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(1)large adj VERBS be, appear, feel, loo , seem Some of the clothes looked very ~ become , get , grow By this time his debt had become extremely ~ The plant had grown quite ~ Remain, loom The issue looms ~ in political campaigns nationwide ADVERB extremely , fairly , very , etc Isn't that sweater rather ~? especially , exceedingly , exceptionally , incredibly , particularly comparatively , moderately , reasonably , relatively enough , sufficiently Are you sure the hall will be ~ enough? correspondingly , equally , similarly a huge chair behind an equally ~ desk increasingly the increasingly ~ numbers of senior citizens infinitely The universe is infinitely ~ abnormally , disproportionately , impossibly , overly , ridiculously , surprisingly , unexpectedly , unusually His eyes were abnormally ~ Our house was not overly ~ Large is used with these nouns: accumulation , advance , airline , airport , allowance , amount , apartment , appetite , area , armchair , army , array , assortment , attendance , audience , backlog , bank , batch , bathroom , beak , bedroom , belly , bequest , bet , bill , birthmark , bit , bloc , block , body , bomb , bonus , bosom , bouquet , bowel , brandy , breakfast , breast , broadcaster , budget , building , bulk , bump , bunch , bundle , bureaucracy , business , campus , capacity , casserole , cast , catch , category , cave , chain , chamber , cheque , chunk , circulation , city , claim , class , claw , client , clientele , closet , clump , cluster , coke , collection , colony , community , company , complement , complex , concentration , conglomerate , congregation , construction , consumer , contingent , contract , contribution , contributor , corporation , crack , crater , creditor , cross section , crowd , crystal , cupboard , customer , cut , database , debt , decline , decrease , deficit , degree , delegation , delivery , demonstration , dent , deposit , desk , diameter , difference , dimension , dining room , discount , discrepancy , distance , distributor , dividend , donation , donor , dose , dowry , driveway , drop , ear , earthquake , ego , element , empire , employer , engine , enrolment , enterprise , envelope , estate , excess , exhibition , expanse , expenditure , explosion , exporter , eye , facility , factory , fall , family , farm , farmer , fee , figure , file , fine , fireplace , firm , fist , fleet , flow , flower , fluctuation , following , force , format , fortune , fraction , frame , fry , fund , funeral , galaxy , gap , garden , gate , gathering , gin , grain , grant , grin , ground , group , gulp , handbag , handful , harvest , haul , heap , helping , herd , hoard , hole , hotel , house , incision , income , increase , influx , inheritance , institution , intestine , investment , investor , kitchen , lake , lender , letter , library , loaf , loan , lorry , lot , lump , machine , majority , male , mall , mammal , manor , mansion , manufacturer , margin , market , marquee , merger , military , minority , monster , moon , motor , mound , mountain , mouth , mouthful , mug , multinational , nation , network , nose , number , object , office , opening , operator , orchestra , order , organization , outbreak , outfit , outlay , output , overdraft , painting , pan , parcel , part , penis , percentage , piece , pile , pizza , pocket , pond , pool , population , portion , print , procession , producer , profit , project , proportion , publisher , purchase , quantity , rally , range , reception , reconstruction , reduction , region , repertoire , representation , reproduction , reserve , reservoir , resort , resource , restaurant , retailer , reward , rise , river , rock , role , room , salary , sample , saucepan , scale , scar , screen , section , selection , set , settlement , shape , share , shareholder , sheet , shipment , shopping centre , shrub , sieve , sip , size , skillet , slab , slice , snake , source , space , specimen , spider , splash , stake , statue , step , stock , stockbroker , stomach , store , stretch , studio , subsidy , sum , supply , surplus , swig , table , tanker , tear , theatre , tip , topic , town , trader , tree , trial , truck , turnout , turnover , undertaking , union , unit , user , utility , valley , variety , village , vocabulary , void , volume , weight , whisky , window , workforce , yard big verbs adj (2) be , look , seem become , get , grow adverb extremely , fairly , very , etc This is a fairly ~ decision to make We were hoping the show would be a really ~ success This house is rather ~ for us We need something smaller incredibly awfully a little , slightly , etc potentially a potentially ~ drawback phrases ~ fat The whole story is just a ~ fat lie great ~ He was a short man with great ~ glasses Big is used with these nouns: accomplishment , acquisition , advance , advantage , adventure , airline , airport , ambition , appetite , argument , armchair , asset , attraction , audience , baby , backlog , band , bang , bank , bash , bedroom , believer , belly , bet , bill , bit , block , blow , blunder , bomb , bonus , boom , boost , boss , boy , break , breakfast , breakthrough , breast , breath , brother , budget , building , bully , bum , bump , bunch , bundle , business , campaign , cat , catastrophe , catch , celebration , celebrity , chain , challenge , chance , change , cheer , cheque , chest , chunk , city , clap , class , client , climax , closet , clump , collection , comeback , commission , commitment , commotion , company , compliment , , concert , conglomerate , conspiracy , consumer , contract , contribution , contributor , corporation , coup , cover-up , crack , crime , crowd , crush , cuddle , culprit , cupboard , customer , cut , danger , day , debt , decision , demand , demonstration , dent , departure , desk , developer , difference , dilemma , dinner , disadvantage , disappointment , disaster , discount , discovery , discrepancy , distraction , distributor , divide , dividend , donor , door , drawback , dream , drive , drop , ear , earthquake , eater , edge , effort , ego , emphasis , empire , employer , engine , entrance , eruption , estate , event , exception , exhibit , exhibition , expansion , expectation , expense , explosion , exporter , eye , factor , failure , fall , family , fan , farm , farmer , fault , favour , favourite , fear , feast , feature , fellow , festival , fight , find , fine , fire , fireplace , firm , flat , flaw , flop , flower , following , fool , foot , frame , freeze , frustration , fuss , gain , gamble , game , gap , garden , gash , gasp , gate , gathering , government , grin , group , gulf , gulp , gun , guy , handbag , handicap , haul , hazard , headache , heap , heart , help , helping , hero , hill , hindrance , hint , hit , hoard , hole , hope , hotel , house , hug , hurdle , hurry , idea , idiot , idol , impact , impression , improvement , incentive , increase , influence , investor , issue , job , jump , kick , kid , killer , kiss , kitchen , lad , lake , laugh , lead , league , leap , lender , lesson , letter , liar , lie , lift , limousine , loophole , lorry , loser , loss , lump , lure , majority , mall , man , mansion , manufacturer , market , match , meal , meet , merger , mess , misconception , mistake , misunderstanding , moment , money , monster , mortgage , mound , mountain , mouth , move , movement , movie , mug , multinational , mystery , name , need , news , night , nose , number , obstacle , occasion , office , operation , operator , opportunity , package , parade , part , penis , pension , picture , piece , pile , play , player , pond , pool , prize , problem , producer , profit , project , promise , publisher , push , question , question mark , race , rally , reason , rebate , reception , reduction , regret , resort , responsibility , retailer , return , reunion , revelation , reward , rise , risk , rivalry , roadblock , role , room , row , rush , sacrifice , salary , saving , scale , scandal , scene , score , screen , secret , setback , shake-up , shareholder , shock , shopping centre , show , sigh , sister , sky , slice , smile , snag , sob , sound , spider , splash , sponsor , stake , star , step , stick , stink , stir , store , storm , story , stride , studio , stumbling block , subject , subsidy , success , supplier , supporter , surf , surge , surplus , surprise , swig , swing , switch , table , talk , thank you , thing , thinker , threat , thrill , tip , toe , tooth , town , tragedy , treat , tree , trend , trouble , truck , turn-off , turning point , turnout , undertaking , union , unknown , upheaval , uproar , upset , victory , village , vocabulary , voice , void , waste , wave , weakness , wedding , welcome , win , window , winner , word , worry , yard , yawn , year Trích “Oxford Collocations Dictionary”, 2009 M Thúy Hạnh (3)