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Collocations for good - noun

ADJECTIVE

common
The results of the research should be used for the common good.

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VERB + good

do (sb)
You can try talking to her, but I don't think it will do much good.
It will do you good to get out of the house more often.

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PREPOSITION

for sb/sth's good
When the his health problems continued, he resigned for the good of the party.

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PHRASES

a force for good
In disadvantaged areas, schools can be a force for good.
for sb's (own) good
I know you don't want to go into the hospital, but it's for your own good.
for the good of sth, good and evil
the struggle between good and evil
a power of good
That break has done me a power of good.

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Collocations for good - adj.

VERBS

be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste
become, get
She's getting very good at reading now.

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ADVERB

dead (BrE), extremely, really, very
a really good movie
especially, particularly
perfectly
Why ruin a perfectly good story?
fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably
You've done a pretty good job.
surprisingly
The food was surprisingly good.

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PREPOSITION

at
He's very good at music.
for
Vegetables are good for you.
to
She was very good to me when my husband died.
with
She's good with figures.

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Good is used with these nouns:
acceleration, access, accommodation, accompaniment, account, acting, actor, actress, administration, advertisement, advice, album, ale, alibi, alternative, amount, analogy, answer, antidote, appetite, approximation, argument, arm, article, assessment, athlete, attendance, attitude, baby, balance, ball, bargain, barometer, barrister, beer, behaviour, bet, bit, blend, bloke, book, boy, brain, breakfast, breeding, builder, bunch, business, businessman, businesswoman, camouflage, campaigner, candidate, care, case, cast, catch, Catholic, cause, champagne, chance, chap, character, chat, chef, child, childhood, choice, cholesterol, Christian, Christmas, chuckle, circulation, citizen, claim, clue, coach, coffee, collection, colour, combination, comeback, command, commentary, common sense, communication, companion, company, comparison, complement, compromise, concentration, condition, conduct, conductor, connection, conscience, consequence, consistency, constitution, contact, contest, conversation, cook, cooking, coordination, copy, correlation, counsel, craftsman, credentials, critic, crop, cross section, crowd, cry, customer, cut, dancer, daughter, day, deal, decision, deed, defence, degree, dentist, description, design, designer, deterrent, dictionary, diet, digestion, dinner, diplomat, direction, discipline, discount, disguise, display, distance, distraction, doctor, dog, driver, driving, ear, eater, education, employer, ending, entertainment, entrepreneur, estimate, evidence, example, excuse, execution, exercise, experience, explanation, eye, eyesight, facility, fairy, faith, father, favour, feedback, feeling, fellow, fight, figure, film, find, finish, fisherman, fishing, fit, flavour, flow, foil, folk, food, football, footballer, footing, footwork, forecast, form, formula, fortune, foundation, friend, friendship, fun, fundamentals, gag, gallop, game, gardener, gauge, goal, goalkeeper, golfer, gossip, government, GP, grade, grammar, grasp, grip, ground, grounding, guess, guide, guideline, guy, gymnast, habit, haircut, hand, handful, handwriting, harbour, harvest, head, health, hearing, heart, holiday, home, horse, host, hotel, housekeeping, housing, humour, husband, hygiene, idea, illumination, illustration, image, imitation, impression, incentive, index, indication, indicator, influence, ingredient, insight, instinct, instrument, intelligence, interviewer, investment, job, joke, journalism, journalist, journey, judge, judgement, kick, kid, kind, lad, land, laugh, lawyer, lead, leader, leadership, leg, lesson, leverage, liaison, liar, library, life, light, lighting, likeness, listener, living, look, loser, lover, luck, man, management, manner, margin, mark, market, marketing, marriage, match, mate, material, mechanic, memory, metaphor, method, mileage, mix, mixture, model, moment, mood, moral, morale, mother, motive, move, movie, mum, music, musician, name, nature, navigation, negotiator, neighbour, neighbourhood, news, novel, number, nutrition, odds, offer, omen, opinion, opportunity, option, outcome, outlook, pace, painter, painting, parent, part, partnership, pass, pension, people, performance, performer, person, photograph, photographer, physique, piece, pitch, place, plan, play, player, ploy, poem, poet, poetry, point, pointer, portion, position, possibility, post, posture, practice, preacher, precedent, prediction, preparation, presentation, price, product, profit, progress, pronunciation, proof, proportion, prospect, protection, pub, publicity, punch, pupil, quality, question, range, rapport, rate, rating, reaction, read, reader, reading, reason, reception, recipe, record, recording, recovery, reference, reflection, reflex, relation, relationship, remedy, reminder, report, representation, reproduction, reputation, resolution, response, rest, restaurant, result, return, review, rhythm, rinse, risk, road, ruler, run, runner, sailor, salary, sale, salesman, sanitation, save, schooling, science, scientist, score, script, scrub, seat, selection, self, sense, sense of humour, servant, service, sex, shake, shape, shop, shot, shove, showing, side, sign, singer, singing, site, size, skill, skin, sleep, smack, sniff, society, soil, soldier, solicitor, solution, son, song, soul, sound, source, speaker, specimen, speech, speed, spell, spot, spread, squad, stab, stance, standing, start, starting point, state, steward, stir, stock, store, story, strategy, stretch, student, subject, substitute, suggestion, suit, sum, summary, summer, suntan, supply, support, surgeon, sweat, swig, swimmer, talk, taste, teacher, teaching, teamwork, temper, temperament, test, testament, theatre, thing, thinking, thought, thrashing, time, timing, tip, tooth, track record, translation, treatment, trick, trip, try, tug, tune, turnout, tutor, tutorial, typist, upbringing, use, value, variety, ventilation, view, visibility, voice, wage, walk, wash, washing, way, weather, while, whisky, wife, wind, wine, wish, woman, word, work, worker, workman, workmanship, workout, writer, writing, yardstick, yarn, year, yield

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