I.
noun
1 plan
ADJECTIVE
▪ evil , fiendish
▪ alleged
▪ assassination , coup , murder , terrorist
VERB + PLOT
▪ hatch
▪ uncover
▪ foil
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
They had taken part in a ~ against the king.
▪ ~ by
▪
The police claim to have uncovered a ~ by terrorists to assassinate the president.
2 events in a story
ADJECTIVE
▪ simple
▪ complex , complicated
▪ basic
▪ main
VERB + PLOT
▪ construct
▪
She has constructed a complicated ~, with a large cast of characters.
▪ advance
▪
This car chase does nothing to advance the ~.
▪ give away
▪
I don't want to give away the ~ to anyone who hasn't seen the movie.
PLOT + VERB
▪ develop , unfold
▪ involve , revolve around
▪
The main ~ revolves around a suspicious death.
PLOT + NOUN
▪ development
▪ twist
▪
There is a clever ~ twist near the end of the film.
▪ device
PHRASES
▪ a twist in the ~ , a twist of the ~
▪
There are several unexpected twists in the ~ before the murderer is revealed.
3 piece of land
ADJECTIVE
▪ garden , vegetable
▪ farm
▪ building ( esp. BrE )
▪ burial
▪ small
▪ 10-acre , 12-acre , etc.
▪
They own a five-acre ~ of land.
▪ family , private
VERB + PLOT
▪ work
PLOT + VERB
▪ measure sth
▪
a ~ measuring 10 m by 20 m
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of land
II.
verb
1 make secret plans
ADVERB
▪ allegedly
▪ secretly
▪ carefully
▪
The killings were carefully plotted and not impulsive.
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
He was arrested on suspicion of plotting against the king.
▪ with
▪
Taylor plotted with his daughter to murder her husband.
PHRASES
▪ accuse sb of plotting sth
2 mark sth on a chart
ADVERB
▪ accurately
▪
The positions of the finds are accurately plotted.
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
Greenhouse temperature can be plotted against plant growth.
▪ on
▪
The figures are plotted on a graph.
Plot is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ assassination , ↑ coup , ↑ course , ↑ curve , ↑ downfall , ↑ escape , ↑ move , ↑ murder , ↑ overthrow , ↑ revenge , ↑ strategy