bitter cold

collocation in English

meaningsofbitterandcold

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bitter
adjective
uk
/ˈbɪt.ər/us
/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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cold
noun
uk
/kəʊld/us
/koʊld/
a common infection, especially in the nose and throat, that causes you to cough and sneeze and your nose to run (= drip liquid) or ...
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(Definition ofbitterandcoldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It wasbittercoldweather when my son came home.
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They range frombittercold, wind and rain to burning sunshine and heat.
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Is he also aware that those individuals, including myself, were left in thebittercold?
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For small industry it is stillbittercold, and those involved are still sick at heart.
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Shortly after,bittercoldset in.
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Many of them died from thebittercoldand exhaustion.
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Many had been frostbitten in thebittercold.
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Because of thebittercoldand snow, she suffered frostbite.
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During the winter many of them were walking about in ordinary indoor shoes in the snow, frost andbittercold.
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For all those reasons, we reject the system as a cruel deceit for those who need urgent help in thebittercold.
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He sometimes sleeps in the bed despite thebittercoldof winter.
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They departed at the beginning of winter and soon encounteredbittercoldand deep snow.
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He became weak and sick inside thebittercoldand filthy cell.
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In spite of all this exposure and thebittercold, we are all enjoying good health.
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In some areas, thebittercoldwas followed by heavy snow.
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Bittercoldnights made them retire to the beaches where 350 reinforcements arrived.
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It always seemed to be eitherbittercoldor raining or snowing.
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It was midwinter andbittercold, but they ordered him to undress, then climb a tree.
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Bittercoldset in, however, and a snowstorm threatened the expedition.
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Because ofbittercoldweather, the game attracted only about 200 spectators.
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They marched through snow andbittercoldmost of the nearly.
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The combination ofbittercold, high winds, and blowing snow paralyzed areas affected by the storm.
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During the first two days of the session there were high gales andbittercold.
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Inadequately clothed for thebittercold, of this group only 82 survived.
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