I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ little , minor , minute , small , subtle , tiny
▪
It is important to get even the small ~s right.
▪ considerable , fine , great , meticulous , painstaking
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Now let us examine this idea in greater ~.
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Every new animal or plant found was recorded in meticulous ~.
▪ exact , explicit , precise
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I don't need to know the precise ~s of your quarrel.
▪ excruciating
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He described the event to his friends in excruciating ~.
▪ fascinating , interesting
▪ colourful/colorful , vivid
▪ juicy , salacious
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She was telling me all the juicy ~s of her love life.
▪ gory , graphic , grisly , gruesome , lurid , sordid
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I can still remember the accident in graphic ~.
▪ chilling , disturbing , shocking
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The report uncovers disturbing ~s of abuse.
▪ intimate
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The diary contains intimate ~s of their life together.
▪ complete , exhaustive , full
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We'll give you full ~s of how to enter our competition later.
▪ bare ~s , brief ~s , sketchy ~s
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I only know the barest ~s of his plans.
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He only managed to give the police a few sketchy ~s of the robbery.
▪ crucial , essential , important , nitty-gritty ( informal , esp. AmE ), pertinent
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The book covers the nitty-gritty ~s of starting a business.
▪ insignificant , irrelevant , trivial
▪ telling
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It was a small but telling ~.
▪ practical
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I haven't sorted out the practical ~s of getting there yet.
▪ complex , intricate
▪ final
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Everyone must approve the basic plan before the final ~s are drawn up.
▪ concrete
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Can you give me some concrete ~s of how you've been saving money?
▪ mundane
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the mundane ~s of his daily life
▪ biographical , factual , historical , operational , personal , technical
… OF DETAIL
▪ point
▪
I must correct some points of ~ in your article.
▪ wealth
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The book provides a wealth of ~ on daily life in ancient China.
▪ level
▪
Ensure that your diagrams contain the appropriate level of ~.
VERB + DETAIL
▪ give , go into , offer , present , provide , send , supply
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Do not give any technical ~s of the product at this stage.
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I don't want to go into any more ~ than necessary.
▪ disclose , divulge , pass on , release ~s , reveal
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The committee refused to disclose ~s of the proposals.
▪ share
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He had shared intimate ~s of his life with a stranger.
▪ explain , lay out , lay sth out in , set out , set sth out in , spell out , spell sth out in
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Details of the pension plan are set out below.
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The rules are set out in ~ in chapter seven.
▪ establish , finalize , iron out , work out , work sth out in
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We haven't yet worked out the travel ~s.
▪ discuss , hammer out , negotiate
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We still need to negotiate the ~s of the contract.
▪ handle
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Natalie handled the ~s of her travel.
▪ uncover
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Historians claim to have uncovered ~s of the writer's secret affair.
▪ hear , learn , read
▪ fill sb in on
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I'll give you a call later and fill you in on the ~s.
▪ spare sb ( informal )
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‘We had a terrible time—’ ‘Oh, spare me the ~s (= don't tell me any more) .’
▪ contain , have , include
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Tomorrow's papers will contain full ~s of the case.
▪ show
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The receipt shows ~s of the item purchased.
▪ find out ~s , get ~s
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You can find out more ~s of the offer from your local travel agent.
▪ enter ~s
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Enter your ~s in the form below then click on ‘submit’.
▪ take ~s
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The secretary took my ~s and said they would get back to me.
▪ check , examine , study
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Make sure you check the ~s of the policy before you sign it.
▪ record
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The computer records the ~s of everyone entering the country.
▪ absorb , memorize
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She had memorized every ~ of his body.
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Ali absorbed every ~ of the beautiful morning.
▪ omit
▪ neglect , overlook
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He had overlooked one crucial ~.
▪ be lacking in , lack
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The speech was well delivered but lacking in ~.
▪ sweat the ~s ( AmE , informal )
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He leaves experts to sweat the ~s ( = worry about them ).
▪ spill ( informal , esp. AmE )
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Spill the gory ~s about your worst relationship.
▪ post ~s , publish (= on the Internet)
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Click here for more ~s posted by Ken.
▪ confirm
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They wrote to confirm the ~s of the meeting.
DETAIL + VERB
▪ emerge
▪
New ~s are emerging on the alleged terror plot.
▪ suggest sth
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This ~ suggests that the killer knew his victim.
▪ reveal sth , show sth
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~s
▪
For ~s contact Joanna Morland.
▪ in ~
▪
I haven't looked at the proposal in ~ yet.
▪ over a/the ~
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They're still arguing over the ~s of the contract.
▪ ~ about
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I won't go into ~ about the threats she made.
▪ ~ of
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She revealed the ~s of her plan.
▪ ~ on
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For more ~ on how to obtain a visa, see page 8.
▪ ~ surrounding
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The ~s surrounding his death are not known.
PHRASES
▪ attention to ~
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The secret of their success lies in their attention to ~.
▪ down to the last ~
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an expedition planned down to the last ~
▪ every last ~
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She remembered every last ~ of what I'd told her the month before.
▪ an eye for ~
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He has an excellent eye for ~.
▪ full of ~
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Her short stories are full of ~ and wit.
▪ a lack of ~
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The report was criticized for its lack of ~.
II.
verb
Detail is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ article , ↑ chapter , ↑ document , ↑ page , ↑ report
Detail is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ plan