adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
weed the garden (= remove unwanted wild plants )
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She was outside weeding the garden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bit
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As for the holiday, I agree with you, it sounds a wee bit unlikely.
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Reason I ask, Mr Rasmussen says you seemed a wee bit tipsy.
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We have been lacking a wee bit of professionalism recently.
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He is hapless, passive and maybe just a wee bit smug.
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Monica is a wee bit overweight.
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There is no label on the bottle, it tastes a wee bit vinegary.
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It is a wee bit disconcerting when you can hear yourself think in a pub these days.
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If you're not a lover of platform games it could be a wee bit tedious.
boy
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And Tam would turn up at the hospital like a wee boy .
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Now it was his aunt Elizabeth who nominated him, mostly because she says he's a great, considerate wee boy .
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Men, honestly, wee boys at heart.
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As a wee boy I knew the jargon of the Ayrshire pits, names and terms incomprehensible to the uninitiated.
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You're a brave wee boy .
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But my best friend gives her wee boy chocolate all the time and doesn't see anything wrong with it.
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Even as a wee boy I had considered it an unfair exchange.
hours
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We got to Sabinal in the wee hours before dawn.
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Their video-age medicine shows run on dozens of cable and broadcast outlets in the wee hours .
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Where else can such a thought be debated ad nauseam into the wee hours of a boring Tuesday?
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For safety, a night light comes on at the top of the stairs when some one emerges in the wee hours .
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Soul musicians are, by nature, nocturnal, so many of his interviews would take place in the wee hours .
man
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The wee men were there in force.
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Today I am only a wee man , 5 feet 4 inches in height.
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On you go, wee man .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the weed
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a wee girl
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And wee Kate and Joshua are just plain gorgeous even though it's their Granny talking.
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Cameron thought of the wee man's rubbery face, his busy scurrying movements - his compulsive drinking.
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How old's the wee bairn?
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Reason I ask, Mr Rasmussen says you seemed a wee bit tipsy.
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Seen a wee skirt in Miss Selfridge.
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She has got a great wee figure.
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The Highlanders were very generous, not only with their bagpipe reeds but also with their wee drams.
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There are many big sharks waiting for the wee Minister to announce the terms of these sales.