SUBJECT


Meaning of SUBJECT in English

I.

noun

1 topic or person under consideration

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , complex , complicated , vast

▪ simple

▪ excellent , fascinating , good , interesting

▪ serious

This chapter deals with a very serious ~.

▪ controversial , delicate , difficult , embarrassing , sensitive , touchy

▪ taboo

Work is a taboo ~ when we go out for dinner.

▪ closed

I don't wish to discuss it any further—the ~ is closed.

▪ different , diverse , various

I read books on different ~s.

books on such diverse ~s as trains and ancient sculpture

▪ chosen

Each candidate has to speak for three minutes on her chosen ~.

▪ favourite/favorite , pet ( esp. BrE )

Once he gets onto his pet ~ there's no stopping him.

▪ control , healthy , human , normal , research , study , test ( all science )

research on human ~s

None of the study ~s altered his or her diet in any other way.

VERB + SUBJECT

▪ cover , debate , discuss , talk about , touch ( esp. AmE ), touch on

We touched briefly on the ~.

▪ address , deal with , tackle , treat

I wasn't sure how to deal with the delicate ~ of money.

▪ examine , explore , have a look at , investigate , look at , look into , pursue

We want to have a fresh look at the difficult ~ of corporate fraud.

▪ approach , bring up , broach , get onto , raise

▪ drop

Let's drop the ~ since we don't seem to be able to agree.

▪ stick to

I wish he'd stick to the ~.

▪ get off , wander off

She was supposed to be speaking about sales figures, but she kept wandering off the ~.

▪ bring sb back to , get back to , return to

Getting back to the ~ of lighting, does anyone have any suggestions for improvements?

▪ avoid

▪ change , switch ( AmE )

Don't change the ~.

SUBJECT + VERB

▪ arise , come up

The ~ of gambling has come up several times recently.

▪ range from sth to sth

Internet courses on diverse ~s ranging from nursing to computers

SUBJECT + NOUN

▪ matter

I like the way she writes, although I'm not interested in her ~ matter.

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

While we're on the ~ of books, has anyone read ‘The Corrections’?

▪ ~ of

the ~ of the new painting

PHRASES

▪ a range of ~s

We discussed a wide range of ~s.

▪ a variety of ~s

She touches on a wide variety of ~s.

2 area of study

ADJECTIVE

▪ difficult , easy

▪ compulsory , core , main

▪ additional , optional , special

▪ specialist

▪ technical

students of technical ~s

▪ research

▪ art ( AmE ), arts ( BrE ), science

▪ academic

VERB + SUBJECT

▪ take

What ~s are you taking ( = studying ) this year?

▪ offer

The department offers seven different ~s in all.

▪ choose

▪ study

I have spent a lifetime studying this ~.

▪ teach

those who teach core ~s like English

▪ fail , fail in , pass

She was disappointed to fail in two of her four ~s.

▪ drop

Students are free to drop the ~ at age 14.

SUBJECT + NOUN

▪ area

The syllabus is divided into five ~ areas.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

He did well in every ~.

PHRASES

▪ a choice of ~ , a choice of ~s

His unusual choice of ~s made it harder to find a job.

▪ a range of ~s

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NOTE: Subjects of study

▪ do …  ( BrE ), read …  ( BrE , formal ), study … 

She did physics and chemistry at school.

She read classics at Cambridge.

He studied German at school.

She went on to study mathematics at college.

▪ choose …  , take … 

I'm taking philosophy and politics this year.

▪ fail …  , flunk …  ( AmE , informal ), pass … 

I failed English.

I flunked math.

Did you pass history?

▪ drop … 

I want to drop linguistics.

▪ lecture in …  ( esp. BrE ), teach … 

He taught music at a school in Cuba.

▪ a … degree , a degree in …  , a diploma in … 

a law degree

a higher diploma in fine art

▪  … class ,  … course ,  … lecture ,  … lesson ( esp. BrE )

The genetics lectures are on a different campus.

▪ a/the … department , a/the department of … 

All queries should be addressed to the Department of Architecture.

▪  … graduate ,  … student ,  … undergraduate

Some architecture graduates gain further qualifications in specialist fields.

▪  … lecturer ,  … teacher ,  … tutor ( esp. BrE )

He's an English teacher at Orange Road School.

▪ a … professor , (a) professor of … 

She's professor of linguistics at MIT.

▪ the study of … 

The study of philosophy helps you to think critically.

▪ in … 

He got As in history and art.

II.

adj. subject to sth

1 likely to be affected by sth

VERBS

▪ be , seem

▪ become

▪ leave sb/sth , make sb/sth

His illness left him ~ to asthma attacks.

ADVERB

▪ particularly

▪ frequently , increasingly

▪ potentially

▪ still

At this stage these proposals are still ~ to change.

2 under the authority of sb/sth

VERBS

▪ be

Everyone was ~ to the whim of the sheikh.

▪ become

▪ remain

▪ make sb/sth

All the priories were made directly ~ to the abbot.

ADVERB

▪ entirely

▪ directly

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .