I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a slim/narrow majority (= a very small majority )
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The proposal was passed by a slim majority.
a small/slight/slim chance
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He only has a very small chance of being elected.
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There’s a slight chance of some sunshine in the west.
narrow/slim
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Her dark hair spilled over her narrow shoulders.
slim/lean/meagre pickings
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Companies are put off investing in poor areas because of the meagre pickings to be had.
slim/slender build
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She was very strong despite her slender build.
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■ ADVERB
as
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Overweight individuals tend not to be so relaxed about fluctuations in body size as slim people.
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Unlike Gaunt, he knew his chances were as slim as a dipstick.
so
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Q How do you manage to stay so slim ?
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The D-777 is so slim , says Sony, that a digital readout could not be built in as on other portables.
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Jim-who by this time was not quite so slim - was fined £415 and banned for six months.
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The audio is livelier than the hard-copy edition, which is so slim that little was excised for the audio presentation.
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She was so slim that she seemed to have no breadth whatever.
very
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One was very slim and ladylike, written in 1947 and entitled White Linen after one of Christabel's lyrics.
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But through it all, the majestic wolf has maintained its grip on existence, albeit by some very slim margins.
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But swimsuits are the attire of the brave and very slim .
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The book is very pretty and very slim .
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But very slim and of average height.
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She was about twenty-seven, tall and very slim .
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These are very slim and will make you feel more comfortable.
■ NOUN
body
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In her bedroom she buried her face in the pillow while numerous sobs escaped her, shaking her slim body uncontrollably.
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She dried herself, wrapped the soft, fragrant robe around her slim body and cautiously descended the staircase.
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Her slim body shakes with electric shocks as paramedics try to restart her heart.
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It was followed by a slim body and long legs, clad in light blue denim with scuffs, tears and patches.
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Robyn shivered and wrapped her arms ineffectually around her slim body .
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Hated that slim body with its perfect skin which always nestled into Jacob's embrace.
build
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She's described as five foot three, with blonde permed hair, slim build and green eyes.
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She had specified fair hair, slim build , regular features, smooth skin.
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You have such a lovely slim build .
chance
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Despite the firm's dire financial health, they have a slim chance of pulling this off.
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There was now only a slim chance of escape.
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Poulsen later lost in the semifinals, ending Poe's slim chances of being able to fight for even a bronze medal.
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There is a slim chance that you will have to make up the shortfall.
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I've got a slim chance to do something.
figure
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Surviving daguerreotype self-portraits reveal a slim figure with strongly chiselled features.
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At that moment a slim figure flung itself out of the shadows to tumble Lefevre's giant adversary from his feet.
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Although ever watchful of her enviously slim figure she was not obsessive, and loved to dine out.
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You will like your new image and that will be the best insurance policy you have for maintaining your new slim figure .
majority
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Clearly the case was not a straight forward one; the judgement had a slim majority of five votes to four.
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In the end, a slim majority of voters decided they wanted Brown and change, instead of Owens.
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A slim majority of 52 percent said martial law harmed the country, while 43 percent said dictatorship brought benefits.
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But a slim majority think the commission should act first to prevent testing companies from developing the standards.
margin
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Even so Adenauer was only elected Chancellor by a slim margin - 202 votes out of 404.
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But through it all, the majestic wolf has maintained its grip on existence, albeit by some very slim margins .
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The result is a slim margin of profit.
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That will mean much slimmer margins .
people
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The overweight people would eat more rapidly than the slim people.
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This has been shown in several scientific experiments which invariably indicate that overweight people eat more quickly than slim people.
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Most slim people do not behave this way.
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Most people , even slim people, over-indulge from time to time.
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Overweight individuals tend not to be so relaxed about fluctuations in body size as slim people .
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Therefore let us consider next not the myth, but the reality of the eating habits of slim people .
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What slim people are actually like in terms of food intake Food preferences are obviously a very individual matter.
person
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The average over-weight person tends to imagine the slim person's day to go something like this.
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The slim person will have a couple of chocolates in the day, then stop.
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The slim person , if busy, might delay or even miss a meal.
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However, recent research indicates that the slim person is not necessarily eating in a way to promote maximum health.
shoulder
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He followed her and cupped her slim shoulders in his big, comforting hands.
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It wells up her perfectly tanned throat and finally she starts to shake, honey blonde hair cascading over slim shoulders .
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Yes, the fine curve, the slim shoulders , all the model-speak.
volume
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I made a careful note of this exchange in the slim volume in which I stashed anything that sounded like wisdom.
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Each is a slim volume but so packed with useful information and recipes that the price of £4.99 seems modest.
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This slim volume is essential reading for all involved with Letters of Credit.
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This is a suitably slimmer volume on one of his wives, Rita Hayworth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
long-fingered/slim-fingered etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a slim crescent moon
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a slim margin of profit
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a slim volume of poetry
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Claude gave me a slim gold box for holding my business cards.
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Mrs Ester was in her late thirties, about average height, with a slim figure.
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Rob took a slim volume from the shelf.
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She looks great -- how does she stay so slim ?
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She was tall, slim , blond, and really good-looking.
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You're looking slimmer - have you lost weight?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A slim , energetic woman, Kim moved to the United States as a teenager.
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He led the way, his slim hips in the tight fitting pants snaking gracefully between the tables.
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In such situations, hopes for a less active, more cautious and realistic, less expansive foreign policy were slim .
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The D-777 is so slim , says Sony, that a digital readout could not be built in as on other portables.
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The suits are slim and elegant without being flashy or unsettling.
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They were slim , pale and elegant, and she wore colourless or pearl nail varnish.
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This creature, shaped like a slim leaf about 6 centimetres long, lives half-buried in the sand of the sea floor.
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You are slim , and rather beautiful.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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It was Lubbock's scheme, slimmed down and minus compulsion.
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Normal mice, too, slimmed down to utter sleekness when they had a little leptin.
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Now he's slimmed down and laid back.
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Immigrants who made money often tried to slim down to appear to be longtime members of the aristocracy.
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Just after Christmas we decided to get married, so I had until June to slim down .
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Exercise is a much better stress reliever. Slim down your serving size.
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Many companies have considerably slimmed down and changed their corporate structures.
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In that report we have proposed a Council slimmed down in terms both of numbers and committees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Changing market conditions will have slimmed that list, but the gallery can count upon an enthusiastic response from its collectors.
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In that report we have proposed a Council slimmed down in terms both of numbers and committees.
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Many are reacting by slimming their presence at shows drastically and pulling out of some altogether.