Phrases, patterns and collocations |
| bet |
bet (sth) on, make a bet (with sb), safe bet |
| certain |
know/say for certain, certain to do, make certain, certain of/about, a certain (amount of sth) |
| chance |
take a chance (on), leave to chance, by chance, by any chance, the/sb's chances of (doing), the chance to do, second chance, last chance, pure/sheer chance, there's every/no chance that |
| dint |
by dint of |
| disposal |
waste disposal, at sb's disposal, at the disposal of |
| find |
find yourself (doing), find sb doing, find sth difficult/interesting/etc, find your way |
| green |
green politics, green belt, (give sb) the green light, greenhouse, the greenhouse effect |
| guess |
guess at, guess that, guess right, take/make/hazard a guess (at), rough guess, lucky guess, wild guess, educated guess, at a guess |
| happen |
happen to do, it so happens that, as it happens |
| lightning |
thunder and lightning, a bolt/flash of lightning, struck by lightning, at lightning speed |
| luck |
push your luck, wish sb luck, trust to luck, bring you luck, the luck of the draw, a stroke/piece of luck, as luck would have it, in luck, with any luck |
| natural |
completely/totally natural, natural causes, natural ability, natural resources, natural selection |
| nature |
the nature of, by nature, in nature, Mother Nature, human nature, second nature |
| odds |
the odds of doing, the odds are (that), the odds are in favour of/against, against all the odds |
| rain |
rain hard/heavily, pour with rain, heavy/light rain, rainbow, rainwater, caught in the rain |
| risk |
risk sth on, risk doing, risk one's life, take a risk, run the risk of, put sth at risk, pose a risk to, the risk of, at the risk of doing |
| sun |
sun yourself, in the sun, sunbathe, sunlight, sunrise, sunset, sunshine |
| threat |
pose a threat (to), face a threat, under threat, threat of, idle threat, bomb threat, death threat |
| weather |
good/bad/etc weather, freak weather, in all weathers, under the weather, weather forecast, weatherproof |
| wind |
light/strong wind, gust of wind, in the wind, winds of change |
