verb
1 have information about sth
ADVERB
▪ full well , perfectly well , very well
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I don't ~ for certain, but I think she lives in the next town.
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You ~ very well what I'm talking about!
▪ for certain , for sure
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I don't ~ for certain, but I think she lives in the next town.
▪ just
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I just knew there would be problems.
▪ honestly not
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I honestly don't ~ what they mean to do.
▪ beforehand
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If I'd known beforehand how bad it would be, I wouldn't have gone.
VERB + KNOW
▪ let sb
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Please let me ~ (= tell me) if there's anything I can do to help.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
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He ~s a lot about music.
▪ of
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I don't ~ of anyone who might be interested in the job.
PHRASES
▪ be widely known
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It is widely known that CFCs can damage the ozone layer.
▪ ~ a lot, nothing, very little, etc.
▪ you never ~
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Be prepared for rain—you never ~ what the weather will be like.
2 realize
ADVERB
▪ exactly , precisely
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I ~ exactly how you feel.
▪ immediately , instantly
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I instantly knew what the call was about.
▪ instinctively
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He knew instinctively where he would find her.
PHRASES
▪ the next thing I, he, etc. knew
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The next thing I knew, I was waking up in hospital.
3 be familiar with sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ well
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I don't ~ John very well.
▪ poorly
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The properties of this substance are poorly known.
▪ barely , hardly
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But I hardly ~ the woman!
▪ personally
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I don't ~ them personally.
▪ internationally , nationally
VERB + KNOW
▪ get to
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She's very nice when you get to ~ her
PREPOSITION
▪ for
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He is internationally known for his work with vaccines.
PHRASES
▪ be known to sb
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This man is known to the police (= as a criminal) .
▪ be widely known
4 be known as have a particular name
ADVERB
▪ commonly , popularly
▪ affectionately
▪ collectively
▪
parts of the body known collectively as the sensory system
▪ variously
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The drug is variously known as crack or freebase.
▪ locally
▪ formerly , previously
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Iran was formerly known as Persia.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
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He was known as Bonzo to his friends.
Know is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ scientist
Know is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alphabet , ↑ answer , ↑ basics , ↑ cause , ↑ custom , ↑ danger , ↑ difference , ↑ enemy , ↑ etiquette , ↑ extent , ↑ fact , ↑ fate , ↑ feeling , ↑ futility , ↑ gossip , ↑ horror , ↑ identity , ↑ intention , ↑ job , ↑ language , ↑ limitation , ↑ love , ↑ manner , ↑ motive , ↑ name , ↑ outcome , ↑ pain , ↑ password , ↑ place , ↑ poem , ↑ poetry , ↑ right , ↑ risk , ↑ route , ↑ routine , ↑ rule , ↑ secret , ↑ short cut , ↑ terrain , ↑ thing , ↑ thought , ↑ trick , ↑ truth , ↑ voice , ↑ way , ↑ weakness , ↑ whereabouts , ↑ word , ↑ workings , ↑ worth