I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
boy wonder
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Robson, the boy wonder of the department
childlike delight/wonder/excitement
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The sight filled her with childlike excitement.
do wonders for sth (= have a very good effect on something )
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A new haircut can do wonders for your self-confidence.
sb can’t help feeling/thinking/wondering etc sth
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I can’t help feeling that there has been a mistake.
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I couldn’t help thinking about the past.
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■ ADVERB
about
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I also wondered about why we never saw Nellie's Dad and eventually I asked her about him.
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Or perhaps out of real curiosity about a problem he must have long wondered about.
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It was something she'd been wondering about .
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I done buried a whole lot of people, but she the first one I ever wondered about .
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I wondered about my financial position.
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I wondered about how he responded to the rebuke his parents must have given him.
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For a moment, Sarah wondered about the people whose work it was every day to compose such messages.
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Last, they wondered about themselves.
aloud
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He remembered the menacing phone-calls to Nicola and wondered aloud whether some one from a drugs syndicate had been trying to scare her.
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It was a verbal disaster for Stockdale, who wondered aloud what he was doing there.
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How does one write a travel book, I'd wondered aloud , how describe the sheer physicality of life?
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The natives welcomed his message to Christians but wondered aloud why it was so ineffective.
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It also shows in their embarrassed defensiveness when foreigners wonder aloud whether their public life is in need of change.
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I nodded in agreement, and I wondered aloud whether she did the same things with feelings.
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Some commentators have wondered aloud why this should have been so.
always
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I've never held it against him, but I've always wondered why.
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I watched the ravens returning to roost on many evenings, always wondering if Jack might be among them.
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I always wondered where her constant stream of men came from.
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Those who quit too soon, always wonder what might have been.
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I always wonder where you are, what you're doing, if you're all right.
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I had always wondered why the Catholic Church insists on celibacy vows for its clergy.
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I always wondered if the Stirling would clear the Matterhorn and it always did with plenty to spare.
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She always wondered whether better, more prompt care of her hands might have made a difference in the long run.
ever
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an antique shop?
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Ever wondered if there is actually life beyond the cul-de-sac?
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Have you ever wondered what all those ingredients listed on packaged food are?
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Ever wonder how ice cream and yogurt are made?
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Does she ever wonder what Gary is thinking?
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I done buried a whole lot of people, but she the first one I ever wondered about.
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Ever wonder what to say back to a rude waiter?
how
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I wonder how long he will be.
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I wonder how many other deer hunters will be able to brag of a similar feat.
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Ruth went down, then climbed up again into the dunes, wondering how she was going to find Adam.
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I wonder how a convict would manage to bring a thing like that out with him.
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He wondered how much Sir Charles was worth.
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I wondered how anyone could work in a place where this sound was so loud.
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I wondered how you are getting on?
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One can only wonder how Neely can continue to play under Kasper.
just
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If that's the case, I wonder just how many people write labels that no-one else can read.
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One has to wonder just how much serious dedication and concern there really is at the Herald.
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Makes you wonder just how he gets his players going.
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Then you wonder just how they can control the ball, the racquet and consequently the game with such nonchalance.
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I often wonder just how extraordinary some of our customs must appear to those who have no experience of churchgoing.
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She lingered, wondering just how he felt now, having given it all up.
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As he turned down the passageway Ian wondered just how true that would turn out to be.
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He stood in front of her threateningly, and she wondered just what he had in mind for her.
often
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I've often wondered lately who his men friends were.
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I often wondered who got more out of it.
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I very often wonder how they do as they do today.
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Visitors often wondered who the figures were because until 1990 the statue had no plaque or sign.
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I have often wondered where they do come from but confess that I have absolutely no idea.
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I often wonder where some of this stuff does go.
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Since then I've often wondered whether I shouldn't have gone ahead and simply presented him with the bill.
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I often wondered why he was a lawyer.
sometimes
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She sometimes wondered how assassins who weren't telepathic managed it.
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I sometimes wondered , even as a twelve-year-old, who could possibly fulfill her expectations.
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He sometimes wondered why she hadn't thought of that.
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I wonder sometimes , wonder how much is fabricated and how much is truth.
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He wondered sometimes if they even understood the questions.
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He is in the fifteenth year of his labor and sometimes wonders if he is becoming bodiless.
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Not surprisingly, Angela could quote all the reviews even if she sometimes wondered what exactly they were trying to say.
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I sometimes wonder if I should expose my two children to football.
where
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She also wondered if Miss Hardbroom and the class would begin to wonder where she was, after a while.
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They were wondering where she was at that very moment.
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He remembers wondering where that path led.
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Fergus woke in utter darkness, wondering where he was; he felt as though he was falling backwards for ever into darkness.
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Nico responded by pledging his fealty to Bolcarro, but you wonder where those columns came from.
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Chesarynth wondered where the old woman had gone.
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It also makes you wonder where Tom Berenger got his agent.
why
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Then we wonder why we have no energy.
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Slowly she replaced the receiver, wondering why did the past always eventually find you-sometime?
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The mind may still be active and alert. 9 Don't lie awake for ages wondering why you are not sleeping.
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I wonder why she kept it.
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Indeed this is so clear that I sometimes wonder why so much effort usually goes into attempting to prove it.
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Lance wondered why no articles were done about how she spent her Christmas.
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He sometimes wondered why she hadn't thought of that.
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Upon reflection, we might wonder why such an economy does not collapse in complete chaos.
■ NOUN
earth
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In despair he wondered what on earth he was doing.
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All of which leaves many observers wondering what on earth is the appeal of such violent, repellent music.
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I wonder how on earth we worked the 1979 and 1983 elections without them.
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Not for the first time in the last twenty-four hours Kate wondered what on earth had happened to her child.
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A second later and Fabia was wondering what on earth she was thinking about.
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We wondered what on earth was happening.
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And Mains sat and wondered what on earth was going on.
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Doubts came rushing in as she stared at her reflection, wondering what on earth had possessed her to buy it.
■ VERB
begin
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As they hurried down dusty, echoing staircases, Mungo began to wonder whether he would have enough money.
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I began to wonder what would happen if I asked the children to write about pictures of themselves.
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I began to wonder if my fellow-victims were having similar traumas.
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While John Carter waited in custody, local police began wondering about the strange disappearance of the farmer's second wife.
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And Laura begins to wonder why her husband has become so erratic.
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Alistair began to wonder whether Sixsmith actually existed.
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Yet, conservation biologists have begun to wonder if these long-hoped-for changes bode well for the land.
help
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Now, I can't help wondering how much of that money you're going to see?
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Finally, one can not help but wonder how the managers attitudes toward their bosses influenced their treatment of their own subordinates.
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She couldn't help but wonder what the effect would be if he ever said anything worth listening to.
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Juliet couldn't help wondering where David lived, since it was much further on.
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One can not help wondering what future generations will think of our freaks and follies.
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As they crept along they could not help wondering what they would find.
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Afterwards Leith could not help wondering if perhaps, with more experience of men, she might not have handled it better.
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But looking at the past track record of the present Government, one can't help wondering .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a nine days' wonder
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He wondered whether he would be able to find the hotel again.
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He says he's had no formal training but when you see how good his work is, you start to wonder .
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I wonder if she'll recognize me after all these years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Laura begins to wonder why her husband has become so erratic.
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Garner wonders if things would have turned out differently for Edward if she had been able to spend more time with him.
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Groggy with heat, Jackie wondered feebly if they changed the sign with every birth and death.
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She wondered if she could think with what was left of her grey matter.
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Sometimes he wondered why his father hated him.
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Sometimes I wonder now whether I dreamed some of it, so much was just unbelievable, so grotesque.
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The picture forces the viewer to wonder at the subject of the crowd's attention.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Apparently the latter was a thing of great wonder .
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He was without a wife, which was a great wonder , he being well-proportioned and of handsome countenance.
little
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It was little wonder that, during this time, Gergiev proved difficult to pin down for a promised meeting.
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In that context, 22-year-old Faulkner said the shaky start to coeducation at the Citadel was little wonder .
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It is little wonder , therefore, that Carmarthen retains so much of its countryside influences.
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It is little wonder that this figure cast what almost amounted to a spell over aspiring black sportsmen.
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There is little wonder that organising the parade was difficult.
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Michelle was 23 weeks and four days pregnant when the little wonder arrived on April 3.
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It is little wonder then, given these handicaps of sheer physiology, that chimps are incapable of speech.
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Given the individuality of voice, it is little wonder that people also vary enormously in their communicating habits.
natural
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These natural wonders occur only here and in the gulf of Tonkin: connoisseurs rate Phang Nga.
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On the other hand, routes were arranged, or altered, so a person could visit some natural wonder .
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Inset Tourists now reach Victoria Falls: poster advertising its natural wonders .
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After all the racing among natural wonders , the mile-deep canyon cliffs made us stand absolutely still.
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That settled, we wandered down to the river looking for food and natural wonders .
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Working natural wonders in the energy world.
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A selection of tours to many of the natural wonders of the world.
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The day culminates with your arrival at the Grand Canyon, one of the natural wonders of the world.
small
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It is small wonder that he sought quiet and freedom from external pressure to follow his inner vision.
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It is small wonder that the idea of setting sail for an un-known land grew less and less attractive to him.
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It's small wonder , then, that Assam tea should offer such full-bodied bright liquor. perfect served with milk.
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With all this, small wonder it also has tourists.
■ NOUN
boy
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Once more in conflict with Stroheim, the young boy wonder of Metro had Stroheim replaced and the film drastically cut.
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The boy wonder is 43 now.
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Little Walt, the apple of my eye, the freckle-faced boy wonder .
■ VERB
do
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And the visit of a white lady from afar will do wonders for his reputation!
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The shock alone would do wonders .
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Prohibition did wonders to establish organised crime.
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It does wonders for the individual, and it brings families together.
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This new role will do wonders for the silent opposition within his own ranks.
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Younger talents can invigorate a team and do wonders for the payrolls; just look at Atlanta and Montreal.
fill
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Louisa was filled with a terrible wonder at Frere's ignorance.
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This had been my first airplane flight, filled with wonder upon wonder.
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As it fell with a crash they looked that way, and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder .
work
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Special teaching and therapy, plenty of encouragement and stimulation can work wonders .
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Time also has worked wonders , pruning many of the bad investigative reporters and retaining many of the good ones.
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This will work wonders in terms of future sales.
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Failing that, lectures don't seem to work but subtle, unspoken signs can work wonders .
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And worry can work wonders in helping you find solutions to entrepreneurial challenges.
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His fixed 8.5 percent mortgages - he subsidises the building societies' normal rates - have worked wonders .
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A bit of Windex works wonders .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a nine days' wonder
get to thinking/wondering sth
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In any case, she had now got to thinking of other things.
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Then they got to thinking that maybe you were dead.
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There's blood in your body, and I get to thinking about what would happen if your blood froze.
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When you've been around guys like Mr. B. awhile, you get to thinking the way they think.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How could snow not be the wonder of the world?
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It had given me a world of wonder and time to draw it all in.
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It is small wonder that they want out.
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Not through explanation-that only illuminates the real wonder .
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The sense of wonder was swiftly followed by another emotion.
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This graphic view of the Internet has introduced millions to the wonders of digital photos and graphics.
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You shake your head with wonder at your previous, late-night concerns.
III. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
boy
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A traumatic birth brought wonder boy Jeremy.
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Eric Hahn will replace Marc Andreessen, the 26-year-old wonder boy who helped to write the Mosaic browser.
drug
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Cortisone was hailed as a wonder drug for a whole host of skin problems and inflammatory disorders.
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The team invents a wonder drug to cure depression.
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The wonder drug was duly acquired and miraculously did the trick.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a new wonder drug
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Eric Hahn will replace Marc Andreessen, the 26-year-old wonder boy who helped to write the Mosaic browser.