I.
noun
1 attempt
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , nice
▪
Never mind—it was a good ~. Better luck next time.
▪ another
▪ first , second , etc.
▪
She passed the test on the first ~.
▪
her second ~ at a Broadway musical
VERB + TRY
▪ have
▪
Can I have a ~?
▪ give sth
▪
It looks difficult, but let's give it a ~.
▪ be worth
▪
It may not work, but it's certainly worth a ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ at
▪
She's having another ~ at the marathon.
2 scoring move in rugby
ADJECTIVE
▪ dazzling , excellent , good , great , splendid , superb , well-taken
▪ opening
▪ last-minute , late
▪ decisive , winning
▪ penalty
▪ pushover
VERB + TRY
▪ get , go over for , score
▪ convert
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
He scored three tries against New Zealand.
▪ ~ by , ~ from
▪
an excellent ~ by winger Neil Lang
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ desperately , frantically , furiously , hard , mightily ( esp. AmE )
▪
She was ~ing desperately to stay afloat.
▪
Sam was ~ing hard not to laugh.
▪ gamely , valiantly
▪
She tried valiantly to smile through her tears.
▪ actively
▪
Do you actively ~ to get involved in other people's projects?
▪ consciously , deliberately , intentionally , purposely
▪
I wondered if he was purposely ~ing to avoid me.
▪ constantly , continually , repeatedly
▪
I'm constantly ~ing to make things better.
▪ clumsily
▪
I clumsily tried to make amends.
▪ hurriedly
▪
I hurriedly tried to unlock the door.
▪ feebly
▪ at least
▪
Can you guys at least ~ and be nice to her?
▪ fruitlessly , futilely ( esp. AmE ), in vain , unsuccessfully , vainly
▪ allegedly
▪
a treason charge for allegedly ~ing to overthrow the government by force
VERB + TRY
▪ decide to
▪
I decided to ~ again.
▪ dare (sb) to
▪
I dare you to ~ and stop her.
▪ bother to
▪
She didn't even bother to ~ to check on her son.
▪ continue to
▪
We have to continue to ~ to learn more about this.
▪ hesitate to
▪
He wouldn't hesitate to ~ and kill them.
▪ be going to
▪
I hope you're not going to ~ and deny it.
▪ be tempted to
▪ be tempting to
▪ let sb
▪
Can't you do it? Let me ~.
PHRASES
▪ be just ~ing to do sth , be only ~ing to do sth
▪
I was just ~ing to help!
▪ give up ~ing
▪
I've given up ~ing to persuade her.
▪ ~ your best , ~ your hardest , ~ your utmost
▪
I tried my best not to laugh.
Try is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ approach , ↑ avenue , ↑ case , ↑ cuisine , ↑ delicacy , ↑ diplomacy , ↑ dish , ↑ door , ↑ exercise , ↑ experiment , ↑ handle , ↑ idea , ↑ knob , ↑ luck , ↑ manoeuvre , ↑ patience , ↑ ploy , ↑ recipe , ↑ remedy , ↑ restaurant , ↑ route , ↑ shot , ↑ tack , ↑ tactic , ↑ technique , ↑ trick , ↑ yoga