noun
1 works in an agency
ADJECTIVE
▪ booking , ticket , travel
▪ election ( BrE ), parliamentary ( BrE )
▪ advertising , press , publicity
▪ land ( BrE ), leasing ( AmE ), letting ( BrE ), managing ( esp. BrE ), rental ( AmE )
▪ estate ( BrE ), real estate ( AmE )
▪
They were advised by the real estate ~ that their house would not be saleable.
▪ border-patrol , law enforcement
▪ insurance
▪ literary , sports , talent
▪ local
▪
The company has developed sales through local ~s in key markets.
VERB + AGENT
▪ employ , have , use
▪
I have an ~ who deals with all my contracts.
▪ appoint , get (sb) , hire ( esp. AmE )
▪
If you want to get published, get yourself an ~!
▪ act as
▪ fire , sack ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ through an ~
▪
She got the work through an ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
an ~ for a shipping company
2 spy
ADJECTIVE
▪ intelligence
▪ enemy , foreign
▪ federal , government
▪ covert , secret , special , undercover
▪ double
▪
As a double ~, he worked for the Americans and the Russians.
3 person/thing that has an effect
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , main , primary , prime , principal
▪ effective
▪ human
▪ moral , rational
▪ free
▪
I told him I couldn't stop him and that he was a free ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
The charity is an ~ for social change.
PHRASES
▪ an ~ for change , an ~ of change