I. noun
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Apparently the ballerina Pavlova came here to learn to dance like a swan for the ballet Swan Lake.
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But for the time being conservationists everywhere are happy to know that the swans and the anglers are no longer rivers apart.
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Down in the Mootwalk a woman laughed and from the water a swan gave its harsh, grating cry.
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Mute swan , stately and serene, are present all the year.
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Or a swan of a son?
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The swans in the Krasinski Garden were out on the lake and children were throwing bread crumbs to them.
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We know that swans are strong and violent and can attack you.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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But no time for swanning around at the pub.
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The last thing she needed tonight was Victoria swanning around looking like a juvenile femmefatale.
off
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So we Limeys swanned off sniffily to the wings, where we did make an impression.
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And swanning into town ... the other Royal family comes home.
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And people like Greg Allman and Cher were swanning past us.
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But no time for swanning around at the pub.
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So we Limeys swanned off sniffily to the wings, where we did make an impression.