adj.
1 worried about sth
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound
▪ become , get , grow
▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ deeply , especially , genuinely , gravely , greatly , particularly , seriously , terribly
▪ increasingly
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ (not) overly , (not) unduly
▪
She was not unduly ~ by the prospect of managing on her own.
▪ naturally , understandably
▪ rightly
▪ simply
PREPOSITION
▪ about , at , by , over
▪
The leadership was ~ at the perceived failure to find a solution,
▪
Doctors are ~ at the prospect of patients having to wait up to a year for surgery.
▪ for
▪
We are now deeply ~ for his safety.
2 interested in sth
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ especially , particularly , specifically
▪ entirely , exclusively , solely
▪ centrally , chiefly , essentially , largely , mainly , mostly , predominantly , primarily , principally
▪
Cubist painting was not primarily ~ with lifelike representation.
▪ closely ( esp. BrE ), directly , intimately
PREPOSITION
▪ with
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Social anthropology is centrally ~ with the diversity of culture.
Concerned is used with these nouns: ↑ citizen , ↑ expression , ↑ face , ↑ look , ↑ parent , ↑ party , ↑ voice