Trial homograph collocations database (March 2010)


ARM + arm armed arms unarmed armful
body | around | (his | her | my | our | your) [a-z ]* arm | body | chest | face | held | in (my | your | his | her | their) | left | leg | loving | open | right | shoulder | straight | wav(e | es | ed | ing) | welcom(e | ed | ing) | wrestl(e | ed | ing) |
weapon | bearing_1 | bear_1 | bear | broth(er | ers) in | (coat | coats) of | control | conventional | dealer | fire | guard | \master (at | of) | nuclear | negotiat | present | proliferat | (put | puts | putting) down | (lay | layed | laying) down | race | royal | small | soldier | subversion | surrender | (take | taking | took) up | treaty |
 
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BALL + ball balls
globe | bas(e | es) | bat( | s | ted | ting | ter) | bounc(e | er | es | ing) | boot | bowl | bunker | catch( | es | er | ing) | and chain | chip( | s | ping | ped) | club( | s) | crystal | curl up | drop( | s | ped | ping) | fair | fast | fly | foot | foul | game | games | golf( | s | ed | ing) | grease | green | hand | head | heav(y | ier | iest) | home plate | home | hit | inside | intercept | kick | loose | metal | net | on the ball | pass( | es | ed | ing) | pitch( | es | ed | ing) | play( | er | ed | ing) | putt( | ed | s | er | ing) | roll( | er | ed | ing) | running after | run( | s | ner | ning) | ran | slic(e | ed | ing) | solid | spher | team | tennis | throw | umpire | ump( | s) | volley | wax |
party | ballroom | beg(i | a | u)n | been to | danc | date | floor | go to | giving a | given a | gave a | gives a | give a | gown | gowns | hold a | held a | hair do | (has | had | have | having) a [a-z ]* ball | kiss( | es | ed | ing) | masked | mask | masquerade | music | orchestra | room | went to |
 
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BANK + bank banked banker bankers banking banks interbank
money | (at | in)!bank | bank_1 | put!bank | accept | account | act | agree | allow | america | announce | approach | asia | assist | available | balance | barclays | big | borrow | bottle | blood | break | britain | build | burgle | buy | card | centre | chair | chairman | charge | cheque | check | city | clear | clerk | close | commerce | company | consortium | coop | corporate | correspondent | create | credit | currency | customer | cut | data | deal | debt | deposit | develop | direct | draw | employ | enable | envelope | establish | estimate | europe | fail | finance | food | force | foreign | france | fund | gene | germany | govern | grant | group | guarantee | gun | head | hold | holiday | house | include | independent | institute | insure | interest | international | intervene | invest | irish | issue | japan | join | land | large | lead | lend | line | loan | main!street | major | manage | memory | merchant | midland | money | name | nation | note | oblige | occupy | offer | official | offshore | operate | overdraft | overseas | owe | own | pay | persuade | pig | post | president | private | provide | publish | put | raid | rate | receive | refuse | region | report | require | reserve | retail | rich | rob | role | royal | safe | seek | sell | service | shoot | shop | society | south | sperm | sponsor | staff | state | step | street | shop | store | strip | subsidiary | switzerland | take | teller | trust | union | vault | western | work | world | write |
river | bank_2 | (on | onto | along | down | up)!bank | boat | dive | earth | fish | situate | stand!on | swim | walk | path | burst | sit | far | grass | left | opposite | shingle | steep | South | West | canal | east | north | river | west | top!of | tree | stream | upstream | downstream |
 
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BBBBANK +
money | account | america | at a | at the | building | cash | check | cheque | city | clerk | data | deposit | employee | england | envelope | error | financ | fraud | guard | holiday | in the | in a | main street | manage | money | national | oclock | owner | piggy | police | president | rob | saving | sperm | statement | street | shop | store | swiss | to a | to the | teller | wicket | work | world |
river | along the | climb | cloud | downstream | earth | earthen | east | far | fish | fog | grassy | instrument | left | mossy | north | onto | opposite | path | right | river | sat | sit | snow | south | southern | stream | up the | upstream | water | west |
 
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BEAR + bear bearing bearings bearable unbearable bears bore born reborn unborn borne bearer bearers unbearably bearably
carry | bear down | bear to | to bear | bring!bear | bear arms | bear witness | bear!out | bear!in mind | (can | can_1 | cant | cant_1)!bear | too much to bear | bear!child | cross to bear | grin and bear | right to bear | bear!responsibility | try to bear | be!born | was bear (at | in | before | after) |
animal | attack | bit( | _3) | big bear | black bear | brown bear | climb | cub | grease | grizzly | hibernate | hunt | kill | polar | smell | teddy | trap | woods | beartrap |
 
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BBBBBEAR +
carry | bear down | (bring | brought) to bear | bear arms | bear [a-z ]* witness | bear [a-z ]* out | bear [a-z ]* in mind | bore [a-z ]* witness | can_1 bear | cant_1 bear | cannot( | _1) bear | can_1 not bear | can( | _1) hardly | could( | _1) hardly | children | cross to | grin and bear | right to | responsibility | stand | tolerate | try to bear | trying to bear | tried to bear | tries to bear | (was | were | had been) born | was born (at | in | before | after) |
animal | attack | bit( | _3) | big bear | black bear | brown bear | climb | climbs | climbed | climbing | cubs | cub | grease | grizzly bear | hibernating | hibernated | hibernates | hibernation | hunt | hunter | hunters | kill | killing | killed | polar bear | run | ran | runs | running | smell | teddy bear | traps | woods | trap | beartrap |
 
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BELT + belt belts belted unbelted belting
band | around | asteroid | bible belt | black belt | buckl | chastity belt | conveyor belt | drive | fan | fasten | galax | garter | green | gun | karate | leather | life | notch | orion | pants | round | saddle | safety | seat | sun | suspenders | tak(e | es | ing) off | tighten | took off | tool | utility | wear | wore |
hit | back | beer | gave him | give him | gave her | give her | a good | taking a | took a | take a |
 
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BILL + bill bills billed billing
pay | aid | bring | clean bill of health | credit card | crime | dollar | electricity | electric | fit(\s) the bill | defeat | government | have the | hous | heavy | of rights | money | pay the | pay | phone | post no | reform | senat | sponsor | tax | telephone | water |
bird | beak( | s) | bird( | s) | long | sharp | with its bill |
 
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BIT + bit bits
particle | a [a-z\s]*bit [a-z]*e[r | d] | a bit of | a little bit | a tiny bit | teensy | bob | bobs | byte( | s) | every bit | in a bit | bit of a | just a | not a | quite a | seem( | ed | s | ing) a bit | the odd | two | wee |
tool | brace | bridle | drill | horse | saddle | reins |
bite | bear | bear_2 | you bit me | bit me | bit him | bit her | bit them | dog | lip | mosquito | snake |
 
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BOIL + boil boils boiling boilers boiler boiled
water | blood | egg | coffee | hot | heat | kettle | lava | soup | tea | to a | water | weather |
medical | bum | eruption | erupted | erupts | erupt | festering | festered | festers | fester | infection | infected | infects | infect | lanc(e | es | ed | ing) | pimple | pop( | s | ped | ping | pus) | painful | pain | red | sore | skin | swelling | swells | swelled | swollen |
 
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BOOT + boot boots booted booting
clothing | ankle | army | ass | ball | brown | black | cowboy | cleat | desert | foot | feet | get the boot | gum | heavy | heel | hik | hob nailed | iron boot | lace | left | lightweight | muddy | polish | put on | riding | right | rubber | shoe | ski | steel toe | take off | tough as old | suede | walking | wellington |
car | car | trunk | luggage | open the | suitcase( | s) | throw (it | them) | i(n | nto) the boot |
 
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BOWL + bowl bowled bowling bowls bowler bowlers
dish | beg | cereal | cotton | drink | dust | east | finger | fish | food | goldfish | hollywood | in the bowl | lavatory | milk | mix | cherries | of cream | of shit | noodle | porridge | punch | rice | rince | rose | salad | silver | soup | sugar | steaming | super | toilet |
game | alley | green | gutter | league | pin | ten pin | shoes | spare | strike |
 
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BOX + box boxes boxed boxing boxer boxers
container | black | cardboard | carton | cash | cool | collection | donation | first aid | fuse | in (a | the) | horse | box office | jewel( | lery) | lid | lunch | music | outside the | pack | pandora | penalty | pine | post office | rectangular | safe deposit | sentry | signal | sit on | spring | square | strong | tool | unpack | upturned | window | wood( | en) | witness | voice |
sport | break | broken | champ | contend | ears | fight | for the count | gloves | ring | rope | kayo | knock out | knock down | shadow box | the bell |
 
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BRIDGE + bridge bridges bridging bridged
crossing | across the | captain | cars | car | cross( | es | ed | ing) | the gap | humpback | iron | island(\s) | jump( | s | ed | ing)loan | mouth | nose | on the | over | pedestrian( | s) | rail( | ing) | river | road | rope | ship | swim( | s | ming | mer) | swing( | ing) | teeth | train( | s) | suspension | up to the | water | under the | when (i | you | we | she | they) come to it | wooden |
game | deal( | s | er | ing)( | _2) | game | hand | play | played | playing | cards | partner | contract |
 
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BRUSH + brush brushing brushes brushed unbrushed
hair | brush past | brush with | comb | clothes | fine | hair | nail | paint | scrub | shaving | soft | stiff | stroke | teeth | toilet | up against | wire |
jungle | african | scrub | veldt |
 
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CAMP + camp camped camping camps camper campers
tent | axe | band | base | bed | boot | break | camp out | concentration | church | equipment | edge of | fire | follower(\s) | go camp | ground | holiday( | s) | lab(or | our) | latrine | logging | make | military | pitch | prison | refugee | set up | strike | summer | through the | training | tent | week(\s) | work |
ideology | belie(f | ve | ves) | conservative | eastern | western | hold( | s | ing) | liberal | one camp | other camp | think( | s | ing) | two camp(\s) |
style | actor | flamboyant | gay | homo( | s | sexual | sexuals) | spectacle | styl(e | ish) | camp it up |
 
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CAN + can cannot cans
able | (i | you | we | he | she | they) can | beans | can (i | you | we | he | she | they) |
tin | coke | cream | opener | soup | tin | top | can of | can of worms |
 
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CASE + case cases cased casing casings
situation | a case of | a federal | basket | best case | cold | court | dead | emergency | hard | head case | in case | in any case | in this case | in that case | in point | in which | just in | law | lose | lost | make a case for | murder | on the case | rare | rest my | scenario | win | worst case |
container | attache | brief | of beer | glass | gun | jewel | lower | pack(age | ing) | trip | travel | trunk | upper |
 
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CHECK + check checks checking checked unchecked
verify | to | back | background | in check | check for | (my | your | his | her) check | check carefully | check the | check( | s | ing | ed) up on | check in( | to) | check out | (hold | held) in | check out | reality | run a | sound | spell | this out |
bank | $ | envelope | monthly | weekly | rain | (receive | receives | received | receiving) | (sign | signs | signed | signing | signature) | to check | get the check | a check from | stop | (make | made | make | makes | making) out | write | writ(e | es | ing) (you | him | her | them) a check | pick up the |
smallbox | checkbox | box | box_1 | clothing | pattern | jacket | dress | shirt | tick |
 
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COUNT + count counted uncounted counting countless counts countable uncountable
tally | blessings | blood | body | can count | count( | s | ed | ing) up | count [a-z ]*in | count [a-z ]*out | chickens | do(nt | esnt) count | dollars | heads | keep( | s | ing) | money | noun | on the fingers of one hand | out for the | (lose | lost) count | pollen | sperm | the cost | (one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten | eleven | twelve | thirteen | fourteen | fifteen | sixteen | seventeen | eighteen | nineteen | twenty | thirty | forty | fifty | sixty | seventy | eighty | ninety | hundred | thousand | million | billion) |
depend | you can | count( | s | ing | ed) on | count on it |
title | aristocracy | ball | bedroom | came | count sa(ys | id) | countess | duke | dracula | eyes | elegant | face | gentleman | head | house | lady | man | manners | monte cristo | order( | s | ed | ing) | rich | royalty | smile | story | (tell | told) [a-z ]*the count | went |
 
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CLOSE + closely closeness closer closest
near | awful( | ly) | close(- | )by | close to | close call | close cropped | close in on | close fitting | close shave | close thing | close with | close to the wind | enough | even close | for comfort | g(e | o)t too | getting | im | (s | )hes | listen( | s | ed | ing) | not even | pretty | real( | ly) | ranks | relationship | so close | stick( | s | ing) | too | to [a-z ]*chest | (you | we | they)re | very |
door | close\s[a-s]* down | door( | s) | eye( | s) | file | close in on | half | the deal | the gate( | s) | mind( | ed) | open | season | the door | the window | window |
 
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CURL + curl curls curly curlier curliest curliness curled curling curler curlers uncurl uncurls uncurled uncurling
shape | curl up | up and die | fetal position | hair | kiss curl | in bed | up [a-z ]*lip( | s) | on the couch | toes | spit curl | up and die |
game | bonspiel | broom | game | rink( | s) | rock | skip | slide | sweep | win |
 
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DEAL + deal dealer dealers dealership dealerships dealing dealings deals dealt undealt
business | a (big | great | good) [a-z ]*deal | break | close( | _2) | deal with | ma(de | ke | king) | g(e | o)t a deal | no deal | package | raw deal | sweetheart | whats the deal |
cards | a blow | cards | deal [a-z ]*in | hand | poker | casino |
 
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DIE + die died dies dying undying
dead | almost die | dead | death | die (away | down | of shame | off | out | young) | do or die | dying | going to die | gonna die | never say die | rather die | to die for | want to die |
dice | cast the\die | dice |
tool | metal | plastic | mould | die cast | die-cast | straight as a |
 
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DOWN + down downs downed downing downings downward downwards
below | go( | es | ing) down | went down | c(o | a)me [a-z ]*down | look( | s | ed | ing) down | (back | backs | backed | backing | bed | beds | bear | bears | bore | bearing | bog | bogs | bogged | boil | boils | boiled | bowl | break | breaks | buckle | buckles | calm | calms | calming | clamp( | s | ed | ing) | climb( | s | ed | ing) | clos(e | ed | es | ing) | crack( | s | ed | ing) | die( | _1) | dress( | ed | es | ing) | dumb( | s | ed | ing) | press( | es | ed | ing) | sit( | s | ting) | sat | set( | s | ting) | settle | slow | shut) down | (hands | gun | guns | heads) down | (burn | burns | burned | burning | cut | chop | shoot | lie( | s) | live( | s | ing) [a-z ]*down | fall | fell | flag | flagged | power | strip) [a-z ]*down | (straight | top | upside | up and) down | down at heel | down the street | down the pub | down in writing | down payment | down to earth |
feathers | (downy | downy) | duck | feathers | duvet | goose | jacket | pillow | soft | soft as | sleeping bag | vest( | s) |
 
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EAR + ear ears
listen | (my | your | his | her | its) [a-z ]*ear | (big | cauliflower | deaf | good | human | inner | left | middle | persons | right | someones | sympathetic | pigs) ear | a flea in | by ear | in one ear | lend an ear | out on [a-z ]*ear | whisper in | pierc(e | ed | ing) |
vegetable | of cauliflower | corn | of corn | kernel( | s) | wheat |
 
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EGG + egg eggs egged egging
food | (bacon | ham) and | (bad | rotten) egg | break( | s | ing) | bird | boil( | ed | s | ing) | chicken | devi(l | ll)ed | duck | easter | egg timer | faberge | fallopian | fertil(e | ize | ized) | fr(y | ying | ied) | a good egg | goose | hatch( | ed | ed | ing) | hen( | s) | over easy | la(y | id | ying) | nest( | s | ed | ing) | poach( | ed | es | ing) | raw | robin( | s) | roll( | s) | runny | salad( | s) | sandwich( | es) | scrambl(e | es | ing | ed) | snake | sunny side up | thr(o | e)w( | ing) | tough egg | uterus | white( | s) |
incite | egg( | s | ed | ing) [a-z ]*on |
 
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EVEN + even evenly uneven unevenly
adverb | (arent | cant | dont | not | didnt | doesnt | maybe | never | wouldnt | wont | havent | isnt) even | (can( | _1) | could | might | will | would) even | even (if | more | now | so | then | though) | even [a-z]*er | even (went | going) so far as to | (i | you | he | she | we | they) even |
equal | equal | break even | (get | gets | got | getting) even | even (gaze | keel) | mak(e | ing) (it | them) even | even playing field | were even | even steven | tempered | handed |
 
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FILE + file filed unfiled files filing
dossier | case( | s | _1) | computer | confidential | clerk | data | delet(e | ed | ing) | print( | s | ed | ing) | server | text | zip | read( | s | ing) | in( | to)[a-z ]*file | medical | missing | police | secret | sound | a file on | fil(e | es | ed | ing) [a-z ]+under | fil(e | es | ed | ing) a [a-z ]*(brief | complaint | motion | report | request | petition | flight plan | suit | class action suit) | fil(e | es | ed | ing) for a divorce | fil(e | es | ed | ing) for a | filing cabinet | file [a-z ]*(paper( | s) | document( | s)) | clos(e | ed | ing) | (mak(e | es | ing) a file | (my | your | his | her) file | on file | open( | s | ed | ing) a file | keep( | s | ing)) [a-z ]*file | with [a-z ]*file |
line | rank and file | single file | fil(e | ed | es | ing) (in | out | through) | fil(e | ed | es | ing) slowly |
tool | bar( | s) | break | broken | nail( | s) | metal | prison( | er | ers) | wood |
 
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FIRM + firm firmness firmly firmer firmest firmed firming firms
hard | belie(ve | ver | f) | disciplin | established | grip | ground | handshake | hand | large | leading | mattress | order( | s) | salvage | small | press firmly | press [a-z ]*firmly | ripe | stand firm | very firm |
business | (accounting | advertising | banking | big | financial | brokerage | consulting | own | private | public relations | publishing | security | trading) firm | business | company | law | legal | owner( | s) | partner |
 
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A_LOT +
much | a_lot of |
property | buy a_lot |
 
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AT_ALL +
adverb | (not | nothing | none | any) at_all |
preposition | at_all the |
 
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FOLD + fold folds folding folded unfold unfolds unfolded unfolding
sheet | above the fold | (ten | twenty | hundred | thousand | million)(- | )fold | folding table | know when to fold | sheet( | s) | towel( | s) |
sheep | sheep | church | (in | into) the fold |
 
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