body
(bɒdi )
Word forms: bodies
1. countable noun A1
Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
The largest solid internal organ in the body is the liver.
Synonyms: physique, build, form, figure
2. countable noun B1
You can also refer to the main part of your body, except for your arms, head, and legs, as your body.
Lying flat on the floor, twist your body on to one hip and cross your upper leg over your body.
Synonyms: torso, middle, chest, stomach
3. countable noun A2
You can refer to a person's dead body as a body.
Officials said they had found no traces of violence on the body of the politician.
4. countable noun
A body is an organized group of people who deal with something officially.
...the chairperson of the police representative body, the Police Federation.
...the main trade union body, COSATU, Congress of South African Trade Unions.
Synonyms: organization, company, group, society
5. countable noun
A body of people is a group of people who are together or who are connected in some way.
...that large body of people which teaches other people how to teach. [+ of]
6. singular noun
The body of something such as a building or a document is the main part of it or the largest part of it.
The main body of the church had been turned into a massive television studio. [+ of]
Give an introduction, followed by the body of the material, then a brief summary.
Synonyms: main part, matter, heart, material
7. countable noun
The body of a car or aeroplane is the main part of it, not including its engine, wheels, or wings.
The only shade was under the body of the plane. [+ of]
8. countable noun
A body of water is a large area of water, such as a lake or a sea.
It is probably the most polluted body of water in the world. [+ of]
Synonyms: expanse, area, mass, stretch
9. countable noun
A body of information is a large amount of it.
An increasing body of evidence suggests that all of us have cancer cells in our bodies at times during our lives. [+ of]
10. uncountable noun
If you say that an alcoholic drink has body, you mean that it has a full and strong flavour.
...a dry wine with good body.
Synonyms: consistency, substance, texture, density
11. countable noun
A body is the same as a bodysuit.
12. See also foreign body, heavenly body
13. over sb's dead body phrase
You can say over my dead body to emphasize that you feel very strongly that something should not happen, and that you will do everything you can to prevent it. [informal, emphasis]
'We'll have her over for dinner.'—'Over my dead body!'
14. body and soul phrase [PHRASE after verb]
You use body and soul to mean every part of you, including your mind and your emotions.
He dedicated himself body and soul to the education of young men.
She was now committed to the band, body and soul.
Synonyms: completely, wholeheartedly, totally, perfectly
15. to keep body and soul together phrase [VERB inflects]
If you keep body and soul together, you have enough money to provide what you need to live.
He at first kept body and soul together by selling cartoons to the humorous papers.
Vocabulary Builder
BODY: FRONT head neck chest abdomen thigh face knee shin arm hand leg foot Quotations:
The human body is the best picture of the human soulPhilosophical Investigations
What we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our visceraMusic at Night
Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which:
The soul squats down in the flesh, like a tinker drunk in a ditchThe Heptalogia
The soul squats down in the flesh, like a tinker drunk in a ditchThe Heptalogia
diaphragm: a muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowelsThe Devil's Dictionary
Idioms:
over my dead body
said to mean that you dislike a plan or action that has been suggested, and will do everything you can to prevent it
They will get Penbrook Farm only over my dead body.
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keep body and soul together
to earn enough money to buy the basic things that you need to live
20-year-old Rafael says he's selling firewood to keep body and soul together.
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a body blow [mainly British, journalism]
something which causes you great disappointment or difficulty
The result will deliver a body blow to Conservative party confidence.
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body and soul
with all your energy or skill
They worked body and soul to make this day a success.
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Collocations:
beach body bikini body body chemistry body composition body heat body length body metabolism body of literature body organs body posture body reacts body regulates body shape body tattoo body tissue body wash conservation body create a body disciplinary body dismembered body entire body establish a body exhume a body full body workout funding body government body governmental body growing body of headless body heal the body healthy body hide a body human body identify a body inhabit a body legislative body lower body perfect body physical body public body public sector body recover a body regulatory body relax the body set up a body sporting body tourism body warm body whole body
The advert asked 'Are you beach body ready?'
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Reasons for surgery vary: from wanting to have the perfect beach body to enhancing the ability to get a job.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
What if you do go to the beach, but without a beach body?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I wanted that bikini body that I had read about so often.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Last week we gave you your complete bikini body workout.
The Sun (2012)
I worked hard to have a bikini body again and it paid off.
The Sun (2015)
How do we restore body chemistry to normal?
The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
Our slightly different mix of body chemistry means we react differently to situations and have different ways of coping.
The Sun (2012)
Each person's own body chemistry determines how much cholesterol that body will make.
The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
Obesity increases the risk of getting gout because of the extra pressure put on joints and changes to body chemistry that are caused caused by excess fat.
The Sun (2009)
There is evidence that their body chemistry and physiology begin to change, and in time they may begin to feel the part.
Beat Stress (1992)
The dichotomous key was formulated on " expert knowledge" and validated against field estimates of body composition.
2003, 'Towards a protocol for community monitoring of caribou body condition', Rangifer
At day 100, body composition, blood glucose, β-hydroxybutyrate and plasma leptin and insulin were determined.
2012, 'The Effect of Neonatal Leptin Antagonism in Male Rat Offspring Is Dependent upon the Interaction between Prior Maternal Nutritional Status and Post-Weaning Diet', Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Knee function questionnaires, isokinetic strength testing and body composition evaluation were also performed.
2018, 'Aerobic fitness in professional soccer players after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction', PLOS ONE
Anthropometric measures were collected and body composition and somatotype components were estimated.
2013, '<b> Anthropometric, morphological and somatotype characteristics of athletes of the Brazilian Men's volleyball team: an 11-year descriptive study.', Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano
There were no significant differences in anthropometric characteristics, body composition and somatotype among the groups.
2016, 'Anthropometric Characteristics, Body Composition and Somatotype of 9-12 Years Old Table Tennis Players', Sportif Bakış Spor ve Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi
They are usually found in bedrooms, lured by our body heat and carbon dioxide from our breath.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
By exposing more of their surface area, it allows their body heat to disperse in the air.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Your own body heat helps to keep things warm.
The Sun (2012)
Fifty per cent of your body heat lost through the top of your head?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
To stop body heat escaping at the neck, wear a cotton polo neck shirt over the thermal underwear.
Stay Well This Winter (1989)
The regal jumping spider can vault six times its body length from a standing start.
The Sun (2018)
Pull force correlates best with total body length, longer limbs and larger postcranial motions.
2011, 'The effects of biting and pulling on the forces generated during feeding in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis).', PLoS ONE
Increase in both maximum and minimum body length early in plesiosaurian history suggests a driven evolutionary trend.
2012, 'High Diversity, Low Disparity and Small Body Size in Plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary', PLoS ONE
He decided to create a chart that would allow students to better understand the connections in body metabolism.
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For example sodium, potassium and chloride are common chemicals found in small quantities in most waters, and these elements play a role in body metabolism.
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Cutaneous effects include improving skin tissues and its general effects include recovering body metabolism.
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The new research adds to a growing body of literature surrounding music’s influence on insect behavior.
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Writing smuggled out of prisons or done after the writer's release has left its indelible mark on the body of literature.
The Times Literary Supplement
The body of literature included popular fiction, text books and academic works.
Times, Sunday Times
It was seen as a great advance both in results and method, and rendered obsolete a large body of literature.
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Its main goals are to situate the current study within the body of literature and to provide context for the particular reader.
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These lakes range in size from larger than a football field to the size of half a tennis court, and curve in shapes resembling odd body organs.
Smithsonian Mag
I have never been able to understand why they feel they have a right to change the 'owner's' wishes in respect of the disposal of body organs.
Times, Sunday Times
Attention must also be paid to optimum function of all the body organs and glands, as well as skeletal integrity, hormonal balance, stress management, etc.
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This also includes body organs, hair and skin.
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They normally target the connective tissue in muscle cells and other body organs.
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There are effects on whole body posture through the hips, lower back and into the neck.
Times, Sunday Times
Without changing your body posture - don't let your hips sag - place your left hand on the floor, then your right hand (b).
The Sun
You should also listen to your audience, to pick up on non-verbal clues such as eye contact or body posture and be able to adapt your style in response.
Times, Sunday Times
But, actually, we knew, for his body posture screamed 'retreat!'.
Times, Sunday Times
All high-amplitude calls are delivered with from a taut body posture.
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But after 16 or so miles, most runners will venture into unfamiliar territory, and the human body reacts in unforeseen ways.
Times, Sunday Times
Pregnancy, a weakened immune system, and allergies to substances like egg or yeast proteins in vaccines can also affect how the body reacts.
Smithsonian Mag
Your body reacts to the saliva - some people have a worse reaction and this often creates itchy red lumps.
The Sun
It will report on 600 genetic changes that are associated with diseases or how the body reacts to certain medicines.
The Sun
The pediatrician had conducted other research on the way the human body reacts to extreme temperatures.
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In this country, however, no single official body regulates standards for aircraft tap water.
Times, Sunday Times
The supplements can prevent work-outs improving the way the body regulates energy.
The Sun
It helps eliminate food waste products in the body, regulates body temperature during activity and helps with digestion.
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The blood normally contains 2 mg formaldehyde per liter and the body regulates this in seconds.
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The body regulates iron levels by regulating each of these steps.
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It's far more useful to accept your body shape and eat healthily.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The body shape of the modern fighter is very different to the early fighters, they were much more brutal, more savage.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Being overweight is the biggest concern, followed by hair loss and body shape worries.
The Sun (2017)
Simple body measurements taken with a tape measure are a way of understanding how your body shape is changing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Muscle is important for health as well as body shape and resistance work is by far the best way to do it.
BE YOUR BEST: How Anyone can become Fit, Healthy and Confident (2002)
With body tattoos, face-piercing or almost all other attire, you can still smile, shake hands and share food to show you are a friend.
Times, Sunday Times
Belt clasps, body tattoos, horse helmets and saddle covers carry wild and varied scenes of animal conflict, usually between ferocious predators (eagles, panthers, tigers) and hoofed herbivores (deer, elks, horses).
The Times Literary Supplement
They formerly practiced head-hunting and had distinctive body tattoos.
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If any are found, a biopsy then takes place, where small samples of body tissue are examined under the microscope for abnormal cells.
The Sun (2015)
Protein - one of the building blocks of body tissue.
The Sun (2016)
They discovered how faulty cells in the immune system which destroy body tissue can be converted into ones which protect against disease.
The Sun (2014)
So does sodium lauryl sulfate, a lathering ingredient in almost every shampoo and body wash, which is an antimicrobial.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Use the same trick with unperfumed shower gel for a high-scent, low-cost matching body wash.
The Sun (2018)
The range will launch with a shampoo, a conditioner and a detangler, with a hand wash, body wash and head lice repellent in the pipeline.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Your toothpaste will be squeezed dry and your fancy body wash will disappear.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The RSPB is one of the world's leading conservation bodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
English Heritage, the conservation body, is also opposed to the removal of the cobbles.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Hawks are not only protected by law, but fiercely defended by conservation bodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Legislation would create statutory bodies with London-style strategic powers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Leading employer groups have joined forces to create a single body to act as the voice of business during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Times,Sunday Times (2020)
The historic vote creates a new, 10-member ruling body.
Christianity Today (2000)
A UEFA spokesman said last night: 'The matter will now go to our disciplinary body'.
The Sun (2009)
Snooker's disciplinary body, though, has decided not to press charges.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If he is found guilty of misconduct, the disciplinary body could also recommend to the attorney general that he be removed from office.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Her dismembered body was found in a cave.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Outside the window was a dismembered body.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The film begins with the dismembered body washing up on a dock.
The Sun (2012)
Cool down: Stretch gently to relax the entire body.
The Sun (2012)
Before getting in the bath, I brush my entire body with a body brush, which helps all the toxins pour out.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But the drug caused his entire body to blister as it burned from the inside out.
The Sun (2015)
Sovereign wealth funds around the world want to establish a trade body to represent and promote their interests with Western governments.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A key recommendation was that the Church establish a permanent body to monitor and audit its work and report publicly on progress made each year.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
One of the primary motives for establishing the body was to take decisions about MPs pay and expenses out of their own hands.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He said that the Government should establish a body to investigate such deaths in the future, as recommended by the confidential inquiry.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In 2010 the government established a body called UK Asset Resolution to manage and eventually sell off the two banks.
Times,Sunday Times (2020)
During the inquiry the police exhumed three bodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The body was exhumed to confirm the results.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
DNA taken from his exhumed body matched samples from the crime scene.
The Sun (2010)
Expect a full body workout including warm-up, cardio with intervals, heavy hands and balance, core strength exercises and stretch.
The Sun
It provides a full body workout.
The Sun
Banning boredom for those in pursuit of 'the perfect body', the app prompts individuals to realise their goals through a combination of short fitness routine and full body workout challenges.
The Sun
And because you don't necessarily need any gym equipment to do it, this full-body workout, which employs 6-10 different exercises, can be done anywhere.
Times, Sunday Times
The rest — a full-body workout in only eight three-minute exercises, enough to sculpt limbs and get you fit — has been taken care of for you.
Times, Sunday Times
The funding bodies strenuously deny this.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Galleries and funding bodies are wary of interfering in an artist's choice of subject.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The Government had been pushing hard for the elite and grassroots funding bodies to unite.
The Sun (2012)
This person will hold law enforcement and other government bodies to account.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The 2002 Act forced media organisations and journalists to register with a government body.
Mail and Guardian (2010)
How do I get a response from a government body that won't provide what it should?
The Sun (2016)
Regulation by the state was no real pointer towards the person regulated being a state or governmental body or a person with a function of a public nature.
Times, Sunday Times
Fish argued that the term censorship should be restricted to cases in which a governmental body interferes with the expression of ideas.
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This was the first time any governmental body released such a report.
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Only those who are elected or appointed members of a governmental body are ineligible as long as they hold office.
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The revision comprises an action plan with time limits for each item, and an indication of the governmental body responsible for delivery.
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A growing body of research suggests it is social intelligence, such as empathy, understanding and co-operative problem-solving that really set humans apart from other species.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is a growing body of evidence that individuals can be assisted in their efforts to desist from crime.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There was a growing body of evidence that the planet might be accessible to long-range inhabitation.
THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD (2002)
A growing body of research confirms that rapid demographic transition intensifies social conflict.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A growing body of evidence has implicated conspiracist ideation in the rejection of scientific propositions.
2015, 'Recurrent Fury: Conspiratorial Discourse in the Blogosphere Triggered by Research on the Role of Conspiracist Ideation in Climate Denial', Journal of Social and Political Psychology
His headless body was found dumped at a beauty spot.
The Sun (2010)
A man charged with the death of a victim whose headless body was found in a lake has been cleared of murder.
The Sun (2010)
The headless bodies of the regime's opponents were heaped in the city's main square.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Its slow, gentle, precise movements minimise the risk of further damage while providing a highly effective workout to help to heal the body.
Times, Sunday Times
The 90-second 'dips' are meant to heal the body.
The Sun
Positions are held for longer than usual to gently stretch and heal the body.
Times, Sunday Times
Gurus who don't claim proof but promote spurious powers of the mind to heal the body are a continuing threat that must be combated by science, he says.
The Scientist
The waters of the mountain are believed to heal the body and the mind.
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A healthy mind in a healthy body.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Protein is crucial for building a strong, fit and healthy body.
The Sun (2016)
It is found in the gut and plays a central role in the healthy body producing insulin.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
People who maintain a healthy body weight over their life tend to have certain traits in common around eating and meal times.
The Sun (2012)
I am often complimented on my slim, healthy body.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The killer hid the body under a duvet in the couple's garage.
The Sun (2010)
Police claim ' significant efforts' were made to hide the body.
The Sun (2014)
A man who killed his best friend during a drunken row and hid the body in a sewage pipe was jailed for manslaughter yesterday.
The Sun (2012)
Alongside human identification, it specialises in forensic anthropology, craniofacial reconstruction and the study of the human body.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Inflammation of one of the 150 bursae in the human body.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In the human body, vasodilation refers to the widening of what?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The human body is no longer a given but provisional, perfectible, plastic; a work in progress.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He spent much of his youth studying anatomy and became obsessed with the frailties of the human body and the ill health he had to deal with.
The Sun (2011)
We haven't had a chance yet to identify the body.
The Sun (2010)
He hanged himself and I had to go and identify the body in the morgue.
The Sun (2010)
Forensic experts said that it could take weeks to identify bodies using dental records, fingerprints and DNA.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The film-makers even suggested that they didn't feel there were any actors who could fully inhabit the body of a guy who's been training and fighting for 20 years.
The Sun
The potatoes begin to inhabit his body planting themselves within.
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After being resuscitated, the two souls inhabit the body.
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The number of different coronaviruses that exist in the wild number in at least the hundreds, with most likely inhabiting the bodies of bats.
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They said he should be impeached - the process where a legislative body levels charges against a government official.
The Sun
Technicians inside the world's most powerful legislative body ran around in blind panic.
Times, Sunday Times
Several former army officers have said that they intend to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections, fuelling fears that the military will dominate the legislative body.
Times, Sunday Times
Their motives, considered as the moral inducements for their votes, will vary with the different members of the legislative body.
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Already, it had come to be the principal and only legislative body, and the dominant interest in it was that of the common law lawyers.
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Mines tended to cause lower body injuries whereas most of the victims suffered head and upper torso wounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Take time to stretch both upper and lower body on all workouts.
The Sun (2012)
Irrespective of pathway length, the upper body had a larger divergency from periodicity than the lower body.
2006, 'Assessment of level-walking aperiodicity', Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Is there such a thing as a perfect body?
The Sun (2014)
Sport is no longer all about perfect bodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Reasons for surgery vary: from wanting to have the perfect beach body to enhancing the ability to get a job.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Just as we can diet and exercise to shape our physical bodies, so we can shape our character and fulfill our potential.
Christianity Today (2000)
But my physical body hasn't grown since I was in my early 20s.
Christianity Today (2000)
Before, I was in a physical body; now, I can be with you at all times.
Christianity Today (2000)
As chair of a public body, I couldn't possibly comment.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Why should executives of a public body be safeguarded from public scrutiny?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Public bodies do not normally disclose who makes their CCTV cameras.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Public sector bodies have announced 150,000 job losses since the Government was formed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It will also apply to public sector bodies with 150 staff or more.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Like other public sector bodies, the Police Service has very generous sickness benefit arrangements.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His body was recovered by rescue services.
The Sun (2013)
His body was recovered by a mountain rescue team using a helicopter.
The Sun (2018)
His body was recovered by another group of partisans and buried in the local cemetery the next day.
Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2006)
His body was recovered by a Spanish police mountain rescue team on Wednesday.
The Sun (2013)
Emergency crews covered his vehicle with a blue tarpaulin to shield the scene from view while the body was recovered.
The Sun (2012)
Funeral parlours should be licensed and an independent regulatory body appointed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If your letter does not produce redress, contact the relevant trade association or regulatory body.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If the company still won't help, contact the relevant trade association or regulatory body.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The mind should be fresh and alert, the body relaxed.
The Secrets of Musical Confidence (1994)
Remember that relaxing your body relaxes your mind.
Banish Anxiety - how to stop worrying and take charge of your life (1991)
He wants to see an independent body set up to investigate anticompetitive behaviour in particular sectors and take action.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There are also plans to set up a regulatory body which will oversee the pricing of gas and electricity in the wholesale sector.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Ministers set up a body to improve preparations for snow after it caused travel chaos last February.
The Sun (2010)
Global sporting bodies have struggled to devise a unified approach to drug testing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Credit must go to the British Olympic Association and the national sporting bodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But it is not a sporting body's responsibility to seek drama.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The tourism body hopes to avoid a scenario where visitors to the Olympics pay through the nose for their accommodation, potentially discouraging them from coming back.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
According to the local tourism body, visitors to Barbados from Britain increased by 7 per cent in the period.
Times, Sunday Times (2019)
They were brought together by Visit Thanet, the local tourism body, and the Isle of Thanet Gazette.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A warm body up against his flesh, too warm, too real, to be a phantasm of the night.
THE LONGEST WAY HOME (2002)
In a fit of loneliness in the small hours, he held the warm body of the cat to his chest, comforted by it.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
I felt my whole body tense up, ready for the impact.
The Sun (2012)
The core muscles are those in the abdomen and back, which provide support to the whole body.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It wasn't just the acetone now, I realized; his whole body was afire.
NIGHT SISTERS (2002)
Sometimes they lasted ten minutes, sometimes half an hour, but when they happened his whole body was locked in an agonized paralysis.
A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
Translations:
Chinese: 身体
Japanese: 体
- perform a dance
- perform a drill
- perform a duet
- perform a duty
- perform a function
- perform a gig
- perform a miracle
- perform a mission
- perform an act
- perform an action
- perform an activity
- perform an analysis
- perform an assessment
- perform an audit
- perform an autopsy
- performance
- performance anxiety
- performance art
- performance assessment
- performance deficit
- performance deteriorates
- performance difference
- performance enhancement
- performance enhancer
- performance expectation