I.
noun
1 for reading
ADJECTIVE
▪ latest , new , recent
▪ best-selling
▪ forthcoming , upcoming ( esp. AmE )
▪ hardback , hardcover ( esp. AmE ), leather-bound , paperback
▪ printed
▪
one of the earliest printed ~s
▪ rare
▪ second-hand ( esp. BrE ), used ( AmE )
▪ excellent , fascinating , fine , good , great , interesting , readable , remarkable , terrific , useful , wonderful
▪
There's nothing like curling up with a mug of tea and a good ~.
▪ famous , important , influential
▪ controversial
▪
a controversial ~ about the royal family
▪ favourite/favorite
▪
a survey to find the nation's favourite/favorite children's ~
▪ library
▪ audio
▪ children's , colouring/coloring , comic , picture , reading , story (usually storybook )
▪ cook (usually cookbook ) , cookery ( BrE )
▪ guide (usually guidebook ) , travel
▪ phrase , reference
▪ coffee-table , illustrated
▪ how-to , self-help , tell-all
▪ school , set ( BrE ), text (usually textbook )
▪
‘Emma’ was one of our set ~s for the exam.
▪ history , science , etc.
▪ address , autograph , exercise , order
▪ phone , telephone
▪ holy , hymn , prayer
… OF BOOK
▪ copy
▪
How many copies of the ~ did you order?
VERB + BOOK
▪ flick through ( esp. BrE ), flip through ( esp. AmE ), look at , read , skim through
▪ be deep in , be engrossed in , be immersed in
▪ study
▪ look up from , put down
▪
She looked up from her ~ and smiled at him.
▪
I couldn't put the ~ down.
▪ close , open
▪ author , co-author , write
▪ bring out , publish , put out
▪ reprint
▪ edit , proofread , revise
▪ translate
▪ illustrate
▪ bind
▪ ban , censor
▪ dedicate , inscribe
▪
The ~ is dedicated to his mother.
▪
Her name was inscribed in the ~.
▪
The collector had many ~s inscribed to him by famous authors.
▪ review
▪ recommend
▪ borrow , check out ( esp. AmE ), have out , take out ( esp. BrE ) (= from a library)
▪
How many ~s can I borrow?
▪ return , take back (= to a library)
▪ renew
▪
Do you want to renew any of your library ~s?
BOOK + VERB
▪ appear , come out
▪
His latest ~ will appear in December.
▪ be out of print , go out of print
BOOK + NOUN
▪ title
▪ review , reviewer
▪ club
▪ token ( BrE )
▪ bag ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
These issues are discussed in his latest ~.
▪ ~ about , ~ on
▪
She's busy writing a ~ on astrology.
▪ ~ by
▪
a ~ by Robert Grout
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of walks in London
2 books company records
ADJECTIVE
▪ account
VERB + BOOKS
▪ do , keep
▪
She does the ~s for us.
▪ audit , check
▪ cook ( informal )
▪
Someone was cooking the ~s ( = falsifying the accounts ).
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~s
▪
We have fifty people on the ~s ( = working for us ).
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ ahead , early , in advance
▪
Seats go quickly, so it is essential to ~ in advance.
▪ online
▪
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
Book with Suntours and kids go free!
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed solid (= be fully booked) , be ~ed up , be fully ~ed
Book is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ referee
Book is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accommodation , ↑ appointment , ↑ berth , ↑ flight , ↑ holiday , ↑ hotel , ↑ passage , ↑ reservation , ↑ room , ↑ seat , ↑ table , ↑ taxi , ↑ ticket , ↑ trip , ↑ vacation