verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
frustrate/thwart sb’s ambitions formal (= prevent someone from achieving them )
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The weather threatened to frustrate their ambitions.
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Her lifelong ambitions had been thwarted again and again.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
increasingly
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But he has become increasingly frustrated the 26-year-old forward is being overlooked by his country.
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But as the game wears on, Jess is getting increasingly frustrated .
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On all the landings men now stood outside their cells, increasingly frustrated and increasingly cold.
more
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Consequently she becomes a less efficient shopper and a more frustrated one.
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This was more frustrating because of the missed opportunities.
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Nothing is more frustrating to a public servant.
most
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One of the most frustrating aspects of the game is its combat system, particularly the process of making soldiers.
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The most frustrating part has been trying to find a place to locate the business.
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One of the most frustrating part of travel today is the delay that seems inevitable at all stages.
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Of course, this is the most frustrating way to think about school reform.
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These shortcomings are most frustrating when it comes to the vital question of what to do next.
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One of the most frustrating things for me was not ever knowing what we were doing.
often
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Unpremeditated impulses were often frustrated by such hurdles.
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It was often frustrating for us, too, because we had to interpret for her.
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Learner drivers are often frustrated at the long wait for driving tests.
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That reformers are often frustrated testifies to the reality of what prison is about.
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However, these are often frustrated at branch level or by union officials in individual firms.
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We are often frustrated by our children and angry with them.
really
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There's one girl, Mary, who really frustrated me.
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I have no idea why this is happening and it is really frustrating both my girlfriend and me.
so
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What made it so frustrating for us all was that we knew we shouldn't have lost that series.
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I was so frustrated I started to cry.
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It's attitudes like that which so frustrate doctors.
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But he got so frustrated with the software available for economic modeling that he began tinkering.
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It was so frustrating because I wanted to please our customers, but! was constantly having to say no.
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Which is precisely why the new data on women and drinking is so frustrating .
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It is the left that finds the mismatch so frustrating .
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Work inhibition is so frustrating to parents and teachers that they are bound to feel like exploding.
very
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I moan to Mum about the way I look and she finds that very frustrating .
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In this case, it was very frustrating because we almost had a jury.
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To be a pawn is very frustrating .
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Even though I get frustrated very easily, I do not give up.
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They are very frustrated or angry or something.
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You are talking about a player who is frustrated , very frustrated.
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The two games previous to this were very frustrating .
■ NOUN
attempt
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Shea said the sparse cell where Salvi is housed is designed to frustrate suicide attempts .
effort
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Reporters have been frustrated in their efforts to catch even a glimpse of the procession of secret soldiers.
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The editor then began a long and frustrating effort to obtain permission.
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This frustrates government efforts in checking desert encroachment.
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Instead, in one quick trade, they saved themselves endless frustrating efforts .
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An insensitive allocation policy could only frustrate their efforts .
government
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This frustrates government efforts in checking desert encroachment.
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Our members are overwhelmed and frustrated by big government .
inability
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Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language.
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People have become frustrated with the inability to get online and the slow speeds of the Internet.
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How often have teachers been frustrated by their inability to introduce and implement change in their schools on returning from a course?
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So, frustrated by this inability to demonstrate his ideas, he developed an entire new musical theory.
lack
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I also hated being beaten by the wind and was frustrated by my lack of progress.
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He may become frustrated by the lack of dramatic coverage in the press.
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In many poorer countries they long to send out workers, yet are frustrated through lack of resources.
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He was particularly frustrated by a lack of funds to allow his campus to grow, some said.
plan
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Delightful prospect that this is, it is felt that certification problems will frustrate any such plans .
■ VERB
become
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Streetwise keeps students' motivation strong ... Teenage students at intermediate level can easily become bored and frustrated .
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As employees feel themselves hemmed in, they become frustrated and angry.
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Let him rest if he becomes tired or frustrated .
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Or if we prefer organic matrix models, we become frustrated with rigid bureaucracies.
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But he has become increasingly frustrated the 26-year-old forward is being overlooked by his country.
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People have become frustrated with the inability to get online and the slow speeds of the Internet.
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You become less tolerant and frustrated .
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Both men and women are becoming increasingly frustrated over control conditions of how, when, and where they do their work.
feel
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The selection of the correct key added on another minute or so and Sandison could only look on feeling helpless and frustrated .
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But I feel frustrated , too, at the degree to which they capitulated.
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She felt helpless and frustrated , without a thought in her head.
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In the evening, he felt useless and frustrated in helping Mark complete spelling and math assignments.
find
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I moan to Mum about the way I look and she finds that very frustrating .
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George said he always found it frustrating to play with Robbie because his son rarely seemed interested in playing with him.
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It is the left that finds the mismatch so frustrating .
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Aching to know what she truly thought and felt during those months in the Seattle hospital, I found her reports frustrating .
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But despite the desire, most people still find it frustrating to turn their ideas into actuality.
get
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They get tired, frustrated , irritable and downright incensed at times.
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When the child and parents begin to get frustrated and angry neither the child nor the parents show it at first.
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A little way along the street Peter was getting frustrated .
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Do you ever get frustrated listening to the radio?
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Once you've got her panting with frustrated desire, it's time to show control.
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But he got so frustrated with the software available for economic modeling that he began tinkering.
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He gets frustrated because people want some super-dramatic explanation for his turnaround.
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Even though I get frustrated very easily, I do not give up.
leave
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We discover that the mysteries in others, which used to leave us baffled and frustrated , now enrich our inner selves.
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The law has left some rejected contractors frustrated .
seem
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Dole often seemed frustrated and unsure of himself as Democrats blocked many of the bills he tried to move through Congress.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a frustrated artist/actor/poet etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Klaas was frustrated by the frequent traffic delays and vowed to do something about it.
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Thick fog frustrated their attempt to land on the tiny island.