I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sweet smell
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She liked the sweet smell of hay in the barn.
a sweet/pretty/lovely melody (= pleasant )
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The pianist played a sweet melody.
boiled sweet
have a strong/sweet etc smell
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The flowers had a lovely sweet smell.
have a sweet/strange etc taste
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The soup had a funny taste.
have a sweet/strong etc flavour
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These biscuits have a very distinctive flavour.
revenge is sweet (= said when someone feels good because they have got revenge )
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It took me a long time, but revenge is sweet.
short and sweet (= short in a way that is good, especially not talking for a long time )
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I promise to keep the meeting short and sweet .
sickly sweet
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a sickly sweet perfume
smell sweet
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A ripe melon will smell sweet.
Sweet dreams! (= said to someone who is going to bed )
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Good night, Sam! Sweet dreams!
sweet gum
sweet pea
sweet pepper
sweet potato
sweet roll
sweet william
sweet wine
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A slightly sweet wine goes well with smoked duck.
sweet
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This apple’s really sweet and delicious.
sweet
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She breathed in the sweet perfume of the roses.
sweet
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The fruits have an excellent sweet taste.
sweet
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I poured Helen a mug of sweet tea and waited for her to answer.
sweet/spicy/bitter/salty etc
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The flavor was like peaches, but not as sweet.
taste sweet/bitter/sour/salty
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He handed me some black stuff which tasted bitter.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
nothing
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How musical the river and how charming the trees whispering sweet nothings as we pass!
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The bed was comfortable and so large you had to shout sweet nothings .
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Ned appeared to be whispering sweet nothings in her ear but his attentions were being met with a stony silence!
pea
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Then she began to think to herself about which would be best, nasturtiums or sweet peas .
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One day they left a bouquet of sweet peas from their garden, which the nurses took to him in his ward.
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There does indeed seem to be little advantage in damaging the coat of modern varieties of sweet peas .
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Decades later, the scent of sweet peas still made him gag.
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Large seeds, such as sweet peas , are easily spaced by hand, but other techniques are needed for finer seeds.
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A creamy green sauce, redolent of sweet pea and butter, provides the final touch.
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In anticipation that the same problem might recur this summer I tried sowing some sweet peas with the runner beans.
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Look out for the sweet peas back in Unwins Seeds Plants Plus collection.
potato
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This treat he produced by mashing a sweet potato to pulp and adding sugar, vanilla extract, and evaporated milk.
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Chemical control of sweet potato pests has had varying degrees of success, with many chemicals being too expensive.
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Carrots, spinach, kale, broccoli and sweet potatoes are among foods rich in beta carotene.
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I wonder if Stuart likes sweet potatoes ?
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Soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes , lettuce and wheat will be selected for their nutritional as well as their cleansing value.
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The rest of the Brownies are sweet potato plants and they crouch in rows, making themselves as small as they can.
scent
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Fish splashed in small pools and the sweet scent of the river hurrying by charmed our days.
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An extravagant collection of activities centered on the family shrine, as the sweet scent of incense hovered placidly above us.
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She noticed how his slicked-back hair carried the faint, sweet scent of gel.
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The forsythia bushes at the back of the santuario yielded a delicate, sweet scent in the dewy air.
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Katherine could smell the high sweet scent of marijuana.
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If you like a sweeter scent and have a wetter spot, prostrate chamomile works the same way.
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There was a warm sweet scent from the tidy muck heap.
shop
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His wife still runs a sweet shop in Buckinghamshire.
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And that it was the success of the sweet shop that had enabled her great-grandfather to buy this end of the business.
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A sweet shop then was a veritable Aladdin's Cave for children, for most sweets were sold loose.
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The classroom glowed like a sweet shop .
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Parents often need help in anticipating how to cope with demands outside sweet shops or in supermarkets.
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At Police Headquarters alarm bells rang in from government munition dumps, military vehicle compounds, hi-tech weapon factories and sweet shops .
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But first we called at Mr Macauley's sweet shop to stock up for the frequent film changes.
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Vary your daily routes to work etc, so you don't pass bakers or sweet shops which trigger your cravings.
smell
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The air was thick with sawdust and the sweet smell of freshly cut wood.
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The rain had stopped and the air was filled with the sweet smell of freshly washed earth.
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Today, the sick sweet smell from the chemical company in the industrial part of town seems especially bad.
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Such formulations are identified by a not unpleasant sweet smell .
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It was hot and jammed and the air was redolent with the sickly sweet smell of cheap champagne.
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I went and sniffed around the edges of the frosted glass back door: a good, clean, slightly sweet smell .
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Without the bags, blood drained on the deck and filled the Huey with a sweet smell , a horribly recognizable smell.
smile
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But she had the prettiest face and the sweetest smile you've ever seen.
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A face devoid of guile, the sweetest smile I've ever seen.
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She returned the greeting with a sweet smile .
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Her sweet smile became sweeter and wider.
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She was not beautiful, but she had big, kind brown eyes and a sweet smile .
taste
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There is at these times a hot, sweet taste on my tongue, the taste of blood.
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She raves over the low cholesterol content of kangaroo and it's distinctive, sweet taste .
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It has a strong aroma and pungent, but slightly sweet taste and is suitable for freezing and drying.
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Do not refrigerate potatoes; if stored below 40 degrees, they develop a sweet taste and tend to darken when cooked.
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Chainsaw guitars and dreamy vocals make for a volatile cocktail which when mixed leaves a sweet taste .
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Later she rose too, and their lips and tongues met again, full of sweet tastes .
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We respond to all four strongly, but cats are weak when it comes to sweet tastes .
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Until recently many authorities stated categorically that cats, almost alone among mammals, were incapable of detecting sweet tastes .
tooth
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What, then, is a melancholic with a sweet tooth to do?
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We have, we are told, a sweet tooth , and we're rather proud of it.
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These people had a vicious sweet tooth .
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Total abstinence from any sweeteners can cure a sweet tooth permanently - which is much better in the long term.
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I also have a very sweet tooth .
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Satisfy your sweet tooth with natural sugar - fructose - from fruit and berries.
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Jake may not have many teeth yet but developing a sweet tooth now could lead to decay later.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
home sweet home
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Meanwhile closer to home , it's home sweet home for our footballing sides on parade.
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Well, here we are again, home sweet home.
sweet FA
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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sweet , juicy peaches
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a sweet singing voice
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a cup of hot sweet tea
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Fran is such a sweet person.
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He's a really sweet guy but I couldn't date him.
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It was very sweet of you to buy me those flowers.
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Italian oranges are much sweeter than the ones we buy in Britain.
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Jessica looks so sweet in that hat.
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Oh, thank you so much - you are sweet !
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The pie is a little too sweet for me.
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We've lost to them four times, so beating them was really sweet .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After the sweet juice is extracted, they carry it in wooden buckets on their heads to the next stage.
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And the old fountain, now green with moss and algae, made a sweet , pattering sound.
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Aromatherapy: massage with essential oils made from natural sources and blended with a neutral base, such as sweet almond oils.
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Catherine said the music sounded sweeter from high up, and so she went to sit in the dark on the stairs.
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His secret is a tone that is preternaturally sweet and centered.
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Specifically, it is citrus vodka, orange passion fruit liqueur, and a hint of sweet and sour.
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Your belly is very furry and quite sweet .
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
boiled
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Jars of boiled sweets , rusks, biscuit tins and chocolate boxes are on view.
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Then there was the time Vic and company decided to detonate a smorgasbord of Spam and boiled sweets .
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All the matches are wet, so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets .
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She offered him the tray of boiled sweets .
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The company admitted that there had been a delay in installing new screening equipment at the plant, which produces boiled sweets .
■ VERB
buy
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As well as pork, you can buy milk, sweets , crisps and pop.
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In a small village on the way to Baabara we had stopped to buy sweets for the children.
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She'd been buying some sweets at a local newsagent minutes before the accident.
eat
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She told me once that Spiritualists ate sweets during the service.
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It's like eating sweets but with alcohol.
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The children say they had a great time, eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus.
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They tell me he's got toothache and tummy ache from eating too many sweets .
give
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We also have to traipse round the neighbourhood on All Hallows Eve, calling on neighbours, who give our children sweets .
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But some people try to trick children into doing something by giving them sweets or money.
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It was Christmas time, and we used to give them oranges and sweets .
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Even the passing policeman was giving out liquorice sweets from a big bag in his pocket.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
home sweet home
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Meanwhile closer to home , it's home sweet home for our footballing sides on parade.
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Well, here we are again, home sweet home.
sweet FA
sweet-spirited/tough-spirited/rebellious-spirited etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He also noted, vaguely, that her offer of one of his favorite sweets had no appeal.
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Just as acidity works to add definition to sweets and fatty foods, the reverse is also true.
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Mum didn't let us have sweets except at Christmas.
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Perfetti has sales of Euros 700m in 50 countries with gum and sweets such as Brooklyn, Vigorsol and Vivident.
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There's sweets and biscuits as well as nuts and fruit.
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Thus a searcher might consider perusing entries under sweets, chocolates and confectionery.