October27 Monday selfstudy

The words collocations with research
1 insurance
noun [U]
an agreement in which you pay a company money and they pay your costs if you have an accident, injury, etc:
life/health/car/travel insurance
I'll need to take out extra car insurance for another driver.
The insurance doesn't cover you for (= include) household items.
Compare assurance at assure (PROTECT).
2 inflation
noun [U]
a general, continuous increase in prices:
high/low inflation
the rate of inflation
Your salary will be increased in line with the 3% inflation expected this autumn.
3 accommodation
noun [U] MAINLY UK
a place to live, work, stay, etc. in:
There's a shortage of cheap accommodation (= places to live).
We have first and second class accommodation (= seats) on this flight.
4 bursary
noun [C] UK
a sum of money given to a person by an organization, such as a university, to pay for them to study
5 allowance
noun [C]
1 money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing:
The perks of the job include a company pension scheme and a generous travel allowance.
I couldn't have managed at college if I hadn't had an allowance from my parents.

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1 flexible (ABLE TO BEND) Hide phonetics
adjective
able to bend or to be bent easily without breaking:
Rubber is a flexible substance.
Dancers and gymnasts need to be very flexible (= able to bend their bodies easily).
2 struggle (EFFORT) Hide phonetics
verb [I]
1 to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something:
[+ to infinitive] The dog had been struggling to get free of the wire noose.
I've been struggling to understand this article all afternoon.
Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake.
3 allocate
verb [T]
to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, for them to use in a particular way:
The government is allocating £10 million for health education.
[+ two objects] As project leader, you will have to allocate people jobs/allocate jobs to people.
It is not the job of the investigating committee to allocate blame for the disaster/to allocate blame to individuals.
4 incentive
noun [C or U]
something which encourages a person to do something:
Tax incentives have been very effective in encouraging people to save and invest more of their income.
[+ to infinitive] There is little incentive for people to leave their cars at home when public transport remains so expensive.
Bonus payments provide an incentive to work harder.
5 tenant
noun [C]
a person who pays rent for the use of land or a building
The words collocation purpose
1 respond
verb [I]
1 to say or do something as a reaction to something that has been said or done:
[+ speech] To every question, he responded "I don't know."
I asked her what the time was, but she didn't respond.
He responded by marching off and slamming the door behind him.
How did she respond to the news?
[+ that] When the tax office wrote to me demanding unpaid income tax, I responded that I had been working abroad since 1998.
The police respond to emergencies (= arrive and are ready to deal with emergencies) in just a few minutes.
2 participate
verb [I]
to take part in or become involved in an activity:
She never participates in any of our discussions, does she?
3 provision
verb [T] FORMAL
to supply with food and other necessary things
4
annotate
verb [T] FORMAL
to add a brief explanation or opinion to a text or drawing:
Annotated editions of Shakespeare's plays help readers to understand old words.
5 association (GROUP)
group noun [C]
a group of people who are united in a single organization for a particular purpose:
The Football Association
The British Medical Association is/are campaigning for a complete ban on tobacco advertising.
The words collocation aims
1 promote
verb [T]
to encourage the popularity, sale, development or existence of something:
Advertising companies are always having to think up new ways to promote products.
The Institute is intended to promote an understanding of the politics and culture of the Arab world.
Greenpeace works to promote awareness of the dangers that threaten our planet today.
It has long been known that regular exercise promotes all-round good health.
2 agenda
noun [C]
1 a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting:
There were several important items on the agenda.
The question of security is high on the agenda for this afternoon's meeting.
3 undertake (DO)
verb [T] undertook, undertaken SLIGHTLY FORMAL
to do or begin to do something, especially something that will take a long time or be difficult:
Students are required to undertake simple experiments.
4 enable
verb [T]
to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible:
[+ to infinitive] Computerization should enable us to cut production costs by half.
5 benchmark
noun [C]
a level of quality which can be used as a standard when comparing other things:
Her outstanding performances set a new benchmark for singers throughout the world.

phrasal verbs
1 set sth out (DETAILS)
phrasal verb [M] (FORMAL set sth forth)
to give the details of something or to explain it, especially in writing, in a clear, organized way:
The management board has set out its goals/plans/proposals for the coming year.
2 carry sth out
phrasal verb [M]
to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do:
Nigel is carrying out research on early Christian art.
The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's wrong with her.
Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.
It is hoped that the kidnappers will not carry out their threat to kill the hostages.
3 make up for sth
phrasal verb
to take the place of something lost or damaged or to compensate for something bad with something good:
No amount of money can make up for the death of a child.
This year's good harvest will make up for last year's bad one.
4 point of no return
noun [S]
the stage at which it is no longer possible to stop what you are doing and when its effects cannot now be avoided or prevented:
Russia, he said, had reached the point of no return on the road to reform and had to go forward.
Scientists fear that global warming has gone beyond the point of no return.
[+ ing form of verb] He bought me dinner to make up for being so late the day before.
Don't blame me, I'm only carrying out my orders/instructions.
Your contract will set out the terms and conditions of your employment.
5 expand on sth
phrasal verb
to give more details about something you have said or written:
She mentioned a few ideas, but she didn't expand on them.