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Collocations for spectacles - noun

ADJ.

heavy | gold-rimmed, horn-rimmed, metal-framed, rimless, steel-rimmed, wide-framed | pebble, thick, thick-lensed | bifocal, half-moon, tinted | dark | safety

QUANT.

pair

VERB + SPECTACLES

have on, wear | put on | take off | push up
She pushed her spectacles up her nose and sighed.
adjust | polish | look through/over, peer through/over
He peered at the waiter over his spectacles.

SPECTACLES + VERB

be perched on sth, perch on sth
Her wire-framed spectacles were perched on the end of her nose.
glint
Her spectacles glinted in the moonlight.
steam up
His spectacles steamed up in the hot room.

PREP.

behind your ~, through your ~

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