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linking word: see conjunction, linking<br />

adverbial<br />

liquid measure 196(4)<br />

listen<br />

action 62(7) Note b<br />

listen <strong>to</strong> 233(2)<br />

listen <strong>to</strong> + object + participle 140(1)<br />

litter: uncountable 144(4b)<br />

little<br />

negative word 17(4)<br />

quantifier 177(2)<br />

= small 200(1) Note a<br />

very little 212(8a)<br />

live<br />

linking verb 9(2)<br />

live on 233(2)<br />

there lives 50(4)<br />

live up <strong>to</strong> 235(2)<br />

lively 207 (2)<br />

lives (plural noun) 296(2)<br />

lives<strong>to</strong>ck 156(6)<br />

living: the living 204(1b)<br />

'll (short form) 71(1)<br />

loads of 177 (4A)<br />

loaf 144(3b)<br />

loaves 296(2)<br />

location<br />

adverbial of place 210<br />

preposition of place 255<br />

lock up 232 (2)<br />

logic: certainty 95<br />

lonely 207(2)<br />

long (adverb) 207(3), 210(4)<br />

long (verb) with <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 121(1), 126(1)<br />

long and short forms 55<br />

look<br />

action/state 62(3), 62(7) Note b<br />

looks as if 50(5c), 253(2) Note<br />

look forward <strong>to</strong> 235(1)<br />

look forward <strong>to</strong> + gerund 132(6)<br />

have a look 87(2)<br />

linking verb 9(1), 303(1)<br />

lookout 232(3)<br />

look out for 235(2)<br />

look out over 235(1)<br />

+ preposition 233(1)<br />

look up 232(3)<br />

look up <strong>to</strong> 235(2)<br />

verb and noun 287(1)<br />

lose<br />

get lost 107(2)<br />

with/without object 8(2)<br />

passive pattern 110(2)<br />

lose time + participle 140(3)<br />

lot of: see a lot of<br />

lots of 177(1)<br />

loud and loudly 207 (4)<br />

love<br />

+ gerund/<strong>to</strong>-infinitive 121(2)<br />

+ object + gerund 131(5)<br />

passive 104 (6b)<br />

state verb 62(1), 62(4)<br />

+ object + <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 122(2d)<br />

verb and noun 287(1)<br />

machinery: uncountable 144(4b)<br />

made of 236(4)<br />

magnificent<br />

quite magnificent 212(5c)<br />

not with very212(1a) Note a<br />

mail (verb) 287(3)<br />

main: position 200(1)<br />

majority 178(2a) Note b<br />

agreement 153(2), 156(4)<br />

make (noun) 144(3e)<br />

make (verb)<br />

clause patterns 9(1), 10(5), 11(1)<br />

and do 89<br />

empty verb 87<br />

+ object + infinitive 127(3a)<br />

make out 232(2)<br />

passive pattern 110(1b)<br />

make up for 235(2)<br />

make up your mind 125(2)<br />

male noun 285 (3e) Note<br />

man suffix 285 (3e) Note b<br />

nationality word 288(2d)<br />

man, men 296(1)<br />

man/woman + noun 145(1c)<br />

manage + <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 121(1)<br />

management: group noun 156(4)<br />

manner 207(2), 209(2)<br />

singular/plural 154(1b)<br />

manner adverb: see adverb of manner<br />

many 177(1), 178(7a)<br />

very many 212(8a)<br />

market without the 168(4)<br />

married<br />

get married 107 (2)<br />

married <strong>to</strong> 236(4)<br />

marry + object 233(4)<br />

marvellous<br />

quite marvellous 212(5c)<br />

with <strong>to</strong>-infinitive 123(1), 126(2)<br />

not with very 212(1a) Note a<br />

masculine noun 285 (3e) Note<br />

mass noun: see uncountable noun<br />

masses of 177(4a)<br />

mathematics 154(2)<br />

matter<br />

matter of + gerund 132(7)<br />

state verb 62(1,5)<br />

matter with 237(2k)<br />

mature: comparison 218(4b)<br />

INDEX

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