I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ human
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the complex nature of the human ~
▪ conscious , subconscious , unconscious
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Our subconscious ~ tries to protect us.
▪ logical , rational
▪ best , brilliant , finest , great
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a problem that has defeated the world's finest ~s
▪ agile , curious , enquiring , inquisitive , keen , lively , sharp
▪ analytical , clear
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I need a clear ~ if I want to continue with my work.
▪ thinking
▪ creative , fertile , imaginative
▪ enlightened
▪ closed , open
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Try to keep an open ~ until you've heard all the facts.
▪ impressionable
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impressionable young ~s that are easily influenced
▪ dirty , one-track , perverted , sick , twisted , warped
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Honestly, all you ever talk about is sex—you have a one-track ~!
▪ feeble , little
▪ tired , weary
▪ tortured , troubled
▪ deranged , fevered , wandering
▪ individual
▪ collective , public
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a subject which was on the nation's collective ~
VERB + MIND
▪ come into , come to , cross , enter , flash across , flash into , go through , spring to
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The thought never crossed my ~!
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I'm sure someone can help you, but no one immediately springs to ~.
▪ fill , flood , invade
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Serious doubts began to flood my ~.
▪ bear in , keep in
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Bear in ~ the age of the vehicle when assessing its value.
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Here are some important points to keep in mind …
▪ escape , slip
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I'm sorry I forgot your birthday—it completely slipped my ~.
▪ be imprinted on , stick in
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terrible images that will be imprinted on our ~s for ever
▪ haunt , plague , prey on
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It's been preying on my ~ ever since it happened.
▪ occupy
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He occupied his ~ by playing cards against himself.
▪ search
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Kate desperately searched her ~ for some excuse.
▪ concentrate , focus
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He wanted us to focus our ~s on unsolved problems.
▪ train
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You have to train your ~ to think positively.
▪ clear , empty
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Try meditating to clear your ~ of negative thoughts.
▪ free
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Just free your ~ and write whatever comes.
▪ cloud , dull
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Exhaustion clouded her ~.
▪ corrupt , poison , warp
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She was poisoning his ~ and turning him against his family.
▪ control
▪ close , open
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He had closed his ~ to anything new.
▪ calm , ease , quiet , refresh , relax , soothe
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His comments did nothing to ease my ~.
▪ numb
▪ blow , boggle
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a collection of photographs that will blow your ~
▪ read
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Tell me what you want—I can't read your ~!
▪ probe
▪ understand
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She was the only person who understood his ~.
▪ engage , stimulate
▪ exercise , stretch
▪ lose
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He feared he was losing his ~.
MIND + VERB
▪ work
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I'll never understand how his ~ works.
▪ drift , stray , wander
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Her ~ began to wander.
▪ buzz , race , whirl
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His ~ raced, trying to think of a way out of the situation.
▪ be in a turmoil ( esp. BrE ), reel , spin
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Her ~ was still reeling from the shock.
▪ turn to sth
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My ~ turned to more practical matters.
PREPOSITION
▪ in your ~
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You've been in my ~ a lot lately.
▪ in ~
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I'll keep what you say in ~.
▪ on your ~
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I have a lot on my ~ at the moment.
PHRASES
▪ at the back of your ~ , in the back of your ~
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The problem was always at the back of my ~.
▪ at the forefront of your ~ , in the forefront of your ~
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Try to keep safety in the forefront of your ~ at all times.
▪ a frame of ~ , a state of ~
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He's in rather a negative frame of ~.
▪ get your ~ around sth , wrap your ~ around sth ( AmE )
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I couldn't get my ~ around the concept.
▪ have sth in ~
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What kind of party do you have in ~?
▪ in the recesses of your ~
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It was something she had never imagined, not even in the deepest recesses of her ~.
▪ in your right ~
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Who in their right ~ would want to marry a murderer?
▪ ~ and body
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refreshed in ~ and body
▪ no doubt in your ~
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There was absolutely no doubt in my ~ that he was guilty.
▪ set your ~ to sth
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You can do whatever you set your ~ to.
▪ uppermost in your ~
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Their own problems of course remained uppermost in their ~s.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ terribly , very much
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They had thought the boys wouldn't ~ sharing; as it turned out, they ~ed very much.
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Would you ~ terribly if I went on my own?
▪ not a bit , not at all
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I don't ~ at all telling people my age.
▪ not much , not really
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Nobody really ~ed much about what happened to them.
VERB + MIND
▪ not seem to
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His parents didn't seem to ~ that he dropped out of college.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
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I didn't ~ about the money.
Mind is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ language , ↑ step