noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ sad , sobering , unfortunate , unpleasant
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We were faced with the unpleasant ~ of having nowhere to live.
▪ bitter , brutal , cold , cruel , grim , gritty , hard , harsh , painful , stark , ugly
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The novel describes the harsh realities of racism and life on the road.
▪ complex
▪ underlying
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He has no illusions about the underlying ~ of army life.
▪ objective , practical
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the practical realities of running a children's home
▪ daily , day-to-day , everyday , mundane
▪ external , material , physical
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Painters at the time were largely concerned with reproducing external ~.
▪ ultimate
▪ commercial , economic , historical , political , psychological , social
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the harsh economic realities of life as a student
▪ virtual
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the use of virtual ~ in computer games
▪ alternate ( esp. AmE )
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The movie portrays a kind of alternate ~.
VERB + REALITY
▪ become
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One day her dream will become a ~.
▪ make sth
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It's our task to make the proposals a ~.
▪ accept , acknowledge , confront (sb with) , face (up to) , get a grip on , grasp , perceive , recognize , understand , wake up to
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She will have to face ~ sooner or later.
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I don't think you have quite grasped the realities of our situation!
▪ capture , depict , reflect , represent
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a book that captures the ~ of life during wartime
▪ construct , create
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The director creates a believable, gritty ~.
▪ bear little, no, etc. relation to , bear little, no, etc. resemblance to , have little to do with , not have much to do with
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Most people's ideas of the disease do not have much to do with the ~.
▪ be cut off from , be divorced from , be out of touch with , be removed from
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They are out of touch with the realities of modern warfare.
▪ escape from
▪ deny , ignore
▪ bring sb back to , come back to , get back to , return to
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He called for the committee to stop dreaming and return to ~.
▪ alter , distort , obscure
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Most comedy relies on distorting ~.
▪ protect sb from , shelter sb from , shield sb from
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Her parents always tried to shield her from the realities of the world.
REALITY + NOUN
▪ check
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It's time for a ~ check: are these goals really achievable?
▪ television , TV
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
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The media portray her as happy and successful, but in ~ she has a difficult life.
▪ ~ of
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I don't think he understands the ~ of the situation.
PHRASES
▪ a grasp of ~ , a grasp on ~
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He has a rather tenuous grasp of ~.
▪ a perception of ~ , a sense of ~