noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ small
VERB + CONSOLATION
▪ have
▪
She had the ~ of coming second in her last race of the day.
▪ seek
▪
She tends to seek ~ in food.
▪ draw ( esp. BrE ), find , take
▪
He drew little ~ from this fact.
▪
When her mother died, she found ~ in her religious beliefs.
▪
Although we lost the game, we took some ~ from the fact that we played well.
▪ bring (sb) , offer (sb) , provide (sb with)
▪
The next game will probably offer them the ~ of winning.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪ ~ to
▪
The children were a great ~ to me at that time.
PHRASES
▪ be (of) little ~ to sb , be (of) small ~ to sb , be (of) some ~ to sb
▪
This news was of little ~ to us.
▪ if it is any ~ (to sb)
▪
If it's any ~ to you, the weather here is also awful.
▪ sb's one ~ , sb's only ~
▪
When she lost her job, her only ~ was that she had some savings in the bank.