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Collocations for red - adj.

1. colour/color

VERBS

glow
The coals glowed red in the dying fire.
go, turn
The traffic light turned red.
paint sth

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ADVERB

really, very
completely
slightly
The leaves looked slightly red.

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ADJECTIVE

bright, brilliant, fiery, flaming, vibrant, vivid
flaming red hair
dark, deep, rich
light, pale
dull
blood, brick, cherry, fire-engine, ruby
her ruby red lips

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PHRASES

red and blotchy (= of skin or eyes), red and puffy (= of eyes)
Her eyes were red and puffy, as if she'd been crying.
red and swollen (= of injured part of body)

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2. of the face

VERBS

be, look
become, flush, get, go, grow, turn
Mr Gruber was growing redder and redder in the face.

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ADVERB

very
quite
rather, slightly

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ADJECTIVE

bright, fiery
He could feel himself going bright red.

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PREPOSITION

red with
Ross flushed red with embarrassment.

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PHRASES

as red as a beet (AmE), as red as a beetroot (BrE)
red in the face
Charles was rapidly turning red in the face.

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Red is used with these nouns:
alert, apple, bean, birthmark, brick, bump, cabbage, carpet, cheek, cherry, chilli, cinder, colour, dye, eye, face, fingernail, flush, grape, hair, heat, ink, meat, mist, mouth, mud, nose, onion, pepper, pimple, rash, rice, rose, salmon, squirrel, state, sun, sunset, tomato, traffic light, wine

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