I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , terrible
▪ past
▪ moral
▪ civil , criminal
▪
There are various kinds of civil ~s, or torts.
VERB + WRONG
▪ commit , do (sb) , inflict
▪
If they do ~, they have to be punished.
▪
You are answerable in court for ~s done to individuals.
▪
the ~s inflicted on innocent people
▪
According to her, her son could do no ~.
▪
He admitted he had done her ~ and asked for forgiveness.
▪ compensate (sb) for , correct ( esp. AmE ), put right ( esp. BrE ), redress , right , undo
▪
How can we right these ~s?
▪ suffer
▪
It's the job of the newspapers to expose the ~s suffered by such people.
▪ forgive (sb for)
▪
The two communities must learn to forgive past ~s.
▪ acknowledge , apologize for , recognize
▪ see no
▪
I see no ~ in asking him to share the expenses.
▪ expose
▪ avenge
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
▪
Although he knew he was in the ~, he wouldn't apologize.
PHRASES
▪ the difference between right and ~
▪
Children have to learn the difference between right and ~.
▪ the rights and ~s (of sth)
▪
Whatever the rights and ~s of the situation, there's not a lot we can do.
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , seem
▪ go
▪
Things seemed to be going horribly ~.
▪ get sth
▪
He got all his calculations ~.
▪ find sth
▪
The doctor could find nothing ~ with him.
▪ get sb
▪
Don't get me ~ (= don't misunderstand me) —I'm not asking for special treatment.
▪ prove sb
▪
She was able to prove him ~.
ADVERB
▪ all , badly , disastrously , drastically , dreadfully , hopelessly , horribly , seriously , spectacularly , terribly , tragically , very
▪
You've got it all ~. I never meant to imply that you were responsible.
▪ absolutely , completely , dead , downright , entirely , fundamentally , plain ( informal ), quite , totally , utterly
▪
The authors are just plain ~ in their assessments.
▪ just , simply
▪
She's simply ~ for this job.
▪ not far ( esp. BrE )
▪
They weren't far ~ with their estimate of 100 000.
▪ not necessarily
▪ clearly , obviously , plainly
▪ ethically , morally
▪ physically
▪
There is nothing physically ~ with him.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
You were completely ~ about Maurice. He's not leaving.
▪ for
▪
She's all ~ for you.
▪ in
▪
Everything was going ~ in my life.
▪ with
▪
She was worried that there was something seriously ~ with her.
PHRASES
▪ there's nothing ~ with sth
▪
There's nothing inherently ~ with this type of nostalgia.
▪ you can't go ~ (with sth)
▪
You can't go ~ with spaghetti—everyone likes it.
Wrong is used with these nouns: ↑ address , ↑ advice , ↑ answer , ↑ approach , ↑ assumption , ↑ attitude , ↑ calculation , ↑ choice , ↑ conclusion , ↑ decision , ↑ diagnosis , ↑ direction , ↑ idea , ↑ impression , ↑ interpretation , ↑ kind , ↑ message , ↑ moment , ↑ move , ↑ note , ↑ number , ↑ order , ↑ person , ↑ place , ↑ reason , ↑ road , ↑ side , ↑ signal , ↑ size , ↑ sort , ↑ street , ↑ tack , ↑ thing , ↑ time , ↑ turn , ↑ turning , ↑ view , ↑ way , ↑ word
III.
adv.
Wrong is used with these verbs: ↑ guess