survival technique

collocation in English

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survival
adjective
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vəl/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/
continuing to exist or wanting to continue ...
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technique
noun[C or U]
uk
/tekˈniːk/us
/tekˈniːk/
a way of doing an activity that ...
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(Definition ofsurvivalandtechniquefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thesurvivaltechniqueis used to analyse the survey data.
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Thesurvivaltechniqueis preferred to other dynamic models because it is the most suited for exploratory studies such as this.
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The ability of birds to distinguish a figure from its surrounding is a necessarysurvivaltechniquefor avoiding prey or finding food.
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Indeed, many such adults have become remarkably skilled at disguising their lack of basic skills—an understandablesurvivaltechnique.
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Nesting is also used as a behavioralsurvivaltechnique.
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Anothersurvivaltechniquethat it uses is daily torpor.
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The ability of keeping air is presumably asurvivaltechniqueof these plants.
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The process of 'unlearning' deepens the impression that not only survival techniques but also existential orientation, which we learned in childhood, are no longer reliable.
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English readers must have been aware of continental literature which forbade these survival techniques and condemned all collaboration with the opposition as idolatry.
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He had deduced very subtly that the publishers must have thought the time had come to reflect on almost forgotten survival techniques.
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All fishermen must be trained in survival techniques — not only in fire-fighting precautions, but in firefighting techniques.
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Pre-packaged survival kits may also include instructions in survival techniques, including fire-starting or first aid methods.
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Cadets are trained in winter survival techniques, skiing, snowshoeing and cold weather patrolling.
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He learnt the survival techniques of a vagabond or an urban guerrilla from his early age.
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Cadets receive training in firefighting, first aid and survival techniques.
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Changes in survival techniques and social organisation gradually differentiated pre-humans from other primates.
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Survival techniques, which are normally passed from parents to offspring during parenting, are lost.
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During this time training was focused on patrolling and jungle survival techniques.
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The book is a great resource for the learning of survival techniques and for handling situations in a complicated relationship.
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Turks subjected to destructive jokes and public discourse and were shown ludicrously different in their food tastes, dress, names, and even in their ability to develop survival techniques.
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