shallow end

collocation in English

meaningsofshallowandend

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shallow
adjective
uk
/ˈʃæl.əʊ/us
/ˈʃæl.oʊ/
having only a short distance from the top to ...
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end
noun
uk
/end/us
/end/
the part of a place or thing that is furthest away from ...
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(Definition ofshallowandendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I suspect that there is ashallowendof the pool of philosophy, but you will not find it here.
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All in all, this encyclopedia is a hugely enjoyable dip, but it is a dip in theshallowend.
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The species was also detected on environmental swabs taken from tiles at theshallowendof the swimming pool.
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That case is at theshallowendof the pool.
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Many of the most prominent systems, notably the popular web search engines, inhabit theshallowendof the range and use minimal natural language support.
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These were taken from areas such as tiles on the floor of the ladies changing room or tiling at theshallowendof the pool.
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If you draw water out of the deep end, the end that becomes dry first will be theshallowend.
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Theshallowendalso has an area called the channel.
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I reasoned that it was possibly theshallowend.
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Is it not a bit like being unwilling to paddle in theshallowendbut willing to throw the pound in the deep end?
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I accept that private interests operate in the penal system at theshallowend, so to speak, in community homes and so forth.
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Surely it is time we gave up splashing bravely at theshallowendof the swimming pool and saying how well we can swim.
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I have been allowed to step quietly in at theshallowendand prepare myself perhaps for the rather deeper waters ahead.
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In most pools there is a deep end and ashallowend.
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At theshallowendwas a smaller slide suitable for children.
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The funds from this event were used to purchase the beachs slide for theshallowend.
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Unfortunately the intake was at the swampy,shallowendof the reservoir.
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The pool depth ranges from 4to13.5 ft in theshallowendand the diving well, respectively.
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Why should they not be sent to a naval port right away, to dive in at the deep end instead of waddling in from theshallowend?
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It has the band performing in theshallowendof a creek and the surrounding forest at night.
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We are going into new media of communication, but we should perhaps learn to swim at theshallowend before diving off the high board into the deep end.
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Theshallowendof the pool goes from 0ft m to convert4, getting deeper as you walk further into the pool.
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The suspension to be tested is poured into the deep end of the groove, and scraped towards theshallowendwith a flat metal scraper.
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However, the materials to theshallowendof the series have been implemented, the rate of one burst and the series was finally discontinued.
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The starting blocks are located in theshallowendof the pool with a balcony directly behind and above the starting blocks.
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