noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ large
▪ little , small
▪ major
▪ great , leading , powerful , strong
▪ advanced , developed , industrial , industrialized
▪ developing , emerging , Third-World
▪ affluent , prosperous , rich , wealthy
▪
the richest ~ on earth
▪ poor
▪ modern
▪ new , young
▪ ancient , old
▪ civilized
▪ entire , whole
▪
The entire ~ mourned her death.
▪ divided , united
▪ free , independent , sovereign
▪ democratic
▪ capitalist , communist
▪ Christian , Muslim , etc.
▪ foreign
▪ Western
▪
the imperialist expansion of Western ~s in the 1880s
▪ Arab , European , French , etc.
▪ island
▪
The Soviet Union sent aid to the island ~ of Cuba.
▪ maritime , oil-producing , trading
▪ nuclear
▪ creditor , debtor
▪
In 1950 the UK was the world's largest debtor ~ and the US the largest creditor.
▪ host
▪
France was host ~ for the 1998 World Cup.
▪ member
▪
the member ~s of the UN
▪ rogue
▪
the threat of attack from terrorists or rogue ~s
VERB + NATION
▪ build , create
▪
They wanted to create a new ~.
▪ divide , unite
▪
The fight against terrorism seemed to unite the ~.
▪ govern , lead
▪ serve
▪ defend , protect
▪ shock
▪
the savage murder that shocked the ~
NATION + NOUN
▪ state
PREPOSITION
▪ across a/the ~
▪
swings in public opinion across the ~
▪ among ~s
▪
economic inequality among the ~s of the world
▪ in a/the ~ , within a/the ~
▪
In the ~ as a whole there is no desire for war.
▪ ~ of
▪
They are a ~ of food lovers.
PHRASES
▪ the birth of a/the ~
▪ the interests of a/the ~
▪ the life of a/the ~
▪
They hoped that the exhibition would enhance the cultural life of the ~.
▪ the ~ as a whole , the ~ at large
▪
The new economic policies were in the best interests of the ~ at large.
▪ the ~s of the world