ADJ
- loose
- She brushed the loose dirt off her coat
- ingrained
- dog
QUANT
- speck
- streak
- He had streaks of dirt all over his face
- layer
VERB + DIRT
- be covered in/with
- His shoes were covered in dirt
- brush off, clean off, remove, wash off
- show
- The white rug really shows the dirt
DIRT + VERB
- accumulate
- Dirt had accumulated in the corners of the windows
PREP
- in the ~
- children playing in the dirt
PREP
- ~ on
- Do you have any dirt on the new guy?
PHRASES
- dish the dirt (= tell people unkind/unpleasant things about sb)
- She just loves to dish the dirt