I.
noun
1 caring for sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , great
▪
He loved his books and took great ~ of them.
▪ proper
▪
With proper ~, the plants may last for fifty years.
▪ loving , tender
▪
She will need lots of tender loving ~.
▪ private
▪ voluntary ( BrE )
▪ constant , full-time
▪ continuing , long-term
▪ short-term , temporary
▪ daily , day-to-day , routine
▪ intensive
▪
Last night she was critically ill in intensive ~.
▪
an intensive ~ unit
▪ clinical , emergency , health , medical , nursing ( esp. BrE ), patient
▪ hospital , inpatient , institutional , residential
▪ outpatient
▪ community
▪ domiciliary ( BrE , formal ), home , home-based
▪ primary , secondary , tertiary
▪ antenatal ( BrE ), maternity , prenatal ( esp. AmE )
▪ dental
▪ psychiatric
▪ palliative ( medical )
▪ preventive ( esp. AmE )
▪ parental
▪ formal , informal (both esp. BrE )
▪
The couple relied on informal ~ from relatives.
▪ foster
▪ respite
▪ public
▪
children in public ~
▪ pastoral , spiritual
▪ child (usually childcare ) , day
▪
Family members can provide child ~ with love and without charge.
▪ client ( esp. BrE ), customer
▪ hair , skin (usually haircare , skincare )
VERB + CARE
▪ take
▪
He left his job to take ~ of his sick wife.
▪
I'll take ~ of hiring the car.
▪ deliver , provide (sb with)
▪
We have improved the way doctors deliver ~.
▪ need , require
▪ receive
▪ take sb into ( BrE )
▪
The boys were taken into ~ when their parents died.
CARE + NOUN
▪ services
▪
access to basic health-care services
▪ centre/center , facility , home , unit (all esp. BrE )
▪ manager , worker
▪ giver , provider
▪ plan , policy , programme/program
▪
recent changes in health-care policy
▪ delivery
▪ needs
▪
sensitive to the health-care needs of underserved groups
▪ package (= a package of food, etc. that is sent to sb) ( AmE )
▪ allowance ( BrE )
▪ order ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
He had been in foster ~ since he was five.
▪
He was in ~ for five years. ( BrE )
▪ in sb's ~
▪
You won't come to any harm while you're in their ~.
▪
Many historic sites are in the ~ of the Trust.
▪ under the ~ of
▪
He's under the ~ of Dr Parks.
PHRASES
▪ ~ of sb , in ~ of sb ( AmE ) (written on letters, etc. and usually abbreviated to c/o )
▪ the quality of ~ , the standard of ~
2 attention/thought given to sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ extreme , good , great
▪
Great ~ should be taken to ensure that the equipment is clean.
▪ extra , special
▪ infinite , the utmost
▪
He takes the utmost ~ of his appearance.
▪ meticulous , painstaking , scrupulous ( esp. BrE )
▪
The little girl was writing her name with painstaking ~.
▪ due ( formal ), proper , reasonable
▪
The householder has a duty to take reasonable ~ for the visitor's safety.
VERB + CARE
▪ exercise , take
▪ need , require
▪
Transporting the specimens requires great ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
▪
A label on the box read: ‘Glass—handle with care’.
▪ without ~ ( BrE )
▪
He was found guilty of driving without due ~ and attention.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ deeply , genuinely , a lot , passionately , really , truly
▪ hardly , not greatly ( esp. BrE ), not much , not particularly
▪
He hardly ~s what he does any more.
▪
I don't know which she chose, nor do I greatly ~.
▪ actually
▪
No one actually ~d what I thought.
▪ enough
▪
The information is there for anyone who ~s enough to find it.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
He really ~s about the environment.
▪ for
▪
You genuinely ~ for him, don't you?
PHRASES
▪ be past caring
▪
I'm past caring what he does( = I don't care any more ).