I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
vent...spleen (= get angry with me )
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Obviously you’re annoyed, but that doesn’t give you the right to vent your spleen on me .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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Cooper was booked instead after the Motherwell player gave full vent to his feelings about that decision.
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Once we were arrived in the inner bailey Benjamin gave full vent to his feelings.
■ NOUN
air
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Undo the coupling slightly so water can trickle into the container, and open the air vent to increase the flow rate.
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Open the air vent with a radiator key and see if air or gas is forced out.
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He waited until the noises faded then pressed his face against the mesh of the air vent .
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They were found dead at Dover after Mr Wacker allegedly closed the air vent on the truck s side.
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I found a small but perfectly-formed hailstone on my knee, which must have got in through the air vent .
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Lastly, air vents were provided in the walls of barns to prevent the crops inside from becoming mouldy.
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From this he ran a fuse through the floor and out of an air vent into the garden outside.
pipe
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Delaney was leaving the cover of a vent pipe when it happened.
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Each has a vent pipe from its respective circuit.
■ VERB
close
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Ventilate well on sunny days but remember to close vents in the evening.
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They were found dead at Dover after Mr Wacker allegedly closed the air vent on the truck s side.
give
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He gave vent to his anger and lambasted the shipping manager for not having alerted him that Clarion Call was overdue.
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Such people are ready to give vent to their resentment whenever a Volunteer commits even a minor transgression.
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It may be sufficient to listen to Joseph and allow him to give vent to his anger.
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If the children had a complaint about their parents, she helped them give vent to it.
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Nevertheless, she was sufficiently alert to give vent to her usual state of ill-humour.
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Understanding anger and aggression Forms of anger and aggression Children give vent to their anger in various ways.
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Hadrian was an outstanding architect himself, and here he gave vent to one of his interests.
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Richard faced the non-existent audience and so couldn't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an air vent
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As one goes away from the vent , two effects become apparent.
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Central vent eruptions are the best-known kind.
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How do species that colonize vents cheat the inevitable local extinction?
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I found the protozoan attracted in large numbers to slate panels we deliberately left at vents for one year and then recovered.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
anger
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On the other hand, princes felt free to vent their own anger in ways which they now blocked to others.
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Finding the prisoners gone, the mob began to search for an object on which to vent its anger .
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We can vent anger by shouts and gesticulation.
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Every angry explosion makes everyone around us either defensive or angry and gives them permission to vent their anger , too.
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After being repelled by police, the crowd vented its anger by damaging property and overturning police cars.
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They also vented their anger and intimidated the black community by assassinating four blacks in five days.
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There is always a moment in time when we can make a decision whether or not to vent our anger .
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He relieved his frustration, he vented his anger and hatred.
frustration
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This is the Neds venting their frustrations but finding order through catharsis - a chaotic way of feeling better.
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Employees just vented their frustrations on the survey.
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Teasing you is a way for them to vent their frustration while building their own sense of power and camaraderie.
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Despairingly she thumped the pillows into a more comfortable shape, as though she could vent her frustration on them.
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She vents her frustration in her loose-leaf journal.
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It is a winter wind, lost in April and venting its frustration on ships and trees.
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The doctors, lacking a cure, vent their frustration on each other.
spleen
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Pray heaven Araminta was not going to vent her spleen again!
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Or perhaps it would simply be an opportunity to vent their spleen .
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Nell McCafferty, Bernadette Devlin and other notables vented their feminist spleen at an appreciative audience.
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We pour another glass and vent our spleen on drug barons and dope fiends.
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I feel much better now I've vented my spleen on this subject.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Thanks for letting me vent a little.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After being repelled by police, the crowd vented its anger by damaging property and overturning police cars.
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Geothermal energy is of great interest in certain locations where hydrothermal steam is vented into the atmosphere.
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Or perhaps it would simply be an opportunity to vent their spleen.
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Restless and unwound at home, their tongue lashes around venting their self-doubt and guilt on others.
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So why was he still venting his temper on her?
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We can still be afraid of expressing our anger, unable to vent our rage.