I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief
▪
I did not see him again, except for a brief ~ on a train.
▪ first , initial
▪ last , previous
▪ early
▪
her early ~s with contemporary art
▪ recent
▪ final
▪ casual , chance , random , unexpected
▪
It was a chance ~ that led to the setting up of the new political party.
▪ close , intimate
▪
I decided not to risk a second close ~ with the snakes.
▪ face-to-face , personal
▪ direct
▪
The press conference was her first direct ~ with the media.
▪ fateful , strange
▪ aggressive , armed , dangerous , unpleasant , violent
▪ cultural , social
▪
the language we use in everyday social ~s
▪ colonial
▪
the colonial ~ of indigenous craftsmen with Europeans
▪ erotic , sexual
▪ romantic
▪ homosexual
▪ alien
▪
examination of UFO sightings and alien ~s
VERB + ENCOUNTER
▪ have
▪
I had my first ~ with him two years ago.
▪ survive
▪
Few men survive an ~ with her!
▪ win
▪ avoid
▪ recall , remember
▪ describe
ENCOUNTER + VERB
▪ occur , take place
▪ result in sth
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
▪
violent ~s between police and protesters
▪ ~ with
▪
my first ~ with my new boss
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ commonly , frequently , often , regularly
▪
Walruses were commonly ~ed in the Shetland Islands until recently.
▪ normally
▪ occasionally
▪ rarely
▪ never
▪ first
▪
an idea I first ~ed when I was in the army
▪ previously
VERB + ENCOUNTER
▪ be likely to
▪
What are the difficulties you are most likely to ~?
Encounter is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ barrier , ↑ delay , ↑ difficulty , ↑ discrimination , ↑ hazard , ↑ hostility , ↑ interference , ↑ obstacle , ↑ opposition , ↑ prejudice , ↑ problem , ↑ resistance , ↑ roadblock , ↑ situation