Collocations Flashcards
a defeat by a large amount:
a grand defeat
a heavy defeat
a high defeat
a heavy defeat
defeat by a small amount:
low
narrow
thin
narrow
defeat that is very big and complete:
crushing
smashing
squashing
crushing
in the last game of the season, the team ___ a humiliating defeat.
gained
knew
suffered
suffered
he is a determined man, and very unlikely to ___ defeat.
accept
agree
allow
accept
an economy that is not strong:
backwards
thin
weak
weak
economy that is extremely strong and succesfull
a booming economy
economy that is steady, rather than being strong or weak
a stable economy
an economy that is starting to become less strong than before
a flagging economy
the proposal is aimed at attracting tourism and ___ the economy
boosting
reports suggest that the economy is unlikely to ___ before next week
recover
a belief that you really feel is true
a sincere belief
a belief that you believe very much
a deeply-held belief
a belief that a lot of people have
a common belief
his new book shows that he no longer ___ this belief
holds
a flight within a country
domestic flight
flight traveling a long distance
a long-haul flight
a plane service that flies at the same time every day of the week
a scheduled flight
our plane was late leaving heathrow, so we missed the ___ flight to Kuwait
connecting
his phone rang just as he was ___ a flight to new york
boarding
effect that is very big and sudden
dramatic effect
effect that you can clearly see
visible
a very small effect
negligible
the effect you want
the desired effect
a bad effect
adverse effect
an effect that continues for a long time
long-term effect
effect that is good, or that helps someone or something
beneficial effect
a big gap
wide
gap between older and younger people
generation gap
gap that cannot be closed
unbridgeable
he was twenty years her older, but they seemed very happy despite the ___ gap
age
the focus of economic policy had been to ___ the gap between the rich and the poor
bridge
