I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a display stand (= table with shelves etc used for showing things to the public )
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A lot of companies had impressive display stands in the conference hall.
a record stands (= is not beaten )
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His record stood for 42 years.
a regular/standing army (= permanent and existing whether there is a war or not )
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The regular army has about 5,000 troops.
a sitting/kneeling/standing position
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The priest rose from his kneeling position by the bed.
a standing committee (= a permanent one )
a statue stands somewhere
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His statue now stands in the courtyard.
an exhibition stand (= a stand for showing things at an exhibition )
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He took up his position at the exhibition stand.
an open/standing invitation (= an invitation to do something at any time you like )
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Phillip kindly gave me an open invitation to stay at his villa in Tuscany.
as things stand (= at present )
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As things stand at the moment, I have no intention of becoming a candidate myself.
competent to stand trial
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A psychiatrist said McKibben was competent to stand trial .
concession stand
death toll stands at
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The official death toll stands at 53.
don’t stand a ghost of a chance
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They don’t stand a ghost of a chance of winning.
hat stand
have/stand a chance (of sth) (= it is possible you will do it )
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I think you have a good chance of getting the job.
keep/stand guard (over sb/sth)
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Gunmen stood guard at the camp entrance.
music stand
newspaper stand
not stand up to scrutiny/not bear scrutiny (= be found to have faults when examined )
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Such arguments do not stand up to careful scrutiny.
one-night stand
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I’m not into one-night stands.
principled stand/opposition/objection etc
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He took a principled stand against the legislation.
remain/stand aloof (from sth)
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Initially, the President remained aloof from the campaign.
sb’s standing in the polls (= how popular a poll shows them to be )
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The President's standing in the polls declined sharply.
sit/stand bolt upright (= sit or stand with your back very straight )
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Murphy and I both sat bolt upright when we heard the alarm.
stand as a candidate for sth (= compete for a position in an election )
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Lee stated that he did not intend to stand as a candidate in the presidential elections.
stand down from a committee (= leave it )
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Everyone was sorry when he stood down from the committee.
stand for parliament (= try to be elected )
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Ms Jackson stood for Parliament as a Labour candidate.
stand idly by
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I cannot stand idly by and let him take the blame.
stand in sharp/stark etc contrast to sth
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The mountains stand in stark contrast to the area around them.
stand on a corner
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She stood on the corner saying goodnight to Michael.
stand to lose (= risk losing )
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Creditors and investors stand to lose vast sums after the company’s collapse.
stand upright
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The ceiling was so low I was unable to stand upright.
stand/face trial (= be judged in a court of law )
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Doctors said he was unfit to stand trial.
standing in a line
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The four men were standing in a line on the other side of the table.
standing in the doorway
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There was Paolo, standing in the doorway .
standing order
standing ovation (= everyone stood up )
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The Chancellor’s entrance was greeted with a standing ovation .
standing room only (= no seats were left )
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There was standing room only in the courthouse.
standing room
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There was standing room only no seats were left in the courthouse.
stands accused of (= has been accused of )
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The professor stands accused of stealing his student’s ideas and publishing them.
stands...deserted
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The old mine now stands completely deserted .
stand/sit/lie motionless
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The men stood motionless as Weir held his finger to his lips.
stand/stay/remain etc on the sidelines
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You can’t stay on the sidelines for ever; it’s time you got involved.
stand/wait in a queue
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She stood in the queue at the checkout.
stand/wait in line
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Customers stood in line for 20 minutes at the cash register.
stood empty
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The building stood empty for several years.
stood erect
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Martin stood erect on the platform.
stood idle
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The whole team stood idle , waiting for the mechanic.
stood on the doorstep
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He stood on the doorstep , straightening his tie.
stood on tiptoe
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She stood on tiptoe to kiss him.
stood still
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We stood still and watched as the deer came closer.
sweat stands out on sb's forehead (= there are drops of sweat on sb's forehead )
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Sweat stood out on Ian's forehead.
take/stand for/put up with crap (= to allow someone to treat you badly )
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I’m not going to take any more of this crap!
the witness box/stand (= where the witness sits when speaking in court )
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He spent three hours in the witness stand.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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In one corner is a bath and about three nurses are standing around with masks on.
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But these classical kids just stood around in rehearsal waiting to be shown what to do.
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They all stood around staring at her and smiling awkwardly, as if she was embarrassing.
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He closed his eyes on the idea of people standing around a grave and this poor woman trying to fathom it all.
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When I arrived at St Andrews everybody was standing around , and then Arnold comes out.
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I went outside and stood around with the men in the road.
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Musical Freeze Players stand around the room.
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As it was, I had to stand around a bar packed two and three deep.
aside
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He stood aside and the great vehicle moved ponderously out of the garage.
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He looked at Louis, who stood aside watching Jambo out of wounded, soulful eyes.
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It seemed unbelievable that they would stand aside and let them leave like this.
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Then he stood aside again, still conducting, urging her to move faster.
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We stood aside on the trail and let them pass.
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Kate Miskin pushed open the first door on the left and stood aside for Dalgliesh and Massingham to enter.
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Mundin unlocks the door to the cabin and stands aside to let the ladies in.
back
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I stood back and she went past me like a ship sailing into war.
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But if you stood back and looked at our business, this was a ridiculous attitude.
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Edouard stood back by the doors, watching her, his face oddly closed.
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Dolores stood back grinning, urging Ruth to go on in.
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I would stand back and try to line up at a better angle, but still the thought was there.
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Rohmer stood back , screaming obscenities at him.
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Mix in the hair-trigger rage that can result from steroid use and, well, stand back , ladies and gentlemen.
by
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Vigilant was also called upon to stand by in the Thames approaches to assist as necessary.
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He went and stood by her side, his arm around her slender waist.
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Karlheinz caught the wave, then turned the camera on the group of figures standing by .
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The world stood by in silence.
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Stand by for a revealing insight into your childhood or upbringing.
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Special helps are hard to come by but bullies are standing by with sticks in their hands at every door.
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We can not stand by and wait for the equivalent of the Apple Macintosh to create a second empowerment of our students.
for
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I am still 100 percent behind Credit Management and all that it stands for .
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What do the initials stand for ?
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Is it realising the socialist ideals that we stood for ?
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Why were heterosexual feminists outraged and repelled by us and all we stood for ?
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She hated Mrs Ramsay and all she stood for .
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If one is to avoid this simple circularity, then one must explain standing for in terms of some natural relation between particulars.
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It was one of those pictures that went totally against the grain of everything that the movie industry believed it stood for .
in
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The lane they were standing in was bordered by two rows of trees.
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Fong stood in the doorway, his invitation clutched tightly in his hand.
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He would stand in for her.
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They were standing in the shadowy arcade that encircled the cobblestone courtyard.
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Proud and pleased to be playing opposite Frank Donovan who had once stood in for Hayden Coffin.
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Files that do nothing but stand in for other files.
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All are family run and stand in or very close to the resort centre.
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He could have been standing in almost any room of the old Porter place, he thought.
now
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It is a tiny building, only 38 by 25 feet, and now stands a little below the present pavement level.
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His former work force of 1, 300 now stands at 220.
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The rate now stands at 12 percent.
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He had folded the thin dish towel over his forearm and stood now with clasped hands.
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These buildings now stand empty and unused.
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He stood now with the sponge dripping down his side.
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The result now stands at 21 - 16 in Aberdeen's favour with 3 matches halved.
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Johnstone now stands 6-4 and weights 255.
out
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The East Anglians stood out from the local people, both by reason of their speech and their dress.
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It made me stand out , and I liked the feeling: I fed off it.
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For these reasons feminist values stand out like a sore thumb.
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I have used dozens of makes of socks and the one that stands out above all the others is Thor-Lo.
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Use wall lighting to make your favourite prints stand out .
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The names of four choreographers immediately stand out .
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We stood out in the churchyard, wrapped in shawls listening to the hymns and hearing the organ peeling out.
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Scott squeezed more tightly, the muscles in his forearm standing out like chords.
still
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It too was replaced by a larger stone station, part of which still stands beside the modern structure which succeeded it.
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I have stood still instead of fighting on her side as I did in the basement in Lobethal.
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Few products stand still in terms of their costs.
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Time may not have stood still there, but it was close.
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I looked back, they were still standing there showing no signs of pain.
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Elvis and the hundreds gathered there stand still and quiet.
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You then have 15 seconds' rest, during which time you must stand still .
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And then the carts with their array of pastry to make the heart stand still .
there
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Mrs Phipps stood there , quiet, plain, dressed in dove grey, with a handkerchief clutched in her hand.
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But Karen is just standing there , ashen.
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She was conscious of that as he stood there , watching her.
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You stand there , insert copious schillings, and hey presto! the machine does the rest.
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Maybe he had been standing there so long his mind had just gone off the job.
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But standing there with Billie, surrounded by implements that promised home improvement, he yielded to an acquisitive urge.
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I just stood there like a goof waiting for him to introduce her.
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She was standing there half-dressed, a black skirt, no stockings yet, no shoes, a white blouse not buttoned.
together
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They stood together , barely touching.
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We stood together on the train platform, in silence.
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The great lady and the little gentleman stood together on the hearthrug.
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We stood together in the quaint street with our pants around our ankles.
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For some reason she recalled that moment during the afternoon when they had stood together on the slope looking down on Rocamar.
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We stood together in the doorway.
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We stood together in silence for a long moment.
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This happens especially with verbs that stand together when one comes to be felt as a mere satellite of the other.
up
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He ate it standing up by the sink, and deliberately left the little pot on the marble work surface.
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Is this the best way to show women how this clothing might stand up to real-world stresses and tribulations?
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The narrators have been persecuted for standing up for their principles.
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Maybe even stand up , if everyone else does.
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The most comfortable position was to stand up .
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Mr Cox stood up and walked out, followed by others.
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This was the reason she stood up .
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She stood up straight, wiped at her face and seemed alarmed to find it veiled.
upright
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Every tree is unique, with shapes that evoke a person standing upright with raised arms.
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He stood upright on the driver's seat, staring up into the clouds.
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With the breath sucked out of her lungs, she could barely stand upright in the face of the gusts.
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When at last she was able to stand upright in safety, her knees buckled and her body was drenched with sweat.
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Mom stands upright , her skis over her shoulder, a pair of climbing skins wrapped jauntily about her waist.
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If knocked over, you stood upright again, at attention, and took the punishment until the staff tired of it.
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It is a pleasure to stand upright again.
■ NOUN
attention
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As they approached, Schellenberg pulled Devlin to one side and stood at attention .
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It stands to attention , striking the air with a knowing finger.
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You stand at attention until assigned.
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Two guards, both armed with machine-pistols, stood stiffly to attention either side of him.
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They walked slowly, led by the bagpipers, past an honor guard of law enforcement officers standing stiffly at attention .
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As soon as you saw that you were about to be struck, you stood at attention and waited for the blows.
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When a teacher entered or left a room, we stood at attention until given permission to do otherwise.
chance
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Voice over Coetzer must draw that sting to stand any chance of survival on Saturday.
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Why Forbes thought that he stood a realistic chance of success this year is a question that baffled observers.
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He's decided to come into motor sport and stands a good chance .
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Red letter customers need to witness investment returns greater than 8 per cent to stand any chance of repaying their mortgage.
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If you do not get a seat in the chambers of which you are a pupil, you stand little chance elsewhere.
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No Labour rethink that ignores this will stand a chance of success in the future.
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While you're here don't say it, and we might all stand a chance of getting out of here alive.
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This means that the salespeople for all of these products stand some chance of success.
crowd
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Yanto was one of those men who stood out in a crowd .
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A small crowd of living stood watching the growing crowd of dead.
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Nisodemus stood slightly ahead of the crowd , holding his hands in the air.
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Irvin stood before the crowd at Texas Stadium that day and blistered the fans who ripped Switzer.
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They stood amid the station crowds , arguing.
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Primo and the man stand facing the crowd .
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She had stood out in the crowd even amongst the beautiful beach children of San Francisco.
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And I was standing over with the crowd of my brothers and sisters.
door
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The inner door stood open and through it she caught sight of Eleanor Shergold sitting in one of the pews.
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The doors of the Huey stood open, and the rush of air was exhilarating.
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The kitchen door stood open and on impulse she went in.
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Returning to the side door , he stood just inside it for a while and then stepped out to the sidewalk.
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He stopped by on his night off, was let in the stage door , and stood in the wings.
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At the door Nurse Lambert stood waiting with a wheelchair - crisp, starched, bright as the April sunlight.
doorway
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He was standing just inside the doorway , supporting Piper O'Rourke, who was looking old, tired and bruised.
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A medic stood in the doorway of the operating tent diverting some of the stretchers away.
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Trent walked round through the lean-to kitchen and stood in the doorway , from where he could see into the restaurant.
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Steve Cooper was standing in an outside doorway of the building he owns in downtown Olympia.
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She was standing in the doorway and smiling uncertainly.
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A volunteer from Project Open Hand was standing in their doorway holding a large box decorated with streamers and balloons.
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Later, Ashley stood in the doorway of the barn.
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When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great grey prairie on every side.
election
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If her party backed her, she said, she would stand in presidential elections later in the year.
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Of the 20 Cabinet ministers and ministers of state in the outgoing government to stand for election only four were returned.
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The right to stand for election still remained restricted to Matai.
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His party stood in these elections pledging to fight the undoubted problems faced by many constituents.
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He flatly rejected the pleas of Aung San to stand for election .
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Did you know that 30 Tory knights of shire and suburb are not standing at the election ?
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On Jan. 20 Chalerm, leader of the Muan Chon, announced that he would stand in the forthcoming elections .
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You have said that you will stand in the presidential election next April.
foot
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She straightened where she stood and regarded his feet critically.
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Richard stood five foot ten, slightly stooped.
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As he sipped his cider, Yanto's attention was drawn to a group standing a few feet from their table.
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Law enforcement agents and reporters were standing within feet of the trash bin where the second blast occurred.
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Accordingly it stood five feet high, surrounded by a low rail and of course covered with straw.
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The last time that happened was in 1950, when Manvel's main street stood a foot deep in water.
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She, who'd always stood on her own feet , fought her own battles.
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Goldie Preston Tracy Richmond stood 6-\#foot-4, weighed 350 pounds and wore a man's size 14 shoe.
front
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She's standing there in front of her doll's house, doors folded right back.
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Mulcahey stood in front of the dressing-room mirror.
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One stands naked facing front with her arms raised around her head which turns to face the sea.
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What made him feel more ashamed, standing in front of Cristalena, or Firebug?
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I stood there in front of him with my chin jerking.
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Three men approached the car, and one of them stood in front of it, Velarde said.
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There should not be a guard standing in front of a gate asking for identification.
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The moment they emerged from the field, Jinju felt as if she were standing naked in front of a crowd.
ground
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Nell flinched, but stood her ground .
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But he could doggedly stand his ground .
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Magee stood his ground a moment longer, then headed towards the stone steps.
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The guide, however, stood his ground , frantically giving me unrecognizable signs.
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I calculate, I stand my ground .
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When Moon-Watcher reached the far side, One-Ear was still standing his ground .
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At length I stood on the ground , up to my ankles in fresh-fallen snow.
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I stood my ground , hands on hips, scowling.
hair
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His hair stood up, like wire.
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His hair stood up in an Afro cut.
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I felt the hairs stand on my head; my legs were fast emptying.
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Her dark hair stood out like an untidy halo around her head.
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My limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my hair is standing on end.
head
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His very stance could be intimidating, standing with his head lowered, bull-like.
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Maybe I have to stand on my head to prove I mean it.
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Himmler was standing at the head of the great table flanked by Rossman and Berger.
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Even Orion stands on his head in the night sky.
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That, of course, is to stand reality on its head , since the industrialised nations are manifestly the real environmental villains.
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Jackson stood head and shoulders above his confreres, and...
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Somehow the doctrine of the Fall had been stood on its head .
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Jody stands at the head of the small room, her eyes bloodshot, her face pale and blotchy under the makeup.
kitchen
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She stood briefly in the kitchen , glaring at Josie.
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She stood him on the kitchen table, where he dripped soapy water on to the plastic tablecloth.
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As Emily Mahon stood in the kitchen she hoped that Nan would be warm and pleasant to her father this morning.
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I stood in the kitchen breathing hard, then felt my way to the ladder.
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Piers was standing in the small kitchen , dwarfing it with his presence.
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They eat standing up in the kitchen .
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Emily sighed as she stood in the shabby kitchen .
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They were standing in the kitchen loading the dishwasher and putting the salads in the fridge when a picture caught her eye.
leg
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For much of the time they stand on one leg , hunched and sentinel-like at the water's edge.
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I stood Janir on my legs so he could look out the window.
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He stood , legs apart, arms lifted above his head.
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She walked over to him and stood between his legs as he sat in the chair and began untying his tie.
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Any exercises which use the calf muscles, such as heel raises, hopping, standing on one leg would be beneficial.
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It stood on four rickety legs in a weedy yard.
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I watch it stand on its hind legs with its snout on the worktop.
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When he tried to stand , his legs would not respond.
line
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But now the first thing I saw were the lines on his face standing out like the lines on a charcoal drawing.
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They resented standing in line while tellers explained money-market accounts and no-load funds to prospective investors.
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Joshua Morris left the hall and stood in line for a cup of Gold Blend.
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But there are a number of compelling reasons to stand in line .
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On the other side of the gorge stood a line of eight irregularly shaped monoliths.
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Oswald stood at the white line , looking away.
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Similarly, for safety's sake, photographers are obliged to stand behind police lines .
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She made us stand in line .
man
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Often a second man would be standing by to perform the same ritual.
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Glover waited and then saw the man standing just inside the screen, almost invisible.
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The man was standing undecided in the middle of the road like a rabbit caught in headlights at night.
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Holmes pointed to a man standing by a hansom cab, from which he had evidently just dismounted.
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A third man was standing on the far side of the car.
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At the center, his grandfather, as a young man , stands behind a chair in which his wife sits.
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Local man Kevin Wilson stands for Labour.
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This big man stood in front of me.
moment
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Magee stood his ground a moment longer, then headed towards the stone steps.
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He stood for a moment , rubbing his chin.
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He stood for a moment and then started to go out.
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Mark stood for a few moments at the corner of Parliament Street and Bridge Street.
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The Colonel was flung back against the wall where he stood , for a moment , a puzzled expression on his face.
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She stood there for a moment , very still and looked over at Linda.
room
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The wind ripped through the room in which we stood .
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In the centre of the room stood the figure of a man.
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He crossed the room , stood in front of the board, and thought for a moment.
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In a corner of Frankie's room stood a large wooden chest whose drawers were too stiff for him to open.
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He entered the room where the wheelchair stood folded at the back of the tiny cedar closet.
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The heavy pine door of room 301 stood ajar, numerals depicted in hand-painted tiles set flush with the white-stucco wall.
side
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One was Hank, who stood at his side , pulling his sleeve to make him stop.
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While the other tour members chatted and compared equipment Mom stood to one side , her face pale under the fluorescent lights.
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I stood over the other side of the road from it and watched.
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They stood side by side, taking turns.
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A third man was standing on the far side of the car.
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We stood on the side of the road and fanned ourselves.
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We wound up standing at the side of the lake at Worcester College.
stead
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These shoes had stood him in good stead .
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This habit of work, which is by now natural to me, has stood me in good stead .
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Now we had moved on to bigger and better things, this predictability still stood us in good stead .
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A man-made clock would certainly prove a useful accessory to astronomical reckoning but could never stand in its stead .
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However, it is one that, if you take the trouble to learn properly, will stand you in good stead .
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The change in the secretary general is likely to stand her in good stead with committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.
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As I developed I became a big bloke and that stood me in good stead .
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Her impartiality stood me in good stead .
test
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But this simplistic account of that crucial phase of evolution has not stood the test of modern investigation.
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And the only answer that has stood the test of time and scrutiny is that there was no designer.
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Finally, there are two general principles of delegation that have certainly stood the test of time.
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Seve was no Hogan, no golfing machine-his game was erratic and did not stand up to acute tests of accuracy.
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The performances have not stood the test of time; a successor would be very welcome.
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We have obscenity standards that have stood the test of time.
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Unlike so many others, a Swan stands the tests of time well.
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It was a friendship that endured, that stood all the standard tests of time, sickness and hardship.
window
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A nice young woman was standing in front of a shop window .
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Not the arrangements and boxes Slater sends her mysteriously for weeks after he spots her standing in her window , crying.
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She guessed that he had been standing at the window or listening for the sound of her key in the lock.
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He stands outside the window looking in at shoppers in the bright warm light of the store.
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While waiting for the kettle to boil, she stood at the window watching the rain.
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Had stood outside the window listening.
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Chapter Ten At ten-thirty next morning Captain Maestrangelo stood at the window in his office looking down intently at the street.
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The detective was standing by the window , a short chunky man of about thirty-five.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(stand) at ease
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And they looked happy and at ease as they moved inside to the enormous champagne reception Mel had arranged.
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Ashkenazy at ease in land of his birth.
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Blanche enjoyed social drinking with her officers but Dexter sometimes noticed she was ill at ease .
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But Cose put my mind at ease in his introduction.
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Fred Bradley stayed very much in the background and his soft, kind eyes helped to put her at ease .
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He was equally at ease on the telephone.
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I was never perfectly at ease .
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Our workmen do work hard, but we live at ease .
be able to stand the pace
be sick of/can't stand/hate the sight of sb/sth
be/stand head and shoulders above sb
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But the surgery has given him confidence to stand head and shoulders above the rest.
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Jackson stood head and shoulders above his confreres, and...
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The fourth, who stood head and shoulders above them, was older.
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Though short, he stands head and shoulders above most.
be/stand in awe of sb
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Gelb was clearly in awe of his friend's strength and perseverance.
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Business people stand in awe of power people who make things happen.
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Excommunication also remained out of the question because much of the Church membership stood in awe of these exploits.
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Glasser still stands in awe of this formidable, feckless man.
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In the time of hunting and gathering, humans stood in awe of beasts.
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Most people stand in awe of these agglomerations of power, admit their inability to fight them, and submit.
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The rest of us might also stand in awe of his season.
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They stood in awe of her and they did just what she bade them.
be/stand in sb's light
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Could you move to the left a little? You're standing in my light .
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Edouard examined the jewellery carefully, standing in the north light of the atelier's large window.
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He stood in the light from the nearest pillar.
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I stand in a light mist of rain.
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Now that they stood in the light , Jehan could see that both of them were blackened by grime and oil.
hold/stand your ground
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As his father approached, Richard retreated steadily, never once daring to stand his ground against him.
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I calculate, I stand my ground .
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Not enough to start a war; just enough to let me stand my ground without having to think about it first.
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Richmann stood his ground , certain he would be able to jump out of the. way if things went wrong.
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The guide, however, stood his ground , frantically giving me unrecognizable signs.
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The Housing Executive stood its ground and refused to transfer money earmarked for other projects.
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Williams' job was to hold his ground or drop into pass coverage.
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You know when to stand your ground and when to give in.
make sb's hair stand on end
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The thought of a lawsuit was enough to make his hair stand on end.
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He was so close to her, his arms brushing lightly against hers, making her hairs stand on end.
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I've been hearing rumours about his methods of taming his crew ... things to make your hair stand on end.
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Some of the stories people had told me in that room would make your hair stand on end.
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Yet here he was expecting to play a part that would make her hair stand on end.
not have a leg to stand on
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If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.
not stand/have a cat in hell's chance (of doing sth)
sit/stand bolt upright
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We found her sitting bolt upright in bed with all the lights on.
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He sat bolt upright and kept his eyes on the table in front of him.
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Hotspur sat bolt upright in the saddle, his eyes narrowed on the hurtling horsemen, and never moved a hand.
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I walked across her line of vision and she sat bolt upright in annoyance.
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She sat bolt upright in the back seat during the hour long journey, some of which was on a motorway.
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She sat bolt upright, aches and pains quite forgotten.
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She sat bolt upright; her features were strong, her manna forthright, even aggressive.
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Suddenly I sit bolt upright, feeling a familiar stab of panic that can mean only one thing: the videos!
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Suddenly, Urquhart stood bolt upright, not twenty yards in front of the deer which froze in confusion.
stand alone
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For talent, popularity, and style, Muhammad Ali stands alone .
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I stood alone on the shore of the lake.
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The house stood alone at the end of the road.
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The vote on the ban was 14-1, with Britain standing alone .
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Again, standing alone this evidence is not probative of any discrimination in the local construction industry....
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Bedford stood alone and put his drink down on the table.
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But Boston stands alone in saying officially and unequivocally that no such condition exists here.
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Clasper stood alone on the box, clasping a hand microphone to his ranting mouth.
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Frequently the theatre-in-education group is associated with a historical site, although their workshops can stand alone and take place in school.
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He stood alone for a minute, until she was out of sight.
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It is often said of him that he stood alone .
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They stand alone - and fall alone.
stand easy
stand on your dignity
stand pat
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The team can't stand pat - we needed to change our starting line-up.
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Get Gretzky or stand pat , either Smith disrupted the team or failed to help it.
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They have not stood pat while other teams attempted to capitalize on their setbacks.
stand surety (for sb)
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Nobody would stand surety , so bail wasn't granted again.
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She was prepared to stand surety for me, but they just wasn't having it.
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These are most visible when ducal retainers stood surety for each other.
stand to/at attention
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As soon as you saw that you were about to be struck, you stood at attention and waited for the blows.
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As they approached, Schellenberg pulled Devlin to one side and stood at attention .
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He stood at attention before me and the rest of my men.
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It stands to attention , striking the air with a knowing finger.
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The guide should have made us all stand to attention and salute.
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When a teacher entered or left a room, we stood at attention until given permission to do otherwise.
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You stand at attention until assigned.
stand/hold firm
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Although momentarily tempted by the seductively rich chocolate dessert Sabrina's willpower held firm and she gave it to Graham.
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Another went to a selectman for standing firm .
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But de Gaulle held firm because he knew that time was working in his favour.
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C., held firm , since the federal government kept hiring more and more bureaucrats.
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He stands firm on his convictions.
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Last week the closely held firm announced it had sold $ 17. 25 million worth of limited partnership interests.
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Mr Scargill urged the miners to prepare for battle: they must stand firm over their wage claim.
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They need to describe initially what issues they want to stand firm on and what issues they can give way to.
stand/serve/hold sb in good stead
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As a small boy, I devised my own set of cartoon animals, and they now stood me in good stead .
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But her beloved circus may have served her in better stead than regular outings to, say, the ballet.
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Despite his lack of political experience, Clouthier's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead .
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Insomnia would stand him in good stead in this expanse of knee-high cover.
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Now we had moved on to bigger and better things, this predictability still stood us in good stead .
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These shoes had stood him in good stead .
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This habit of work, which is by now natural to me, has stood me in good stead .
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Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.
standing joke
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A bad mistake, as this became a standing joke for the rest of the week.
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He'd been so much taller than her for such a long time that it had become a standing joke.
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It became a standing joke that we would eventually work together, and then one day it became serious.
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It had been a standing joke.
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It is a standing joke between them, he hopes, how sophisticated their boy is.
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It was something of a standing joke that she lived up to her Libran indecisiveness.
sth of five/many etc years' standing
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The medical superintendent of a hospital had to be a duly qualified medical practitioner of five years' standing .
stick out/stand out a mile
stick/stand out like a sore thumb
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You can't come to the restaurant dressed in jeans. You'd stick out like a sore thumb.
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For these reasons feminist values stand out like a sore thumb.
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Having a whole batch together should make an odd one stick out like a sore thumb.
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Having said that, in some of the bits of Shoreditch I passed through I stuck out like a sore thumb.
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I mean, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
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There's no cover, and - as happened to me - any stranger sticks out like a sore thumb.
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We stand out like sore thumbs.
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You stick out like a sore thumb in that ghastly uniform, Charles.
take a firm stand/line
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But the Young King was incapable of taking a firm line.
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Dauntless decided to take a firm stand in the matter.
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Handing his keys to the parking valet, he decided that he would take a firm stand.
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Stopping short of direction intervention, Carter had taken a firm line.
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The decision to take a firm stand comes after local councillors revealed the misery suffered by many of their constituents.
turn/stand sth on its head
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"You stand logic on its head when you use arms control as an argument for a larger defense budget," Aspin said.
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Another basic political problem here is that the Dole message turns history on its head .
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In fact, it would turn Beveridge on its head and use the national insurance system as a tax system.
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It turns time on its head .
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Many of these taboos derive from patriarchal societies taking the power of women and turning it on its head .
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Rather than ignore Philips's cherished necessity principle, the Government turned it on its head .
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Resist that temptation by turning it on its head .
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That, of course, is to stand reality on its head , since the industrialised nations are manifestly the real environmental villains.
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The next step was to turn reality on its head .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A Christmas tree stood near the fireplace.
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A hundred policemen stood arm-in-arm in front of the cathedral.
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A single tall candle stood in the middle of the table.
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A young girl stood in the doorway, sheltering from the rain.
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At the end of his speech, we all stood and clapped.
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Don't just stand there - help me!
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Few houses were left standing after the tornado.
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He stood still, his feet rooted to the ground in fear.
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I stood and stared at him in amazement.
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I know your son stands high on the list of suitable candidates.
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I was standing next to the entrance.
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I was standing only a few feet away from where lightning struck.
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John stands six feet tall.
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Just stand it in the corner, so it doesn't fall.
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Maggie stood her bicycle against the wall of the shed.
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Mosquitos usually lay their eggs in standing water.
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My offer to take you to dinner still stands.
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Now I want the blue team to stand over to my right.
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She stood watching him as he turned to go.
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She was so weak that she could barely stand .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A great many people sat at the feet of the statues or stood about in groups near by.
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All the players on the Oregon bench are standing, clapping, extending their hands to Red for high fives.
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Britain stood for political ideals that must prevail if western civilization were not to break down.
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His former work force of 1, 300 now stands at 220.
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Mr Karimov knows that he will stand or fall on his ability to stave off economic collapse.
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Now, where do we stand with regard to computability in classical theory?
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They crossed the open dusty area of Smithfield to where the hospital of St Bartholomew stood.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
firm
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Handing his keys to the parking valet, he decided that he would take a firm stand .
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The decision to take a firm stand comes after local councillors revealed the misery suffered by many of their constituents.
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Dauntless decided to take a firm stand in the matter.
principled
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Yet, even in opposition circles, intellectuals have refused to take a principled stand .
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If Pyongyang refuses, the allies will at least have taken a principled stand .
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For this principled stand , the village fined him $ 1, 500.
strong
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Ijaw leaders have taken strong public stands against such violence.
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Perhaps if people had spoken up, taken a strong stand , history would tell a different story.
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In such a small country it is up to the Government to take a strong stand against unsuitable developments.
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Rather than lose the game, Methodists compromised, beginning as early as six months after their first strong stand in 1784.
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I know how you feel, Daddy, but maybe it is better not to take too strong a stand .
■ NOUN
concession
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Looking for a concession stand , he turned a corner.
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One struck and killed a young man standing near a concession stand.
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He was bothering the girl at the concession stand before, so she had the usher call us.
music
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A large figure was there going from one music stand to another with a pencil.
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We sat round the piano with the candles in front of our music stands and played one of the trios we know best.
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Millie is setting up two music stands and lugging her cello case in from the hall.
wicket
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Border shared in a fourth wicket stand of 147 in 35 overs with Damien Martyn, who continued his impressive run.
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The pair shared a second wicket stand of 215 in 51 overs.
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Holding, though, stood firm, his share of an unbeaten last wicket stand being 12.
■ VERB
let
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To peel, cover with boiling water, let stand 2 to 3 minutes, then drain and slip off outer skin.
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Slowly drizzle egg substitute into soup, cover, remove from heat and let stand 1 minute.
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Pour boiling water over and stir. Let mixture stand 15 minutes.
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Stir 218 in raisins and harissa, cover, and let stand for 10 minutes.
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Beat at high speed 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes.
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Spread or pipe icing on favorite sugar cookies. Let stand until set.
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Remove from heat and let stand until dried fruits have plumped and softened, about 10 more minutes.
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Cover and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
make
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There comes a time in every close game when a team has to rise up and make a stand .
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With his aid we made a stand .
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The area where they had chosen to make their first stand was an historic one.
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But the other Supreme Court judges are making a stand against the government.
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Last year it decided that it would make a stand and support Ellen DeGeneres and her coming out.
take
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On this I take my stand .
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It was for that reason that I took the stand I did, and put forward the views that I did.
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Flammer, 24, took the stand to authenticate his pictures Tuesday.
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Perhaps if people had spoken up, taken a strong stand , history would tell a different story.
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He and the white minister, Fred Rea, took their stand side by side.
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Symphony managements, especially, have to be prepared to take a stand .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(stand) at ease
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And they looked happy and at ease as they moved inside to the enormous champagne reception Mel had arranged.
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Ashkenazy at ease in land of his birth.
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Blanche enjoyed social drinking with her officers but Dexter sometimes noticed she was ill at ease .
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But Cose put my mind at ease in his introduction.
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Fred Bradley stayed very much in the background and his soft, kind eyes helped to put her at ease .
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He was equally at ease on the telephone.
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I was never perfectly at ease .
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Our workmen do work hard, but we live at ease .
I stand corrected
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"It's a moose, not an elephant, Dad!" "Well, I stand corrected ."
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Oh, well, I stand corrected , ladies.
be sick of/can't stand/hate the sight of sb/sth
be/stand head and shoulders above sb
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But the surgery has given him confidence to stand head and shoulders above the rest.
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Jackson stood head and shoulders above his confreres, and...
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The fourth, who stood head and shoulders above them, was older.
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Though short, he stands head and shoulders above most.
be/stand in awe of sb
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Gelb was clearly in awe of his friend's strength and perseverance.
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Business people stand in awe of power people who make things happen.
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Excommunication also remained out of the question because much of the Church membership stood in awe of these exploits.
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Glasser still stands in awe of this formidable, feckless man.
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In the time of hunting and gathering, humans stood in awe of beasts.
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Most people stand in awe of these agglomerations of power, admit their inability to fight them, and submit.
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The rest of us might also stand in awe of his season.
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They stood in awe of her and they did just what she bade them.
be/stand in sb's light
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Could you move to the left a little? You're standing in my light .
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Edouard examined the jewellery carefully, standing in the north light of the atelier's large window.
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He stood in the light from the nearest pillar.
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I stand in a light mist of rain.
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Now that they stood in the light , Jehan could see that both of them were blackened by grime and oil.
hold/stand your ground
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As his father approached, Richard retreated steadily, never once daring to stand his ground against him.
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I calculate, I stand my ground .
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Not enough to start a war; just enough to let me stand my ground without having to think about it first.
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Richmann stood his ground , certain he would be able to jump out of the. way if things went wrong.
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The guide, however, stood his ground , frantically giving me unrecognizable signs.
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The Housing Executive stood its ground and refused to transfer money earmarked for other projects.
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Williams' job was to hold his ground or drop into pass coverage.
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You know when to stand your ground and when to give in.
leave sb/sth standing
make sb's hair stand on end
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The thought of a lawsuit was enough to make his hair stand on end.
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He was so close to her, his arms brushing lightly against hers, making her hairs stand on end.
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I've been hearing rumours about his methods of taming his crew ... things to make your hair stand on end.
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Some of the stories people had told me in that room would make your hair stand on end.
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Yet here he was expecting to play a part that would make her hair stand on end.
not have a leg to stand on
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If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.
not stand/have a cat in hell's chance (of doing sth)
sit/stand bolt upright
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We found her sitting bolt upright in bed with all the lights on.
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He sat bolt upright and kept his eyes on the table in front of him.
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Hotspur sat bolt upright in the saddle, his eyes narrowed on the hurtling horsemen, and never moved a hand.
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I walked across her line of vision and she sat bolt upright in annoyance.
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She sat bolt upright in the back seat during the hour long journey, some of which was on a motorway.
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She sat bolt upright, aches and pains quite forgotten.
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She sat bolt upright; her features were strong, her manna forthright, even aggressive.
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Suddenly I sit bolt upright, feeling a familiar stab of panic that can mean only one thing: the videos!
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Suddenly, Urquhart stood bolt upright, not twenty yards in front of the deer which froze in confusion.
stand alone
▪
For talent, popularity, and style, Muhammad Ali stands alone .
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I stood alone on the shore of the lake.
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The house stood alone at the end of the road.
▪
The vote on the ban was 14-1, with Britain standing alone .
▪
Again, standing alone this evidence is not probative of any discrimination in the local construction industry....
▪
Bedford stood alone and put his drink down on the table.
▪
But Boston stands alone in saying officially and unequivocally that no such condition exists here.
▪
Clasper stood alone on the box, clasping a hand microphone to his ranting mouth.
▪
Frequently the theatre-in-education group is associated with a historical site, although their workshops can stand alone and take place in school.
▪
He stood alone for a minute, until she was out of sight.
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It is often said of him that he stood alone .
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They stand alone - and fall alone.
stand easy
stand on your dignity
stand pat
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The team can't stand pat - we needed to change our starting line-up.
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Get Gretzky or stand pat , either Smith disrupted the team or failed to help it.
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They have not stood pat while other teams attempted to capitalize on their setbacks.
stand surety (for sb)
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Nobody would stand surety , so bail wasn't granted again.
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She was prepared to stand surety for me, but they just wasn't having it.
▪
These are most visible when ducal retainers stood surety for each other.
stand to/at attention
▪
As soon as you saw that you were about to be struck, you stood at attention and waited for the blows.
▪
As they approached, Schellenberg pulled Devlin to one side and stood at attention .
▪
He stood at attention before me and the rest of my men.
▪
It stands to attention , striking the air with a knowing finger.
▪
The guide should have made us all stand to attention and salute.
▪
When a teacher entered or left a room, we stood at attention until given permission to do otherwise.
▪
You stand at attention until assigned.
stand/hold firm
▪
Although momentarily tempted by the seductively rich chocolate dessert Sabrina's willpower held firm and she gave it to Graham.
▪
Another went to a selectman for standing firm .
▪
But de Gaulle held firm because he knew that time was working in his favour.
▪
C., held firm , since the federal government kept hiring more and more bureaucrats.
▪
He stands firm on his convictions.
▪
Last week the closely held firm announced it had sold $ 17. 25 million worth of limited partnership interests.
▪
Mr Scargill urged the miners to prepare for battle: they must stand firm over their wage claim.
▪
They need to describe initially what issues they want to stand firm on and what issues they can give way to.
stand/serve/hold sb in good stead
▪
As a small boy, I devised my own set of cartoon animals, and they now stood me in good stead .
▪
But her beloved circus may have served her in better stead than regular outings to, say, the ballet.
▪
Despite his lack of political experience, Clouthier's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead .
▪
Insomnia would stand him in good stead in this expanse of knee-high cover.
▪
Now we had moved on to bigger and better things, this predictability still stood us in good stead .
▪
These shoes had stood him in good stead .
▪
This habit of work, which is by now natural to me, has stood me in good stead .
▪
Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.
standing joke
▪
A bad mistake, as this became a standing joke for the rest of the week.
▪
He'd been so much taller than her for such a long time that it had become a standing joke.
▪
It became a standing joke that we would eventually work together, and then one day it became serious.
▪
It had been a standing joke.
▪
It is a standing joke between them, he hopes, how sophisticated their boy is.
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It was something of a standing joke that she lived up to her Libran indecisiveness.
sth of five/many etc years' standing
▪
The medical superintendent of a hospital had to be a duly qualified medical practitioner of five years' standing .
stick out/stand out a mile
stick/stand out like a sore thumb
▪
You can't come to the restaurant dressed in jeans. You'd stick out like a sore thumb.
▪
For these reasons feminist values stand out like a sore thumb.
▪
Having a whole batch together should make an odd one stick out like a sore thumb.
▪
Having said that, in some of the bits of Shoreditch I passed through I stuck out like a sore thumb.
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I mean, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
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There's no cover, and - as happened to me - any stranger sticks out like a sore thumb.
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We stand out like sore thumbs.
▪
You stick out like a sore thumb in that ghastly uniform, Charles.
take a firm stand/line
▪
But the Young King was incapable of taking a firm line.
▪
Dauntless decided to take a firm stand in the matter.
▪
Handing his keys to the parking valet, he decided that he would take a firm stand.
▪
Stopping short of direction intervention, Carter had taken a firm line.
▪
The decision to take a firm stand comes after local councillors revealed the misery suffered by many of their constituents.
turn/stand sth on its head
▪
"You stand logic on its head when you use arms control as an argument for a larger defense budget," Aspin said.
▪
Another basic political problem here is that the Dole message turns history on its head .
▪
In fact, it would turn Beveridge on its head and use the national insurance system as a tax system.
▪
It turns time on its head .
▪
Many of these taboos derive from patriarchal societies taking the power of women and turning it on its head .
▪
Rather than ignore Philips's cherished necessity principle, the Government turned it on its head .
▪
Resist that temptation by turning it on its head .
▪
That, of course, is to stand reality on its head , since the industrialised nations are manifestly the real environmental villains.
▪
The next step was to turn reality on its head .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an ice cream stand
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an umbrella stand
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They have the largest stand at the conference.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In May 1994 1.7 hectares in a 20-hectare commercial apple orchard were planted with stands of Golden Delicious.
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Last month we were able to borrow a votive candle stand , which stands in the Lady Chapel area.
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Once, he threw a baseball in the stands that struck a fan in the chest.
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The public defender, who must have been desperate, put her client on the stand .