noun ( formal , esp. BrE )
ADJECTIVE
▪ heavy
▪ gold-rimmed , horn-rimmed , rimless , steel-rimmed , wire-framed , wire-rimmed
▪ thick
▪ tinted ( BrE )
▪ half-moon , round
▪ reading
… OF SPECTACLES
▪ pair
VERB + SPECTACLES
▪ have on , wear
▪ put on
▪ take off
▪ push
▪
She pushed her ~ further up her nose and sighed.
▪ adjust
▪ look through , peer through
▪ look over , peer over
▪
He peered at the waiter over his ~.
SPECTACLES + VERB
▪ be perched on sth , perch on sth
▪
Her wire-framed ~ were perched on the end of her nose.
PREPOSITION
▪ behind your ~ , through your ~