careful observer

collocation in English

meaningsofcarefulandobserver

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careful
adjective
uk
/ˈkeə.fəl/
us
/ˈker.fəl/
giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so that you do not have an accident, make a mistake, or ...
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observer
noun[C]
uk
/əbˈzɜː.vər/
us
/əbˈzɝː.vɚ/
a person who watches what happens but has no active part ...
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(Definition ofcarefulandobserverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But thecarefulobserverwill notice that there are different weightings at work here.
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Anycarefulobservermust be struck by the greater academic independence of the secondary school as compared with other parts of our educational system.
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That was the criticism of a foreigner, a verycarefulobserver, in the 1908 edition of the book.
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I was a verycarefulobserverof everything that took place.
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Acarefulobserverwill notice that our coat of arms is built of five crosses, each of which symbolizes a shrine.
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He was acarefulobserver, with a lot of sense for humour, for the comic and tragicomic, for the mad, the ridiculous, the fantastic and the drunk.
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They say, in regard to these, that certain careful observers believe that these preventive methods may be contributory to the spread of the disease.
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Careful observers will be tickled to note that the gifts open book always mirrors the pages they are reading.
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Some systems proved to be much more successful than others, and careful observers will see that the most successful systems had the most capable video hardware.
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