noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
take
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Madame Frenard was taking her siesta and the house had a strange empty silence that frightened her.
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In the second half, the Oregon defense takes a prolonged siesta , allowing the opponents to score forty-two points.
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At one, in the stifling heat, we took a siesta .
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Everyone pretended Clarisa was simply taking a siesta .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At one, in the stifling heat, we took a siesta .
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Follow the locals, when abroad, and have a siesta indoors.
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He was going upstairs for his siesta .
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His habitual amount of sleep had been five to seven hours a night, with a half-hour siesta in the afternoon.
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In the second half, the Oregon defense takes a prolonged siesta , allowing the opponents to score forty-two points.
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Mondano was as deserted as a ghost town, wrapped in the silence of its siesta .
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Paquita worked but came home for lunch and a siesta .