I.
noun
1 contest to find the fastest person, car, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ big
▪
I get very nervous before a big ~.
▪ close , tight
▪ long-distance
▪ 10-mile , 24-hour , 7-lap , etc.
▪ gruelling/grueling , hard , tough
▪ relay , road
▪ men's , women's
▪ boat , yacht , etc.
▪ bicycle , bike ( informal ), car , motor ( esp. BrE ), motorbike ( BrE ), motorcycle , etc.
▪ dog , horse , etc.
▪ drag , turf ( esp. AmE )
▪ play-off ( esp. AmE )
VERB + RACE
▪ have , hold , organize
▪
Let's have a ~!
▪ be in , compete in , do ( informal ), enter , go in for , run in , take part in
▪
Is she running in the big ~ on Saturday?
▪ drop out of , pull out of , withdraw (sth) from
▪
He dropped out of the ~ with a pulled muscle after two laps.
▪
She had to pull out of the ~ at the last minute.
▪ lead , win
▪
I was leading the ~ until the half-way point.
▪
She has won the ~ for the last five years.
▪ lose
▪ come first in , come second in , etc.
▪ beat sb/sth in
▪ fix
▪
People are saying that the ~ was fixed.
▪ throw (= to lose deliberately)
▪
He was paid $10 000 to throw the ~.
RACE + VERB
▪ be held , be run , take place
RACE + NOUN
▪ meet ( esp. AmE ), meeting ( BrE )
▪
The horse was withdrawn from today's ~ meeting with an injured leg.
▪ winner
▪ official , organizer
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
I'm not in this ~.
▪ out of a/the ~
▪ ~ against , ~ with
▪
the ~ against the Danish team
▪ ~ between
▪
A close ~ between the top two boats is expected.
▪ ~ over
▪
a ~ over two miles
2 competitive situation
ADJECTIVE
▪ close , tight
▪ two-horse
▪
Although there are five candidates, realistically it is a two-horse ~. ( figurative )
▪ congressional , gubernatorial ( AmE ), presidential , Senate
▪ arms , space
▪
the halting of the nuclear arms ~
VERB + RACE
▪ be in , be involved in , join
▪
The rival TV companies are in a ~ to bring out the first film drama of his life.
▪ be ahead in , lead , win
▪
Who will win the ~ for the White House?
▪ be left behind in , lag behind in , lose
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
He is lagging behind in the ~ for the presidency.
▪ ~ between
▪
a ~ between the developing countries
▪ ~ for
▪
the ~ for nuclear supremacy
▪ ~ with
▪
the ~ with their rivals
3 racial group
ADJECTIVE
▪ human
▪ alien
▪ mixed
▪
a child of mixed ~
▪ Irish , Jewish , Latin , etc.
▪ master
▪
the ideology of the master ~
RACE + NOUN
▪ relations
▪
Immigration and ~ relations were key political issues at the time.
▪ equality
▪ discrimination , preference , prejudice
▪ riot
PREPOSITION
▪ among ~s
▪
The disease is more common among European ~s.
▪ between ~s
▪
greater understanding between nations and ~s
▪ from a ~
▪
children from all ~s and religions
▪ of a ~
▪
people of different ~s and cultures
▪ regardless of ~
▪
We can all work together, regardless of ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
The Amazons were a ~ of female warriors.
PHRASES
▪ on the basis of ~ , on (the) grounds of ~
▪
There is no excuse for discrimination on the grounds of ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ frantically , madly , wildly
▪
She ~d frantically to catch the train.
▪ ahead , away , back , by , downstairs , off , out , past , upstairs
▪
Farms and towns ~d by.
PREPOSITION
▪ across , after , along , around , down , for , into , out of , round ( esp. BrE ), through , to , towards/toward , up
▪
He ~d madly up the stairs.
PHRASES
▪ come racing
▪
Two boys suddenly came racing around the corner.
▪ ~ against the clock , ~ against time
▪
Most of these movies have characters racing against the clock to save the day.
Race is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cloud , ↑ engine , ↑ heart , ↑ mind , ↑ pulse , ↑ thought
Race is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ car , ↑ lap , ↑ motorcycle