noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ effective , powerful , useful
▪ popular
▪ basic , simple
▪ conventional , established , proper , standard , traditional
▪ alternative , experimental , innovative , new
▪ advanced , modern , sophisticated
▪ ingenious
▪ building , construction , farming , manufacturing
▪ assessment , communication , dating , evaluation , exam , interrogation , interview , management , marketing , problem-solving , relaxation , research , sales , teaching , training
▪
She needs to work on her interview ~ if she's going to get a job.
▪ analytical , diagnostic , mathematical , medical , photographic , scientific , statistical , surgical
▪ narrative
VERB + TECHNIQUE
▪ have
▪
He has an ingenious ~ for dealing with problems of that sort.
▪ adopt , apply , deploy , employ , implement , try , use , utilize
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On the walls I applied the same ~ as I had used for the ceiling.
▪ develop , devise , introduce , pioneer
▪
The ~ was pioneered in California.
▪ acquire , learn , master , practise/practice
▪
The students were struggling to master the new ~.
▪ teach
▪ adapt , improve , perfect , refine , work on
▪ demonstrate , describe
TECHNIQUE + VERB
▪ allow sth , enable sth
▪
Modern freezing ~s enable the chickens to be stored for weeks.
▪ work
▪
The new ~ works better than the one it has replaced.
▪ be based on sth , be derived from sth
▪
singing ~s derived from Tibetan music
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
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~s for the storage of data
▪ ~ in
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They employ the latest ~s in farm management.