ADJ
- big, enormous, high, huge, large, vast
- leather-topped
- antique
- empty
- The empty desk suggested she had already gone home
- cluttered, untidy
- writing
- office, school
VERB + DESK
- sit at
- get up from
- He got up from his desk and went to the window
- clear
- My desk gets very cluttered if I don't clear it at the end of each day
- arrive on, land on
- A very strange request landed on my desk this morning
PREP
- at a/the ~
- He was sitting at his desk working when we got home
- behind a/ the ~
- The manager sat frowning behind his desk throughout the whole interview
- on a/the ~
- I left the file on your desk
ADJ
- front, reception
- Leave your valuables at the reception desk
- cash, check-in, enquiry/enquiries, help, information, support
- She paid for the book at the cash desk. Staff experiencing problems with their computers should ring the help desk
PREP
- at the … ~
- There was a long queue at the check-in desk
- on the … ~
- We asked the man on the information desk for a map of the city
