I.
noun
1 series of steps/movements to music
ADJECTIVE
▪ little
▪ fast , lively
▪ slow , stately
▪ first , last
▪
Save the last ~ for me.
▪ traditional
▪ ritual
▪ ballroom , folk , square , tap , etc.
▪ rain , victory
▪ mating
▪
pigeons performing their mating ~
VERB + DANCE
▪ dance , do , perform
▪
In her delight she got up and did a little ~.
▪ have
▪
May I have the next ~?
▪
I felt like having a ~.
▪ like
▪
Would you like a ~?
▪ sit out
▪
She had to sit out the last ~ because of a twisted ankle.
DANCE + NOUN
▪ music , rhythm
▪ performance , programme/program , routine , sequence , step
▪ partner
▪ class , instructor , lesson , school , teacher
▪ club
▪ floor , hall , studio
2 social meeting with dancing
ADJECTIVE
▪ barn , square
▪ school
▪ homecoming , prom , Sadie Hawkins (= when female students invite male students) (all AmE )
▪ dinner , tea
VERB + DANCE
▪ go to
▪ hold
DANCE + NOUN
▪ band
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
They met at a ~.
3 dancing as a form of art/entertainment
ADJECTIVE
▪ contemporary , modern
▪ classical
DANCE + NOUN
▪ company , troupe
▪ style
PHRASES
▪ a school of ~ , a style of ~
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ wildly
▪
They ~d wildly down the street.
▪ slowly
▪ well
▪ about ( esp. BrE ), around , away , off
▪ together
VERB + DANCE
▪ ask sb to
▪ want to
▪ feel like dancing
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
He was almost dancing for joy.
▪ to
▪
We ~d to the music.
▪ with
▪
Will you ~ with me?
Dance is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ eye , ↑ flame , ↑ moonlight , ↑ shadow
Dance is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ballet , ↑ dance , ↑ role , ↑ solo , ↑ waltz