BLOCK


Meaning of BLOCK in English

I.

noun

1 solid piece of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , huge , large , massive

▪ small

▪ solid

▪ cement , concrete , ice , stone , wood , wooden

▪ building

▪ rectangular

▪ starting (for a runner)

I was aiming to be first out of the starting ~s.

▪ stumbling ( figurative )

The issue has been a major stumbling ~ in trade negotiations.

▪ breeze ( BrE ), cinder ( AmE )

PHRASES

▪ on the chopping ~

I'm not putting my head on the chopping ~ ( = putting myself at risk ) for you.

2 ( BrE ) large building divided into offices, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ high-rise , tower

▪ tenement ( BrE )

▪ administration , apartment , cell , office

The prisoners had been transferred to a different cell ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

She lives in a modern apartment ~.

▪ ~ of

a ~ of flats

3 group of buildings with streets around it

ADJECTIVE

▪ city

The hotel occupies an entire ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ around the ~ , round the ~ ( esp. BrE )

People were queueing round the ~ to get in. ( BrE )

Fans lined up around the ~ to get tickets for the show. ( AmE )

▪ ~ from ( AmE )

We're about four ~s from my house.

▪ ~ down ( AmE )

They walked a few ~s down the street.

4 temporary loss of abilities

ADJECTIVE

▪ mental , writer's

The author denies that she is experiencing writer's ~.

VERB + BLOCK

▪ experience , have , suffer from

I suddenly had a mental ~ and couldn't remember his name.

II.

verb

1 make it difficult to pass

ADVERB

▪ completely

▪ almost

▪ partially , partly

▪ off , up

The old route is completely ~ed off.

Don't ~ up the corridor with all these boxes.

VERB + BLOCK

▪ try to

▪ move to

One of the men moved to ~ their path.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

The exit was ~ed with beer crates.

2 prevent sth being done

ADVERB

▪ successfully

▪ effectively

The new rules would effectively ~ protesters' attempts to assert their rights.

VERB + BLOCK

▪ attempt to , seek to , try to

▪ move to

The group has moved to ~ the government's proposals.

PHRASAL VERB

block sth out

ADVERB

▪ completely

Black clouds had completely ~ed out the sun.

▪ almost

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .