I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
savour the moment (= enjoy the moment )
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He seemed to savour every moment of their conversation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
moment
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As he moved towards the two men, Harry savoured the moments of secret observation that preceded their awareness of his presence.
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Mortimer paused to savour the moment - this was what soldiery was all about, he thought.
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Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment .
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Thwarted, I walk on and barely have time to savour the moment before bumping into Joe.
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Slowly, savouring the moment , Harry opened the letter he knew was from Madeleine.
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For a moment he hesitated, savouring the moment, then centred the metal spike and pushed.
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There's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment .
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It would seem positively perverse to savour moments like that and feel them as they are.
■ VERB
want
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I wanted to savour the differences this area had to offer.
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There's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment.
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She wanted to savour , to prolong, her anticipation.
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She wanted to savour it for a moment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, this was an important moment, a time to savour .
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And on Saturday, in the rain at Newmarket, Jeremy Glover savoured it to the full.
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It is hard to savour the feelings opposition defenders experience when confronted by Hateley's presence.
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It was a day to remember, to savour .
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It was a moment to be savoured, when danger was past and I was wholly at peace.
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Keegan is desperate to stay after savouring his first taste in management by keeping United in the Second Division.
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This was truly paradise; it had to be savoured as we knew it short lived.
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Victory tomorrow would be a sweet first to savour , crushing any doubts among City's sometimes cynical following.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
lose
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The truffles of Provence never taste so exquisite in London as here; they lose their savour , and gain in price.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About everything he writes hangs a faint savour of calculation.
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His towering, blank-eyed presence at the head of the table drew the savour from the good food she cooked.
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The truffles of Provence never taste so exquisite in London as here; they lose their savour , and gain in price.