PREP
- in the ~ (= having justice and truth on your side)
- There's no doubt that he's in the right on this
PHRASES
- have right on your side
- I appealed against the decision because I knew I had right on my side
- know right from wrong
- Children of that age don't know right from wrong
- right and wrong
- She doesn't understand the difference between right and wrong
- the rights and wrongs of sth
- We sat discussing the rights and wrongs of the prison system
ADJ
- basic, fundamental, inalienable
- the basic rights of all citizens
- absolute, perfect
- I've got a perfect right to park here if I want to
- equal
- exclusive, sole
- full
- automatic
- Any employee who is sacked has an automatic right to appeal
- animal, human
- animal rights campaigners human rights violations
- legal, statutory
- contractual
- moral
- You have a moral right to that money
- civil
- the civil rights movement
- gay, women's
- parental
- The local authority exercises parental rights over the children until foster homes are found
- squatters'
- The teenagers claimed squatters' rights and were allowed to remain in the building
- pension
- voting
- divine, god-given
- the old idea of the divine right of kings I suppose you think you have some god-given right to tell me what to do?
VERB + RIGHT
- enjoy, have, retain
- They have no right to come onto my land
- assert, claim, demand
- know
- You can't do that to me?I know my rights
- establish
- The new president undertook to establish full rights for all minorities
- stand up for
- You should stand up for your rights and insist that he pays you
- reserve
- I reserve the right to leave at any time I choose
- gain, get
- confer on sb, give sb, grant sb
- We were granted the exclusive rights to produce the software in the UK
- extend
- The government extended voting rights to everyone over the age of 18
- exercise
- enforce
- The landlord enforced his right to enter the property
- abdicate, give up, relinquish, renounce
- He renounced his right to the throne
- waive
- They gave me my uncle's money, on condition that I waived all rights to his property
- forfeit, lose
- defend, protect, safeguard
- acknowledge, recognize, respect
- affect, infringe
- These additional guarantees do not affect your statutory rights
- deny sb
- abolish
PREP
- as of ~, by ~
- The property belongs to her by/as of right
- by ~ of
- The Normans ruled England by right of conquest
- within your ~s
- You're acting entirely within your rights
- ~ of
- the right of assembly/asylum/citizenship/free speech/ownership
- ~ over
- He claimed full rights over the discovery
- ~s for
- equal rights for all
- ~ to
- Do I have any right to compensation?
PHRASES
- have every right
- She has every right to feel bitter
- right of way
- There is no public right of way across the fields
ADJ
- film, movie, television
- translation
- foreign
- property
- mineral
- grazing
VERB + RIGHT
- acquire, buy, get, obtain
- sell
- He sold the film rights for $2 million
- have, hold
PHRASES
- all rights reserved (= protected or kept for the owner of the book, film, etc.)
VERB + RIGHT
- take
- Take a right at the traffic lights
PREP
- from the ~
- Look out for traffic coming from the right
- on the ~
- Ours is the first house on the right
- to the ~
- Keep over to the right
PHRASES
- the first/second, etc. right
- Take the first right, and then it's the second turning on your left
- from left to right/from right to left
- The books are numbered from right to left
PREP
- on the ~
- He's on the extreme right of the party