I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , passing
▪ special
▪ earliest , first
▪
The earliest ~ of the town is in a 16th-century manuscript.
▪ particular , specific
▪ explicit
▪
No explicit ~ of a sexual relationship is made.
▪ little , scant
▪
There is scant ~ of her in the literature.
▪ mere
▪
The mere ~ of his name brings a smile to my face.
▪ honourable/honorable
▪ media ( esp. AmE )
▪
The company racked up two billion media ~s in 2002.
VERB + MENTION
▪ deserve , merit , rate , warrant
▪
My cousin deserves a ~ for all his hard work.
▪
The war barely rates a ~ in this book.
▪ earn
▪ get , receive
▪
His professor gets a ~ in the acknowledgements.
▪ make
▪
Special ~ must be made of Watson's wonderful performance as the doctor.
▪ give sb
▪
Andrew Divoff is given special ~.
▪ avoid , omit
▪
The author omitted any ~ of the report.
▪ hear
▪
I've heard no ~ of a salary increase this year.
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~ of
▪
At the very ~ of his name, Kate started shaking with fright.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ already , earlier , just , previously , so far
▪
As already ~ed, the legislation does not consider low pay as an acceptable reason for turning down a job.
▪
This aspect is discussed further by Crane, whom I ~ed earlier.
▪
All the approaches ~ed so far are fairly conventional.
▪ commonly , frequently
▪ rarely , seldom
▪ never
▪
He's never ~ed you before.
▪ briefly , in passing
▪
He only ~ed his work in passing.
▪ casually
▪
I casually ~ed that I might be interested in working in Florida.
▪ directly , explicitly , expressly , specifically
▪
She did not specifically ~ your name.
▪ publicly
▪
He was the first to publicly ~ this.
▪ repeatedly
▪
The same places are repeatedly ~ed in the data.
▪ barely , hardly , scarcely ( esp. BrE )
▪ not actually , not at all
▪
Although she didn't actually ~ the move, I am sure that was in her mind.
▪
My name wasn't ~ed at all.
VERB + MENTION
▪ not bother to , fail to , forget to , neglect to , omit to
▪ hesitate to
▪
I hesitate to ~ it, but …
▪ care to
▪
more hours than I care to ~
▪ happen to
▪
Did he happen to ~ putting you in his will?
▪ remember to , think to
▪
I just never thought to ~ it to you.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
Next spring has been ~ed as a possible time for the event.
▪ in
▪
She didn't ~ the economy in her speech.
▪ in connection with
▪
His name had been ~ed in connection with the murder of a local man.
▪ to
▪
Please don't ~ this to Sally.
PHRASES
▪ avoid ~ing sb/sth
▪
He avoided ~ing his family.
▪ be worth ~ing sth
▪
At this point, it is worth ~ing that many people who were adopted as babies have no desire to meet their biological parents.
▪ ~ed above , ~ed below
▪
In the example ~ed above, either method of construction could have been used.
▪ ~ed in dispatches ( esp. BrE )
▪
Wounded in action, he was twice ~ed in dispatches.
▪ ~ the fact that …
▪
Did I ~ the fact that I'm now single?
▪ not to ~ (= used to add extra information)
▪
He has two big houses, not to ~ his city apartment.
▪ come to ~ it , now you come to ~ it , now you ~ it (all esp. BrE )
▪
Now that you come to ~ it, he did say something about a ghost.
▪ to ~ but a few , to ~ just a few
▪
plumbers, printers and potters, to ~ but a few
Mention is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ article , ↑ report
Mention is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ name , ↑ word