verb
ADVERB
▪ exhaustively , fully , in detail , thoroughly
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The plan was ~ed in great detail.
▪ at length , endlessly , extensively
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These ideas will be ~ed at greater length in the next chapter.
▪ briefly
▪ further
▪ freely , openly
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This problem has never been ~ed openly before.
▪ informally
▪ critically , intelligently , seriously
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Students should be encouraged to ~ critically the information they are given.
▪ publicly
▪ explicitly ( esp. AmE )
VERB + DISCUSS
▪ convene (sth) to , meet to
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to convene a conference to ~ the country's political future
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The committee meets regularly to ~ these issues.
▪ want to , wish to , would like to
▪ need to
▪ refuse to
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He refused to ~ it with me.
▪ be able to
▪ be prepared to , be willing to
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I'm not prepared to ~ this on the phone.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
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I'd like to ~ this matter with you later.
PHRASES
▪ as ~ed
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We will send you an invoice as ~ed.
▪ a forum to ~ sth
▪ have sth to ~
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Can you leave us alone? We have business to ~.
▪ an opportunity to ~ sth
▪ widely ~ed
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The proposals have been widely ~ed in the media.
Discuss is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ article , ↑ cabinet , ↑ chapter , ↑ essay , ↑ meeting
Discuss is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alternative , ↑ arrangement , ↑ aspect , ↑ business , ↑ concept , ↑ detail , ↑ disagreement , ↑ experience , ↑ extent , ↑ feasibility , ↑ feeling , ↑ finding , ↑ future , ↑ hypothesis , ↑ idea , ↑ implementation , ↑ implication , ↑ importance , ↑ incident , ↑ issue , ↑ matter , ↑ merit , ↑ motion , ↑ nature , ↑ plan , ↑ point , ↑ politics , ↑ possibility , ↑ problem , ↑ proposal , ↑ pros and cons , ↑ question , ↑ reason , ↑ recommendation , ↑ reform , ↑ religion , ↑ report , ↑ research , ↑ sexuality , ↑ situation , ↑ strategy , ↑ subject , ↑ tactic , ↑ technicality , ↑ theme , ↑ thing , ↑ topic , ↑ view , ↑ work