oxford collocations dictionary of english pdf

... hotels and restaurants of New York live a life of They’re living a life of luxury in the Bahamas a/the pace of life The pace of life is much gentler on the island the quality of life He gave up ... dawn of mankind the fate/fu- ture of mankind politicians who care about the future of mankind for the benefit of mankind The results of the re- search were made freely available for ihe benefit of ... Hallowe’en e VERB + MASK have on, wear | put on | pull off, re- move, strip off, take off, tear off In fhe second part of the play, the actors take off their masks e MASK + VERB coversth e PREP behind/beneath

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... efforts will payoff a term of imprisonment, a term of office The president was sworn in for his second term of office a term of years... fray, worsen in a - He stormed out of the room ... came near to tears. a flood/floods of tears Wewere infloods of tears at the end of the film. a mist of tears I saw it all through a mist of tears. on the verge of tears, tears in your eyes, too ... to leave I jump from/off, jump out of She tried to kill herself by jumping off a moving train I alight from, get off I meet (sb off) I'm going to the station to meet her off the train I change

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 17:15

... communication for ~ of They lost the game, but not for lack of trying from ~ of She thought she would collapse From lack of sleep through ~ of [ve lost those skills through lack of practice | ~ of I couldn’t ... lack of urgen- cy in his manner | complete, sheer, total a complete lack of confidence | relative | abysmal an abysmal lack of knowledge e@ PREP by~ of The situation was worsened by lack of communication ... Bridge of Sighs got its name from the cries of prisoners being led across it myths and legends the myths and le- gends of Mexico the subject of legend The unusual shell has long been the subject of

Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 15:15

... medical, professional I criminal • VERB + NEGLIGENCE be guilty of I accuse sb of, al- lege, claim, sue for The solicitor was accused of profes- Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com ... PHRASES the back/nape of the neck The hairs on the back of my neck prickled uiithfear: the scruff of the neck The catpicked up her kitten by the scruff of its neck. 2 part of a piece of clothing • ADJ. ... change the nature of our findings. I acknowledge, be aware of, rec- ognizeAreyou aware of the nature of the risks involved? I define, specify It is important to define the nature of the problem.

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... understanding noun 1 knowledge of a subject, of how sth works, etc • ADJ. complete, fullHe showed a full understanding of the sequence of events Igrowing Iclear, deep, good, profound, proper, sophisticated, ... understanding of the nature of a divine being. • QUANT. level The students seem to have a reasonable level of understanding of how genes work. • VERB + UNDERSTANDING have Ishow Ireflect This change of policy ... PHRASES a bit of/something of an understatement, the understatement of the year (informal) To say he wasn't amused must be the understatement of the year. undertaking noun 1 piece of work/business

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... e PREP by~of (formal) persons in need of care by reason of (= because of) old age for a/the ~ procedures carried out for reasons of national security for ~ of (formal) For rea- sons of security, ... beat, com- bat | climb out of, come out of, emerge from, get (sth) out of, lead sth out of, move out of, pull (sth) out of ac- tive policies to pull the country out of recession | end | suffer ... religions of a~ people of different races and cultures | ~of The Amazons were a race of female warriors e PHRASES on (the) grounds of race discriminating against people on the grounds of race race

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... PHRASES proof of identity The police officer asked him for proof of identity a search for identity His search for his cultural identity took him to where his parents were born a sense of identity ... full member of the UN at independence | ~ from independence from Spain ~ of the church’s independence of the state © independence of mind e PHRASES adeclaration of independence, a lack of in- dependence, ... development of the motor vehicle concern for the individual, the freedom of the individ- ual the issue of the freedom of the individual versus the intervention of the state a group of individuals

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... of traffic past our house makes it difficult to cross the road f A p~~_ of stray dogs was wandering around the abandoned plant g He's been off school all week With a bad d of flu h A couple of ... purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Trang 6USING A VERB ENTRYadverbs 1 In each of the following sentences one of the adverbs in italics is not a common collocate of ... the car. ©Oxford University Press GmlmlmEmD Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Trang 12NATURAL DISASTERSIn each case, only one of the pair of words initalicsforms

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... (regulatory body) Ofsted Office for Standards in Education (regulatory body) OFT Office of Fair Trading Oftel Office of Telecommunications (regulatory body) Ofwat Office of Water Services (regulatory ... manufacturer OFFER Office of Electricity Regulation (regulatory body) Ofgas Office of Gas Supply (regulatory body) Oflot Office of the National Lottery (regulatory body) Ofrail Office of the Railway Regulator ... OD officer of the day; overdose; overdrawn OE Old English OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OED Oxford English Dictionary OEM original equipment manufacturer OFFER Office

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2013, 01:27

... Trang 1Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions 1 ~ A ~ 1 ~ B ... different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, which can make them hard for ESL students and learners to understand Here, we have a dictionary of 1059 English idiomatic expressions ... grin like a Cheshire cat Hair of the dog If someone has a hair of the dog, they have an alcoholic drink as a way of getting rid of a hangover, the unpleasant effects of having drunk too much alcohol

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 09:59

... StudentsEnglish Collocations in Dialogue: Master Hundreds of Collocations in American English Quickly and EasilyMore English Collocations in Dialogue: Master Hundreds ofCollocations in American English ... and Expressions in American EnglishThe Big Book of American Idioms: A Comprehensive Dictionary of English Idioms, Expressions, Phrases & Sayings The Big Book of Phrasal Verbs in Use: Dialogues, ... and Expressions in American EnglishMore American English Idioms: A Comprehensive Dictionary of English Idioms, Expressions, Phrases & Sayings Time Expressions in English: Dialogues, Vocabulary

Ngày tải lên: 10/10/2022, 10:17

... right There is a significant proportion of abbreviations which it is possible for an English speaker to pronounce as words rather than as sequences of letters of the alphabet For example, NATO is ... English speakers to pronounce COHSE, the Confederation of Health Service Employees, looks un-English, but is pronounced [cosy] Trang 37Laser, on the other hand, looks thoroughly at home in English ... stops are often used There are various kinds of abbreviation The most common is the set of initials, for example DIY for Do It Yourself, DSS for Department of Social Security, gbh for grievous bodily

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... virtual tour of the Naval Academy US, 1963 can of cokenouna joke Rhyming slangUK, 1998 can offverbto fall offNEW ZEALAND, 1984 can of gasnouna small butane torch used in the preparation of crack ... 1961.2an act of poor driving in which one vehicle cuts in front of anotherUK, 1984.3a division of loot, profits or the legacy of a willUK, 1935.4a swindle UK, 1937 carve upverb1of a driver, to ... show as a parody of American arrogance; often used by arrogant Americans unaware of the irony of their use Such is the pervasive presence of this term that it was the subject of a question on

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 21:20

... portion of sales hedged is basedon assessments of cost-benefit profiles that consider natural offsetting expo-sures, revenue and exchange rate volatilities and correlations, and the cost of hedging ... possession of” to has; and so on. Recent decades have brought many roundabout expressions, such as “I am supportive of him” instead of I support him; “at this point in time” instead of now; “in terms of” ... instance of (not a ten- dency toward) an overabundance of words Verbiage can also denote a style of using words, such as legal verbiage in IN TERMS OF; IS IS; KNOT; LIKE, 3; MEAN (adjective); OFF

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... vintage, used at the beginning of the Vietnam war by the Army of the Republic of VietnamUS , 1990 greyhoundverb(used of a black person) to pursue a white person in the hopes of a romantic or sexual ... attitudes and fashions of the 1960sUS , 1937.2sexually attractive A nuance of the sense as ‘pleasing’UK , 1967.3profoundly out-of-styleUS , 1983.4used to describe the effects of amphetamine Drug-users’ ... haywireadjectiveout of control; crazy; in wild disorder; chaotic Theimage of wire on a bale of hay that flails wildly when cutUS , 1920 hazenoun1LSD A shortened form ofPURPLE HAZE US , 1994.2a iety of marijuana,

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... makes a speech. • PHRASES a breach of etiquette The solicitor was ac- cused of a breach of professional etiquette. matters of eti- quette He is an expert on matters of etiquette. the rules of etiquette She knew ... market - in a great age of expansion in trade and science • PHRASES a period of expansion a period of rapid eco- nomic expansion the rate of expansion The rate of expan- sion of our overseas trade ... comedy of errors His attempts to arrange aparty ended up as a comedy of errors. an error of judge- ment The minister had made an amazing error of judge- ment. a margin of error The margin of error...

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