secret compartment

collocation in English

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secret
adjective
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/ˈsiː.krət/us
/ˈsiː.krət/
If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know ...
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compartment
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/kəmˈpɑːrt.mənt/
one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially ...
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The plot features a locked cabinet with asecretcompartmentwith "another"secretcompartmentinside that.
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She then finds asecretcompartment.
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On closer examination he finds asecretcompartment.
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They discovered asecretcompartmentin the floor containing an ancient wood and brass chest.
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The stolen goods packed his house and a smallsecretcompartmenthe'd built.
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Asecretcompartmentwas designed in for the purpose of carrying arms and ammunition.
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In the apartment she found asecretcompartment, in which she found a diary.
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She places the letter in thesecretcompartmentof her desk.
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He takes her to the locker, where they unlock asecretcompartmentcontaining a large stack of cash.
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Each of the candlesticks has asecretcompartment, so the baron secretly places the letter in one.
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She immediately goes to her desk and is shocked to find her letter missing from itssecretcompartment.
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He realizes someone has been there and opens asecretcompartmentto check if it has been found.
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Unfotunately, the relative can't be found, and thesecretcompartmentshe found in the garden was looted.
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He cycled pulling a wagon with asecretcompartment, telling patrols it was just part of his training.
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The upper half-story is given over to bedrooms, one of which has the original flooring and asecretcompartmentin the floor.
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Behind the safe, which she found at an antiqurian room, she found asecretcompartment, which contained the list which antiquirian told her about.
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Many of these desks would have asecretcompartmentreserved for any important documents that was entrusted to the head butler by the master.
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The missing code book finally turns up when the prince is crowned the new emperor it was in asecretcompartmentin the crown of state.
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By moving the letters of the carved name in a sequence and in a manner revealed by the poem, asecretcompartmentforming the lid of the chest is revealed.
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