ADJ
- indomitable, iron, strong
- her indomitable will to win His unassuming matter concealed an iron will
- weak
- free
- conscious
- collective, general, majority, national, popular, public
- Is that the general will, that we keep the present voting arrangements?
- individual
- human
- divine, God's
- royal
- political
- The government lacked the political will to reform the tax system
VERB + WILL
- have
- She's got a very strong will
- lack
- exercise, exert
- lose
- She's lost the will to try and change things
- break, drain, sap
- Constant rejection has sapped her will
- regain
- impose
- She usually manages to impose her will on the rest of the group
- bend to, obey
- They were taught to obey their father's will without question
- go against
- My father didn't want me to leave home, and I didn't like to go against his will
PREP
- against your ~
- Much against my will, I let him go
- at ~
- She believes employers should have the right to hire and fire at will
PHRASES
- an act of will
- It requires an act of will to make myself go running in the morning
- a battle/clash of wills
- The meeting turned out to be a clash of wills
- an effort of will
- With a great effort of will he resisted her pleas
- of your own free will
- She left of her own free will
- the will of God, the will to live
- She gradually regained the will to live
ADJ
- valid
- Two people must witness your signature or your will will not be valid
- living (= a record of your wishes regarding medical treatment at the end of your life)
VERB + WILL
- draw up, make
- His solicitor drew up the will. Have you made your will?
- sign
- leave
- She left no will and was unmarried
- read
- alter, change
- revoke
- Remarriage would revoke all previous wills
- forge
- remember sb in
- She was moved when her neighbour remembered her in his will
- administer, execute
- challenge, contest
- The family decided to contest the will in court
- break, overturn, set aside
- They succeeded in getting the will overturned
PREP
- by ~
- Some things cannot be given away by will
- in a/the ~
- She left me some money in her will
- under a/the ~
- Under her father's will, she gets £5,000 a year
PHRASES
- sb's last will and testament