vast sea

collocation in English

meaningsofvastandsea

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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sea
noun
uk
/siː/us
/siː/
the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth, or a large area of salty water, smaller than an ocean, that is partly or completely surrounded ...
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(Definition ofvastandseafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is it not avastseaof muddles?
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British naval strength is of the greatest importance, for we have a long naval tradition andvastseaexperience.
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The two things our enemy would be tempted to strike at would be, first of all, ourvastsea-borne commerce, and, secondly, our naval bases.
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Enemy land-based bombers have a combat range of hundreds of miles, which can take them overvastseaareas to attack our shipping.
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Vishnu was very exhausted by the feat of swallowing up such avastsea.
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The telephone switchboard, avastseaof light, could handle only a fraction of incoming calls.
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Both areas have avastseawhich brings them different kind of seafood.
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The term mass suggests that the recipients of media products constitute avastseaof passive, undifferentiated individuals.
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It is avastseachange for them to appreciate that being providers and managers of low rent houses is less appropriate in the run up to the 21st century.
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Venetians, who at the time still held avastseaempire, often imported rich fabrics and materials from other nations to enrich their furniture with some eastern influences.
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Thisvastseaof red tape that refugees must swim through is caused by the conflicts and partnerships between local governments and conservation organizations concerning the parameters for conservation areas.
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It was named by fishermen, seeing the island at sea level and noticing how the profuse seaweed at one end looked like the smutty nose of somevastseaanimal.
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