ADJ

flip, reverse
The reverse side of the coin has a picture of a flower

ADJ

far, opposite, other
At the other side of the room, a group of people were clustered around the fire
near
right, wrong
A car came rushing towards them on the wrong side of the road
left-hand, right-hand
the left-hand side of the page
east, west, etc.

PREP

at one/the ~
Some people were standing at one side of the room
down one/ the ~
A path leads down one side of the garden
from ~ to ~
The cat sat with its tail twitching from side to side
on/to one ~
(= not in the middle) She put her head to one side as she talked

ADJ

left-hand, left, right-hand, right
the right-hand side of the brain

PREP

down your ~
He is paralysed down his left side as a result of polio
in the/ your ~
I've got an awful pain in my side
on your ~
I always sleep on my side because I'm not comfortable on my back

ADJ

positive
bad, dark, negative, ugly
The scandal has shown us the ugly side of politics
caring, creative, feminine
She likes men who do not hide their feminine side
business, commercial, financial, management, marketing, etc.
I had nothing to do with the financial side of the firm

VERB + SIDE

have
He's usually very kind and gentle, but he has his less positive side too
show
hide

PREP

~ to
There are several sides to most problems

PHRASES

look on the bright side
Even when things go badly, try to look on the bright side
on the credit/debit side
On the credit side, we played well, although we lost the match
see the funny side (of sth)
Fortunately, Julie saw the funny side when I spilled coffee on her

ADJ

good, strong
losing, winning
away, home
As the home side, they were expected to play an attacking game
League, Test

VERB + SIDE

captain
field
Sussex are likely to field a strong side