I.
( BrE ) ( AmE favor ) noun
1 sth that helps sb
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , great , huge
▪ little , small
▪ special
▪ personal
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As a personal ~ to me, please don't release my story to the press.
▪ last
▪
She had one last ~ to ask her brother.
▪ political , sexual
VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR
▪ ask
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I came here to ask you a big ~.
▪ expect
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I don't expect any ~s from my friends on the tennis court.
▪ bestow , do , grant sb
▪
Rodrigo accepted the ~s bestowed on him by the new king.
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Do yourself a ~ and cut your credit cards in half.
▪ owe sb
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I'll ask Jane. She owes me a ~.
▪ repay , return
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Thanks very much. I'll return the ~ one day.
▪ seek
▪ need
▪
He needed another ~ from her.
▪ get , obtain
▪ accept , receive
2 approval or support for sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , great , high , particular
▪
Traditionally, vigilante groups have found greater ~ on the political right.
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He stood in high ~ at the court of Lewis the Pious.
▪ divine , government , political , royal
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In the Christian tradition, the world exists only as an act of divine ~.
▪ public
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This did not meet with public ~.
VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR
▪ be in , enjoy , have
▪
The bishop was said to have enjoyed the king's ~.
▪ find , gain , win
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Her political views have not found ~ in recent years.
▪ court , curry , seek
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Why are we trying to court the ~ of critics?
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He tried to curry ~ with the teachers.
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Artists sought the ~ of wealthy patrons.
▪ show
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As an examiner, she showed no ~ to any candidate.
▪ be out of
▪ fall from , fall out of , lose
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The senior officials were punished and rapidly fell from ~.
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This idea has long since fallen out of ~.
▪ be back in , bring sth back into , come back into
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A style of art can go out of fashion and then come back into ~ fifty years later.
▪ argue in , speak in
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She argued in ~ of this policy.
▪ speak out in
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No one was willing to speak out in ~ of their colleague.
▪ come down in , come out in , decide in , find in , resolve in , rule in , vote in
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The committee came down in ~ of setting up a national body.
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The court found in ~ of the plaintiffs.
▪ work in
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Environmental conservation generally works in ~ of maintaining the status quo.
▪ go in
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The golf tournament went in the Americans' ~ (= they won) .
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ of
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He is strongly in ~ of capital punishment.
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Early in his musical career he abandoned blues in ~ of jazz.
▪ in sb's/sth's ~
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This piece of software has two points in its ~: it's fast and inexpensive.
▪ ~ among
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This argument found ~ among advocates of multiculturalism.
▪ ~ with
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She is too popular with the public to find much ~ with the critics.
PHRASES
▪ an argument in sb/sth's ~
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an argument in ~ of censorship
▪ a bias in sb/sth's ~
▪ look with ~ on sb/sth , look with ~ upon sb/sth
▪
Depth of training is looked upon with ~ by many employers.
▪ without fear or ~ (= in a fair way)
II.
( BrE ) ( AmE favor ) verb
ADVERB
▪ greatly , heavily , overwhelmingly , strongly
▪
We strongly ~ reform of the system.
▪ especially , particularly
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Haitians especially ~ seafoods.
▪ clearly
▪ increasingly
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Pot plants are increasingly ~ed as gifts by guests.
▪ slightly
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The polls slightly ~ the Republicans.
▪ consistently
▪ personally
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I personally ~ this last option.
▪ traditionally
VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR
▪ appear to , be known to , be likely to , be thought to , seem to , tend to
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The prime minister is thought to ~ an early referendum on the issue.
▪ continue to
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She continues to ~ large-scale developments.
PREPOSITION
▪ at the expense of
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He ~ed some individuals at the expense of others.
▪ for
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The Democrat candidate is ~ed for re-election.
▪ over
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News coverage should not ~ one party over another.