Collocations withcalf
These are words often used in combination withcalf.
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calf injury
He also participated in 1994 when he finished 8th, having to drop out after the second event due to a calf injury.
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Wikipedia
calf muscle
The preventive effect of acetylsalicylic acid is small, and the benefits of compression stockings and calf muscle pumping vary with the clinical situation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
fatted calf
I seem to see on his distinguished features now the complacent expression of one who savours from afar the future fragrance of the fatted calf.
From the
Hansard archive
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golden calf
Is it not time to stop raising the golden calf and the idol of glory for profit and look at people instead?
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Hansard archive
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male calf
I am not at all sure how one deals with the male calf.
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Hansard archive
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newborn calf
Schistosomula were prepared by so-called mechanical transformation of cercariae, and these fresh schistosomula were kept in the medium supplemented with 5 % newborn calf serum mentioned above.
From theCambridge English Corpus
veal calf
This is not an insignificant concern if you happen to be, for example, a mink or a veal calf in certain circumstances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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