I.
noun
1 act of catching sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ awesome ( AmE ), brilliant , good , nice , spectacular
▪ clean ( esp. BrE )
▪ difficult , tough
▪ easy
▪ game-winning ( AmE )
▪ acrobatic , diving , one-handed , running
▪ slip (in cricket)
▪ touchdown (in American football)
▪ fair , legal (both AmE )
VERB + CATCH
▪ get ( esp. AmE ), make ( AmE ), take ( BrE )
▪
Roger made some brilliant ~es at today's game.
▪ drop , miss
2 number of fish that sb has caught
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , good , huge , large , record
▪
Fishermen have been landing record ~es this season.
▪ poor ( BrE ), small
▪ annual , total
VERB + CATCH
▪ land , make
CATCH + VERB
▪ decline , fall
▪
Catches fell because of the new dam.
▪ go up , increase
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a huge ~ of tuna
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of the day , the day's ~
▪
a restaurant where you can sample the day's ~
3 device for fastening sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ door , window
▪ safety
▪
the safety ~ on a gun
VERB + CATCH
▪ release , undo , unfasten
▪
Fran released the ~ on the door, then turned to say goodbye.
▪ close
II.
verb
Catch is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ camera , ↑ cat , ↑ ear , ↑ engine , ↑ eye , ↑ fisherman , ↑ foot , ↑ hand , ↑ light , ↑ lion , ↑ owl , ↑ police , ↑ sob , ↑ spider , ↑ sun , ↑ voice
Catch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ arm , ↑ attention , ↑ balance , ↑ ball , ↑ baseball , ↑ blow , ↑ boat , ↑ bouquet , ↑ breath , ↑ bug , ↑ burglar , ↑ bus , ↑ cab , ↑ chill , ↑ cholera , ↑ cold , ↑ cough , ↑ criminal , ↑ crook , ↑ culprit , ↑ diphtheria , ↑ disease , ↑ drift , ↑ drip , ↑ edge , ↑ elbow , ↑ end , ↑ episode , ↑ error , ↑ expression , ↑ eye , ↑ ferry , ↑ fever , ↑ fire , ↑ fish , ↑ flash , ↑ flicker , ↑ flight , ↑ flu , ↑ fly , ↑ football , ↑ fugitive , ↑ gaze , ↑ gist , ↑ glance , ↑ glimpse , ↑ glint , ↑ heel , ↑ herring , ↑ hint , ↑ hold , ↑ illness , ↑ imagination , ↑ infection , ↑ influenza , ↑ interest , ↑ intruder , ↑ killer , ↑ kip , ↑ lifeline , ↑ look , ↑ malaria , ↑ measles , ↑ meningitis , ↑ mood , ↑ mouse , ↑ movie , ↑ murderer , ↑ name , ↑ news , ↑ notice , ↑ pass , ↑ plane , ↑ pneumonia , ↑ rabbit , ↑ ray , ↑ reflection , ↑ ride , ↑ robber , ↑ salmon , ↑ sarcasm , ↑ scent , ↑ showing , ↑ shuttle , ↑ sight , ↑ sleep , ↑ smallpox , ↑ smell , ↑ snatch , ↑ snippet , ↑ sun , ↑ suspect , ↑ taxi , ↑ thief , ↑ tide , ↑ train , ↑ tram , ↑ trolley , ↑ trout , ↑ tube , ↑ villain , ↑ virus , ↑ wave , ↑ whiff