I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
deal with/sort out a problem
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The state has failed to deal with the problem of violence against women.
kind/type/sort of person
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David was not the sort of person who found it easy to talk about his feelings.
some kind/type/form/sort of sth
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We can hopefully reach some kind of agreement.
sort mail (= put it into different piles, ready for delivery )
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Some mail still has to be sorted by hand.
sort out your priorities (= decide which things are the most important as a way of dealing with a situation )
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If you’ve got a lot of things to do, sort out your priorities.
sort out...mess
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All she could do was pray that, somehow, she might be able to sort out the mess she had got herself into.
sorting office
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
certain
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Rather, the moral goodness was really the power to produce a certain sort of pleasing sensation in the observer.
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I shall view it as a principle that operates without any bias towards the emergence of certain sorts of organ.
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Now the company is hoping that iconoclasm is coming back into style - and a certain sort of iconoclasm at that.
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Where certain sorts of men marched in ahead of their wives.
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Equally, emotional attitudes may figure as standard causes of certain sorts of utterance.
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A certain sort of grimness came into my voice, as if expediency had now to take over.
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He could afford, he reckoned, to be relaxed about certain sorts of problem; namely those he privately labelled intractable.
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This made him very successful, since utterly trusted, with certain sorts of client.
different
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Well, it may be simulating the same sport, but it's a totally different sort of game.
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By extension, bodies and souls can exist independently since they are different sorts of entities.
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These two levels of classification exhibit two quite different sorts of clustering.
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Though there are different sorts of music, each sort has definite standards of excellence and appreciation.
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As it happens, different sorts of Democrats seem to be for different things.
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This suggests that those entering long-stay hospital care present different sorts of needs from those entering public/private nursing home or residential care.
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Great houses have many different sorts of gardens in the total plan.
right
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With a stout ship and the right sort of clothes to withstand the weather some good cruising can be enjoyed.
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My right one, sort of like some one brushed the back side of it.
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But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women.
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Only Humphrey Bogart, in his later years, could bring the right sort of edge to this amoral, curmudgeonly character.
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Once some one has established themselves as being the right sort of chap, then their name crops up time and again.
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She employed a consultant to ensure she and her husband received the right sort of coverage.
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Fred Titmus bowled the right sort of ball and I smashed it in the direction of the pavilion.
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In addition, she knew that ours was the kind of show which would give her the right sort of outlet.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all sorts/kinds/types of sth
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After that, they subjected me to all kinds of examinations and procedures.
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At that special level all sorts of odd things happened...
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Damaged anemones are open to all sorts of bacterial diseases which can be fatal.
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No one company offers the best or worst deals in all countries or for all types of car.
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Now here was Lisa, claiming her innocence, claiming all sorts of prosecutorial abuse.
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Now, all kinds of marvellous technologies are used to read the message of the nucleic acids.
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Producers are obstructed by governments in all sorts of ways, but enterprises are, by and large, private.
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There are all sorts of machines being developed to upgrade security.
bad lot/sort/type
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And yes, I know, even as a spectator, I was condoning the worst sort of behavior.
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But maybe that is the worst sort of wishful thinking.
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Domestic violence is insanity of the worst sort.
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He was a bad lot and it was just one of those things.
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I left to live with a boyfriend, who turned out to be a bad lot.
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If so, San Diego was among the worst of a bad lot.
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If they do not, they will be guilty of the worst sort of hypocrisy.
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The city's school system, among the worst of a bad lot through the state, is full of squabbling.
nothing of the sort/kind
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But nothing of the sort happens.
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Even apparent moves by the regime to resolve the crisis turn out on closer inspection to be nothing of the kind.
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In reality, of course, Pooley had done nothing of the kind.
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It is nothing of the kind.
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It sounds unkind, but nothing of the sort was ever remotely true of Borg.
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Maggie expected him to look annoyed but he did nothing of the sort.
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Uncle Allen remembered nothing of the sort.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Uncle Ralph was always a good-natured sort .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And I knew what I must find, at once, without delay of any sort .
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By clever use of the medium and washes, all sorts of possibilities open up.
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Eventually money becomes worthless, and people are forced to barter or substitute with other sorts of currencies, like cigarettes.
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Indeed, it may be that on occasion physical ill-treatment is a consequence of the tension this sort of situation produces.
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Not, Emilio thought, smiling inwardly, the sort to fall asleep early.
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She had got rid of Sarah for the moment but what sort of havoc was the girl going to cause this time?
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Think what sort of group Free People are.
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This seems to me to be an eminently sensible arrangement, and I think this sort of structure could also work here.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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His agent was sorting out the fine print.
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Now lawyers for all sides are trying to sort out the mess.
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It also contributes to debtors' sense of hopelessness, because as soon as one crisis is sorted out , another hits them.
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There are no orders, no translation of signals from on high, no one sorting out the work into parcels.
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And the thing is, that Barry doesn't really want to get on the plane until it's all sorted out .
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She is in hospital care until the baby-swop is sorted out .
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There's something I ought to have sorted out , I can sense it, but I need to think.
■ NOUN
detail
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Perhaps this evening they might be able to sort out the details .
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But sorting out the details of his gift has been anything but simple.
issue
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In parallel the three Managing Directors are starting to sort out the detailed issues connected with the new structure.
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But at least we can sort out the issues involved.
matter
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Instead of sorting the matter out with a little penitence...
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The etiquette guide, written with the help of one Ellis Weiner, seeks to sort out such intimate matters for us.
mess
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Its Transitional Assistance Group was utterly inadequate to sort out the mess .
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Then sort through the larger mess .
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She needed space and time to think, time to sort out this mess of mixed emotions.
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Now lawyers for all sides are trying to sort out the mess .
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Now banks and councils have to sort out the mess .
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The firm had to close while an expert sorted out the mess , the Old Bailey heard.
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They are the ones who, at present, have to sort out the mess after the degree ceremonies have been long forgotten.
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In the end President Mitterrand chose his friend Pierre Berge, head of a fashion house, to sort out the mess .
pile
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FitzAlan's brother-in-law sat there, sorting through piles of official-looking documents.
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When I entered our room I found Mum had down two more vases and was sorting out a pile of pawn tickets.
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Bodie upturned the waste bin and sorted through the small pile of chewing-gum wrappers, empty cigarette packets, and cigarette butts.
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I came home, put them on the floor and they virtually sorted themselves into two piles .
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One was occupied by a plump woman in her forties, who was briskly sorting through a pile of letters.
problem
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Get your problems sorted out here.
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It did not bother her that there were still problems to sort out at Motijhil.
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Get your money problems sorted out and the rest will follow.
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But she added that the problems would be sorted out by next week.
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And if I'd had any problems , he sorted them out.
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All the other problems could be sorted out when that had been accomplished.
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I think I have the problem sorted out and the Honda is quick enough to win the race.
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The seating problem more or less sorted itself out.
thing
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It was some time before the organizers were able to sort things out.
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If all this research leaves you feeling overwhelmed, you can turn to a campus career counselor for help sorting things out.
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She hadn't even begun to sort things out when Louise retired a month later.
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You need to sort things out.
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I've sorted things out with the landlord at the Prince William.
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Why should necessity sort things out?
things
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But I have to go back to the mill first - there are a few things I have to sort out.
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These things could be sorted out and surmounted.
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Well, by the time things had sorted themselves out, Johnny Miller was nearest to us and we were paired with him.
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It didn't take long to get things sorted out.
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By contrast, when a manager comes to seem me, I can make things happen to sort out any problems.
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I could work here then go up to London during the day and try to get things sorted out.
■ VERB
begin
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She hadn't even begun to sort things out when Louise retired a month later.
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In the final weeks of the course, students began to sort them-selves out.
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The next day the Tiergarten is invaded by refuse workers in orange jumpsuits, who begin sorting the rubbish.
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Guerash out of instinct begins to sort the booking sheets and bond slips, and I help.
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On 24 April a team of about 10 began to sort the books by then accumulating in the Davidson Room.
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Stem pulls the box to him and begins sorting through the documents.
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She began to sort through some reservation cards.
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We began sorting them into different area sizes as we were getting confused with those we had and didn't have.
get
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It's our first season as a protest group and we haven't quite got the publishing side sorted out.
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I would read through a passage and get it sorted out as best I could.
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Rough when it happens, though. Get all your benefits sorted out and then start looking around again.
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Now we've got that sorted , let's have a look at the game.
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I want you to instruct them that they've got three months instead of six to get the details sorted out.
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Kate had asked for another day of leave to try and get her family affairs sorted out.
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We've got to sort this out, for everyone else's sake, not just ours.
help
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This speech style helps children sort out the sounds of language.
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Such teaching helps the learner to sort out the facts an to make some judgments and decisions about them.
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Simon House and the annex take in people from the street and try to help them sort out their lives.
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Later, they fielded the phone calls from recruiters, sat for home visits and helped their daughters sort out offers.
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The counsellors' job is to help the couple to sort out what really lies behind the words as well as the actions.
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Now there's a new scheme to help us sort the good furniture men from the cowboys.
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They would help us sort out other groups, if we had asked.
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Mark was out there at the time, so we asked him to help us sort it out.
let
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Ours not to reason why - ours just to read the ruddy instruments and let others sort the problems out.
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Others will ignore the problem and let the children sort it out themselves.
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She wanted to let everything go, let events sort themselves out.
need
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However, as Brown admits, there is still much that needs sorting out.
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He needed time to sort out his emotions.
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You need to sort things out.
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She realized that she had some confusions of her own that needed sorting out.
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The Governor admits there have been teething problems which need sorting out.
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It needs to be sorted out before wildlife is badly affected.
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I wanted him to be home with me, but I needed to get myself sorted out.
start
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In parallel the three Managing Directors are starting to sort out the detailed issues connected with the new structure.
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While she started sorting out the lettuce from the spinach I took my leave and went up to my room.
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So many confusing facts battered his brain he didn't know how to start sorting them out.
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Up in London, I started to sort out various logistical problems.
try
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In any case, some one had to come and try to sort things out.
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Even very smart clients would get seriously stuck trying to sort it all out.
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The two of us tried valiantly to sort out the ramifications of living in separate cities.
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Afterward, I tried to sort out why I had decided what I did and what that meant.
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If you're in trouble, for example, do you try to sort it out yourself or get everyone else involved?
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Now lawyers for all sides are trying to sort out the mess.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't worry about the money. I'll sort it, OK?
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It takes a couple of hours to sort the mail in the morning.
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The rubbish has to be sorted into things that can be recycled and things that can't
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We sorted all the clothes into two piles - those to be kept, and those to be given away.
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You should be able to sort this without my help.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A preschooler might get confused by such games as sorting blocks by shape.
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Central to the tax are the bands into which homes of different value will be sorted.
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Musial mentally sorts the deliveries of some 80 or 90 pitchers.
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Recorded in this way, the information is easier to sort and analyse after the excavation has finished.
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She sighed again and sorted through the rough sketches.
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The records will be sorted by zip code and displayed on the screen.
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You will have to spend some time getting the suspension sorted.
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Your reference materials should be sorted out and grouped together around each subheading within the proposal outline.