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Collocations for sleep - noun

1. condition of rest

ADJECTIVE

deep
light
much-needed
I'm off to bed for some much-needed sleep.
adequate
REM

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VERB + sleep

drift into, drift off to, drop off to, fall back to (AmE), get to, go to
She turned over and went back to sleep.
cry yourself to
There are nights when I cry myself to sleep.
catch, get, snatch
Close your eyes and get some sleep now.
I snatched a few hours' sleep in the afternoon.
need
survive on
They seem to survive on only a few hours' sleep a night.
induce, promote
the use of drugs to induce sleep
lull sb to, send sb to
The quiet music soon sent her to sleep.
drift in and out of
He drifted in and out of sleep all night.
lose (often figurative)
Don't lose sleep over it—we'll sort everything out in the morning.
disrupt, disturb, interrupt
catch up on
I used Saturday to catch up on my sleep.
feign
I feigned sleep when the nurse came around.

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sleep + VERB

come
Sleep came to her in snatches.
overcome sb, overtake sb
Sleep finally overtook me.

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sleep + NOUN

cycle, pattern, schedule (esp. AmE)
deprivation, loss
disorder
apnoea/apnea
aid (esp. AmE)
the nation's most commonly prescribed sleep aid

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PREPOSITION

during sleep
a decreased heart rate during sleep
in your sleep
He often walks and talks in his sleep.

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PHRASES

a lack of sleep
I was suffering from a lack of sleep.
a wink of sleep
I won't get a wink of sleep with that noise downstairs.

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2. period of sleep

ADJECTIVE

long
little, short
dead, deep, heavy, sound
uninterrupted
good, restful
light
disturbed, exhausted, fitful, restless, troubled, uneasy
I woke up early after a disturbed sleep.
dreamless, peaceful
drunken
beauty
Sorry, but I need my beauty sleep.

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VERB + sleep

need
have
Did you have a good sleep?
be in
I was in a deep sleep when the phone rang.
drift into, fall into, sink into
I immediately fell into a dead sleep.
awake (sb) from, awaken (sb) from, wake (sb) from
He woke from a fitful sleep with a headache.

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PHRASES

a good, poor, etc. night's sleep
You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.

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Collocations for sleep - verb

ADVERB

properly (esp. BrE), soundly, well
The children were all sleeping soundly.
Did you sleep well last night?
You'll sleep better if you start to relax physically.
comfortably, peacefully, quietly, safely
easily, quiet
easy
We can at least sleep easy at night, knowing that we are safe.
When the murderer is caught we can all sleep easier in our beds at night.
late, long
Let them sleep late on Saturday morning if they want to.
She scolded him for sleeping so long.
badly, fitfully, poorly, uneasily
deeply, heavily
He was exhausted and slept deeply.
lightly
She always slept very lightly so I had to be careful not to wake her.
barely, hardly
She felt as if she had hardly slept.
a little
alone
together

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VERB + sleep

be unable to, cannot
I couldn't sleep so I got up and went downstairs.
try to
You must be very tired. Try to sleep a little.
let sb
put sb/sth to
You should always put babies to sleep on their backs.
We had to have our dog put to sleep (= humanely killed).

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PREPOSITION

for
I only slept for four hours that night.
through
She slept right through the storm.
Very few babies sleep through the night (= without waking up).
with
Everyone knows she sleeps with the boss.

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PHRASES

have trouble sleeping
I've been having trouble sleeping lately.
not sleep a wink (= not sleep at all)
I didn't sleep a wink last night.
sleep like a baby, sleep like a log (= sleep very well)
sleep on your back, sleep on your front, sleep on your side, sleep on your stomach
I had to sleep on my back for the first few days after the accident.
sleep overnight
We slept overnight at the beach.
sleep outside, sleep rough (BrE)
the problem of young people who sleep rough in the streets

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Sleep is used with these nouns as the subject:
baby

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