noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ chosen
▪ noble ( esp. AmE )
▪
We are members of an old and noble ~.
▪ caring ( BrE ), health-care ( esp. AmE ), helping ( AmE )
▪
She always wanted to work in the caring ~s.
▪
training programs for the helping ~s
▪ legal , medical , nursing , teaching , etc.
VERB + PROFESSION
▪ practise/practice
▪
In the 1930s he was forbidden to practise/practice his ~.
▪ enter , go into , join
▪
She entered the legal ~ after college.
▪ learn
▪
a job where people can learn the ~
▪ advance ( esp. AmE )
▪
Nurses advance the ~ through active involvement in their professional organizations.
▪ serve ( esp. AmE )
▪
He has served the medical ~ admirably.
▪ regulate
▪
the licensing laws that regulate the ~
▪ change
▪
It's time to change your ~ for something more exciting.
▪ leave
▪
the primary reason why nurses leave the ~
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
He was a physician by ~.
▪ in a/sb's/the ~
▪
She's making an impact in her chosen ~.
PHRASES
▪ a choice of ~
▪
She was shocked at her daughter's choice of ~.
▪ the top of sb's ~
▪
He reached the top of his ~ in very little time.
▪ the oldest ~ (= prostitution)
▪
Prostitution is often described as the oldest ~ in the world.