I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ enormous , excellent ( BrE ), good , great , terrific , tremendous
▪ pure , sheer
▪ clean , good clean , harmless , innocent , plain ( esp. AmE )
▪
The boys' game started as harmless ~ but ended in tragedy.
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It was just plain ~.
▪ family
VERB + FUN
▪ be , become , get
▪ look , seem , sound
▪ have
▪
We had a lot of ~ at Mick's party.
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He decided to have a little ~ at his friend's expense.
▪ ruin , spoil
▪
We won't let the rain spoil our ~.
▪ want
▪ find
FUN + NOUN
▪ day
▪
She organized an annual ~ day for local children.
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
▪
I write for ~, not because I expect to make money.
▪ in ~
▪
I only said it in fun—don't take it seriously!
▪ ~ for
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a game that's ~ for kids
PHRASES
▪ be no ~
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It's no ~ getting up at 4 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning.
▪ a bit of ~
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I was only having a bit of ~.
▪ full of ~
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This movie is full of ~.
▪ ~ and games
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School isn't all ~ and games.
▪ just for ~ , just for the ~ of it
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They took up motor racing just for the ~ of it.
▪ miss the ~
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You're missing all the ~!
▪ the real ~
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That's when the real ~ started!
▪ a sense of ~
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You have to have a sense of ~ to be a good teacher.
▪ suck (all) the ~ out of sth ( AmE ), take the ~ away from sth , take the ~ out of sth
▪
Must you take all the ~ out of everything?
II.
adj.
Fun is used with these nouns: ↑ day , ↑ diversion , ↑ evening , ↑ fair , ↑ fur , ↑ game , ↑ hobby , ↑ movie , ↑ night , ↑ part , ↑ read , ↑ ride , ↑ run , ↑ time