I.
noun
1 empty area
ADJECTIVE
▪ large , vast , wide-open
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She left a large ~ empty at the bottom of the page.
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He loved the wide-open ~s of Australia.
▪ adequate , ample , enough , sufficient
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The new house has ample living ~.
▪ limited , little , small , tiny
▪ narrow
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the narrow ~ between the sofa and the wall
▪ open
▪ confined , enclosed
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Avoid using the cleaner in a confined ~.
▪ available , free , vacant
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The exhibition takes up most of the available ~ in the gallery.
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I was looking for a free parking ~.
▪ blank , empty , white
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Fill in the blank ~s in the table.
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The page layout included plenty of white ~.
▪ storage
▪ floor , roof , shelf , wall , etc.
▪ crawl ( AmE )
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the crawl ~ under my house
▪ living
▪ office , work (usually workspace )
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an open-plan workspace
▪ interior
▪ parking
▪ personal , private
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She moved out of the house because she wanted her own personal ~.
▪ physical
▪ sacred
▪ public , social
▪ green
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The inner residential areas don't have many green ~s.
▪ urban
▪ air (usually airspace )
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The plane strayed into French airspace.
▪ disk
▪ ad ( informal ), advertising
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The magazine is struggling to fill all its advertising ~.
▪ commercial , retail
▪ exhibition , gallery
… OF SPACE
▪ amount
▪
a large amount of ~
VERB + SPACE
▪ fill , occupy
▪ make use of , take up , use
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The potted plants take up too much ~.
▪ share
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He was sharing office ~ with a lawyer.
▪ create , make , provide
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They moved the sofa to make ~ for the piano.
▪ waste
▪ save
▪ clear
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We'd better clear a ~ for the new computer.
▪ fill , fill in
▪ compete for , fight for , jostle for
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A motley collection of ornaments jostled for ~ on the crowded shelf.
▪ stare into , stare off into
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She sat there motionless, staring into ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
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the ~ between the bookshelves
PHRASES
▪ be short of ~ , run short of ~
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I'm running short of disk ~.
▪ time and ~
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The writer lacked the time and ~ to develop his idea fully.
▪ a waste of ~ ( often figurative )
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You are a pathetic waste of ~!
2 vast area containing planets, stars, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep
▪ outer
VERB + SPACE
▪ go into
SPACE + NOUN
▪ exploration , programme/program , research , science
▪ flight , tourism , travel
▪ agency
▪ mission
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They intend to begin manned ~ missions next year.
▪ capsule , probe , rocket , ship (usually spaceship ) , shuttle , station
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
the first man in ~
PHRASES
▪ the depths of ~ , the edge of ~
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these wonderful pictures from the edge of ~
▪ ~ and time
▪
the fabric of ~ and time
▪ the vacuum of ~
▪ the vastness of ~
3 period of time
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ brief , short
▪ two-second , ten-minute , etc.
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The recording includes a five-second ~ between tracks.
▪ breathing ( figurative )
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The extension of the deadline gives us a breathing ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ for the ~ of
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The job holder will be on probation for the ~ of six months.
▪ in the ~ of , within the ~ of
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He fell asleep in the ~ of a few minutes.
▪ ~ of
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She returned to top-class tennis after a ~ of two years.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of time
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They have achieved a great deal in a short ~ of time.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ at intervals , equally , evenly , regularly
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The nails should be ~d at regular intervals.
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Make sure the posts are ~d evenly apart.
▪ irregularly
▪ closely
▪ well , widely
▪ apart , out
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The fruits should be well ~d out so that they are not touching each other.
PREPOSITION
▪ along