ADJ
- fiendish
- alleged
- assassination, blackmail, coup, death, murder
PREP
- ~ against
- They had taken part in a Jacobite plot against William III
- ~ by
- The police claim to have uncovered a plot by terrorists to assassinate the president
ADJ
- simple
- complex, complicated
VERB + PLOT
- construct
- She has constructed a complicated plot, with a large cast of characters
PHRASES
- a twist in/of the plot
- There are several unexpected twists in the plot before the murderer is revealed
ADJ
- garden, vegetable
- farm, subsistence
- building
- burial
- small
- 10-acre, 12-acre, etc.
- They own a five-acre plot of land
- family, private
PLOT + VERB
- measure sth
- The plots each measure 10 metres by 20 metres
PREP
- against
- He was arrested on suspicion of plotting against the king
- with
- Taylor plotted with his daughter to murder her husband
PHRASES
- accuse/suspect sb of plotting sth
ADV
- accurately
- The positions of the archaeological finds are accurately plotted
PREP
- against
- Greenhouse temperature can be plotted against plant growth
- on
- plotting the figures on a graph