Collocations for "these"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "these" in context.
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these
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.pron
- look at these
- here, [use, have, take] these
- [what, whose] are these?
- these are [two, some] examples of
- add these to your [list, numbers]
- remove these from your [list]
- [in, at] times like these [it is important, you have] to
- these [may, could, can] include
- but these are different
- whose are these [shoes, papers]?
- these [changes, results, things] [can, will]
- [resulting, occurring] because of these [accidents, discoveries]
- these things (just) happen (sometimes)
- on these pages
- in these [sections, articles]
- these terms are [unacceptable, fine by me]
'these' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
add
- alongside
- amusement
- annoyance
- annual
- appalling
- as
- asleep
- avoid
- bag
- baggy
- bang
- bind
- blister
- blog
- both
- cattle
- challenging
- changing
- clarification
- clog
- coin
- colon
- comfortable
- crotch
- customary
- death
- dig
- dire
- dirty
- disturbing
- diversion
- dreary
- drill
- dwell
- either
- eleven
- emerge
- exceptional
- extra
- extraordinary
- fat
- fifty
- finance
- flimsy
- follow
- footprint
- force
- four
- fourteen