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toad - use in sentences
Converse of object
- eat: Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning.
- find: An absolute must is a good powerful flashlight to enable you to find the toads.
- see: Also saw a large toad, which was really large!
- include: Water is a great attraction for native fauna and flora, including toads, frogs, dragonflies and damselflies.
- have: I once had a toad called Dave, who lived to the age of twenty-six!
Adjective modifier
- golden: The golden toad used to live in a small section of ' cloud forest ' now named the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve.
- common: How much do we know about the Common Toad in the Durham area?
- giant: Deep in the circle of his pupil was the reflection of a giant toad, sitting asleep among its own putrid filth.
- rare: The toads are back A rare toad is back at a former stronghold in North Wales with help from its Scouser friends.
- female: It is very different from the female golden toad.
- little: Wouldn't you like something in your handbag to shut the little toads up?
Modifies a noun
- tadpole: Newts will eat frog tadpoles, but take toad tadpoles less readily.
- population: Southern Water is asking customers to help monitor the toad population in the region which has halved during the last ten to 15 years.
- house: There are a couple of types of toad houses.
- patrol: The Croyde Amphibian Rescue Group organize toad patrols every year to prevent thousands of toads being killed by traffic.
Noun used with modifier
- natterjack: Natterjack toads breed in the fresh water pools in the sand dunes.
- cane: Then suddenly I let out a cry as I found myself gazing at the biggest cane toad ever!
- midwife: Six species of owl are found here, including Scops whose call has been confused with that of the midwife toad.
Possessives
- valley: Toad's hole valley ( http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=528255&y=107815&z=3&sv=528500,107500&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.s ) is a far better site.
Preposition: in
- hole: It does the most extraordinary African toad in the hole.
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