upstairs window

collocation in English

meaningsofupstairsandwindow

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upstairs
noun[S]
uk
/ʌpˈsteəz/us
/ʌpˈsterz/
the highest floor or floors of ...
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window
noun
uk
/ˈwɪn.dəʊ/us
/ˈwɪn.doʊ/
a space usually filled with glass in the wall of a building or in a vehicle, to allow light and air in and to allow people inside the building to ...
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(Definition ofupstairsandwindowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Injuries were mercifully slight all round—one security officer was hospitalised with a broken pelvis after leaping from anupstairswindowin fear for his life.
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A maidservant spat out of anupstairswindowwhile the funeral procession was just below it.
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The spirit of a woman has also been spotted in anupstairswindow.
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Edna escapes, but jumps to her death from anupstairswindow.
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Leanne sees her from herupstairswindowand callously just shuts the blind.
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The restaurant stopped serving pies and cakes, which attracted addicts, while police conducted surveillance on drug dealers from anupstairswindowof the building.
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The entrance hall staircase walls, and the walls flanking the middleupstairswindoware gracefully curved, and thought to be one of the earliest examples of this type of architecture.
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Theupstairswindowseems especially interesting.
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The wagon then hits a brick wall, sending him sailing through the neighbour'supstairswindow, freaking out the lady of the house who lets out a blood-curdling scream.
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The owner jumped out of anupstairswindowbut the mob threw him back into the fire.
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It also marks the beginning of her next phase of activity sitting at herupstairswindow, searching the windows opposite to see another one living soul like herself.
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You watched from anupstairswindow.
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Pete and the others try to warn her from anupstairswindow, but she doesn't hear them and goes into the house anyway.
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There was nothing but cackling and shouting about bathrooms, houses, floors, upstairs windows and roofs.
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The absence of upstairs windows overlooking the street gives them both a closed look.
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Afterwards only two upstairs windows were lit.
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