I.
noun
1 in sports
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , long
▪ short
▪ good , perfect
▪ dropped , errant , incomplete
▪
Robson had pounced on a dropped ~.
▪ careless ( esp. BrE ), sloppy
▪ crisp , quick
▪ back , cross-field , square (all in football/soccer)
▪ forward (in rugby)
▪
The referee disallowed the try for a forward ~.
▪ bounce , inbounds , lob , no-look , outlet (in basketball)
▪ screen , swing , touchdown (in American football)
VERB + PASS
▪ play
▪
Lafferty played a ~ down the right to Gallagher.
▪ deliver
▪ get , pick up , receive
▪
He picked up a back ~ from one of his defenders.
▪ complete , throw (both in American football)
▪
McNabb has completed 57% of his ~es with five touchdowns.
▪ catch , drop (both in American football)
▪ block , defend
▪
His long reach enables him to block ~es.
▪
The Dolphins are among the NFL's best at defending the ~.
▪ intercept
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
Owen picked up a long ~ from Beckham to score.
▪ ~ to
▪
He played a back ~ to the goalkeeper.
2 ( esp. BrE ) success in exam/course
ADJECTIVE
▪ good ( BrE )
▪ exam , examination
▪ A level , GCSE , etc.
VERB + PASS
▪ get ( BrE , AmE ), obtain , scrape
▪
She barely scraped a ~ in chemistry.
PASS + NOUN
▪ mark ( BrE ), rate ( BrE , AmE )
▪
The ~ mark is 40%.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ at
▪
It's difficult to obtain a ~ at A Level.
▪ ~ in
▪
He should get a good ~ in mathematics. ( BrE )
3 official piece of paper
ADJECTIVE
▪ free
▪ day , monthly , weekend , yearly
▪ two-day , three-day , etc.
▪ bus , rail , railway ( BrE )
▪
a monthly rail ~
▪ security
▪ boarding
▪
The flight attendant asked to see my boarding ~.
▪ hall ( AmE )
▪
The teacher wrote out a hall ~ and handed it to her.
▪ backstage
▪ press , VIP
VERB + PASS
▪ have
▪ use
▪ give sb , issue (sb with)
▪
The visitors were issued with day ~es.
▪ produce , show
PREPOSITION
▪ on a ~
▪
soldiers on a weekend ~
▪ ~ to
▪
We bought a two-day ~ to Disneyland.
4 way through mountains
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , low
▪ narrow
▪ mountain
VERB + PASS
▪ cross , take
PREPOSITION
▪ over a/the ~
▪
They had to struggle over the ~ with their donkeys.
▪ through a/the ~
▪
A road was built through the ~.
▪ ~ over
▪
We took the high ~ over the ridge.
PHRASES
▪ the head of the ~ , the summit of the ~ , the top of the ~
II.
verb
1 of time
ADVERB
▪ quickly , rapidly , soon , swiftly
▪
The time ~ed quickly.
▪ slowly
▪ peacefully , uneventfully
▪
The days ~ed uneventfully.
VERB + PASS
▪ help (to)
▪
We played games to help ~ the time.
2 law
ADVERB
▪ unanimously
▪ overwhelmingly
▪ narrowly
▪
The Kansas State House narrowly ~ed the legislation last year.
PREPOSITION
▪ by … to …
▪
The bill was ~ed by 360 votes to 280.
3 happen
ADVERB
▪ peacefully
VERB + PASS
▪ come to ( formal or old-fashioned )
▪
How did such a disaster come to ~?
▪
I wondered how it came to ~ that a thinking man bore the prejudices of his unthinking parents.
▪ let sth
▪
I don't like it, but I'll let it ~ (= will not object) .
PREPOSITION
▪ between
▪
They'll never be friends again after all that has ~ed between them.
PHRASES
▪ ~ unnoticed
▪
In the confusion her departure ~ed unnoticed.
Pass is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ amendment , ↑ boat , ↑ bullet , ↑ car , ↑ century , ↑ cloud , ↑ congress , ↑ convoy , ↑ council , ↑ crown , ↑ danger , ↑ day , ↑ deadline , ↑ decade , ↑ fit , ↑ footstep , ↑ fortnight , ↑ hour , ↑ legislature , ↑ minute , ↑ moment , ↑ month , ↑ moon , ↑ morning , ↑ nausea , ↑ ownership , ↑ parliament , ↑ procession , ↑ second , ↑ shadow , ↑ shiver , ↑ spasm , ↑ state , ↑ storm , ↑ thought , ↑ time , ↑ traffic , ↑ trail , ↑ train , ↑ voter , ↑ week , ↑ year
Pass is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ A level , ↑ act , ↑ amendment , ↑ audition , ↑ ball , ↑ baton , ↑ bill , ↑ budget , ↑ car , ↑ checkpoint , ↑ cheque , ↑ class , ↑ comment , ↑ course , ↑ current , ↑ decree , ↑ exam , ↑ examination , ↑ final , ↑ hurdle , ↑ infection , ↑ initiative , ↑ inspection , ↑ judgement , ↑ law , ↑ legislation , ↑ mark , ↑ measure , ↑ medical , ↑ message , ↑ milestone , ↑ motion , ↑ note , ↑ peak , ↑ phase , ↑ physical , ↑ practical , ↑ referendum , ↑ reform , ↑ remark , ↑ resolution , ↑ salt , ↑ sentence , ↑ signal , ↑ statute , ↑ subject , ↑ test , ↑ time , ↑ torch , ↑ understanding , ↑ urine , ↑ verdict , ↑ virus