deserted island

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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island
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.lənd/us
/ˈaɪ.lənd/
a piece of land completely surrounded ...
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(Definition ofdesertedandislandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They hide out on adesertedisland.
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The gameplay revolves around surviving on adesertedisland.
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All three end up stranded on adesertedisland.
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The level follows two celebutantes trapped on adesertedisland.
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She lives alone on an otherwisedesertedisland.
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He reached a smalldesertedislandwhere only a "puko" tree grew.
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She wants to divorce him, tired of living alone on adesertedisland.
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The plane runs out of fuel and crashes on adesertedisland.
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Two survivors, a young man and a young woman, are washed ashore on adesertedisland.
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Roman complies and finds himself hanging upside down from a cliff of adesertedisland.
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He has been exiled to live alone on adesertedislanduntil he dies.
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They ended up stranded on adesertedislandafter their vessel got caught up on fire.
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Their dish must feature the one food they would want to have on adesertedisland.
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After a giant whale attackes the boat, he ends up on adesertedisland.
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She was voted by her class, in the senior standouts as the person most desired asdesertedislandcompanion.
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The pair drifts in a dinghy to adesertedisland, and their parents desperately search for them.
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Then, marooning meant setting a man on adesertedisland, often no more than a sand bar at low tide.
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Adrift again, the companions wash up on adesertedisland, where they forage for materials and eventually build a raft to leave.
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They take a plane somewhere, but are plagued by engine troubles and are forced to land the plane on a lonelydesertedisland.
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While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on adesertedisland, either to evade captors or the world in general.
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On adesertedislandhe arms the explosive to go off in ten minutes, but it goes off in a few seconds, shaking the whole island.
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The show challenges each castaway to pare life down to its bare essentials by allowing them to select eight pieces of music to accompany them on adesertedisland.
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