verb
ADVERB
▪ well
▪
The frescoes have ~d remarkably well.
▪
Seedlings ~ better in stony soil.
▪ barely , hardly
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The islanders could barely ~ without an export crop.
▪ just , just about , narrowly
▪
I can just about ~ on what I earn.
▪
He narrowly ~d several assassination attempts.
▪ (for) long
▪
Nobody can ~ long without water.
▪ still
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Only one copy of the book still ~s.
▪ miraculously
▪
A young boy miraculously ~d a 25 000-volt electric shock.
▪ somehow
▪ economically , financially , politically
▪
Many of these teachers are struggling to ~ financially.
VERB + SURVIVE
▪ struggle to
▪
poor people struggling to ~
▪ be able to , can , manage to
▪ expect (sb/sth) to
▪
Doctors did not expect him to ~ the night.
▪ hope to
▪
She cannot hope to ~ long in power.
▪ be likely to , be unlikely to
▪ be lucky to
▪
Lung cancer patients are lucky to ~ for five years.
▪ enable sb to , help sb (to)
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
Will she ~ as party leader?
▪ from
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Very little has ~d from this period of history.
▪ into
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Very few of the children ~d into adult life.
▪ on
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They ~d on roots and berries.
▪ through
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She ~d through two world wars.
▪ to
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Four of their five chickens ~d to adulthood.
▪ until
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The original apple tree ~d until 1911.
PHRASES
▪ the only surviving … , the sole surviving …
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the only surviving member of her family
▪ ~ and prosper , ~ and thrive
▪
Companies need to keep to deadlines if they are to ~ and thrive.
▪ ~ intact , ~ unscathed
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Few buildings ~d the war intact.
Survive is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ custom , ↑ manuscript , ↑ record , ↑ relic , ↑ remains , ↑ species , ↑ tradition , ↑ victim
Survive is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accident , ↑ assault , ↑ attack , ↑ battle , ↑ blast , ↑ bombardment , ↑ breakup , ↑ cancer , ↑ challenge , ↑ childhood , ↑ crash , ↑ crisis , ↑ destruction , ↑ disaster , ↑ downturn , ↑ drought , ↑ earthquake , ↑ encounter , ↑ explosion , ↑ extinction , ↑ fall , ↑ famine , ↑ fire , ↑ hardship , ↑ illness , ↑ impact , ↑ incident , ↑ injury , ↑ journey , ↑ massacre , ↑ nightmare , ↑ onslaught , ↑ operation , ↑ ordeal , ↑ plunge , ↑ recession , ↑ rigour , ↑ siege , ↑ storm , ↑ tragedy , ↑ translation , ↑ trip , ↑ wife , ↑ wreck