noun
1 getting sth ready
ADJECTIVE
▪ careful , thorough
▪ elaborate
▪ intense
▪
two years of intense ~
▪ good
▪
He found it good ~ for the diplomatic skills needed in his new job.
▪ proper
▪
As with any business, proper ~ is required.
▪ adequate
▪ inadequate , poor
▪
He had received inadequate ~ for a professional career.
▪ initial
▪
It is the initial ~ that takes the time.
▪ advance , prior
▪
An awful lot of advance ~ must have gone into this summit.
▪
Prior ~ is vital for achieving success.
▪ mental , physical
▪
her mental ~ for the games
▪ academic , educational (both esp. AmE )
▪
individuals who do not have the money or academic ~ to attend college
▪ teacher ( AmE )
▪
a college-based teacher ~ program
▪ food , meal
▪
food ~ and food handling tips
VERB + PREPARATION
▪ need , require
▪
a dish that requires no elaborate ~ or cooking
▪ do
▪
He's done a lot of ~ for this meeting.
▪ receive
▪
They receive a fine ~ for college.
▪ oversee
▪
the agency that oversees the ~ of the budget
PREPARATION + NOUN
▪ time
▪
This simple dish takes very little ~ time.
▪ course ( esp. AmE ), programme/program ( esp. AmE )
▪
Many Taiwanese children take ~ courses for the SATs.
▪
Teacher ~ programs train teachers to become effective instructors of children.
▪
The ~ program was well designed.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ for
▪
Get a good night's sleep in ~ for the drive.
2 preparations things done to get sth ready
ADJECTIVE
▪ elaborate , meticulous , special
▪ extensive
▪
extensive ~s for war
▪ necessary
▪ final , last-minute
▪ Christmas , wedding , etc.
▪ military , war
▪
military ~s for full-scale action
▪
War ~s intensified.
VERB + PREPARATIONS
▪ make
▪
We're making the final ~s for the party.
▪ begin , start
▪ continue , go ahead with
▪ be busy with
▪ oversee
▪
She flew in from Paris to oversee final ~s.
▪ complete , finalize , finish
PREPARATIONS + VERB
▪ begin
▪
A week before the ceremony, wedding ~s began.
▪ be in hand ( BrE ), be underway
▪
Preparations are now in hand to close half the factories.
▪ continue
▪ be complete
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
The family can now go ahead with ~s for the funeral.