keeps the missionary cycle rolling .
let
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Shame they couldn't have lifted the pitch and let it roll in.
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I shifted the transmission out of park and into drive, and let the car roll away from the curb.
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He let them roll between his hands.
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Get ready to let those good times roll .
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Like the Mississippi, it just keeps rolling along. Let it roll.
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Shrugging off rational assurances, Guy let the warning sensations roll over him.
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Bring your knees back up to the centre and let them roll across your body over to your left side.
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Don't let your feet roll inwards and keep your knees over the toes!
set
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Ali MacGraw set the ball rolling with Love Story.
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Inside a yellow barn set in rolling green hills, 10 Sufis spin like synchronized tops across the wooden floor.
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A push from a simple starter will set them rolling , after which their tractive tyres will accelerate them automatically.
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But with Nicklaus rumoured to be planning a quiet 1991, the Lee Trevino money-making machine looks set to roll on.
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Now the good times are set to roll again.
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Just waiting for some one to begin, to set the ball rolling .
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Q, a sharp twentysomething, set the ball rolling by applying the lessons of club culture to literature.
start
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So Meretz, whose head-on clash with Shas over education policy started this crisis rolling 11 months ago, had to go.
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Her words started the ball rolling .
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She started to roll up her sleeping-bag, then hesitated.
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When he gets really impatient, his keeper says, he starts rolling his head around or making snuffling noises.
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Hyperlink reference not valid., to start the ball rolling .
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And pretty soon, the royal carriage wheels started rolling over the Little People.
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The first section of netting was complete, so I asked Tam to start rolling out some barb.
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When they start rolling , you resume turning.
stop
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It was too late by this time to stop the presses rolling , and the first editions had already been despatched.
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Smitty stopped rolling about five feet short of the edge.
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When one rolled along the ground he picked it up and stood it on its end to stop it rolling.
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Kaufman opened the game with a 57-yard gallop and never stopped rolling .
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They put the catapult into position and placed wooden blocks in front of the wheels to stop it rolling into the sea.
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Not all the pranks end when the cameras stop rolling .
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Unless it is prodded and pulled by the government, what is to stop it rolling over into a more comfortable position?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come/roll/jerk/skid etc to a stop
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A limousine carrying Harris and several other black passengers jerked to a stop .
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An unshaven old man in a stained jacket comes to a stop beside us.
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And moments later he comes to a stop .
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As it came to a stop , it widened the frenzied cluster of moths surrounding the yellow platform light over his head.
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He had given no sign of injury until we came to a stop .
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It swerved wildly towards the wall, bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall.
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Once it has been consumed, the Darwinian machine comes to a stop .
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When it jerked to a stop they were led out into a narrow carpeted passage.
heads will roll
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I rather think heads will roll.
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Sir Paul sympathises with Mr Meeks ... but says it's inevitable that heads will roll.
roll out the red carpet/give sb the red carpet treatment
set/start/keep the ball rolling
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Ali MacGraw set the ball rolling with Love Story.
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And laughter is infectious ... so a little bit of effort on the small screen could start the ball rolling.
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Does that make a difference, or did he and others just start the ball rolling?
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He will keep the ball rolling.
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Her words started the ball rolling.
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To start the ball rolling, the government was asked to contribute £1 million.
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Volume 2 deals with general idioms e.g. keep the ball rolling, the proof of the pudding.
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Wolves play a similar style, and at times one yearned for some one to set the ball rolling ... literally.
sth is the new rock 'n' roll
trip/roll off the tongue
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A name which trips off the tongue .
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Most have spent all their sentient life as paid-up devotees, and the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Roll the tortilla around the chicken and serve with salsa.
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I'm trying to teach my dog to roll over.
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One of the eggs rolled off the edge of the counter.
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Punks on the streets would roll drunks for small change.
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Quiet! The cameras are rolling!
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Ralph rolled onto his stomach.
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She rolled up the poster and put it in a cardboard tube.
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Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a 12-inch square.
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We had so much fun rolling stones down into the river.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But when electrical storms roll in, nothing is normal.
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It pitched a yard short, bit viciously and rolled back down the green shelf at the front of the green.
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Our driver rolled up his window and backed away, lightly tapping the front bumper of the car behind.
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People were looking as they rolled past, observing my little moment of theater.
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Still half concussed, Delaney rolled upright and staggered.
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The burr of reform still rolled in the Garnock Valley.
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The years may have rolled by, but the relationship between skis and soft snow has not changed.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
electoral
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If you are not on the electoral roll you may get turned down for credit.
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They can not have their names on the electoral roll and, as a result, can not vote.
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Voluntary patients can register on the electoral roll and can have postal votes.
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Addresses don't have to be mentioned, they can easily be looked up in the electoral roll just from a name.
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Hoyte had twice extended the parliamentary session in 1991, ostensibly in order to allow new electoral rolls to be drawn up.
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Official funding would be made available for party political broadcasts and electoral rolls were to be updated.
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An estimated 40,000 names on a revised electoral roll were reported to be suspect.
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I am interested in whether the police national computer is linked with poll tax registers, electoral rolls and telephone numbers.
hot
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She would always have two hot rolls in her bag.
■ NOUN
bread
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Mountains of bread rolls surrounded the urn.
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Cripps Christmas dinners were not noted for their decorum nor their sobriety and sooner or later the bread rolls began to fly.
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Vern actually looked up from his last bite of bread roll as I came back in.
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The chef makes tasty bread rolls and grows his own herbs.
call
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A roll call of just some of our people who have achieved something special.
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When the alphabetical roll call vote for speaker began, members dutifully voted for Gingrich or Gephardt until Rep.
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Price was reading the roll call .
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Throughout the hourlong roll call , Republicans looked grim.
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Meanwhile, a roll call was being taken.
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A stack of computer printouts is waiting, the road-kill roll call .
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And the long roll call begins.
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He made telephone calls to swing Congressmen right up to the roll call.
cheese
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Sarah carried her cup of coffee and cheese roll back to her chosen table and settled to work.
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She bit into her cheese roll .
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And double trouble from a Double Gloucester.The cheese roll that caused chaos.
dice
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If the dice roll is 2 or more the unit passes the test and may fight normally this turn.
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If the dice roll is a 1 then the unit has been affected by Animosity.
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Blows in combat also suffer a -1 on the dice roll to hit.
drum
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And then, with a final drum roll , it was all over.
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Mickey Dolenz, part of the 1960s band the Monkees, will lead the drum roll .
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Next came a drum roll , followed by a wave and a thumbs-up sign from the newly-weds.
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The pre-recorded drum roll sounds and the sequined curtain flies up.
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One boy, a child, begins a steady drum roll .
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Starting lineup for the two-time defending world champion Houston Rockets recently has been, drum roll , please....
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Nothing obscures the outlines of an orchestral passage more than a drum roll on an unrelated note.
film
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The press, in particular, printed sensational reports of the happenings at cinemas and concerts featuring rock and roll films and music.
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I was using the very fast 12-shot per roll film which estate agents use to make houses look good in the rain.
honor
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That semester, the student made the honor roll for the first time.
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Personal: An honor roll student with a 3.57 grade-point average last marking period.
kitchen
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I blot out unwanted runs, bleeds and blocks with highly textured kitchen roll .
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Invisible man Dress you child's face in bandages or white kitchen roll with sunglasses, black shoes and gloves.
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Next moment a large piece of kitchen roll had been shoved into her hand.
sausage
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The meal then followed and all had their fill of sausage rolls and crisps, washed down with delicious barley water.
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Dame Edna and sausage rolls come immediately to mind.
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The customary toasts will be cheered with soft drinks which will wash down a modest buffet of sausage rolls and sandwiches.
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Do you know what a sausage roll is?
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She at once offered Joe a cup of hot morning Bovril and a warm sausage roll , if he'd like.
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Not sausage rolls or cheesy biscuits or anything.
school
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For example in June, the percentage of pupils absent in individual schools ranged from 0% to 44% of the school roll .
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Pupils from ethnic minorities account for only 4 percent of the school roll .
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Accident and school roll data have been analysed to identify those schools which have high casualty rates per head of school roll.
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At that time, school rolls were still rising and the challenge was to ensure enough accommodation.
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This approach would require improved provision of information from local government to the community and hence increased accessibility of school roll forecasts.
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In summary there is a need for a unified approach to school roll forecasting based on demographic data augmented by local information.
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This allocation requires information on the future demand for places in particular schools - school roll forecasts.
spring
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Please try to see the film, Arquette tells the restaurant, with all the fibrous texture of a spring roll .
toilet
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Not a piece of sticky-back plastic, a toilet roll or a Blue Peter badge in sight!
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Also provide a cover for the pan, towel, toilet roll and tissues.
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Her elder son's wife was a long-standing irritant, like an ill-perforated toilet roll .
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One was made using a toilet roll .
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Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet, clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations.
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I suggest that the present handicap system should be printed on a couple of toilet rolls and used accordingly!
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But I see they opened a new toilet roll .
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You are simply not supposed to clap, in the same way as you are not meant to throw toilet rolls .
voter
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Lucie and Martin counties, voter rolls expanded by 9. 2 percent and 5. 6 percent, respectively.
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Despite his well-publicized death, Natali can still vote, the voter rolls say.
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Knock off the sludge everybody knows remains on the voter rolls , and that 72 percent pushes 90 percent.
welfare
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They spend ever more on job training for welfare recipients, yet welfare rolls continue to grow.
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This explains why even our most effective efforts to move people into jobs seem never to shrink the welfare rolls .
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They would begin with ready and contemptuous agreement that they are not on the welfare rolls .
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But the new statistics showed that welfare rolls dropped by 2. 76 million people in the past four years.
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When her father started abusing her again, she was forced to leave and return to the welfare rolls .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come/roll/jerk/skid etc to a stop
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A limousine carrying Harris and several other black passengers jerked to a stop .
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An unshaven old man in a stained jacket comes to a stop beside us.
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And moments later he comes to a stop .
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As it came to a stop , it widened the frenzied cluster of moths surrounding the yellow platform light over his head.
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He had given no sign of injury until we came to a stop .
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It swerved wildly towards the wall, bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall.
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Once it has been consumed, the Darwinian machine comes to a stop .
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When it jerked to a stop they were led out into a narrow carpeted passage.
heads will roll
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I rather think heads will roll.
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Sir Paul sympathises with Mr Meeks ... but says it's inevitable that heads will roll.
let the good times roll
roll out the red carpet/give sb the red carpet treatment
sth is the new rock 'n' roll
trip/roll off the tongue
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A name which trips off the tongue .
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Most have spent all their sentient life as paid-up devotees, and the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cinnamon roll
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His name was not on the voters' roll .
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Hot, fresh rolls were served throughout the meal.
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The roll is called to see which members are present.
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The school now has a roll of over 2,000 children.
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You have another roll , don't you?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Did I mention, I discovered a dozen rolls of the original wallpaper in a tin trunk in the attic?
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Filled rolls with tea, coffee and soft drinks will be dispensed.
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Hymns and more hymns, and how Bonnie Jean and I would look at one another and roll our eyes in complicity.
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I tore the endpaper off a new roll of Tums.
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Our nod went to the mushroom version, a perfect complement to the rolls.
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The frequency and extent of the roll varies from day to day and from one set of conditions to another.
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There are three basic ways in which a property owner can remove a building from the project-based Section 8 housing rolls.
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When was the last time anybody saw hand towels or soap or a bog roll ?