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Absolute absolute

Absolutely have absolute confidence

absolutely amazing

2

Abstract abstract /

abstraction abstract

abstract idea /concept

3

Accept

accept

acceptance

acceptable / unacceptable

acceptably

glad to accept / happy to

accept /

be / seem / make stg

acceptable

4

Accompany accompany

accompaniment

accompanied

be accompanied by

someone

5

Accountable

account

account

accountability

accountable

on account of

bank account

make someone / hold

someone accountable for

stg

6

Accumulate

accumulate

accumulation

accumulated

slowly / rapidly accumulate

begin to accumulate

lead to / prevent

accumulation

7

Accustomed

accustomed

be / become / get

accustomed to something

8

Acknowledge

acknowledge

acknowledgement

openly / publicly

acknowledge

acknowledgement from

someone

9 Additive add addition additive food additive

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Adjust

adjust

adjustment

adjustable

quickly adjust / be difficult /

hard to adjust

fully adjustable


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Administer

administer administration

administrative

administer an exam

administrative duties

12 address address address an issue address the audience

13

Advance advance,

advancement advanced

in advance, advanced level

14 Aircraft aircraft

15

Allocate

allocate allocation

allocate stg for/ to stg

allocate time / money

16

Allowance

allow allowance

weekly / daily allowance

get / receive allowance 17

Ally ally

ally

have an ally/ find an ally

ally yourself to/ with

someone

18

Alter

alter alteration

make alterations / undergo

alteration

19 Ambiguity ambiguousness

ambiguity

ambiguous ambiguously Ambiguous smile Ambiguous reply

20

Analyst

analyse

analyst

analysis

analytical

analyse

carefully/critically/fully

in depth / detailed

/objective analysis leading

/ computer / business /

political analyst

21

Ancestor ancestor

ancestry

common ancestry

claim / have / share

ancestry

22

Angle angle

from an angle / angle of /

angle between


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Apologize apologize

apology

apologetic

be/feel/look/sound

apologetic

make an apology / expect

an apology

apologize for something

apologize to someone

24

Appendix appendix

something in in the

appendix

25 Applaud applaud applause

26

Appoint

appoint

appointment

appoint someone to do

something / appoint

someone as something

make an appointment

27

Approach

approach

approach

approachable

approach somebody for

something

approach a problem /task

the approach of something

28 Arch arch

29 Arise arise arise from / arise out of

30 Artificial artificial artificially artificial flowers / light

31 Ash ash

32 Atmosphere atmosphere

33

Attain attain

attainability

attainable

perfectly / fully / easily

attainable

34

Attempt

attempt

attempt

attempted

attempt to do stg / attempt

at doing stg

attempted murder/ suicide

35 Attorney attorney


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Attribute attribute

attribute

attribution attributive

attribute stg to s.o

37

Authority

authorize

authority

authoritarian / authoritative

deny / refuse / reject /

undermine authority

authorize sb to do stg

38 Automatic automatic automatically automatic car

39 Axe axe

40 Backbone backbone

41 Barrel barrel 42

Basis

base

basis

basic

basically

base stg on stg

basis for

on a ...basis

43 Beak beak bird beak

44

bear bear

bearable, unbearable

to be, become bearable

to make stg bearable

45 Beast beast beastly

46 Bend bend bend over / down

47 Beneath beneath

48 Beneficiary beneficiary beneficiary of

49 Bet bet

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Bias bias

biased

political / gender / racial

bias

51

Bid bid

bid

bid against / bid for

make / place a bid

52 Bind bind binding be bound to

53 Blade blade 54

Boost

boost

boost booster

boosted

give sb / provide sb with

boost / boost somebody's

confidence

confidence booster


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Border border

on the border /across the

border / cross the border

56 Bother bother bother bother to do something

57

Bound

bound

bound

within the bounds / out of

bounds

bound to do something

58

Boundary boundary

common / northern / state

boundary

59 Breadth breadth breadth of stg

60 Breed breed breed rare breed / pure breed

61

Bribe bribe

bribe

bribery

bribe someone to do stg

bribe someone with stg

62 Brief brief brief briefly

63

Broad broaden

broad

broad range

broaden your horizons

64 Brush brush brush brush your hair / teeth

65 Bubble bubble

66 Bulk bulk bulk of something

67

Bundle bundle

bundle

bundled

bundle of something

in a bundle

68

Campaign campaign

campaign

launch / start / organise /

run / manage a campaign

69 Candidate candidate

70

Capable /Incapable (of)

capability

capable / incapable

have capability

be capable of doing

something

71 Captain captain

72

Capture capture

capture, captive

captured

try to / manage to / attempt

to capture


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Careless

care

care

carelessness

careless

carelessly

take care / provide

someone with care

/ care about

become / get / grow

careless

74

Carriage carriage

horse-drawn carriage, train

carriage

75

Category categorize

category

categorize into

put stg into a category

76

Cease

cease

ceasefire

declare /negotiate ceasefire

cease to exist

77 Century century

Bride of the Century

78

Ceremony ceremony

ceremonial

brief / formal / official

ceremony

79 Chamber chamber

80

Cheat cheat

cheat / cheater

cheat on someone / turn

someone into a cheat

81 Chief chief chiefly chief of police / staff

82 Chin Chin

83 Cite cite citation cited works cited

84

Civil civilian

civil

be civil to someone

civil war

85

Clap clap

clap

give someone a big clap /

clap loudly

86 Client client

87 Cliff cliff

88 Coal Coal


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Code

code

code

encode

coded, encoded

break / write in code / a

code of behaviour /

conduct/ practice

90 Collapse collapse collapse from stg

91 collaborate

collaborate collaboration collaborative collaborate with someone / on something collaborate in doing sth

92 Colonise colonise colony colonised establish a colony


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93 Comfort comfort comfort comfortable / comforting find / get / seek comfort

94 Comment

comment

comment

have / make a comment

comment on / about

something to someone

95

Commentary commentary

radio / sports / news

commentary

96

Commerce

commerce

commercial

commercial

cinema / radio / TV

commercial

do / make a commercial

domestic / international

commerce

97

Commodity commodity

basic / common / cheap

commodity

98 Company accompany company Film company

Food company

99

Compatible

(with)/Incompatible

compatible / incompatible

compatible with

100 Compensate

compensate

compensation

compensated

compensate for something

get / receive / gain

compensation 101

Compile

compile

compilation

compile something from /

for stg

a compilation of

102 Component component

103 Compose compose

composer /

composition

compose stg

104 Comprehensive comprehend

comprehension

comprehensive /

comprehensible

extremely / fully / quite

comprehensive

105 Comprise comprise comprised be comprised of


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Compromise

compromise

compromise

compromised

agree on / arrive at / come

to / reach a compromise


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107 Concern concern concern concerned concerned about

108 concrete concrete concretely concrete evidence

109 Conclude conclude

conclusion

conclusive

come to a conclusion / in

conclusion

110 Confirm confirm

confirmation

confirmed

wait for / have / get

confirmation

111 Conform conform

conformity,

conformist

conform to

112 Conscience conscience

113 Conscious consciousness

conscious / unconscious

consciously /

unconsciously be conscious of stg

114 Consensus consensus

arrive at / reach a

consensus

115 Conservative conservatism conservative

116 Consistent /Inconsistent

consistency

inconsistency

Consistent /Inconsistent consistent with

117 Constant constant remain / stay constant

118 Constitute constitute

constitution

draw up / prepare / adopt /

enact a constitution

119 Constrain constrain constraint constrained constraint on

120 Consult consult

consultation /

consultant

consult sb about stg

121 contaminate contaminate contamination contaminated

122 Contest contest /

contestant

123 Continent continent

124 Contradict contradict contradiction

125 Contrary Contrariness Contrary Contrarily On the contrary

126 Controversial controversy

Controversial cause / create controversy


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127 Convene convene

convention

conventional

conventionally

annual / international

convention


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128 Coordinate

coordinate

coordination

coordinated

coordinate with / lack of

coordination

color coordinated

129 Corporate corporate

130 Correspond correspond correspondence correspond to

131 Cotton cotton

132 Coverage cover coverage live coverage

133 Crack crack crack

134 Craft craft

135 Creation

create

creation / creativity

/ creator

creative

creatively

136 Creature creature

137 Criteria Criteria (pl) Criterion(sg)

138 Crown crown

139 Crucial crucial crucial for / crucial to

140 Cultivate cultivate cultivation cultivated

141 Curse curse curse curse for

142 cynical cynical

143 Dare dare

dare

daring

How dare you ! I dare

you to ...

144 dam dam build a dam

145 Data data collect data

146 Debate

debate

debate

debatable

debate about / on

debate between

have a debate

147 Decade decade

148 Deceive deceive deception / deceit

deceptive

149 Deed deed

150 Deer deer


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151 Defeat defeat defeat (un)defeated accept / admit defeat


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152 Defend defend defense defensive defend against

153 Delicate delicacy delicate

154 Derive derive derive from

155 Depress Depressive/ depressed /

depressing

depressively

156 Deserve deserve

157 Desire desire desire desire for stg

158 Despair despair /

desperation

in / with despair

159 Detect detect

detection/

detective

160 Deviate deviate deviation deviate from 161

diagnose

diagnose

diagnosis

to diagnose correctly,

wrongly to

make / give diagnosis

correct/ right / tentative

diagnosis 162

dispute

dispute

dispute

disputed (border/

territory/goal)

a bitter/long-running dispute dispute over a problem a pay/legal/trade dispute to be in dispute with someone hotly disputed (passive)

163 distract

distract

distraction

distracted

distract

somebody/something from

something

164 Devote

devote

devotion

devoted

devote yourself to stg

devoted to

show devotion

165 Differentiate differentiate

different

differentiate between

differentiate from


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166 Dig dig digger dig for stg

167 Dimension dimension dimensional in two / three dimensions

168 Diminish diminish

169 Dine dine dinner dine out

170

Direct

direct

director

direct

direct a film / film director

be extremely / very / quite

direct


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171 Discriminate

discriminate

discrimination

positively/ unfairly

discriminate discriminate

against age / class /

gender / race religious

discrimination against

somebody

172 Dismiss

dismiss

dismissal

dismissive, dismissed

dismissal of somebody

reason for dismissal

class / meeting is

dismissed

173 Disobey

disobey / obey

disobedience /

obedience

obedient/disobedient

disobedience to somebody

punish somebody for

disobedience

174 Display display

display

clearly, prominently,

proudly display

175 Dispose

dispose

disposal

disposable

rubbish, sewage, waste

disposal

dispose of stg

176 Disregard disregard

disregard

demonstrate / show

disregard for / of stg

177 Disrespect

disrespect

disrespect

Disrespectful/respectful have, show, treat

somebody with disrespect

178

Dissimilar dissimilar / similar

be / appear / look dissimilar

from / to

179 Dissolve Dissolve Dissolver,

dissolvent

Dissolvable


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180

Distinct

distinction

distinct / distinctive

become / remain distinct

crucial, important, main

distinction between


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181 Distort

distort

distortion

seriously, severely distort

stg

cause, create, lead to

distortion of stg

182 Ditch ditch ditch deep, wide shallow ditch

183 Diversity

diversify

diversity

diverse

diversely

growing, considerable

ethnic, genetic diversity

diversity in / of stg

184 Domain domain private / public domain

185 Domestic domesticate

domestic / domesticated

domestic market, economy,

pets

186 Dominate

dominate

dominance /

domination

dominant

dominantly

*achieve, assert

dominance over sb/smtg

*seem, become, remain

dominant

*largely, increasingly

dominate

*complete,

cultural, economic,

political

domination

187 Dove dove peace dove

188 Downward downward downwards

189 Drag drag

190 drawback the drawbacks of sth

191 Drawer drawer open, pull a drawer

192 Drugstore drugstore

193 Eager eager eagerly appear, seem eager

194 Ease ease

ease

easy

easily

great, remarkable ease in

begin to , try to ease


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195 Edge edge on the edge

196 Elastic elastic elastic band


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Element element

basic, crucial, essential

element

198 Eliminate eliminate elimination eliminate from

199 Emerge emerge

emergence

emerge from, into

emergence of

200 emit

emit

emission

carbon dioxide emissions,

emission levels

to cut, reduce emissions

201 Emphasis

emphasize

emphasis

emphatic

place, emphasis on

considerable, great

emphasis

strongly emphasize

202 Enable enable enabling enable sb / stg to do stg

203 Endurance endure

endurance

endurable

endurance test

endure doing stg

204 Enemy enemy

defeat, destroy, confront,

face an enemy

205 Energetic

energise

energy

energetic

renewable, nuclear, solar

energy

generate, supply, consume

energy

206

Enforce

enforce

enforcement

enforced

fully, strictly enforced

strict, effective enforcement

law, legal, police

enforcement

enforce a law / rule / policy


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207 Engage

engage

engagement

engaged / engaging

engage s in stg

previous, prior engagement

deeply, heavily engaged

208 Entitle

entitle

entitlement

entitled

be entitled to do stg

entitle sb to do stg

entitlement to

holiday,benefit, pension

entitlement

209 Essence essence real, true essence

Estimate estimate,

overestimate,

underestimate

estimate / (under,

over)estimation

(under, over)estimated

difficult to, hard to estimate

early, initial estimate

make an estimate

210 Ethics ethics

Ethical/Unethical (un)ethically

personal, business medical

ethics

211 Ethnic ethnic

ethnic origin, ethnic

violence

212 evidence

evidence

evident

evidently

convincing, decisive

evidence

it is evident that ...

213 Evolution

evolve

evolution

evolved

gradual, rapid, natural

evolution

evolve from, evolve into

214

Examine

examine

examination

fully, properly examine

careful, detailed, full

examination

215

Exceed exceed

expected to, likely to

exceed

216 Excess excess excessive excess of


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Executive

execute

executive

executive

Chief Executive Officer

(CEO), executive decision

218

Exhibit

exhibit

exhibition

small, important, major

exhibition exhibit

symptoms

219 Exit exit exit

220 Expense expense

expensive

leading, medical, travel

expenses

221 Expertise expertise, expert

lack, need , require

expertise

222

Exploit

exploit

exploitation

military, sexual exploit

b open to, be vulnerable to

exploitation 223

Export Export

Exportability Exportable

224 eyebrow

225

Facilitate facilitate

facilitation,

facilitator

further facilitate

226 Facility facility

childcare, leisure facilities

227 Fade fade

quickly fade, fade away,

begin to fade

228 feasible feasibility

feasible, infeasible

economically/technically/pol

itically feasible

229 Feast feast have a feast

230 Fellow fellow fellow fellow traveller


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231 Fierce fierce

fiercely

fierce attack, opposition,

criticism

232 File file

file

alphabetically file

fat, thick, secret, case file

233 Fine fine fine fined pay a (high) fine a library/ parking fine

234 Finite/Infinite infinity

Finite/Infinite finite resources infinity

of stg


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235 Fitness fitness fit

236 Flame flame

237 Flesh flesh

238 Flood flood flood flooded

239 Fluctuate

fluctuate

fluctuation

sharply, considerably

fluctuate

fluctuate between A and B

cause fluctuation 240 Fond

fondness fond

be fond of great,

special fondness

241 Forever forever

forever and ever

go on forever

242 Foundation found

foundation

founded

The British Heart

Foundation

243 Frozen freeze freezer frozen freeze to death

244 Fundamental

fundamental

seem, remain, consider stg,

regard stg as fundamental

truly, fairly fundamental

245 Funeral funeral funeral ceremony, service

246 Fur fur

furry

thick, soft, artificial, fake fur

247 Furnish furnish

furniture

furnished

fully furnished, garden

furniture

248 Furthermore furthermore

249 Gain

gain

gain

gain control, power,

reputation

financial, economic gain

250 Gap gap gap between


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252 Gentle

gentleman

gentle

gently

appear, look, seem gentle

perfect, real, true

gentleman

253 Gifted gift gifted be gifted in

254 Glove glove

gardening, surgical, oven

gloves

255 Glue glue glue put on glue

256 Grab grab try to, manage to grab

257 Grain grain

258 Grease grease

covered in grease, remove,

dissolve grease

259 Grand grandness grand grandly 260 Grind grind grinder

261 Guarantee guarantee guarantee guaranteed full, life time guarantee

262

Guideline

guide

guideline

guided

practical, clear, helpful

guidelines

develop, draw up, offer,

stick to guidelines

263 Hang hang

hang upside down, hang

from a place

264 Hardship

hardship

hard

cause, endure, experience,

face hardships

265 Harvest harvest harvest, harvester good, large , rich harvest

266 Haste haste

hasty

hastily

frantic, great haste

with / without haste

267 Hay hay

268 Heel heel high-heels


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269 Hence hence

270

Hero hero / heroin

great, brave hero

become, turn into a hero


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271 Hierarchy hierarchy

hierarchical

hierarchically

hierarchical structure,

organisation

272 Hinder hinder

hindrance

be likely to, tend to hinder

without hindrance

273 Hip hip

274 Hire

hire

hire

hired

hire charge, cost, for hire

hire locally, by the day, by

the week

275 Historian

historian, history

historical

historically

contemporary, early, recent

history

throughout history

change the course of

history

276 Hollow hollow dark, natural, deep hallow

277 Holy holy holy city, man, book

278 Hook hook hooked be, become, get hooked

279 Hopeless /Hopeful hope

hope

Hopeless /Hopeful hopefully

hope for, look seem

hopeless

280 hostile hostility hostile hostile to/towards

281 Horizon

horizon

northern, southern, distant

horizon

broaden, expand, widen

horizons

282 Horizontal/Vertical Horizontal/Vertical Horizontally/Verticall

y

Horizontal/Vertical line

283

Humble humble

humbly

in my humble opinion,

humble apologies 284

humid

humidify

humidity

humid

a humid climate, high, low

humidity

humidity level


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285 Hunger

hunger

hungry

extreme hunger, feel

hunger

become, get, make sb

hungry

286 Hunt

hunt

hunter, hunting

fox, seal, tiger hunt

massive, nationwide hunt

treasure hunt

287 Hypothetical

hypothesis

Hypothetical Hypothetically acceptable, working

hypothesis

entirely, purely, totally

hypothetical

288 Identical identical

identically

look, seem identical

identical to / with

289 Ideological Ideology Ideological Ideologically dominant, official, capitalist,

socialist ideology

290 Idle idle

idly

remain, leave stg, make stg

idle

291 Ignorant

ignore

ignorance

Ignorant show ignorance

appear, seem, seem,

remain ignorant

292

Illegal /Legal legalize

legality

Illegal /Legal become, be legal

challenge, question, assert,

recognise legality

293 Imitate imitate

imitation

imitated

accurate, good, poor

imitation

294 Immense Immense Immensely


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Immigrant Immigrate Immigrant,

Immigration

illegal, foreign, Italian

immigrant

illegal, large-scale,

immigration

immigration rules, officer,

service

immigrate from / to

296

Implication

implicate

implication

be implicated in stg

considerable, crucial,

major, important

implications 297 Import

import importation

imported

298

Imprison

imprison

imprisonment

falsely, wrongly, temporarily

imprison ten years,

immediate , life

imprisonment

299

Improbable/probable

probability

Improbable/probable

probably

highly probable

probable outcome, result,

consequence

300 Improper/Proper Improper/Proper properly proper way, place

301

Impure/Pure

purity / impurity

Impure/Pure

purely

pure silk

pure chance, coincidence

purity of tap water

302 Inaccessible/Accessible access

access, (in)

accessibility

Inaccessible/Accessible make stg, become, remain

accessible

303 Incentive Incentive big, considerable, sufficient,

more, less, financial

incentive


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304 in charge

305

Incident Incident ,

incidence incidental

incidentally

major, serious incident

306 indifferent indifference indifferent show indifference to/towards sth


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307 Inherit inherit

inheritance inheritance from sb

large, small inheritance

308 Inclusive include

inclusion

Inclusive, included possible inclusion

all inclusive

309 Incorporate Incorporate incorporated

incorporate stg into / in stg

310 Incurable/curable cure cure Incurable/curable incurable disease, illness

311 Indefinite /definite Indefinite /definite (in)definitely Indefinite/definite article

312 Independence Independence Independent Independently become, feel, make

somebody independent

full, total independence

enjoy, value independence

313 Indirect Indirect indirectly Indirect speech

314 Inevitable Inevitable inevitably

inevitable result,

consequence

315 Infrastructure Infrastructure

316 Inherent Inherent Inherently be inherent in stg

317 Inhibit Inhibit inhibition

tend to, severely inhibit

inhibit someone from stg

318 Initiate Initiate Initiative take the initiative, have

initiative

319 Inner Inner

320 Innovate Innovate Innovation Innovative successful, scientific

innovation

321 Inordinate Inordinateness Inordinate Inordinately Inordinate amount of time Inordinate number of problems

322 Insight Insight have, gain, get insight into


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323

Insist Insist insistence

insistent

insistently

insist on

become, remain insistent


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324 Inspect Inspect Inspection,

inspector

carefully, thoroughly

inspect

carry out, make, conduct

inspection

325 Instruct

instruct

instruction,

instructor

carefully, explicitly instruct

proper formal,

individualized, private

instruction

326 Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficiently/Suffici

ently prove insufficient

327 Integral Integrate

integration

Integral integrate into / with

encourage, achieve, speed

up, require, lead to

integration

integral part of stg

328 Intense

intensify

Intensity Intensive, intense Intensively tend to, be likely to intensify

high, low intensity

intensive care, labour

intensive

329 Internal /External Internal /External Internally

/Externally

330 intervene

intervene

intervention

to intervene directly, a

police, military intervention

331 Invade

invade

invasion, invader

invaded

military invasion

fear of invasion

invasion of privacy

332

Invaluable value

value

Invaluable, valuable remain, make stg

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333 Irrational/rational Irrational/rational Irrationally/rationally quite, totally irrational

334 Isolate

isolate

isolation

isolated

political, complete, social

isolation isolate

somebody from somebody /

stg 335 jail

336 Jaw jaw

337 Jewel jewel, jewellery

338 Joint joint knee, hip, elbow joint

339 Kingdom kingdom

340 Lab lab, laboratory

341 Label

label

label

put a label on stg

correctly, falsely, properly,

wrongly label

342 Labour labour, labourer

physical, hard labour

cheap, child labour

343 Ladder ladder climb a ladder

344 Lately late lately

345 Lay lay lay eggs, lay stg out

346 Layer layer thin, thick layer

347 League

league

at the bottom / top of the

league, be in a different

league

348 Lean lean

lean on somebody

lean towards


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349 Liberal

liberate

liberty

liberal

liberal leader, party

personal, political, religious

liberty

350 Lid lid put a lid on stg

351 life expectancy life expectancy 352 Lifelong lifelong lifelong learning


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353 Lifetime

lifetime

in your lifetime

lifetime income,

employment, experience

354 Likewise likewise

355 Limb limb broken, injured, stiff limb

356 Lift lifted the ban on sth lift sb's spirits

357 Load load load loaded heavy, work, full load

358 Lodging lodging lodging house

359 Log log keep a log, web log

360 Logic logic Logical, Illogical logically

361 Longevity 362 Lord Lord Good Lord!

363 Loyal loyalty

loyal

extremely, very loyal

show loyalty to, for, from

364 Magic

magic, magician

magical

magically

pure, black magic

truly, totally magical

do magic

365 Major majority

major

big, vast majority, majority

of

366 Mall mall shopping mall

367 Manipulate

manipulate

manipulation,

manipulator

manipulative

easily, deliberately

manipulate

careful, clever, deliberate

manipulation

368 Mankind mankind history of mankind

369 Marker marker board marker

370 Massive

mass, masses

massive

enormous , huge, large

mass massive

heart attack

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371 Master master

master

master and servant

master the art of stg

372 Mat mat yoga mat


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373 Mate mate class, team, work mate

374 Maximum

maximise

maximum

maximum

maximum amount, number

maximise opportunities,

chances

375 Meantime meantime in the meantime

376 Meanwhile meanwhile

377 Mechanism

mechanism,

mechanic

mechanical

mechanically

locking, steering

mechanism

avoidance, control, defence

mechanism

378 Melt melt melting, melted melt away

379 Memorial memorial

memorial

memorial ceremony,

service

380 Mentality

mentality

mental

mentally

mentality of teenagers,

youth

mental illness

381 Merchant merchant,

merchandise

rich, powerful merchant

buy, sell merchandise

382 Mere mere

merely

mere coincidence, mere

fact

383 Messenger message

messenger,

message

don't shoot the messenger

384 Midst midst in the midst of

385 Migrate migrate

migration, migrant

migrant worker, migrate

from, into, to

386 Mild mild mildly mild weather, illness

387 Military military

military

militarily

military forces,military

action

388 Minimal minimal

389 Minimum maximum


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390 Mining mining, mine,

miner

coal mine

391 Minority minority

minority

belong to, discriminate

against minority

392 Mixed mix

mixture

mixed

ethnically, socially racially

mixed

393 Mode mode normal mode

394 Moderate moderation

moderate

in moderation

moderate amount of stg

395 Modest modesty modest modestly show modesty

396 Modify modify

modification

modified

genetically- modified food

397 Monitor monitor

monitorship

monitor monitorial baby monitor

monitor sb's cholesterol levels

398 Motionless motion

motionless

absolutely, virtually

motionless

399 Motivate motivate

motivation

motivated

poor, low motivation, lack,

lose motivation

400 Motive motive motive behind, for stg

401 Multiple multiple multiple choice

402 Multiply multiply multiplication multiplied

403 Muscle muscle

404 Mutual mutual

mutually

mutual trust, respect,

understanding

405 Namely namely

406 Neat neatness neat neatly

407 Neglect neglect

negligence

neglected, negligent

be accused of, guilty of

negligence


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408 negotiate negotiate negotiation negotiator

a negotiated agreement/settlement/ solution

negotiate with sb negotiate for a contract negotiate an agreement negotiate business deals

409 Neutral neutral remain, stay neutral

410 Nevertheless nevertheless

411 Noble noble noble family, blood

412 Nonetheless nobility nonetheless


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413 Norm norm

normal

become the norm, social,

cultural norms

414 Notable

note

note notion

notable

notably

notion of stg

notable example,

achievement, success

415 Nuclear nuclear nuclear power

416 Nuisance Nuisance awful, terrible nuisance

417 Numerous number number numerous numerous occasions

418 Nut nut

419 Obedience (dis)obey

(dis)Obedience Obedient/disobedient Obediently/disobedi

ently obedience to

420 obliged obligation obliged, obligatory to be, feel obliged to do stg

to be obligatory for sb to do

stg

421 Omit omit omission

422

423 Ongoing ongoing ongoing project, research

424 Operate operate operation Operate (machinery)

425 Option option optional have an option

426 Otherwise Otherwise

427 Outbreak outbreak outbreak of disease

428 Outcome outcome major outcome

429 Outlook outlook 430 Outwards outward Outwards facing, looking outwards

431 Overlap overlap overlap overlapping overlap with

432 Pan pan

433 Parallel parallel parallel to

434 Paste paste

paste

copy and paste, tooth-paste

435 Patriotic patriotism, patriot patriotic


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436 Pattern pattern pattern of stg

437 Pearl pearl

438 Peculiar peculiarity peculiar become, remain peculiar

439 Penalty penalize Penalty pay a penalty a penalty of up to three years in prison. 440 Periodical periodical

441 Persist persist

persistence

persistent

persist in, show persistence

442 Pile pile a pile of

443 Pinch pinch a pinch of

444 Pipe pipe water pipe

445 Pitch pitch football pitch

446 Plot plot plot of a film, story

447 Plough plough plough plough through

448 Plug plug plug plugged / unplugged pull the plug, plug stg in

449 Policy policy

foreign, economic, public

policy

450 Pose pose

pose a threat, danger, risk

451 Possess Possess Possession possessive

family, personal, private

possession

452 Potential potential

potential

potentially

reach, realize, fulfil

potential

453 Poverty

poverty

poor

reduce, eliminate poverty

extreme, severe,

widespread, rural, urban

poverty

454 Powder powder gun powder

455 Practical practicality

practical

practically

practical person

practicalities of stg

456 Precious precious precious stone


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457 Prejudice prejudice prejudice Prejudicial


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458 Preliminary preliminary

preliminary

preliminary stages

as a preliminary

459 Premises premises

on the premises, off the

premises

460 Preservation Preserve Preservation

preservative

environmental, building

preservation

food, wood, artificial

preservative

preserve stg for stg

461 Presumably Presume

presumption

Presumably rightly, wrongly presume

strong, general

presumption about, against

462 Pretend pretend pretension pretentious pretentiously pretend to be

463 Pride pride pride proud proudly have pride, out of pride

464 Primarily primary primary Primarily primary care

465

Prior prioritize Priority Prior high, major, top, immediate

, low priority

Prior to stg

466 Prize prize

get, receive, take, accept a

prize

467 Procedure Procedure complex, complicated

simple procedure

468 Proceed

proceed

proceedings

decide to, intend to

proceed

criminal,justice, legal

proceedings


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469 Prohibit Prohibit

prohibition

prohibitory

prohibit from

impose, abolish , lift

prohibitions

prohibition against, of 470 Projection Project

Projection

471 Promote

promote

promoter,

promotion

promote stg, widely

promoted, efforts to

promote

get a promotion

472 Prompt promptness Prompt Promptly prompt action

473 Proof

prove

proof

proven

prove to be innocent, guilty

be proof against stg

474 Properly

proper / improper

(im)Properly proper name, behaviour,

place

improper conduct,

behaviour

475 Proportion Proportion proportion of stg

476 Proposal

propose

proposal

marriage proposal

propose doing stg

propose an idea

477 Prospective

prospect

Prospective Prospective

(buyers/employers)

job, career prospects

478 Protection

protect

protection

protective

protect against, from

be protective against,

towards protection

against, from


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479 Radical Radical Radical radical changes, ideas

480

Random random

randomly

random sample, selection


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481 Rank

rank

rank

rank high, low

be ranked fourth, number

one

482 Ratio ratio ratio between

483 Raw raw raw material / food

484 Reactor react reactor nuclear reactor

485 rebel rebel

rebel, rebellion

rebellious

rebel against stg

rebel forces/soldiers

486 Recall recall

recall

recall clearly, vividly, well

total recall

487 Reckon reckon reckoning reckon stg to be stg

488 Reform

reform

reform,

reformation,

reformist

go through reform

carry out , implement, put

into practice reforms

attempt to, seek to, try to

reform

489 Refresh refresh Refreshments refreshing, refreshed

490 Refuse Refuse Refusal refuse to do stg, refusal to

do stg

491 Regard

regard

regard

regarding, regardless

regard stg as stg

show, pay, considerable,

great regard

regardless of

492 Regime regime

new, old, current, socialist

regime

493 Regulate Regulate Regulation regulated

strict, tight, government,

school regulations

494 Reinforce reinforce

reinforcement

reinforced

positive, negative

reinforcement

495 Rejoice Rejoice rejoicer Rejoicing, rejoiceful Rejoicingly


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496 Relate

relate

relation, relative

related

Relatively relate stg to stg

relation between / with / to

497 Relief

relieve

relief

considerable, deep,

enormous relief a

sense of relief, tears of

relief

498 Reluctant reluctance

reluctant

reluctantly

be reluctant to / reluctance

to

499 Remark remark make a remark

500 Replicate Replicate replica replicate the original experiment

501 Reproduce reproduce reproduction reproductory reproductory organs

502 Request request request make a request

503 Rescue rescue rescue

504 Residence

reside

residence, resident

residential

residents of a place

residential home, course,

neighbourhood

505 Resign

resign

resignation

resign from

announce, accept, reject

resignation

506 Resist resist

Resistance irresistible

popular army, organised,

political resistance

507 Resolve

resolve

resolution

resolved

an attempt to resolve,

resolve stg through / by stg

508 Resource resource

resourceful

financial, limited, natural

resources

509 Restless restless


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510 Restrain

restrain

restraint

restrained

restrain from

considerable, great,

remarkable restraint


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511

Restrict

restrict

restriction

restrictive, restricted

without restriction

restrict yourself/somebody

to (doing) something

restricted access, area 512

Retain

retain

retainment

retainable

retain employees retain land retain old customs

513

Reverse

reverse

reversal

reversible

reversal of stg

reverse a

decision/verdict/policy 514 Revenue

Revenue

515 Rigid

rigour

rigid

be, appear , seem rigid

academic, intellectual,

logical rigour

516 Rival rival, rivalry rival company/firm/team

517 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks

518 Rough rough roughly

519 Route route scenic route

520 Rubber rubber rubber gloves

521 Rumour rumour

spread,hear, start a rumour

522 Rural /urban urbanization rural / urban rural area

523 Rush rush

rush

do something in a rush

rush to do something

524 Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice make sacrifices

sacrifice something for

something

525 Sand sand


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526 sarcasm sarcastic heavy sarcasm

527 Scale scale on a large scale


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528 Scare

scare

scare Scared

care the life/living

daylights/hell etc out of

somebody

a bomb scare

a health scare

529 Scarce Scarcity

scarce resources the scarcity of skilled workers

530 Scenario Scenario worst-case/nightmare

scenario

531 Schedule /Scheme Schedule /Scheme make a schedule

532 Scope scope

beyond/outside/within the

scope of something

533 Seal seal seal hunt

534 Sector sector sectoral public/private sector

535 Seek seek

seeker

seek refuge/asylum/shelter

seek revenge/damages/

compensation

job/attention/publicity etc

seeker

536 Seize seize

seize something from

somebody

537 Senior senior senior management.

538 Sentence

539 Sequence Sequence

sequential

sequentially

in a ... Sequence

out of sequence

sequence of events

540 Session session


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541 Settle settle

Settlement, settler settled in

542 Shift shift shift

543 Shot Shot Shot of …

544 Siblings Siblings

545 Simultaneous Simultaneous Simultaneously


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546 Shade shade

shaded

in the shade (of something)

547 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp sharp edge

548 Sheet (of paper) Sheet Sheet of paper

549 Shelter

shelter

Shelter animal shelter

shelter sb/sth from sb/sth

550 Shield

Shield

shield

shield against shield

somebody/something from

somebody/something

551 Shift shift

shift

shift

attention/emphasis/focus

552 Shoot

shoot

shoot

shoot somebody in the

leg/head etc a

photo shoot

553 Shore Shore sea shore

554 Shortage Shortage water/food/housing etc

shortage

shortage of

555 sin sin to commit, confess a sin

it is a sin to do stg

556 Sincere sincerity Sincere Sincerely

557 Slight Slight Slightly

558 Smart smart

559 So called So called

560 Soil soil


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561 Sole sole solely solely responsible

562 Solid solid

563 Sow sow sowing the seeds of

564 Specialist Specialize Specialist specialised Specially specialize in

565 Sphere sphere spherical

566 Spill spill spill spilt cry over spilt milk

567 Spin spin

568 Spit spit

569 Spite Spite Spite Spiteful In spite of

570 Splendid Splendid splendidly

571 Split Split

572 Spot Spot spot the difference

573 Stable

stable

stable

in a stable condition

shut/close the stable door

after the horse has bolted

British English

574 Stare (at) Stare Stare (at)

575 Stem stem stem Stem (from)

576 Sticky stick sticky stick to

577 Stiff Stiff Stiff joints

578 Sting sting

A bee, wasp, scorpion can

sting

579 Stir

stir

stir something with

something

stir something in/into

something

580 Stocking stockings

581 Stove stove

582 Straw straw the last straw

583 Stretch stretch

584 Strict Strict Strictly


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585 Strike Strike Strike strike something with

something

586 Substance Substance Substantial substantially substantial amount of stg

587 Suburb Suburbs

588 Suck suck

589 Superior superiority Superior superiority complex

590 Surround Surround Surrounding

591 Suspend Suspend

suspension

Suspended total, temporary, immediate

suspension suspend

somebody from something

592 Sustain Sustain sustainability

Sustainable environmentally sustainable

593 Swing swing swing swing back and forth

594 Sword sword

595 Tackle tackle

tackle somebody about

something

596 talent

talent

talented

talent for stg

artistic / unique talent

to have / demonstrate

talent to be very

talented

597 Temple temple

598 Tempt Tempt Temptation tempting

tempt somebody into doing

something

599 Tension tension tense

600 Terminate terminate

termination,

terminator terminated

early, sudden termination

terminate a contract

601 terrify terrify terrified, terrifying

602 Thereby thereby thereby doing something


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603 Threat Threaten

threat

Threatening threaten to do something

threaten somebody with

something life-

threatening pose

a threat

604 Tight /Loose tighten / loosen Tight /Loose Tightly /Loosely

605 Timeless time Timeless

606 Timely time

in a timely manner/fashion

607 tolerate tolerate

tolerance

tolerant, intolerant

tolerance of/towards/for / to

608 Trace trace

trace

trace something (back) to

something

609 Tradition Tradition Traditional

610 Transit transit transit passengers

611 Transmit disease

transmit

transmission

Transmit disease

the transmission of disease

612 Trait personality/character trait

613 Trap

trap

trap

be/feel trapped

trap somebody into (doing)

something

614 Treat Treat Treat treat somebody like/as

something

badly treated/well treated

treat somebody with

respect/contempt/courtesy

my treat


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615 Treatment Treat treatment treatment of/for

get/receive treatment

treat somebody with

something

616 Tremble tremble trembling tremble with anger/fear

617 Trigger Trigger Trigger trigger a memory

trigger the alarm

pull the trigger

618 Trouble

trouble

trouble

troubling

have trouble with , ask for

trouble, trouble somebody

with something

6199

Tube tube take/catch the tube

620 Underestimate Underestimate,

estimate

estimation

Underestimated underestimate the

importance/extent/effect/

power etc of something

621 Undergo operation Undergo Undergo operation

622 Undertake

(responsibility)

Undertake Undertake (responsibility)

623 Uneasy Uneasy uneasily uneasy about

624 United Unity United economic unity , economic

unity

625 Upward upward upward trend/movement

626 Urge urge

urge

upward trend/movement

urge to do something

627 Utilise Utilise Utility utilizable utility room

628 Vain vain in vain

629 Vast vast vast majority

630 Vehicle Vehicle motor vehicle

631 Veil veil


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632 Vessel vessel

633 Violate Violate Violation, violator violated

violate rights, privacy

violation of

634 Virtual virtual virtually

635 Virtue virtue virtuous virtuously

636 Vision

vision

good/normal/poor etc vision

have visions of something

637 Visual visualize visual visually

638 Vital vital

vital to do something

vital organs

639 Waist waist

640 Whisper whisper

whisper

whisper something to

somebody

641 Wing wing

642 Widespread Widespread widespread

support/acceptance/

criticism 643 Wonder

wonder

wonder

wonder how

technological wonders

the Seven Wonders of the

World

644 Worm worm book worm

645 Worship worship

646 Wreck wreck ship wreck

647 Zone an earthquake zone a nuclear-free zone a danger zone

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