noun
1 arrangement/offer/suggestion
ADJECTIVE
▪ attractive , tempting , win-win
▪ feasible , practical , viable
▪ business , commercial , economic , paying
▪ losing ( esp. AmE )
VERB + PROPOSITION
▪ put to sb
▪
Ring up your agent in New York and put your ~ to him.
▪ consider
▪ accept
▪ reject
2 thing to be done
ADJECTIVE
▪ difficult , tough , tricky
▪ simple
▪
Getting a job is not always a simple ~.
▪ expensive
▪ all-or-nothing ( AmE )
▪ dangerous , dicey ( AmE ), risky
▪ different
▪
Running the business was one thing. Getting it to make a profit was a different ~ altogether.
3 idea/opinion
ADJECTIVE
▪ basic , central , fundamental
▪ true
▪ abstract , empirical , existential , general , theoretical
▪ dubious
▪ simple
… OF PROPOSITIONS
▪ set
VERB + PROPOSITION
▪ advance , express , put forward
▪ test
▪ support
PROPOSITION + VERB
▪ concern sth , relate to sth
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪
The book puts forward a number of ~s about the nature of language.