I. pronoun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not trust sb an inch/not trust sb as far as you can throw them (= not trust someone at all )
the lot of you/them/us (= all of you, them, or us )
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Shut up, the lot of you!
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
God help him/them etc
I'll show him/them etc
a penny for your thoughts/a penny for them
bother it/them etc
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But nobody bothered them when they returned to the white salon.
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But she always hurried on, not to bother them, not to get in their way.
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Cold, as a rule, doesn't bother them but they will not tolerate prolonged wetness, particularly during the winter.
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Each situation is then rated on a five point scale according to whether it just bothers them a little or makes them really angry.
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Help the girls you love learn to deal with the emotions that frighten or bother them.
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If not, he added, why bother it?
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The fact that outsiders find them contradictory and paradoxical does not bother them a bit.
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The goats grew nice and fat, and the troll never bothered them again.
confound it/him/them etc
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And if Callie confuses them, Mona confounds them.
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Hell and the devil confound it, this was his home!
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Placed there to confront and confound him.
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She summons Deronda and pours out her desire to be what he wants, her inarticulate misery confounding him.
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Use their expectations and then confound them.
fuck you/it/them etc
good luck to him/them etc
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All I say is: good luck to him.
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And all good luck to him.
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Big women can be as fit as anyone else and if so, good luck to them.
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If they start talking high teens, good luck to them.
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In which case, good luck to them both.
let him/her/them etc
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He would not rush the boy, he had to let him come to him.
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I also owed Maggie the courtesy of letting her know I didn't need her to do my legwork any longer.
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I had once made the mistake of letting him do this.
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I stood there, thinking to myself, Okay just let him wear himself out.
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Of course, Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice, or lack of it.
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Then let her do it for the Junior League.
rather you/him/her/them than me
sb's memory is playing tricks on them
seen one ... seen them all
shame on you/him/them etc
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And if you haven't heard of Gus then shame on you!
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Fool me once, shame on you, the saying goes.
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If you fail to negotiate, shame on you.
the pair of you/them
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A pail of ice-cold water over the pair of them would have been the best idea.
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He wades in among the pair of them, grabs their studded leather collars and starts yanking them away.
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I know you were kicking up a dust last night, the pair of you.
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I remember when I found out Mandy was sleeping with that geek Kevin, I felt like throttling the pair of them.
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See you, you've made me right angry, the pair of you!
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The last time I had filled the pair of them was exactly two weeks ago, when the students left.
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There were milk and buns laid out inside for the pair of them.
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They lay in each other's arms, as if what they had done together had broken the pair of them.
trust you/him/them etc (to do sth)!
who needs it/them?
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Emergency care would be covered for everyone who needs it, as required by law now.
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If make-up is not wearable, who needs it?
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Men, she thought; who needs them?
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Underwood and Carling's tissue types will be stored on computer until they can be matched up with somebody who needs them.
you can't win them all
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Careful with those dishes. Don't break them .
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If anyone calls, tell them I'll be back around 5.
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They looked a little tired when I saw them last week.
II. determiner
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I couldn't understand all them big words.