I.
noun
1 treatment/medicine
ADJECTIVE
▪ effective , good
▪ common , popular
▪
Ginger is a popular ~ for morning sickness.
▪ traditional
▪ ancient , old
▪ folk
▪ home
▪ alternative , herbal , homeopathic , natural
▪ over-the-counter
▪ cold , cough , hangover
▪
The player insists that he merely took a cold ~ and not a banned substance.
… OF REMEDY
▪ dose
▪
One dose of the ~ is sufficient.
VERB + REMEDY
▪ take , use
▪ need
▪ try
▪ give sb
▪
The ~ was given in different strengths to a group of volunteers.
▪ prescribe (sb)
▪ prepare
▪
The remedies are all prepared from wild flowers.
▪ find
▪
They're hoping to find a ~ for the condition.
REMEDY + VERB
▪ be available
▪ work
▪
She tried various remedies, but none of them worked.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
He took a herbal ~ for his hay fever.
2 way of dealing with a problem
ADJECTIVE
▪ adequate , effective , good
▪
Your best ~ is to go to the small claims court.
▪ appropriate , proper , suitable
▪ easy , simple
▪
There's no easy ~ for unemployment.
▪ common , usual
▪ desperate , drastic
▪ proposed
▪ judicial
VERB + REMEDY
▪ have
▪ pursue , seek
▪
They will have to seek a judicial ~ for breach of contract.
▪ find
▪ resort to
▪
Desperate remedies were resorted to in the search for food.
▪ exhaust
▪
They advised him to exhaust all other remedies before applying to court.
▪ offer
▪ propose , suggest
▪ afford (sb) , grant sb , provide (sb with) ( all law , esp. BrE )
▪
remedies afforded to creditors by a bankruptcy order
REMEDY + VERB
▪ be available
▪ lie in sth
▪
When the reservoir becomes blocked, the only ~ lies in cleaning the entire system.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
The agreement states that he has a ~ against the subcontractor.
▪ ~ for
▪
remedies for breach of contract
▪ ~ in
▪
You have a ~ in civil law.
PHRASES
▪ rights and remedies ( BrE , law )
▪
The Act created rights and remedies for consumers.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪
This could easily be remedied if the authorities were willing.
VERB + REMEDY
▪ attempt to , seek to , take steps to , try to
▪
The government should have taken steps to ~ the situation.
Remedy is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ breach , ↑ defect , ↑ deficiency , ↑ grievance , ↑ injustice , ↑ omission , ↑ problem , ↑ shortcoming , ↑ situation