noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hard day’s work/walking/skiing etc
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There’s a sauna where you can relax after a hard day’s skiing.
a shopping/fishing/skiing etc trip
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He was knocked off his bicycle on his way home from a shopping trip.
a skiing/camping/walking etc holiday
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They went on a camping holiday in France.
go shopping/swimming/skiing etc
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I need to go shopping this afternoon.
sporting/camping/skiing etc equipment
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Can you help me load the camping equipment into the boot, please?
water skiing
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Tracy was a keen swimmer and water skier.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
go
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For do you bother with magazines if you are not going skiing ?
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We were joined there by George and Marion and we all went off to a skiing resort called Gargellen.
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We were all allocated to our rooms and after we had unpacked we went to collect our skiing gear.
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She went water skiing while Prince Charles went windsurfing.
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If you are going skiing , why not knit Rebecca's jumper which will be appearing in our October issue.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
extreme sports/surfing/skiing etc
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The explosion of extreme sports in recent years has produced an unprecedented number of ultra-endurance races.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A large sports centre has been made at Aviemore, mainly for winter skiing but also for the use of summer tourists.
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Alternatives to skiing include a leisure pool, curling and skating on the nearby lake, indoor tennis and sleigh rides.
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Changeable conditions and the active nature of skiing make it essential that designs should not only look good but also be functional.
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He lives in Alton, and in his spare time enjoys skiing .
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Should we call this off-piste skiing ?
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The skiing can be excellent, the scenery is beautiful and the whole experience unforgettable.
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They relax with a lot of skiing , the favourite off-bike way of keeping fit.
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Val d'Isere because the skiing is just so brill and Tignes is, well, a concrete jungle really.