I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shock defeat British English (= very unexpected )
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Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.
a state of shock/confusion/panic etc
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Howard, still in a state of shock, stared at Newman.
a stunned/shocked silence
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There was a stunned silence at the other end of the phone.
a surprised/shocked expression
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He didn’t need to speak – his shocked expression said it all.
anaphylactic shock
culture shock (= the confusion or shock that people sometimes feel in a very different country or place )
culture shock
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India is where I first experienced real culture shock.
electric shock therapy
electric shock
express surprise/shock
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‘I don’t believe he could hurt anyone,’ she said, expressing her surprise.
gave us...a shock
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He gave us quite a shock .
nasty shock/surprise
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It gave me a nasty shock.
numb with shock/fear/terror etc
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I just sat there, numb with fear.
sent shock waves through
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The child’s murder sent shock waves through the neighborhood.
shaken/shocked/thrilled to the core
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When I heard the news, I was shaken to the core.
shell shock
shock a nation (= make everyone in a nation feel shocked )
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This terrible crime has shocked the whole nation.
shock absorber
shock and awe
shock jock
shock tactics (= in which you deliberately try to shock people )
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The charity resorted to shock tactics to try to bring its message home.
shock treatment
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the government’s shock therapy economic programme
shock troops
shock wave
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The shock wave from the blast blew out 22 windows in the courthouse.
shocking pink
toxic shock syndrome
visibly shaken/shocked/upset etc
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She was visibly shaken by the news.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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An even bigger shock was in store when the organisers set to and began breaking out a peg for everyone.
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It was a big shock to me how men in the mills got physically used up.
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Although media attention remained fixed on events in London, they surely provided Mrs Thatcher's government with its biggest shock .
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The big shock to me was that basic steel, where we were strong, was only a third of the vote.
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That was a big shock to me.
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But probably the biggest shock , Leni thought, was the unexpected competitiveness of the top musicians in the West.
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The cat must have got a bigger shock .
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I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life.
electric
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The touch of her daughter's warm skin on her own was like an electric shock .
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The flick of the gold lighter kept on the coffee table was sharp as an electric shock in a room of steel.
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There would be no more surprise electric shocks for the next few days at least.
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A defibrillator can analyze the heart rhythm of a cardiac arrest victim and administer an electric shock .
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Men are more likely to be assessed on active behaviours like administration of electric shocks to an experimental confederate.
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You can, as a matter of course, help to protect yourself from electric shocks by using a circuit breaker.
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Her slim body shakes with electric shocks as paramedics try to restart her heart.
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In more than 40 countries victims were given electric shocks .
great
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I can not tell you my Dear Eliza how great a shock I sustained.
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But he had also been through the great oil shock of 1973.
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She's said to be in a great state of shock .
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If such non-locality seems puzzling, be prepared for much greater shocks to come. 1.
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That it may even have been strengthened by globalisation will have come as an even greater shock .
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He is deeply upset and disturbed, Mr Collingridge; it's come as a great shock .
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It was a great shock to me to see her.
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It was a great shock to open the paper and discover he was involved in whatever it was.
initial
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The initial shock is followed by grief.
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He went into cardiac arrest and was brought back to life immediately after the initial shock .
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He is shown, composed after the initial welcome shock , cutting his specially made cake.
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After the initial shock brought by his rather sudden decision had worn away Henry says, he felt mostly relief.
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There had been the natural initial shock of disbelief at hearing of the unexpected death of any person even casually known.
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After the initial shock , Daley felt cornered and harassed, and it soon showed in his reaction to questioning.
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Having overcome her initial shock , Polly asked Jack to sit down.
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Would he ever get over this initial shock period?
mild
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I was in something not unlike a mild state of shock .
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It came as a mild shock to realise that there was none.
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I suppose they could see I was in a mild state of shock .
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The news was good: minor cuts, nothing deep, anti-tetanus injections just in case, mild sedative for shock .
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The combination of water and electricity means instant death - not a mild shock - death.
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We were in a mild state of shock by the time we arrived at the bottom.
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Her voice was balanced precisely between reproof and mild shock .
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You're in a mild state of shock .
nasty
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Next April's council elections could prove a nasty shock .
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I'd have got a nasty shock otherwise.
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That nasty shock should emphasize the importance of low-fat simplicity in restaurant meals while dieting.
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Of course, the subject could be deceived and get a nasty shock .
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Otherwise you may get a nasty shock .
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They should get a nasty shock when they meet our eyes.
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A nasty shock , one might say.
numb
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Robyn sat staring into space, her mind numb with shock and disbelief, total agonising disbelief.
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I was dazed at first - numb with shock .
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The double blow left the 43-year-old Grease star numb with shock .
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But Highampton is still too numb with shock to voice any real rage.
severe
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She knew that the more quickly the reaction happened, the more severe the shock to his system.
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Explosions that occur at high enough altitudes will lay down severe shock and fire damage without the fireball ever contacting the ground.
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The first of these was accomplished with the discovery of a corn-drying oven but the second produced a severe shock .
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Since 1990, Bradley said two children besides Jessica have been admitted to the hospital with severe streptococcal toxic shock .
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At worst you would get a severe electric shock , which could prove fatal.
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This is a severe shock to your fish and certainly not a way to maintain equilibrium.
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The farmer, who is not being identified for his own protection, escaped with minor facial injuries and severe shock .
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Occasionally, severe shocks will rock the system and urgent action will be needed.
sudden
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One way it can start is through a childhood trauma - a sudden unpleasant shock involving a cat or a kitten.
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The model is used to forecast economic growth and to estimate the potential effects of sudden shocks like a stock crash.
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She smiles at me and I feel a sudden shock , a tremor of fear.
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Huy looked at the over-long face, the ridiculous beard, and realised with a sudden shock that the man was scared.
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The sudden shock and noise of whirring wings broke the stillness and left our pulses racing.
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He felt her sudden shock of fear and for a moment, almost involuntarily, his hands strengthened on her shoulders.
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Old lady, thought Winnie, with sudden shock !
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Churchill's best effects are achieved through the sudden injection of shock words which set off seismic disturbances.
terrible
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Being told I had cancer was a terrible shock .
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It gave us all a terrible shock .
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This will be a terrible shock to her.
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I had a terrible shock when you opened your eyes and looked so steadily at me.
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He looked at the chair by the fireside and got a terrible shock .
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I hadn't seen them carry her in from the car so it was a terrible shock for me.
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Losing your aunt like that must have been a terrible shock .
toxic
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We report a fatal case of toxic shock syndrome in a 14 year old girl associated with minor day case dermatological surgery.
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Unlike necrotizing fasciitis, the toxic shock caused by strep infection was virtually unheard of 10 years ago.
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In 1990, streptococcal toxic shock nearly killed Jessica Esquivel, then 6, of Imperial Beach.
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In every mouthful a toxic shock .
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Since 1990, Bradley said two children besides Jessica have been admitted to the hospital with severe streptococcal toxic shock .
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Twenty four hours after admission toxic shock syndrome was finally diagnosed.
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If this is the case then the mystery which originally shrouded toxic shock syndrome has been solved.
■ NOUN
absorber
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Brundle's trouble had been caused by a split exhaust pipe which overheated a shock absorber .
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In time I began to think of myself as a shock absorber .
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It adjusts itself to road conditions, switching each shock absorber from firm to soft in just 150 milliseconds.
absorbers
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The optical paths are evacuated and the suspension systems are insulated against mechanical vibration by shock absorbers .
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If the answer is yes, it might be time for some shock absorbers .
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This, in turn, is supported by two Shockguard shock absorbers .
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Main feature is a new pendulum single coil suspension system with shock absorbers .
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The legs act rather like shock absorbers . 5.
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Even second hand springs and shock absorbers are at a premium.
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The discs between the vertebrae are rather like leathery cushions, acting as shock absorbers .
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With the stability pact in place, the number of shock absorbers is diminishing.
culture
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They came to places like Southend, Thurrock and Basildon, and found it a bit of a culture shock .
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Not all returnees have fared well: Culture shock or loneliness has prompted a few to move back to Sakhalin.
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Because of the language barrier and culture shock , such insights are far too rare.
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Their children, however, were born into such a state of culture shock that they were afraid to budge.
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Meadowlark-his first name is used just once-finds himself at the sharp end of all of the culture shock .
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He has so many antidotes for culture shock .
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Even my Mississippi spouse was in culture shock for years.
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I thought Texas would be too much of a culture shock for Annie.
oil
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Even during the oil shock of the mid-1970s, world output continued to expand by almost 2 % a year.
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But he had also been through the great oil shock of 1973.
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After the first oil shock in 1973, demand for steel began to fall in the industrial countries.
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As for energy saving, the study points out that the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 cut consumption by only 12 percent.
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And in addition many of the conservation measures adopted following the first oil shock began to come to fruition.
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Firms' financing needs are greater than at any time since the 1974 oil shock .
syndrome
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We report a fatal case of toxic shock syndrome in a 14 year old girl associated with minor day case dermatological surgery.
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Toxic shock syndrome is now extremely rare since the removal of high-absorbency tampons from the market.
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Twenty four hours after admission toxic shock syndrome was finally diagnosed.
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If this is the case then the mystery which originally shrouded toxic shock syndrome has been solved.
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There are several candidates for the toxin that might cause toxic shock syndrome .
tactic
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Some of them think of it as shock tactics .
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The 1955 original was a triumph of atmosphere, character, diabolical wit and outright scare-you-silly shock tactics .
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That's easy; shock tactics .
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Time and again he has used persuasion - and on occasion shock tactics - to try to prevent young girls having abortions.
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The application of shock tactics to bend the will of the unwilling.
therapy
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In a moral and institutional vacuum, any strategy constitutes a shock therapy .
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All this is important because of the argument that shock therapy has been a mistake.
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Had shock therapy been applied and not led to the results expected, then it would indeed have been a failure.
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Everton, for their part, have decided that shock therapy may be the answer.
treatment
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I thought to myself it is shock treatments .
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And she has received shock treatment before.
value
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Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
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And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
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This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
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The Pistols' strength lay not in their future potential but in their immediate shock value .
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And my point is, this rhetorical strategy is effective because of its shock value .
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They look wild and witty but are only worn at shows for shock value by Gruppa Iren, her small company.
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One day, perhaps, consciousness will have shifted and generic she will lose its shock value .
wave
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for multiple stones is the most expensive and least effective option.
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But then neither will the violent shock waves that occasionally thunder up the stairwell.
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But now, as shock waves surged through him, he realized that his liking had at least become fondness.
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How do we prepare for the next shock wave ?
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The higher entry speed experienced by a ship returning from the Moon would generate a shock wave in the atmosphere.
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A shock wave raced across the city and its waterways, knocking sailboats flat in the water.
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Lasting success of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for biliary stones will depend on advances in secondary prevention.
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Nuclear explosions produce shock waves which can inject oxides of nitrogen into the stratosphere.
■ VERB
absorb
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The racket also absorbs shock on impact by way of its Tri-Level Shock Suppression System.
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Riders must be in excellent physical and mental condition to absorb the shock of bouncing over the water.
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It was impossible for any society to absorb without hardship a shock like that of the massive loss of trade to Gdynia.
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While the council absorbed this shock , the 1990 recession hit-knocking revenues down another $ 1. 5 million a year.
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An immigrant labour force would always be needed as a buffer to absorb the shocks of alternating booms and recessions.
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The problems came in absorbing the shock .
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Indeed, permanently fixed exchange rates could be positively harmful since changing parities can act as a buffer to absorb economic shocks .
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He was under sedation, Sister Cooney informed Rim, and was best left alone until he had absorbed the shock .
cause
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Other fears may be caused by unpleasant shock or injury.
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There are several candidates for the toxin that might cause toxic shock syndrome.
come
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Although not unexpected, his death had still come as a shock .
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But that I am a girl comes as a shock .
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It came as a mild shock to realise that there was none.
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The problems came in absorbing the shock .
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Then had come the shock of seeing a face peering out at him from the attic window.
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After the dim, woody light of the bars, the unforgiving fluorescence of Umeda Station comes as a shock .
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The realization came as a shock and she pressed her clenched fist to her heart as if to pacify it.
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I guess the emotion came later-a delayed shock or something.
die
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You could say that she died of ... moral shock .
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An old hunter, Lyuburman, died of shock .
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Cyclosporin treatment was stopped but the patient continued to deteriorate and died from sepsis and shock in spite of antibiotic treatment.
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Then as they sipped their coffee, Griffin gently took her hand under the table and Judy almost died of shock .
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A postmortem revealed she had died from shock .
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Mostly they died of shock , particularly the younger ones, so it was a bonus when one recovered.
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One of them had leaked and he died of toxic shock .
discover
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It was an unpleasant shock to discover Bentley Drummle there, but I could imagine his reason for visiting the area.
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It came as a shock to discover , when she stepped outside, that it was dark.
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It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease.
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It was a shock to discover that Peter was so different from the way she had imagined.
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After the initial shock of discovering their daughter is pregnant, parents have to come to terms with this.
express
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The report says that most respondents expressed shock and dismay over racist incidents on campus.
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The Gypsy expressed shock that I could tell such a fib, especially in this sacred place.
feel
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She also felt shock that he should actually be capable of such an utterly cynical act.
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I only felt the shock , and a guilty sense of relief.
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I felt the shock of the old, of the Mummy smell, the atomised odour of atavism.
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I felt a shock charge through my hand and could not loosen my grip.
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Mrs Rumney herself let me in and I felt a shock of surprise at my first sight of her.
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I have felt the same shock and outrage since I lived in the Lakeside area and watched the butchery of those trees.
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But each time she glanced at him she felt a shock .
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Suddenly I felt a shock go through his body.
get
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Once they had got over the first shock , neither Bridget nor Tracey seemed able to take her story entirely seriously.
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She also got quite a shock when she saw his face as he turned to look at her on film.
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After getting over the shock of the survey results, he had taken the time to discuss his feedback with his subordinates.
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I got such a shock that I toppled over sideways, ending up chest deep in freezing water.
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She was not even near to getting over the shock of the sudden loss.
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So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life.
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I'd have got a nasty shock otherwise.
give
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Almost disinterestedly, she turned the paper over, and gave a gasp of shock , her heart missing a beat.
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Having led his political movement to power, Netanyahu gave it two shocks that already have begun to tear it in half.
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It was labelled as being able to give shocks of up to 450 volts.
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It gave him a shock in his fragile state.
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The painting on the flat inner bowl of the kylix gave me a shock .
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It gave her a shock to see Nicholas there, although she had known it was likely.
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You just gave me a shock .
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You gave me such a shock , Antoinette cried out: come out of there this minute do you hear?
realize
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This is partly because - as he realizes with a shock - he is remarkably well dressed.
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As an entrepreneur, you realize with a shock that it is not just your business-it is your life.
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I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner.
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I realized with a shock the same thing could be said of me now and I've got no hormones.
receive
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He jerked his hand back as if it had received an electric shock: a cheek nerve had quivered.
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We only clutch our rifles more firmly and brace ourselves to receive the shock ....
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Just before they reached the track leading to Yatton Farm, however, they received a shock .
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And she has received shock treatment before.
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At Cosford I received a sobering shock , being beaten by Lincoln Asquith in the 60 metres.
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Expecting some mundane vandalism, I received a shock .
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A man who receives an electric shock does not ask himself whether he believes in the form of energy known as electricity.
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Sarah, now a 17-year-old senior at Granby High School, received the shock of her life.
recover
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I had not yet recovered from the simple shock of finding that many of them talked and behaved exactly like us.
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Madame Héloise seemed to have recovered from her shock and the accident, and be back in fighting form again.
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When I recovered from the shock , the sight I witnessed was appalling.
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Bardot was still recovering from shock after narrowly missing being shot earlier this year by hunters killing her pets.
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She was profoundly upset and had never really recovered from the shock .
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The gesture helped Jean-Pierre recover from the shock of seeing Jane.
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She was still recovering from the shock of that earlier bout of jealousy.
send
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Or, still more tempting, to send an electric shock interactively to senders of the more offensive messages?
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The introduction of the Food Safety Act has sent shock waves through the industry.
suffer
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At the font, there is little suffering , except the shock of the water for babies.
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She was, however, suffering badly from shock .
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At least 49 people were reported to have been hurt or were suffering from shock .
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His pillion passenger is in hospital suffering from shock .
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She suffered some shock as well as some gastro-enteritis.
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The driver was taken to hospital suffering from shock .
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Now I think we're mainly suffering from shock .
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But an ambulance spokesman said the man was not seriously hurt, although he suffered shock .
treat
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It took half a mile to come to a halt after the crash and the driver was treated for shock .
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In the name of Freudian nurture theories, gays were once treated with aversion therapy-electric shocks and emetics accompanied by homoerotic images.
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The police officer who saw the shooting is being treated for shock .
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They were treated for shock , but were said to be only slightly injured.
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No shots were fired but Mrs Walker was treated for shock .
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All were treated in hospital for shock .
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The driver of the lorry was treated in hospital for shock .
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She has only recently returned to full duties, and was treated for shock and minor cuts.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rude awakening/shock
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But shopping for food in Miyako brought a rude shock.
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But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening.
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Conservative elements steeped in uniformitarian philosophy cannot be expected to welcome such a rude awakening.
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Renters who move into a vacated apartment face the rude awakening of the market rate an owner is permitted to charge.
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The case has gone against the Pings, but it was a rude shock in a world of gentlemen.
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The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.
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This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.
shock waves
shock/curiosity/novelty etc value
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And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
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Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
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Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.
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The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value .
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They have a certain curiosity value , I suppose, but no merit otherwise.
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This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.
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This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
something of a shock/surprise etc
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At the time it came as something of a shock.
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But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise.
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It must have been something of a shock to her system.
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It was something of a shock to him to realize how fond of the little boy he had become.
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Some of their views came as something of a surprise.
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Suddenly she has time to think of herself, and this may be something of a shock.
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That she was shocked came as something of a shock to me, too.
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The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system.
stupid with cold/sleep/shock etc
the shock/surprise/game etc of sb's life
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And so that would be the surprise of her life .
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But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings.
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Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly.
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He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails.
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He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me.
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She is having the game of her life .
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So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"The bill came to £500." "That must have been a shock ."
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Fellow students expressed shock and dismay over the racist incidents.
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Gary got a shock when his ex-girlfriend turned up on his doorstep.
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Going on holiday with Ian had been a rude shock -- he'd been argumentative, mean and not at all what she'd expected.
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He realised with a faint shock that it was Lulu, much older but still beautiful.
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If the FBI thought they could outwit him, they were in for a shock .
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It gave me a shock to realize that I had almost died.
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It gave me a shock when I realized how close I had come to being killed.
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It was a big shock when Connie said she was leaving her husband.
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Several passengers were taken to the hospital to be treated for shock .
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The shock of the explosion could be felt miles away.
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We got a terrible shock when the police rang to say that they had arrested our daughter.
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We listened to the announcer with shock and disbelief -- another bomb had exploded in the city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was a big shock to me how men in the mills got physically used up.
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It was impossible for any society to absorb without hardship a shock like that of the massive loss of trade to Gdynia.
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Peterborough weathered the storm and could have taken a shock lead after 31 minutes.
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She realised that the pain and shock of that loss had never truly healed.
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The teacher was then taken into another room and shown an apparatus which could deliver electric shocks to the learner.
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Their children, however, were born into such a state of culture shock that they were afraid to budge.
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Within several months of landing, the daily shock of frigid cold and oven heat will crack the brain chips into uselessness.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deeply
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Management at the hostel say they're deeply shocked by his murder.
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Richard Baxter was deeply shocked by this tragedy and also by the general prejudice aroused against him by this incident.
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The Cyrenians said today they were still deeply shocked by the incident.
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Union representative Peter Garner-Gray said last night that scientists at the complex were deeply shocked by the move.
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Staff and pupils at Ballykelly Primary School have been deeply shocked by the news of Kieran's death.
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The whole staff are deeply shocked by what's happened.
most
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Most shocking to many commentators was the high youth vote for the extreme nationalists.
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In the end, that was what was most shocking .
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Most shocking was the charge that Morris had allowed her to eavesdrop on conversations with the White House.
really
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Then she does summat that really shocks me.
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But even more than that, I was really shocked at your reply.
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I was really shocked when I saw that.
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It really shocked me that an average meal cost $ 1. 50 and that waiters expected to be tipped.
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What would be really shocking , surely, would be the revelation that lesbians don't kiss.
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Really shock the hell out of her.
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He told me years later that he had been in a state of numbness for so long that nothing really shocked him.
so
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He was so shocked he didn't mind for once.
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So shocked , 1 had to lean against the walkway railing.
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The man was so shocked by what happened that he told Pat all about it.
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One pupil told her grandmother, who was so shocked she had to be calmed down by her son and daughter-in-law.
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He was so shocked that he stopped selling bikes to learners who had no prior training.
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But he was so shocked by the experience in Preston, Lancs, he forgot to take the car number.
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It was sufficient that the victim was so shocked by the accused's presence that the victim suffered a stroke.
still
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Though the dissolve has become part of film punctuation it can still shock or seduce the viewer.
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It still shocks you to see them - that's where they put the people to work.
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While what they've done here is nothing unusual for them, it still shocks the ear.
too
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Her first incarnation on EastEnders was too shocking , though.
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I was too shocked to be flattered.
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She couldn't; she was too shocked .
■ NOUN
core
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The politician was shocked to the core .
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At the time it shocked me to the core .
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Most of the Sisters were shocked to the core by her blunt speech and colourful curses.
nation
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The announcement shocked the nation , and many people hoped the murderers would be brought to justice.
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Today, contributions of the size that shocked the nation in Watergate can legally be made.
news
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Voice over Meanwhile villagers say they're shocked by the news the nuns are to go.
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Perhaps the most shocking news was that children got hit the hardest in this downward spiral.
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Her former tutor at St Hugh's is shocked by the news that she's now on hunger strike.
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They are probably shocked by the news , and are not in a position to make a rational decision.
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Staff and pupils at Ballykelly Primary School have been deeply shocked by the news of Kieran's death.
world
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Mariner 4 shocked the world with its images of Mars.
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And the crime that shocked the world .
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She shocked the world with a short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra, 30 years her senior.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow
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Soaked to the skin and chilled to the marrow of her bones, she shivered uncontrollably.
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The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow .
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Though chilled to the marrow , Karelius was otherwise not in too bad shape.
rude awakening/shock
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But shopping for food in Miyako brought a rude shock.
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But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening.
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Conservative elements steeped in uniformitarian philosophy cannot be expected to welcome such a rude awakening.
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Renters who move into a vacated apartment face the rude awakening of the market rate an owner is permitted to charge.
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The case has gone against the Pings, but it was a rude shock in a world of gentlemen.
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The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.
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This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.
shock waves
shock/curiosity/novelty etc value
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And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
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Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
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Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.
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The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value .
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They have a certain curiosity value , I suppose, but no merit otherwise.
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This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.
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This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
something of a shock/surprise etc
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At the time it came as something of a shock.
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But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise.
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It must have been something of a shock to her system.
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It was something of a shock to him to realize how fond of the little boy he had become.
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Some of their views came as something of a surprise.
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Suddenly she has time to think of herself, and this may be something of a shock.
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That she was shocked came as something of a shock to me, too.
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The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system.
stupid with cold/sleep/shock etc
the shock/surprise/game etc of sb's life
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And so that would be the surprise of her life .
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But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings.
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Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly.
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He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails.
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He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me.
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She is having the game of her life .
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So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I just felt I had to shock her into taking some action.
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It shocked us to see how ill she looked.
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Many readers were shocked by the number of obscenities in the article.
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My father was shocked into silence.
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Obviously, her suicide shocked the whole school.
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What really shocked me was that no-one seemed to care about all the beggars.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All this may not shock you senseless.
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Apparently literature of this kind does not shock the officials of the Ministry of Information who are charged with censoring dangerous works.
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Gorbachev looked shocked by my familiarity, then burst into laughter.
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He also hurled other shocking words at the First Lady.
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The change in the man was shocking.
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The decision to drop the hit that has won 26 Emmy awards has shocked viewers.
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The students were shocked that such a simple home could hide the people from the rain.
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You might be shocked to realize how much you spend in certain areas.
III. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow
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Soaked to the skin and chilled to the marrow of her bones, she shivered uncontrollably.
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The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow .
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Though chilled to the marrow , Karelius was otherwise not in too bad shape.
shock waves
shock/curiosity/novelty etc value
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And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
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Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
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Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.
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The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value .
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They have a certain curiosity value , I suppose, but no merit otherwise.
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This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.
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This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
something of a shock/surprise etc
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At the time it came as something of a shock.
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But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise.
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It must have been something of a shock to her system.
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It was something of a shock to him to realize how fond of the little boy he had become.
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Some of their views came as something of a surprise.
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Suddenly she has time to think of herself, and this may be something of a shock.
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That she was shocked came as something of a shock to me, too.
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The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system.
the shock/surprise/game etc of sb's life
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And so that would be the surprise of her life .
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But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings.
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Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly.
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He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails.
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He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me.
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She is having the game of her life .
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So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Liverpool suffered a shock defeat at Halifax last night, beaten by five goals to nil.
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The chairman made a shock announcement that 500 employees would lose their jobs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bucharest's political scientists are quick to argue that the shock poll result did not mean a majority wanted the dictator back.
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Then came Costin's shock confession after he had been named in the Raiders' side to play the following weekend.