WALL

Meaning of WALL in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a boundary wall/fence

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The boundary wall was about twenty foot high.

a company goes to the wall informal (= goes bankrupt )

a wall clock (= that hangs on a wall )

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A loud ticking came from the wall clock.

a wall cupboard British English (= fixed to the wall, not on the floor )

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Wall cupboards provide extra storage in the garage.

a walled city (= surrounded by a wall )

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the old walled city of Alghero

built into the wall

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There are three cash machines built into the wall .

cavity wall

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cavity wall insulation

drive sb up the wall/round the bend/out of their mind spoken informal (= make someone feel very annoyed )

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That voice of hers drives me up the wall.

dry wall

dry-stone wall

exterior walls

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The exterior walls need a new coat of paint.

party wall

perimeter fence/wall

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A mine blew a hole in the perimeter wall.

retaining wall

stone wall

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a stone wall

wall painting

Wall Street

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a drop in share prices on Wall Street

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

back

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On the extreme left-hand end of the back wall is Eastern Touch, E4 6a.

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The honeysuckle had climbed the back wall of the house and its fragrance filled my old room.

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The mill pond is still maintained in good order although it is smaller, formerly extending right up to the back wall .

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On the back wall of the produce shed hangs a schoolroom map of the continental United States.

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Cushions, the large hard Arabian cushions, stood neatly along the back wall .

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Q: I planted nine tomatoes by a wooden fence and six close to the back wall of the house.

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The water was fed to the mill through a cast iron sluice box set in the back wall .

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Kitty stood against the back wall , stony, her face blotchy from tears wept in solitude.

concrete

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New 150,00 watt floodlights will be installed in concrete wing walls at the four corners of the stadium.

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The Noedings have put in a L-shaped concrete wall 2 feet above ground and 2 feet below to protect their house.

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Collisions with concrete walls have broken three of his ribs and shattered a kneecap.

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Otherwise, the basement is well underground, and Jasper had himself forced the hooks into the concrete wall .

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Freed of its burden, the cab sped on, rammed into a low concrete wall .

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Concrete beams and a concrete wall will tend to move as one.

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It swerved wildly towards the wall , bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall.

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The method is more environmentally friendly than building concrete walls .

exterior

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Drawbacks: The exterior walls get very hot during combination cooking.

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The framing went up, the exterior walls , the siding.

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The long, low church is decorated by paintings all over the exterior and interior walls , openings and window frames.

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To let in light, the architects left a few gaps-windows-in the essentially monolithic exterior walls .

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The other side's the exterior wall of the castle.

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On the outside of the same part of the Abbey, workers are busy renovating the exterior wall .

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These arches are visible on the exterior wall surfaces.

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However, only four bays of the upper section of the exterior screen wall are insitu.

far

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That only left the door on the far wall .

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Fifi and I lined up against a far wall .

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A few children were assembling all the props on a table over by the far wall .

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Hanging on the far wall was a large painting of a pale man in a plaid flannel shirt.

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The first thing she saw when she drew level with the chest-high partition was a picture on the far wall .

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We will fire our pulse of light at such an angle that its passage to the far wall is five meters long.

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He wandered over to the far wall .

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The molten metal sculpture of the universe on the far wall is stunning.

high

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It is detached in an acre of ground with high walls .

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There were high walls , old plush chairs, a heavy rug with a stale odor hanging close.

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It was an old-fashioned kind of garden - beds of roses edged with white stones, and a high , mossy wall .

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There was a high brick wall around it.

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A high concrete wall continues for about a quarter of a mile.

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They have a high wall around them, more profound than most people, more detached and scientific.

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He built high walls to protect his people from hostile forces.

low

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There was a small paved area in front of it and a low wall .

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She then recounted that in Motiihil they had entered a house with a low circular wall which was filled with water.

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An escape route may be a back door, a side road or a low wall fronting a garden.

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The multitude had rushed toward the side of the Bagh with the lowest wall , which was five feet high.

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The monument is a V-shaped low wall of polished black granite that reflects back the image of the viewer.

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Somnolent now within its low grey walls and stumpy towers, it was once rich on salt, and powerful to boot.

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A flower bed could be used, or a low wall built.

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They spent their time hiding behind low stone walls and leaping out at motorists travelling in bus lanes.

outside

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The wall should be a load-bearing wall preferably an outside wall.

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This raises questions / concerns about installing new kitchen cabinets that will have their own back resting against the outside wall .

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The first phase of the current project, now under way, is to clean and consolidate the outside walls .

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Hornaday winds up sliding into the outside wall .

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On an outside wall of this was painted a Madonna and Child.

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The outside walls were painted as well: scenes of judgment, resurrection and martyrdom.

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It can leave the Tower if driven out in this way, but it must stay close to the outside walls .

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For the outside walls , he used cinder-block masonry, with a patented concrete stucco sprayed on.

white

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Its natural weathered finish contrasts with the white powder-coated aluminium walls .

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It is modern: blonde wood floors, stark white walls , and overhead, tiny halogen lights.

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The cold white walls were decorated with a few hastily-chosen posters.

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My letter to her says something about lots of blank white walls .

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It had stripped floorboards with pastel rugs dotted on them, and white walls .

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A white wall becomes a yellow wall becomes a gray wall, he said to himself.

■ NOUN

bedroom

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I stopped listening to Jake Rosso's records, and took his pictures off my bedroom wall .

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The logs were uneven, making the house list toward the outside bedroom wall .

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These were the kind of people I had pinned up on my bedroom wall , and here I was meeting them.

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He stared at the bedroom wall .

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Get a long mirror fixed to your bathroom or bedroom wall and take a good look at yourself front way on.

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That was until I saw the pin-ups on his bedroom wall .

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Or you could make it into a picture for a baby or toddler to hang on their bedroom wall .

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I had hundreds of pictures and photos of him on my bedroom wall .

brick

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The lorry smashed through a brick wall and plunged into the fast-flowing canal, landing on its side.

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So after they ran into all these brick walls , they had no place else to go.

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The brick walls and paving of the front garden are clean and tidy, but rather harsh.

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From behind high brick walls , you can hear bubbling fountains.

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And what do you do when to come up against a brick wall ?

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Exposed the original brick walls , hung lamps with straw bonnets for shades, put in a small mahogany bar.

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Like a brick wall to protect you.

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It occurs when Chan nonchalantly eases himself down a brick wall , bracing his legs against a convenient palm tree.

cavity

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They are permanent construction with cavity walls and tiled roofs to housing specifications.

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The work will include cavity wall insulation, roof insulation, double glazing and installation of energy efficient heating systems.

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As well as these weather-resisting advantages, the cavity wall has greater sound and thermal insulating properties and a greater resistance to overturning.

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His head jerked and banged against the cavity wall , then it did it again and after that, a third time.

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If you have cavity walls , insulate them.

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Incidentally, cavity wall insulation should be impermeable to water vapour, or interstitial condensation can occur.

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If you plan to have cavity wall insulation installed, start by approaching your local authority Building control Officer for approval.

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Other parts of the treatment involved the cavity wall ducts under the building and some internal work in the flats.

city

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Vaughan eventually found Tyndale in Antwerp and had several talks with him in a meadow outside the city walls .

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As we passed through the city wall , a great shout went up from the occupants of the car.

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In Cracow, sections of the city walls survive from Medieval building.

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It is a Bedouin band; and next morning there remains not a single living soul within those city walls .

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Enjoy a walk along the city walls and a stroll beside the Dee.

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Horns rang out from the city wall .

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The next morning they began their gruelling journey up the ancient Roman road which ran from London's city wall into Oxfordshire.

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Arad's name appeared again outside the fairground, in Vitra's transparent tent erected next to the old city wall .

garden

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The cart went along by the garden wall , and round to the back door.

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Suddenly from every house, from the beached ships, from every garden wall MacIans were leaping out.

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To try and get to it by going round outside the garden wall meant ploughing through waist-high nettles and clumps of bramble.

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There is no cover for damage to terraces, patios, driveways, footpaths, garden walls and hedges.

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The sound came from over the garden wall and I knew that no-one in that part of Gigant Street kept chicken.

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Our escorts, both dressed in blazers and boaters jumped on-board - and promptly steered us straight for a garden wall .

kitchen

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These objects add instant nostalgia when hung on your kitchen wall or placed in a basket on your counter top.

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The outside yard was about seven feet in width and bordered by the kitchen wall .

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Unfortunately, you can not gain access to your inner clock as easily as the clock on your kitchen wall .

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The kitchen walls literally run with water at times!

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Flames shot up amidst coils of thick smoke that blackened our kitchen walls and ceiling.

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Keep a fire blanket on the kitchen wall in case of emergencies.

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With any luck the calendar finds a place on the kitchen wall and serves as a useful reference throughout the year.

painting

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Buildings were consolidated and where necessary roofed, and wall paintings for the first time left in place.

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Part of a wall painting here, a bit of a fresco there.

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Portal sculptures, wall paintings and mosaics created in each church a pictorial record of the Bible stories and teaching.

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It faintly illuminated the interior wall paintings that surrounded them.

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Elizabethan wall paintings and fine Jacobean plasterwork.

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The wall paintings under the cornice are c.1370.

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The tombs are rock hewn chambers, many beautifully decorated by wall paintings in rich colours.

stone

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Behind a grey stone wall lay a little pool.

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It does not respect stone walls .

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It was much quieter in her room because of the strong stone walls .

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He walked into a stone wall .

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On top of the hill was a wood of beech trees surrounded by a stone wall .

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I stood under trees, surveying the stone walls and vines of the Villa Diodati.

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The stone walls of our cottage groan and shudder as if tired of battling with the centuries of wind.

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The setting sun had turned the pale stone walls to gold.

town

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We walked the town walls , whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick's stormy history.

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Conwy's atmospheric cluster of lofty towers and town walls , 700 years on, still stamp their authority on the landscape.

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The smaller streets criss-crossed on a grid pattern and the town walls surrounded an eight-sided city.

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In the 13C this was the line of the Old Town wall .

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Excavations have revealed fragmentary remains of substantial masonry buildings within the town walls , but no complete plans have been recovered.

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You may come there by the alley from the town wall , and leave the church on your right.

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Apparently he repeatedly climbed the town wall during his stay to watch for his pursuers.

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One of the continuing difficulties about Carlisle is the elusiveness of the town wall , and consequently the size of the town.

■ VERB

build

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The second half of the day was building a wall .

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There were storage bins built into the back wall .

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Her cavity bed was built into the wall , like some ancient Roman grave.

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We build walls around ourselves and cut ourselves off from those who would empathize with and even help us.

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Together they build an impressive wall of evidence - but their success carries a big downer.

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Horton knew, he said, that Truitte had a gift for building walls around himself.

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When the library was built , the wall on to which the extension has been added was designed as a temporary wall.

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Inside the ruined and deserted school building , the classroom walls are still adorned with a series of moral slogans.

climb

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When it was refused, some of them tried to climb over the wall .

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The honeysuckle had climbed the back wall of the house and its fragrance filled my old room.

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She envied her being so fleet and lithe and able to climb walls .

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Large pieces of equipment such as the climbing wall are not for sale.

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I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view.

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Gao Ma spun around and climbed up on to the wall .

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In a dark eight he climbed the wall with Odysseus' help, found the Palladium and took it to the camp.

cover

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There are columns around the circumference of the Sanctuary, and various marble incrustations cover the inner walls .

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One painting, covering several walls , shows stylized vultures, with huge broom-like wings and human feet.

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Fitted wardrobes are ideal for covering a wall which has a central chimneybreast.

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Golden brown mussels covered the walls of the main fissure and were heaped in mounds over smaller cracks between lobes of lava.

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Charlie found himself mesmerised by the mosaic patterns that covered the inner walls , their tiny squares making up life-size portraits.

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Intricate murals cover the walls and domed ceiling.

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It covered the walls and ceiling.

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In the silence that followed noticed the photographs that covered the walls of his office.

hang

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We all live in chintzy little boudoir rooms and we can't hang Rothkos on our walls .

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A sketch of Don Quixote hangs on one wall between two book-cases.

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There's a picture hanging on the wall behind.

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Now an old bachelor, he had pictures of nude Western women hanging on the wall in his room.

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We could hang them on the walls .

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In his courtroom, a picture of Lincoln hangs on the wall .

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When the last green bottle accidentally falls, there are no green bottles hanging on the wall .

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He was flooded with relief, as if a picture hanging crooked on the wall had been set nearly straight again.

hit

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Now she has hit a brick wall and has written to me to highlight the problem.

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During the 1982 recession, the deepest since the Depression, state governments began to hit the wall .

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It collapsed when the boy hit its walls with a metal pole even though friends told him to stop.

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Witnesses swear that as fast as the line drive hit the wall , Rivera was rounding second before it touched the ground.

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It gathers speed, and suddenly hits the wall by the foot of the bed.

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Each block continued to sail onward as soon as it had left his hand, until it hit the wall and rebounded.

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It hit the wall four feet below him.

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But then Sumlin came on and hit a wall .

hung

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A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area.

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These objects add instant nostalgia when hung on your kitchen wall or placed in a basket on your counter top.

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Polly gingerly took up the receiver of the entryphone intercom that hung on the wall beside her front door.

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A faintly discolored portrait of John F.. Kennedy hung on the wall above the desk.

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Flocks need to be hung on a good wall surface.

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A mirror of beveled glass hung on the wall .

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She meant it wasn't any good just talking, sitting there beneath a cross that hung on a wall .

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She simply knows that icons, even the most gilded of them, are made to be hung on a wall .

lean

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One battered Land-Rover stood outside the post office, and leaning against the schoolhouse wall were a couple of bicycles.

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The hoes and rakes are still there, leaning against the wall , useless.

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He leant over the church wall and Uncle Walter's helmet tipped forward.

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Miguel said wearily, leaning against the wall .

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She went to lean against the wall - he made a vehement negative gesture - she staggered forward again.

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She was seated on the ground, leaning against a wall , strumming a guitar.

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I just leant against the wall by the door.

line

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Or you could line the walls with bookshelves from waist-level, with cupboards underneath to provide storage and serving space.

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Unfortunately, a row of lockers lined the wall Separating the gym from the locker room, obstructing the view.

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The coffins were lined with roses, and hundreds of telegrams lined the walls .

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By instigating a calcium deficiency inside the cells, the drugs cause muscles lining arterial walls to relax.

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The room was flooded with a soft illumination, cleverly directed at the Gobelin tapestries that lined one wall .

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Instead he fills them with any of the dozens of different varieties of liquid that line the walls of his lab.

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He thought the name singularly inappropriate: either side was lined with a wall of Victorian terrace villas.

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The articles of Arthur Ronald Constance, the famed ring columnist, lined the walls in ancient, browned, curling tatters.

paint

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George Plank also painted the wall panels.

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They painted murals on the walls , foliage on the ceilings, and patterns on wooden chests.

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And there had been green and gold and scarlet dragons painted on every wall and woven into every silk hanging.

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One painting , covering several walls , shows stylized vultures, with huge broom-like wings and human feet.

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There, a little way along, a dragon had been painted on the wall in green.

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They were painted on the walls of many private houses whether the occupants wanted them there or not.

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Richard thought I should invest in indirect lighting, maybe paint the walls peach, make it a little cozier.

set

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There is a bake oven set in a wall in the fireplace probably an original outer wall of the former cottage.

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The Viscount ushered us inside, and turned a massive switch set in the wall .

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The mill still boasts its impressive chimney and mill clock, set in the front wall .

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The stage had also been set for stout functional walls to appear, and, as always, they did.

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She crossed the room in a few quick strides, grasped the handle of the door set in the wall and pulled.

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Victorine tells me of a party in a house set back behind a wall .

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The water was fed to the mill through a cast iron sluice box set in the back wall .

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Bow-tie pins of enamel and sapphires sparkled behind glass set into black walls .

stand

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You ought to be stood up against a wall , you ought.

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I saw misty people in overcoats standing against a wall eating buns.

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Half way up the steps there's a standing wall , the remains of an engine room.

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Tony Astorina stood against the wall across the room.

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My name stands on the wall at the Rose Bowl.

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Now they stood to the walls , and if they fell, had no more help than the civilians had.

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He stood facing the wall where the lizard stains were, rubbing the back of his neck.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be (like) banging/bashing etc your head against a brick wall

be a fly on the wall

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I wish I'd been a fly on the wall during that conversation.

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I wished I could be a fly on the wall.

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Oh, wouldn't I like to be a fly on the wall when you tell her the latest!

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You should be a fly on the wall and hear him sing your praises.

be climbing the walls

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If I drank another cup of coffee, I'd be climbing the walls.

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Realizes he is moving in her desperately, as if he is climbing the walls of a closed building.

be like talking to a brick wall

have your back to/against the wall

hit a (brick) wall

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A man and his woman pillion passenger died instantly when they lost control of the machine and hit a wall.

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But by the mid-1970s, his career apparently hit a wall.

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But then Sumlin came on and hit a wall.

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He hit a wall hard enough to briefly ignite a magnesium wheel, but refused to slow down.

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He died because his car hit a wall.

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In these sessions, men generally will talk about the conflicts between job and family, but then hit a wall.

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Must rising wages and expanding production hit a brick wall, leading to layoffs and falling output?

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Now she has hit a brick wall and has written to me to highlight the problem.

nail sb to the wall/cross

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He set this aside, nailing it to the cross.

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Poverty hung about the place like they'd framed it and nailed it to the walls.

supporting wall/beam etc

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The roof was in an appalling state and the supporting beams were rotten.

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There was a portico, generally of wood, with posts supporting beams, and decoration was in terracotta.

the writing is on the wall

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The writing is on the wall for old manufacturing industries.

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Although two points clear of the pack, the writing is on the wall for Aberdeen unless some one starts banging goals away.

walled garden/city/town etc

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Accommodation comprises 110 twin bedded bungalows and 15 Duplex Suites each with its own shady terrace and small walled garden.

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At Leicester the market place occupied the whole of the south-eastern quarter of the walled town.

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Founded in 1673, this small walled garden is the oldest botanical garden in the country after Oxford's.

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Like the people of Ferghana, its occupants were a settled people living in walled towns.

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She lives now in converted weaving cottages in Kilbarchan, a walled garden already rich in spring colours.

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The walled garden too had been carefully maintained.

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The existence of walled towns and castles created two problems.

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The house, dairy, farm buildings, walled garden and orchard show what life there was like eighty years ago.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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A brick wall surrounds the building.

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We should hang the picture on this wall over here.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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Built in 1537 of brick, it has immense circular mural towers and massive, impregnable walls.

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But no one can figure out a way to take that wall down without damaging the FleetCenter wall.

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He spotted another phalanx of flies stuck to the walls.

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My granda used to pin his favourite tenant's letters to the wall of his cupboard.

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The walls were lined with another fine matting woven in a large diamond design of red and green.

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The joists support all the walls, so the walls of the bathroom had to be torn out.

II. verb