I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , great , real , special
▪ little
▪
I like to give the girls a little ~ every now and then.
▪ occasional , rare
▪ birthday ( esp. BrE ), Christmas ( esp. BrE ), festive ( esp. BrE ), holiday ( esp. AmE )
▪ family
▪ delicious , sweet , tasty
▪
Snails are a tasty ~ for hedgehogs.
▪ frozen ( AmE )
▪ musical , visual
▪ dog ( esp. AmE )
VERB + TREAT
▪ give sb
▪ deserve
▪ get
PREPOSITION
▪ as a ~ , for a ~
▪
I took the kids to the zoo for a special ~.
PHRASES
▪ be in for a ~ , have a ~ in store ( esp. BrE )
▪
If their latest album is half as good as their last one, we've a real ~ in store.
II.
verb
1 handle sb/sth in a particular way
ADVERB
▪ equally , equitably , fairly , humanely , kindly , leniently , sympathetically , well
▪ abominably , badly , harshly , roughly , shabbily , unfairly , unjustly
▪
They ~ their animals quite badly.
▪ seriously
▪
These allegations are being ~ed very seriously indeed.
▪ accordingly
▪
He is guilty and should be ~ed accordingly.
▪ in the same way
▪ differently
▪ separately
VERB + TREAT
▪ tend to
▪
Parents still tend to ~ boys differently from girls.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
the tendency to ~ older people as helpless
▪ like
▪
Don't ~ me like a child!
▪ with
▪
He ~ed the idea with suspicion.
PHRASES
▪ deserve to be ~ed
▪
They deserve to be ~ed with patience and respect.
2 give sb medical treatment
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪ appropriately , properly
▪ effectively , successfully
▪ medically , surgically
VERB + TREAT
▪ be difficult to
▪ use sth to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
She was ~ed for cuts and bruises.
▪ with
▪
We can ~ this condition successfully with antibiotics.
PHRASES
▪ be effective in ~ing sth
▪
The drug is effective at ~ing depression.
3 use a substance to protect sth
ADVERB
▪ chemically
▪
Chemically ~ed hair can become dry and brittle.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
You need to ~ this wood for woodworm.
▪ with
▪
The timber has been ~ed with chemicals to preserve it.
Treat is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ drug , ↑ staff , ↑ vet , ↑ veterinarian
Treat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ abscess , ↑ acne , ↑ addiction , ↑ ailment , ↑ alcoholism , ↑ allergy , ↑ arthritis , ↑ asthma , ↑ burn , ↑ cancer , ↑ colic , ↑ condition , ↑ constipation , ↑ corn , ↑ depression , ↑ disease , ↑ disorder , ↑ HIV , ↑ illness , ↑ impotence , ↑ incontinence , ↑ indigestion , ↑ infection , ↑ infertility , ↑ injury , ↑ leather , ↑ malaria , ↑ matter , ↑ migraine , ↑ pain , ↑ patient , ↑ phobia , ↑ schizophrenia , ↑ sewage , ↑ sick , ↑ sickness , ↑ slave , ↑ subject , ↑ survivor , ↑ symptom , ↑ syndrome , ↑ timber , ↑ tumour , ↑ victim , ↑ waste , ↑ wound