noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , high
▪ low
▪ personal
▪
I needed to do it for my own personal ~.
▪ mutual
▪
We parted with expressions of mutual ~.
▪ critical , popular , public , social
▪
Her work has been steadily gaining critical ~ in recent years.
VERB + ESTEEM
▪ earn
▪
She had earned the ~ of everyone in the town.
▪ enjoy , have
▪
the high public ~ now enjoyed by the armed forces
▪ lose
▪
He had lost all of his personal ~.
▪ accord sb
▪
the level of social ~ accorded to doctors
▪ boost , build , build up , raise
▪
Recent reviews of her work have raised her ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in … ~
▪
the status of teachers in the public ~
▪ ~ for
▪
the public's ~ for the president
▪
I have great ~ for you.
▪ ~ of
▪
The school's aim is to build the self-esteem of the children.
PHRASES
▪ hold sb/sth in great, high, low, etc. ~
▪
He is held in the highest ~ by all who know him.
▪ a mark of ~ , a token of ~
▪
We would like to offer you this gift as a mark of our ~.