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Collocations for bore - noun

1. person

ADJECTIVE

awful, crashing, dreadful (esp. BrE), real, terrible
Her husband is a crashing bore.
complete, total

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PHRASES

a bit of a bore

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2. (a bore) sth that you have to do

ADJECTIVE

real, terrible
It's a real bore having to meet my aunt for lunch.

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Collocations for bore - verb

ADVERB

easily
I'm very easily bored.

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PREPOSITION

with
I won't bore you with too many details.

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PHRASES

bore sb rigid (BrE), bore sb silly (BrE), bore sb stiff, bore sb to death, bore sb to tears
That lecture bored me to tears!
bore sb out of their brains (AmE), bore sb out of their mind, bore sb out of their tiny mind (BrE)

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Bore is used with these nouns as the subject:
insect

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Bore is used with these nouns as the object:
hole, tunnel

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