verb
ADVERB
▪ closely
▪ directly , specifically
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The issues raised in the report ~ directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.
▪ somehow
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All these works ~ somehow to the artist's emotional life.
▪ primarily
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Our work primarily ~s to product design.
VERB + RELATE
▪ be able to , can
▪ attempt to , try to
▪ be difficult to , find sth difficult to
▪
I found it difficult to ~ the two ideas in my mind.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
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Our product needs an image that people can ~ to.
PHRASES
▪ the ability to ~ to sb/sth
▪ an attempt to ~ sth
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Attempts to ~ studies on animals to those on humans are not really comparing like with like.
Relate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ anecdote , ↑ event , ↑ experience , ↑ history , ↑ incident , ↑ information , ↑ story , ↑ tale