WALK

Meaning of WALK in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a cliff walk (= a walk along cliffs )

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Shall we do the cliff walk this morning?

a hard day’s work/walking/skiing etc

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There’s a sauna where you can relax after a hard day’s skiing.

a short walk/flight/drive

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It’s a short drive to the airport.

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The hotel is only a short walk from the beach.

a skiing/camping/walking etc holiday

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They went on a camping holiday in France.

a walking/cycling/sightseeing etc tour

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a cycling tour of Cornwall

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We met on a coach tour in Italy.

an hour’s walk/drive etc

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It’s about an hour’s drive away.

brisk walk

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a brisk walk

fall/walk into a trap

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Police had set a trap for hooligans at the match.

from every walk of life/from all walks of life

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Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.

from every walk of life/from all walks of life

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Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.

gentle exercise/walk/stroll etc

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a program of regular gentle exercise

go for a walk/swim etc

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Let’s go for a walk.

go off/walk off/leave etc in a huff

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She stormed out in a huff.

go/walk down a mountain

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She lost her way as she went down the mountain.

go/walk up a mountain ( also ascend a mountain formal )

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Carrie and Albert went up the mountain, neither of them speaking as they climbed.

have a look/walk/sleep/talk/think etc

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We were just having a look around.

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Are you going to have a swim?

long journey/walk/flight/drive etc (= a journey etc over a large distance that takes a lot of time )

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It’s a long walk to the shops from here.

the walking wounded (= people who have been injured but are well enough to walk )

walk a dog/take a dog for a walk

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She loves walking her dogs on the beach.

walk a dog/take a dog for a walk

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She loves walking her dogs on the beach.

walk across a field

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I walked across the field to the gate.

walk of life

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Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.

walk off the stage (= leave the stage, especially before you should )

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The pianist walked off the stage after playing only a few notes.

walk on stage/onto the stage

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The audience broke into applause as soon as he walked on stage.

walk on/along the beach

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She loved to walk along the beach in the early morning.

walk upright

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These apes came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright.

walked free

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He was found not guilty and walked free from the court.

walking bus

walking papers

walking stick

walking/hiking boots

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In the mountains you’ll need some strong walking boots.

walking/riding/farming etc country

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To the east is an area of rich farming country.

walks with a stick (= uses a stick to help her walk )

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Aunt Lou walks with a stick .

within (easy) walking distance (= near enough to walk to easily )

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There are lots of restaurants within walking distance.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

home

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A few people were about, returning from church or walking home with a newspaper or a neatly wrapped pastry.

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I turned left and desultorily fell in with Ronny Taskin and his friends, who walked home the same way I did.

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Encouraged by reflecting on these events, we walked home arm in arm.

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Couples walked home from late dinners.

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As he walked home , he was very sad, + a tear rolled out of his eye + on to the pavement.

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The Fitzgerald family went together to early Mass and as they walked home everything seemed normal.

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Now I got to walk home .

right

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I walk right up to the end of the platform.

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You walked right into the living room, and it was spooky.

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She walked right up to the front of the altar and stood still beside Mike.

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He none the less walked right in and took charge, with no apparent hesitation, reluctance, shyness or lack of confidence.

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The man walked right up to within a yard or so of the phonebox and then stood and stared.

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Walk right at it and threaten to embrace it embrace it if you must.

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And here, where we are walking right now, was the very heart of their financial empire.

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Miguel walked right up to the bar, right up to where Spadgie was standing.

straight

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But, this time, she was not going to walk straight into the trap.

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It was as if she left one movie and walked straight into another.-You all right?

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I feel rather that we would be walking straight into a trap.

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He was walking straight toward the van.

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Beatrix had set a trap for Maurice and he had walked straight into it.

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Newland Archer walked straight home again that afternoon.

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It is in danger either of making knowledge impossible or of walking straight into one of our sceptical arguments.

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He walked straight out on to the river.

■ NOUN

aisle

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The wedding was off, because no way was she going to walk down the aisle looking like an eejit!

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The man who had been walking the aisles approached the counter but was empty-handed.

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As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles.

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Sangfroid then walked up the aisle .

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Early the following month a radiant Lucy walked up the aisle on her father's arm.

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Together, they walked down the aisle behind the crucifix, toward the rear of the church.

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Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle .

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I tremble as I walk up the aisle with the policeman.

car

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When he walked off towards the car park Henry didn't bother following.

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Police said she was stripped and made to walk behind the car .

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Bidding her wait, he left her standing while he walked slowly to the car and inspected it.

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We walked to the cars in silence.

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I was walking across the car park when some one jumped on my back.

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While the driver moved slowly, we walked behind the car .

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They walk together towards their car .

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When the bodyguards have parked and walked to his car , he gets out and enters the church.

distance

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They had then walked the short distance to Park Lane, her hand in the crook of James's arm.

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Their B &038; B is within walking distance of the art deco Filberg Lodge with its delightful nine-acre park.

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She'd walked some distance , judging by her shoes, which were worn to pieces.

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On opening day we hunted within walking distance of the cabin.

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She walked the short distance to work, seeing nothing of the beauty of the day.

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An empty apartment within walking distance of the harbour was found for us where we could cook and sleep and wash.

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A further consideration was the presence, again within easy walking distance of the site, of the local school.

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The Estrada family lives within walking distance of the Minsa plant.

door

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As you walk through the door , however, you see something that exists nowhere else: a secret garden.

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She walked to the door , turned and bade him farewell.

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She turns quickly and walks out the door .

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She walks up to her front door , a picture of sophistication in her Armani suit.

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Rocco hid his skepticism well when I first walked in the door .

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Ronnie had walked to the door and opened it.

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As the train slows, the man stands and walks to the closed doors at the middle of the car.

hill

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Oscar says that to walk among hills above his slum neighbourhood would make him homesick.

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It was then I started doing this form of meditation, walking around the hill and up it.

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Some local people say that his spirit still walks among the hills , searching for lost travellers.

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Susan and I walk down one hill , and up another.

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John walked down the hill , on his way to meet some of the lads in the town.

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I turned around and walked up the hill to Natchez.

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Hundreds of miners from the western valleys were walking over the hill to the stricken village.

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We got off the cars and began the long walk up the quarry hill road.

house

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He walked back to the house deep in thought.

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I walked into the house , and just as I put down my bags, there was a knock at the door.

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She walked back to the house , thinking over Rodet's strange reaction.

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Sniegs walks out of the house , he is smoking a cigarette.

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One day, I was walking back to the house , and had my camera with me.

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There she could have walked around the house , been with her husband, and come back when labor had really started.

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The clear day stretched before her; when she walked back into the house her day would be filled.

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Then, without saying a word, she walks inside the house they are standing in front of.

length

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I always enjoyed walking the full length of the street to check how the other shops were faring.

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We walked the length of South Finger with its series of wooden hides.

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I would have to walk the length of the shed to reach him.

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She had to walk nearly its full length before finding a seat in a non-smoking carriage.

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He picked up the ball and walked the length of the yard with six of us hanging on him.

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She walked the length of the street without finding the office.

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The girl rose, put her comic down, and walked the length of the car to the toilet.

mile

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Do they enable old people who can't cross roads, or have to walk miles extra to find a crossing?

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I started walking a half- mile each night with my wife, Melba.

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They walked for miles on the hilltops in the strong clean wind, alone with the birds and the sheep.

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Another refused to walk a quarter mile to school, insisting that daily transportation be provided.

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On occasions he has walked up to 40 miles in a day.

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He felt as if he had walked for miles and knew that he had certainly had too much to drink.

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Then by heart, she walked the long mile by the deserted farmland lot with the funny sign.

minutes

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Guests on half board take dinner at the Hotel Rudolphshohe, just five minutes walk away.

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Cosmos Pension Our windsurf centre, is right one the beach in Ponti, 20 minutes walk from Vassiliki.

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It took me about 45 minutes to walk out of the crowd toward a somewhat less populated spot.

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Just a few minutes walk from town centre &038; beach.

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The Neptune is situated in the countryside about 6-7 minutes walk from the lake, near to the Hotel Form.

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Hicks waited for a few minutes , then walked over and seized Eddie by the forearm.

path

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As Troy walked along the path , he noticed it was very muddy, and covered with plants.

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While walking down a path , a Prussian soldier stopped them.

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He walked down the path to the little hut.

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Had walked the path leading to a real other house.

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The horrific attack happened in Middlesbrough as the victim was walking along an unlit path .

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As she walked along the path toward Talfinger Hall her friends fell into place around her.

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He was eaten by two one eyed tigers walking along a path arm in arm!

road

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I had been walking him around the roads for a couple of weeks and couldn't wait to have him fit again.

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I walked the stretch of road from our apartment to the Mekong Grocery.

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It is easy to walk down the road and to be thinking of something else completely.

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When we got in the Mekong, soldiers were walking on the road and they saw us.

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Kadan pointed, and then he started to walk up on to the road with his father.

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Captain Samphan was walking fast across the road in the middle distance, ordering some of the troops into the paddy field.

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Be extra careful when walking along country roads . 12 Make no unnecessary noise.

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They walked back to the road .

room

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The name meant nothing to me, of course, but I recognized him as soon as he walked into my room this morning.

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At first I just walk from room to room, amazed.

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On we go, walking through a room of Frank Auerbach paintings straight into Joseph Beuys.

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When I walked into her room , shaking the bag of doughnuts, I thought she was sleeping off a trance.

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In contrast walking slowly into a room may indicate reticence or apprehension.

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He heard footsteps walking around in the room above and then descending the stairs.

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Taking a deep, controlling breath, she walked indignantly into the room .

stage

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I actually felt when we walked out on that stage that we might be able to meet the challenge.

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As Angus used to say, the suit can walk to the stage itself.

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He walked around the stage , perfecting his stunts, or just slept in his dressing-room or paced the empty corridors.

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Sweating profusely, soaking through his robe, Havens raises his ax in triumph and walks off the makeshift stage .

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Miss Jackie Du Val walked on to the stage , arms raised high.

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Before they realized the speech was over, he turned and began to walk from the stage .

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In the end, we were left with eleven versions of Felsenstein walking around the stage .

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They all walked on to the big stage and turned into Olivier doing Hamlet, chewing up the scenery.

street

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Its headlights suddenly light up the pavement farther down the street he is walking on.

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The man had approached him on the street while he was walking home, head down against the wind.

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I waved to some neighbors across the street who were walking in the direction of our building.

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Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where.

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For a change in their routine, he and Barnabas crossed the street and walked past Mitford Blossoms in the deepening gloom.

tightrope

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But he's been doing very well at it despite having to learn terrifying new skills, like walking a tightrope .

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All organizations especially those that are growing, walk a tightrope between stability and change, tradition and revision.

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It's like walking a tightrope in size-15 wellies.

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Neurotics walk a tightrope from one catastrophe to the next.

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The Profitboss walks a tightrope between research and risk, between research and opportunity.

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And went back up and walked the tightrope to the west bank 31.

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I was drawing these pictures in my head of walking across a tightrope and falling into a chasm.

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The rare person who on the rare occasion wants to be wholly neutral has to walk a tightrope .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a walk/trip down memory lane

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So if anyone wants company for a walk down Memory Lane, I will gladly go with them.

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The doctor calls it a panic attack, I call it a trip down memory lane for big bro.

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This will be a trip down memory lane for the right hon. Gentleman.

be (walking/treading/skating) on thin ice

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He was on thin ice before.

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It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned.

be walking/floating on air

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Martha felt that she was walking on air and when she entered the kitchen, Annie looked up.

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She felt as though she was floating on air .

give sb their walking papers

go/walk down the aisle

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As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles.

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He wanted to walk down the aisle with you and give you away to your young man.

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Her mouth turned up at the corners, Mavis walked down the aisle with Walter.

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Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle .

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Resplendent in red, she walks down the aisle on the arm of the Rev.

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The wedding was off, because no way was she going to walk down the aisle looking like an eejit!

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They looked at the passports and then started to walk down the aisle , pointing their guns at the passengers.

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Together, they walked down the aisle behind the crucifix, toward the rear of the church.

run/stretch/walk etc the (full) length of sth

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A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek.

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I always enjoyed walking the full length of the street to check how the other shops were faring.

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I would have to walk the length of the shed to reach him.

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Next door, the living room is large and beautifully proportioned, running the length of the house.

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The loft ran the length of the house from front to back, and it was lit by two unshaded forty-watt bulbs.

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Then Red runs the length of the court, grabs a pass, drives to the basket and sinks one.

springy step/walk

walk a tightrope

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All organizations especially those that are growing, walk a tightrope between stability and change, tradition and revision.

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But he's been doing very well at it despite having to learn terrifying new skills, like walking a tightrope .

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It's like walking a tightrope in size-15 wellies.

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Neurotics walk a tightrope from one catastrophe to the next.

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She sometimes felt she was walking a tightrope , wanting to be friendly with Therese, and yet terrified of upsetting Karl.

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The Profitboss walks a tightrope between research and risk, between research and opportunity.

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The rare person who on the rare occasion wants to be wholly neutral has to walk a tightrope .

walk/ride etc abreast

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Corbett and Ranulf, riding abreast , stopped and gazed at the chaos.

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If there are six people walking abreast there is little chance that they will create an avenue for you to go through.

walking dictionary/encyclopedia

walking disaster (area)

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As far as my patients went, I became a walking disaster area.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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Walking instead of driving is an excellent way of losing weight.

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Anna missed the bus, so she decided to walk .

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How old was Daisy when she first started walking?

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I'll bet we walked at least three miles.

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I like to go walking in the woods, just to breathe the air.

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I normally walk the six blocks to the office.

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I was walking along Main Street when I met Pierre.

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Jed walked out of the station and got into a taxi.

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Let's try walking the refrigerator over to the wall.

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Pitchers intentionally walked McCovery 260 times.

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She hates walking home alone at night.

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Sheena's up at six every morning to walk along the beach.

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We must have walked about five miles today.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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As the room fell suddenly, tensely silent, he began to walk , to hobble painfully and with difficulty towards Sabine.

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Finally he walked it over to the cashier.

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I thought of walking out on this guy, too, but decided against it.

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If you walk up and down a pebbly beach, you will notice that the pebbles are not arranged at random.

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Joan happily walks out with a new blender.

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She walked on, her footsteps deliberately loud on the stone floor.

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Sometimes, Ashley walks to a nearby elementary school so she can watch the children spill out on to the playground.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

brisk

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Within two or three weeks a brisk walk for a full half-hour becomes an enjoyable experience.

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It was on High Street, only a few minutes' brisk walk away.

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From there a brisk fifteen-minute walk would take her back to her hotel.

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Something as small as a brisk fifteen-minute walk each day can make a big difference to health.

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A brisk walk or jog for half-an-hour will do much more to build stamina than a twelve-second sprint.

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A brisk walk , combined with exercise for suppleness, is more suitable.

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If you are out at work, a brisk walk at lunch-time might be possible.

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A brisk walk will help use up the adrenaline which creates the physical manifestations of nervousness.

circular

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This latter deviation can, of course, be used to make a circular walk from the station of about seven miles.

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You can take a 12-mile or 20-mile circular walk around the village.

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For variety and to make a longer walk you can try the three circular walks which leave the towpath at various points.

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It is happily served by two old paths for ascent and descent, encouraging a circular walk best done clockwise.

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The aim of the circular walk I've devised is to capture as fully as possible the incredible magic of the Lakes.

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Planned circular walks are also available, which always include many points of interest and an approximate time.

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Tintern Abbey in the Wye Valley makes a good half way point on a circular walk from Chepstow.

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This was my first stop on a circular walk round the peninsula's exposed western extremity.

easy

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It really is splendid, an easy walk with just a short ascent to reach the beginning of the ridge.

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It's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps.

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The less energetic could take the easy walk to the cable car and ride to the summit of Mount Mottarone.

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Watersports are available on the sandy beach which is an easy 160 metre walk from the hotel.

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It's an easy walk from there to Merriman's.

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The swimming pool complex is three minutes away, and the village centre an easy five minute walk .

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A heavy snowfall can transform an easy walk into a serious proposition in just a matter of hours.

gentle

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Just outside Dundee there are several country parks ideal for gentle walks .

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She took gentle walks each day.

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Gorleston, on the southern outskirts of town, offers a gentle walk and a pleasing test.

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Easily Accessible: There are several gentle walks along the banks of the Teme.

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This no nonsense guide is good for those wanting to go on an interesting selection of gentle walks .

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Next was a gentle walk around the wooded peninsula to take a closer look at Osa Fjord.

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His condition steadily deteriorated and he contented himself with gentle walks near his home.

guided

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There are some really lovely places to explore, including some guided walks organised by the Tourist Office.

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A full and varied exhibition programme is mounted along with countryside events, and guided walks .

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Free activities: There are guided walks organised by the local tourist office, and various festivals throughout the season.

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Free activities: The brass band gives regular concerts, there are guided walks and even occasional windsurfing regattas!

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For more information or to obtain a booking form contact: Guided walk in Yorkshire July 28.

long

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And you say what we want to hear, or you take a long walk .

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So, Herb, I took a long walk around our city this past week, and I thought about you.

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From Seelisberg there is a longer walk which is particularly rewarding in the sustained panoramic views it offers.

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They took long walks at night.

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I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor.

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On the long walk down the hall Glover picked a crawling pace calculated to paralyze an opponent this young.

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The starting point for the long walk over the heath to the house.

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You took a long walk in the park or through some interesting part of town.

pleasant

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There is also a very pleasant woodland walk here.

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They had had a pleasant walk and an easy supper.

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They went for long, pleasant walks in Cumberland.

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Walking: There are several pleasant walks around the resort, while the Patscherkofel cable car opens up some spectacular hiking trails.

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It was a pleasant walk down a gently sloping hill past the toll house.

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These are worth exploring on a short but pleasant walk from the village.

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We find the Yusupov house is closed but have a pleasant walk in the woods.

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The Centenary Walk passes through the village, and, in addition, there is a pleasant walk to Filey through fields.

short

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I decide to go out for cigarettes; a short walk will do me good.

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The coeducational school was just a short walk for all of them.

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The garden was often used by the target for a short relaxing walk .

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It is next to Friston Forest with its forest walks and picnic areas, and is a short walk from the sea.

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The house is only a short walk from local shops and there are regular buses to the City Centre.

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There is an excellent pool with a large sunbathing terrace with sunbeds and the beach is a short walk away.

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Whatever secret he had been hoping to confide on that short walk to the House would remain for ever unspoken.

slow

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Blake's slow walk appeared to unnerve them.

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I learned the grammar, the ritual behavior, the slow walk of openings.

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My diary this Saturday showed a very slow walk past trees and stones and gateways which the lines on her face remembered.

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We moved about a hundred feet at a slow walk .

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She liked nothing better than a nice slow walk round a cemetery as a rule.

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She takes a Slow walk around the block each evening or lingers in the hallway.

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After a slow walk past the dustbins he found nothing of interest except a bag of rusty washers and an old tap.