I.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cliff walk (=a walk along cliffs)
▪ Shall we do the cliff walk this morning?
a hard day’s work/walking/skiing etc
▪ There’s a sauna where you can relax after a hard day’s skiing.
a short walk/flight/drive
▪ It’s a short drive to the airport.
▪ The hotel is only a short walk from the beach.
a skiing/camping/walking etc holiday
▪ They went on a camping holiday in France.
a walking/cycling/sightseeing etc tour
▪ a cycling tour of Cornwall
▪ We met on a coach tour in Italy.
an hour’s walk/drive etc
▪ It’s about an hour’s drive away.
brisk walk
▪ a brisk walk
fall/walk into a trap
▪ Police had set a trap for hooligans at the match.
from every walk of life/from all walks of life
▪ Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.
from every walk of life/from all walks of life
▪ Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.
gentle exercise/walk/stroll etc
▪ a program of regular gentle exercise
go for a walk/swim etc
▪ Let’s go for a walk.
go off/walk off/leave etc in a huff
▪ She stormed out in a huff.
go/walk down a mountain
▪ She lost her way as she went down the mountain.
go/walk up a mountain (also ascend a mountainformal)
▪ Carrie and Albert went up the mountain, neither of them speaking as they climbed.
have a look/walk/sleep/talk/think etc
▪ We were just having a look around.
▪ Are you going to have a swim?
long journey/walk/flight/drive etc (=a journey etc over a large distance that takes a lot of time)
▪ It’s a long walk to the shops from here.
the walking wounded (=people who have been injured but are well enough to walk)
walk a dog/take a dog for a walk
▪ She loves walking her dogs on the beach.
walk a dog/take a dog for a walk
▪ She loves walking her dogs on the beach.
walk across a field
▪ I walked across the field to the gate.
walk of life
▪ Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.
walk off the stage (=leave the stage, especially before you should)
▪ The pianist walked off the stage after playing only a few notes.
walk on stage/onto the stage
▪ The audience broke into applause as soon as he walked on stage.
walk on/along the beach
▪ She loved to walk along the beach in the early morning.
walk upright
▪ These apes came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright.
walked free
▪ He was found not guilty and walked free from the court.
walking bus
walking papers
walking stick
walking/hiking boots
▪ In the mountains you’ll need some strong walking boots.
walking/riding/farming etc country
▪ To the east is an area of rich farming country.
walks with a stick (=uses a stick to help her walk)
▪ Aunt Lou walks with a stick.
within (easy) walking distance (=near enough to walk to easily)
▪ There are lots of restaurants within walking distance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
home
▪ A few people were about, returning from church or walking home with a newspaper or a neatly wrapped pastry.
▪ I turned left and desultorily fell in with Ronny Taskin and his friends, who walked home the same way I did.
▪ Encouraged by reflecting on these events, we walked home arm in arm.
▪ Couples walked home from late dinners.
▪ As he walked home, he was very sad, + a tear rolled out of his eye + on to the pavement.
▪ The Fitzgerald family went together to early Mass and as they walked home everything seemed normal.
▪ Now I got to walk home.
right
▪ I walk right up to the end of the platform.
▪ You walked right into the living room, and it was spooky.
▪ She walked right up to the front of the altar and stood still beside Mike.
▪ He none the less walked right in and took charge, with no apparent hesitation, reluctance, shyness or lack of confidence.
▪ The man walked right up to within a yard or so of the phonebox and then stood and stared.
▪ Walk right at it and threaten to embrace it embrace it if you must.
▪ And here, where we are walking right now, was the very heart of their financial empire.
▪ Miguel walked right up to the bar, right up to where Spadgie was standing.
straight
▪ But, this time, she was not going to walk straight into the trap.
▪ It was as if she left one movie and walked straight into another.-You all right?
▪ I feel rather that we would be walking straight into a trap.
▪ He was walking straight toward the van.
▪ Beatrix had set a trap for Maurice and he had walked straight into it.
▪ Newland Archer walked straight home again that afternoon.
▪ It is in danger either of making knowledge impossible or of walking straight into one of our sceptical arguments.
▪ He walked straight out on to the river.
■ NOUN
aisle
▪ The wedding was off, because no way was she going to walk down the aisle looking like an eejit!
▪ The man who had been walking the aisles approached the counter but was empty-handed.
▪ As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles.
▪ Sangfroid then walked up the aisle.
▪ Early the following month a radiant Lucy walked up the aisle on her father's arm.
▪ Together, they walked down the aisle behind the crucifix, toward the rear of the church.
▪ Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle.
▪ I tremble as I walk up the aisle with the policeman.
car
▪ When he walked off towards the car park Henry didn't bother following.
▪ Police said she was stripped and made to walk behind the car.
▪ Bidding her wait, he left her standing while he walked slowly to the car and inspected it.
▪ We walked to the cars in silence.
▪ I was walking across the car park when some one jumped on my back.
▪ While the driver moved slowly, we walked behind the car.
▪ They walk together towards their car.
▪ When the bodyguards have parked and walked to his car, he gets out and enters the church.
distance
▪ They had then walked the short distance to Park Lane, her hand in the crook of James's arm.
▪ Their B &038; B is within walking distance of the art deco Filberg Lodge with its delightful nine-acre park.
▪ She'd walked some distance, judging by her shoes, which were worn to pieces.
▪ On opening day we hunted within walking distance of the cabin.
▪ She walked the short distance to work, seeing nothing of the beauty of the day.
▪ An empty apartment within walking distance of the harbour was found for us where we could cook and sleep and wash.
▪ A further consideration was the presence, again within easy walking distance of the site, of the local school.
▪ The Estrada family lives within walking distance of the Minsa plant.
door
▪ As you walk through the door, however, you see something that exists nowhere else: a secret garden.
▪ She walked to the door, turned and bade him farewell.
▪ She turns quickly and walks out the door.
▪ She walks up to her front door, a picture of sophistication in her Armani suit.
▪ Rocco hid his skepticism well when I first walked in the door.
▪ Ronnie had walked to the door and opened it.
▪ As the train slows, the man stands and walks to the closed doors at the middle of the car.
hill
▪ Oscar says that to walk among hills above his slum neighbourhood would make him homesick.
▪ It was then I started doing this form of meditation, walking around the hill and up it.
▪ Some local people say that his spirit still walks among the hills, searching for lost travellers.
▪ Susan and I walk down one hill, and up another.
▪ John walked down the hill, on his way to meet some of the lads in the town.
▪ I turned around and walked up the hill to Natchez.
▪ Hundreds of miners from the western valleys were walking over the hill to the stricken village.
▪ We got off the cars and began the long walk up the quarry hill road.
house
▪ He walked back to the house deep in thought.
▪ I walked into the house, and just as I put down my bags, there was a knock at the door.
▪ She walked back to the house, thinking over Rodet's strange reaction.
▪ Sniegs walks out of the house, he is smoking a cigarette.
▪ One day, I was walking back to the house, and had my camera with me.
▪ There she could have walked around the house, been with her husband, and come back when labor had really started.
▪ The clear day stretched before her; when she walked back into the house her day would be filled.
▪ Then, without saying a word, she walks inside the house they are standing in front of.
length
▪ I always enjoyed walking the full length of the street to check how the other shops were faring.
▪ We walked the length of South Finger with its series of wooden hides.
▪ I would have to walk the length of the shed to reach him.
▪ She had to walk nearly its full length before finding a seat in a non-smoking carriage.
▪ He picked up the ball and walked the length of the yard with six of us hanging on him.
▪ She walked the length of the street without finding the office.
▪ The girl rose, put her comic down, and walked the length of the car to the toilet.
mile
▪ Do they enable old people who can't cross roads, or have to walk miles extra to find a crossing?
▪ I started walking a half- mile each night with my wife, Melba.
▪ They walked for miles on the hilltops in the strong clean wind, alone with the birds and the sheep.
▪ Another refused to walk a quarter mile to school, insisting that daily transportation be provided.
▪ On occasions he has walked up to 40 miles in a day.
▪ He felt as if he had walked for miles and knew that he had certainly had too much to drink.
▪ Then by heart, she walked the long mile by the deserted farmland lot with the funny sign.
minutes
▪ Guests on half board take dinner at the Hotel Rudolphshohe, just five minutes walk away.
▪ Cosmos Pension Our windsurf centre, is right one the beach in Ponti, 20 minutes walk from Vassiliki.
▪ It took me about 45 minutes to walk out of the crowd toward a somewhat less populated spot.
▪ Just a few minutes walk from town centre &038; beach.
▪ The Neptune is situated in the countryside about 6-7 minutes walk from the lake, near to the Hotel Form.
▪ Hicks waited for a few minutes, then walked over and seized Eddie by the forearm.
path
▪ As Troy walked along the path, he noticed it was very muddy, and covered with plants.
▪ While walking down a path, a Prussian soldier stopped them.
▪ He walked down the path to the little hut.
▪ Had walked the path leading to a real other house.
▪ The horrific attack happened in Middlesbrough as the victim was walking along an unlit path.
▪ As she walked along the path toward Talfinger Hall her friends fell into place around her.
▪ He was eaten by two one eyed tigers walking along a path arm in arm!
road
▪ I had been walking him around the roads for a couple of weeks and couldn't wait to have him fit again.
▪ I walked the stretch of road from our apartment to the Mekong Grocery.
▪ It is easy to walk down the road and to be thinking of something else completely.
▪ When we got in the Mekong, soldiers were walking on the road and they saw us.
▪ Kadan pointed, and then he started to walk up on to the road with his father.
▪ Captain Samphan was walking fast across the road in the middle distance, ordering some of the troops into the paddy field.
▪ Be extra careful when walking along country roads. 12 Make no unnecessary noise.
▪ They walked back to the road.
room
▪ The name meant nothing to me, of course, but I recognized him as soon as he walked into my room this morning.
▪ At first I just walk from room to room, amazed.
▪ On we go, walking through a room of Frank Auerbach paintings straight into Joseph Beuys.
▪ When I walked into her room, shaking the bag of doughnuts, I thought she was sleeping off a trance.
▪ In contrast walking slowly into a room may indicate reticence or apprehension.
▪ He heard footsteps walking around in the room above and then descending the stairs.
▪ Taking a deep, controlling breath, she walked indignantly into the room.
stage
▪ I actually felt when we walked out on that stage that we might be able to meet the challenge.
▪ As Angus used to say, the suit can walk to the stage itself.
▪ He walked around the stage, perfecting his stunts, or just slept in his dressing-room or paced the empty corridors.
▪ Sweating profusely, soaking through his robe, Havens raises his ax in triumph and walks off the makeshift stage.
▪ Miss Jackie Du Val walked on to the stage, arms raised high.
▪ Before they realized the speech was over, he turned and began to walk from the stage.
▪ In the end, we were left with eleven versions of Felsenstein walking around the stage.
▪ They all walked on to the big stage and turned into Olivier doing Hamlet, chewing up the scenery.
street
▪ Its headlights suddenly light up the pavement farther down the street he is walking on.
▪ The man had approached him on the street while he was walking home, head down against the wind.
▪ I waved to some neighbors across the street who were walking in the direction of our building.
▪ Somehow he found himself in the street, walking, although he did not know where.
▪ For a change in their routine, he and Barnabas crossed the street and walked past Mitford Blossoms in the deepening gloom.
tightrope
▪ But he's been doing very well at it despite having to learn terrifying new skills, like walking a tightrope.
▪ All organizations especially those that are growing, walk a tightrope between stability and change, tradition and revision.
▪ It's like walking a tightrope in size-15 wellies.
▪ Neurotics walk a tightrope from one catastrophe to the next.
▪ The Profitboss walks a tightrope between research and risk, between research and opportunity.
▪ And went back up and walked the tightrope to the west bank 31.
▪ I was drawing these pictures in my head of walking across a tightrope and falling into a chasm.
▪ The rare person who on the rare occasion wants to be wholly neutral has to walk a tightrope.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a walk/trip down memory lane
▪ So if anyone wants company for a walk down Memory Lane, I will gladly go with them.
▪ The doctor calls it a panic attack, I call it a trip down memory lane for big bro.
▪ This will be a trip down memory lane for the right hon. Gentleman.
be (walking/treading/skating) on thin ice
▪ He was on thin ice before.
▪ It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned.
be walking/floating on air
▪ Martha felt that she was walking on air and when she entered the kitchen, Annie looked up.
▪ She felt as though she was floating on air.
give sb their walking papers
go/walk down the aisle
▪ As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles.
▪ He wanted to walk down the aisle with you and give you away to your young man.
▪ Her mouth turned up at the corners, Mavis walked down the aisle with Walter.
▪ Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle.
▪ Resplendent in red, she walks down the aisle on the arm of the Rev.
▪ The wedding was off, because no way was she going to walk down the aisle looking like an eejit!
▪ They looked at the passports and then started to walk down the aisle, pointing their guns at the passengers.
▪ Together, they walked down the aisle behind the crucifix, toward the rear of the church.
run/stretch/walk etc the (full) length of sth
▪ A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek.
▪ I always enjoyed walking the full length of the street to check how the other shops were faring.
▪ I would have to walk the length of the shed to reach him.
▪ Next door, the living room is large and beautifully proportioned, running the length of the house.
▪ The loft ran the length of the house from front to back, and it was lit by two unshaded forty-watt bulbs.
▪ Then Red runs the length of the court, grabs a pass, drives to the basket and sinks one.
springy step/walk
walk a tightrope
▪ All organizations especially those that are growing, walk a tightrope between stability and change, tradition and revision.
▪ But he's been doing very well at it despite having to learn terrifying new skills, like walking a tightrope.
▪ It's like walking a tightrope in size-15 wellies.
▪ Neurotics walk a tightrope from one catastrophe to the next.
▪ She sometimes felt she was walking a tightrope, wanting to be friendly with Therese, and yet terrified of upsetting Karl.
▪ The Profitboss walks a tightrope between research and risk, between research and opportunity.
▪ The rare person who on the rare occasion wants to be wholly neutral has to walk a tightrope.
walk/ride etc abreast
▪ Corbett and Ranulf, riding abreast, stopped and gazed at the chaos.
▪ If there are six people walking abreast there is little chance that they will create an avenue for you to go through.
walking dictionary/encyclopedia
walking disaster (area)
▪ As far as my patients went, I became a walking disaster area.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Walking instead of driving is an excellent way of losing weight.
▪ Anna missed the bus, so she decided to walk.
▪ How old was Daisy when she first started walking?
▪ I'll bet we walked at least three miles.
▪ I like to go walking in the woods, just to breathe the air.
▪ I normally walk the six blocks to the office.
▪ I was walking along Main Street when I met Pierre.
▪ Jed walked out of the station and got into a taxi.
▪ Let's try walking the refrigerator over to the wall.
▪ Pitchers intentionally walked McCovery 260 times.
▪ She hates walking home alone at night.
▪ Sheena's up at six every morning to walk along the beach.
▪ We must have walked about five miles today.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As the room fell suddenly, tensely silent, he began to walk, to hobble painfully and with difficulty towards Sabine.
▪ Finally he walked it over to the cashier.
▪ I thought of walking out on this guy, too, but decided against it.
▪ If you walk up and down a pebbly beach, you will notice that the pebbles are not arranged at random.
▪ Joan happily walks out with a new blender.
▪ She walked on, her footsteps deliberately loud on the stone floor.
▪ Sometimes, Ashley walks to a nearby elementary school so she can watch the children spill out on to the playground.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
brisk
▪ Within two or three weeks a brisk walk for a full half-hour becomes an enjoyable experience.
▪ It was on High Street, only a few minutes' brisk walk away.
▪ From there a brisk fifteen-minute walk would take her back to her hotel.
▪ Something as small as a brisk fifteen-minute walk each day can make a big difference to health.
▪ A brisk walk or jog for half-an-hour will do much more to build stamina than a twelve-second sprint.
▪ A brisk walk, combined with exercise for suppleness, is more suitable.
▪ If you are out at work, a brisk walk at lunch-time might be possible.
▪ A brisk walk will help use up the adrenaline which creates the physical manifestations of nervousness.
circular
▪ This latter deviation can, of course, be used to make a circular walk from the station of about seven miles.
▪ You can take a 12-mile or 20-mile circular walk around the village.
▪ For variety and to make a longer walk you can try the three circular walks which leave the towpath at various points.
▪ It is happily served by two old paths for ascent and descent, encouraging a circular walk best done clockwise.
▪ The aim of the circular walk I've devised is to capture as fully as possible the incredible magic of the Lakes.
▪ Planned circular walks are also available, which always include many points of interest and an approximate time.
▪ Tintern Abbey in the Wye Valley makes a good half way point on a circular walk from Chepstow.
▪ This was my first stop on a circular walk round the peninsula's exposed western extremity.
easy
▪ It really is splendid, an easy walk with just a short ascent to reach the beginning of the ridge.
▪ It's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps.
▪ The less energetic could take the easy walk to the cable car and ride to the summit of Mount Mottarone.
▪ Watersports are available on the sandy beach which is an easy 160 metre walk from the hotel.
▪ It's an easy walk from there to Merriman's.
▪ The swimming pool complex is three minutes away, and the village centre an easy five minute walk.
▪ A heavy snowfall can transform an easy walk into a serious proposition in just a matter of hours.
gentle
▪ Just outside Dundee there are several country parks ideal for gentle walks.
▪ She took gentle walks each day.
▪ Gorleston, on the southern outskirts of town, offers a gentle walk and a pleasing test.
▪ Easily Accessible: There are several gentle walks along the banks of the Teme.
▪ This no nonsense guide is good for those wanting to go on an interesting selection of gentle walks.
▪ Next was a gentle walk around the wooded peninsula to take a closer look at Osa Fjord.
▪ His condition steadily deteriorated and he contented himself with gentle walks near his home.
guided
▪ There are some really lovely places to explore, including some guided walks organised by the Tourist Office.
▪ A full and varied exhibition programme is mounted along with countryside events, and guided walks.
▪ Free activities: There are guided walks organised by the local tourist office, and various festivals throughout the season.
▪ Free activities: The brass band gives regular concerts, there are guided walks and even occasional windsurfing regattas!
▪ For more information or to obtain a booking form contact: Guided walk in Yorkshire July 28.
long
▪ And you say what we want to hear, or you take a long walk.
▪ So, Herb, I took a long walk around our city this past week, and I thought about you.
▪ From Seelisberg there is a longer walk which is particularly rewarding in the sustained panoramic views it offers.
▪ They took long walks at night.
▪ I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor.
▪ On the long walk down the hall Glover picked a crawling pace calculated to paralyze an opponent this young.
▪ The starting point for the long walk over the heath to the house.
▪ You took a long walk in the park or through some interesting part of town.
pleasant
▪ There is also a very pleasant woodland walk here.
▪ They had had a pleasant walk and an easy supper.
▪ They went for long, pleasant walks in Cumberland.
▪ Walking: There are several pleasant walks around the resort, while the Patscherkofel cable car opens up some spectacular hiking trails.
▪ It was a pleasant walk down a gently sloping hill past the toll house.
▪ These are worth exploring on a short but pleasant walk from the village.
▪ We find the Yusupov house is closed but have a pleasant walk in the woods.
▪ The Centenary Walk passes through the village, and, in addition, there is a pleasant walk to Filey through fields.
short
▪ I decide to go out for cigarettes; a short walk will do me good.
▪ The coeducational school was just a short walk for all of them.
▪ The garden was often used by the target for a short relaxing walk.
▪ It is next to Friston Forest with its forest walks and picnic areas, and is a short walk from the sea.
▪ The house is only a short walk from local shops and there are regular buses to the City Centre.
▪ There is an excellent pool with a large sunbathing terrace with sunbeds and the beach is a short walk away.
▪ Whatever secret he had been hoping to confide on that short walk to the House would remain for ever unspoken.
slow
▪ Blake's slow walk appeared to unnerve them.
▪ I learned the grammar, the ritual behavior, the slow walk of openings.
▪ My diary this Saturday showed a very slow walk past trees and stones and gateways which the lines on her face remembered.
▪ We moved about a hundred feet at a slow walk.
▪ She liked nothing better than a nice slow walk round a cemetery as a rule.
▪ She takes a Slow walk around the block each evening or lingers in the hallway.
▪ After a slow walk past the dustbins he found nothing of interest except a bag of rusty washers and an old tap.
sponsored
▪ Some of these activities include sponsored walks, dances, race nights and raffles.
▪ Contributions of jars of preserves for sale at the Houghall sponsored walk should be brought to the June meeting.
▪ Funds to help Pauline Sparks become a teacher were raised from a sponsored walk undertaken by Hila Hyam.
▪ A sponsored walk to aid the preservation fund was held on 1st February 1992 and realised the excellent sum of £200.
▪ They also raised £70 by a sponsored walk.
▪ Crusaid's enormously successful fund raising activities include the annual sponsored walk, Walk for Life.
■ VERB
go
▪ She'd gone for a walk.
▪ He wanted to go out for a walk, but I was too tired.
▪ We treated ourselves to a reindeer steak, then went for a last walk over the bridge towards the polar Cathedral.
▪ I went for walks, drank quarts of Coors beer, listened to the radio.
▪ Simply going for a walk can relax the mind and refresh the spirit - and it will make you fitter too.
▪ I thanked him, went for a walk by myself and sobbed.
▪ Constance and Will loved going for walks together.
▪ Then we went for a walk, with him continually flying on and off my shoulder.
take
▪ It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment, longer still since she had taken a walk.
▪ Or perhaps Pistol had finished him off when he decided to take a walk with us.
▪ The children took Ben for long walks, again crossing the rape fields.
▪ When he left to take a walk, I got up and started to write another letter.
▪ Each day the boys would take the two-mile walk to the squash courts in Peshawar.
▪ They took long walks at night.
▪ You'd take a lovely walk down the field and then suddenly you'd be up to your knees in a bog.
▪ They take Missy on walks through cities and wilderness areas and have learned to forgo restaurant meals for picnics and room service.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a walk/trip down memory lane
▪ So if anyone wants company for a walk down Memory Lane, I will gladly go with them.
▪ The doctor calls it a panic attack, I call it a trip down memory lane for big bro.
▪ This will be a trip down memory lane for the right hon. Gentleman.
be (walking/treading/skating) on thin ice
▪ He was on thin ice before.
▪ It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned.
go/walk down the aisle
▪ As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles.
▪ He wanted to walk down the aisle with you and give you away to your young man.
▪ Her mouth turned up at the corners, Mavis walked down the aisle with Walter.
▪ Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle.
▪ Resplendent in red, she walks down the aisle on the arm of the Rev.
▪ The wedding was off, because no way was she going to walk down the aisle looking like an eejit!
▪ They looked at the passports and then started to walk down the aisle, pointing their guns at the passengers.
▪ Together, they walked down the aisle behind the crucifix, toward the rear of the church.
run before you can walk
▪ I think too that she wants to run before she can walk.
▪ Just don't try to run before you can walk.
▪ Try to be honest with your use of the table and don't attempt to run before you can walk.
run/stretch/walk etc the (full) length of sth
▪ A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek.
▪ I always enjoyed walking the full length of the street to check how the other shops were faring.
▪ I would have to walk the length of the shed to reach him.
▪ Next door, the living room is large and beautifully proportioned, running the length of the house.
▪ The loft ran the length of the house from front to back, and it was lit by two unshaded forty-watt bulbs.
▪ Then Red runs the length of the court, grabs a pass, drives to the basket and sinks one.
sponsored walk/swim etc
▪ A sponsored walk to aid the preservation fund was held on 1st February 1992 and realised the excellent sum of £200.
▪ Another solo fundraising effort will be a sponsored swim by Karon Mills at Fenton Pool.
▪ Contributions of jars of preserves for sale at the Houghall sponsored walk should be brought to the June meeting.
▪ Funds to help Pauline Sparks become a teacher were raised from a sponsored walk undertaken by Hila Hyam.
▪ Some of these activities include sponsored walks, dances, race nights and raffles.
▪ The youngsters took part in an arduous sponsored swim to raise the cash.
springy step/walk
walk/ride etc abreast
▪ Corbett and Ranulf, riding abreast, stopped and gazed at the chaos.
▪ If there are six people walking abreast there is little chance that they will create an avenue for you to go through.
walking dictionary/encyclopedia
walking disaster (area)
▪ As far as my patients went, I became a walking disaster area.
worship the ground sb walks on
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Emily enjoyed her walks in the park with her father.
▪ From here to the bus station is a five-minute walk.
▪ He has a funny walk.
▪ I love going for walks in the countryside.
▪ It was a pleasant walk, under cool, shady trees.
▪ Janet had the slow, leaning walk of an expectant mother.
▪ The park was full of Sunday afternoon walkers.
▪ The woman's stiff, agitated walk showed how nervous she was.
▪ There are some particularly interesting walks to the north of the city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Always placing one foot directly in front of the other gave him a slinking walk.
▪ But not everybody who follows this path does the moon walk.
▪ During her walks, she doubtless ripened her belief in the moral purpose of clothing.
▪ In spite of the cold, Lilly and Eleanor and I went for a walk down the hill toward the river.
▪ Local Activities: walks, golf, beaches.
▪ The walk from the Shoe Barn had been wretched.
▪ There are a limited number of places on each walk so it is best to obtain your ticket in advance.