(something) for somethingI checked the typing for errors.Turn the tap on and check for leaks.check something against/with something(=compare something with something else to see whether they are the same)You must check the evidence against other sources and decide if it is reliable.Positive ...
Ejemplos desde el Corpusexpression• x² + 4 is an algebraic expression.• The director was a small, pink-cheeked man with bottle-shaped shoulders and an expression of misleading blankness.• Fighting against threats to young children's rights to early childhood opportunities could be seen ...
Ejemplos desde el Corpus outline•In a shortstatement, Akers gave anoutlineof his plans for the company.•The book begins with anoutlineof theeventsthat led to the First WorldWar.•anoutlineagreement•In thispaperI will give abroadoutlineof theresearchwe have been doing.•Achalkoutlineof...
Ejemplos desde el Corpus contest•Harriet decided toenterHenry in thecutebabycontest.•She won severalbeautycontestswhen she was in her early twenties.•But one thing remainedconstant: In a bigcontest, Gretzky will come through in a big way.•a closecontestfor the mayor's job•Theessay...
Melville again contrasts the land with the sea.an essaycomparing and contrasting(=showing how two things are similar and different)Verdi and Wagner and their operas►vertesauroencompare→ VerTabla de verbosEjemplos desde el Corpuscontrast•It isinterestingtocontrastgravitationwith the otherlong-range...
8 → then and there→ (every) now and thenEjemplos desde el Corpusthen• ""I'm full up.'' ""Does that mean you don't want any dessert then?''• I should be finished work by noon. Would you like to get together then?• Just wait until July -- all the exams will be ...
Ejemplos desde el Corpus toil•Mortalpainandtoilhaveyieldedbefore thepromiseofredemptionin Revelations.•From now on Adam's work is to be sweat andtoil.•There was no time for thearduoustoilrequired tomasteraforeignlanguage.•Here began their arduoustoilto force a living from the land.•...