in use collocations Flashcards
antique
(of furniture, jewellery, etc.) old and often valuable
an antique mahogany desk
derive from something | be derived from something
to come or develop from something
The word ‘politics’ is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘city’.
compound
a thing consisting of two or more separate things combined together
compounds derived from rainforest plants
The air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes.
narrow-minded
not willing to listen to new ideas or to the opinions of others (bigoted, intolerant) =============== a narrow-minded attitude a narrow-minded nationalist Don't be so narrow-minded!
teapot
a container with a spout, a handle and a lid (= cover), used for making and serving tea
She refilled the teapot with boiling water.
shoelace
North American English also shoestring
a long thin piece of material like string that goes through the holes on a shoe and is used to fasten it a pair of shoelaces to tie/untie your shoelaces Your shoelace is undone. a tightly knotted shoelace
bitterly cold
very cold
pitch-dark
completely dark
It was pitch-dark in the shed.
substantial
large in amount, value or importance
substantial sums of money
a substantial change
Substantial numbers of people support the reforms.
He ate a substantial breakfast.
There are substantial differences between the two groups.
Their share of the software market is substantial.
We were able to see a substantial improvement.
breed something
to be the cause of something
Nothing breeds success like success.
key ring
a small ring that you put keys on to keep them together
cold
a common illness that affects the nose and/or throat, making you cough, sneeze, etc. ============ I've got a cold. to have a cold a bad/heavy/slight/nasty cold to catch a cold ********************** adjective ===== bad----heavy----nasty --------------- verb + cold ===== have
