noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ narrow , wide
▪ marginal , peripheral , transition , transitional , twilight
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a transition ~ between tropical and arid vegetations
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the twilight ~ between living and merely existing
▪ border , frontier
▪ neutral
▪ battle , combat , conflict , military , war
▪ buffer , demilitarized , exclusion , no-fly , no-go
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This area behind the station is a no-go ~ for tourists.
▪ occupation , occupied
▪ free-fire ( AmE , also figurative ), kill , target
▪
The Internet has become a free-fire ~ for conspiracy theories( = there are no restrictions ).
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Our truck was trapped in the kill ~ ( = where it can be attacked ).
▪ danger
▪ disaster
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The region has been declared an ecological disaster ~.
▪ safe , safety , security
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She stood some distance away from him to maintain a safety ~.
▪ drug-free , nuclear-free , smoke-free , traffic-free , etc.
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Most of the old town is a traffic-free ~.
▪ northern , southern , etc.
▪ central
▪ earthquake , fault , seismic
▪ climate , climatic
▪ temperate , tropical
▪
the temperate and tropical ~s of South America
▪ coastal
▪ dead
▪
an oxygen-depleted dead ~ at the bottom of the sea
▪ economic , enterprise , fishing , free-trade , industrial
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an industrial ~ of factories, warehouses and shipyards
▪ autonomous
▪ pedestrian ( BrE )
▪ school ( AmE )
▪ time
▪
Vancouver is in the same time ~ as Los Angeles.
▪ erogenous
▪ drop , landing
▪ relegation ( BrE )
▪
The team finds itself in the relegation ~ after a run of poor results.
▪ strike (in baseball)
▪ end (in American football)
▪ comfort
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Students are unwilling to step outside their comfort ~.
VERB + ZONE
▪ control , patrol
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The rebels control the southern border ~.
▪ create , declare sth , designate sth , establish
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The area has been declared a closed military ~.
▪ enforce
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Fighter planes are being sent to enforce the UN no-fly ~.
▪ violate
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An enemy plane was shot down after it violated the exclusion ~.
▪ cross into , enter
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We were crossing into a new time ~.
▪ leave
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Aid workers were advised to leave the danger ~.
▪ divide sth into
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Europe is divided into economic ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , within a/the ~
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The plant grows only in the temperate ~.
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Companies within enterprise ~s are given special help.
▪ into a/the ~
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We had accidentally strayed into the war ~.
▪ out of a/the ~
▪ ~ between
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the neutral ~ between the two countries