VERB + PITY
- be filled with, be full of, feel, have
- show
- arouse, inspire
- an unfortunate man who inspires pity
PREP
- out of ~
- I threw the child some money out of pity
- without ~
- a cruel leader without pity
- ~ for
- She was full of pity for him
PHRASES
- a feeling/sense of pity, have pity on sb
- We begged him to have pity on us
- an object of pity
- Deaf people do not want to be seen as objects of pity
- take pity on sb
- I took pity on him and allowed him to stay
ADJ
- great, real, terrible
- slight
PREP
- ~ about
- The place was lovely, but it was a pity about the weather
PHRASES
- a bit of a pity, rather/such a pity
- That would be rather a pity, wouldn't it?
- what a pity
- What a pity you didn't tell me earlier!