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a flock of ducks/sheep/goats/geese; a flock of reporters; a large group of people, usually people of a particular type; A flock is also the people who are members of a church; A noisy flock of tourists came into the building.

The priest invited all the members of his flock (= all the people who go to his church) to attend the special service.

Tourists flock to the village.; Crowds of people flocked to see the Picasso exhibition.

Please keep your dog on a leash when on the beach.; Dogs must be kept on a leash in this park.

Santa Claus travels in a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

The female bird is called a goose and the male bird is called a gander.

The fuel and energy sector is the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Raising entry prices to tourist attractions will kill the goose that lays the golden egg for this town. No-one will come here any more.

I heard she had a new car, so I went out to take a gander at it.

New business opportunities will emerge with advances in technology.; Yesterday it emerged that he was to come under investigation for insider dealing.; A figure emerged from the gloom of the corridor.

The facts behind the scandal are sure to emerge eventually.; It has emerged that secret talks had been going on between the two companies before the takeover was announced.; We debated which of the candidate will emerge (= result) as the winner.

The Prince emerged unscathed from the scandal.

We are always eager to embrace the latest technology.; Corporate America quickly embraced the Web as a new vehicle for advertising.; He has wholeheartedly embraced life in south Louisiana.

They embraced (each other) before saying good-bye.; She greeted me with a warm embrace.

a tool/storage shed; a garden shed; the lambing shed; a cow shed; The structure is used as a truck storage shed.

Gravel covers the driveway.; a gravel path

900 jobs will be shed over the next few months.; I'm going on a diet to see if I can shed (= become thinner by losing) a few pounds.; He's managed to shed eight kilos.

The trees shed their leaves in autumn.; They ran down to the water, shedding clothes as they went.; A lorry had shed a load of gravel across the road.; I was warm enough at that point to shed a few layers of clothing.

As the day warmed up, she shed her sweater.

She shed a few tears at her daughter's wedding.; So much blood has been shed (= so many people have been badly hurt or killed) in this war.; He didn’t shed one tear when his old car was stolen.; A single bulb shed a harsh light on the table.

There are rumors that the retailer will shed more than 400 jobs over the next year.; shed workers/employees/staff

The stock shed another 16% of its value yesterday, closing at $15.25.; The Dow Jones industrial average shed 242.66 points, or 1.97%, to close at 12,075.96.

Experts hope the plane’s flight recorders will shed light on the cause of the crash.

harsh criticism; We thought the punishment was rather harsh for such a minor offence.

a harsh winter

Will you mow the lawn at the weekend?; I scattered grass seed all over the lawn.

You can’t mow the grass if it’s wet.

The car didn’t stay in its lane, and it mowed down a whole row of traffic cones.

ice cream in a waffle cone; Who wants an ice cream cone?; A cone is also any object shaped like a cone, some of which are hollow and open at the end;

One lane of the road was closed off by traffic cones.

An informal mix of trees and shrubs is preferable, with more coniferous than deciduous species.

that evergreen TV series "Friends"

evergreen clause/provision/agreement: An important goal for every agent is an “evergreen” clause which provides for continuing commissions after an agreement ends.

Evergreen letters of credit may be rolled over indefinitely until the issuing bank provides a written notice of its final expiration.

pine needles

He's still pining for his ex-girlfriend.; Bradley pined for his wife, who was far away.

Many movie reviewers confuse obscurity with quality.

He rose from relative obscurity to worldwide recognition.

After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered.; He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years.; The ruling party is languishing in third place in the opinion polls.

A 200,000-acre forest site will be replanted with softwoods to supply the paper and pulp mill.

a needle and thread; Can you thread this needle for me?

The needle on a compass always points to magnetic north.

pine needles

It sounds like the needle on your record player needs to be replaced.

to purposely annoy someone by making critical remarks or jokes; His mother was always needling him about getting a job.; I hate to be needled about my weight.