adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
slippery
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The sign read: ‘Beware: slippery surface.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
too
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He would have carried them between finger and thumb, except that they were too slippery .
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If you over oil the skin it will be too slippery to enable you to build up the necessary friction. 1.
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Blood constantly soaked the scaffold, making it almost too slippery for the executioners to stand up.
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Repeat these long, firm strokes several times until the whole of the back is well oiled, but not too slippery .
■ NOUN
customer
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Far left: The Butterfish is literally a slippery customer and very hard to catch.
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Martin's a slippery customer , a very nasty slippery customer.
slope
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Let's just hope he doesn't go down the slippery slope of drugs and booze again.
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All parties involved in the budget fiasco stand on a slippery slope .
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A third approach is to pray in aid the so-called slippery slope .
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But Catholics had started down a slippery slope .
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More importantly, once we start nibbling naughty things our willpower slides down a very slippery slope .
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The season has already started on a slippery slope .
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Too often we are faced with clamouring up the slippery slopes to the law more than sliding down them.
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We are on a slippery slope right now.
surface
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Some brands tie better than others, having a more slippery surface .
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Do not wear smooth leather or rubber soles when walking on wet or slippery surfaces .
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Even when cornering on a slippery surface .
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There are sharp corners, rough edges and slippery surfaces to watch out for.
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After Assen he said that West showed a lot of maturity on a wet, slippery surface .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a slippery economic problem
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a slippery salesperson
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Be careful - the floor is very slippery .
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Dean lost control of his car on a slippery road.
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In places, the towpath is slippery with mud.
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These boots give a good grip, even on slippery rocks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A slippery liquid with curing powers is said to flow from near her tomb.
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Barnett swung away from the bar, his hand finding the slippery handle of the knife.
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I've put the finger on seven members of the ring since lunch, but the big guy is slippery .
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Notice how meaning becomes more and more slippery as we move from one layer to the next.
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They looked like nurse and patient, managing the slippery steps.
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Well, the whole leaf, shaped like a cup with slippery edges, is like a stomach.
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You do not even need anything as obvious as a party to start you on this slippery slope.