adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cook sth well/thoroughly (=until it has definitely cooked for a long enough time)
▪ Beans should always be cooked well.
deeply/bitterly/thoroughly ashamed
▪ Alan was deeply ashamed when he remembered what he’d said.
search sth thoroughly
▪ They searched the garden thoroughly.
thoroughly recommend
▪ Overall I can thoroughly recommend this film to anyone with an interest in space travel.
thoroughly/fully deserve sth
▪ He didn't work so he thoroughly deserved his poor marks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
enjoyable
▪ Quite apart from the money, work can be thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding in its own right.
▪ A long overdue report on Breckenridge where we spent a thoroughly enjoyable skiing holiday in April 1990.
▪ We waved them off at about 8.45am the following morning, after having a thoroughly enjoyable weekend.
▪ One way and another it had been a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.
▪ This is thoroughly enjoyable and could not be more informative.
▪ Not so well known as the New World, it is a thoroughly enjoyable work.
▪ I think it is this link between knowledge and innocence that makes both books thoroughly enjoyable to read.
▪ It provided a thoroughly enjoyable and meaningful evening's entertainment.
familiar
▪ Once you have become thoroughly familiar with this you can venture on to other things.
▪ Please make sure you are thoroughly familiar with them.
▪ However, it is vital to be thoroughly familiar with the whole course content and requirements before deciding on a time-scale.
▪ Like Nelson he was thoroughly familiar with those on whom he would need most to rely.
▪ There was a stout lintel over the small trapezoidal windows and door; a thoroughly familiar smell of damp moss and fern.
▪ He might not know much about the Church, but with this terrain he was thoroughly familiar.
▪ You will pay special attention to preparation, being thoroughly familiar with the matters to be discussed.
modern
▪ But Frank's analysis of and attack on the complacent 90s is thoroughly modern.
■ VERB
become
▪ It came to have Connolly's support and was on the way to becoming thoroughly nationalist and republican under Connolly's influence.
▪ But the campus had already become thoroughly dilapidated.
▪ Once you have become thoroughly familiar with this you can venture on to other things.
▪ Many of these smart, polished young women will become thoroughly conventional upper-middle-class housewives and mothers.
▪ During submersion, the paper fibres become thoroughly saturated with sizing.
▪ In short, capitalist states were becoming thoroughly entangled in a set of conflicts from which they could not easily extricate themselves.
check
▪ The real benefits of all this are felt by you: All materials used in your carpet are thoroughly checked before manufacture.
▪ All the electrical circuits and computer systems are thoroughly checked, along with the guidance systems and the life-support components.
▪ Magazine profiles may be carefully written and prepared, though their facts are unlikely to be as thoroughly checked as in books.
▪ This material must be checked thoroughly with a language assistant before it is used.
▪ All rumours were thoroughly checked and omitted if unverified.
▪ The next stage of the mission was to orbit the Earth several times while the systems were thoroughly checked out.
▪ Nevertheless, the astronauts orbited the Earth for over two hours while the systems were thoroughly checked.
clean
▪ Why were the campsites so thoroughly cleaned up before authorities arrived?
▪ The glass must be thoroughly cleaned and made dust-free.
▪ The carer must ensure that the patient is cleaned thoroughly when he has finished.
▪ The inside is also thoroughly cleaned!
▪ Every surface really does look fresher and brighter because it has been thoroughly cleaned.
▪ Do choose bottles that have no indentations inside that might make them difficult to clean thoroughly.
▪ It should have been cleaned thoroughly and treated with stabilising solution.
confuse
▪ His accounts thoroughly confuse fact and fancy, observation and interpretation.
deserve
▪ Pears, 30, has been a key figure in Boro's hectic season and thoroughly deserves his call-up.
▪ They persevered and thoroughly deserved their lead on the half hour.
▪ At under £100, it represents excellent value for money and wins a thoroughly deserved Value Award.
▪ Carrick was superbly backed up by paceman Mark Robinson, who thoroughly deserved his best figures for Yorkshire of three for 34.
▪ Michael thoroughly deserved the championship, just as he's deserved it every year since he last won it in 1995.
discuss
▪ It was not something she was ever able to discuss thoroughly with Mike.
▪ He had never thoroughly discussed a Hebron pullback with his assembled Cabinet.
dry
▪ The new piece should be thoroughly dried, and tailored to approximately the right shape and size.
▪ Right after birth, the baby should be dried thoroughly, and a triple-layered hat should be put on.
▪ Leave each side to dry thoroughly before you start working on the next one.
▪ There are no sounds except the flickering of the flame and the hiss of some burning wood that has not thoroughly dried.
▪ Wipe the interior of the machine and dry thoroughly with a disinfectant impregnated cloth or disposable paper towel. 4.
▪ Stricken dolls should be washed with soapy water and then thoroughly dried.
▪ Let them dry thoroughly, tack them on to a wall and note the difference in colour shade, value and vibrancy.
▪ Joe recommended that everyone thoroughly dried and massaged their feet before climbing into a sleeping bag or they risked skin rot.
enjoy
▪ He thoroughly enjoyed being a broker, and had never seriously considered management.
▪ I get a real kick out of it and thoroughly enjoy doing it.
▪ He seemed to thoroughly enjoy the fight...
▪ You made a fool of me and thoroughly enjoyed doing it!
▪ They were grown, and loving, productive, useful citizens that we had thoroughly enjoyed raising.
▪ It was evident that the old people were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
▪ I thoroughly enjoy cooking for her and she thoroughly enjoys eating it.
examine
▪ He was very thoroughly examined and the doctors did a whole range of tests.
▪ The body was thoroughly examined by physicians, who declared that no chemicals had been used to preserve it.
▪ The first night passed quietly enough as the newcomers were thoroughly examined and were glad to get a roof over their heads.
▪ Five of them had obviously been thoroughly examined.
▪ Don't waste time and money on house surveys until these questions have been examined thoroughly.
▪ As for the Seven barrage, the proposal will need to be examined thoroughly before any conclusions are reached.
▪ JoJo will need to be examined thoroughly.
▪ I've been thoroughly examined and the cardiologist has advised me to have coronary angioplasty.
feel
▪ Three weeks into rehearsal I tried to resign, feeling thoroughly inadequate.
▪ More importantly, I felt thoroughly pampered.
▪ He, meanwhile, was feeling thoroughly middle-aged, and worried about his health and the possibility of redundancy.
▪ One day, perhaps, he would feel thoroughly obliged to drink it.
▪ Labour needs some one with whom it feels thoroughly unsafe, some one who can overcome its sentimentality about itself.
investigate
▪ AltaVista thoroughly investigated finding another supplier to provide a free Internet access service.
▪ Most importantly he needs to make sure past abuses and present intimidation manoeuvres are thoroughly investigated, and those responsible punished.
▪ It is understood that the police thoroughly investigated the shooting at Tully-West within the limitations imposed on them.
▪ After thoroughly investigating their backgrounds and their political beliefs, he had approached them one by one.
▪ At the time, the story was not investigated thoroughly and Craxi and Martelli were able to brush it aside.
▪ ALCOHOL/DRUGS/SUICIDE Claims involving alcoholism, drugs and suicide must be investigated thoroughly.
look
▪ The lights changed and the truck pulled off with Chase trying to keep his balance and looking thoroughly bemused.
▪ He had flown over it, and from the air it looked thoroughly frightening, a deep green maze of iron-spine mountains.
▪ She looked thoroughly sophisticated, the type to want to hit the night spots.
▪ Grant at least had the grace to look thoroughly embarrassed.
▪ Again, a fair employer should look thoroughly into the background and, by way of discussion, try to achieve an amicable solution.
▪ He was entitled to look thoroughly cheesed off when Stewart made an awful hash of stumping Miandad.
mix
▪ Mix thoroughly so that it becomes a smooth paste.
▪ The blocks in the bag are thoroughly mixed up.
▪ Heat through gently, mixing thoroughly with the other ingredients.
▪ Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly with each addition.
▪ Mix thoroughly and replace in potato skins.
▪ Flake and mix thoroughly with all other ingredients.
▪ It is thoroughly mixed in a large vessel called a mash tun with hot pure water.
recommend
▪ With a little care in their placement in the tank, the mushroom polyps can be thoroughly recommended for the reef aquarium.
▪ I thoroughly recommend it as of immense value to students at every level.
▪ I can thoroughly recommend Daedalus for local flying, and their training facilities appear excellent.
▪ I thoroughly recommend this course of action as a way of improving your driving and putting your badge where your mouth is.
research
▪ The Gillmans have produced a respectful and thoroughly researched account of Mallory's life.
▪ He thoroughly researched many business opportunities.
▪ Once you've thoroughly researched and analysed the facts, they should speak for themselves.
▪ Each will have a detailed invented past, thoroughly researched and crafted.
search
▪ He thoroughly searched the house and came up with some startling and damning evidence.
▪ She hadn't been allowed to bring anything off the boat except her patchwork leather shoulder-bag which had been thoroughly searched first.
▪ I had no time to search thoroughly.
test
▪ Each panel member should ensure that he or she thoroughly tests the case presented for project approval.
▪ It will be years before these new methods are thoroughly tested and, if beneficial, become widely available.
▪ The system is thoroughly tested and eventually handed over to the user.
▪ Their driving is tested thoroughly, and they receive a full medical examination.
▪ The Californian company guarantees that all the products have been thoroughly tested - on humans!
understand
▪ Whoever thoroughly understands a principle should be able to expound it intelligibly so that other people, non-experts, should understand it as well.
▪ This subject is one which all Eastern religious and philosophical systems thoroughly understand.
▪ He thoroughly understood the operations of copper smelting.
▪ Steve Jobs was not a technical wizard, but he thoroughly understood the mindset of the people who were.
▪ I thoroughly understood the theory of controlling helicopters.
wash
▪ He washed thoroughly, standing under his shower while the hot water poured over him.
▪ It's impossible to get the stench out of one's clothing until it is thoroughly washed.
▪ Everything had to be thoroughly washed down, cleaned and returned to its former glory.
▪ Do make sure all your equipment - and dummies if you use them - are thoroughly washed and sterilised after use.
▪ Bath daily, washing thoroughly around the bottom.
▪ Briefly, each biopsy sample was washed thoroughly in three changes of diluent to remove faeces and adherent mucus.
▪ Take care when preparing vegetables - wash thoroughly, as any traces of soil are likely to be full of bacteria.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Thoroughly wash all surfaces which have come into contact with raw meat.
▪ Eating only thoroughly cooked foods will reduce your risk of illness.
▪ I was thoroughly confused.
▪ The body was thoroughly examined by physicians.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After 10-15 minutes, dry feet thoroughly and apply a massage cream or oil.
▪ Each panel member should ensure that he or she thoroughly tests the case presented for project approval.
▪ Many thanks for a thoroughly useful newspaper which is essential reading.
▪ Reduce heat to low; cook 3 to 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally.
▪ Success is achieved by analysing our market carefully, then researching and testing our products thoroughly.
▪ That is splendid news: few things transform lives for the better as fast and as thoroughly as access to a car.
▪ They cheered the solos, whooped-it-up for each selection and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.