I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a group splits up (= the members decide not to play together anymore )
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The group split up because of ‘musical differences’.
a splitting headache (= a very bad headache )
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The next day he woke up with a splitting headache.
banana split
break/split into a grin
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The old man’s face broke into a grin.
divide/split sth in half
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Divide the dough in half.
divide/split sth into categories
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The exhibition of 360 paintings is divided into three categories.
divide/split/share sth fifty-fifty
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The companies split the profits fifty-fifty.
split along...lines
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The committee was split along party lines .
split ends
split infinitive
split personality
split screen
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a split-screen movie
split second
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For a split second the two men hesitated.
split shift
split ticket
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split-ticket voting
split up/break up with your girlfriend (= stop having a romantic relationship )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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The row over Rekyavik's application almost split the organisation in half.
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She gave me a great, gummy grin which almost split her face in two.
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The ensuing rows almost split the western alliance.
apart
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The graduate's skull split apart into four pieces like a coconut.
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A brother and sister are split apart , and his identity gets swallowed up in an institution.
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There was a muffled explosion, and the air beside the sergeant seemed to split apart .
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Single-issue, factional politics has split apart the parties' traditional coalitions.
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After Beethoven, the two split apart .
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He felt his chest chopped down and split apart .
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In the post-war world the fireside has been split apart , indeed subsumed to the kitchen.
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The old plates split apart , usually along a line running down the back, and the insect hauls itself out.
deeply
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Scientists were deeply split on the uses to which the discoveries of atomic physics were being put.
equally
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I understand that our fee will be split equally between both parties.
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Your income will be added together and any benefit entitlement will be split equally between you.
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For three years he would supply funds to run the farm, any profits being split equally between Tom and himself.
evenly
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There also seems to be agreement that our new Congress will be more evenly split , and thus dysfunctional.
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Only in the old industrial states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island was opinion evenly split on this issue.
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In fact, the original version is virtually split evenly into two blocks of Orientation and Complicating Action.
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On the issue of abortion rights, Texans split evenly with 46 percent favoring abortion rights and 46 percent opposing abortion.
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Parents typically equate fairness with equality, seeking to evenly split the wealth they bequeath among their offspring.
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They surveyed 1, 598 organizations in 40 different industries about evenly split between manufacturing and the service sector.
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Other more constructive workers split evenly between those favoring casual and those preferring declared.
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Democratic party rules require that state delegations to the convention be split evenly between men and women.
off
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Military sources said the unarmed plane split off from another MiG during a training flight east of the Golan Heights.
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It was founded after the Price family split off from the merged company.
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As the phrase suggests, a main trunk of cables splits off into branches which supply individual subscribers.
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We split off into three groups now and Betsy Bass Shands became our guide.
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In the breeding season pairs split off from the social group and make a rough platform nest for two white eggs.
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One platoon splits off and marches toward the crowd, their bayoneted rifles set at a 45-degree angle.
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After syndication, these warrants can be split off from the bond and traded separately.
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Two split off and went in a southerly direction.
over
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Even the girl's parents were split over the use of her case in Tuesday's broadcast.
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Cabinet and scientific opinion is split over the issue.
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On the face of it, it is hardly promising that the soft left has immediately split over the post of deputy.
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Ministers could also face congregations split over questions of finance, doctrine or politics - the last especially after 1886.
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A large stitch pattern template will automatically be correctly split over the appropriate number of Mylar sheets when necessary.
up
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Lots of big companies tied the knot, while some huge ones split up .
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Tony talked about his ex-girlfriend and then remembered how upset he had become when his parents split up when he was 14.
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This year, they split up .
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When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me.
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They split up for a while and then reunited to search for the items on the last few cards.
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We even split up for a while.
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We had split up all the household chores that way: a week on and a week off.
■ NOUN
company
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Its loss-making state rail network was split into six geographically-based companies and one freight company in 1987.
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Though the group split from the company in 1969, the strong pro-pharmaceutical spirit lingers.
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Most cuts will come in 1996 as the telecommunications giant prepares to split into three companies .
cost
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In many cases, couples sharing a mortgage are likely to split the costs in half.
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My father and Mr Calder agreed to split the cost of repairs to the Wrights' car.
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All you need is enthusiastic, if affluent, friends to split the £3,150 cost for the day.
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Afterward, the city and the port would split the cost of disposing the ground water.
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Another idea is to split the cost of radio adverts.
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Our parents split the cost of our tuition and housing.
country
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He has refused, arguing that a definitive legal answer would split the country irrevocably.
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He claimed it was part of a plot to split his country so the West could control its oil supplies.
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This would split the country , it might even split the party.
difference
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Even those who attempt to split the difference are not too fussy about where the line is drawn.
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Ross proposed that they split the difference and suggested a date in 1998.
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We decided that I would live and split the difference between then and a projected now.
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Now let me see if I can split the difference .
face
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She gave me a great, gummy grin which almost split her face in two.
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A smile split Ember's face .
faction
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Parliament is split into factions with no single group in the majority.
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At this congress the delegates split into two factions .
family
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But parents have criticised the plans and are worried that rezoning could split their families to different schools.
girlfriend
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His father died, he lost his job and he split up with his girlfriend , Darlington magistrates heard.
group
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From there the various groups would split up and make their way individually.
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California and Cassidy reunited Spirit in 1974, but after three albums in three years, the group split up.
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A group that threatens to split the Wimbledon Dharjees right down the middle!
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Though the group split from the company in 1969, the strong pro-pharmaceutical spirit lingers.
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There was no truth in rumours of a group split .
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There are organisational problems in allowing the group to split into two such distinct factions.
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On Wednesday and Thursday, when we also have day students, the group will be split .
half
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This too was split in half by the storm.
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The sword splits the tree in half and Adonis tumbles out.
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Under the agreement Mondadori was to be split into roughly equal halves , each worth around US$800 million.
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Beyond them the world was split cleanly in halves between sea and sky.
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He says that the tree is split into two halves .
issue
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Cabinet and scientific opinion is split over the issue .
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The Roosevelt family is split on the issue .
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The judges in Strasbourg split 5-4 on the issue .
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Only in the old industrial states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island was opinion evenly split on this issue .
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On Tuesday, it appeared that there might be enough votes to split the two issues .
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Courts are split on this issue .
middle
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We split you down the middle .
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Those whose main interest was Soviet Jewry were split down the middle .
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Until the motion was tabled, the 480-seat lower house of parliament appeared to be split down the middle .
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But initial reactions aren't always right and it seems to me that people are split down the middle .
party
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Both the main parties were split with Labour more favourable to television than the Conservatives.
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The second issue is how - no longer whether - the party will split .
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A unified Democratic party versus an ideologically split Republican party.
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He split and mortally wounded the Labour Party .
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A year later, in May of 1741, the two parties of Presbyterians split .
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On his return to Ireland the party split .
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Opponents of the deal say they intend to fight on, and there are fears that the party could be split .
section
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Next day 249 Squadron was split into two sections , one half commanded by Barton and one by Neil.
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Five worlds split into several sections is certainly enough to keep you burning the midnight oil.
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The slopes of Obergurgl are split into two sections , accessible to each other only by bus.
side
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A normal, loose-fitting skirt can be split up the side and fitting with a Velcro fastening.
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The base split from side to side but fortunately the water only seeped out.
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A tall barrel had split its sides , gaped.
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It was at this point that I left to seek medical help for fear I would split my sides .
team
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Workers are split into teams and encouraged to discuss problems in the evenings and at weekends.
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We were split into two separate teams and taken into the play area.
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The points for a drawn game should be split based on the team scoring the most tries.
vote
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Voight and I split the vote .
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The chamber's two independents split their votes .
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Her great threat to the Howard government is to split the conservative vote three ways.
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Such individuals split their vote fairly evenly between Democratic and Republican candidates in 1982, but not in 1994.
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A new Green Party, therefore, could potentially split the liberal vote and prove a boon to the Republicans.
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In 1906 he stood for North Lambeth, where he split the Liberal vote and came third.
■ VERB
decide
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Under the Bill, courts will have the power to decide how to split a pension.
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They decided to split into subgroups around each of the three initiatives, and went to work.
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He decided to split the party, sending Mayne to attack this new target, while he dealt with Sirte itself.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a split second
be torn/split/rent etc asunder
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If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder .
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In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.
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The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder .
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This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture.
divide/split sth down the middle
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The vote was split right down the middle .
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We split you down the middle .
split sth two/three etc ways
splitting headache
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Chapter Twelve Melissa slept late and awoke with a splitting headache.
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I couldn't move my arms or legs, my body tingled all over and I had a terrible splitting headache.
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I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up.
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It allowed Nicholas a long, hard night's sleep, followed by a splitting headache in the morning.
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They hold their heads tight when coughing because of the splitting headache.
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What good can you do mooning around worrying, picking at your food like an anorexic, and giving yourself splitting headaches?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Split the leek in half lengthwise, and cut it into 1/4-inch pieces.
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A metal tube split open in the steam generator of the nuclear power plant.
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At first, her earnings were split down the middle with her agent.
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Feelings about the war split the country right down the middle.
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For this exercise, I'm going to split the class into three groups.
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He split the company in half, and then sold both new companies to different buyers.
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He bent down and split his trousers.
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He said that the land should be split between his four sons.
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His head was split open in the accident.
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Hudson's coat had split right up the back.
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I think we should split whatever we get four ways.
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Rutherford first split the atom on 3rd January 1919.
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She learned to split logs and stack a woodpile.
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The back of the chair had split in two.
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The class split into two. Half of us went to the museum and half to the cathedral.
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The debate over the use of military force has split legal scholars.
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The US is hoping to split the cost of developing the new plane with Japan.
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The window frames are old and the wood is starting to split .
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These shoes are so old the canvas had split .
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They planned to rob a bank, split the money, and leave the country.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About a mile in, the canyon splits.
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Highly monochromatic laser light is split by the mirror M to travel along the two arms.
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My father and Mr Calder agreed to split the cost of repairs to the Wrights' car.
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The more l-e spoke, the more he felt he was softly split in two.
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The plague spreads: more atoms split , and then yet more.
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This phrase always intrigued Bob; as if the speaker could split herself in two, providing a doppelganger companion.
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Typical projects are expected to be split fairly evenly between hardware, software and services.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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The monkeys themselves have a deep split between the Old World and the New.
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The deep political split on the Council about public funding is obvious.
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He says we like to see a good deep split .
stock
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That year Hoffman-LaRoche declared a fifty-for-one stock split .
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The results reflect a 2-for-1 stock split during the second quarter of 1997.
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And by 1985 it had reached $ 150 a share, stock splits considered.
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From an economic perspective, there is no substantive difference between a stock split and a stock dividend.
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Allen said, up from 19 cents a year earlier, adjusted for a 5-for-4 stock split .
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And remember that, although a stock split makes you feel richer, you gain no additional value, just more paper.
■ NOUN
personality
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And he accused her of having a split personality .
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It gives men and institutions split personalities .
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Rafter watched and waited, perhaps hoping that Ivanisevic's split personalities would unravel.
second
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I was out of my bed in a split second , shoe in hand and lights on.
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For a split second , she struggled.
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They had no time to gasp, or clutch at each other, or even writhe in a split second of torment.
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In a split second she's inside.
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For a split second , the noise that had been rising from stadium to sky descended from sky to stadium.
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Bombs in the magazine detonate in chain reaction in a split second .
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For a split second , it took the oxygen out of the air.
■ VERB
adjust
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This index adjusts automatically for splits .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a split in the seam of his pants
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The new policy has led to a split in the armed forces.
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There is a deep split in the country over the best way to move forward the peace process.
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There is a startling split between men's and women's views of sexual harassment.
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There is great danger of a split in the party if a competent leader is not found soon.
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We suddenly noticed there was a split in the side of the tent.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From the sound of the word thought it was a split into two personalities.
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In the unitary and harmonious female Spirit-Self there will be no such splits.
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The split reflects a difference of opinion simmering for months within the Republican Party.
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The split was formally approved at an extraordinary congress in Prague on Feb. 23.
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The reasons for the split are understandable.