I. noun
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■ NOUN
island
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I essayed all the Disneylands of the world and a selection of tarmacked spice islands .
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The first 11 months of the conflict in the spice islands cost 750 lives.
■ VERB
add
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They add a bit of spice ... and I've got quite a nasty temper when it's roused.
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Gradually add potatoes and milk. Add salt and spice .
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They add spice to the mixture.
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In perspective, it is a healthy rivalry, adding spice to the game.
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The Skiptons had objected to the match, and this had added spice to the situation.
mix
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They are sometimes mixed with other spices , such as allspice or coriander seeds, for a table condiment.
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To serve, pour into 4 glasses and decorate with a shake of mixed spice .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
variety is the spice of life
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Add oregano and other Italian spices to the mixture.
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Adding real-life drama can add spice to a high school history lesson.
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Along with spices, religious fervor also obsessed them.
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Get the habit of flavouring with mild spices, herbs and other natural seasonings.
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Sprinkle the spices over the hot fudge.
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Tastes almost too rich with the spices and brandy.
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There were spices - a small cloth pouch of cumin and a bigger one of turmeric.
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These products are usually 100 percent turkey meat with certain spices added.
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They are sometimes mixed with other spices, such as allspice or coriander seeds, for a table condiment.
II. verb
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■ ADVERB
up
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To spice up some of their machines, parlor owners have been tinkering illegally with the odds.
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Some other ways salsa can spice up a dish: Top a baked potato or macaroni and cheese.
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The more versatile chickpea can be spiced up in salads or puréed with garlic for deep frying or serving in dips.
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Sprinkled over the curriculum, Ideas and Evidence could certainly spice up the science diet.
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You can spice up a document by drawing straight on to it.
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Tel: 071-409 6869 for stockist details. Spice up your life with a new fragrance that is exotic and thoroughly seductive.
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Flavour seafood rice with a generous sprinkling. Spice up tomato or cream sauces for fish and chicken.
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CBS spiced up its Monday night line-up with a new sexy drama.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cook and serve with a sauce Pastrami p21/ Brisket of beef, salted and spiced then coated in peppercorns.
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If you are making your own sauce, spice it liberally but keep it thin.
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It is also seductive - the achingly boring days in the Co-operative were suddenly spiced by the conspiring behind the haberdashery counter.
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Some other ways salsa can spice up a dish: Top a baked potato or macaroni and cheese.
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This should be spiced with a little chilli paste, and poured over the squid which you have kept just warm.