adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem
▪ become , get , grow
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The gap seemed to be getting smaller.
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The kite grew smaller and smaller and finally disappeared altogether.
▪ remain , stay
▪
Choose plants that will stay ~.
▪ keep sth , make sth
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Technology has made the world smaller.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ relatively
PREPOSITION
▪ for
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My coat was rather ~ for Bob.
PHRASES
▪ big and ~ , large and ~
▪
Employers, large and ~, face massive fines.
▪ smaller and smaller
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The phones are getting smaller and smaller.
Small is used with these nouns: ↑ accident , ↑ acquisition , ↑ ad , ↑ adjustment , ↑ airport , ↑ allowance , ↑ alteration , ↑ amendment , ↑ amount , ↑ apartment , ↑ appetite , ↑ area , ↑ arms , ↑ army , ↑ attic , ↑ audience , ↑ baby , ↑ bag , ↑ band , ↑ bank , ↑ batch , ↑ beak , ↑ bedroom , ↑ bet , ↑ birthmark , ↑ bit , ↑ block , ↑ boat , ↑ bomb , ↑ bouquet , ↑ bow , ↑ bowel , ↑ boy , ↑ brandy , ↑ breast , ↑ brother , ↑ budget , ↑ build , ↑ building , ↑ bump , ↑ bunch , ↑ bundle , ↑ business , ↑ businessman, businesswoman , ↑ campus , ↑ capacity , ↑ cast , ↑ catch , ↑ cave , ↑ celebration , ↑ chain , ↑ change , ↑ chapel , ↑ charge , ↑ child , ↑ chore , ↑ chunk , ↑ circle , ↑ circulation , ↑ city , ↑ claim , ↑ class , ↑ click , ↑ clientele , ↑ closet , ↑ clump , ↑ cluster , ↑ coke , ↑ collection , ↑ colony , ↑ comfort , ↑ commission , ↑ community , ↑ company , ↑ compensation , ↑ complaint , ↑ concession , ↑ confines , ↑ congregation , ↑ consolation , ↑ contingent , ↑ contribution , ↑ corner , ↑ correction , ↑ cottage , ↑ crack , ↑ craft , ↑ crater , ↑ creature , ↑ creek , ↑ crowd , ↑ crush , ↑ cry , ↑ crystal , ↑ cubicle , ↑ cupboard , ↑ cut , ↑ daughter , ↑ decrease , ↑ defect , ↑ deficit , ↑ degree , ↑ delegation , ↑ delivery , ↑ dent , ↑ depression , ↑ desk , ↑ detail , ↑ detour , ↑ diameter , ↑ difference , ↑ dimension , ↑ dining room , ↑ disappointment , ↑ discrepancy , ↑ distance , ↑ distributor , ↑ ditch , ↑ donation , ↑ dose , ↑ dowry , ↑ drop , ↑ earthquake , ↑ electric shock , ↑ employer , ↑ engine , ↑ enterprise , ↑ entrepreneur , ↑ envelope , ↑ errand , ↑ error , ↑ estate , ↑ exclamation , ↑ exhibit , ↑ exhibition , ↑ expedition , ↑ explosion , ↑ factory , ↑ fall , ↑ family , ↑ farm , ↑ farmer , ↑ favour , ↑ feat , ↑ fee , ↑ figure , ↑ fine , ↑ fireplace , ↑ firm , ↑ fist , ↑ flame , ↑ flap , ↑ flashlight , ↑ flat , ↑ flaw , ↑ fleet , ↑ flicker , ↑ flower , ↑ fluctuation , ↑ following , ↑ foot , ↑ force , ↑ format , ↑ fortune , ↑ fraction , ↑ frame , ↑ frown , ↑ fry , ↑ gadget , ↑ gain , ↑ gap , ↑ garden , ↑ gash , ↑ gasp , ↑ gathering , ↑ gesture , ↑ gift , ↑ giggle , ↑ gin , ↑ girl , ↑ government , ↑ grain , ↑ grant , ↑ graze , ↑ grimace , ↑ grin , ↑ groan , ↑ group , ↑ growl , ↑ grunt , ↑ gust , ↑ handful , ↑ heap , ↑ helping , ↑ herd , ↑ hiccup , ↑ hill , ↑ hint , ↑ hip , ↑ hoard , ↑ hole , ↑ hotel , ↑ hour , ↑ house , ↑ huddle , ↑ hut , ↑ improvement , ↑ incident , ↑ incision , ↑ income , ↑ increase , ↑ indulgence , ↑ inheritance , ↑ instrument , ↑ intestine , ↑ investment , ↑ investor , ↑ job , ↑ jump , ↑ kindness , ↑ kitchen , ↑ knife , ↑ lake , ↑ lane , ↑ laugh , ↑ lead , ↑ leak , ↑ leap , ↑ ledge , ↑ letter , ↑ library , ↑ loaf , ↑ loan , ↑ loss , ↑ lot , ↑ lump , ↑ luxury , ↑ magnitude , ↑ majority , ↑ mammal , ↑ manufacturer , ↑ margin , ↑ market , ↑ minority , ↑ miracle , ↑ moan , ↑ moon , ↑ mortgage , ↑ motel , ↑ motor , ↑ mound , ↑ mountain , ↑ moustache , ↑ mouth , ↑ movement , ↑ mystery , ↑ nail , ↑ nation , ↑ niche , ↑ nod , ↑ noise , ↑ nose , ↑ number , ↑ object , ↑ office , ↑ opening , ↑ operation , ↑ operator , ↑ orchestra , ↑ order , ↑ organization , ↑ outfit , ↑ outlay , ↑ package , ↑ painting , ↑ pan , ↑ pang , ↑ parcel , ↑ part , ↑ passage , ↑ pause , ↑ penis , ↑ pension , ↑ percentage , ↑ piece , ↑ pile , ↑ pizza , ↑ plane , ↑ pleasure , ↑ plot , ↑ pocket , ↑ pond , ↑ pool , ↑ population , ↑ portion , ↑ premium , ↑ print , ↑ procession , ↑ producer , ↑ profit , ↑ project , ↑ proportion , ↑ publisher , ↑ puff , ↑ quantity , ↑ rebellion , ↑ reception , ↑ recess , ↑ reduction , ↑ refrigerator , ↑ region , ↑ remnant , ↑ repertoire , ↑ replica , ↑ reserve , ↑ restaurant , ↑ retailer , ↑ return , ↑ ripple , ↑ rise , ↑ risk , ↑ river , ↑ road , ↑ rock , ↑ role , ↑ room , ↑ salary , ↑ sample , ↑ saucepan , ↑ saver , ↑ scale , ↑ scar , ↑ scissors , ↑ scrap , ↑ scratch , ↑ screen , ↑ section , ↑ selection , ↑ settlement , ↑ shack , ↑ shake , ↑ share , ↑ shareholder , ↑ sherry , ↑ shiver , ↑ shopkeeper , ↑ shopping centre , ↑ shrub , ↑ shrug , ↑ shudder , ↑ sigh , ↑ sip , ↑ size , ↑ skillet , ↑ skirmish , ↑ slice , ↑ smirk , ↑ snack , ↑ snag , ↑ sniff , ↑ snippet , ↑ snort , ↑ sob , ↑ son , ↑ space , ↑ specimen , ↑ splash , ↑ squeak , ↑ stake , ↑ statue , ↑ stature , ↑ step , ↑ stool , ↑ store , ↑ stream , ↑ stretch , ↑ subsidy , ↑ sum , ↑ supplier , ↑ supply , ↑ surcharge , ↑ surplus , ↑ swing , ↑ table , ↑ task , ↑ taste , ↑ theatre , ↑ thing , ↑ tip , ↑ token , ↑ touch , ↑ town , ↑ trace , ↑ trader , ↑ tree , ↑ tremor , ↑ trickle , ↑ triumph , ↑ tug , ↑ unit , ↑ user , ↑ valley , ↑ variation , ↑ victory , ↑ village , ↑ vocabulary , ↑ voice , ↑ volume , ↑ wage , ↑ waist , ↑ waterfall , ↑ wave , ↑ weakness , ↑ wedding , ↑ whimper , ↑ whisky , ↑ window , ↑ workforce , ↑ world , ↑ wrist , ↑ writing , ↑ yard , ↑ yelp