I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ auspicious , bright ( esp. BrE ), decent , encouraging , excellent , fine , flying , good , great , impressive , promising , sound , strong , wonderful
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Despite a promising ~, we lost the game.
▪ bad , disappointing , disastrous , poor , rocky , shaky , slow , sluggish , uncertain
▪ running ( esp. AmE ), standing ( both often figurative )
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The space project went from a standing ~ to the moon in ten years.
▪ false
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After a couple of false ~s, she found the job that suited her.
▪ head ( usually figurative )
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All parents want to give their kids a head ~ in life.
▪ fresh , new
▪ early , late
▪ very
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right from the very ~
VERB + START
▪ make
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I think it's time we made a ~.
▪ get off to
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The company got off to an impressive ~ this year.
▪ herald ( esp. BrE ), mark , signal
START + NOUN
▪ date , time
▪ button , menu ( computing ), signal
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I clicked the icon in the ~ menu.
▪ line , point , position
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The runners walked up to the ~ line.
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Push through your heels to return to the ~ position.
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~ (of)
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Everyone was in a conciliatory mood at the ~ of the meeting.
▪ from the ~
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She felt at home in her new job right from the ~.
▪ prior to the ~
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He joined the team prior to the ~ of the season.
▪ ~ to
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The fine winter weather heralded a good ~ to the year.
▪ ~ in
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Moving to a good school gave Sally a fresh ~ in life.
PHRASES
▪ be doomed from the ~
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The project was doomed from the ~.
▪ from ~ to finish
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This is a thoroughly good book from ~ to finish.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ suddenly
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Her heart suddenly ~ed to race.
▪ immediately
▪ just
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He has just ~ed at school.
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At that point I just ~ed to hate the man.
▪ already
▪ off , out
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We'll ~ off by doing some warm-up exercises.
▪ up
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She ~ed up a conversation with the woman sitting next to her.
▪ again , all over again , over ( AmE )
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We'll just have to ~ all over again.
VERB + START
▪ decide to , expect to , hope to , intend to , plan to , want to
▪ be due to , be expected to , be scheduled to , be supposed to
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Work is due to ~ this weekend.
▪ be ready to
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By early evening he was ready to ~ work.
▪ be about to , be going to
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A new term was about to ~.
▪ had better , have to , need to
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You'd better ~ packing if you're to leave early tomorrow morning.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
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It ~ed as a hobby and grew from there.
▪ by
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Let's ~ by reviewing what we did last week.
▪ from
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Start from the beginning and tell me exactly what happened.
▪ on
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I've finished decorating the bathroom, so now I can ~ on the bedroom.
▪ with
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Let's ~ with this first piece of music.
PHRASES
▪ get (sb/sth) ~ed
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It's already late, so I think we should get ~ed.
▪ a good, great, etc. place to ~
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If you want to learn about frogs, this book is an excellent place to ~.
▪ let's ~
▪ ~ from scratch
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I'll have to ~ again from scratch.
▪ time to ~ sth
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It's time to ~ thinking about next year.
Start is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ ban , ↑ bombardment , ↑ campaign , ↑ car , ↑ career , ↑ decade , ↑ engine , ↑ enquiry , ↑ exam , ↑ expedition , ↑ festival , ↑ fight , ↑ fighting , ↑ fire , ↑ friendship , ↑ idea , ↑ letter , ↑ meeting , ↑ movie , ↑ negotiation , ↑ pain , ↑ period , ↑ plague , ↑ process , ↑ rain , ↑ recession , ↑ riot , ↑ season , ↑ semester , ↑ shift , ↑ siren , ↑ story , ↑ strike , ↑ talk , ↑ tear , ↑ trail , ↑ train , ↑ trouble , ↑ war , ↑ work , ↑ year
Start is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ argument , ↑ ascent , ↑ band , ↑ blaze , ↑ blog , ↑ bonfire , ↑ brawl , ↑ business , ↑ campaign , ↑ car , ↑ career , ↑ club , ↑ collection , ↑ college , ↑ company , ↑ construction , ↑ conversation , ↑ council , ↑ craze , ↑ crusade , ↑ cycle , ↑ day , ↑ debate , ↑ deliberation , ↑ descent , ↑ dialogue , ↑ diet , ↑ discussion , ↑ engine , ↑ enquiry , ↑ enterprise , ↑ evening , ↑ family , ↑ farm , ↑ fashion , ↑ feud , ↑ fight , ↑ fire , ↑ firm , ↑ foundation , ↑ fund , ↑ grade , ↑ group , ↑ high school , ↑ hobby , ↑ ignition , ↑ industrial action , ↑ initiative , ↑ job , ↑ kindergarten , ↑ league , ↑ lesson , ↑ life , ↑ machine , ↑ magazine , ↑ meeting , ↑ mess , ↑ motor , ↑ movement , ↑ negotiation , ↑ paragraph , ↑ period , ↑ petition , ↑ phase , ↑ playgroup , ↑ practice , ↑ preparation , ↑ proceedings , ↑ process , ↑ production , ↑ programme , ↑ project , ↑ reaction , ↑ rebellion , ↑ regime , ↑ regimen , ↑ restaurant , ↑ revolution , ↑ riot , ↑ romance , ↑ round , ↑ rout , ↑ routine , ↑ rumour , ↑ scheme , ↑ school , ↑ search , ↑ season , ↑ session , ↑ smoking , ↑ society , ↑ stint , ↑ strike , ↑ talk , ↑ tape , ↑ task , ↑ thread , ↑ tradition , ↑ trend , ↑ trouble , ↑ venture , ↑ war , ↑ work