noun
1 way across land
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ narrow
▪ steep
▪ winding
▪ cobblestone ( esp. AmE ), dirt ( esp. AmE ), gravel , paved , rocky
▪ wooded
▪ cliff , coast , coastal (all esp. BrE )
▪ forest , garden , woodland ( esp. BrE )
▪ pedestrian , public ( esp. BrE )
▪ bike ( AmE ), cycle ( BrE )
▪ bridle
VERB + PATH
▪ follow , take
▪
Follow this ~ for about 100 yards, and it's on your right.
▪ go along , go down , go up
▪ climb
▪ keep on , keep to , stay on
▪ leave , stray from , stray off
▪ retrace
▪
They retraced the ~ they had taken earlier that day.
▪ clear , make
▪
A ~ was cleared through the jungle.
PATH + VERB
▪ go , run
▪
That ~ goes down to the river.
▪ descend ( esp. BrE )
▪ follow sth
▪
The ~ follows the stream for quite a way.
▪ branch off , leave sth
▪
The ~ left the river bank and wound its way into the woods.
▪ divide , fork
▪ go to sth , lead (to) sth
▪
Where does this ~ lead?
▪ wind , zigzag
▪
Then the ~ zigzags steeply uphill for a while.
▪ be marked (sth)
▪
The ~ is clearly marked.
▪ narrow , widen
PREPOSITION
▪ along a/the ~ , down a/the ~ , up a/the ~
▪
The children ran along the ~.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
I think we're on the ~ we used yesterday.
▪ ~ along , ~ beside , ~ by
▪
the ~ along the canal
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for cyclists
▪ ~ from
▪
the ~ from the hotel to the beach
▪ ~ through
▪
I took the ~ through the park.
▪ ~ to
PHRASES
▪ off the beaten ~ (= not in a place that most people go to) ( AmE )
▪
The museum is located well off the beaten ~.
2 line of movement
ADJECTIVE
▪ correct , right
▪ flight
▪
The pilot was instructed to change his flight ~.
▪ direct
▪
The building was in the direct ~ of the missile.
▪ circular , straight
▪
The object continued in its circular ~.
VERB + PATH
▪ steer
▪
He steered a ~ through the crowd.
▪ trace
▪
Scientists can trace the ~ of the tornado.
▪ block , obstruct , stand in
▪
You're standing in my ~!
▪ cross
▪
A peacock crossed our ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ across sth's ~
▪
The car pulled right across the ~ of another vehicle.
▪ in sth's ~ , into sth's ~
▪
She stepped into the ~ of an oncoming car.
▪ out of sth's ~
▪
I managed to jump out of the ~ of the bike just in time.
▪ ~ through
▪
Footsteps had scored a diagonal ~ through the snow.
▪ ~ to
▪
He moved quickly to block her ~ to the door.
PHRASES
▪ everything in sb's/sth's ~
▪
The tornado destroyed everything in its ~.
3 way of achieving sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ well-trodden , well-worn
▪
Her education followed the usual well-worn ~ of rich youngsters in the 1930s.
▪ clear , direct , straight
▪
She saw the plan as a direct ~ to her goals.
▪ chosen
▪ different , divergent
▪
The two friends followed divergent ~s in life.
▪ career
▪ spiritual
▪
the challenge of staying on his spiritual ~ while surrounded by temptation
▪ evolutionary
▪
the evolutionary ~ that humans have followed
VERB + PATH
▪ choose , find
▪
Everyone has to find their own ~ in life.
▪ follow , pursue , tread , walk
▪
Can a person who has walked a ~ of evil all his life really change?
▪ blaze , carve , carve out , chart , forge
▪
He aimed to forge a new ~ between traditional left-wing and right-wing politics.
▪ deviate from
▪ clear , ease , smooth
▪
This cleared the ~ for them to marry.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
His feet were now firmly on the ~ to success.
▪ ~ of
▪
The ~ of true love is never easy.
▪ ~ to
▪
the ~ to happiness
PHRASES
▪ cross ~s (with sb) (= meet sb in the course of your life, work, etc.)
▪
I hope to cross ~s with him again some day.
▪ obstacles in sb/sth's ~
▪
I don't want to put obstacles in your ~.