Collocations for bear - verb
1. accept/deal with sth
VERB + BEAR
be able/unable to, can/could (hardly/scarcely)
Don''t leave me alone. I wouldn''t be able to bear it. | How can you bear this awful noise? | We could hardly bear to be outdoors in the blinding sunlight.
Don''t leave me alone. I wouldn''t be able to bear it. | How can you bear this awful noise? | We could hardly bear to be outdoors in the blinding sunlight.
2. be responsible for sth
VERB + BEAR
have to, must
Do parents have to bear the whole cost of tuition fees? | You must bear at least some responsibility for what has happened.
Do parents have to bear the whole cost of tuition fees? | You must bear at least some responsibility for what has happened.
PHRASAL VERBS bear on/upon sb/sth
ADV.
heavily
The burden of the tax bore most heavily on the poor.
The burden of the tax bore most heavily on the poor.