Collocations for "usual"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "usual" in context.
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usual
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- the usual [blend, mix, mixture, combination]
- the usual [choice, answer, response, excuse]
- of usual [length, size, height]
- is the usual [way, approach, practice]
- the usual [course, sequence, series, run] of events
- [had, ordered] her usual [drink, meal]
- I'll have the usual, please
- What's going on? Oh, just the usual
- met at the usual [time, place, location]
- take the usual [dose, amount, route]
- do not seem like your usual self (today)
- are not your usual [cheerful, pleasant] self (today)
- is not your usual [suit, place, car]
- doesn't [sound, look, seem] his usual self
- usual weather for [August, spring, this time of year
- usual [rush hour, city, stadium, morning] traffic
- just another usual day at [work, the office]
- is quite usual [around here, in these parts]
- is quite usual to [find, see, watch, feel]
- is not usual for her to be [late]
- was [late, rude, right], as usual
- as usual, he was [late]
- he arrived [late], as per usual
'usual' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Thursday
- aloof
- annoyed
- anxious
- assortment
- beyond
- bland
- bouncing
- busy
- calm
- carry
- companion
- crowd
- differ
- divert
- dry
- fabulous
- lower
- none
- outcome
- pat
- pattern
- perky
- place
- practice
- preliminary
- refrain
- resume
- run
- salad
- self
- snack
- standard
- stubborn
- summer
- suspect
- underdog