noun
1 piece of equipment
ADJECTIVE
▪ giant , great , huge , large , powerful
▪ portable
▪ automated , automatic , electronic
▪ sophisticated
▪ efficient
▪ knitting , sewing , video , washing
▪ answering , fax
▪ ATM , cash
▪ exercise , rowing
▪ arcade , gaming , karaoke , pinball
▪ coffee , espresso , ice , soda
▪ vending
▪ dialysis , kidney , life-support , MRI , ultrasound , X-ray
▪
The crash victim is now on a life-support ~.
▪ voting
VERB + MACHINE
▪ operate , run , use , work
▪ install , set up
▪
We've had a new washing ~ installed.
▪ start , stop
▪ plug in , unplug
▪ power
▪ create , invent
▪ build , make
▪ service
▪ fix , repair
▪ design
▪
The ~ is designed to fit under a counter.
MACHINE + VERB
▪ go , work
▪
Is the ~ working again?
▪ break down , malfunction
▪ run
▪
The ~ runs on solar power.
▪ beep , hum , whirr
MACHINE + NOUN
▪ operator
▪ parts
▪ tool
▪
~ tools for making weapons
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
The potatoes are planted by ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Just put those clothes in the ~ (= the washing machine) .
▪ on a/the ~
▪
I make my own dresses on my sewing ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for making coffee
PHRASES
▪ a make of ~
▪
What make of ~ are they using?
2 system/organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ party , political
▪
The independent candidates did not have the support of a party ~.
▪ marketing , propaganda , publicity
▪ military , war
▪
the president's propaganda ~
▪ administrative , government , state (all esp. BrE )
MACHINE + NOUN
▪ politician , politics
PHRASES
▪ a cog in the ~ ( figurative )
▪
Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast ~, he handed in his resignation.
▪ a well-oiled ~ ( figurative )
▪
The department ran like a well-oiled ~ after the reorganization.