noun
1 power to choose; desire
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , indomitable , iron , strong
▪
her indomitable ~ to win
▪
His unassuming manner concealed an iron ~.
▪ weak
▪ pure , sheer
▪
I was driven by the pure ~ to survive.
▪ free
▪ conscious
▪ collective , general , majority , national , popular , public
▪
Is that the general ~, that we keep the present voting arrangements?
▪ individual
▪ human
▪ divine
▪ political
▪
The government lacked the political ~ to reform the tax system.
▪ ill
▪
She bears them no ill ~.
(see also goodwill )
VERB + WILL
▪ have
▪
She has a very strong ~.
▪ lack
▪ exercise , exert
▪ lose
▪
She's lost the ~ to try and change things.
▪ break , drain , sap
▪
Constant rejection has sapped her ~.
▪ regain
▪ impose
▪
She usually manages to impose her ~ on the rest of the group.
▪ bend (sb/sth) to , obey
▪
They were taught to obey their father's ~ without question.
▪ go against
▪
My father didn't want me to leave home, and I didn't like to go against his ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ against your ~
▪
Much against my ~, I let him go.
▪ at ~
▪
She believes employers should have the right to hire and fire at ~.
PHRASES
▪ an act of ~
▪
It requires an act of ~ to make myself go running in the morning.
▪ a battle of ~s , a clash of ~s
▪
The meeting turned out to be a clash of ~s.
▪ an effort of ~
▪
With a great effort of ~ he resisted her pleas.
▪ of your own free ~
▪
She left of her own free ~.
▪ where there's a ~ there's a way (= used to say that sth is possible if you really want it)
▪ the ~ to live
▪
She gradually regained the ~ to live.
▪ God's ~ , the ~ of God
2 legal document
ADJECTIVE
▪ valid
▪
Two people must witness your signature or your ~ is not valid.
▪ living (= a record of your wishes regarding medical treatment at the end of your life)
VERB + WILL
▪ draft , draw up , make , write
▪
His lawyer drew up the ~.
▪
Have you made your ~?
▪ sign
▪ leave
▪
She left no ~ and was unmarried.
▪ read
▪ alter , change
▪ remember sb in
▪
My aunt remembered me in her ~.
▪ administer , execute
▪ challenge , contest
▪
The family decided to contest the ~ in court.
▪ break , overturn , set aside ( BrE )
▪
They succeeded in getting the ~ overturned.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
Some things cannot be given away by ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She left me some money in her ~.
▪ under a/the ~
▪
Under her father's ~, she gets $5 000 a year.
PHRASES
▪ sb's last ~ and testament