Collocations withspirit
These are words often used in combination withspirit.
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adventurous spirit
I, and all who knew him, will miss his intelligent comments, his adventurous spirit, and his concern for humanity.
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ancestral spirit
These visions were produced by a "wakan" or ancestral spirit.
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bipartisan spirit
I wish him every success, in a bipartisan spirit.
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competitive spirit
He talked about competitive spirit.
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cooperative spirit
The second argument draws attention to the level of cooperative spirit and mutual trust that natural-law theory demands from participants in the joint activity of law.
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creative spirit
My constituency has long exercised a particular fascination for the creative spirit.
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distilled spirit
Distilled spirit was generally flavored with juniper berries.
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entrepreneurial spirit
However, this same entrepreneurial spirit was missing from most middle-class traders.
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evil spirit
Behind both those wars was the evil spirit of nationalism.
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generosity of spirit
The generosity of spirit from the people in this school, the optimism and love shown to us, were overwhelming.
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generous spirit
That generous spirit characterises official bodies.
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guardian spirit
Shugoshin: guardian spirit at the centromere.
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human spirit
A climate of dependence can in time corrupt the human spirit.
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independent spirit
We respect their pride and independent spirit.
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indomitable spirit
With her indomitable spirit of adventure, she consistently broke both social and martial rules, moving as she pleased without passes and working with unsatiable fury.
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martial spirit
Self-cultivation of mind and conduct through daily activities was to be accompanied by the attainment of a martial spirit.
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patriotic spirit
Your outfit really shows your patriotic spirit.
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pioneering spirit
We are losing the pioneering spirit.
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revolutionary spirit
It was then that the real revolutionary spirit was invoked.
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spirit medium
A spirit medium hired by an infant's parents determines the names that cannot be spoken around the child, in a kind of baptismal event of avoidance instructions.
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spirit of capitalism
Our simulation results suggest that the spirit of capitalism partially explains the main features of asset returns.
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spirit of compromise
However, let the spirit of compromise reign.
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spirit of cooperation
If anything, these acts were intended to foster a spirit of cooperation.
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spirit of goodwill
In regard to many of the coalfields, my experience shows that there is a spirit of goodwill existing between the managers and the men.
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spirit of inquiry
It is a fascinating tribute to the relentless spirit of inquiry of the founding father of the computer.
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spirit of patriotism
In his view the spirit of patriotism of the northerners was no less than that of the southerners, but because they lacked organisation, their strength was divided.
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spirit of reconciliation
A new ' spirit of reconciliation ' transformed the first half of the seventeenth century into a golden age for the reformed order, which increasingly attracted patronage.
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spirit of revenge
We say resolutely that such ghastly crimes shall be visited with appropriate punishment, not in the spirit of revenge but in the spirit of justice.
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spirit of solidarity
In terms of collective organising at the grassroots level, however, the festivales were indeed the most direct way to instil a spirit of solidarity among neighbours.
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spirit of tolerance
They could either inculcate a spirit of tolerance or promote tensions, even at an early age.
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spirit possession
What is needed is to examine or specify in what ways spirit possession articulates distress or provides therapy.
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vengeful spirit
It is enough for my purpose to say that they believe that it was conceived in a vengeful spirit.
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