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Collocations for score - noun

1. in a game, competition, etc.

ADJ.

big, excellent, good, high, perfect, record, top | bad, low, poor | average, mean | close, level
The score was close in the final match.
overall, total | final | cricket, football, etc.

VERB + SCORE

achieve, finish with, get, have | give (sb)
He got round the course in 72, giving him an average score of 70.
make, take
A goal in the last few minutes took the score to 4-2.
keep, record
I''ll keep (the) score.
level, tie
Figo levelled the scores with a curling free kick.

SCORE + VERB

be, stand at
At half-time the score stood at 3-0.

SCORE + NOUN

card (also ‘scorecard’), chart, sheet
Inamoto had a good game but failed to get his name on the score sheet (= failed to score).

PREP.

~ against
the best score for years against Italy

2. in a test

ADJ.

excellent, good, high, perfect, record, top | bad, low, poor | average, mean | aggregate, overall, total | IQ, test

VERB + SCORE

achieve, get, have, obtain | give sb | boost, increase
Some scientists claim that vitamins will boost your child''s IQ score.

SCORE + VERB

range
Most ten-year-olds had scores ranging between 50 and 70.

PREP.

~ for
She got an unusually low score for creativity.

3. written music

ADJ.

full | music/musical | orchestral, piano, vocal
the vocal score of ‘The Magic Flute’
film

VERB + SCORE

play, read, write

PREP.

in a/the ~
a mistake in the piano score

Collocations for score - verb

1. win points/goals, etc.

ADV.

nearly | easily
Cunningham broke away and ran some 40 metres to score easily.

VERB + SCORE

try to | manage to | fail to, have yet to
Peter Walker has yet to score this season.
look likely to
Villa always looked the team most likely to score.

PREP.

against
The England team failed to score against Italy on Saturday.
for
She has not yet scored for her new club.
with
He scored with a neat header.

PHRASES

come close to scoring
It was Robertson who came closest to scoring.
open the scoring
Zidane opened the scoring in the seventh minute of the game.

2. gain marks in a test

ADV.

highly, well
In the key area of negotiation, women scored highly.

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