I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
wolf whistle
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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As shadows start to threaten and corpses pile up, she wonders whether her Prince Charming is really the big bad wolf .
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If there were not something in us that likes the big bad wolf , he would have no power over us.
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Francis of Assisi, who tamed a very bad wolf there during one of his frequent visits.
giant
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Each chariot has a crew of two Goblins and is pulled by two giant wolves .
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Any chariot may have an additional giant wolf to pull it at a cost of +4 points.
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As the mount will be either a war boar, giant spider or giant wolf their profiles have been included in full.
lone
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Who'd travel far must cross the seas. Lone wolves are seldom seen in threes.
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You know how he is - a lone wolf .
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From far off where the Zoo lay the howl of a lone wolf wound up into the night.
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I got the impression you're something of a lone wolf .
■ NOUN
pack
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Like a wolf pack scenting easy prey, they dismounted and spread out.
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A few minutes ago we discovered the fresh tracks of a wolf pack .
whistle
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When the wolf whistles came though, I decided I wasn't after all.
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She jumped visibly at his wolf whistle .
■ VERB
cry
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One does not cry wolf with panic buttons.
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The growers who are crying wolf today about the lack of water will post their annual profits in a few months.
keep
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No sign of any more money than is needed to keep the wolf from the door.
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He also brought a carpenter and some posts and rough planks, and built a fence to keep the wolves away.
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There are also some wooden huts and everything is fenced in to keep out the wolves and curious locals.
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The money was to pay the sheep to keep the wolves from our doors.
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But it was worth it to keep the wolves from the door.
throw
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The better-structured, more competitive farmers would be thrown to the wolves .
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I am a very unlucky woman who has been thrown to the wolves .
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Don't worry, I won't really throw you to the wolves .
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He couldn't throw him to the wolves of his colleagues at the Factory.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cry wolf
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A weather forecaster who cried wolf led to the cancellation of the club's picnic.
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One does not cry wolf with panic buttons.
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The growers who are crying wolf today about the lack of water will post their annual profits in a few months.
lone wolf
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From far off where the Zoo lay the howl of a lone wolf wound up into the night.
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I got the impression you're something of a lone wolf.
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You know how he is - a lone wolf.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a pack of wolves
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A wild cat passes near, somebody spots a yak, there is talk of a new plague of wolves.
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And, of course, there were the wolves.
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So the wolf tried to climb down through the chimney.
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The wolf was so full, in fact, that he could not fit out through the exit again.
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The wolves clustered around the base of the tree looked up with interest at their next meal talking to himself.
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The wolf: A wicked, clever, hungry, talking wolf .
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They were shown to a small table in the corner, next to a life-sized plaster wolf .
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lone wolf
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From far off where the Zoo lay the howl of a lone wolf wound up into the night.
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I got the impression you're something of a lone wolf.
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You know how he is - a lone wolf.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it was wolfed down like fast food, digested with a raucous burp.
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But the school dinner she was wolfing down was nothing like the standard favourite of baked beans, burgers and ice-cream.
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Gao Ma wolfed down ome leftover rice and walked out on to the sandbar behind his house, till feeling empty inside.
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I wolfed down my lunch, charming a second helping out of the all-smiles stewardess.
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Jim changed quickly, took out some clothes for the next morning, then wolfed down his dinner.
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Liberated, Ethel frisked with a Jack Russell in a red, spotted scarf and wolfed up a half-eaten beefburger bun.
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Nathan returned his attention to his notes and began to eat, wolfing down the food.
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She and Miguel wolfed down three pieces.