I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shore leave (= time that a sailor is allowed to spend on land and away from work )
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Hong Kong was a popular place for shore leave.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
distant
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We heard a call from a Distant shore .
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It was so dark he could barely make out the tree line on the distant shore .
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I want to go to distant shores .
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I would pick more daisies. -- Nadine Stair Good reason to be off for distant shores .
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When it rained their branches swayed and hissed with a sound like that of the ocean spilling over some distant shore .
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How easy it was for people to disrupt your home and environment, even from distant shores .
eastern
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It does so when the eye catches the castle of Rapperswil towards the end of the lake on the eastern shore .
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Almost overnight, it transformed this sleepy village on the eastern shores of Baja California Sur.
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Thus, the eastern shore is saltier than the western shore.
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As the eastern shore of the future United States became the new landscape, it awaited the new pilgrims.
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Meg sat facing him, looking across at the eastern shore .
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As we rounded the lake's southern edge and moved up to the eastern shore , a faint tinkle filled the air.
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Situated on the eastern shore of the lake with a backdrop of terraced vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees.
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We are an odd collection assembled here, stuck fast like stubborn limpets to that eastern shore throughout the winter.
exposed
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Form 13 occurred on exposed shores , and form 18 in shelter; leaving the intermediates on shores of intermediate exposure.
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Juveniles dominated the exposed shore and she thought few adults survived more than two years.
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The unpredictable, sporadic nature of storms on an open coast presumably render exposed shores unstable in this respect.
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As exposed shores are frequently subjected to almost continual spray this may not be critical.
far
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He saw the pond they called the lake and the grey bulk of the Mithraeum on the farther shore .
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Searchlights played on the water, sweeping the line of palms on the far shore .
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Wigeon grazed on the far shore .
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Off he went to the far shore , and with only ten minutes' rest set out again.
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Moreover, the farther from shore a duck sleeps the greater the distance a cat must cover in its final uncovered dash.
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But her fears were groundless: the generation gap in this instance had him beached on a far shore .
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In other references dhamma is the raft on which men may cross the ocean of existence to the farther shore of Nirvana.
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One day a figure appeared on the far shore .
foreign
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Your fish are safely tucked up at home - but then you see the fish of your dreams on some foreign shore .
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That is, they all came from foreign shores and were, at first, alien.
northern
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In the thirteenth century the bishop of Durham instigated extensive drainage works along the northern shores of the Humber.
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It was the northern shore of Oahu.
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From there a good road leads to Rapperswil and the northern shore of the Zurichsee.
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It was certainly unique, such an Exhibition, so near the northern shore and the Pentland waves.
opposite
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On the opposite shore I saw two large gray black shapes: moose!
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Once this fall was likened to a gigantic weir, its crest a straight line between Goat Island and the opposite shore .
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He reached the opposite shore and then returned in a blaze of fireworks.
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The sun has come to a standstill, hours above the river and the opposite shore .
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Wind whipping across sandbar on opposite shore , sand blowing across water.
rocky
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This in turn compelled me to further investigate the fascinating world of rocky shores .
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Miss Buechler is talking about the pilgrims coming to a rocky shore to spend a winter of hardship in the new land.
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In the spring the clan chief's steward came ashore to find the last surviving woman on the rocky shore .
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We make a beeline for the rocky shore .
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Ranks of houses stretched away into the distance like waves breaking on a rocky shore , their slate roofs glistening.
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The cliff sloped to a rocky shore where breakers thundered against the ledges about three hundred yards from where he was.
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Landing safely on the rocky river shore , she endured a reprimand from a friend.
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A rocky shore almost certainly provides a clearer echo than a sandy slope or mud flat.
sandy
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The sandy shore has hotel developments at one end.
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The 1988 school year began with a sunrise breakfast and sing on the sandy shores of Lake Michigan.
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Where fishermen once set out to sea, now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores .
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Odysseus as usual was on the sandy shore letting his salt tears flow while he gazed at the empty sea.
southern
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About 10 million years before that, another rift began along what is now the southern shore of the Arabian peninsula.
western
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The column is in the pink granite of the quarries of Baveno on the western shore of Lake Maggiore.
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Facing the town across the harbor on the western shore were hills 360 feet high.
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Hotels and resorts along the western shores exploit the climate and the sea's salts and sulphur springs.
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Thus, the eastern shore is saltier than the western shore.
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Limone is a very old village nestling at the foot of the cliffs on the lake's western shore .
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Enormous waves batter the archipelago's western shores , destroying beaches.
■ NOUN
bird
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The last of the shore birds will probably have arrived by this time.
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Through this grey mist came fluttering a small shore bird .
excursion
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One word of advice: If the cruise line allows it, book your shore excursion before you get on the ship.
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Select and book shore excursions as soon as possible.
sea
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I go down to the sea shore to find white pebbles for games.
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Our path dropped down to the relative calm of the sea shore , edging craggy inlets beneath overhanging cliff tops.
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Or only like foam on the sea shore .
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The black mud from the sea shores is said to be very good for the skin.
■ VERB
break
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The waves breaking on the shore release plutonium, creating a radioactive mist which is then inhaled.
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And afterwards he had lain in her arms as though they were a world away with the waves breaking on the shore outside.
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Ranks of houses stretched away into the distance like waves breaking on a rocky shore , their slate roofs glistening.
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Waves broke on the shore and eventually expired in a froth and myriad of bubbles.
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The dawning knowledge washed over her consciousness like waves breaking on a virgin shore .
follow
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Twice a squall bowled him into the water as he followed the shore round.
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You cross over to the mainland again on the Lady Craigavon Bridge and follow the lough shore to Corradillar quay.
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From here it turns right to follow the shore until it reaches the mouth of the River Avich.
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After dropping down towards Affric Lodge a good track follows the loch shore back to the car park.
leave
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In a short half mile we would leave the Lake shore , and make for home along the gravel of the road.
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More than six centuries ago they had left these shores for Hamgyong Province in the North in search of a better life.
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Form 13 occurred on exposed shores , and form 18 in shelter; leaving the intermediates on shores of intermediate exposure.
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Sea-birds were beginning to leave the shores and there were more seeding heads than flowers in bloom.
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Old opinions were shed, stuffy woolly shabby old liberal vests and comforters were left piled on the shore .
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First one engine powered inflatable was heard to leave the shore in the direction of Guiding Lights.
reach
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She struggled to turn around in it, desperate to reach the shore , no longer wanting to die.
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On occasion the travellers had to leave their ferry and wade through mud to reach the shore .
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But they reached the shore a few moments before Lucenzo.
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As the two rowed away, the mob reached the shore .
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The three who died are thought to have perished at least three days before they reached the shore , probably from dehydration.
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May you lastly reach the shore , Joining tide without intent, Only worried any more By the currents' argument.
walk
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I walked to the shore , thankful to be alive, unable to understand how.
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As I walk back toward the shore I look over at the snorkeling boat heading out.
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They were beings like Miach, a crowd of them walking down to the shore from the forest.
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As she walks along the shore , Kruger gathers loose fishing line that has been tossed on the shore.
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We walk down to the shore in the warm drizzling rain and wait at the quayside.
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I often walked along the shore , and one day I saw something in the sand.
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I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore .
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In spring or autumn, the moon has sometimes tempted me out to walk the shore , confident of magical encounters.
wash
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Many birds die and individuals are washed up on to the shore .
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You could go over and see it, like a big whale washed up on the shore .
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Men were herding mares and their foals away from the water, and a few women were washing clothes beside the shore .
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Casting themselves into chaos, hoping to adhere to higher consciousness, to be washed up on the shores of truth.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After the battle Sir Bedivere is carrying Arthur's weak body down to the shore .
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As the two rowed away, the mob reached the shore .
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He saw the pond they called the lake and the grey bulk of the Mithraeum on the farther shore .
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Hill swam out to haul Leach to shore and retrieve the barrel.
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People paddle kayaks and outriggers along the shore , and catamarans whizz by, leaning precariously on one hull.
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The big ships, those drawn up far on the shore , had tumbled together, smashing one another to powder.
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The treatment involved walking three times round the shore and then departing, without looking back.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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Lothar, in a last bid to shore up his power in western Francia, made a foray to the Seine.
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Above all, it requires the steady cultivation of healthy core beliefs that will shore up the organization when setbacks occur.
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The proceeds have shored up the balance sheet but the trading picture is grim.
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Nevertheless, there are reports Costa Rica will ask coffee producers to suspend exports temporarily to shore up prices.
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Through out the period the government made crystal clear its anxiety to shore up noble landownership.
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Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power.
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Thus, governments are endlessly seeking to shore up the erosion of the national idea which a world economy inflicts upon them.
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The Ducks must win tonight not just to shore up their record but also to help repair their flagging self-esteem.
■ VERB
try
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It was like trying to shore up a wall of quicksand.
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Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power.
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Kelly wanted him on the ticket because he was trying to shore up his sagging reputation with the voters.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He successfully shored up a university library system that had been debilitated by Koffler.
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Lothar, in a last bid to shore up his power in western Francia, made a foray to the Seine.
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Nevertheless, there are reports Costa Rica will ask coffee producers to suspend exports temporarily to shore up prices.