I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a weight problem (= the problem of being too fat )
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Patients with weight problems were put on a strict diet.
a weight/height limit
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The weight limit per bag is 20 kilos.
add weight to the suggestion/idea etc
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Recent research adds weight to the theory that the climate is changing.
be unequal in size/weight etc
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The pieces were unequal in length.
beneath the weight of (= unable to support the weight of )
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Some roofs collapsed beneath the weight of so much snow.
birth weight (= a baby’s weight when it is born )
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Many factors may affect a baby’s birth weight.
body weight
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You have exactly the right body weight for your height.
buckle under the pressure/strain/weight
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A weaker person would have buckled under the weight of criticism.
lose weight/height/speed etc
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You’re looking slim. Have you lost weight?
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The plane emptied its fuel tanks as it started losing altitude.
shed weight (= lose weight from your body )
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Doing exercise is the best way to shed surplus weight.
support...weight
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During sleep, our spine no longer needs to support the weight of our body.
troy weight
under the weight of (= unable to support the weight of )
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The bench collapsed under the weight of so many people.
weight gain
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Eating too many fatty foods could cause weight gain .
Weight loss
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Weight loss should be gradual.
weight training
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He does weight training at the gym twice a week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
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Alternatively, five inmates of the same average weight could be flown without luggage.
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These charts show the average weights for individuals of varying heights, with separate charts available for males and females.
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Now, for most foods, legislation allows the average weight to be stated.
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The suspect was described as a white male of average height and weight between 25 to 32 years old.
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So too, in some cases, is the average weight per age of children under three.
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The average tusk weight has dropped from Poachers ambush elephants, machine-gun them and then hack their tusks out.
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The average weight gain after lunch was about 2.5 pounds, which is appropriate in normal cases.
dry
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Size can be measured as height, leaf area, volume, fresh weight , dry weight, etc.
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It absorbs up to a fifth of its dry weight of water without feeling damp, she says.
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Measurements of dry weight gain showed a marked decline in relative growth rate below 5°C.
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As before, W denotes weight , but this time fresh or dry weight as suitable.
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The performance of the transplants was measured by vegetative growth expressed as dry weight at harvest after twelve months.
equal
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The new title gave equal weight to both nationalities in the republic.
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Whereas in the Catholic Church the word and Churches Doctrine held equal weight .
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Will social factors be given equal weight with medical factors when determining such claims?
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Everyone's opinion has equal weight .
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It would ensure that the vote of every citizen had equal weight .
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These two strands have an approximately equal weight in terms of student workload and contribution to the overall assessment.
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If, for example, two perceptive functions are of equal weight , they tend to interfere with and jam each other.
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If you don't have fresh fruit to hand, just use an equal weight of canned or frozen fruit instead.
extra
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But the extra weight of the kiddies holding on to them, they sank as well.
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The men who were most prone to carry extra weight on their bellies were also at higher cataract risk.
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I know it was only the extra weight of the Cross that got me up that hill.
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The extra weight acted as levers which made Hsu Fu twist and wrack even more.
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Simply calculate the extra weight and add the correct value of stamps for that particular weight and destination.
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Presumably, he wished the carboys to float; but he had neglected the extra weight of the stoppers!
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They reckoned that my extra weight had protected my heart, and I was also wearing heavy, rubber-soled safety boots.
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But when the Padres plummeted to last place last week, the hefty Vaughn contract took on extra weight .
full
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She rolled on top of him, letting her full weight rest on his body.
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When we pushed against them, they toppled with the full force and weight of a massive trunk.
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Sid slowly allowed the scales to take the full weight of the fish.
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Relieved, she now felt the full and shocking weight of what she had just witnessed.
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Now the full weight of responsibility fell on Doris.
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The full weight of community wrath was brought down firmly on a few who tried to speak their own minds.
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Accordingly the full weight of the curial machine was now brought into play.
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Right then, a crank breaks and the rider lands with full weight on the frame crossbar, then crashes.
great
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He could hardly ease himself free from the great stinking weight .
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Then slowly, as if struggling against some great weight , they start to move.
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I also love spaghetti with a simple sauce - pasta's great for weight watchers.
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This is a man of the greatest weight , to whose friendship we can not be indifferent.
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There had to be more to it than simply filling in a few spaces with a ballpoint; greater symbolic weight was required.
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I longed to feel the great buzzard's weight on my fist.
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I have no doubt that his opinion will carry great weight .
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Although these facts were not matters to which any great weight could be attached, they were relevant.
heavy
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Monks tied the locket to a heavy weight and dropped it into the water.
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Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
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Marlene woke to the sound of a heavy weight being dragged across the floor.
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Both heavy weights and light weights have slow and fast oscillations.
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If you lift heavy weights and you lift in the wrong way, you can obviously do yourself damage.
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I combine cardiovascular and muscular workouts with moderate to heavy weights , a lot of repetitions and no rest in between sets.
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Lifting very heavy weights can also raise your blood pressure considerably for a short time.
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Steeped again in current events and the heavy weight of the world, I felt my memory grow fuzzy.
ideal
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We are generous and define obesity as being more than 120 percent ideal body weight .
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The nonsmoking, sedentary men involved in the study were 20 percent to 60 percent over ideal weight , but otherwise healthy.
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Charts, then, are only a rough guide to ideal weight .
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Finally, you can plan ahead and continue with some sort of contingency contract when you have attained your ideal weight .
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Guides to ideal weight often seem arbitrary and inflexible.
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This answer falls within the acceptable range and so indicates that this person is at or reasonably close to her ideal weight .
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For health - as opposed to fashion - reasons, there is a 2-stone range of ideal weight for your height.
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Daily total caloric requirements were calculated from Long's equation modified for ideal body weight .
light
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Both heavy weights and light weights have slow and fast oscillations.
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It is lighter in weight and does not need the heavy winches and guide frame of the deep diving bells.
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Manual is good because it is cheaper than power operation and, we assume, lighter in weight .
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Remember to use light weights and be very cautious when first exercising the spinal erectors.
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In addition to its very light weight , it was very durable.
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Their versatility and light weight makes them attractive for backpacking - albeit at a price.
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A honeycomb provides the most rigid structure with lightest weight .
low
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Barker etal reported that low birth weight was associated with lower adult lung function but not with symptoms of wheeze.
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Predominantly affecting young women, the central feature of this disorder is an abnormally low weight achieved by extreme caloric restriction.
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The seriousness of the low weight is often denied by the patient.
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Many people believed that such low molecular weight products were all one could hope for from ethylene.
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The key is its low weight .
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The low weight comes from the chassis design.
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You can try to rationalize your low weight loss.
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Reduced glutathione is known as a major low molecular weight scavenger of free radicals in cytoplasm.
molecular
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Amino-acid sequencing is limited to smaller molecules, for example the endogenous opioid met-enkephalin with a molecular weight of 573.
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The remainder stays in the donor stream with the large molecular weight substances and is subsequently discarded.
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The position and sizes of molecular weight standards are indicated.
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Reduced glutathione is known as a major low molecular weight scavenger of free radicals in cytoplasm.
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The main chemical constituent of mucus is a waterproof high molecular weight glycoprotein.
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These polymers, based on methacrylate chemistry, have high molecular weights and therefore form very stable coatings owing to their multipoint attachment.
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This shows that for mixing to take place between high molecular weight components the solubility parameters would have to be virtually identical.
sheer
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Due to its sheer weight it can only be used at the Centre by special permission of the Department of Transport.
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The intensity of the introductions made me tremble, overtaken by the sheer weight of their status.
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Ari was exhausted by the sheer weight of first impressions of the city.
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He forced though - even if going back: the sheer weight of his blows - Anton down on his hands and knees.
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In terms of money, grass-roots organization, blocking power and sheer weight , the Democrats and Republicans rule supreme.
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In the case of a particularly large breed this is perhaps understandable, because of the sheer weight .
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The sheer weight of goodwill fax messages told them of this fact.
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The sheer weight of dicta amassed was intimidating, but Mr. Ashworth conceded he could find no authority actually binding on me.
■ NOUN
birth
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Barker etal reported that low birth weight was associated with lower adult lung function but not with symptoms of wheeze.
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Low birth weight is another measure of the well-being of infants and children.
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As the example of Table 7 shows, both late fetal and early neonatal mortality rise steadily with decreasing birth weight .
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Our results pertain to a sample of 101 subjects, in many of whom the birth weight was obtained by maternal recall.
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The inclusion of birth weight as one of the enrolment characteristics is probably inappropriate.
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Several studies revealed conditions that affect prematurity and birth weight .
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This was the sample used for the analysis of birth weight , gestational age, and respiratory symptoms.
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Plasma fibrinogen concentrations, for example, are related to weight at 1 year but not independently to birth weight.
body
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Forces that can be up to five times your body weight on each stride.
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Loss of only 10 percent of body weight , regular aerobic exercise and quitting smoking lead the list.
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These results did not differ when acid output was expressed as mmol/h/kg lean body mass or mmol/h/kg fat free body weight .
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He then measured their body weight .
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Ideally, if you are overweight you will eat slightly less than is necessary to maintain a constant body weight .
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We are generous and define obesity as being more than 120 percent ideal body weight .
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The stability of a stance depends upon the distribution of the body weight .
control
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Once you start eating in a healthier way, good weight control should become much easier.
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In celebration of a new weight control year, the Quaker Oats Co. has developed yet another rice cake flavor.
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It may be tempting to talk a great deal about what you have learned about diet, nutrition, exercise, and weight control .
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PreSnackwellian researchers proposed high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets for weight control .
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Keep the business of weight control in perspective.
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But all those favorites can fit, even on weight control diets or eating plans designed to manage heart disease or diabetes.
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The actual weight at the end of each month can then be filled in as the weight control regime progresses.
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Your own, personalized weight control programme has not been a sudden thing but has evolved over a long period of time.
gain
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Parents may also need some advice and discussion about the types of high-calorie food that are important for weight gain and growth.
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But we wanted a program that used weight gain per month instead.
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Varicose veins Hormone changes and weight gain give rise to varicose veins.
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In a vicious cycle, weight gain increases insulin resistance increases weight gain.
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Body weight gain was satisfactory in all rats included in this study.
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This contradiction is what leads to much of this country's weight gain , particularly in young people.
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Her diarrhoea decreased with improved appetite and weight gain , a rising serum albumin, and resolution of her peripheral oedema.
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Neither prevention of weight gain nor maintenance of weight loss was included in this research project.
loss
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Look out for smell of solvent on breath, nose-bleeds, sores around nose and mouth, weight loss .
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What kind of diet promotes weight loss ?
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Just aim to stay where you are until the tough period is over and you can recommence your weight loss regime.
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Suppose, for example, that only seven children showed weight loss .
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Will you get a big weight loss this week, or will it come next week, or not at all?
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Or better yet, see a doctor who specializes in weight loss .
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First, consider the situation where weight loss is not as good as expected.
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But for others, it may be too dramatic or raise too many expectations about weight loss .
problem
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Animal fats and refined sugar contribute to a weight problem and can be a factor in heart and arterial disease.
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She is an expert on how a low-calorie diet and exercise can beat cellulite and other weight problems .
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People who don't have a weight problem may simply not be as sensitive to these shifts.
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You want a relatively slow but controlled and permanent solution to your weight problem .
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For the first time in my life I had a weight problem .
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Conquering your weight problem is probably the most important thing in your life right now.
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The mirror test Many people with weight problems avoid full-length mirrors as much as possible.
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But if this is your only way of relaxing then you may acquire a weight problem .
■ VERB
add
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The fixing process is simple and clean, and only minimally increases wall thickness and adds little dead weight to the structure.
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It added to the weight we would carry, which was a lot if you were a gunner or a Duper man.
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The mixture is coagulated and titanium dioxide is added to adjust the weight .
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A magazine article indicated I might benefit from adding weight lifting to my exercise program.
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These findings add considerable weight to the claims that emotional arousal is of causal significance to relapse.
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You can change the center of gravity by adding weight to one part of the object.
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Does the tone and content of source C add weight to Snowden's argument? 11.
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However you install the stove, remember that you will be adding a lot of weight on the floor.
bear
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But to my mind neither section 8 nor the Gillick decision will bear the weight which he seeks to place upon them.
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I went down the steps, slowly, enjoying the way each step bore my weight .
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Yet these will hardly bear the weight of a theory so grand as the fusion of legacy and trust.
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Differences that had seemed slight when they were in their early twenties now bore social weight .
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The Hooper who existed in Brideshead Revisited, though, bore all the weight of Waugh's opprobrium.
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If the floor is properly framed, you should not need extra support underneath to bear the weight of the fireplace.
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As a foundation it is inadequate to bear the weight of the case that Mr. McGregor sought to build upon it.
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His arms were numb, his hands too weak to bear his weight .
carry
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Any inability to carry the weight on the hind-legs will trigger off resistance in the mouth.
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Those companies felt their name carried more weight in the East.
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Whether he was more than that, whether he carried weight with the monarch or the Council, was up to him.
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We carry the weight of the race and the weight of racism.
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Before 1966 these claims were not widely supported and carried little political weight .
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Indeed, in planning a food garden for next season, the cookbook may carry more weight .
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Cigar can no longer be accused of never carrying weight .
feel
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He took his hand away, but as she stumbled down the ladder she could still feel its warm weight .
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He could feel the weight in his forehead.
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A woman of such forthright views as yourself would, I feel , lend considerable weight to this project.
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Corrigan felt the weight of the old man fall against him.
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She felt the weight of something fastened on her head, circling her brow.
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And as that sense of independence grew, so the need I felt to control my weight subsided and finally disappeared altogether.
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Finally he felt her weight settle on the pillion seat.
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The studs should be immobile and feel like they have weight on them.
give
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But you must not plead in behalf of your will and refuse to give due weight to mine.
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In two subsequent cases, however, federal appeals courts have given greater weight to the rights of teachers.
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Proportional systems elect several candidates in multi-member constituencies, giving due weight to minority votes.
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He may even give greater weight to what his perspective is not designed to illuminate.
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Fit again Barnbrook can give the weight away.
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Several people took to squatting on the floor with shoes removed, having given in to the weight of their metallic dresses.
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The cultural approach to organisations needs to be welded to a political analysis if these determinants are to be given proper weight .
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I also do not give much weight to enthusiastic endorsements-empirical support is a sine qua non.
increase
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Hair loss, tremors, and increased weight are also occasional problems.
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The application of this technology strengthens the head of the racket without increasing its weight .
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The gene is also associated with increased body weight .
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Will he promise to resist all attempts to increase the maximum permitted weights of heavy lorries?
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The growth and increasing economic weight of groups generated more extensive and complex demands of government.
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Start with 5 reps at 75% of your maximum lift, then increase the weight but decrease the reps to 4.
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Cardiovascular death rates fell progressively with increasing birth weight .
keep
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Although the blown rubber keeps there weight down, wear patterns after 300 and 400 miles seem to bear out this view.
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Only 2 percent of patients had kept the weight off after two years.
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He does not smoke, eats frugally to keep down his weight and trains six days each week.
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They are both fit and active but I find it very difficult to keep their weight up.
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The secret to keeping the weight down and energy up is to serve meals that are calorie intensive.
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Some 23 percent believe that smoking keeps down weight .
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Indeed, for a while, Odette managed to keep her weight stable.
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You can keep portions small enough to keep to your target weight .
lend
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I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.
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The bishops insisted that the Capitol Hill prayer vigil was non-partisan, but the impending election lent the event political weight .
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A woman of such forthright views as yourself would, I feel, lend considerable weight to this project.
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I owe it to Victoria to lend some retrospective weight to our parting.
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It's the first time a leading drinks company has lent its weight to such a campaign.
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The law lends its weight to uphold and enforce contracts freely entered into.
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Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view.
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Recognising this paradox lends weight to the patriarchy thesis, explaining away many apparent counter-examples.
lift
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If you were to lift that weight several times, you would find that the muscle gradually began to ache.
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Two or three days a week, the crew will run three to five miles, then lift weights .
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The first time you lifted the weight , perhaps 60 per cent of the fibres in that muscle were called into action.
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Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
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If you lift heavy weights and you lift in the wrong way, you can obviously do yourself damage.
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My buddies knew that I was lifting weights with Mr Barraza.
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Well, I was one of the people who couldn't do it even if I wasn't lifting a heavy weight .
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Do you want to build up your body and lift weights ?
lose
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Your aim should not be to lose weight , but to bring your eating habits under your control.
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Since it was drawn, Kaczynski had aged, broken his nose and lost weight .
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How fast will I be able to lose weight ?
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People who lose weight and keep it off eat a low-fat diet with an occasional splurge.
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She had lost weight in the last few weeks and the jeans were a little loose about her waist.
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Most lengthy studies show that people who lose weight over the years seem to die earlier than those whose weight remains stable.
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I was determined to lose the weight .
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Some people do lose weight when they normalize their eating, but not everyone.
pull
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All members were expected to pull their weight .
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The superiors counted on the new managers to pull their weight in contributing to the superiors' agendas.
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Some members of this class haven't been pulling their weight .
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You subs are not pulling your weight .
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He pulled a lot of weight at Fox, so they went along with his demand for changes.
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For the average business, pulses and linseed didn't pull their weight .
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He just didn't pull his weight domestically.
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He didn't pull his weight , but knew how to keep it from the consultants.
put
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All the fish have put on weight , the Pictus especially have grown about half-an-inch.
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My former heartthrob has put on weight .
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She says they're being fed chicken and trout, and have put on lots of weight .
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The latter approach appears to be putting more weight on our political system than the system is able to bear.
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I righted myself and pain shot up my right leg as I put weight on it.
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The rector loved the sight of his doctor and friend, who had put on weight and improved in color.
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She constantly restrained her eating for fear of putting on weight .
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The man increased his pressure, putting all his weight behind the knife arm.
reduce
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If you reduce your weight you change the amount of energy you need.
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In short, everything is reduced to number, weight , and measure.
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It reduces the weights of rules which may never have occurred in any conflict set.
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The first guideline is very important, not only for reducing your weight now but for controlling it in the future.
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This considerably reduces shrinkage and weight loss.
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Approach it one step at a time - just as you are reducing your weight and inches.
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This reduces the effective weight of that tank which, if not counteracted, will upset the basic balance of the system.
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Mazda had tyres specially made for the AZ-1 to reduce unsprung weight .
shift
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He shifted his weight so that his body brushed lightly against hers.
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One hip shifted her weight to that side, and suddenly every angle softly flowed into another.
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You can make the bike move up to 1.5 metres in a corner just by shifting your weight .
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He was frantically shifting his weight from side to side.
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The blonde student woke early in Devon, and shifted under the sleeping weight of his arm.
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The blank man be-hind her coughed and shifted weight , preparing to be embarrassed.
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However divorce is as effective as dieting for shifting stubborn weight !
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It crunched under her boots as she shifted her weight .
support
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The liquid helps to support the weight of the compass card, and also dampens oscillation.
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The floors themselves were strong enough to support the weight of the materials used to fill in the gaps.
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Both your stand and the floor it stands on must be capable of supporting this weight .
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A major concern, he said, is that many sky divers use canopies that are too small to support their weight .
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The design specifications had called for the columns to rest on bedrock that supported a weight of seven tons per square foot.
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Righting the stool with his foot, he pushed it under Jason's dangling toes to support some of the weight .
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The main structural consideration with any door or window is supporting the weight of the structure above.
throw
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How dare the Nottinghamshire police suppose they can throw their weight around in this way?
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Mortgage traders were the sort of fat people who grunt from the belly and throw their weight around, like sumo wrestlers.
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Very strong in his own way, not swaggering or throwing his weight about, but a great inner strength.
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He clambered forward, loosed the ropes, and threw his weight on the sail to bring it dawn.
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This threw his weight on to the outside of the feet which affected his whole balance, causing excessive stress throughout his entire body.
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When you held one of those slugs in your hand, it had a hefty throwing weight .
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Feminists threw their weight behind Mrs Killea's campaign, and hundreds of students attended a rally in support of abortion rights.
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It's a chance for rugby to throw its weight around.
watch
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He was already having to watch his weight .
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Avoid smoking. 4. Watch your weight . 5.
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But don't get obsessed with weight watching .
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He wore expensive suits, watched his weight , nursed friendships where friendships mattered.
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This is of tremendous help to anyone who is watching their weight and their health.
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Claire is watching her weight now.
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Blanche had been doomed to fight for her promotion, watch her weight , and fret over her childlessness.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
add weight to sth
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Does the tone and content of source C add weight to Snowden's argument? 11.
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Opposition leaders said the killing added weight to their demands for a change in government.
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Perhaps the enormous anti-Gorbachev demonstrations in Moscow do add weight to that particular reaction.
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The device of a court of five judges was adopted to add weight to the reconsideration of the earlier cases.
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The function of the double bassoon is to add weight to the bass.
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Three strengths of the study add weight to its conclusions.
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You can change the center of gravity by adding weight to one part of the object.
it/that is a load/weight off sb's mind
lend weight/support to sth
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I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.
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In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.
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Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view.
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President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.
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Recognising this paradox lends weight to the patriarchy thesis, explaining away many apparent counter-examples.
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Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.
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The recent closures of the paper mill and the aluminium smelter at Invergordon lend weight to this argument.
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These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.
net weight
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Documents must not be handed to drivers or otherwise issued with blank spaces for recording particulars of tare weights or net weights.
punch above your weight
put on weight/12 lbs/4 kg etc
the sheer weight/size etc
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Ari was exhausted by the sheer weight of first impressions of the city.
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First, there was the sheer size of his positions.
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He forced though - even if going back: the sheer weight of his blows - Anton down on his hands and knees.
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He was slightly taken aback by the sheer size of the girl.
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I grow bored with the sheer size of the glass and have to force myself to continue, he wrote.
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One of the difficulties is the sheer size of the family.
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The intensity of the introductions made me tremble, overtaken by the sheer weight of their status.
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Then there's the sheer size of the damn thing.
throw your weight around
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She likes to throw her weight around -- it makes her feel important.
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The commission has a reputation for throwing its weight around.
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Why is everyone so upset? Has George been throwing his weight around again?
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But being annual they would be open to reprisals if they threw their weight around too much.
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But that bloody Caitlin, he had to throw his weight around.
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Do we in petty ways throw our weight around?
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How dare the Nottinghamshire police suppose they can throw their weight around in this way?
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It's a chance for rugby to throw its weight around.
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Maybe she could have handled that a little more tactfully instead of sounding as though she was throwing her weight around.
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Mortgage traders were the sort of fat people who grunt from the belly and throw their weight around, like sumo wrestlers.
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The apprentice was some distant relation of Pollitt's wife; that'd be why he was throwing his weight around.
throw your weight behind sb/sth
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Bahlman is throwing his weight behind the cultural center proposal.
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But Gloucester learnt their lesson and threw their weight behind the task.
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Chris is following in the footsteps of other Merseyside sports personalities by throwing his weight behind drugs prevention.
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Feminists threw their weight behind Mrs Killea's campaign, and hundreds of students attended a rally in support of abortion rights.
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The idea has been mooted of throwing our weight behind her version.
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When the idea hit the streets, we at Guitarist were unanimous in wanting to throw our weight behind the project.
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Why he chose to throw his weight behind a man who stood such a slender chance remains unclear.
worth your/its weight in gold
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I've been trying to lose weight for over a year now.
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I think he looks better now that he's put on some weight .
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If you can guess the weight of the cake, you win a prize.
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It's true, people who stop smoking do tend to gain weight .
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Jim was staggering along under the weight of a huge box of encyclopaedias.
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metric weight
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My height is six feet, and my weight is 173 pounds.
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My job requires lifting heavy weights such as TVs and refrigerators.
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Premature babies have a low birth weight .
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Several branches had been torn from the trees by the weight of the snow.
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She's always worried about her weight .
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Sudden or unexplained weight loss may be an early indication of health problems.
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The weight of evidence against her led to her conviction.
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The weight of the water makes the tub sink slightly.
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The average sperm whale is 72 feet long and about 90 tons in weight .
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The cost of postage depends on the weight of the package
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Top quality hams range in weight from eight to eighteen pounds.
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Twins and triplets are expected to have lower birth weights than single infants.
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Vehicles over a certain weight are not allowed to use the bridge.
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Victory was easy for a man of his weight and strength.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result of the government's programme, the weight of the public enterprise sector was significantly curtailed.
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For women, there was little relationship between weight and early death at all.
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He stands with his weight on the right foot, his face lightly turned in that direction.
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It goes without saying that Quinn lost a good deal of weight during this period.
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It was no less than he deserved for carrying the weight of his team on his shoulders all game long.
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Whipped butter and flavoured butters are more expensive than butter weight for weight.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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White's body was found stabbed and weighted down in a lake near Cirencester in 1989.
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She tried to roll over but her body seemed weighted down , turned to stone.
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Suddenly, it dredges up ghosts weighted down and buried in haste after a fierce battle.
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The second one was doing a lot of drugs to keep her weight down .
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Maybe it never will, if it was weighted down , but we should have enough even without that.
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I threw the head weighted down with stones into a canal.
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A sodden heaviness weighted down her limbs.
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The place is electric with drama, with something weighty, weighted down more by the pressure of the storm.
■ NOUN
company
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The index is a price-weighted list of 36 companies designed to measure the economy of west-central Florida.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
it/that is a load/weight off sb's mind
net weight
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Documents must not be handed to drivers or otherwise issued with blank spaces for recording particulars of tare weights or net weights.
the sheer weight/size etc
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Ari was exhausted by the sheer weight of first impressions of the city.
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First, there was the sheer size of his positions.
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He forced though - even if going back: the sheer weight of his blows - Anton down on his hands and knees.
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He was slightly taken aback by the sheer size of the girl.
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I grow bored with the sheer size of the glass and have to force myself to continue, he wrote.
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One of the difficulties is the sheer size of the family.
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The intensity of the introductions made me tremble, overtaken by the sheer weight of their status.
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Then there's the sheer size of the damn thing.
worth your/its weight in gold
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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fishing lines weighted with lead
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Basically, by weighting the left rail the board turns to the right and viceversa.
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Telmex, the top weighted stock, gained a further 65 centavos at 24.55 pesos.