deserted house

collocation in English

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deserted
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzɜː.tɪd/us
/dɪˈzɝː.t̬ɪd/
If a place is deserted, there are no people ...
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house
noun
uk
/haʊs/us
/haʊs/
a building that people, usually one family, ...
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(Definition ofdesertedandhousefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Adesertedhousewhich is just a museum somehow loses character and heart and becomes bleak.
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Fardisya was mostly destroyed with the exception of a singledesertedhouse.
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Onedesertedhouseis made of concrete and has rectangular windows and a flat roof.
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Approximately 100m east of the tank adesertedhousestands next to the remains of a razed building.
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In this volume, he is called in to examine a badly burned body found in adesertedhouseon a small island while contending with both personal and professional obstacles.
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Paul finds adesertedhousebuilt from wreckage; it is a comfortable and neatly furnished cottage, and the two survivors move in.
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He occupies his time with rebuilding adesertedhouse, and begins to recall his past, where he says that his main wish in life was to be a millionaire.
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Marcus also discovers the clue that he overlooked in the photo of thedesertedhouse: a window on one of the walls is missing.
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Tony discovers anotherdesertedhouse.
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At the same time walls went up surrounding the hilltop with material from the deserted houses.
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The deserted houses were used for firewood and left derelict.
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The creature usually resides in dark places or deserted houses.
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A few deserted houses remain, some with round arched entrances and tall windows with various arched designs.
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