a great deal, a great deal of 1
a bit, a bit of 1
a kind of, of a kind, kind of 2
a lot of, lots of, a lot 3
a number of, the number of 4
a piece of, of a piece 4
a score of, scores of 5
accident, incident 6
accommodate…to, accomodate…with 6
according to, according as, in accordance with 7
act, action 9
act as, act for 10
adapt, adopt 10
adapt…for, adapt…from 11
add to, add…to, add up to 12
advance, advancement 13
admission, admittance 13
advance, advanced 14
adventure, venture 15
advise, advice 16
affect, effect 16
afraid, afraid of, afraid for 17
agree to, agree with 18
ahead, ahead of 19
aim at, aim to, aim for 20
aircraft, airplane, aeroplane 21
airport, airfield 22
all in all, all in, in all 22
all of, of all 23
all of a sudden, all on a sudden 24
all one s life, in life 25
all the village, the whole village 25
alone, lonely, lonesome 27
aloud, loud, loudly 28
already, all ready 29
alternate, alternative, alternately, alternatively altogether, all together 31
always, all ways 32
and so on, and so forth 33
angry at, angry with 33
another,, the other, other 34
answer for, answer to 36
any one, anyone, anybody 36
anything but, nothing but, none but 38
anyway, any way 39
apply for, apply to, apply…to, apply to…for 39
argue about, argue with 41
arise, rise, raise 42
around the clock, the clock around, aroundthe-clock 43
arouse, rouse 44
arrive at, arrive in 45
as a result, as a result of 46
as a whole, on the whole 47
as…as, so…as 48
as good as, as well as, as well 49
as it is, as it was, as it were 51
as many (as), as much (as) 52
as soon as, as soon…as 53
as things are, as things go 54
ashamed, shameful 54
ask after, ask about, ask for 55
assume, presume 56
assure, ensure, insure 57
at all, after all 58
at all events, in any event 60
at an end, to an end, to the end, at the end, in the end 60
at a time, at one time 62
at best, at one s best 63
at cost, at all costs, at the cost of,to one s cost 64
at ease, with ease 65
at hand, in hand 66
at intervals, at intervals of 67
at least, in the least 67
at once, all at once 68
at peace, in peace 69
at sea, by sea, on the sea, in thesea 70
at sight, at (the) sight of, in sight, in sight of, in the sight of 71
at the back of, in the back of 73
at the corner, on the coner, in the corner 73
at the same speed, at speed, at a speed of, with speed 74
at the side of, by the side of 75
at the spot, on the spot 75
at this rate, at that rate, at any rate 76
at times, at all times, all the time, at that time, at no time 77
at work, in work 78
at will, with a will 78
awful, awesome 79
backward, baokwards 80
baggage, luggage 81
base, basis 82
bath, bathe 82
be about to do, be to do, be going to do 83
because, because of 85
become, become of 85
before long, long before 86
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believe, believe in 88
belong to, belong in, belong with 89
beside, besides 90
born, borne 90
borrow…from, borrow…of 91
break one s, word, eat one s words 92
breath, breathe, breadth 93
burn ,out, burn up 93
busy in, busy with 94
but do, but to do 95
but for, but that 95
by and by, by the by 96
by chance, by any chance 97
by contrast, in contrast to 97
by day, by the day 98
by force, in force 99
by heart, at heart 99
by means of, by any means, by all means, by no means 100
by nature, in nature, in the nature of 102
by reason of, by reason that, for reason of, for the reason that 103
by the way, in the way, on the way, in a way 104
call sb. names, call sb. s name 106
C 106
by turns, in turn 106
can have done, could have done 107
can t help, can t but 108
care about, care for 108
catch a cold, have a cold 109
catch one s breath, hold one s breath 110
childish, childlike 110
China s, of China, Chinese 111
clean, cleanly 113
clever with, clever at 113
clothes, clothing, cloth 114
cotoured, colourful 115
compare…to, compare…wilh, compare with 116
complement, compliment 117
comprehensive, comprehensible 118
concerned about, concerned with, conoerned in 119
consist in, consist of, consist with 120
confidently, confidentially 120
continual, continuous 121
contrast to, contrast (…)with 122
cook, cooker 122
correspond to, correspond with 123
Cover up, cover-up 124
cut back, cut down 124
D 125
dangerous, in danger, at danger 125
date, day 126
day after day, day by day 127
dead, death, die 127
deadly, deathly 128
deal in, deal with 129
dear, dearly 130
deep, deeply 131
decided, decisive 131
delighted, delightful 132
desirable, desirous 133
despite, despite of, in despite of, in spite of 133
develop from, develop into 134
die down, die out 135
die of, die from, die for 136
different, differential 137
differ from, differ with 137
different from, different to, different than 138
direct…at, direct…to 138
disappointed about/at, disappointed in/with 139
discover, uncover 140
disinterested, uninterested 141
dislike, unlike 142
distinguish…from, distinguish between 143
do away with, do without 144
doubt if, doubt whether, doubt that 145
do good, do sb. good 145
doubtless, no doubt 146
dozens of, a dozen of 147
dream, dream of/about 148
E 148
easy, easily 148
economic, economical 149
effective, efficient 150
emigrate, immigrate, migrate 151
electric, electrical 151
end in, end by 152
entrance? enter 153
espgcial, special 154
everyday, every day 155
everyone, every one 155
exceedingly, excessively 156
except, except for, excepting 156
extended, extensive 158
exhibit, exhibition 158
F 159
fail in, fail to 159
fall in love with, be in love with 160
familiar with, familiar to 160
famous for, famous as 161
far away from, far from, from far 162
farther, further 162
favourable, favoured, favourite 163
feel, feel like 164
female, feminine 165
find, find out 166
first, firstly, at first 166
five square feet, five feet sqeare 167
flatly, flat 167
for a moment, for the moment, in a moment, at the moment 168
for fear that, for fear of, in rear of 169
forceful,forcible 170
foreword, forward 170
formally, formerly 171
free, freely 172
free fram, free of 173
G 173
get on, get on with 173
get to get into 174
give in, give up 175
give off, give out 176
give oneself away, give oneself up 177
gO for a/the doctor, go to a/the doctor 178
go on doing, go on to do, go on with 178
go on (a) strike, be on strike 179
go through, go through with 180
go to the trouble, get into trouble, be in trouble 181
gp to sea, go to the sea 181
go to school, go to the school 181
gold, golden 182
good at, good with 183
good for, for good 183
H 185
had better, had rather 185
hand in hand, hand to hand 186
hand on, on hand 186
hanged, hung 187
happen, happen to 188
hard, hardly 189
have a word With, have words with 189
have nothing to do, have nothing to do with 190
have sth. done, have sD. do, have sb. doing 191
healthful, healthy 191
hear, hear of, hear from 192
help do, help doing 193
here and there, here and now 194
high, highly 194
historical, historic 195
homework, housework 196
hope, hope for 196
however, how ever 197
I 198
ideal, idea 198
if only, only if 199
imaginable, imaginary, imaginative 200
in a word, in other words 201
in addition, in addition to 202
in advance, in advance of 203
in case, in case of, in the case of 203
in charge, in charge of, in the charge of 204
in company, in a company with, in the company of 205
in favour, in favour of 206
in front of, in the front of 207
in future, in the future 208
in line, in line with 208
in memory, to the memory of 209
in name, in the name of, by name, by the name of 209
in place, in place of 211
in point of, on the point of 211
in possession of, in the possession of 212
in the air, on the air, by air 213
in the east of, on the east of, to the east of 214
in the world, of the world, for (all) the world 215
in time, on time, in no time 216
in view, in view of, with the view of 217
increase by, increase to 218
indoor, indoors 219
industrial, industrious 219
insist, insist on 220
intellectual, intelligent 221
iastead, instead of 221
introduce…to, introduce…into 222
keep up, keep up with 223
invaluable, valueless 223
J 224
join, join in 224
just,justly 224
K 225
keep in touch with, get in touch with 225
keep doing, keep on doing 226
keep house,keep the house 227
keep sb. from doing sth., keep sth. from sb. 227
knock, down, knock out 228
know, know of 229
known to, known for, known as 230
L 231
largely, at large 231
late, lately 232
later, latter 232
laugh, laugh at 233
lay, lie 234
leave, leave for 235
leave out, leave off 236
limit, limitation 236
listen for, listen in, listen to 237
live on, live by 239
living, alive, live, lively 239
locality, location 241
long for, for long 242
look into, look to 243
lunch, luncheon 244
M 244
machine, machinery 244
made up of, made of, made from 245
make friends with, keep friends with, be friends with 246
make the best of, get the best of 247
make trouble, take trouble 248
made into, made out of 249
man, mankind 249
off and on, on and off, off and 250
many, the many, many a, a good many 250
mark time, make time 251
marry, be married (to), marry…to 252
maybe, may be 254
meet, meet with 254
mighty, almighty, might 255
now and then, now…then, now then 256
momentarily, momently 257
more than, more…than 258
more than a/an, more than one 259
most, a most. the most, mostly 259
Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms 261
much more…than, many more…than 262
must do, must have done 262
N 264
near, nearly 264
nocessary,, necessity 265
need do, need to do, need doing 266
next, the next 267
next door, next door to 268
nevertheless, nonetheless 269
no less (…) than, not less (…) than 270
no longer, not…any longer, any longer 271
no more, nof…any more 272
no more (…) than, not more (…) than 273
no one else, no other one 274
no other than, none other than 275
no use, of no use 276
none, no one 277
not a/one bit, not a little 278
not…,because; not…because 280
not…enought to, enough not to 281
not only…but, not…but 282
not…or, not…and 283
not yet, nor yet 284
now, just now 285
now that, only that 287
O 289
o, oh 289
of necessity, in necessity 289
of one s own, one s own 290
off duty, on duty 291
officer, official 292
OK, O.K 292
on behalf of, in (the) behalf of 294
on board, on the board, on the boards 295
on carth, on the earth, in the earth 296
on fire, on the fire, in (the) fire 297
on foot, on ,one s feet 299
on guard, on one s guard 300
on purpose, in purpose, of purpose 300
on the contrary, to the contrary 301
on the night, at night, in the night 302
on (the) water, in (the) water, by water 303
once in awhile, once and a while, once in a way 304
one after another, one after the other 305
one day, some day, the qther day 306
one other, one another,each other 307
onto, on to 307
out of breath, short of breath 308
out of question, out of the question 309
outwards, outward 310
over and over, over again 311
overlook, oversee 312
owe…to, owing to 312
P 313
part from, part with 313
part of, a part of 314
pass away, pass off, pass out 315
passed, past 316
pay a,visit to, be on a visit to 318
pay for, pay off, pay up 318
per cent, percentage 320
personal, personnel 321
pick out, pick, up 322
plan, plan on 323
play, play with 324
pleased with/about, pleased by, please? at 325
point at, point to, point, out 325
point of view, viewpoint 327
practical, praticabte 327
precede, proceed 328
prefer…to, prier to 330
prepare, prepare for, prepared for 331
prevent, prevent…from 332
principle, principal 333
produce, product, production 334
prophecy, prophesy 335
proud of, proud about 336
provide (…) for, provide with 336
provided that, providing that 337
put on, pull on, have on 339
put up, set up 339
Q 340
quarrel about/over, quarrel with 340
rate, ratio 341
R 341
rather than, other than, would rather(…than) 343
reach at, reach after, reach for 344
ready for, ready with 345
refer to, refer…to 346
regard…as, as regards 347
regret doing, regret to do 348
remember doing, remember to do 349
respective, respectful, respectable 349
responsible for, responsible to 351
rest room, rest house 352
result from, result in 353
right along, right away 353
run out, run out of 354
S 355
satisfactory, satisfying, satisfied 355
satisfied with, satisfied of 356
satisfaction with, with satisfaction 356
say sorry to, be sorry to, be sorry for 357
scene, scenery 358
search, search (…) for, in search for 359
see sb. do, see sb. doing, see sth. done select, elect 361
send, send for 361
sensible, sensitive 362
separate…from, separate…into 363
set about, set out, set off 364
set fire to, catch fire 365
shoot, shoot at 366
short, shortly 367
shout at, shout to 368
show (an) interest in, be interested in 368
show off, show up 369
shut, shut off, turn off 370
shy of, shy with, .shy from 371
sick for, sick of, sick at, sick with 372
sit, seat 373
sit up, sit up for, sit up with 374
sleep, sleepy, asleep 375
slow down, slow up 376
so as to, so…as to, so as 377
so do I, so I do, I do so 378
so that, so…that, such…that 379
sometime, some time, sometimes 382
sort of, a sort of, of the sort 383
speak out, speak up 385
speak to, speak with, speak of, speak about 385
stand up for, stand up to 387
stare at, glare at 388
start with, to start with 388
stay in, stop in 389
step in, in step 390
stick at, stick to 391
stop to do, stop doing 392
subsequent, consequent 393
substitute (…) for, substitute…by/with 394
such…as, such as, as such 395
suffer, suffer from, suffer for 397
suitable, suited 398
sum up, to sum up 399
sunlight, sunshine 399
supply…to, supply…with 400
sure, sure about/of 401
surprised, surprising 402
surprised by, surprised at 403
take a chair, take the chair 404
take a walk, go for a walk, be on a walk 404
T 404
take…as, take…for 405
take care, take care of 406
take charge, take charge of 407
take note, take note of, take notes (of) 408
take pains, have pains 409
take part in, take part with, take the part of 410
take the place of, take place 411
technical, technological 411
tell…of, tell…about, tell…fromd 413
terrified of, terrified at 413
thank…for, thank…to 414
thanks for, thanks to 415
that is, that is to say 416
the rest, the rest of 417
the reason why, the reasoa that 417
the same…as, the same…that, the same as 418
think better of, think highly of 420
though, although 421
three weeks ago, three weeks before 422
throw off. get off, take off 423
till, until 424
tired with/from, tired of,tire of 425
tiresome, tiring, tired 426
to date, up to date, up-to-date 427
to safty, in safty, for safty, with safty 429
together, altogether 431
too much, much too 431
too…not to, not too…to 432
tremble with, tremble at, tremble for 433
troubled, troublesome 434
trine in, in tune 435
turn into, turn…into 437
TV, TV set 437
U 438
Under control, under the control of, in control (of) 438
under one s arm, in one s arms 440
under repair, in repair 440
under/in the circumstances, under all/any circumstances 441
under the sun, in the sun 442
up and down, ups and downs 443
urban, urbane 444
used to, be used to 445
useful for, useful to 446
V 447
valuable, valued 447
varied, various, wriable 448
vary in, vary with, vary from 450
visit, visit with 450
wait, await 451
W 451
wait for, wait on, wait up for 453
wake up, wake up to 454
want to do, want doing 455
warn…of, warn…against 456
watch sb. do, watch sb. doing, watch sth. done 457
wear away, wear down, wear off, wear on, wear out 458
west, western, westward, westwards, westerly 460
whether…or not, whether or not, whether…or no, whether or no 463
what if, what of, what for 463
while, when 465
who, whom 468
wipe away, wipe off, wipe out 469
with a/the view to, with a/the view of 471
with sorrow, in sorrow 472
with joy, for joy, in joy 472
with words, in word, in a word 473
work on, work at 474
worry about, worried about 475
worth, worthy to, worthy of, worthwhile 475
to one s mind, on one s mind 498
not all, all…not 979