Collocations for "those"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "those" in context.
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those
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.pron
- those are the ones I [saw, was talking about]
- those are [old, yesterday's] news
- those who [agree, are interested] raise your hands
- [among, apart from] those [who]
- is addressed to those [who, whom]
- [including, especially, particularly] those [who, whom]
- those in [connection, league] with
- give me those
- whose are those?
- those are [mine, Steve's]
- separate those from the others
- those people [are, who, over there]
- those [places, people] will
'those' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affect
- belong
- hurt
- ignore
- intend
- mirror
- pity
- reach
- resemble
- reward
- rock
- survey
- thank
- one
- three
- fifteen
- who
- along
- another
- both
- benefit
- convenience
- day
- extra
- phone
- mystery
- either
- especially
- funny
- gone
- south
- sexy
- same
- sad
- quiet
- professional
- nervous
- neither
- loud
- devil
- dope
- empathy
- exception
- exemption
- fiend
- fifth
- mercy
- monster
- mushroom
- revenge