I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a restaurant serves sth
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The restaurant serves lunch from midday until two thirty.
a serving bowl (= for serving foods )
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She put the strawberries in a glass serving bowl.
act/serve as a go-between
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A UN representative will act as a go-between for leaders of the two countries.
if my memory serves (me correctly/right) (= used to say that you are almost certain you have remembered something correctly )
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If my memory serves me correctly, Johnson was also there.
on a first come, first served basis
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Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis .
serve a customer
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Every day the shop serves around 800 customers.
serve a meal
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The bar serves snacks and meals.
serve a sentence (= spend time in prison )
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Her husband is serving a two-year sentence for credit-card fraud.
serve a term
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She served a term as chairwoman of the council.
serve a useful purpose/function (= be useful )
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Sending her to prison would serve no useful purpose.
serve as a basis for sth
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The document will serve as a basis for negotiations.
serve as/act as a reminder (= be a reminder )
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The photograph will serve as a lovely reminder of your visit.
serve dinner (= start giving people food )
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Dinner is served between 7 and 11 pm in the hotel restaurant.
serve food (= give food to someone, especially in a restaurant )
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She served food and cleared tables all evening.
serve in the army
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He had served in the Indian army.
serve notice formal (= warn someone about something )
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They have served notice that they intend to take legal action against the company.
serve sth with cream
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Serve the apple tart warm with thick cream.
serve time/five years etc in jail (= spend time in jail )
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He was finally released after serving 27 years in jail.
serve your country (= work for your country in an official way )
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Remember those who are serving our country as soldiers, sailors, and airmen.
served with a writ
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The company has been served with a writ for damages.
serve/fulfil a purpose (= be used in a particular way )
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The building must have served a religious purpose.
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Many old school buildings are no longer suitable for fulfilling their original purpose.
serve/sit on a committee (= be a member of an important committee )
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Our organization is always in need of volunteers to serve on the committee.
serve...summons (= officially order him to appear in court )
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He had been accused of a drug offence but police had been unable to serve a summons on him .
serving...apprenticeship
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He’s serving an apprenticeship as a printer.
serving...life sentence
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Miller is serving a life sentence for murder.
sit/serve on a jury (= be a member of a jury )
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At that time, black people were not allowed to serve on juries.
sit/serve on the bench (= work as a judge or magistrate )
sit/serve on the board
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She had served on the board of governors of the BBC.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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This visit will also serve as an introduction to written records and their importance for history.
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Others suggest that the buildup of mountains by tectonic movement may also serve as a trigger, by altering air currents.
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They also serve light snacks throughout the afternoon.
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It could also serve as a basis for planning a future meeting.
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The variety of local provision highlighted above also serves to provide an interesting comment on how local authorities respond to national initiatives.
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The lines manned by the infantry also served to protect the gunners and their lethal devices.
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The differing interpretations of nationalism referred to above also served to drive the movements further apart.
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Each teacher also serves as an adviser for a small group of teenagers from the time they enter the program until graduation.
as
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The different expectancies generated by these cues can then, it is supposed, themselves serve as cues.
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Here coal could serve as alternative feedstock thus displacing oil and releasing natural gas for higher use.
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He had two sons, both serving as reserve officers in the Royal Navy.
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There are 12 dots around the perimeter and four on each side serving as infrared emitters.
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The meetings are not meant to serve as glorified works councils, hammering out grand agreements on petty feuds.
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Summaries in list form appear at the ends of chapters to serve as systematic reviews of major conclusions.
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I know that negotiations do not only constitute a bargaining process, but also serve as fertile ground for creativity.
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One of his great pleasures is serving as national treasurer of the National Audubon Society.
only
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No, they would not serve only a drink, she should recall that.
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The propaganda served only to solidify opinion, not to change minds.
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It will only serve to annoy the claimants' advisers and will not lead to a conducive climate for ultimate settlement.
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I think it would only serve to reinforce my fears.
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Many documents, especially from the nineteenth century, contain redundant words which only serve to confuse.
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Again, this story may serve only as propaganda, or it may indicate an earlier culture in which women held power.
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Calley, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, was eventually paroled after having served only three years.
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This could only serve to make things worse.
well
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When cold, seal with clarified butter. Serve well chilled.
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For programs affecting the health and safety of the entire population a single average value serves well .
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Even business, so well served by Mr Mbeki's government, is becoming unnerved.
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Reconstituted milk is most acceptable when served well chilled.
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Both functions are well served in the present volume.
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This particular map served well in Baja.
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In Britain particularly, people don't like serving and don't serve well .
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But I do wonder whether you would be well served by simply liquidating your two brokerage accounts.
■ NOUN
apprenticeship
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Here he will have to serve a form of apprenticeship before he is accepted or even noticed.
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When he was older, Taylor did serve an apprenticeship and did work as a laborer and machinist.
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It will also cut training needs at a time when people no longer want to serve long apprenticeships .
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We served our apprenticeship in skinning, levelling, cutting and throwing.
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I served an apprenticeship , worked hard and now I am in the wrong and it is not my fault.
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Our 1910 sample did serve its apprenticeship in trade-union organization, and this episode provides the last chapter in the story.
army
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After serving in the army during the Napoleonic wars, Széchenyi turned to the management of his estates.
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He served in the Army from 1975 to 1980.
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Paul Alexandre, his loyal and sympathetic supporter, left Paris to serve in the army medical service.
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Service, for 18 months, was compulsory for men over 19 who had not served in the Soviet army .
basis
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Symmetry and group theory are introduced to serve as the basis of all molecular orbital treatments of molecules.
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It could also serve as a basis for planning a future meeting.
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These could then serve as the basis for further testing, allowing the best candidate for a true representation to emerge.
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In many cases, Olympian designs serve as the basis for apparel that the average couch potato will be able to buy.
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In this way, contracts can serve as a basis for individualised instruction.
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Written policies and procedures or protocols can serve as a basis for identifying key process criteria.
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Leadership provides organizational values which can serve as a basis for the development of mutual trust and commitment.
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I am optimistic, therefore, that they can serve as the basis for an effective Mega long-term strategy.
breakfast
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The hotel's restaurant serves a buffet breakfast and a substantial and well-prepared choice of meals at other times.
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Lunch and tea are served aboard; breakfasts are at the hotels.
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The restaurant serves a buffet breakfast and dinner with a choice of menu.
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But have her wake up to the smell of cooking bacon, then serve her breakfast in bed.
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She slept, woke up at nine to find out her second mistake: that all hotels everywhere serve breakfast .
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For dining, resort cafeterias often serve hearty, inexpensive breakfasts .
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They have to serve a cooked breakfast here to meet some kind of official standard.
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This trout recipe is served for breakfast at the inn but works well for a homey dinner.
committee
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Should not that proviso apply to anybody serving on any committee ?
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To be successful, a former member must have served on an influential committee and acquired expertise on controversial issues.
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I served on the Committee that dealt with the poll tax legislation.
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He also served on numerous other committees and commissions.
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In order to install the lopsided majorities, more Republicans have to serve on multiple committees .
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He then served on committees to set up a republican government and abolish kingship and the House of Lords.
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William Podolsky, an architect who serves on the neighborhood committee , has high praise for the process.
community
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Alice was for ever serving on community and social committees that investigated, planned, organized and gave functions.
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Helping hand: A Cleveland club which serves the community is looking for groups to help.
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Prosecutors originally were seeking a 10-month term, with five months to be served in a community center.
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Azeem Nazie, 25, and Liaquat Ali, 23, were each ordered to serve 200 hours community service.
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Of making a group of people who only knows how to serve the community , poorer?
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The boats are there to serve Lappish communities , or rather they were there.
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He's there to enforce the law as well as serve the local community .
customer
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Doyle chuckled then left her to serve a customer .
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A milkman who serves the same customers every day and who is usually known to them personally will clearly have sufficient contact.
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E.. Modesto already serves a few customers in one of those cities, Riverbank.
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To better serve your customers worldwide.
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Randalls has 67 stores, which serve about a million customers each week.
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Rashid and Shahid cooked up the idea while serving customers at the Sitar in Northgate, Darlington.
dinner
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Then the pudding was served , and dinner resumed, much to the relief of the children.
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Cocktails were served at six-thirty; dinner followed at seven-thirty.
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A continental breakfast, with cheeses and meats, is served and dinner is four courses and consists of good home cooking.
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Eliza had just served dinner , and we just gaped.
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Or if the tardy wife would just serve dinner on time, her husband would cease bloodying her nose.
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Diet drinks and water are also unlimited ò Unlimited salad with fat-free dressing may be served with lunch and dinner .
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Open from 11 a. m. until 1 a. m. daily, serving dinner until 10 p. m. Beer and wine.
food
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The Baldry Restaurant serves good food at a reasonable price and the Rowan Tree is good for vegetarian food.
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On the following morning, I was awakened by the clanging of doors and the activity of inmates serving food .
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Either way it leaves both hands free to turn or serve the food .
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The average hospital serves food that is neither appetizing nor nutritious.
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Some of the 70 children helped to serve the food prepared by the school cooks and sat and chatted with their guests.
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I noticed that to our right there was a large balcony equipped with facilities for preparing and serving food .
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But don't stop there - use your imagination and serve decorative food .
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Another volunteer was Riccardo, thirty-five years old, whom I found helping to serve the food .
function
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However, as a lot of the controls serve two functions , some initial confusion can arise.
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It passes through many of the abandoned towns that at one time served auxiliary functions to the mines of Tombstone.
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The development of reliable text recognition procedures would serve two important functions .
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Only a few items sold in private markets, such as automobile seat belts, serve the sole function of increasing safety.
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The ozone molecules are very thinly spread within this area but their fragile existence nevertheless serves a vital function to life.
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Such behavioral diversity serves the same function as genetic diversity, and indeed compensates for restrictions on genetic diversity.
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This so-called parasitic genetic material turns out to serve a useful evolutionary function .
interest
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There were plenty of others below it, but they merely served as points of interest on the way down.
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You try to serve a public interest .
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Mr Sulzberger thinks this serves the public interest .
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Can an ombudsman serve the public interest as opposed to the institutional interests of his paper?
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Class origins are less important than the objective function of serving the interests of the ruling class.
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We first chartered corporations to perform a defined public purpose, to serve the public interest .
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The audit is usually performed by a third party, primarily serving the interests of the party who delegated the responsibility.
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We want lawyers in government who are there because they are excited by the prospect of serving the public interest .
lunch
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Now, fingers on the buzzers and no conferring: what did the caterers serve for lunch ?
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What do they serve here for lunch ?
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Across the road from the White Horse Inn - a family run pub serving lunches and evening meals.
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I washed dishes, set tables, and served breakfast, lunch , and supper from eleven at night until dawn.
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Fifty miles north, Sarah Morgan had just finished serving a lunch that no one had done more than pick at.
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It also serves lunch and dinner, but breakfast has become the most popular meal, says owner Gloria Salum.
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Choice of ALaCarte Restaurant or the Pavilion Lounge which serves light lunches and traditional beers.
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Deck-chairs, sun-loungers and umbrellas are provided and a pool bar serves snacks at lunch time.
meal
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I think you should serve my meal first as penance.
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To serve that many meals annually and still maintain a four-star rating, is nothing short of, well, awesome.
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Across the road from the White Horse Inn - a family run pub serving lunches and evening meals .
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From seven grateful clients, Project Open Hand soon grew to a charity serving eight thousand meals a day.
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With such a disturbing audience of one, Leonora took far longer than intended to serve the meal .
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In those days we served hot meals to everyone on each flight.
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Two nearby tavernas serve more substantial meals .
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Several small restaurants at the swimming area serve full meals and cold beer.
need
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If, however, the schools offered the prospect of serving such obvious needs why, then, did the experiment collapse?
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It was ideally located, perfectly engineered and specifically oriented to serving the needs of airplane builders and users.
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We know that our organizations were designed to serve the needs of another world, so we are busy redesigning them.
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Nor were they able to serve new needs in radically different ways.
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And those with a person orientation, such as social groups, exist simply to serve the needs of their members.
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Make no mistake, it will serve the needs of most 4 × 4 buyers in style.
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It serves our needs in ways that the giants can not, which is spiritual rather than practical.
notice
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The time for serving a hearsay notice set by Ord 38, r21 is 21 days from setting down.
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They served notice that conservative nominees face delay or worse.
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Miss Goddard urged that the decision not to serve the notice was correct in view of the complexity of the whole investigation.
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Resident Manager Gladys Roy and her assistants began going door to door, serving 30-day eviction notices .
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If you win, it will then be for them to serve an enforcement notice or injunction as appropriate.
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There Gandhi was served with an official notice to quit Champaran immediately.
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Property Management, of Darlington, claimed it had served a notice to quit on Finnegan last September.
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In those circumstances the landlord will have to serve a further notice under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s25.
president
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It elects a 15-member presidium, which in turn elects a Chairman who serves as State President for a five-year term.
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He joined North Star in 1978 and served as its president since 1984.
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Those arrested included Yoshihiko Kawamura, who had served as Itoman's president until his dismissal earlier in 1991.
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Three of the last six presidents served as vice president.
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In 1880-1 he served as president of the Institution.
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Seventy-four percent said he did not have the personality or temperament to serve responsibly as president .
prison
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He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment which he is currently serving in Guanajay Prison .
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On the other, persons who serve prison sentences need to be able to get a job and participate in society.
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Yerkes had been an embezzler in the United States and had served a prison sentence.
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Newton was released after serving two years in prison .
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His tests were faulty; yet the Maguires served their full prison terms.
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He will now start serving a nine-year prison term.
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Prosecutors defended the 1992 trial, which left Tyson behind bars serving a prison term of up to six years.
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Some Soul-Force resisters served eight prison terms, courting a new sentence the moment they had served the old one.
purpose
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After this, what purpose could war ever serve again?
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No useful purpose would be served by repeating it here.
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What purpose is served by such senseless and heinous acts?
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We first chartered corporations to perform a defined public purpose , to serve the public interest.
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I appreciate that this purpose may not be served if consent is given on behalf of, rather than by, the patient.
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How did it come to be there and what Purpose does it serve ?
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What purpose might be served by announcing that you're happy?
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Mr Kaczynski has determined that no useful purpose would be served in demanding the duplicative process of a preliminary hearing.
reminder
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These are by Platzer of 1759 and serve as a reminder of the wealth of the silver mines in Bohemia and Silesia.
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They serve as reminders on the eve of the 21st century that we remain prisoners of our past.
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The initial letters spell the word H-O-W and serve as a reminder of how recovery is achieved through all one's relationships.
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It also serves as a reminder that I am not recommending a domestic Peace Corps but a literate upheaval.
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The deaths serve as a reminder that asthma is responsible for a continuing toll of personal tragedy.
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Serves me right, but it always serves as a reminder too, whenever I fish a new swim.
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The remains of stocks and the whipping post serve as uncomfortable reminders of the not so good old days.
sentence
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Smart, 30, is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole.
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Saldivar claimed she fired her gun accidentally, but she was convicted of murder and is serving a life sentence .
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Proscribed as a member of illegal organizations, she served two gaol sentences in Mountjoy and Cork.
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He also lobbed one at a priest in a North Carolina federal prison while serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court.
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He was serving an eight year sentence for burglary at Grendon near Aylesbury.
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Davitt is serving a six-month jail sentence in the theft.
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Two of them are still in prison, where they are serving 18-month sentences .
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Some continue to serve sentences of up to 12 years.
term
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Heber is serving his three-year term in a federal prison in Bastrop, Texas.
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He served two terms with the Michigan state legislature before being elected to Congress in 1978.
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Li Jinjin, the union's legal adviser, was also released after serving a similar term of imprisonment without trial.
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Turner, 37, was a black graduate of Harvard law school who had served two terms in the state legislature.
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Reagan became the first incumbent to serve two terms in the presidency since Dwight D.. Eisenhower in the 1950s.
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His tests were faulty; yet the Maguires served their full prison terms .
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She succeeded Jerry Smith, who served one tumultuous four-year term as superintendent.
writ
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Voice over Jaguar has already served a writ on one customer who withdrew his order.
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In some ways it's like serving a writ , only in this circumstance it's entirely beneficial to the recipient.
■ VERB
continue
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He continued to serve in this role, in addition to his other duties, until he retired in 1959.
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Delco, Hydra-matic, and other such component divisions continued to serve as the privileged in-house vendors.
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Moore continued to serve the parliamentary cause in a variety of capacities.
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Bolster and Ohlmeyer will report to Wright, and will continue to serve in their current positions.
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The project will continue to serve as a centre for other scholars working in this field.
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Mr Bradley, 47 years old, will also continue to serve as chief financial officer.
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But the former Cambridge graduate, who joined the industry 33 years ago, will continue to serve as a non-executive director.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Ye cannot serve God and Mammon
first come, first served
justice has been done/served
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He can continue to appeal, or go to some other level, until he feels justice has been done.
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He has successfully persuaded the crowd that justice has been done.
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Mr Townsend says he feels justice has been done.
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Mrs Alliss' solicitor says justice has been done.
serve its purpose
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The midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew has served its purpose of restoring order to the city.
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I felt that after two and a half years, the therapy had served its purpose .
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If not a particularly eloquent or clever contribution, I thought it served its purpose .
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It replicates a course of action that has seemingly served its purposes in the past.
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Opening the front door, he placed the message on the doorstep, praying that it would serve its purpose .
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The handkerchief, having apparently served its purpose , was forgotten.
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This star system has served its purpose .
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Yet somehow that spurious report served its purpose in terms of giving labor unions a weapon to wield against business.
serving spoon/dish etc
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Arrange on a hot serving dish, pour a little sauce over and serve the rest separately.
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Bedford scooped potatoes from a serving dish on to his plate.
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Place noodles in serving dish and top with 1 / 2 of sauce, stirring together slightly.
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Present at table and serve guests with serving spoon.
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Remove to a serving dish and keep warm.
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Spoon into a serving dish and serve warm - but not too hot or the syrup will burn.
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Stir this into the fromagefrais and pour over the still-hot potatoes in their serving dish.
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The food is then pushed out of its protective package and left in its serving dish to be cooked in a hot-air oven.
stand/serve/hold sb in good stead
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As a small boy, I devised my own set of cartoon animals, and they now stood me in good stead .
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But her beloved circus may have served her in better stead than regular outings to, say, the ballet.
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Despite his lack of political experience, Clouthier's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead .
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Insomnia would stand him in good stead in this expanse of knee-high cover.
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Now we had moved on to bigger and better things, this predictability still stood us in good stead .
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These shoes had stood him in good stead .
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This habit of work, which is by now natural to me, has stood me in good stead .
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Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Andrew, will you serve coffee to the visitors?
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As soon as they sat down they were served with steaming bowls of soup.
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Both the brothers had criminal records and had served time for robbery.
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Dinner will be served at 8.30.
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Don't forget to serve the guests first.
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Estrada was serving a customer when the fire started.
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Fowler was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
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He served the community for over thirty years as a head teacher.
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Holt is currently serving five years for child abduction.
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It is illegal to serve alcoholic drinks to anyone under 18.
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Light refreshments will be served.
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Please fill out this questionnaire so that we may better serve you.
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Reagan was serving his second term as President at the time.
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School board members serve a two-year term.
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She met Schmidt while serving time in prison for drug possession.
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Smith has already served a ten-year sentence for armed robbery.
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The airline now serves 37 cities.
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The center was opened four months ago to serve the health needs of a low-income neighborhood.
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The chef serves important guests himself.
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The new bus route will serve the villages to the west of York.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But David volunteered to serve with Total Tartary.
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Keep warm until ready to serve .
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Nevertheless, by posing questions rather than serving up morals, he's caught some flak from simple-minded gay critics.
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On the other, persons who serve prison sentences need to be able to get a job and participate in society.
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Place a brioche heart or circle on top of each one, sift over the icing sugar, if using, and serve immediately.
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So what is the management serving the young hipsters who crowd this bar even on a weeknight?
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The nine-member panel of bishops serving as judges is expected to rule any day on the Righter case.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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Jimmy could have had a better serve .
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It is the excuse that best serves ambition today.
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The church then chooses the family or families it believes it can best serve .
■ VERB
break
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Basuki broke Van Lotum's serve in the final game.
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There was a point where I broke her serve for 5-5.
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Capriati broke her opponent's serve in the opening game and bolted to a 4-0 lead.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Ye cannot serve God and Mammon
break (sb's) serve
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But once she had consolidated the break and served out for the set she was unable to summon the same assertiveness.
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He gave Edberg no chance of breaking him, serving four stunning aces and a massive percentage of first services.
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No surprise breaks of serve, no marathon games.
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There was a point where I broke her serve for 5-5.
first come, first served
serve its purpose
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The midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew has served its purpose of restoring order to the city.
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I felt that after two and a half years, the therapy had served its purpose .
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If not a particularly eloquent or clever contribution, I thought it served its purpose .
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It replicates a course of action that has seemingly served its purposes in the past.
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Opening the front door, he placed the message on the doorstep, praying that it would serve its purpose .
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The handkerchief, having apparently served its purpose , was forgotten.
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This star system has served its purpose .
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Yet somehow that spurious report served its purpose in terms of giving labor unions a weapon to wield against business.
serving spoon/dish etc
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Arrange on a hot serving dish, pour a little sauce over and serve the rest separately.
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Bedford scooped potatoes from a serving dish on to his plate.
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Place noodles in serving dish and top with 1 / 2 of sauce, stirring together slightly.
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Present at table and serve guests with serving spoon.
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Remove to a serving dish and keep warm.
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Spoon into a serving dish and serve warm - but not too hot or the syrup will burn.
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Stir this into the fromagefrais and pour over the still-hot potatoes in their serving dish.
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The food is then pushed out of its protective package and left in its serving dish to be cooked in a hot-air oven.
stand/serve/hold sb in good stead
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As a small boy, I devised my own set of cartoon animals, and they now stood me in good stead .
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But her beloved circus may have served her in better stead than regular outings to, say, the ballet.
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Despite his lack of political experience, Clouthier's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead .
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Insomnia would stand him in good stead in this expanse of knee-high cover.
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Now we had moved on to bigger and better things, this predictability still stood us in good stead .
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These shoes had stood him in good stead .
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This habit of work, which is by now natural to me, has stood me in good stead .
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Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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My standard of tennis is at that level where merely returning a serve constitutes a match highlight.
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No surprise breaks of serve , no marathon games.
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Rusedski's serve was broken in the fourth game of the opening set, and he did not like it.
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The number of sets can be altered, along with whether points can or can't be won on your opponents' serve .
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With two serves in hand Rafter was poised to take a 6-1 lead.