roast beef

collocation in English

meaningsofroastandbeef

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roast
adjective[before noun]
uk
/rəʊst/us
/roʊst/
Roast meat or vegetables have been cooked in an oven or over ...
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beef
noun
uk
/biːf/us
/biːf/
the flesh of cattle (= cows), eaten ...
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(Definition ofroastandbeeffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In their initial reaction, they were unkind enough to say that the word "grass" might beroastbeefto litigators.
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Genuine information was scarcer thanroastbeefamong old-age pensioners.
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Some of them have not cut their teeth yet and cannot stomachroastbeefproperly, so they misbehave themselves.
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If we continue to want it, the traditionalroastbeef, we shall have to think up something on these lines.
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When he gets on a bit, he will learn to take hisroastbeefbetter without being the worse for it.
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It somebody burns his house down, he might getroastbeef.
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The worker is becoming less interested in calories and more interested in a slice ofroastbeef.
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This bonus started off as a nice dish ofroastbeefbut has ended up as something like a cat's dinner.
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In this way we would protect the churches in the morning, with matins until 12 o'clock, nor would customers ruin theroastbeef, which would make the women happy.
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They say that if she were allowed to have savings from the housekeeping money she might be tempted to give her husband corned beef instead ofroastbeeffor dinner.
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Theroastbeefaffects their behaviour.
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It may also be served with cooked fish orroastbeef, or as a side dish to barbecue.
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It is used in the food industry as a flavouring agent as it contributes to the flavour ofroastbeef.
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Some vary the protein, for example, a breakfast club that includes eggs or aroastbeefclub.
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Fielding also adds many praises of the pastoral life along with favourably portrayingroastbeefand tobacco while mocking anything foreign.
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Options include a tiger prawn and watercress salad, androastbeefwith truffle with a green bean salad.
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He suggests that they be lured to a mock fortress withroastbeefand ale and made to march upon it before they can eat.
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Roastbeefwas a particular favorite, and even when oysters and goose were available, wealthy colonists could complain about the absence of meat.
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It almost always consists of meat, usuallyroastbeef, or fried seafood.
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