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COLLOCATIONS MINDMAP (Oksana’s Article) - Coggle Diagram
COLLOCATIONS MINDMAP (Oksana’s Article)
CRUDE
CRUDE JOKE
CRUDE LANGUAGE = offensive, rude. The opposite is REFINED.
CRUDE OIL
=raw. The oppisite is REFINED.
CRUDE METRICS
CRUDE ANALYSIS
CRUDE EFFECTS
CRUDE DATA/ ESTIMATE = not exact
CRUDE METAL
CRUDE PICTURE = vulgar
CRUDE WORKMANSHIP = of a low standard
IN CRUDE TERMS
Eliot deliberately presents his South Sea life in crude terms.
MOOT = unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering
MOOT POINT
MOOT QUESTION = debatable, open to argument
MOOT CASE
MOOT ISSUE
MOOT COURT
A moot court is a not-to-be-missed opportunity for any law student.
TO MOOT
When environmentalists first mooted the idea of a levy on plastic bags, plenty of eyes rolled.
He has already mooted the idea with government and will start pitching it to bankers as early as next week.
He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
TAKE SHAPE
A VASE/BUILDING/GARDEN/CITY can take shape
A PLAN/IDEA/THEORY/THOUGHT can take shape
An idea was beginning to take shape in his mind.
A PLOT/CHARACTER/PERSONALITY/ SYSTEN can take shape
A future system begins to take shape.
Key parts of the September 11 plot took shape in Hamburg.
BENIGN
BENIGN NEGLECT
I am concerned that some children are the product of benign neglect in the home.
BENIGN TUMOUR
Tumour can be benign or MALIGNANT.
BENIGN RESPECT
BENIGN ORIGIN
Tumours can be of benign or MALIGNANT origin.
BENIGN EFFECT
This policy might have an immediate,
benign, and transformative effect.
BENIGN SMILE
He gave a benign smile in response to my suggestion.
BENIGN ENVIRONMENT
But, lulled into nonchalance by their seemingly benign environment, most people in the Pacific Northwest have not done so.
BENIGN INFLUENCE
Over the years, the boy started to feel the benign influence of his upbringing.
BENIGN INTENTION
BENIGN CLIMATE = mild
IN A FIT OF +EMOTION
TEMPER
His fits of temper are becoming increasingly frequent.
DEPRESSION
ANGER
Mum shouted at her child in a fit of uncontrollable anger.
GIGGLES
JEALOUSY
In a fit of jealousy, the writer broke the favorite toy of her little sister, and said it was an accident.
RAGE
He killed her in a fit of rage.
VANITY
PASSION
Might have humorous uses (in a fit of grownupness, in a fit of absent-mindedness)