I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a course/track record (= the best score for a particular golf course or time for a racecourse or track )
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Lewis set the fastest lap with a new track record.
a cycle path/track (= path for cycles in a park, wood etc, or beside a road )
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The forest is full of beautiful cycle paths.
cart track
dirt track
fast track
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Many saw independence as the fast track to democracy.
good track record
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The fund has a good track record of investing in the equity market.
inside track
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the inside track to success in business
laugh track
laying down tracks
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They are just about to start laying down tracks for their second album.
lose track of sth/sb (= stop knowing where someone or something is )
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He lost track of her after her family moved away.
mommy track
picked up...tracks
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We picked up their tracks again on the other side of the river.
proven track record (= past performance showing how good it is )
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a telephone system with a proven track record of reliability
proven track record
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We’re looking for someone with a proven track record in selling advertising.
single track road
stop dead (in your tracks) (= suddenly stop moving completely )
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She was so shocked that she stopped dead in her tracks.
stop dead/short/in your tracks (= stop walking suddenly )
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Sally saw the ambulance and stopped short.
title track
track and field
track event
track meet
track record
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We’re looking for someone with a proven track record in selling advertising.
tracking station
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
beaten
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By the time I came back with the camera it would be almost a beaten track .
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Corbett just grinned over his shoulder and led them out on to the beaten track down to the village of Woodstock.
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Oxenhall Church near Newent is well off the beaten track , but not it appears, to criminals.
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Yet for most visitors from overseas, Windisch with its treasure is definitely off the beaten track .
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Unusual interests, off the beaten track experiences should be of interest.
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Appenzell really is off the beaten track .
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None the less, the music demands attention, and those in search of something rewarding but well off the beaten track and need not hesitate unduly.
dead
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But if she'd wanted to she could easily have told him something that would have stopped him dead in his tracks .
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I stopped dead in my tracks , unsure of what to do next.
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The lights of the Regal cinema were just coming into view when he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks .
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Petey stopped dead in his tracks at the question.
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The usher stopped dead in his tracks .
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The child shot into the living room, caught sight of Quinn, and stopped dead in his tracks .
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And it just stopped me dead in my tracks .
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The tired horse stopped dead in its tracks and turned its head around to give him a baleful stare.
fast
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Now Chairman Jack Strowger is banking on a bumper Christmas to get profits back on the fast track .
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But Huckelberry has also supported Bronson on many pro-environmental moves, including the fast track for incorporating Tortolita.
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The Bar Council believes that there must be a fast track .
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People in Great Groups are never insiders or corporate types on the fast track: They are always on their own track.
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But if you go with her, it means withdrawing from the fast track at Hopkins and entering a standard graduate curriculum.
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Courtney was a traditionalist, besides which Jack's career had finally begun to hit the fast track .
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A genius who chucked the academic fast track for a tar paper cabin with no outhouse?
inside
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Until last week most of the inside-track speculation was that Gore wanted to go for a soulmate.
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The truth is, the Hurricanes might have the inside track on the national title.
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Chief Inspector Kuhlmann's assistant - an inside track right into the centre of the Kriminalpolizei at Wiesbaden.
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Too often he spoke as if he knew what was going on in the inside track , whether he did or not.
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If you are not on the inside track , then decision are taken over which you have no influence.
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I think they're targeting one or two City firms and getting the inside track by reading their mail.
right
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Were we on the right track at all?
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But the short-term remedies below may help break the sleep-cycle problem and put you on the right track .
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He hoped the man was on the right track and did his best to believe that he was.
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If our dreams have been derailed, how do we get them back on the right track again?
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Over the next stile go slightly right on to a track .
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And other signs helped convince me that I was on the right track .
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A few people, though, were on the right track .
single
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The line was seven miles long, single track , and of standard gauge.
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It was only a single track and had a gradient of 1 in 50 or worse for several miles.
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We paddled under a single track embankment linking North Uist with Benbecula, exchanging waves with the friendly local driving overhead.
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He couldn't remember a single record, track or tape played.
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It was nine miles of single track with five intermediate stations.
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For the time being, this single track was to be used as a terminus for the service.
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The line could also be built in three segments and partially single track , reducing the finance required.
title
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There are more classic vocals including the title track , ad three instrumental pieces.
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While often meandering, the trip consistently yields epiphanies, as in the lengthy, two-part title track .
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That is a bluesy harmonica on the title track .
■ NOUN
cart
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By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped, letting the clouds gather.
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We were on one of those cart tracks through the sandhills north-west of Jodhpur.
dirt
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He ran through the gate, down the lane and across to the dirt track faster and faster, leaping and jumping.
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We follow the dirt track that meanders with it.
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They turned into a dirt track flanked by very young gum trees.
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In the morning, we motored along dirt tracks to the deserted ruins of Dainzu and Mitla.
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During the monsoon, the dirt track which connects McLeod Ganj with Dharamsala lower down the valley turns into sludge.
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Devshi bhai took his group along a dirt track to our left.
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The private dirt track led directly to it.
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We cycled into the small village of Noul Roman along a dirt track .
race
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The famous Brooklands race track can be seen in the background.
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I have faced him on the race track and we used to be teammates, too.
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He originally planned to earn enough cash selling computers to pay for the time he spent on the race track .
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I try to do it on and off the race track .
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Read in studio Hundreds of classic car owners have been putting their vehicles to the test on the race track .
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Isn't it about time the news media gave us the truth about what is happening on our race tracks ?
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As well as challenging your on-the-road skills and hazard awareness, there will be sessions on race tracks .
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A street is a lot more dangerous than a race track .
railroad
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With three air-force pilots along for the ride, James flew along a railroad track bordered by tall trees.
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They rode in the rickety wagon across the prairie until they reached a railroad track .
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It started with a cross placed along the railroad tracks , where legend has it that he was lynched.
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We bounced over the railroad tracks in Fresno and hit the wild streets of Fresno Mextown.
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Until he found his goal in life, hammering spikes into the railroad tracks , he was not fully happy.
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On the southeastern corner of the property, one final slim reminder: a sweeping curve of railroad track .
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Loops and spurs of railroad track laced it all together.
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We moved to Willing Street then, by the railroad tracks .
railway
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Now consider a man standing beside the railway track , who witnesses the flash emitted just as the servant passes him.
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He frightened train crews who saw him walking aimlessly on the railway tracks as if he were a real person.
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Brother Mariadas led me across the railway tracks to the Rehabilitation Centre.
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The railway tracks and pedestrian walk ran along the upper level-the top of the box.
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Voice over There's 42 miles of railway track in the 15 square miles the base covers.
record
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Brad Johnstone has a sound track record of moulding such players into a very useful outfit.
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In fact, a handful of its stock and balanced funds have pretty feeble five-year track records .
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In fact, given his track record , even his real name probably wasn't his real name.
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But he said the recent poor track record of quarterbacks coming out of the Big Sky Conference worries him.
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It has a proven track record , creating 71,000 new job opportunities since it was formed seven years ago.
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You had to have a track record .
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By 1980 he had a well-established track record as a campaigner.
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The fund also has a long track record of global investing, having been established in 1953.
■ VERB
cover
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Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks .
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They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.
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From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.
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Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks ?
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He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks .
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A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks .
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He knew this was the only way. Cover his tracks and run.
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But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks .
follow
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They followed the track which ran on to the road.
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We follow the dirt track that meanders with it.
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Corbett and Ranulf followed the dusty track past green hedgerows and up a hill.
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We followed their tracks down into the swamp where a recent clearcut had left impenetrable thickets of young fir.
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Other activities include tennis and bowling, or you may care to hire bikes and follow the marked tracks .
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Blue follows the tracks around the corner and then sees Black ambling down the next street, as if enjoying the weather.
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The walk began by following a track which climbed steeply up a narrow, twisting valley.
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Our plan is to leave the highway south of El Rosario and follow some dirt tracks along the coast.
keep
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How does a bat keep track of its own echoes, and avoid being misled by the echoes of others?
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Bazaar, which keeps track of spending trends in haute couture and dry goods, notes that luxury is back.
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Once there, turn left to the sewage works. Keep following the track past the Slack and Haggerleases Station.
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Older people might forget whether they took medication, or have trouble keeping track of what to take, and when.
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He hadn't kept track , but he thought he had sensed Jitters going down.
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The answer to that question may be yes or no, depending on how you kept track of the spending.
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He had begun to keep track of her movements, to eavesdrop and observe.
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It was up to you, the spectator, to keep track of what was going on.
leave
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Take particular care when entering or leaving the tracks , and watch out for both pedestrians and traffic.
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Then back to sleep, up at noon, dress, and leave for the track .
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Once across the ford leave the track and walk through the fields by the burn side.
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He left a clear track of enmities, and Novak unfolds a rich record of the attacks and lampoons that he inspired.
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Hazel followed, leaving a dark track behind him over the silvered grass. 13.
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And there are people who leave the track while trying to gather a few ferns.
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Below these entrances were folding steps, in case it should be necessary to enter or leave the train from track level.
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Track crosses bridge, then immediately turn right to leave track and cross stile; cross another field to stile ahead.
lose
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Despite his precautions, he sometimes loses track of her and she is left unattended.
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I must have lost track of time and my destination, because when I got to the house, it was seven-thirty.
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She had lost track of the movement ahead of her.
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I lost track of the rest.
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They'd talked, in a lazy, desultory fashion, about so many things that she'd lost track .
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We teachers became mathematicians, seeing all these bloody points, but we lost track of the line.
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But he was starting to lose track of the things that had made him what he was as well.
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Billy had lost track momentarily of where he was or how he had gotten there.
run
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The thorn trees crowned the edge of a little valley where ran a track as old as the land itself.
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In secondary school I ran a little track and led Human Growth Seminars, which was sort of a teen-age est.
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He concentrated on an image of the van as a train running on tracks it couldn't leave.
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Sports were very important to the father, who himself had played football and basketball and had run track in high school.
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They ran along the tram track for a brief while before rejoining the stream of Saturday traffic.
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Generally the objective is simply to balance the pole, which is attached to a cart running on a bounded track .
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The consortiums would then charge London Underground for running trains over their tracks and infrastructure.
stop
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The sound began before our search was completed and it stopped me in my tracks , leaving Malc to continue alone.
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I stopped dead in my tracks , unsure of what to do next.
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He was so surprised it stopped him in his tracks .
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Blue speaks her name, in a voice that seems strange to him, and she stops dead in her tracks .
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Dyson stopped in his tracks , gazing at it.
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Near the beginning, however, I have a nightmare that stops me in my tracks .
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Then she stopped dead in her tracks , the blood seeping from her veins, leaving her stiff and white with shock.
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It literally stopped me in my tracks .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be from the wrong side of the tracks
be on the wrong track/tack
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He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.
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I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.
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I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river.
beat a path/track
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I called on the Birth Grandmother to help me beat a path through the honyaek to the windows.
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It has become such an attraction that local tour operators are beating a path to its door.
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Most of the sites the company has in mind to visit are far off any beaten path.
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Sights sight that's off the beaten track or when time is include Stratford-upon-Avon, Hadrian's Wall, limited.
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Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.
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The students - and their professors - beat a path to his door.
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They are off the beaten track.
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To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.
cover your tracks
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Davis covered his tracks so well that no one could prove he had received any of the money.
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She covered her tracks by saying that she'd been at a friend's house all that evening.
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A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks.
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But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks.
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From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.
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Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks?
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He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks.
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Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks.
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It burst through the earth at the top and we had to cover its tracks.
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They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.
fast track
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The agency is looking at a fast track for approving drugs for life-threatening illnesses.
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And the benefit of either the fast track remortgage service, or a £250 cashback.
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But Huckelberry has also supported Bronson on many pro-environmental moves, including the fast track for incorporating Tortolita.
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But if you go with her, it means withdrawing from the fast track at Hopkins and entering a standard graduate curriculum.
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Hamilton's career has galloped along the fast track.
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Now Chairman Jack Strowger is banking on a bumper Christmas to get profits back on the fast track.
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Once on the fast track, the momentum will be relentless.
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Uphill task: The drivers on the fast track to the top.
have a one-track mind
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That guy has a one-track mind.
off the beaten track/path
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Appenzell really is off the beaten track.
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Away from the Algarve, it's not hard to get off the beaten track.
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Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.
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They are off the beaten track.
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To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.
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Unusual interests, off the beaten track experiences should be of interest.
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We kept off the beaten track, away from those traders who fixed high prices, for Shallot knew where to go.
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Yet for most visitors from overseas, Windisch with its treasure is definitely off the beaten track.
track meet
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The power of the clock, which should always rule at track meets , has been usurped by a committee.
well-trodden path/track/route etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A narrow track leads from the road to the cabins.
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an eight-track tape
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college-track classes
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I really like the first two tracks on this album.
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The track was only wide enough for one car.
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train tracks
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He ate rice and a fried egg three times a day, keeping track of the days by counting the meals.
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It can help some to keep track of what is going on if they have others to help them.
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One of the heaviest performers at the seaside track , Between Times was floundering after a slow start.
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The land is now part of the Bay Meadow thoroughbred racing complex and is used as a training track .
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Whenever you hear one of these figures you are on track , so make sure then that your heading is correct.
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Yet this time he was finally on the right track .
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You find out how tracks are determined, and if it seems unfair, question the system.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
activity
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President Clinton promptly announced a law to crack down on juvenile criminals and a new computer database to track gang activity .
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J., company that tracks corporatefinance activity .
camera
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The camera tracks the movement of these materials, thus assisting in diagnosis of cancers or various types of cardiovascular disease.
development
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We also began tracking the career developments of film-makers commissioned through New Directors.
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At the time we were also tracking the development of desktop publishing, a newly created use for personal computers.
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In addition to paintings, there are collages, drawings, prints and relief sculptures tracking Ernst's development in these crucial years.
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Here we will try to track the development of these interfaces through some of their possible steps.
funds
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But it is hard to track funds that practice socially responsible investing.
police
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The man is still helping the police to track down the whereabouts of an undisclosed number of missing objects.
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Cueva called police , who tracked down the coyotes at a house in the 3700 block of West Sheridan Street.
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By July 1998 police had tracked him down.
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Family and friends alike are hoping the police investigation can soon track down her husbands's killer.
progress
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Some Sharp models track the progress of the food as it cooks by assessing the moisture level.
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All Jason needs now is another set of braces as well as special X-rays to track his progress .
sale
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Bank examiners say they track such sales and know the exposure of particular banks to a particular company.
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That business includes the global operation that tracks sales of packaged goods as well as a concern involved in processing coupons.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be from the wrong side of the tracks
be on the wrong track/tack
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He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.
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I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.
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I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river.
fast track
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The agency is looking at a fast track for approving drugs for life-threatening illnesses.
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And the benefit of either the fast track remortgage service, or a £250 cashback.
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But Huckelberry has also supported Bronson on many pro-environmental moves, including the fast track for incorporating Tortolita.
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But if you go with her, it means withdrawing from the fast track at Hopkins and entering a standard graduate curriculum.
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Hamilton's career has galloped along the fast track.
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Now Chairman Jack Strowger is banking on a bumper Christmas to get profits back on the fast track.
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Once on the fast track, the momentum will be relentless.
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Uphill task: The drivers on the fast track to the top.
have a one-track mind
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That guy has a one-track mind.
off the beaten track/path
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Appenzell really is off the beaten track.
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Away from the Algarve, it's not hard to get off the beaten track.
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Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.
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They are off the beaten track.
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To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.
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Unusual interests, off the beaten track experiences should be of interest.
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We kept off the beaten track, away from those traders who fixed high prices, for Shallot knew where to go.
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Yet for most visitors from overseas, Windisch with its treasure is definitely off the beaten track.
track meet
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The power of the clock, which should always rule at track meets , has been usurped by a committee.
well-trodden path/track/route etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Berstein was still in Florida tracking the four Miami men.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Easy Project is an efficient method of planning, tracking and controlling all types of projects.
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I eventually tracked down the ward sister, who was wrestling with an intravenous drip that had collapsed.
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It begs the question of what pictures will be sacrificed in order to track Sanders.
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Like Nancy Drew, I track down clues, try to figure things out, look carefully at evidence, examine motives.
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Stanton later managed to free himself, called police and told them his stolen car was equipped with a tracking device.
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The abolition of exchange controls has made it harder to track flows of cash in and out of the country.
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The index tracks changes in what companies and governments pay workers, including wages, salaries and benefits.