VERB + PRACTICE
- put sth into
- I can't wait to put what I've learned into practice
PREP
- in ~
- The idea sounds fine in theory, but would it work in practice?
ADJ
- basketball, catching, piano, etc.
- target
VERB + PRACTICE
- do, get (in), have
- I'll be able to get in a bit of practice this weekend. I've had a lot of practice in saying 'no' recently!
- need, require, take
- Don't worry if you can't do it at first?it takes practice!
- give sb
- This chapter gives students practice in using adjectives
PREP
- out of ~
- If you don't play regularly you soon get out of practice
- with ~
- His accent should improve with practice
- ~ at
- practice at swimming underwater
- ~ in
- The children need more practice in tying their shoelaces
PHRASES
- be good practice for sth
- It will be good practice for later, when you have to make speeches in public
ADJ
- good
- adopting current best practices in your business
- corrupt, sharp, unethical, unfair
- discriminatory, restrictive
- accepted, common, current, established, normal, standard, universal, usual, widespread
- It is standard practice not to pay bills until the end of the month
- local
- cultural, legal, medical, religious, sexual
- the medical practices of ancient Egypt
- accounting, administrative, business, employment, management, working
- studying Japanese working practices
VERB + PRACTICE
- introduce
- The practice of community policing was introduced in the 1970s
- adopt, follow, use
- promote
- change, modify
- Established practices are difficult to modify
- ban, outlaw, prevent, prohibit, stop
PRACTICE + VERB
- begin
- continue
- the ancient custom of log rolling, a practice which continues to this day
- change, develop, evolve
PREP
- ~ of
- the practice of acupuncture
PHRASES
- a change in/of practice
- changes in employment practices
- a code of practice
- voluntary codes of practice between sellers and customers
- make a practice of sth
- I don't make a practice of forgetting to pay my bills, I assure you!
ADJ
- successful
- legal, medical, professional
- general (= medicine of a non-specialized type, not in a hospital), private (= accepting paying patients)
- group
- It's a group practice, so you can easily change doctors
VERB + PRACTICE
- be in, go into, set up in
- She wants to go into general practice
- retire from
- suspend sb from
- He has been suspended from practice, pending legal investigations
- open, start
- She has opened a new practice in the town
- run
- He runs a successful legal practice in Ohio
- join
- A new partner has joined the practice
- leave