I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , large , wide
▪
She has a very wide ~ of friends.
▪ little , select , small
▪
The president met with a select ~ of senior negotiators.
▪ coherent , cohesive , homogeneous , tight , tight-knit , tightly knit
▪
The strangers who came together for the course soon became a cohesive ~.
▪ diverse , heterogeneous
▪ organized
▪ minority
▪
Disabled drivers are an ever-growing minority ~.
▪ dominant , powerful
▪ cultural , demographic , ethnic , racial , social
▪ family
▪
The animals live in family ~s of 10–20 individuals.
▪ age , peer
▪
young people in this age ~
▪
He started smoking because of peer-group pressure.
▪ discussion
▪
a discussion ~ that meets once a month
▪ research , study
▪ self-help , support
▪ focus
▪ business , consumer , student
▪ action , advocacy ( esp. AmE ), interest , pressure , special-interest
▪
Local parents have formed an action ~ to campaign for better road safety.
▪ working
▪ rebel , splinter
▪
A few members of the party broke away to form a splinter ~.
▪ extremist
▪ hate ( esp. AmE )
▪ terror , terrorist
▪ church , religious
▪ conservation , environmental
▪ theatre/theater
▪ book , reading
▪ youth
▪ pop , rock
▪ blood
▪
What blood ~ are you? ( BrE )
▪ comparison , control
▪ muscle
▪ user
VERB + GROUP
▪ create , form , found , organize , set up , start
▪ constitute
▪ head , lead , manage , run
▪ represent
▪ become a member of , join
▪ leave
▪
He left the ~ last year to pursue a solo career.
GROUP + VERB
▪ form
▪
The ~ formed back in 1992.
▪ split up
▪
The ~ has split up and re-formed several times with different musicians.
▪ comprise , consist of , include
GROUP + NOUN
▪ leader , member
▪ activity , discussion , work
▪ photo
▪ hug
PREPOSITION
▪ as a ~
▪
The gorillas go foraging for food as a ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
There are fifteen of us in the ~.
▪ within a/the ~
▪
Within a ~, each individual had a definite status.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of young mothers
PHRASES
▪ divide sb/sth into ~s
▪
We divided the class into small ~s.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ closely
▪ broadly , loosely
▪ thematically
▪
Works in the exhibition are ~ed thematically.
▪ together
PREPOSITION
▪ according to , by
▪
Eggs were ~ed according to size.
▪
The children were ~ed by age.
▪ around , round ( esp. BrE )
▪
They sat ~ed around the fire.
▪ in , into
▪
These stories can be loosely ~ed into three types.
▪ with
▪
The England team was ~ed with Uruguay and Holland.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth under a heading
▪
The names were ~ed under four different headings.