adj.
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become
ADVERB
▪ quite ( esp. BrE ), very ( esp. AmE )
▪
Don't worry—it's quite ~ to have a few problems at first.
▪
It's very ~ for people to leave books and papers behind.
▪ far from
▪
This kind of reaction is far from ~ in children of this age.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
It's ~ for the man to propose marriage.
PHRASES
▪ as per ~ ( informal )
▪
Everyone blamed me as per ~.
▪ as ~ , like ~ (= in the same way as what happens most of the time or in most cases)
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Steve, as ~, was the last to arrive.
▪ business as ~ (= things will continue as normal in spite of a difficult situation)
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It's business as ~ at the factory, even while investigators sift through the bomb wreckage.
▪ in the ~ way
▪
The metal can then be painted in the ~ way.
Usual is used with these nouns: ↑ array , ↑ assortment , ↑ bedtime , ↑ bravado , ↑ channel , ↑ cliché , ↑ clientele , ↑ convention , ↑ course , ↑ dosage , ↑ dose , ↑ excuse , ↑ fare , ↑ fashion , ↑ fate , ↑ fee , ↑ gang , ↑ habit , ↑ haunt , ↑ kind , ↑ manner , ↑ method , ↑ mode , ↑ pattern , ↑ practice , ↑ preliminary , ↑ procedure , ↑ rate , ↑ remedy , ↑ reply , ↑ routine , ↑ run , ↑ seat , ↑ self , ↑ sense , ↑ spelling , ↑ standard , ↑ stereotype , ↑ suspect , ↑ thing , ↑ trappings