I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a steep dive (= going down suddenly )
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The fighter plane went into a steep dive.
a steep slope
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I struggled to keep from slipping on the steep slope.
at a slight/steep angle
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The sign leaned over at a slight angle.
be steeped in history (= be closely connected with important events in history )
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Cambridge is steeped in history and tradition.
be steeped in tradition (= have many traditions )
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It is an area of the country steeped in tradition.
deep/steep
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a bridge across a deep valley
sharp/steep fall
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the sharp fall in the birth rate in European countries
sharp/steep (= by a large amount )
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The higher prices caused a sharp decline in sales.
sharp/steep (= great and sudden )
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There’s been a sharp rise in house prices.
steep learning curve (= they had to learn very quickly )
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Everyone in the centre has been through a very steep learning curve .
steep (= sloping at a high angle )
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The cliffs were steep and dangerous.
steep
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A steep path led down to the harbour.
steep
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She pushed her bicycle up the steep hill.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The latter were constructed to both conserve moisture and to reduce soil erosion and occur on slopes as steep as 25°.
less
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Heavy industry was quailing before foreign competition, but the decline in traditional female areas of work was less steep .
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Undaunted, she added more track to make the incline less steep and the ending less abrupt.
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The middle course valleys are broader and the valley sides are less steep than in the upper course.
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There are very few, if any, abrupt breaks in climate, only steeper and less steep climatic gradients.
much
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The taper for withdrawing council tax benefit is much steeper .
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Then there is a much steeper drop up to 2,000 fathoms.
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Hick Hooper's attack was much steeper than anybody else's.
so
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Higher up the vegetation thinned out, but the climb was so steep I didn't care to look down.
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The road now led down a gully so steep that Jim Yellow Earring was thrown forward.
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The climb was so steep that in places it could be made only with the help of ropes.
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Round this way it's not so steep .
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As pits become deeper they must also become wider in order to prevent the sides from becoming so steep they are unstable.
too
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Suddenly, the boar had been faced with a cliff too steep to climb and had turned on its heel.
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For some medical ethicists, those prices are too steep for a service whose value is unknown.
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Builders had put the ramp in free of charge, but the council said it was too steep .
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Big Round Top was too steep and rocky for this.
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The rock above me was too steep for any animal to find foothold on.
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The slopes of the valley sides are often too steep to cultivate.
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Slope: what proportion of the farm is too steep to work safely or economically?
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Angle of ladder too steep . 54.
up
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But that's through high trees and up steep hills.
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The rest we had to transport up to the second and fourth floors, up steep , dark steps!
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Right: Front-pointing up steep , lean ice.
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I never rode around bends or up steep hills.
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I walked up steep fields on to Wenlock Edge.
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Then we were taken up steep narrow logging roads into the mountains of Boras.
very
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Already there was a very steep drop and as she looked up her heart almost stopped.
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A very steep paths leads down from the summit.
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Where the coast has deep water offshore a fall in base level means the formation of a vertical or very steep cliff.
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If the pool sides are vertical or very steep , it may be necessary to erect some kind of formwork.
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The village is situated on a very steep hillside with steps leading up to the next row of houses.
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Much of the hill ground had been ploughed and reseeded - some on very steep slopes.
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The wave should be very steep to encourage a more vertical flight as you take off.
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Soon the path led him down a very steep hillside.
■ NOUN
angle
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Sometimes it can be a steeper angle than somewhere else.
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The second bullet was fired from close to where Doyle was lying, and at a very steep angle .
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He had a beard and his forehead sloped back at a steep angle .
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In distinctive display flight flaps upwards at a steep angle and then glides down with wings scarcely upraised.
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In two species examined the crystals lie parallel to the surface and in another two they lie at a steep angle .
ascent
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It's a steep ascent but the compensation is a swift gaining of the ridge.
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From here to the top was a steep ascent of some five hundred yards, covered with large rocks and fallen timber.
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Follow the path west passing over a high stile and making a steep ascent to the summit of Y Garn.
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At the foot of the last steep ascent ..
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Not until I began to feel the horses straining up the steep ascent to our house did I open my eyes.
bank
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Too late she remembered about the steep bank behind her and stepped into thin air.
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There he helped her up the steep bank , while the boy without a jacket carried the baby who wore it.
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He was doing wheelies on a steep bank with a wire fence at the top.
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He set the traps carefully under mossy logs, under grass overhanging like curtains along steep banks , and in brush piles.
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The tenement reared up, a coaly silhouette flaring red, from the steep bank below them.
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The fog of the Golden Gate has piled up along the steep bank behind our house, engulfing our neighborhood in vapor.
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Several rare ferns grow on the steep banks of the burn where it runs into the lake.
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He says that the kingfishers need a steep bank to nest in, running water, plenty of fish.
cliff
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Finally the sea encroached on this topography producing steep cliffs , inlets, sea stacks and sandy or shingly beach deposits.
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Where the coast has deep water offshore a fall in base level means the formation of a vertical or very steep cliff .
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Without mountain ranges, steep cliffs or rough and bumpy cross-country routes, there are seldom natural features such as corkscrew bends.
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They occupy a cove with the sea and steep cliffs behind them and a sailing boat anchored to the right.
climb
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A steeper climb of around 500% occurred between 1960 and 1975 bringing the average to £20,000.
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Then came June and the steep climb in the number of cases that climaxed in August or September.
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There are also some steeper climbs behind the village.
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How such a venture was ever worthwhile is debatable for it had the disadvantage of the steep climb from the pavement.
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A steep climb through bracken and bilberries brought us to a wide rocky plateau.
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Despite its steep climbs , the journey seemed easy.
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Cable cars, chairlifts and mountain railways take the strain out of steep climbs and allow relaxing walks on the mountain summits.
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If the glider is in a very steep climb this should be reduced slightly before yawing.
decline
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Early in 1982, before El Chichón erupted, a steep decline in temperature set in.
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Their steep decline has given grim satisfaction to their legions of detractors.
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London shares dropped sharply, dragged down by steep declines on Wall Street Tuesday and in early dealings yesterday.
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And the new geography of this steeper decline can be picked out from Table 2.2.
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More recently there has been a steep decline in the support for political union.
descent
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If the model is set up correctly, it should make a steep descent under full control.
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The Robinson 22 light helicopter was on an auto-gyration practice flight when the tail rotor touched the ground during a steep descent .
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The plane had gone into a steep descent and an explosion ripped the air.
dive
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He naturally tried to recover from the steep dive before striking the ground.
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This, not his ethical problems, caused the steepest dive in his national popularity, to its current nadir.
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There have been several cases of two-seaters being overstressed by pilots pulling back hard to recover from steep dives after spin recoveries.
drop
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I saw the frightened horses on the edge of a steep drop .
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Big Thunder is weak as roller coasters go with no steep drops or loops.
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On his second wave he took a steep drop and his nose dug in.
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The index earlier was down 100 points, its steepest drop since Dec. 18.
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Already there was a very steep drop and as she looked up her heart almost stopped.
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The river has curved round and Odd-Knut has drawn up a few metres from the edge of a very steep drop .
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Then there is a much steeper drop up to 2,000 fathoms.
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Turn right, with a steep drop on the left where the path descends towards the Upper Neuadd reservoir.
fall
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Whether the steep falls of yesterday turn into something more serious remains to be seen.
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Separately, shares in forestry companies declined amid forecasts of a steep fall in cellulose prices, analysts said.
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The steep fall in interest rates over the past two years has boosted their operating profits enormously.
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The latter's performance is attributed to steep falls in smoking.
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Two rival companies, Toshiba and Hitachi, saw a steep fall in profits.
gradient
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The railway bridge at this point represented the steepest gradient on the whole system at 1:16.
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The steepest gradient is 3.3 %, and the minimum curve radius is 400m.
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There were some steep gradients , particularly Anerley Hill, leading up the Crystal Palace.
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The main objects of this alignment are to achieve a short wheel base, and a fairly steep gradient .
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The road, curving round the sides of the hills, indulged in dizzying bends and steep gradients .
hill
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But that's through high trees and up steep hills .
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The cattle were driven up and down the steep hill each spring and fall, well into the early 1940s.
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It stretches up a steep hill and overlooks the rivers Tay and Earn.
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Set into a steep hill green with trees, they look out upon the sea.
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It then climbs the inevitably steep hill back up to Alum chine on the return leg to Bournemouth.
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After lunch, he and Barnabas walked up the steep hill to Fernbank.
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The bus failed to get up the first steep hill it came to.
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Wearing a pair of tennis shoes, he walked up the steep hill with the energy of a young mountain climber.
hillside
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The upper part of the village of Whittington lies on the south-east slope of a steep hillside .
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They can be installed on steep hillsides .
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Thorn said that midsummer sunset was observed from a small platform on a steep hillside overlooking the stone.
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The village is situated on a very steep hillside with steps leading up to the next row of houses.
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Soon the path led him down a very steep hillside .
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A similar system was also used in the West Country on steep hillsides from the seventeenth century onwards.
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An outcrop of white rock from the steep hillside seemed to the children as tall as a cliff.
incline
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After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift!
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The slow gradient ended when the road climbed the steepest incline I had yet encountered.
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They continued on, up the steep incline and into the castle.
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Although her descent down the steep incline took several minutes, the queue at the foot remained motionless.
increase
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At the time, both departments were understood to be concerned about potential tax losses and a steep increase in collection costs.
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However, he accompanied the tax cuts with steep increases in government spending, especially in the area of defense.
mountain
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It is a large village in open meadowland at the head of the Ziller Valley, and is surrounded by steep mountains .
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Many of the larger craters in both the highlands and mare basins display clusters or rings of steep mountains at their centers.
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Climbing the steep mountain roads round hairpin bends was quite dramatic and more than once I had glimpses of distant eagles.
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Arizona is filled with steep mountains and countless cliffs.
path
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A steep path cut down from the quarry edge to the meadow.
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A very steep paths leads down from the summit.
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On the steep path to the fortress the fires still burned.
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I met the old lady as I was walking down a steep path out of the village.
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Leading the animal by its reins, she descended the steep path towards the place of tents.
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I walk down the steep path to the harbour.
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Some men would already be at the boats, others coming down the steep path from the village.
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A young girl skips down the steep path with a small sack of potatoes.
price
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I notice that the steepest price rises in past years have been in pubs tied to the national brewers.
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The ban on local sale of newsprint to Nasa Borba makes it necessary to import it from abroad at steep prices .
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Phil Gramm ignored the warning and paid a steep price .
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Those who do make it pay the steep price of assimilation.
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Analysts say the steep price markdowns that retailers took all month will exact a heavy toll on profits.
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Professional publishing packages are available at fairly steep prices .
rise
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He has already triggered a steep rise in transfer market prices by proving such a bargain at £2.5 million.
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Set back from the road on quite a steep rise was a new ranch-style house.
rock
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He believes reversing moves on steep rock is an excellent training device.
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I swam out between the steep rocks to the open sea.
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High winds and steep rocks make landing hazardous, and the smell of guano deposits can be significant!
side
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Okawi had prepared the hunting canoes and was now praying over their steep sides .
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She scaled its steep side in breathless haste.
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We reached a rocky edge from which a steep side fell away.
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Its steep sides are thronged with Goblin strongholds and its rocky slopes overlay caves and tunnels that are riddled with evil creatures.
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He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees.
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With its steep sides , flat impermeable rock floor and narrow bottle-neck shape, it was an ideal site for a reservoir.
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Ponds or garden pools with steep sides are lethal traps.
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She was tied to the wheel of a chariot and sent down the steep sides of one of the great hills.
slope
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Coffee was cultivated on the steep slopes while housing and processing plants were located on flatter ridges.
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The evergreens' roots sought anchoring crevices at the rocky summits, and clung precariously to the steep slopes .
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Beyond there the gorge walls are often vertical or steep slopes of rubble, impassable whatever the season.
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They grew wealthy overnight and had a beautiful little opera house built in the midst of their shacks on the steep slope .
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The small village appears to be under constant threat of a landslide from the steep slopes immediately behind.
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You will see it as a great mound becoming visible at the bottom of a steep slope that you are descending.
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High tide is often positively dangerous, with vicious dumping waves breaking on the steep slope of the upper beach.
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I see narrow roads contoured into the sides of steep slopes .
stair
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I run between the concrete pillars holding up the elevated railway, on to the steep stairs .
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Bob balks at the steep stairs .
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Size, the presence of steep stairs , dampness, and difficulty to heat, may mean that property is inappropriate.
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Dismissed properly, they sprang into motion and took the steep stairs in a single leap.
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I had to drag Tom's pram up eighteen steep stairs .
turn
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Practising aerobatics and spinning will help to overcome any misgivings you may have about flying in steep turns at low speeds.
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It is fun to practise pulling up into a climb and trying to establish an accurate, low-speed, steep turn .
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Less than a mile to go and the road rounds a steep turn .
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But a steep turn , below, reveals a portly frame and dated antecedents.
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I immediately went into a steep turn to port to attack them again.
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On most gliders that will mean less than 50 knots, which you may think rather slow for a steep turn .
wall
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Thérèse and Léonie stared at the steep wall of rock, at the grass and weeds at its foot.
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Half-blinded by shadow I made out a steep wall of steps and moved towards it.
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Just left of the needle is a steep wall with two lines for those who like bold climbing.
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Further to the right the cliff becomes rather nondescript until a shallow, right-facing corner offers access to a fine steep wall .
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Now they were steep walls of water dropping like guillotines on to the reef.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I think £7 for a drink is a bit steep , don't you?
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It's hard to find an apartment around here, and when you do the rents are pretty steep .
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The road's too steep to ride up on a bike.
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The show is Sunday, July 27, and though tickets are somewhat steep at $27, it should be well worth seeing.
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They've proposed a steep increase in the cigarette tax.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Below us the narrow road twisted upon itself as it began to climb up through the steep foothills.
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I met the old lady as I was walking down a steep path out of the village.
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It is possible that the steep age gradient observed in Figure 5.1 is mainly due to these factors.
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National Championship hopefuls have to master their craft in high winds and steep swell.
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The rest of the film shows their ordeal as they make repeated assaults on the steep , mud-slick, heavily fortified hill.
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To my right lies a steep slope.
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We edged up along a steep , snowy ridge and over the heaven-scraped granite to the top.
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With regard to the gradients, Leathart must have had in mind the steep section of the Deep Level.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
history
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Both are clifftop courses that are steeped in history .
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In his new job at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Stacy is joining a metropolitan college steeped in history .
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They brought with them a heritage and culture that is steeped in history and literature.
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The Hotel has great character and is steeped in history .
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The feud is steeped in bitter Balkan history .
tradition
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It's not exactly steeped in tradition is it?
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Craving a meal steeped in tradition ?
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Most parents, and not only black ones, are steeped in their old traditions , the old ways of doing things.
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The staff writers seem to be a conglomeration of music diehards steeped in the traditions of classic rock.
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Deerfield in the late fifties was a conservative school steeped in tradition .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a child, Tucson physician Lewis Mehl-Madrona was steeped in the traditional healing practices of his Cherokee grandmother.
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Craving a meal steeped in tradition?
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His father is steeped in horses, hunts with the South Tetcott and is also involved with team chasing.
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In fact, this was 1956: I was steeped in developing short story writing and interests that went with that.
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They brought with them a heritage and culture that is steeped in history and literature.
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Top with lid and allow lemons to steep for 2 weeks at room temperature before using.