noun
1 written/printed message
ADJECTIVE
▪ lengthy , long
▪ brief , short
▪ ten-page , etc.
▪ rambling
▪ countless , numerous
▪
She received countless ~s of support while in jail.
▪ occasional
▪
Apart from the occasional ~, they had not been in touch for years.
▪ airmail
▪ registered
▪ handwritten
▪ anonymous
▪ formal , official
▪ business
▪ personal
▪ confidential , private
▪ open , public
▪
The editor published an open ~ to the president.
▪ circular
▪ chain
▪ form , standard
▪ sample
▪ accompanying , cover ( AmE ), covering ( BrE ), explanatory ( esp. BrE )
▪
The conditions are explained in the accompanying ~.
▪
Send your résumé with a cover ~. ( AmE )
▪
Send your CV with a covering ~. ( BrE )
▪ thank-you
▪
I wrote my uncle a thank-you ~ as soon as I opened the present.
▪ congratulatory
▪ warning
▪ acceptance , rejection
▪
I've had ten job interviews and received ten rejection ~s.
▪ resignation
▪ suicide
▪ fan
▪ love
▪ intimate
▪ nice
▪ friendly
▪ heartfelt , impassioned
▪
She wrote an impassioned ~ to her local newspaper to complain about the new road.
▪ polite
▪ apologetic
▪ angry , strong , strongly worded , threatening
▪ indignant
▪ critical
▪ poison pen
▪
He had been sending poison pen ~s to people at work.
VERB + LETTER
▪ draft , write
▪
She drafted an angry ~ to the newspaper.
▪ read
▪ get , have , receive
▪
I haven't had a ~ from her for months.
▪ mail ( AmE ), post ( BrE ), send
▪ fax
▪ deliver
▪ forward
▪
The ~ was forwarded from my old address.
▪ seal
▪ open
▪ acknowledge , answer , reply to , respond to
▪
I was angry that they didn't even acknowledge my ~.
▪ address
▪
The ~ was addressed to me.
▪ sign
▪ publish
▪
The newspaper refused to publish the ~.
▪ edit
▪
We reserve the right to cut or edit ~s.
LETTER + VERB
▪ arrive , come , reach sb
▪
I hope my last ~ has reached you.
▪ be dated …
▪
The ~ is dated July 7.
▪ cross
▪
Our ~s crossed.
▪ be lost
▪ announce sth , ask (sb) sth , explain sth , say sth , state sth , tell sb sth
▪
She wrote him a ~ saying that she was not coming back.
▪ begin , start , start off
▪
The ~ started off by thanking us for our offer.
▪ continue , go on
▪
His ~ went on to give reasons for his refusal to take part.
▪ conclude , end
▪
The ~ concluded with a threat of possible legal action.
▪ contain sth
▪
The ~ contained information that only the killer could know.
▪ enclose sth
▪
The charity received an anonymous ~ enclosing a large donation.
▪ appear
▪
A ~ headed ‘Advertising Mania’ appeared in the paper.
LETTER + NOUN
▪ writer , writing
▪
George Bernard Shaw was a prolific ~ writer.
▪ carrier ( AmE ) ( postman/postwoman in BrE )
▪ box ( BrE )
▪
A card dropped through the ~ box.
( mail slot in AmE )
▪
There's a ~ box on the corner of the street.
( mailbox in AmE )
▪ opener ( esp. AmE )
▪ bomb ( mail bomb in AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
Please reply by ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
In your ~ of June 5 …
▪ ~ about , ~ concerning , ~ regarding
▪ ~ from , ~ to
▪
a ~ to the editor
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of application/apology
2 sign that represents a sound in a language
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , large
▪ block , capital , upper-case
▪
Fill in the form in block ~s.
▪ lower-case , small
▪ bold
▪ initial
▪
The company's name is made from the initial ~s of his children's names.
▪ double
▪
Words with double ~s, such as ‘accommodate’, are commonly misspelled.
▪ silent
▪
words such as ‘debt’ and ‘half’, which contain silent ~s
PREPOSITION
▪ in … ~s
▪
His name was written in large white ~s over the doorway.
PHRASES
▪ the ~s of the alphabet