adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pick up where...left off
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We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off .
take up/pick up/continue (sth) etc where sb left off (= continue something that has stopped for a short time )
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Barry took up the story where Justine had left off.
Where appropriate
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Where appropriate , I delegate as much work as possible.
where are your manners? British English (= used for telling a child to stop behaving impolitely )
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Jamie! Where are your manners?
where your loyalties lie (= who or what you are going to be loyal to )
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Do your loyalties lie with your friends or your family?
where/how do things stand? (= used to ask what is happening in a situation )
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Where do things stand in terms of the budget?
where/how/who etc the heck
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Where the heck are we?
where/if/as applicable
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Ms/Miss/Mrs/Mr Please delete as applicable.
where/wherever/whenever possible
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Choose wholemeal varieties of flour and pasta, where possible.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
appropriate
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Colleges submitting such proposals may, where appropriate , be invited to participate in the central development.
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The law does not require all passengers to be restrained, only those where appropriate restraints are available.
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Nineteenth- and twentieth-century examples may also be included where appropriate .
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Invalidity benefit is paid according to the usual contribution conditions and dependants' benefits are added where appropriate .
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Agents and exporters should therefore treat them as within the existing system, and include T2 documents where appropriate .
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Wherever they are kept, they should be out of reach of children and, where appropriate , under lock and key.
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To phase out zoos and, where appropriate , support conservation centres. 3.
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To assist and encourage and supervise where appropriate junior staff in the proper performance of their duties.
necessary
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This chapter overlaps the last and should, where necessary , be read in conjunction with it.
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Patients are referred to the Medical Officer and to local hospitals where necessary .
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They book orders, develop new business and sort out problems where necessary , earning commission from Courtaulds' supplying companies.
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The Conservative leadership should show itself as compassionate and imaginative as well as tough where necessary .
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A professional hypnotherapist should assess each potential patient carefully and advise against treatment where necessary .
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Then redecorate where necessary , paying particular attention to the kitchen, bathroom and external window sills.
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The method of assessment will rest on observing the trainee's performance at work with questions supplementing underpinning knowledge where necessary .
■ VERB
know
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I knew where to look too.
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Most public managers know where they could trim 10 to 15 percent of their budget.
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I know where to get some sweet mickeys off the truck.
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Judas knew where he would be.
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They know where they fit in and what they have to do.
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Now she would know where Benny went and studied; she would know the look of the place.
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Anybody know where Earl Varney is these days?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(give) credit where credit is due
I hate to think what/how/where etc
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But take care of them, darling. I hate to think what we'd do if they had to be replaced.
be back where you started
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If we lose tomorrow, we'll be back where we started .
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And if you decide that they are not, then you are back where you started .
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So my client and I are back where we started .
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To a large extent we are back where we started .
be where it's at
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Forget the business struggle: the busyness battle is where it's at .
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This is where it's at .
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
from where I stand
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Well from where I stand , it looks like you've found a good job.
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But from where I stand , it is the wider issue of transparency that really counts.
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Even from where I stood , I glimpsed Eadred's agitation.
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He ambled over to the nearest tree - happily some metres from where I stood hidden, and turned towards the tower.
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I can shake things up a little from where I stand .
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I could smell its peppery, pungent scent from where I stood .
hit sb where it hurts
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Instead of locking up drug offenders, hit them where it really hurts - in the wallet.
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Tax day hits him hard, hits him where it hurts the most.
know where you stand (with sb)
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But Catholic bishops have let both parties know where they stand .
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Do you know where you stand ?
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I am only ensuring we both know where we stand .
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Imagine a man in public office that everybody knew where he stood .
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My father died, I didn't know where I stood on the team, we lost a lot of games.
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She knew where he stood over Grunte.
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Well, now she knew where she stood .
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You knew where you stood with the Cold War.
look what you're doing/look where you're going etc
not have a clue (where/why/how etc)
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After nine years of marriage to her I did not have a clue myself.
not quite why/what/where etc
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But it is not quite what it seems.
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Only his shoes seemed to be a little too pointed - not quite what men one knew would wear.
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So Feuerbach's sensuous anthropology, much praised even by Karl Barth, is not quite what it seems.
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Somehow we get the feeling this is not quite what Tucson Mayor George Miller had in mind.
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That is not quite what we suggested, which was that it should have regard to affordability.
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The whole situation was very unusual and not quite what I expected it to be.
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They are not quite what I should have expected from a man like Serafin.
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This is not quite what was expected.
put your money where your mouth is
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It's time for the governor to put his money where his mouth is.
tell sb where to get off
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"Did you give him the money?" "No, I told him where to get off."
tell sb where to go/where to get off
what/how/where/who in God's name
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What in God's name is that noise?
what/how/why/where etc the hell?
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She admits there are no jobs and wonders what the hell she is doing.
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What the hell does the reaction matter if you want to do it?
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What the hell was he talking about?
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What the hell was she playing at?
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Where the hell have you been?
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Why the hell couldn't you have told us?
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Wondering what the hell he's up to.
what/who/where the dickens ...?
where do you draw the line?
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Once you open the door to things that are not related to the Holocaust, where do you draw the line?
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That obviously does not extend to the levels of awareness which human consciousness exhibits, but where do you draw the line?
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Where do you draw the line?
where does sb/sth go from here?
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He has just turned 25 years old and the question is: Where does he go from here?
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So where does Dirk go from here?
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The question now is, where does UMass go from here?
where sb is coming from
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Growing churches should seek to identify where their growth is coming from.
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I try to feel where he is coming from.
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It's great for keeping tabs on where your money is coming from and going to and for tracking investments.
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The ability to see where something is coming from and where it's going to.
where sb stands
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Voters need to know where each candidate stands .
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Where do the Democrats stand on the issue of sanctions?
where there's a will there's a way
where's the beef?
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"Where's the beef ?" reporters asked Democratic leaders at a news conference.