ADJ
- empty
- full
- half-empty, half-full
- broken, chipped, cracked
- china, paper, plastic
- coffee, tea
VERB + CUP
- fill, refill
- drain, empty
- She was so thirsty that she drained her cup
- lift, pick up, raise
- She raised her cup to her lips
- place, put down, replace, set down
- drink from/out of
- Customers didn't like drinking out of plastic cups
ADJ
- strong
- I like a good strong cup of tea first thing in the morning
- fresh
- My coffee was cold, so I ordered a fresh cup
VERB + CUP
- offer sb
- make (sb)
- pour (sb)
- I'm making tea. Can I pour you a cup?
- help yourself to
- stir
- Enrique stirred his fourth cup of coffee of the day
- drink, sip
- I drink about ten cups of coffee a day
PHRASES
- a nice cup of tea
- You sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of tea
ADJ
- challenge
- knockout
- European, World, etc.
VERB + CUP
- win
- Who won the cup?
- lose
- present (sb with)
- The cup will be presented to the winning team by the president himself
- lift
- He lifted the cup for the sixth time this year (= it was the sixth time he had won)
CUP + NOUN
- competition
- They were the first Turkish team to win a major cup competition
- clash, match
- The team are ready for next week's World Cup clash with Italy
- final, quarter-final, semi-finals
- win, winner
PHRASES
- the first, etc. round of the cup