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单词 place
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place
(pls )
Word forms: places , placing , placed
1. countable noun A1
A place is any point, building, area, town, or country.
...Temple Mount, the place where the Temple actually stood.
...a list of museums and places of interest. [+ of]
We're going to a place called Mont-St-Jean.
...the opportunity to visit new places.
The best place to catch fish on a canal is close to a lock.
The pain is always in the same place.
Synonyms: region, city, town, quarter  
2. singular noun A1
You can use the place to refer to the point, building, area, town, or country that you have already mentioned.
Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess.
For a ruin it was in good condition, as though the place was still being used.
3. countable noun A1
You can refer to somewhere that provides a service, such as a hotel, restaurant, or institution, as a particular kind of place.
He found a bed-and-breakfast place.
We discovered some superb places to eat.
My hospital is one of many places that benefited from the queen's support.
4. take place phrase B1
When something takes place, it happens, especially in a controlled or organized way.
The discussion took place in a famous villa on the lake's shore.
She wanted Hugh's wedding to take place quickly.
Elections will now take place on November the twenty-fifth.
Synonyms: happen, occur, go on, go down [US, Canadian]  
5. singular noun
Place can be used after 'any', 'no', 'some', or 'every' to mean ' anywhere', ' nowhere', 'somewhere', or ' everywhere'. [mainly US, informal]
The poor guy obviously didn't have any place to go for Easter.
Why not go out and see if there's some place we can dance?
6. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
If you go places, you visit pleasant or interesting places. [mainly US]
I don't have money to go places.
People were talking to him, listening to him, taking him places.
7. countable noun B2
You can refer to the position where something belongs, or where it is supposed to be, as its place.
He returned the album to its place on the shelf.
He returned to his place on the sofa.
Synonyms: position, point, spot, location  
8. countable noun B1
A place is a seat or position that is available for someone to occupy.
He walked back to the table and sat at the nearest of two empty places.
I found a place to park beside a station wagon.
9. countable noun [with poss]
Someone's or something's place in a society, system, or situation is their position in relation to other people or things.
They want to see more women take their place higher up the corporate or professional ladder.
...the important place of literature in our national culture. [+ of]
10. countable noun [usually singular] B1
Your place in a race or competition is your position in relation to the other competitors. If you are in first place, you are ahead of all the other competitors.
He won third place in the Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants awards. [+ in]
He has risen to second place in the opinion polls.
11. countable noun B1+
If you get a place in a team, on a committee, or on a course of study, for example, you are accepted as a member of the team or committee or as a student on the course.
He has found a place in the first team.
All the candidates won places on the ruling council.
I eventually got a place at York University. [+ at]
They should be in residential care but there are no places available.
To book your place fill in the coupon on page 187 and return it by 1st October.
Synonyms: job, position, post, situation  
12. singular noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive]
A good place to do something in a situation or activity is a good time or stage at which to do it.
It seemed an appropriate place to end somehow.
This is not the place for a lengthy discussion. [+ for]
13. countable noun [usually singular, usually poss NOUN] A2
Your place is the house or flat where you live. [informal]
Let's all go back to my place!
He kept encouraging Rosie to find a place of her own.
Synonyms: home, house, room, property  
14. countable noun [usually singular, usually poss NOUN]
Your place in a book or speech is the point you have reached in reading the book or making the speech.
...her finger marking her place in the book.
He lost his place in his notes.
15. countable noun
If you say how many decimal places there are in a number, you are saying how many numbers there are to the right of the decimal point.
A pocket calculator only works to eight decimal places.
16. verb B2
If you place something somewhere, you put it in a particular position, especially in a careful, firm, or deliberate way.
Brand folded it in his handkerchief and placed it in the inside pocket of his jacket. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Chairs were hastily placed in rows for the parents. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: lay (down), leave, put (down), set (down)  
17. verb
To place a person or thing in a particular state means to cause them to be in it.
Widespread protests have placed the President under serious pressure. [VERB noun preposition]
The crisis could well place the relationship at risk. [VERB noun preposition]
The remaining 30 percent of each army will be placed under U.N. control. [be VERB-ed preposition]
18. verb
You can use place instead of 'put' or 'lay' in certain expressions where the meaning is carried by the following noun. For example, if you place emphasis on something, you emphasize it, and if you place the blame on someone, you blame them.
We should teach the young by placing responsibility on them. [V n on/upon n]
He placed great emphasis on the importance of family life and ties. [V n + on/upon]
She seemed to be placing most of the blame on her mother. [V n on/upon n]
His government is placing its faith in international diplomacy. [VERB noun + in]
19. verb
If you place someone or something in a particular class or group, you label or judge them in that way.
You take a simple written and verbal test so you can be placed in the appropriate class. [VERB noun preposition]
This logic places stupidity on the same level as intelligence. [VERB noun preposition]
20. verb [usually passive]
If a competitor is placed first, second, or last, for example, that is their position at the end of a race or competition.
I had been placed 2nd and 3rd a few times but had never won. [be V-ed ord]
Second-placed Auxerre suffered a surprising 2-0 home defeat to Nantes. [ord V-ed]
21. verb
If you place an order for a product or for a meal, you ask for it to be sent or brought to you.
It is a good idea to place your order well in advance. [VERB noun]
Before placing your order for a meal, study the menu. [VERB noun + for]
22. verb
If you place an advertisement in a newspaper, you arrange for the advertisement to appear in the newspaper.
They placed an advertisement in the local paper for a secretary. [VERB noun + in]
[Also VERB noun]
23. verb
If you place a phone call to a particular place, you give the telephone operator the number of the person you want to speak to and ask them to connect you.
I'd like to place an overseas call. [VERB noun]
24. verb
If you place a bet, you bet money on something.
For this race, though, he had already placed a bet on one of the horses. [VERB noun + on]
[Also VERB noun]
25. verb
If an agency or organization places someone, it finds them a job or somewhere to live.
In 1861, they managed to place fourteen women in paid positions in the colonies. [VERB noun + in]
In cases where it proves difficult to place a child, the reception centre provides long-term care. [VERB noun]
26. verb
If you say that you cannot place someone, you mean that you recognize them but cannot remember exactly who they are or where you have met them before.
Something about the man was familiar, although I could not immediately place him. [VERB noun]
It was a voice he recognized, though he could not immediately place it. [VERB noun]
27.  See also meeting place
28. all over the place phrase B2
If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
Businesses are closing down all over the place.
There are picket lines all over the place.
29. all over the place phrase B2
If things are all over the place, they are spread over a very large area, usually in a disorganized way.
Our fingerprints are probably all over the place.
There was ammunition lying all over the place.
30. all over the place phrase
If you say that someone is all over the place, you mean that they are confused or disorganized, and unable to think clearly or act properly. [mainly British]
He was careful and diligent. I was all over the place.
31. to change places phrase B2
If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
When he has tried to identify all the items, you can change places, and he can test you.
With his door key in his hand, knowing Millie and the kids awaited him, he wouldn't change places with anyone.
[Also + with]
32. to click into place phrase
If you have been trying to understand something puzzling and then everything falls into place or clicks into place, you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer.
When the reasons behind the decision were explained, of course, it all fell into place.
But it wasn't until I saw the photograph in the paper that everything clicked into place.
33. to fall into place phrase
If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
Once the decision was made, things fell into place rapidly.
Keep your options open and everything will fall into place.
34. go places phrase [oft cont]
If you say that someone is going places, you mean that they are showing a lot of talent or ability and are likely to become very successful.
You always knew Barbara was going places; she was different.
35. in high places phrase
People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
He had friends in high places.
The discontent has been fuelled by allegations of corruption in high places.
36. in place/into place/out of place phrase
If something is in place, it is in its correct or usual position. If it is out of place, it is not in its correct or usual position.
Geoff hastily pushed the drawer back into place.
Not a strand of her golden hair was out of place.
37. in place phrase
If something such as a law, a policy, or an administrative structure is in place, it is working or able to be used.
Similar legislation is already in place in Wales.
They're offended by the elaborate security measures the police have put in place.
Synonyms: set up, established, ready, in order  
38. in place of sth/sb, in sth's/sb's place phrase
If one thing or person is used or does something in place of another, they replace the other thing or person.
Cooked kidney beans can be used in place of French beans.
I believe that the general population would benefit from consuming more olive oil in place of butter.
They're nice pictures and we've nothing to put in their place.
39. in places phrase
If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
The snow along the roadside was six feet deep in places.
His face was scarred and oddly puffy in places.
40. in sb's place phrase
If you say what you would have done in someone else's place, you say what you would have done if you had been in their situation and had been experiencing what they were experiencing.
In her place I wouldn't have been able to resist it.
What would you have done in my place, my dear?
41. in the first place phrase B2
You say in the first place when you are talking about the beginning of a situation or about the situation as it was before a series of events.
What brought you to Washington in the first place?
Ideally, we should avoid gaffes in the first place.
I don't think we should have been there in the first place.
42. in the first place phrase B2
You say in the first place and in the second place to introduce the first and second in a series of points or reasons. In the first place can also be used to emphasize a very important point or reason.
In the first place you are not old and in the second place you are a very attractive man.
She could not have taken these massive doses orally. In the first place, she did not have enough pills.
43. not sb's place to do sth phrase
If you say that it is not your place to do something, you mean that it is not right or appropriate for you to do it, or that it is not your responsibility to do it.
He says that it is not his place to comment on government commitment to further funds.
It's not my place to do their job.
44. out of place phrase
If someone or something seems out of place in a particular situation, they do not seem to belong there or to be suitable for that situation.
I felt out of place in my suit and tie.
Her use of the word hate sounded strange and out of place.
Synonyms: incongruous, uncomfortable, uneasy, ill at ease  
45. a place in the sun phrase
If you say that someone has found their place in the sun, you mean that they are in a job or a situation where they will be happy and have everything that they want.
46. place sth above/before/over sth phrase
If you place one thing above, before, or over another, you think that the first thing is more important than the second and you show this in your behaviour.
...a ruthlessness that places profit above human as well as animal life.
He continued to place security above all other objectives.
47. put sb in their place phrase
If you put someone in their place, you show them that they are less important or clever than they think they are.
In a few words she had put him in his place.
48. show sb their place/keep sb in their place phrase
If you say that someone should be shown their place or be kept in their place, you are saying, often in a humorous way, that they should be made aware of their low status.
...an uppity publican who needs to be shown his place.
...discrimination intended to keep women soldiers in their place.
49. take second place phrase
If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
My personal life has had to take second place to my career.
50. take the place of/take sb's place phrase
If one thing or person takes the place of another or takes another's place, they replace the other thing or person.
Optimism was gradually taking the place of pessimism.
He eventually took Charlie's place in a popular Latin band.
51. pride of place phrase
If something takes pride of place, it is treated as the most important thing in a group of things.
A three-foot-high silver World Championship cup takes pride of place near a carved wooden chair.
The manifesto gives pride of place to job creation.
Place
countable noun
Place is used as part of the name of a square or short street in a town.
...15 Portland Place, London W1A 4DD.
Idioms:
someone's heart is in the right place
said to mean that someone is kind, considerate, and generous, although they may lack other qualities which you consider to be important
Whether Johnson's professional judgement was good or not, I decided that his heart was in the right place.
not a hair out of place
used for describing someone whose appearance is very neat and tidy
Not a hair out of place, dressed in navy and white for our photograph, she is clearly a perfectionist.
fall into place
if you have been trying to understand something, and then everything falls into place, you suddenly understand it and everything becomes clear
Bits of the puzzle fell into place. He knew now who had written the letter summoning Father Benjamin.
if things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce the situation you want
During February everything will start to fall into place, leaving you with a satisfied feeling that you're living life to the full.
out of place
not in the correct place
Everything was neatly arranged. There was no sign of anything out of place.
seeming wrong in a particular situation
The man seemed somehow out of place at a gallery opening. He looked more earnest than elegant.
a place in the sun
a job or situation where someone will be happy and well-off, and have everything that they want
I've done what everybody's done. I've fought my way in. I think I've earned my place in the sun.
put someone in their place
to show someone that they are less important or clever than they think they are
In a few words she had not only put him in his place, but delivered a precise and damning assessment of his movie.
take second place
to be considered to be less important than another thing or person and be given less attention than them
My personal life has had to take second place to my career.
between a rock and a hard place
in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action
We're caught between a rock and a hard place. Either we spend two months planning the operation and end up being late, or we come in right now and risk making mistakes.
Collocations:
different place
As far as saving is concerned, I think you should try to spread your money round a few different places.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The best thing is meeting new people and all the different places you visit.
The Sun (2011)
The geographic conditions in different places are so different.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
favourite place
I brought him all this way to show him my favourite place.
The Sun (2011)
One of my favourite places for walking and thinking is the Cornish coast.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is his favourite place on earth.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
good place
You are young and sound needy - so not in a good place to become a mum.
The Sun (2015)
Iceland is one of the best places in the world to catch this spectacular and beautiful natural show.
The Sun (2013)
It would be nice to make the world a better place.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
great place
I know a great little place down the street.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We want to show what makes our country a great place to do business.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
What a great place to while away an hour or so.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
ideal place
Experts say that Britain's regional airports are not all in ideal places.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And the internet seems the ideal place for such collaborations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The old baroque cafés were the ideal place to work or read.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
nice place
Provence is one of the nicest places on earth, so any new routes are a good thing in our book.
The Sun (2015)
That's a nice place to be at after all this time.
The Sun (2016)
It is a very nice place to live.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
place a priority on
Duke's coaching staff places a priority on ground ball statistics in their post-game reviews.
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At the security challenge, they put their compatibility to a public test, as they place their priorities in harmony to earn security.
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With larger projects, techniques like rapid prototyping have shortened development project timelines, placing a priority on quick results with iterative refinement.
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In contrast to previous government policy, monetarism placed a priority on controlling inflation over controlling unemployment.
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The school places a priority on critical, independent and creative thought and expression in the classroom.
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place a strain on
The pounds piled on immediately place a strain on the heart and affect the metabolism.
The Sun
It can really place a strain on teachers.
Times, Sunday Times
It's never insuperable: it comes in short bouts, makes working impossible and places a strain on my family.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the building proves a huge challenge, and a sudden change in personal circumstances places a strain on the couple.
Times, Sunday Times
The process by which these accusations are being addressed has placed a strain on the relationship of our intelligence services with those of other allies.
Times, Sunday Times
place a value on
They place a value on the things that really matter, like possession and players who excel at keeping it.
Times, Sunday Times
Any such assessment has to place a value on possible lives saved.
Times,Sunday Times
But given that functioning ecosystems are a prerequisite of a healthy economy, it makes sense to try to place a value on them.
Times, Sunday Times
Find the middle value when you place the values in ascending order.
Times, Sunday Times
place of refuge
It was a place of refuge during the spotty, stroppy adolescent years.
Times, Sunday Times
Paint your walls in a shade of dark chocolate and you will create a place of refuge.
Times, Sunday Times
It's time to offer a place of refuge, love, and compassion for those who need it most.
Christianity Today
That they value learning beyond statutory school-leaving age, yes, but also that they are prepared to provide a place of refuge and escape.
Times, Sunday Times
How could an environmentally worldfamous site be considered a place of refuge for what was potentially a sinking waste heap?
Times, Sunday Times
place of residence
Motorists who get permits by claiming their workplace or a friend's home as their place of residence will be prosecuted.
Times, Sunday Times
Offshore companies registered in tax havens can operate anonymously outside the owner's place of residence, and can be used to hide the owner's identity.
Times, Sunday Times
Of course differences in life expectancy by social class or place of residence are endlessly fascinating.
Times, Sunday Times
The rights and liabilities of claimants against the assets were the same regardless of their nationality or place of residence.
Times, Sunday Times
There was a total of 661 employees at this place of residence.
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place pressure on
All of which will place pressure on the coalition.
Times, Sunday Times
Such riches place pressure on the selectors, who are considering a squad of 15 for the game.
Times, Sunday Times
Homogeneous groups also place pressure on individuals to conform.
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When someone, or something, begins to suddenly place pressure on the structure, it collapses.
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They recall how people moved to the city in droves, placing pressure on resources, particularly water.
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place stress on
This spreads the impact load across more parts of the body than running, which can place stress on joints.
Times,Sunday Times
It must place stress on the importance of democracy, how it developed here and how it can allow different groups to live together in relative harmony.
Times, Sunday Times
This load and resulting flexure place stress on the mantle, causing it to flow into the area around the loaded area.
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Demand for high quality products and a shift towards more professional craftspeople and modern designs placed stress on the organization.
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These include mechanical stimulation to promote cellular growth, a process which places stress on the scaffold structure.
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placed strategically
Placed strategically and perhaps sparingly, they introduce summer zing and re-energise borders.
Times, Sunday Times
If speed cameras are being placed strategically to reduce or eliminate accidents then any increase in the number of fines issued means that they are not working.
Times, Sunday Times
In addition, a word-of-fire had been placed strategically next to the bridge to eliminate any soldier who exceed the other side.
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Accelerometers placed strategically on the deck monitor the oscillations that can affect the metal structure.
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Sound-absorbing materials may be placed strategically within a listening room to reduce the amplitude of early reflections, and to deal with resonance modes.
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pleasant place
It will even be a 'pleasant place for drivers to park their cars'.
Times, Sunday Times
I had prayed for her relief, and this had meant giving up my room so that she would have a more pleasant place.
Christianity Today
So make your office environment a more spacious and pleasant place for you and your employees to work in.
Times, Sunday Times
Not that it will have been a more pleasant place for them.
Times, Sunday Times
The knight's grandson, a noted 12th- and 13th-century scholar and writer, declared it 'the most pleasant place by far' in the whole country.
Times, Sunday Times
prominent place
They deserve a more prominent place in the story.
The Times Literary Supplement
If it's helpful, you can pin these rules to a prominent place so that the whole family sticks to them.
The Sun
Make a chart and post it in a prominent place.
Times, Sunday Times
In the 21st century, a vigorous atheism has attained a prominent place in public life.
Times, Sunday Times
Does small groups occupy a prominent place in the highlights?
Christianity Today
promotion place
We finished in an automatic promotion place and went up to the Premier League.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It appeared as though they were losing their grip on a promotion place that has seemed inevitable for long periods this season.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Victory leaves them one point away from the second automatic promotion place.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
proper place
And he worried that a culture of activism 'may provoke judges to exceed their proper place'.
Times, Sunday Times
If not kept in its proper place, it can spin wildly out of control.
Christianity Today
The phrase 'bear with me' has its fit and proper place: public speaking.
Times, Sunday Times
Another long casualty list was issued last night, and will be found in its proper place.
Times, Sunday Times
Money, in its proper place can be a blessing-alleviating worries and practical concerns.
Christianity Today
quiet place
You want to journey to a quiet place that surprises you with its depths.
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We rowed until we found a quiet place and had our picnic in the sunshine.
The Sun
I do meditation in the woods, sitting down in a quiet place.
Times, Sunday Times
We were in a very quiet place on the coast in 2007 - in the middle of nowhere.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a quiet place but noisy with her!
The Sun
remote place
This may involve a journey, to a remote place, which changes everything, or even one in a parallel world.
Times, Sunday Times
I think everyone in this remote place has a rock that has been passed down for generations.
Times, Sunday Times
Swimming and surfi ng every day in a remote place?
Times, Sunday Times
And this remote place holds a surprising secret.
Times, Sunday Times
But if things are bad for the visitor, imagine what it's like to live and work in this remote place.
Times, Sunday Times
rent a place
This was not, as you might think, someone who wanted to rent the place for two grand a week.
Times, Sunday Times
I know a lot of people like to get to know the owners when they rent a place.
Times, Sunday Times
He gave me money to rent a place elsewhere and has refused to try counselling.
The Sun
I have a full-time job but don't earn enough to rent a place.
The Sun
Should she rent a place?
Times, Sunday Times
rightful place
Some scientists argue that we should restore some germs to their rightful place - back inside us.
Times, Sunday Times
Give the genius back his rightful place on television.
Times, Sunday Times
Returning us to our rightful place will be the symbol of our success.
Times, Sunday Times
Now, the collection will be back in its rightful place: its grand neogothic home, cleared of clutter and equipped with 21st-century lighting and facilities.
Times, Sunday Times
Should be restored to rightful place as season opener because those people know how to party.
Times, Sunday Times
sacred place
I would go so far as to call it a sacred place.
Times, Sunday Times
He describes it as an almost sacred place for him.
Times, Sunday Times
I was able to spend time at such a sacred place and talk with the monks there about my faith.
The Sun
It's a sacred, sacred place for tennis.
The Sun
They did not have temples, but every mountain or hill was considered a sacred place.
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safe place
This time, there was an alternator fault, and the advice was to park in a safe place as soon as possible.
Times,Sunday Times
Keep receipts in a safe place and review them against your bill.
Times, Sunday Times
They are also angry with him inside and have no safe place to release the feelings.
The Sun
It can be safe place to speak the unspoken and grieve the hurt and harm that we've endured.
Christianity Today
And if he chooses to take you home, then you're in the ultimate safe place.
Christianity Today
school place
Parents face a fight to find primary school places in a quarter of council areas this year, town hall chiefs warn.
The Sun (2014)
There is also growing pressure on school places.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They will take up any grammar school place offered to their child.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
special place
The city has changed beyond all recognition, but it's still a special place for me.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
New York and that time will always hold a special place in my heart.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This fragile wilderness occupied a special place my childhood.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
strange place
But she follows her argument to a very strange place.
The Times Literary Supplement
This isn't actually true, but it gets us into a strange place.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a strange place to grow up: no cinema, no gig venues, absolutely no culture whatsoever.
Times,Sunday Times
We're in his head — always a strange place — as he tries to keep calm.
Times, Sunday Times
It's still a strange place, filled with myths.
Times, Sunday Times
unexpected place
It could be hearing a familiar voice in an unexpected place that turns liking into loving.
The Sun
As for love, romantic words are spoken in the most unexpected place and time but mean so such.
The Sun
He's miserable so that we don't have to be, but quite often there's also that sense of elevation in an unexpected place.
Times, Sunday Times
One spark and there could be a flare-up of moral horror in an unexpected place.
Times, Sunday Times
Cast out by his family, he ends up living on the streets as the city collapses around him - but finds the will to survive in the most unexpected place.
The Sun
unlikely place
His post-mortem movements, however, lead precisely to that unlikely place.
The Times Literary Supplement
Every so often, an also-ran finds himself afforded an unlikely place in football history.
Times, Sunday Times
Your marriage chart glows and a proposal can happen in an unlikely place.
The Sun
But one of the most memorable examples of leadership in my life came from a very unlikely place.
Christianity Today
Two miles to its east, a quarry - an unlikely place for artistic discoveries to be made; perhaps not surprising considering what happened there in 1941.
Times, Sunday Times
warm place
Sochi is the warmest place in Russia.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is a fact that this effect must make the world a warmer place than it would otherwise be.
Fire and Ice - the Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Depletion, and Nuclear Winter (1990)
Leave the bread to rise in a warm place.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
whole place
I had the whole place to myself.
The Sun (2012)
There were few people about, yet the whole place was bursting with life.
The Crossing-Place (1993)
If he wins gold the the whole place will have a huge party.
The Sun (2012)
wrong place
Sadly, he appears to be looking for love in all the wrong places.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The Sun (2012)
He said he had gone to the wrong place.
Positive Parent Power (1991)
Translations:
Chinese: 地方, 放置, 位置
Japanese: 場所, 置く, 場所
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