I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ best , worst
▪ right , wrong
▪ same , similar
▪ different
▪ funny , odd , strange
▪
He was friendly in a funny ~ of way.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
We sell all ~s of books.
II.
verb
1 put things into different groups/places
ADVERB
▪ busily
PREPOSITION
▪ according to
▪
Sort the books according to their subject matter.
▪ by
▪
The most common way of grouping was to ~ the children by ability.
▪ into
▪
We ~ed the clothes into piles.
▪ through
▪
She was busily ~ing through her clothes.
PHRASES
▪ begin ~ing sth , start ~ing sth
▪ begin ~ing through sth , start ~ing through sth
▪
She started ~ing through the papers.
2 ( esp. BrE ) find an answer to a problem
ADVERB
▪ out
▪
Someone will have to ~ this problem out.
VERB + SORT
▪ have to
▪ try to
▪ help to , help sb to
▪ leave sb to
▪
Leave them to ~ it out among themselves.
PHRASES
▪ get sth ~ed ( BrE ), get sth ~ed out
▪
If he can't get his talk ~ed out, we'll have to ask someone else.
Sort is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ mail