banana peel

collocation in English

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banana
noun[C or U]
uk
/bəˈnɑː.nə/us
/bəˈnæn.ə/
a long, curved fruit with a yellow skin and soft, sweet, white ...
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peel
noun[U]
uk
/piːl/us
/piːl/
the skin of fruit and vegetables, especially after it has ...
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(Definition ofbananaandpeelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tillie's innocence is described as having taken years to acquire, and a greedy character is introduced as abananapeelon the doorstep of progress.
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Hodgman described him as the kind of guy who walks around abananapeeland falls into a manhole.
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Tom reclines in her lap, and a tomato and abananapeelproceed to land on him.
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Tom goes outside the basement, run, but he steps onbananapeel.
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This figure must naturally be reduced through rationing, and also for part of the refuse, such as orange andbananapeel.
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In fact one might also say that supervision is the firstbananapeelon the path to dispossession.
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We have to make an allowance for the reduction through rationing and other reasons, and also for part of the refuse, such as orange peel andbananapeel.
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Abananapeelcan also be used to effectively shine shoes.
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The girl slips on abananapeeland drops all of the eggs.
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He then slips on abananapeeland comically crashes into a film stage, which he then brings to life in magical ways.
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Its showy flowers have long, narrow petals that open like abananapeelto reveal hairlike yellowish orange stamens.
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Production is also affected by pests which scar thebananapeel.
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In the film, as the couple mix up a hallucinogenic concoction in the kitchen, the ingredients benzedrine andbananapeelare deleted from the audio track.
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Another theory suggests thebananapeelwas used as a stand in for manure because the appearance of animal waste in early cinema was thought to be inappropriate.
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Other potassium-rich treatments include feeding with home-made comfrey liquid, adding seaweed meal, composted bracken, compost rich in decayed banana peels, or other organic potassium-rich fertilizers.
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Mobsters have been dying and the only clues are banana peels left at the scene of the crimes.
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Banana peels are used as feedstock as they have some nutritional value.
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Banana peels are widely used for that purpose on small farms in regions where bananas are grown.
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He gets excited about secret planning tables, secret missions, and secret banana peels.
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