noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a throat/kidney etc infection
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He developed a severe throat infection.
back/shoulder/throat etc spasm
slit sb’s throat (= kill someone by cutting their throat )
sore throat
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I had a sore throat and aching limbs.
strep throat
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
sore
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Severe sore throats persisting more than a day or two in a young child without signs of improvement.
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Four months after the show opened in October 1995, she missed 10 performances because of a sore throat and cough.
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If you have a sore throat , are you blocking communication?
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GUHgl-MUHgl n. A folk remedy for sore throats and colds.
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This remedy may come up after a Belladonna sore throat has gone down on the chest.
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Performances had to be canceled when she had a sore throat .
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Take as an example a simple sore throat .
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He was 15 and had gone to the doctor with a sore throat .
white
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Black cap, white throat and grasshopper warbler had been sighted.
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Male has largely uniform upperparts, yellow throat and blue-grey band through eye; female markedly spotted, with much whiter throat.
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Winter adult and immature also have white cheeks and throat , immature's bill much less stout.
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Plumage greyish-brown, becoming more rufous towards S of range; male with distinctive black-bordered white throat .
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Slowly, with both hands, Lili picked it up and held it to her white throat .
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Juvenile has buff underparts and white throat and eyestripe.
■ NOUN
cut
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There's always a goat; the one that's going to get its throat cut .
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The hen was taken out of the cage, held up and its throat cut .
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He'd been beaten and his throat cut .
infection
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Last year in London's Kilburn National he gargled his way through an entire set with a bad throat infection .
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Goizueta had been released from the hospital Sept. 22 but was re-admitted last week because of a bacterial throat infection .
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This complete category of woe would suggest a bacterial throat infection needing antibiotics.
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Indeed, he was a sickly child, succumbing with monotonous regularity to ear and throat infections .
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Laura has a strain and Grant a throat infection .
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Once in a while some one has such a severe throat infection that they form a large boil behind the tonsils.
■ VERB
catch
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Something was beginning to happen to her, an excitement, a wildness that caught her by the throat .
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The bone continued to catch in his throat .
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There was nothing caught in her throat , absolutely, guaranteed.
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The big man turned and came fast towards Holly and caught his throat .
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Startled, she jerked backwards, her breath catching in her throat .
clear
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Fenn cleared his throat , wishing his head could be cleared as easily.
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Edelstein cleared his throat and looked at Lleland.
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At last, when there was a brief pause, Woodruffe cleared his throat .
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His mustache twitched; he cleared his throat , but said nothing.
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Mrs Browning put down her teacup and cleared her throat .
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He coughed to clear his throat of the taste of the smoke.
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Right at her ear, it seemed, a man cleared his throat .
cutting
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At times I felt like cutting my throat as the depression conjured up by the story spilled over into the auditorium.
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The speedway turns are to compensate for his not decking the man on the spot and cutting his scrawny throat .
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If he were in the very act of cutting his own throat , how could Harry have stopped him?
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For to rob a person of her virtue is worse than cutting her throat .
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And suppose he can obtain his desire, is that so bad as cutting her throat ?
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The dragonrider forgot himself enough to nod, and came within a quarter-inch of cutting his own throat .
feel
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Before she could turn she felt something about her throat .
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But I am not stupid, Flora thought, as she felt her throat constrict and blood thunder in her ears.
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Jessamy could feel her throat going dry, and forced herself to swallow.
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At times I felt like cutting my throat as the depression conjured up by the story spilled over into the auditorium.
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Anne felt fingers in her throat , squeezing hard.
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She could feel her throat drying a little from nerves.
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Potter felt his throat run dry.
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She felt for her throat and touched tender tissue.
force
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Torrents of lava would not tumble out to force fire down his throat , torch his tongue.
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The agents poured pepper sauce down their nostrils, or forced water down their throats .
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Was she trying to force that alien throat and ovipositor of a tongue to master human words?
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The clearly necessary tax increases required to pay for unification are now being forced down very unprepared throats .
grab
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She reached for the.38 jammed into her waistband, trying to pull it free as Stark grabbed for her throat .
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He then grabs his throat with both hands, as if suddenly choking, closes his eyes and pretends to lose consciousness.
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I wanted to grab people by the throat and confront them with this terrible situation that was being allowed to continue.
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I wanted to leap across his desk and grab him by the throat .
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I slide my knee to the side, grab his throat with my right hand, and squeeze.
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He grabbed her by the throat and threatened to kick her.
jump
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Alexandra took a step back, a lurch of fear jumping up her throat again.
ram
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His teeth were even and white, and Bernice wanted to ram them down his throat .
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Jess felt like ramming it down his throat .
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I don't want it ramming down my throat .
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They try to ram down the throat of the public what the public quite rightly does not want.
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But when it was rammed down their throats it became a battle, and the manager lost.
rise
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Surprised for the second time, Merrill nodded, swallowing the lump which had unexpectedly risen in her throat .
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As soon as he felt the sun, the urge rose in his throat .
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The thought sent a chill of anguish lapping round her heart, puncturing her anger, making tears rise in her throat .
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A gurgle rose in his throat .
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She felt a bubble of hysteria rising in her throat and took a deep breath.
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I had a bit of a headache and from time to time felt nausea rising in my throat .
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The boy swallowed the lump that had risen to his throat .
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A sound, the barest whisper of something that might have been a moan, rose in her throat .
shove
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But my brokers were complaining that I was shoving them down their throats .
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They sit still as cameras are shoved down their throats .
slash
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He had been a young man, quite personable until some one slashed his throat .
slit
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At the start of every season, the club used to slaughter a sheep on the pitch by slitting its throat .
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The international airline business is a fiercely combative arena, where competitors enjoy nothing more than slitting each other's throats .
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He was standing at the window of an empty compartment, laughing, as he made the gesture of slitting his throat .
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It even gets a touch gory when Russell comes over all Rambo and starts slitting throats .
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Gregory, 20, denies murdering Marion Rilka, 51, by slitting her throat in a robbery attempt at her home.
stick
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Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
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Now he toppled over backward with the weapon stuck upright in his throat .
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Swallow, something sticking in my throat .
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It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
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While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
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The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a catch in your voice/throat
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With a catch in his voice, Dan told her how proud he was.
a lump in/to sb's throat
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Even the Station Commander had a lump in his throat.
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For a moment she said nothing, she just swallowed as if there were a lump in her throat.
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Kathleen swallowed a lump in her throat, Ben coughed discreetly and Jack busied himself at the X-ray box.
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Melanie felt a lump in her throat; it was a touching and whole-hearted welcome.
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That thought brought a lump to my throat, tears to my eyes.
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There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features.
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When she finished Charlie found that he had a lump in his throat.
clear your throat
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Fenn cleared his throat, wishing his head could be cleared as easily.
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He cleared his throat and laid his finger along his nose.
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He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk.
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Hearst interjected, clearing his throat loudly.
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She cleared her throat, and looked at the Lakshmi again.
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She taps on the desk with an inverted pencil and clears her throat.
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Then Bette flounced up and cleared her throat nervously.
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Threlfall cleared his throat loudly before turning.
cut your own throat
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It would be silly to give up your job now -- you'd just be cutting your own throat.
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You would be cutting your own throat by refusing to accept their generous offer.
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To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
have a frog in your throat
jump down sb's throat
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I was just asking a question. You don't have to jump down my throat!
ram sth down sb's throat
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His teeth were even and white, and Bernice wanted to ram them down his throat.
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Jess felt like ramming it down his throat.
stick in sb's throat
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When the time came to say "I do," the words stuck in my throat.
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Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
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It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
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Swallow, something sticking in my throat.
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The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
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While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
stick in sb's throat/gullet
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Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
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It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
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Now sheer monotony makes it stick in the gullet like sawdust.
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Swallow, something sticking in my throat.
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The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
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While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Does your throat hurt?
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The attacker grabbed Siegel by the throat and refused to let go.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He became vast and covered me, covered my face, his hideous throat working.
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I opened my mouth and felt the scalds on the mucous membrane inside my throat .
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Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat .
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She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat , as Nellie's face appeared at the door.
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The sedative effects of alcohol cause the throat muscle to relax too much and also interfere with the involuntary awakening mechanisms.
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Their throats had been punctured and their blood drained.
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Williams cleared his throat , made a few introductory remarks about the occasion.