ADJ
- good, great, ideal
- terrible
- It was a terrible place to live
- safe
- Keep your purse in a safe place
- right, suitable
- I happened to be in the right place at the right time
- wrong
- beautiful, nice
- It's a nice place you've got here
- interesting
- busy, crowded
- quiet
- strange
- faraway, out-of-the way, remote
- holidays in faraway places
- public
- hiding, market, meeting, resting
VERB + PLACE
- mark
- I forgot to mark my place (= in a book)
- lose
- I've lost my place in the script
PREP
- at/in a/the ~
- We had dinner at a crowded place in Soho
- in ~
- It was held in place with tape. There will be rain in places
- into ~
- She tapped the lid into place
- out of ~
- Some of these files seem to be out of place
PHRASES
- all over the place (= everywhere), no place/not the place
- This is not the place for an argument
- a place of birth/business/interest/learning/work/ worship
- Please state your date and place of birth
VERB + PLACE
- sit (down) in, take
- We took our places round the table
- go back to, return to
- The boy returned to his place
- keep (sb), save (sb)
- lose
- I've lost my place in the queue
- give up
- change, swap
- He swapped places with me
- show sb to
- She showed them to their places
- lay, set
- I've laid four places for dinner
PHRASES
- the place of honour
- He took the place of honour on his hostess's right
ADJ
- central, important, prominent
- special
- He holds a special place in her affections
- proper, rightful
VERB + PLACE
- have, hold, occupy
- Housing occupied a prominent place in the discussions
- know
- She knows her place
- forget
- I'm sorry?I was forgetting my place
- restore sth to
- He has been restored to his rightful place in the community
- put sb in
- At first he tried to take charge of the meeting but I soon put her in her place
PREP
- ~ in
- Dance has a central place in their culture
PHRASES
- it's not sb's place to
- It's not your place to correct her
- a place in history
- a statesman who is assured a place in history
ADJ
- free
- college, nursery, school, university
VERB + PLACE
- get, win
- award sb, offer sb
- lose
- He was injured and lost his place in the side
PREP
- ~ at/in
- He was awarded a place at Leeds University
- ~ on
- She got a place on the French course
VERB + PLACE
- finish in, take
- She took third place
PLACE + VERB
- go to sb
- Second place went to the Moroccan athlete
ADV
- carefully, neatly
- haphazardly
- The books were placed haphazardly on the shelf
- firmly
- She produced a long silver whistle and placed it firmly between her lips
- gently, lightly
- centrally
- The table was placed centrally
- ideally, conveniently, uniquely, well
- The hotel is well placed for restaurants, bars and clubs
- judiciously, strategically
- There are candles strategically placed?just in case we have another power cut
- side by side
- The boots, neatly placed side by side, were near the bed
PREP
- between, in, inside, on, over, under, etc.
- He placed the letter in a drawer
ADV
- firmly
- ideally, conveniently, uniquely, well
- The company is ideally placed to win the contract
VERB + PLACE
- atttempt to, try to
- be difficult to, be hard to
- children who are difficult to place in foster homes
PREP
- in, on
- an attempt to place the question firmly back on the political agenda
PREP
- on
- The blame was placed squarely on the doctor