noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , great , tremendous ( esp. BrE )
▪ sunny ( esp. AmE )
▪ some
▪ cautious , guarded
▪ false , misplaced
▪
Her ~ turned out to be misplaced.
▪ naive ( esp. AmE )
▪ early , initial
▪
By 1960, the initial ~ had evaporated.
▪ renewed
… OF OPTIMISM
▪ wave
▪
The news caused a wave of ~.
▪ note
▪
There was a note of ~ in his voice.
VERB + OPTIMISM
▪ express
▪ share
▪
I find it hard to share his ~.
OPTIMISM + VERB
▪ prevail ( esp. AmE ), reign
▪
Despite the crisis, a cautious ~ reigned.
▪ evaporate
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
▪
We can look to the future with considerable ~.
▪ ~ about , ~ over
▪
The government expressed ~ about the success of the negotiations.
▪ ~ among
▪
renewed ~ among mortgage lenders
▪ ~ for
▪
great ~ for the future
PHRASES
▪ cause for ~ , grounds for ~ , reason for ~
▪
There are now very real grounds for ~.
▪ full of ~
▪
When the 1970s began, we were still full of ~.
▪ a mood of ~ , a sense of ~ , a spirit of ~