ADJ
- big, huge, large, spacious
- cramped, small, tiny
- plush
- high-rise
- five-storey, ten-storey, etc.
- glass-fronted, glass-walled
- busy, noisy
- open-plan
- air-conditioned
- electronic, paperless
- permanent, temporary
- The company set up its first permanent offices in the city centre
- private
- The prime minister arranged a meeting in his private office
- central, head, main
- area, branch, district, local, overseas, regional, subsidiary
- administrative, editorial, press, sales, etc.
- council, government, newspaper, etc.
VERB + OFFICE
- manage, run, supervise
- come/go into, come/go to
- I sometimes go into the office on Saturdays when we're busy
- arrive at, get to
- leave
- What time do you usually leave the office?
OFFICE + NOUN
- job, work
- hours
- Call this number outside normal office hours
- colleague, staff, worker
- life
- gossip, politics
- party
- We have an office party every Christmas
- administrator, assistant, cleaner, clerk, manager
- boy, girl, junior (all old-fashioned)
- desk, door, equipment, furniture, safe, shredder, software, stationery
- system, technology
- environment
- Working in a busy office environment can be stressful
- accommodation, block, building, complex, development, premises, space, suite
- The old warehouses have been redeveloped for office accommodation
- facilities, services
- The conference centre provides office facilities such as computers and faxes
- expenses, overheads
- administration, management
- skills
- procedures, routine
PREP
- at the ~
- I sometimes have to stay late at the office
- in the ~
- I'm sorry, Mr Anders is not in the office today
ADJ
- exalted, great, high, important
- minor
- lucrative, prestigious
- hereditary
- national, public
- ecclesiastical, judicial, ministerial, political
VERB + OFFICE
- run for, stand for
- He ran for office in the last presidential election
- hold, remain in, retain, stay in
- The president holds office for a period of four years
- be appointed to, be elected to
- be re-elected to, be returned to
- The government was returned to office by a large majority
- assume, be sworn into, come into, come to, enter, take, take up
- Martin was sworn into office as prime minister in March. The Labour Party took office in 1997
- give up, leave, lose, relinquish, resign from, retire from, vacate
- be driven from, be forced from, be removed from, be suspended from, be turned out of
PREP
- in ~
- The government seemed likely to remain in office for the next five years
- out of ~
- breaking promises made when out of office
PHRASES
- a candidate for office, duties of the office, a term of office
- to be re-elected for a second term of office