noun
1 trust in sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ enormous , great , tremendous
▪ absolute , complete , implicit , total , unshakable , unwavering
▪ little
▪
I have little ~ in doctors these days.
▪ blind
▪
He seems to have a blind ~ in his boss.
▪ abiding
▪
an artist whose work reflects his abiding ~ in humanity
▪ renewed
▪ touching
▪
She showed a touching ~ in my ability to resolve any and every difficulty.
▪ public
▪
Business crime undermines public ~ in the business system.
VERB + FAITH
▪ have
▪ pin ( esp. BrE ), place , put
▪
He distrusted political systems and placed his ~ in the genius of individuals.
▪
She did not pin much ~ on their chances of success.
▪ show
▪ share
▪
I wish I shared your ~ in the jury system.
▪ lack , lose
▪
people who lose ~ in themselves
▪ shake , undermine
▪ destroy
▪ renew , restore
▪
They are trying to restore ~ in the political system.
▪ regain
▪ retain
▪
If the company can retain its customers' ~ it could become the market leader.
▪ affirm , express , proclaim
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
Her ~ in human nature had been badly shaken.
PHRASES
▪ an act of ~
▪ a lack of ~
▪ a leap of ~
▪
These reforms are totally untested and will require a leap of ~ on the part of teachers.
▪ have every ~ in sb
2 strong religious belief
ADJECTIVE
▪ religious
▪ deep , genuine , strong , true
▪ simple
▪ unquestioning
▪ new-found
▪
her new-found ~ in Jesus
▪ active
▪
a large decline in the number of people who have an active ~ of any sort
▪ personal
VERB + FAITH
▪ have
▪ come to , find
▪
He found ~ gradually, rather than in a sudden conversion.
▪ lack , lose
▪ shake , undermine
▪ regain
▪ strengthen
▪ proclaim
FAITH + NOUN
▪ healer , healing
PREPOSITION
▪ through ~
▪
They believe that people can come to salvation through ~.
▪ ~ in
▪
After her son's death she lost her ~ in God.
PHRASES
▪ an article of ~ ( often figurative )
▪
the team's greatness was an article of ~ for him (= a belief that could not be questioned) .
3 religion
ADJECTIVE
▪ living
▪
Christianity is a living ~ which has shaped their history.
▪ world
▪
The study of other world ~s is an important part of religious education.
▪ Catholic , Jewish , Muslim , Sikh , etc.
VERB + FAITH
▪ profess
▪ practise/practice
▪
Christians were allowed to practise/practice their ~ unmolested by the authorities.
▪ keep alive , uphold
▪
Their aim was to keep alive the traditional Jewish ~.
▪ pass on , preach , spread , teach
▪
the role of parents in passing on the ~ to their children
▪
He felt the call to preach the ~ to others.
FAITH + NOUN
▪ tradition
▪ community , group
▪
a committee which is made up of members of different ~ groups
▪ school ( BrE )
▪
the debate on ~ schools
PHRASES
▪ people of different ~s
4 intention to do right
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , good
▪
The judge did not find any bad ~ (= intention to do wrong) on the part of the defendants.
VERB + FAITH
▪ break (= break a promise to sb)
PHRASES
▪ in bad ~
▪
Thet had entered into the contract in bad ~.
▪ in good ~
▪
We printed the report in good ~, but have now learned that it was incorrect.
▪ keep ~ with sb
▪
As manager, he was not prepared to keep ~ with ( = keep a promise to ) the players who had failed him.
▪ keep the ~
▪
They kept the ~ ( = remained faithful ) in the face of ridicule.