I.
noun
1 amount/price
ADJECTIVE
▪ high
▪ low
▪ double
▪
Four players reached double ~s in the scoring column.
▪ accurate , exact
▪ approximate ( esp. BrE ), ballpark , rough , round
▪ dollar ( AmE )
▪
You can't put a dollar ~ on the lives ruined by the hurricane.
▪ real , reliable , true
▪ official
▪ latest
▪ inflated
▪ target
▪ attendance , census , sales , trade , unemployment
▪ audience , viewing (both esp. BrE )
VERB + FIGURE
▪ reach
▪
The rate of inflation has now reached double ~s.
▪ exceed
▪ add , add together , add up , calculate
▪ compile
▪ disclose , release
▪
The government has just released new unemployment ~s.
▪ cite , give , quote
▪ inflate
FIGURE + VERB
▪ add up
▪
These ~s don't add up.
▪ be bandied about
▪
Lots of different ~s were being bandied about.
▪ indicate sth , suggest sth
▪ reflect sth
PHRASES
▪ according to (the) ~s
▪
The industry remains in the doldrums, according to official ~s out today.
▪ in round ~s
2 person
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ central , key , pivotal
▪ important , influential , leading , major , powerful , prominent
▪
a key ~ on the committee
▪ famous , well-known
▪ larger-than-life
▪ popular , respected
▪ controversial
▪ public
▪ national
▪ senior
▪ familiar
▪
He was a familiar ~ in the town.
▪ unlikely
▪
They were visited by the unlikely ~ of Bill Clinton.
▪ authority , dominant
▪ father , mother , parental
▪ tragic
▪ comic , ridiculous
▪ cult , heroic , iconic , legendary , mythical , mythological
▪ historical
▪ literary , political , religious
▪ government , opposition
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of authority/fun
3 shape of a person
ADJECTIVE
▪ cloaked , hooded , masked , robed
▪ life-size
▪ dark , shadowy
▪ ghostly
▪ seated , standing , etc.
▪
The seated ~ in the corner beckoned me over.
▪ approaching , retreating
▪ sleeping
▪ central
▪
the central ~ in the photo
▪ lone , single , solitary
▪ human
FIGURE + NOUN
▪ painter
▪ drawing , painting
4 shape of sb's body
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , fine , good , handsome , lovely , stunning
▪
She still had a lovely ~.
▪ curvy , hourglass
▪ sexy
▪ lean , slender , slim
▪ bulky , full , large , stocky
▪ lanky , tall , towering
▪ dashing , imposing , striking
▪ slight , small , tiny , trim
▪ lithe
VERB + FIGURE
▪ cut , have
▪
He cut a dashing ~ in his uniform.
▪ keep
▪
She's kept her ~ after all these years.
▪ watch
▪
You need to watch your ~.
▪ lose
PHRASES
▪ a fine ~ of a man , a fine ~ of a woman
5 picture/diagram
VERB + FIGURE
▪ refer to , see
▪
See Figure 8.
FIGURE + VERB
▪ illustrate sth , show sth
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ largely , prominently , significantly , strongly ( esp. BrE )
▪ hardly ( esp. BrE )
▪
Vegetables hardly ~ at all in their diet.
PREPOSITION
▪ among
▪
This man did not ~ among the suspects.
▪ in
▪
The issue ~d prominently in our discussion.