I.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cover story (=the main story in a magazine, mentioned on the cover)
▪ Hello magazine did a cover story on her last year.
a covering letterBritish English, a cover letter American English (= that you send with your CV to an employer)
▪ Always enclose a cover letter with your resume.
a dense covering of sth
▪ steep-sided mountains with a dense covering of trees
a floor covering (=a material, such as carpet, that covers a floor)
▪ A carpet fitter can fit floor coverings quickly and inexpensively.
a policy covers sth (=will pay out money in relation to it)
▪ The policy does not cover dental bills.
be covered by a scheme (=be able to benefit from a scheme)
▪ All employees are covered by the new bonus scheme.
be covered by insurance (=be included in an insurance policy)
▪ Flood damage isn't covered by the insurance.
be covered in blood
▪ His face was covered in blood.
be covered in dust
▪ Everything was filthy and covered in dust.
be covered in flowers (=have flowers on every part)
▪ The fields were covered in wild flowers.
be covered in fog
▪ The mountains were covered in fog.
be covered in forest
▪ The mountain slopes were covered in forest.
be covered in frost
▪ The lawn was covered in frost.
be covered in ice
▪ Our driveway was covered in ice.
be covered in mist (also be shrouded in mistliterary)
▪ The tops of the mountains were shrouded in mist.
be covered with dirt
▪ The kitchen floor was covered with dirt.
blow sb’s cover (=make known what someone’s real job or name is)
▪ It would only take one phone call to blow his cover.
cloud cover
▪ The cloud cover should disappear by the afternoon.
clouds cover sth
▪ For days thick cloud had covered the whole sky.
cover a story (=report on it)
▪ Her family complained about the way that journalists had covered the story.
cover a topic
▪ The book covers such topics as business strategy and marketing.
cover all aspects of sth
▪ The training course covers all aspects of business.
cover charge
cover girl
cover letter
cover note
cover price
▪ Ten pence of the cover price goes directly to charity.
cover story
cover the cost (=pay for something)
▪ The money he had saved just covered the cost of the trip.
cover your mouth
▪ She laughed, covering her mouth with her hand.
cover yourself in glory (= do something that makes people admire you)
▪ As team captain, he hasn't covered himself in glory.
covering letter
▪ Send your CV and a covering letter to the address below.
deal with/cover a subject (=speak or write about it)
▪ The subject is dealt with in great detail in his previous book.
diving for cover (=to protect themselves behind something)
▪ The soldiers were diving for cover.
dust cover
insurance cover
▪ The scheme provides full insurance cover for pre-existing medical conditions.
insurance covers sth
▪ The insurance covered the cost of rebuilding the house after the fire.
liability insurance/cover (=insurance that protects you against a liability claim)
▪ Many house and contents insurance policies have provision for liability insurance for claims of negligence against you.
read...from cover to cover (=read all of something because you are very interested)
▪ When I was young, I read every one of his books from cover to cover.
read...from cover to cover (=read all of something because you are very interested)
▪ When I was young, I read every one of his books from cover to cover.
snow covers/blankets sth
▪ The ground was covered with snow.
the cover of a book
▪ His picture is on the cover of the book.
under cover of darkness (=when darkness makes you less likely to be seen)
▪ The attack was planned to take place under cover of darkness.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
▪ Her father had a past which he'd taken pains to cover up.
▪ They may assert, for instance, that crucial evidence was covered up or a confession was coerced.
▪ She likes to cover up the truth like she covers over the naked light.
▪ Ladies have sheer or bare legs, trendies cover up with black leather pants.
▪ It was an elaborate fabrication to cover up the murder.
▪ High slack systems, then, are often hotbed of deceptive activities that cover up the exercise of power for personal gain.
▪ You forgot to cover up the Anglia Television badge on the front end!
▪ Like, people have got tired of all that covering up.
■ NOUN
area
▪ It now covered a greater geographical area and involved a greater number of powerful States than ever before.
▪ The concession covers an area in the department of Cesar with 100 million tons of proven reserves.
▪ Now a Red Star van is based on Newtown and covers a huge area.
▪ Officials in rural districts covering a large area may drive long distances to perform their regular duties.
▪ These will cover areas such as equal opportunities, multi-cultural education, cross-curricular themes, competences and dimensions and special needs.
▪ I would suggest that ten or twenty questions would be satisfactory to cover the subject area framed by the major research question.
▪ In two years Gould could not possibly hope to cover all the areas he guessed would prove rewarding.
▪ Not knowing which way to turn, he quickly crawled into the covered area.
aspect
▪ Staff can produce an individual handbook covering specific aspects of care, for example pre-operative preparation or a doctor's preferences for treatment.
▪ He had to cover every aspect of the war.
▪ The complete retail sales force attended the conference where presentations were made covering all aspects of selling.
▪ It was a seminar covering all aspects of family planning.
▪ The privilege is much wider than procedural matters, covering every aspect of the internal functions of the House.
▪ The word that is now used to cover all aspects of code work is cryptology, also invented by Friedman.
▪ Questions also cover much broader aspects of general health and fitness.
body
▪ The living room was dimmed; it seemed covered with writhing bodies.
▪ He covered her body with colourful graffiti.
▪ Armani gray covers his body head-to-toe, double-breasted style.
▪ There is little target to aim at because the leading hand covers the body and the elbow is near to the ribs.
▪ I start to break out in enormous hives that cover my whole body.
▪ Flames covered its head and body.
▪ Fat is deposited as an external covering of the body, within the abdominal cavity, and between and within muscles.
book
▪ There are separate books covering level 2 through to level 5.
▪ The rule book Stone refers to covered 400 pages.
▪ All over the world. Book covers even.
▪ Sometimes these parents chose books for their children based on levels written on the book covers.
▪ When I said the book under review covers everything, I mean it.
▪ Because the book covers so much territory, it only superficially explores.
▪ Of the five different categories of troops all except for allies are covered by the list in this book.
▪ The book covers more than 70 local small breweries and gives all the pertinent data for each.
charge
▪ That included a $ 475 million pretax charge to cover the costs of replacing flawed Pentium chips.
▪ In addition there is a £20m exceptional charge to cover the costs of recent flooding.
▪ The charge was to cover the April acquisition of San Diego-based Alanex, a drug-discovery company.
▪ In addition, there were energy charges intended to cover short-run marginal costs of operating the plant.
▪ About $ 525 million of the $ 1. 5 billion Xerox charge will cover reserves for claims losses at Talegen.
▪ Emotional charges cover up physically painful engrams.
cost
▪ People in the cities will pay high prices for these and this covers the cost of transport.
▪ Therefore, a higher product price is necessary to cover these rising costs.
▪ The term fee is usually used to mean a payment that covers the full cost of the service provided.
▪ Phoenix expects to incur a one-time charge of $ 1 million to cover severance and relocation costs associated with the move.
▪ The rest is to cover the costs of moving to the £46m centralised home shopping warehouse at Listerhills, Bradford.
▪ The company agreed to pay nearly $ 1 million to cover costs, penalties and staff sensitivity-training courses.
▪ Copyright in chapters for a scientific textbook are often bought for sums that would hardly cover the cost of typing.
▪ Four first-class stamps usually cover the cost of mailing a book-rate package.
costs
▪ The damages Johenson ultimately settled for did not cover the costs of the action she brought against the health authorities.
▪ Will land sales eventually cover these costs?
▪ For example, at Nabisco the allowance is intended to cover the costs of new school uniforms.
▪ Phoenix expects to incur a one-time charge of $ 1 million to cover severance and relocation costs associated with the move.
▪ An additional £200,000 perannum is being sought but the Gallery needs £550,000 to cover its costs fully.
▪ Much of that is expected to cover costs at Nielsen, analysts said following a conference call with the company yesterday morning.
▪ Students receiving grants from other authorities receive £125 in the grant to cover travel costs.
▪ The lower fees he paid, he said, were more than enough to cover these extra costs.
dust
▪ A low, squarish object covered by a dust sheet caught his eye and he cautiously headed towards it.
▪ He tumbled to the ground, writhed around on the dirt and covered himself with dust.
▪ The first was a heap of glass bottles and flasks, all of them covered with dust and cobwebs.
▪ Paint flakes on the desktop and floor, steel cabinets covered in dust.
▪ It was covered in grey dust.
▪ Instead of shoes, they wore plastic sandals over socks; their feet were covered with dust.
▪ These, she noticed, were covered by white dust sheets.
face
▪ Yet outdoors they still must wear a burqa, the cloak that covers their hair, face and body.
▪ The men came over and the women shut up, covered their faces and went back to the house.
▪ In it sat Marita, thin, head down, hands in her lap, her shiny hair covering her face.
▪ Then she kicked it away and sank on to the bed covering her face with her hands.
▪ Some had sense enough to wrap their heads in their shirts, cover their faces with rags, put on their shoes.
▪ Beside me, Eva gasped and covered her face.
▪ She covers her face with her hand.
floor
▪ Where possible, cover the main floor area in one sheet, or make joins well away from main traffic areas.
▪ Use carpeting or other skid-resistant flooring to cover potentially slippery floors.
▪ The books were housed in mahogany bookcases which covered the walls from floor to ceiling.
▪ The giant bivalves jammed the cracks between the black tufts of lava that covered the ocean floor.
▪ It was a broken hulk, millennia of dust particles covering the displays and floors.
▪ Drawings torn from a sketch pad were tacked to the plank walls, a straw rug partially covered the floor.
▪ The thin soil that covers the forest floor is easily washed away.
ground
▪ But we'd be able to cover a lot of ground.
▪ These might not include everything, but they cover a lot of ground.
▪ In emphasising the place which the child played in his own learning process, Plowden was not covering new ground.
▪ He said he can cover more ground with his drive-by campaign than he could on foot.
▪ He is also an artist who covered enormous ground.
▪ The trials may have appeared to cover the same ground, but they were not alike in several important ways.
▪ Barrow's book is, to my mind, more satisfying, not just because he covers more ground.
▪ Mellow orange pantiles seemingly cascade at many angles, surmounting buildings of varying heights, covering lower and higher ground.
head
▪ Groaning, Tommy curled himself up into a ball, his hands covering his head.
▪ Thick, long silver-gray hair, brushed straight back, covered his well-shaped head.
▪ Pity she's covered up that copper head.
▪ Stacy hands her a towel, and Jess covers her head with it.
▪ One party may seek to reject a point in the sale agreement because it was not covered in the heads of terms.
▪ You count on Elarton and Reynolds, then cover your head and hope about Lima.
▪ Alternatively, a purchaser may refuse to provide a parent company guarantee if this was not covered in the heads.
▪ He had been born with the caul, the inner fetal membrane had covered his head at birth.
insurance
▪ But the 59-year-old, who was sick when the instalment was due, had insurance to cover missed payments.
▪ Companies usually have insurance policies covering theft, he said.
▪ Although the Legowskis' insurance covered most of the cost, most managed-care plans do not cover infertility treatments.
▪ But there is no guarantee an insurance pay-out would cover funeral costs, as is the case with the pre-payment schemes.
▪ This latter aim is increasingly important amidst debates about what health insurance should cover.
▪ Our marine insurance covers such damage or loss after the first £320.
▪ Term insurance covers you for a specific period of time.
mile
▪ They learned that the fall-out from the Bikini explosion had covered 7,000 square miles.
▪ Each covers about one mile and takes about 90 minutes.
▪ Fifteen years ago the Renault 12 lookalike needed just over six litres to cover 60 miles the current model drinks seven.
▪ The race, covering 28.5 miles, will start at Aberdeen and finish at Peterhead.
▪ The boundaries for the Snowdonia National Park run round the edge of Penrhyn, which covers six square miles.
▪ A decision which would produce an all-Highland single-tier authority covering 10,000 square miles may seem contradictory to that objective.
▪ The athletes, often fell-runners, who are out to win can cover the three miles in just over fifteen minutes.
▪ I had to cover more than fifteen miles a day.
period
▪ They cover the same period of history and yet talk about it in completely different ways.
▪ The responses covered a period of time from 1983 to 1992 and pertained to practices at the time of questioning.
▪ When possible, a system of internal rotation of staff covering the 24-hour period is desirable.
▪ Bills are mailed once every two months and cover a two-month period.
▪ At the time, GeoRef covered the period from 1969 onward, and GeoArchive from 1974 onward.
▪ These estimates cover the period 1980-1981 to the year 2000.
▪ It covers that period - she began it when they moved to Richmond.
▪ Obviously, it is not possible in a single chapter to cover the whole 1913-1980 period in any detail.
policy
▪ Theft is excluded but this policy would cover damage caused by attempted theft. 3.
▪ Companies usually have insurance policies covering theft, he said.
▪ This section of the policy also covers: 1.
▪ Exxon responded that, regardless, the policy clearly covered the claims.
▪ Marson notes that he has all the necessary equipment, along with a million-dollar umbrella insurance policy to cover the young fighters.
▪ Some policies won't cover you, so be prepared to shop around.
▪ Those policies would cover economic losses only.
range
▪ There were no Gee Bees from the past, but there were four replicas, covering virtually the whole range.
▪ The Cenacle welcomes people from all over the country and holds courses and seminars which cover a wide range of denominations.
▪ These schools will be selected to cover a range of criteria, but all will offer positive models of inter-adult practice.
▪ They found that 50 economic appraisals had been published, covering a wide range of topics.
▪ Members cover a wide range of interests from book and music clubs to financial services and charities.
▪ The contract is for fuel tank access covers for the complete range of Airbus aircraft.
▪ As in Phase 1 the courses proposed cover a wide range of disciplines.
snow
▪ So she said that in her country everything would be covered with snow and very cold.
▪ Outdoor furniture cushions covered with snow.
▪ Fields covered in snow would swallow up whitewashed farmhouses were it not for their black window frames.
▪ I thought of the marble frieze in Barre and hoped some one had covered it against the snow.
▪ Some rooms were covered in snow and all the animals there had white fur.
▪ Snoopy lies on the top of his doghouse almost covered in newly fallen snow.
▪ Much of the country was covered by snow for six months of the year.
▪ We were crossing a high, thin cordillera of mountains, their tops already covered with snow.
subject
▪ This is, however, a magnificent attempt to cover the subject in comprehensive detail, with the emphasis on the individual.
▪ The bulk of their annual meetings here will cover far more distasteful subjects.
▪ It covered subjects which included selling skills, overcoming customers' objections and motivating retail salesmen.
▪ Judge Walker set Nov. 14 as the date for hearing arguments on a preliminary injunction covering the same subject matter.
▪ The Certificate is about basic concepts and covers some seven subjects.
▪ They covered every imaginable subject from metallurgy to medicine, from good building techniques to good manners.
▪ I do not want to cover the whole subject, this evening.
▪ I would suggest that ten or twenty questions would be satisfactory to cover the subject area framed by the major research question.
surface
▪ Typical failures exhibit a thin layer of wood covering the glued surface.
▪ Add potatoes and roll around to cover all surfaces with butter.
▪ Strain into a bowl, cover the surface of the custard with damp greaseproof paper.
▪ The lake will cover 1, 400 surface acres when full, roughly twice the size of San Pablo Reservoir near Orinda.
▪ It is covered with a black surface to absorb the sunlight.
▪ Layer with 4 halves of tortilla to cover most of the surface.
▪ This is contained in the large warts that cover the upper surface of the toad's skin.
▪ Then a creamy, frothy head of yeast will form and cover the surface of the beer.
topic
▪ Some sections of the list were covered widely both in relation to topic and modes of assessment and others less so.
▪ Experts will cover topics such as disaster planning for pets and pet first aid, as well as horse nutrition and care.
▪ Finally, in the fourth section I will cover a few miscellaneous topics which I think may be of interest.
▪ In the first instance, more reading and thought will be necessary in order to satisfactorily cover the topics.
▪ Both courses claimed to cover all topics, except Syllabus Design which was only covered by one.
▪ These come from many sources - school groups, horticulture clubs, students etc. and cover many topics.
▪ General Philosophy covers such topics as mind and body, theory of knowledge, causation and personal identity.
track
▪ Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks.
▪ They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.
▪ From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.
▪ Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks?
▪ He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks.
▪ A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks.
▪ It burst through the earth at the top and we had to cover its tracks.
▪ But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks.
wall
▪ There are columns around the circumference of the Sanctuary, and various marble incrustations cover the inner walls.
▪ One painting, covering several walls, shows stylized vultures, with huge broom-like wings and human feet.
▪ Fitted wardrobes are ideal for covering a wall which has a central chimneybreast.
▪ Golden brown mussels covered the walls of the main fissure and were heaped in mounds over smaller cracks between lobes of lava.
▪ Charlie found himself mesmerised by the mosaic patterns that covered the inner walls, their tiny squares making up life-size portraits.
▪ Intricate murals cover the walls and domed ceiling.
▪ It covered the walls and ceiling.
▪ In the silence that followed noticed the photographs that covered the walls of his office.
■ VERB
extend
▪ The historical theme extends to cover local canals, bridges, floods, natural history and archaeology.
▪ Several legislators have urged the government to suspend the controversial value-added tax that was extended to cover service industries.
▪ In due course the principle could be extended to cover child care for older children.
▪ My analysis of the particular qualities of the institution shows that it may well extend to cover a homosexual union.
▪ It also extended them to cover land affected by new town designation orders, slum clearance orders and new street orders.
▪ Request that the scheme be extended to cover Balerno/Baberton area. 7.
▪ I extended the massaging to cover a larger area.
▪ You can extend it to cover any personal possessions that cost over £1,000 each or £3,500 in total.
try
▪ Nevada high school football hero kills nerdy classmate, only to have his abusive sheriff father try to cover it up.
▪ I tried to cover my ears with them.
▪ When you tell her you're an estate agent, she tries to cover her contempt.
▪ It seemed unsettled, as if trying to cover a lot of territory, possibly looking for a mate.
▪ Don't try to cover the truth under ten blankets.
▪ The Herald tries to cover Memorial Day ceremonies across a wide region.
▪ Not overstretching by trying to cover too wide a range of applications simultaneously is also important.
▪ Stiffening, she tried to cover the side of her face.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
comprehensive insurance/cover/policy
▪ At the moment few organizations have comprehensive policies or programs of team rewards in place.
▪ Drive defensively and have comprehensive insurance.
▪ Fully comprehensive insurance, maintenance and servicing costs etc. are also not included.
▪ One manager told me it would be more economic to give everyone comprehensive cover.
cover your tracks
▪ A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks.
▪ But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks.
▪ From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.
▪ Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks?
▪ He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks.
▪ Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks.
▪ It burst through the earth at the top and we had to cover its tracks.
▪ They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.
cover/hide a multitude of sins
▪ Patterned carpet can hide a multitude of sins.
▪ Curtains around a bed can also hide a multitude of sins in patient care.
▪ It hides a multitude of sins.
▪ It was called UDAG-a sincere-sounding acronym that covered a multitude of sins.
▪ Jay was a solid woman, dressed in dark loose comfortable clothes that hid a multitude of sins.
third party insurance/cover/policy
▪ Members of the scheme also benefit from a third party insurance, for a premium of £2 a year.
▪ With some landowners now looking towards insisting on third party cover for climbers, insurance is increasingly looking indispensable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ $29.90 a month covers the cost of all your insurance.
▪ A 32-page supplement covers European culture and lifestyle.
▪ A flight from Los Angeles to New York covers 2459 miles.
▪ a magazine covering women's issues
▪ Add salt and pepper, cover the pan, and let cook for 10-15 minutes.
▪ As you can see from the weather map, huge rain clouds are completely covering the South East.
▪ Don't worry, I've got enough to cover your ticket.
▪ Embarrassed, she reached for a towel to cover her body.
▪ He pulled back a corner of the blanket that covered the dead body.
▪ He was about fifty, with strands of fair hair covering a receding hair line.
▪ He was sent to Northern Ireland to cover the peace talks.
▪ His book on European history covers the period from 1914 to 2001.
▪ In one twenty-five day period, he covered 800 miles.
▪ It took him three days to cover the distance from Laingsbury to Albertsville.
▪ Michael Putzel now covers foreign affairs from Washington.
▪ Most health insurers don't cover any surgery that is done for cosmetic reasons.
▪ Mrs. Moss said the robber covered her with the machine gun and told her to open her door.
▪ Plaster can be used to cover the holes.
▪ Porter, who was covering Rice, was called for a foul.
▪ Posters of Elvis covered practically the whole wall.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Kennedy is one of the combatants in the Congressional struggle to reform federal law covering both illegal and legal immigrants.
▪ Not overstretching by trying to cover too wide a range of applications simultaneously is also important.
▪ Perseus covered his eyes with his free hand.
▪ The book covers more than 70 local small breweries and gives all the pertinent data for each.
▪ The Ideal Home Decorating School gives you details of exclusive readers' courses that cover everything from paint effects to dried flowers.
▪ The legislation was felt to be a success, for in 1898 the types of crimes covered by it were expanded.
▪ The sections cover news writing, feature writing, interviewing, editing and newsletter production.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
back
▪ Please refer to the back cover of this brochure for more details.
▪ It comes with a fold-out map inside its back cover.
▪ The glossary of terms on the inside back cover provides definitions of reserves categories.
▪ Full details of what promise to be uplifting and enjoyable celebrations are carried on page 4 and the back cover.
▪ A list of symbols is inside the back cover.
▪ These are listed by District, and located on the map on the back cover.
▪ Soon our young author will be putting call numbers and library cards on the back cover of a six-word book!
front
▪ This book ought to have a free razor-blade stuck to its front cover.
▪ In advance he had prepared a message and written a list of page numbers inside the front cover.
▪ We were promised a front cover with International Musician and they wanted the band just to pose with their instruments.
▪ On the front cover, a dilute tabby looks nobly if nervously to its right.
▪ The ludicrous front cover featured Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses.
▪ He tapped the front cover of the paper he was holding.
▪ David wouldn't do it, so we lost the front cover.
▪ The front cover of Dry, their debut album, captures Harvey's lipsticked mouth smudged against glass.
■ NOUN
book
▪ Like the Essence ad, the book covers included shaving tips.
▪ A lime-green book cover, a plastic soda bottle, newspapers, a telephone book, a blue Frisbee, something pink.
▪ My grandmother disappeared behind her book cover.
▪ Her name on the books cover, I suspect, was responsible for a majority of the books sales.
▪ The other photos on this fantasy book cover are of the people who allowed me to draw portraits of their lives.
charge
▪ The Stud had a three-dollar cover charge.
cloud
▪ The temperature rises with the cloud cover, and the snow underfoot becomes wet and soft, making progress difficult and tiring.
▪ Wind currents and cloud cover always played havoc with our helicopters.
▪ Crop yields would fall as a result of shorter growing periods, and reduced solar radiation due to heavier cloud cover.
▪ And he heard now, from another direction, up above the cloud cover, a 28.
▪ Long periods of cloud cover hindered data acquisition during the 1991-92 summer period.
▪ The day was hot and there was no cloud cover at all.
▪ The cloud cover as well as the atmospheric conditions are precisely defined.
▪ There was considerable cloud cover, but he could still detect the blue-green out-lines of the Gold Coast.
forest
▪ Spinneys and woods are all that remain of once thick forest cover.
▪ Remaining forest cover is now largely secondary growth.
▪ Trees are being cut down at such a rate that the total forest cover of the Earth is decreasing rather than increasing.
▪ When calculated on an appropriate pollen sum, they suggest that there was never any extensive, continuous forest cover.
▪ Over the past 30 years the region's forest cover has fallen from 42% to less than 15%.
▪ Total forest cover amounts to just over 64 million hectares - as opposed to the previously-quoted official figure of 75 million.
▪ Temperate forests--including deciduous, coniferous, mixed and mountain forests--account for about half of the earth's forest cover.
girl
▪ Fortunately for her the camera had already fallen in love with the new royal cover girl.
ground
▪ There are a few gaps, with ground cover to stop the soil slipping.
▪ It turns out the native animals impact that ground cover very lightly.
▪ It can be reduced if you provide more ground cover for the Loaches so that each can find its own space.
▪ Flourishing in sun or light shade, this stachys makes good ground cover under roses.
▪ Cracking in dry weather can be prevented by mulching and ensuring there is a good ground cover.
▪ Once established it spreads very rapidly and provides excellent ground cover.
▪ Low maintenance is an important criteria in many modern gardens and this planting combines ground cover with taller shrub material.
▪ There was extensive ground cover of polar willows, yellow and white whitlow-grass, scurvy grass and many others.
insurance
▪ There is no additional fee or paperwork for this insurance cover, it is all included within the International Datapost price.
▪ This is a standard condition of the Road Haulage Association insurance cover.
▪ It is usual when taking out a mortgage to arrange adequate insurance cover in the event of death.
▪ Protection: Consider taking out permanent health insurance cover in case illness prevents Mike from working.
▪ Unfortunately it is becoming harder to obtain public liability insurance cover because of the very large amounts awarded nowadays in damage claims.
▪ Walkers are therefore advised to take out suitable insurance cover.
▪ The insurance cover is designed to protect intermediaries against suits for damages brought by irate customers.
letter
▪ The packages never carried return addresses or cover letters.
▪ The best cover letter is concise.
▪ Inside are what we call involvement devices, like the cover letter and those perforated stamps.
▪ Experts say you should never use more than one page for a cover letter.
▪ You will find additional techniques in the next two chapters on writing cover letters and making telephone inquiries.
▪ Most experts also advise against being cute in a cover letter.
▪ However, if you can not find this person you will need to type a cover letter of application for your resume.
▪ It is important to type your resume and cover letter.
price
▪ But with a cover price of twenty five pounds a copy, it's well paid work.
▪ This has enabled the publishers to receive instant revenue from the advertisers and ongoing income from royalties and cover price sales.
▪ Some sell newspapers, boosting the cover price slightly.
▪ Remember that booksellers take 33 percent of your cover price as commission.
▪ A steady circulation of 300,000 should make a healthy profit, even at a cover price of 35p.
snow
▪ The bad winter weather with no guaranteed snow cover could prove to be this expansion's downfall.
story
▪ All the press had to do was to interview any one of the islanders to blow the government cover story wide open.
▪ In 1984, she was the subject of a Time magazine cover story.
▪ MI5 was then advised that Crabb had presumably drowned and was asked to help provide a suitable cover story.
▪ Consequently, most celebrity cover stories are pretty lame.
▪ The cover story recalls the Armagh railway disaster of June 1889 when 80 people died on an excursion train bound for Warrenpoint.
▪ The admission did little to sway Roswell investigators, who reject the Project Mogul explanation as just another cover story.
▪ It was the perfect cover story.
▪ By the time they leave here no one could crack them, they believe their own cover story, they are schizophrenic.
version
▪ Some of which were cover versions that one or other of us had found.
▪ In cover versions of Prince and Lloyd Webber?
▪ The album consists of cover versions recorded this summer at the Funny Farm.
▪ However, this cover version of Bronski Beat's first single is really very good indeed.
▪ There will be an album from the band, full of unlikely cover versions.
■ VERB
appear
▪ She is tall, thin, and could appear on the cover of Vogue.
▪ It would appear that the rocker cover is becoming pressurised and oil consumption is approximately one pint per 150-200 miles.
▪ Beverly Johnson in August 1974 was the first black model to appear on the cover of Vogue.
▪ Moore has appeared twice on the cover of Vanity Fair without her shirt on.
blow
▪ Last week the Prime Ministerwent to Devon and blew its cover.
▪ They blew their cover story almost immediately.
▪ It would only take one phone call to blow her cover.
▪ But they have blown their cover.
▪ All the press had to do was to interview any one of the islanders to blow the government cover story wide open.
▪ But if you were arrested for murder they would have to be very careful not to blow their cover.
▪ One mistake could blow his cover and ruin years of careful work in the North.
▪ They want to use a customised version to help their overseas operatives communicate home and browse without blowing their cover.
break
▪ Lord Hamlyn eventually broke cover himself, giving ill health as the explanation for his reticence.
▪ The cat then breaks cover and makes a final uncovered dash along the length of the jetty.
▪ It is in June, when the monsoon breaks, that cover becomes vital.
▪ The upper team would have been on the logging track above the natural amphitheatre when he broke for cover.
▪ Then, with an abrupt crash and spray and a strong beating of wings, the bird broke from cover.
▪ Once a stag caused a great hullabaloo by breaking from cover and bounding away noisily.
include
▪ Provision should be made for medical treatment to be included in the cover.
▪ Its annual travel policy includes cover for up to 17 days of winter sports.
▪ The package includes insurance cover, emergency money, replacement of essential travel documents, medical help and legal advice.
▪ Many homes are damaged by Heave each year so we have decided to include this cover in your policy. 2.
provide
▪ Mr Anderson said there was a risk of entanglement during operation and the company was required by law to provide covers.
▪ Also provide a cover for the pan, towel, toilet roll and tissues.
▪ They're mainly conifers and shrubs which provide cover for birds.
▪ Once established it spreads very rapidly and provides excellent ground cover.
▪ Most government agencies provide up to 90 percent cover, with the exporter carrying the balance of risk himself.
▪ We'd been providing cover for the convoy, when a vehicle went over a land mine.
▪ What is the Treasury's attitude to providing cover?
pull
▪ He stirred and awoke as she pulled back the covers.
▪ I leaned over and kissed the perfect skin covering such bone, such muscle, and pulled the cover back up.
▪ He pulled the cover off the switch and realized that the bulb had gone.
▪ They would pull out under cover of darkness.
▪ Carefully he pulled the cover over them, in protection against the cooling air.
▪ I pulled the cover up to my chin and folded my hands over my chest.
▪ Still swearing under his breath, Dexter pulled off the cover from the bottom of the boiler and relit the pilot light.
▪ Jinju quickly moved away from the window and lay down on the kang, pulling the covers up over her head.
read
▪ Eva read it from cover to cover; films, music, book reviews as well as the politics.
▪ I have read from cover to cover with great interest, and now hasten to enclose my subscription.
▪ I read it from cover to cover and keep every copy.
remove
▪ With a flourish he removed the cover and revealed to the incredulous eyes of the staff a feast of sausages and bacon.
▪ Stir well, cover and cook over low heat 45 minutes, removing cover and stirring at 15-minute intervals.
▪ When duck is cooked, remove from pan and cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.
▪ Examine the water tank, removing the cover: is it old, rusty, made of metal?
▪ Transfer the pepper mixture to four lightly greased ramekins and cover. 5. Remove the chicken, cover and keep hot.
▪ Before take off you remove the front cover over the airspeed intake and then start your propeller.
▪ Light fittings: Remove covers, tubes or bulbs and bring down to ground level unless an access platform is used.
run
▪ All the fish in the country will have to run for cover after what happened to me this week!
▪ The story ran on the cover of the women s pages, with three good-size pictures of heavyset black women.
▪ Below, people were running for cover as bits of machinery rained down.
▪ Populations of wild game ran for cover, and were subsequently replaced by domesticated livestock.
▪ Panicked marchers and onlookers ran for cover.
▪ I managed to land on all fours and started to run for cover.
▪ The Doctor ran for cover, grabbing the poet's sleeve and pulling him to the side.
▪ The neighborhood children will run for cover.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
comprehensive insurance/cover/policy
▪ At the moment few organizations have comprehensive policies or programs of team rewards in place.
▪ Drive defensively and have comprehensive insurance.
▪ Fully comprehensive insurance, maintenance and servicing costs etc. are also not included.
▪ One manager told me it would be more economic to give everyone comprehensive cover.
cover your tracks
▪ A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks.
▪ But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks.
▪ From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.
▪ Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks?
▪ He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks.
▪ Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks.
▪ It burst through the earth at the top and we had to cover its tracks.
▪ They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.
cover/hide a multitude of sins
▪ Patterned carpet can hide a multitude of sins.
▪ Curtains around a bed can also hide a multitude of sins in patient care.
▪ It hides a multitude of sins.
▪ It was called UDAG-a sincere-sounding acronym that covered a multitude of sins.
▪ Jay was a solid woman, dressed in dark loose comfortable clothes that hid a multitude of sins.
don't judge a book by its cover
run for cover
▪ At the sound of gunfire, people ran for cover.
▪ Signs of trouble on Wall Street sent investors running for cover.
▪ All the fish in the country will have to run for cover after what happened to me this week!
▪ Below, people were running for cover as bits of machinery rained down.
▪ I explained all that to Chatterton, but stressed that we would run for cover at the first sign of trouble.
▪ I managed to land on all fours and started to run for cover.
▪ Panicked marchers and onlookers ran for cover.
▪ Populations of wild game ran for cover, and were subsequently replaced by domesticated livestock.
▪ The Doctor ran for cover, grabbing the poet's sleeve and pulling him to the side.
▪ The neighborhood children will run for cover.
third party insurance/cover/policy
▪ Members of the scheme also benefit from a third party insurance, for a premium of £2 a year.
▪ With some landowners now looking towards insisting on third party cover for climbers, insurance is increasingly looking indispensable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "The Bridge" was a tribute album of Neil Young covers.
▪ Clinton's on the cover of "Newsweek."
▪ For years he had used his position at the United Nations as a cover for his spying activities.
▪ I don't really like Clapton's cover of "I Shot the Sheriff."
▪ I need to buy a large casserole dish with a cover.
▪ It's a good idea to buy a cover for your computer keyboard.
▪ Patrick threw back the covers and hopped out of bed.
▪ She took the card out of its plastic cover.
▪ The soldiers ran for cover when the shooting began.
▪ There's $5 cover because there's a band playing tonight.
▪ There were old record covers scattered all over the floor.
▪ They ceasefire turned out to be just a cover to gain time to prepare another attack.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As with most systems, you can upgrade this cover at extra cost.
▪ Experts say you should never use more than one page for a cover letter.
▪ It was the perfect cover story.
▪ Like the Essence ad, the book covers included shaving tips.
▪ My grandmother disappeared behind her book cover.
▪ Pour over dry ingredients, cover and whirl in blender for about 1 minute.
▪ Truss-rod adjustment lives under the traditionally-situated cover above the nut, and offers full dual-action flexibility.