I. preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
from morning till night (= all day – used for emphasis )
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He works from morning till night.
laugh till you cry/laugh till the tears run down your face
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He leaned back in his chair and laughed till the tears ran down his face.
laugh till you cry/laugh till the tears run down your face
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He leaned back in his chair and laughed till the tears ran down his face.
till the soil (= prepare the soil to grow crops )
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Their time is spent in constantly tilling the soil.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
argue/talk etc till you're blue in the face
till the cows come home
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They stay up and play cards till the cows come home.
till/until Doomsday
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You could wait till Doomsday and he'd never show up.
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Of course, if you choose a male tree you can wait until Doomsday and still never see a berry.
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You can watch television news programs from now until doomsday and never come across any statement about Manny Freebus.
until/till you drop
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Arlen Specter until he dropped out of the Republican race.
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It harasses other gulls until they drop their hard-won food and then swoops down to catch it - often in mid-air.
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Or they can board one of the famous San Francisco trams to shop till they drop at Ghiradelli Square.
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Putting his hand on my head, he looked at his sheep until they dropped their eyes.
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She only wanted him to go on dancing till he dropped .
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They work until they drop , twenty, thirty hours at a time.
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Try having your last meal no later than 5 p. m. Working till I drop will help me sleep.
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You shop until you drop and then what?
wait until/till ...
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But we have to wait until then.
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Don't wait until it has been completed.
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He would wait until evening and the solitude of the rectory, and the peace of his newly dug garden.
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I wait till she has finished and gone upstairs.
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I reactivated the potentially offending pieces of software, one by one, waiting until the problem reappeared.
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It is not necessary to wait until the data are completely processed or analyzed before the report writing phase can begin.
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The entertainment behemoth has said it would wait until shareholders in both companies approve the acquisition at separate meetings Thursday.
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They were asked to wait until Kitty was eighteen and they agreed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I have to work till eight tonight.
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Kate didn't walk till she was 18 months old.
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
argue/talk etc till you're blue in the face
till/until Doomsday
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You could wait till Doomsday and he'd never show up.
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Of course, if you choose a male tree you can wait until Doomsday and still never see a berry.
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You can watch television news programs from now until doomsday and never come across any statement about Manny Freebus.
until/till you drop
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Arlen Specter until he dropped out of the Republican race.
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It harasses other gulls until they drop their hard-won food and then swoops down to catch it - often in mid-air.
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Or they can board one of the famous San Francisco trams to shop till they drop at Ghiradelli Square.
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Putting his hand on my head, he looked at his sheep until they dropped their eyes.
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She only wanted him to go on dancing till he dropped .
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They work until they drop , twenty, thirty hours at a time.
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Try having your last meal no later than 5 p. m. Working till I drop will help me sleep.
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You shop until you drop and then what?
wait until/till ...
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But we have to wait until then.
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Don't wait until it has been completed.
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He would wait until evening and the solitude of the rectory, and the peace of his newly dug garden.
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I wait till she has finished and gone upstairs.
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I reactivated the potentially offending pieces of software, one by one, waiting until the problem reappeared.
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It is not necessary to wait until the data are completely processed or analyzed before the report writing phase can begin.
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The entertainment behemoth has said it would wait until shareholders in both companies approve the acquisition at separate meetings Thursday.
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They were asked to wait until Kitty was eighteen and they agreed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was always up to any adventure that didn't involve working at tills or sitting on three-legged stools.
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The till girl mouths her request for identity.
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The till jangled like a fire alarm, and Croughton the pot-bellied potman was already in a lather.
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The tills are stacked like bunk beds, 9 to 10 feet high.
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The raiders escaped with the takings from two tills.
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They introduced rigid quality control, centralised distribution and electronic tills.
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Yes Cashpoints, tills and vending machines will all have to be changed or simply bought anew.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
field
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They were looking forward to tilling their own fields in a land of plenty.
land
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Then he went back to tilling the land .
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In agricultural societies, men tilled the land while women tended home and children.
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The subjugated population of Messenia tilled the land as serfs, helots.
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On Andean haciendas, it matters little to the man who tills the land whether the product increases.
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Costa Rica's settlers had to till their own land , which limited the size of their estates.
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All hands together: to till the land .
soil
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Aid, given on condition that it is spent on genuine development, can till the soil for home-grown growth.
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Their time is constantly spent in tilling the soil , manuring it with ashes, raking and hoeing it with wooden hoes.
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I used to work for my Uncle Demba cultivating rice, tilling the soil and sowing rice seeds.
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Peasants tilled the soil and herded sheep.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
argue/talk etc till you're blue in the face
till the cows come home
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They stay up and play cards till the cows come home.
till/until Doomsday
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You could wait till Doomsday and he'd never show up.
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Of course, if you choose a male tree you can wait until Doomsday and still never see a berry.
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You can watch television news programs from now until doomsday and never come across any statement about Manny Freebus.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The townspeople tilled the soil and produced most everything they ate.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aid, given on condition that it is spent on genuine development, can till the soil for home-grown growth.
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The cattle are not used for draught purposes, since the fields are tilled with the hoe.
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The Democrats have also tilled the Gallo fortune.