Tài liệu Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English_ Chương 2.15 pdf

Mm machine noun piece of equipment • ADJ great, huge, large, powerful I automatic, electronic I labour-saving I ingenious, versatile I sophisticated I reliable I defective I cash, coffee, exercise, fax, sewing, (telephone) answering, vending, video, washing I kidney, life-support The crash victim is now on a life-support machine I install We've had a new washing machine installed I start, stop I plug in, unplug I build, make I service I design The • VERB + MACHINE operate, use, work machine is designed tofit under a counter • MACHINE + VERB go, work Have you got the machine working again? I breakdown I run The machine runs on solar power • MACHINE + NOUN operator I parts I tool machine toolsfor making weapons • PREP by The potatoes are planted by machine in a/the - Just put those clothes in the machine (= the washing machine) on a/the - I make my own dresses on my sewing machine I -for a machinefor making coffee • PHRASES a make of machine What make of machine are they using? system/organization • ADJ party, political The independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine I administrative, government, state I propaganda, publicity I military, war the president's propaganda machine • PHRASES a cog in the machine (figurative) Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation a well-oiled machine (figurative) The department ran like a well-oiled machine since the reorganization machinery noun • ADJ heavy I complex, complicated, elaborate, sophisticated I electrical I agricultural, construction, farm, industrial, manufacturing, office, textile • QUANT piece large and complex pieces of machinery • VERB + MACHINERY maintain, service I install, set up I control, drive, operate I renew, replace, update I house The machinery is housed in a special building • MACHINERY + VERB drive sth, work sth I break down I hum • PREP -for machineryfor grinding wheat • PHRASES the hum of machinery mad adj not sane; crazy/stupid I go He went mad and spent the rest of his life locked up in a mental hospital The world had gone completely mad I drive sb His experiences in the First World War drove him mad The children are driving me mad! I consider sb, think sb Her colleagues thought her quite mad I pronounce sb • ADV absolutely, completely, quite, utterly I barking, (stark) raving What a barking mad idea! You must be stark raving mad to risk your money like that! I almost I • VERBS be, look, seem a bit, half, a little, slightly I dangerously • PREP with I went mad uiith joy and danced a little jig 2angry • VERBS be, feel, look I get I get so mad when people don't take me seriously I make sb It makes me really mad when people toastefood • ADV hopping, really I absolutely I pretty • PREP at/with My mum's absolutely mad with me! madness noun • ADJ absolute, pure, sheer, utter It's sheer madness to go sailing in weather like this • PHRASES the first sign of madness They say that talking to yourself is the first sign of madness! a moment of madness In a moment of madness, I said I'd help him magazine noun • ADJ new, old I rolled-up She hit him with a rolled-up magazine I colour, glossy I monthly, quarterly, weekly I local, national, parish I school, student I house, in-house, official the company's in-house magazine I ln- flight I popular I quality teen/teenage, women's I special interest, specialist I I business, trade I listings Check a listings magazine for what's on this weekend I computer, consumer, fashion, gardening, literary, motoring, music, news, satirical, style, travel I girlie, (hard/soft) porn, porno/pornographic, sex • QUANT copy Why did you buy three copies of the same magazine? I edition, issue • VERB + MAGAZINE leaf through, look at, read leaf- ing through the magazines in the waiting room I never read magazines I edit, write for I produce, publish a company that produces fashion magazines I buy, get, subscribe to Which magazines you get regularly? • MAGAZINE + VERB come out The magazine comes out once a month I be aimed at sb a magazine aimed at mothers with young children I be devoted to sth a magazine devoted to country life I carry sth, feature sth, run sth The magazine carried an interview with the actor considered Hollywood's hottest property • MAGAZINE + NOUN article, interview, story, survey I ad/advert/advertisement I cover I editor, writer • PREP in a/the- an article in a women's magazine magic noun secret power • ADJ black • VERB + MAGIC do, practise He earns extra money doing magic at chiidren's parties People found guilty of practising black magic were hanged I believe in I don't believe in magic I work • MAGIC + VERB work The magic slowly begins to work, and the princess starts to come to life again • PREP by- The rabbit disappeared by magic • PHRASES as if by magic The money had reappeared as if by magic special quality • ADJ absolute, pure, sheer The show is three hours of pure magic • QUANT touch The fireuiorks brought a touch of magic to the occasion • VERB + MAGIC work A hot bath and a good night's sleep worked their usual magic magical adj • VERBS be I find sth • ADV truly, very a truly magical experience I quite, totally I almost Her beauty had an almost magical quality magistrate noun • ADJ examining, investigating, nior I city, local, town • VERB + MAGISTRATE appoint licensing I chief, (sb), appoint se- sb as I Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark magnet 476 appear before, come up before He is due to appear before magistrates in connection with a public order offence • MAGISTRATE + VERB hear sth A thief who stole power tools from a store later sold them in a pub, Whitby magistrates heard yesterday I fine sb I remand sb in custody I sentence sb I adjourn sth Magistrates adjourned the case until June • PHRASES magistrates' court Is mail verb • ADV direct to The brochures are mailed direct to members • PREP free Why not join ourfree mailing list? + MAILING LIST go on, join, subscribe to I add sb to, put sb on I come off, unsubscribe from I remove sb from, take sb off • PREP on a/the- We're on the mailing list for the Film Centre I -for a mailing list for primary teachers • ADJ powerful, strong I weak I bar I fridge • VERB + MAGNET act as/like The scent of flowers acts • ADJ as a magnet to bees + VERB attract sth -for The place is a magnet for tourists • MAGNET sheer, strong I animal, personal, sexual I the earth's, terrestrial changes in the earth's magnetism • VERB + MAGNETISM exert, exude, project He exudes • ADJ a strong sexual magnetism • MAGNETISM + VERB attract sth, draw sth The magnetism produced by the battery attracts the metal His personal magnetism drew people to the church adj be, look • ADV really, truly • VERB main noun magnetism noun magnificent is in the mail mailing list noun magnet noun • PREP I in the- My reply there anything interesting in the mail? by- Send it by first-class mail • PREP • VERBS I absolutely, • ADJ gas, water I burst, leaking There's a burst water main in Quarry Road • VERB lay They're laying a new gas main + MAIN through the town • MAIN + VERB I explode, serve sth The main seroesfour villages leak + NOUN electricity, gas, water an island without mains electricity • PREP at the -s Turn the water off at the mains on the -s Some of the remoter houses in the village are not on the mains • MAINS quite an absolutely magnificent performance I rather mainstream noun cultural, educational, political, etc • VERB + MAINSTREAM enter, join I cut sb/sth off from, exclude sb/sth from These teachers have been cut • ADJ magnify verb • ADV greatly, highly, hugely The daring of his exploits had been hugely magnified by constant telling • PHRASES magnify sth 10, 100, etc times The picture shows the insect's head magnified ten times magnitude noun • ADJ considerable, great I sufficient a fall in costs of sufficient magnitude to enable us to reduceprices • PREP in - The effects were substantial in magnitude • PHRASES of the first magnitude Stars of thefirst magnitude are visible to the naked eye a disaster of the first magnitude (by) an order of magnitude Her calculation was out by several orders of magnitude offfrom the mainstream of educational activity + NOUN society I education, schools politics I art, cinema I media • PREP in/within the- He was in the mainstream of British contemporary music into the - This technology was • MAINSTREAM I parties, designed for specialists but is now starting to move into the mainstream out of/outside the - He drifted out of the mainstream of society • PHRASES part of the mainstream This style of drama is not part of the mainstream maintain verb keep sth at the same level maid noun + MAINTAIN be anxious to, wantto Weare anxious to maintain our close links with the police I have to, • VERB dairy, kennel, kitchen, laundry, parlour, scullery I lady's, personal I daily They had a daily maid, but no • ADJ live-in servants q Note atJOB need to I strive to, try to I help (to) I be able to I be difficult to The government's position became increasing- ly difficult to maintain the duty/need to maintain sth He emphasized the need to maintain the status quo keep sth in good condition • ADV properly, well I poorly a poorly maintained central heating system • PHRASES mail noun first-class, second-class I surface I express I registered I internal If we want to send something to another department, we use the internal mail I international I direct direct mail advertising I incoming, outgoing I unopened, unread I electronic, video, voice I junk I • ADJ throw junk mail straight in the bin without reading it I hate He has received death threats and hate mail from angry fans I fan • QUANT item, sackful • VERB + MAIL send I get, receive I deliver I forward, redirect Wegot the Post Office to redirect our mail when we moved I collect The mail is collected twice a day I sort The postcode allows the mail to be sorted automatically I check She checked her mail before leaving the hotel pick up I open I read I answer, deal with • MAIL + VERB • MAIL + NOUN I come,goHasthemailcomeyet? order All our products are available by mail order I message I item I program I system • VERB be difficultto I be easy to be responsible for maintaining sth + MAINTAIN • PHRASES maintenance noun keeping sth in good condition annual, regular, routine I long-term, ongoing I I essential The power station has been shut down for essential maintenance I preventative I careful I easy The engine is designed for easy maintenance I low, minimal This type of garden requires minimal maintenance Ion-site I aircraft, car, machine, etc • VERB + MAINTENANCE carry out We carry out routine maintenance of the equipment I need, require • MAINTENANCE + NOUN engineer, crew, man, staff, team I bill, costs I contract I service We provide a • ADJ proper Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark man 477 maintenance service on all our products I programme I work • ADJ adult I immature, young I old I dominant dominant male in the herd I large, powerful, strong money paid to support sb child • ADJ • VERB + MAINTENANCE • MAINTENANCE + NOUN male noun pay I claim payments I arrears He was jailed for failing topay maintenance arrears • PREP in - Hepays £1 000a month in child maintenance the hormone I sexuality I chauvinism, role the male of the species The male of the spe- + NOUN • MALE I identity, chauvinist • PHRASES cies has more brightly-colouredfeathers than thefemale, male adj major noun • ADJ big, great, huge, overwhelming, substantial, vast I silent The march was by the silent majority who op- be entirely, exclusively The club is an exclusively male preserve I largely, mainly, mostly, overwhelmingly, predominantly The uiorkforce ispredominantly male I essentially an essentially male Western view of progress I typically I peculiarly He nodded with a peculiarly male satisfaction at her capitulation I traditionally tradition- pose terrorism ally male interests q Note at • VERBS RANK • ADV majority noun most • VERB + MAJORITY comprise, constitute, form, make up English speakers form the majority of the population + NOUN culture, group, population I opinion, view I shareholder I stake The French com- malice noun • MAJORITY pany holds a majority stake in the retail chain • PREP in the - In the general population, right-handed people are in the majority • PHRASES in the majority of cases In the vast majority of cases, customers get their money back in an election handsome, huge, large, massive, overwhelming, substantial I clear, comfortable, decisive I bare, narrow, slender, slight, slim, small, tiny, wafer-thin I ten-seat, three-to-one, two-thirds, etc I absolute, outright, overall Although they are the biggest single party, they don't have an outright majority I simple I decreased, increased I working the first Labour government with a clear working majority in the House I parliamentary I government I Conservative, Labour, etc I necessary, requisite • VERB + MAJORITY command, have I achieve, gain, get, secure, win They failed to win the requisite two-thirds majority I defend, maintain, retain I lose I overturn I indicate, show • MAJORITY + NOUN government, rule I party I decision I vote, voting I support • PREP by a - They won by a huge majority I - against • ADJ pure, sheer + MALICE bear (sb), feel, have He bore me no malice Shefelt no malice She has no malice in her • PREP out of - She sacked him out of sheer malice with/without - 'You're lying,' he said, without malice I - towards I bear no malice towards anybody • VERB malicious adj • ADJ Latest opinion polls have a comfortable majority against the reform - in a majority in Parliament - in favour of Opinion polls indicated a two-thirds majority in faoour of ratification of the treaty - over He has a decisive majority over his main rivals make-up noun cosmetics heavy, thick I eye I stage + MAKE· UP use, wear I never wear make-up apply, put on I remove, take off I touch up I smudge • MAKE-UP + NOUN artist, girl I remover • VERBS be • ADY faintly, rather He gaue afaintly malicious smile at her furious expression malnutrition noun severe I chronic I child • VERB + MALNUTRITION suffer (from) I die from/of • ADJ mammal noun large, small I higher, lower I common I endangered, rare I wild I aquatic, marine, sea I land, terrestrial I carnivorous, grazing, herbivorous I nocturnal I hoofed I warm-blooded • MAMMAL + NOUN species I prey • PREP among -s deaths among marine mammals • ADJ man noun male person elderly, middle-aged, old, older, young a little old man I attractive, good-looking, handsome I ugly I short, tall I fat, thin I big, burly I little a nice little man I • ADJ black, white I dark, dark-hatred, fair, fair-haired I bearded I blind I sick I dead I intelligent, wise I great • ADJ Several people made speeches in honour of the great man I • VERB brave I charming, fine, good, kind, nice I honest I proud I quiet I bad, horrible What a horrible man! I arrogant I strange I brutal, hard, violent I married, single I family He's afamily man who rarely goes out with his friends I gay I professional I lucky He was a lucky man to have found such a partner I poor, rich I betting, gambling I'ue never been a gambling man I self-made I righthand He found success hard to come by after losing his right-hand man I innocent I free He walked out of court afree man I condemned sb's character • ADJ genetic, physical, psychological part of sb's make-up Jealousy is not part of • PHRASES his make-up malaria noun acute, severe • ADJ have, suffer from I catch, contransmit Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes I treat I eradicate • MALARIA + NOUN sufferer, victim I parasite I vaccine I control, eradication q Special page at ILLNESS • VERB tract + MALARIA I carry, human beings early, prehistoric, Neanderthal, etc • ADJ primitive I Stone Age, etc I In man the brain is highly developed known to man the most poisonous substance known to man • PREP in - • PHRASES Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark manage 478 manage verb succeed in doing sth nicely, perfectly/very well I can manage perfectly well on my own, thank you I successfully I eventually, finally I somehow I financially She was findtng it difficult to manage financially • VERB + MANAGE be able to, can/could Can you manage? I have to We'll just have to manage somehow I be • ADV difficult to I be easy to on I don't know how they manage on only £50 a week without I can manage without a dishwasher • PHRASES manage on your own • PREP control/direct sb/sth competently, effectively, efficiently, properly, successfully, well I badly I actively We will actively manage your portfolio to maximize the return on your investment I sustainably All our tropical timber products • ADV comejrom sustainably managed sources + MANAGE be difficult to The children were very difficult to manage I be easy to I learn (how) to You need to learn how to manage your time effectively • VERB manageable adj be, seem I become • ADV easily The journey is easily manageable in half an hour I quite I just (about) The job isiust about manageable in the time I relatively • VERBS management noun ment, fund, marketing, production, project, sales, technical I successful I sympathetic It helps to have a sym- pathetic manager + MANAGER promote sb to He has been promoted to business development manager I assist Yourjob will be to assist the production manager • PREP -for the marketing manager for a large company looks after a sports team • ADJ England, Scotland, etc I team I caretaker He will be the club's caretaker manager until a new manager is appointed I beleaguered another disappointing day for the beleaguered England manager qNoteatJOB • VERB mandate noun popular I clear I legal I presidential I electoral It is undemocratic to govern an area without an electoral • ADJ mandate + MANDATE have I give sb, issue I seek The party sought a mandate to reform the constitution I get, obtain, receive, win I extend, implement • MANDATE + VERB run The mandate ran until 1947 • PREP in your- Hefailed in his mandate under a/theThey ruled the country under a United Nations mandate with a/the - The party was elected with a mandate to reduce the size of government without a - They accused him of acting without a mandate I - for She has received a clear mandate for educational reform -from a mandate from the United Nations to govern the territory • VERB an extension/a renewal of a mandate • PHRASES managing sth careful, competent, effective, efficient, firm, good, sound I bad, inefficient, poor I day-to-day, routine I general, overall I business, corporate I personnel, staff I production I project, task I hospital, hotel, school I database, network, systems I asset, economic, financial, investment, money, resource I information I crisis I household I traffic I waste I forest, land I anger, anxiety, stress He's been sent on an anger management course to help him control his temper I time • VERB + MANAGEMENT need The project needs stronger management I be responsible for She is re• ADJ sponsiblefor the day-to-day management of the company • MANAGEMENT + NOUN company, consultancy, consultant, services I course, studies, training I plan, policy, strategy I expertise, skills I method, philosophy, practice, style, technique • PREP in - She is now celebrating ten years in management under sb's - The club prospered under Ferguson's management a board of management, under new management The restaurant is under new management mane noun flowing I shaggy, tangled, tousled I thick I luxuriant, shining • VERB + MANE have I shake, toss She shook her mane of auburn hair The horse tossed its flowing mane behind it I braid She spent ages braiding her horse's • ADJ mane + VERB • MANE stream The horse's mane streamed in the wind • PREP -of He has a mane of white hair a horse's/Iion's mane • PHRASES manhood noun • ADJ early, young • VERB + MANHOOD grow to, reach He grew from adolescence to young manhood I prove It seemed they were fighting to prove their manhood • PREP in - He began to go bald in early manhood • PHRASES managers • ADJ junior, middle, senior, top + MANAGEMENT criticize The unions have criticized management over their handling of the dispute • VERB • MANAGEMENT + NOUN board, committee, staff, team I meeting I decision I job, position, post, role I hierarchy, structure I buy-out I level This decision should be taken at a higher management level • PREP in Special page at ILLNESS mundane adj be, seem, sound • VERBS I become I find sth l fourui the job very mundane very I thoroughly, utterly I fairly, pretty, rather, somewhat a rather mundane task I apparently • ADV adj be, feel I become, get • ADV extremely, hopelessly, very I a bit, rather, slightly, somewhat Her ideas are slightly muddled • PHRASES be/get muddled up • VERBS mural noun giant, huge, large-scale I painted + MURAL create, produce I paint I design • MURAL + VERB depict sth, show sth murals depict• ADJ • VERB ing Aesop'sfables muddyadj be, look • VERBS I become, Don't get your shoes muddy! ball pitch extremely muddy get I get sth, make sth The rain had made thefoot- extremely, very I all My boots were all muddy bit, rather Weall got a bit muddy and wet • ADV Ia mug noun large I empty I chipped, cracked I hot, steamI beer, coffee I pint I cornmemorative, souvenir I shaving I china, plastic, etc • VERB + MUG fill, pour (out) Shefilled her mug with orangejuice.oHepouredamugoftea I pour(sb) outCraig got up and poured himself a mug of soup I pour sth into She poured hot water into the mug I drink (sth from) He • ADJ ingahotmugoftea drank a mug of coffee and left from tin mugs • PHRASES We drank champagne a mug of beer/coffee/tea, the rim of a mug He ran his finger around the rim of the mug murder noun brutal, horrific, terrible, vicious I cold-blooded, premeditated, wilful (law) a verdict of wilful murder I attempted I double, mass, multiple I terrorist I racial, sectarian I unsolved • VERB + MURDER commit murders committed by terrorists I jail sb for I avenge He vowed to avenge his brother's murder I witness I implicate sb in new evidence that implicated her in the murder I get away with • ADJ (figurative) They let their children get away with murder! • MURDER + MULE • MULE + VERB mystery murder verb brutally, foully, in cold blood The They were murdered in cold + MURDER • PHRASES I saddle by - They travelled across the mountains mule on a/the - a man on a mule by noun big, giant, large I leading, major I foreign • MULTINATIONAL + VERB operate foreign multi• ADJ nationals operating in the UK multiply verb • ADV fourfold, fivefold, manifold, etc Just imagine all the problems we've been having, multiplied a thousandfold I endlessly, indefinitely I quickly, rapidly microorganisms that multiply rapidly I together, up Multiply these two figures together If you are cooking for more people, just multiply up the quantities • PREP by2 multiplied by makes 8(= x = 8) mum noun young I single, unmarried I career, working I proud I expectant, pregnant (also mum-to-be) I new • ADJ barbarously, attemptto, try to I plan to, plot to admit/deny murdering sb, be accused of murdering sb, be charged with murdering sb She was arrested and charged with murdering the two children be convicted/found gUilty of murdering sb, be found murdered He uiasfound murdered in the cemetery • VERB ride (on) I drive bray I carry sth • PREP multinational take place boy was brutally murdered blood I ritually I allegedly • ADJ pack • QUANT team • VERB VERB + NOUN c:> Note at CRIME (for more verbs) • ADV mule noun + victim I suspect I hunt (informal), inquiry, investigation I bid, plot I conviction I scene I mystery, story Her latest novel is a gripping murder • MURDER murderer noun • ADJ alleged I convicted I mass, multiple, serial I real Heprotested his innocence and promised to help police track down the real murderer I notorious I child • VERB + MURDERER hunt, track down I catch, find, reveal (sb as), uncover • MURDERER + VERB strike The murderer has struck again I kill sb • PHRASES the identity of the murderer The identity of her murderer has not yet been revealed murmur noun sound of words that are spoken quietly • ADJ dull, faint, low, quiet, soft I general a general murmur of assent I angry • VERB + MURMUR give,letoutHegavealittlemurmur of relief I hear Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark 513 MUSIC performing playing She plays the piano very well • a concerto, instrumental, violin soloist Iplay lead guitar in a rock band • a clarinet, jazz virtuoso The oboe plays the main theme • a brass, dance, military, rock band The trumpets • a jazz, string quartet sounded to mark the queen's arrival • a pop, rock group • a bass, clarinet, guitar horn, keyboard, sax, trumpet, viola, etc player • an orchestral player • a solo album, artist, career, cello, instrument, passage, performance, voice, work • unaccompanied learning singing, violin • a bass, saxophone solo • a gala, pop, symphony concert My sister IS I practise • a concert, gala, virtuoso performance learning the French horn the clarinet an hour • a live, rock, solo gig day He studied piano at the Royal College of Music My father took up the trumpet She dropped/gave fifteen He teaches • an organ, a piano recital in his retirement up the VIOlinwhen she was James Levine conducts the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera in New York the Scottish Symphony Elizabeth Leighton the itutô Orchestra, led by ã a music, piano, singing lesson/teacher • band, cello, choir practice • an orchestral rehearsal prepositions on (the)She song three songs and I accompanied piano her on the That was Miles Davis on trumpet for (the)o work for cello, oboe and harpsichord My sister has taken up the tuba • MURMUR + VERB rise, run A murmur of excitement rose from the audience o A murmur of amusement ran round the room • PREP in a - She answered in a low murmur with a - He took the mug of coffee with a murmur of thanks without a - They did as they were told, without a murmur I - of • PHRASES the murmur of voices C:>NoteatsouND low, gentle, continuous soft sound I low • VERB I distant, far-off + MURMUR hear • PREP -ofthedistantmurmuroftra[fic • ADJ murmur verb • ADV gently, quietly, softly, under your breath 'What a Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark muscle fool I'ue been,' he murmured softly I huskily, thickly, throatily I sleepily I shakily I apologetically, appreciatively, politely, soothingly, thoughtfully 'Mmm; ' she murmured appreciatively I drily, ironically, sarcastically, sardonically, silkily, sweetly (ironic), wryly • VERB + MURMUR hear sb She heard him murmur something under his breath • PREP to He held her tight and murmured to her muscle noun • ADJ hard, powerful, strong I taut, tense, tight I cramped I walked up and down the aisle to stretch my cramped muscles I tired I abdominal, arm, calf, facial, heart, thigh, etc I skeletal • VERB + MUSCLE flex, tense He flexed his muscles, then set off to run I relax Learn how to relax tense muscles I stretch I build (up), strengthen, tone (up) I pull, tear I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle • MUSCLE + VERB ache I clench, contract, stiffen, tense, tighten I go limp, loosen, relax, slacken I quiver, ripple, twitch His muscles rippled beneath his Tshirt as he worked I control sth the muscles controlling speech production • MUSCLE + NOUN cell, fibre, tissue I group I disease, pain I contraction, relaxation, spasm, tension I tone • PREP - in The muscles in my face tensed museum noun • ADJ excellent, fascinating, great, interesting, major one of the world's great museums I local, municipal, national, provincial, regional, town I private, public I purpose-built I open-air an open-air museum offarming and the countryside I working Although the mill is no longer in commerical use, it is maintained as a working museum I archaeological, folk, industrial, local history, maritime, military, railway, science, war, etc • VERB + MUSEUM go to, visit • MUSEUM + VERB be devoted to sth, contain sth, house sth a museum devoted to railway memorabilia The museum houses afine collection of textiles • MUSEUM + NOUN bulldinq I collection, display, exhibition I piece All the planes are museum pieces I curator, director, staff I visit • PREP at a/the - an exhibition of Chinese ceramics at the Ashmolean Museum in a/the - There's a gift shop in the museum I -of the Museum of ModernArt mushroom noun • ADJ edible I poisonous I cultivated I wild I button, chestnut, field, oyster, porcini, shiitake I dried I hallucinogenic, magic, psychedelic I garlic • VERB + MUSHROOM eat, have r II have the garlic mushrooms for a starter I cultivate, grow I pick They went into the woods topick wild mushrooms I chop, slice Slice the mushrooms and add to the salad I cook, fry • MUSHROOM+ NOUN compost I omelette, sauce, soup I cloud q Special page at FOOD music noun arrangement of sounds for singing/playing • ADJ beautiful, good, great, wonderful I loud I quiet, soft, sweet The soft background music made her feel sleepy I heavy Heavy music thundered from the basement I light I serious I tonal I atonal, twelve-note I contrapuntal, polyphonic I original I live I recorded, taped I background I piped I band, choral, instrumental, orchestral, symphonic I guitar, keyboard, organ, piano, vocal, etc I chamber I church, liturgical, religious, sacred I secular I ballet, film, incidental, theme the incidental music for a radio play I computer, 514 electronic I Western I traditional I period Appropriate period music can beplayed on visits to a historic building I experimental I avant-garde, Baroque, classical, contemporary, early, medieval, modern I black, calypso, country, dance, disco, ethnic, folk, gospel, indie, jazz, pop/popular, rap, rave, reggae, rock, soul, underground, world • QUANT piece I bar, line • VERB + MUSIC listen to Listening to music is a great way to relax I hear She could hear music coming from the upstairs flat I make, perform, play We love to make music as a family I play, put on Put some music on, wouldyou?(= play a CD/cassette) I turn down/up Could you turn that music down? I compose, write I arrange I put/set sth to Schubert set several poems by Goethe to music I create, produce With the guidance of the conductor, an orchestra creates music and harmonies The city has produced a lot of good music I provide a beach party with music provided by a local band I broadcast I record I be into, enjoy, like, love She's really into rock music I get into He got into music (= became involved in the music business) by chance • MUSIC + VERB play Calypso music played faintly in the distance I blare, thunder disco music blaring out of the open windows of a car I come, drift The music was comingfrom next door • MUSIC + NOUN business, industry I scene Birmingham's live music scene I world She is a rising star in the music world I press The album has been praised in the music press I charts The band are number one in the music charts I festival I appreciation I fan, lover I critic, director, teacher the choir's music director I group I centre We bought a new television and music centre at the weekend I video I room • PREP to(the)-todancetothemusic • PHRASES in time to (the) music They did their exercises in time to the music music and song an evening of Scottish music and song the sound of music The sound of pop music drifted through the open window a style of music, taste in music Her taste in music was wide words and music He made up the words and music for the song q Note at SUBJECT (for more verbs and nouns) q Special page on page 513 written signs that represent musical sounds • • • • ADJ printed, sheet QUANT bar, line, sheet VERB + MUSIC readCanyoureadmusic? MUSIC + NOUN score I stand Put your music on the music stand I publisher, publishing • PREP -for musicfor piano, cello and voice • PHRASES play/sing, etc with/without (the) music musical noun • ADJ hit, popular, successful I Broadway, Hollywood, West End • MUSICAL + VERB be based on sth a musical based on the biblical story of Job qNoteatpERFORMANCE (for more verbs) musician noun • ADJ excellent, fine, gifted, good, great, talented I distinguished, famous I aspiring I local I traditional I dedicated, serious, trained You have to be a very dedicated musician to get to the top I amateur, performing, professional, working I backing, orchestral She had toured as a backing musician for a rock star I classical, folk, jazz, pop/popular, rock • MUSICIAN + VERB perform (sth), play (sth) I practise (sth), rehearse (sth) qNoteatJoB Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark mythology 515 Muslim noun devout, fervent I Shia, Shiite, Sunni + NOUN beliefs, faith I community tremist, fundamentalist • ADJ • MUSLIM I ex- mustard noun hot Add some hot English mustard I mild I wholegrain I Dijon, English, French • VERB + MUSTARD spread (sth with) Spread the bread thinly with mustard I add, mix (sth with) Mix together the mustard and olive oil I eat sth with, serve sth with • MUSTARD + NOUN seed I powder I sauce I colour q Special page at FOOD • ADJ mutation noun chance, random I common I cell, gene/genetic + MUTATION carry, contain The protein contained a mutation I suffer The genetic material has suffered a mutation I introduce Mutations were introduced in the region using various techniques I cause, produce • MUTATION + VERB arise, occur I affect sth These • ADJ • VERB cells carry a mutation affecting the prevention mechanism I cause sth, lead to sth, result in sth • MUTATION muted + NOUN rate adj be, seem, sound I remain distinctly, extremely, noticeably, very a distinctly muted and moderate sermon I slightly, somewhat Their reaction to the news was somewhat muted I curiously, strangely • VERBS • ADV badly, horribly, severely, terribly A lot of the bod- mutiny noun army, prison I military • VERB + MUTINY lead I be faced with, face • PREP - against He led a military mutiny against the senior generals - by mutiny by the men q Note at CRIME (for more verbs) • ADJ mutter verb • ADV gruffly, harshly, hoarsely, huskily, thickly, through clenched/gritted teeth 'I don't need a drink, , she muttered through clenched teeth I quietly, softly, under your breath I incoherently, vaguely I angrily, bitterly, darkly, fiercely, grimly, irritably, savagely, ungraciously Helen began muttering darkly about hospitals + MUTTER be heard to, hear sb A number of non-British visitors were heard to mutter that it would not have happened in Frankfurt She heard him mutter an oath under his breath • PREP about muttering about the incompetence of the office staff to muttering incoherently to himself • VERB mystery noun big, great How the disease started is one of medicine's great mysteries I little, minor, small one of life's little mysteries I complete, total She was a total mystery to him despite their long association I whole He had found the clue to unlock the whole mystery I certain Her blue eyes had a certain mystery I real I central the central mystery of the story I deep, profound a place of deep mystery and enchantment I arcane I dark, terrible I fascin• ADJ murder mysteries adj be, look • ADV completely • VERBS I remain I genuinely, truly She was genuinely mystified by her success I rather, somewhat story from ancient times ies had been badly mutilated ating I insoluble sacred I scientific mystified myth noun mutilate verb • ADV • VERB + MYSTERY be, present (sb with), remain How these insects actually communicate presents something of a mystery I have, hold It was easy to believe that the tiny hamlet held some great mystery I be cloaked in, be shrouded in, be veiled in The whole incident was shrouded in mystery I lose Air travel has lost much of its mystery I clear up, explain, resolve, solve, uncover, unlock, unravel The police are close to solving the mystery of the missing murder weapon I shed/throw light on The witness could shed no light on the mystery of the deceased's identity I explore, fathom, grapple with, penetrate, understand Her poetry attempts topenetrate the dark mystery of death I ponder (on) She pondered the mystery of the disappearing thief • MYSTERY + VERB deepen The mystery deepened when the police's only suspect uias found murdered I surround sth the mystery surrounding her resignation • MYSTERY + NOUN man, woman Their suspect was a mystery man: a quiet, happily married man with no enemies I caller, guest I tour I disease, illness, virus • PREP - about There's a bit of a mystery about this child - as to It remains a mystery as to where he was buried -fo My sister is a complete mystery to me • PHRASES an air/aura of mystery Wearing dark glasses gives him an air of mystery something of a mystery, take the mystery out of sth Modern weather forecasts try to take the mystery out of meteorology I unexplained, unsolved I religious, I murder He is the author of several ancient, classical I religious I Christian, Greek, Norse, Roman, etc I creation (~ that explains how the world began) the creation myths of the Eskimos • ADJ • PREP -aboutthemythaboutthegoldenapple idea/belief which is untrue/impossible • ADJ great There is a great myth that all sports players are stupid I powerful I enduring, persistent I complete, total It's a complete myth that he has royal blood I modern I folk, popular, widely held I national The battle has become part of national myth I historical, political The propaganda of both sides relies heavily on historical myth I heroic, romantic Propaganda has turned the former president into a heroic myth I pernicious I cosy Thefilm tears down the cosy myths about/air play in war • VERB + MYTH create, cultivate, establish How did the myth get so firmly established in the popular consciousness? I counter, counteract I bury, debunk, destroy, dispel, dispose of, explode, lay to rest, puncture, scotch, tear down I feed, foster, keep alive, maintain, perpetuate, sustain I be based on People's faith in the Emperor was based on the myth that he was infallible • MYTH + VERB surround sth trying to lay to rest the myths surrounding mental disabilities I persist The myth persists that men are more intelligent than women • PREP - about a popular myth about twins - of perpetuating the myth of racial superiority • PHRASES contrary to popular myth Contrary to popular myth, women are not worse drivers than men mythology noun • ADJ powerful I popular I personal I cultural, polit- ical I ancient, classical I Greek, Roman, etc • VERB + MYTHOLOGY enterStoriesaboutghostsinthe cathedral have entered the mythology of the town I create She has created her own mythology in the books • PREP in a/the - the characters in Greek mythology I - about/of a mythology about how to get fit Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark ... dawn of mankind the fate/future of mankind politicians who care about the future of mankind for the benefit of mankind The results of the research were made freely available for the benefit of. .. margin of safety • PREP - for Wehave substantial reserves, which provide a good marginfor uncertainties • PHRASES a margin for/ of error The schedule left no margin .for error a margin of safety profit... in excess of people at the march I - against a march against -for a marchfor the victims of the war-from, -ofa of over OOOpeople-to • PHRASES a march past There will be a special past of competitors