WORD ASSOCIATION
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Party,boy,sphere
Answer
Ball-Have a ball--party, Ball boy--lawn
tennis, Ball is spherical.
Goods,flea,down
Market- like used goods market, flea
market and down market
Rate,bottom,location
Base-Base Rate--banking, Base-Bottom, Shift Base from one place to
another--Location
Lies,card,punch
Pack- a pack of lies, a pack of cards,
to pack a punch(to hit someone hard)
Sunrise,light,goddess
Aurora-Sunrise is a syn. Of aurora,
Aurora lights is a natural light display
in the sky particularly in the high
latitude regions, caused by the
collision of energetic charged
particles with atoms in the high
altitude atmosphere, Aurora , from
the Latin word aurora, "sunrise" or
the Roman goddess of dawn
Country,conference,website Host- host country (Nation in which
individuals or organizations from
other countries or states are visiting
due to government invitation or
meeting.), host a conference, a host
website.
Top,confusion,head
Spin-Spin like a Top, All in a spin-Confusion, Head spin.
Spear,condition,mint
Mint- spearmint, in a mint condition
(in perfect condition),mint is where
coins are made.
Discord,eye,order
Apple-Apple of discord - cause of
quarrel
Apple of my eye - beloved
Apple pie order - perfect order - all
idioms
10. Invest,kind,fish
11. Disc,bell,ears
12. Bunk,land,trench
13. Five,hog,drink
14. Replica,face,mirror
15. Slash,steam,oil
16. Eat,hand,old
17. Use,knock,water
18. Hand,ear,money
19. Water,show,music
20. Solve,laugh,voice
21. Metal,bicycle,music
22. Adhesive,bread,biscuit
23. Tough,shell,ground
24. Step,tempo,march
Angel- AngelInvestment---Initial
investment in a project, U have been
an angel to me---U hav been Kind,
AngelFish a type of fish.
Ring-disc,ring both circular. ring a
bell, ring in someone's ears
Ditch-Ditch class--bunk, Ditch a
plane--emergency landing, Ditch is
trench
High- high five, high on the hog-luxury, getting high after drinking.
Image- replica of an image, synonym
of face is image as an aspect of
something, mirror image
Burn-slash and burn(doing something
in a crude way), steam burn,burn the
midnight oil.
Hat-Hat in hand--modest, i'll eat my
hat--surprised, old hat--old fashioned
Tap-Tap energy--use, Tap on the
shoulder--knock, Tap water
Lend- lend a helping hand, lend an
ear, lend money
Pump-water pump, pump shoe,
pump up the music
Crack- to solve is to crack a problem
,Crack someone up- make someone
laugh, crack a joke—laugh, cracked
voice
Pedal-pedal to metal--full speed,
pedal in music--a bass note
Wafer-A small adhesive disk of paste;
used to seal letters.
, A small thin crisp cake or cookie.
, Thin disk of unleavened bread used
in a religious service (especially in the
celebration of the Eucharist).
Nut-Tough nut to crack, Nutshell,
Groundnut
Pace-Take small paces--small steps,
25. Trade,contract,card
26. Measure,rain,estimate
27. secret,play,place
28. Food,hold,work
29. Fall,dance,journey
30. Disappear,exhaust,pipe
31. Light,signal,metal
32. Spot,score,number
33. Sudden,precise,brain
34. Crisp,instruct,time
35. Time,state,significance
36. Filling,thrust,material
37. Symbol,race,country
38. Ban,pressure,metal
39. Mail,American,Lane
Pace of work---tempo, keep Pace
with--match
Deal-Deal in drugs--Trade, Deal is
fixed--contract, poker--card--deal
Gauge-measure syn. Of gauge,rain
gauge, to gauge something-to
estimate
Scene-Behind the scene--secret, A
play has many scenes, Scene of
Crime--Place
Serve-Serve food, Hold a Serve-Tennis, Serve for a company--work
Trip-Trip over something--fall, trip up
the dance step--Dance, Trip--a
journey
Drain-Brain--drain or draining
wealth---disappear, Exhaust or drain
a resource, Drain Pipe
Beam-Beam of light, Laser
beam/Radio beam--signal, Metal
beam
Point-Turn left at the point--spot,
Points--score, Decimal point--number
Sharp-Sharp turn--sudden turn,
Sharp at 8--precise, Sharp brain
Brief-Brief--Crisp, Brief someone--tell
him the details/instruct, Brief period
of time/Brief History of Time
Matter-matter of time, state of
matter, Did it matter to them-Significance
Stuff-Stuff in something--fill--stuffed
vegetable, Stuff something in a bag-put thrust, what is this Stuff made of-material
Flag-Symbol-Flag, to Flag off a race,
Country Flag.
Bar-ban-To Bar something, Pressure
has Bar as its unit, Metal Bar.
Express-Express Mail, American
40. Offer,young,quotation
41. Transparent,nine,internet
42. Lion,ego,peacock
43. Bother,offer,less
44. Crime,marriage,devote
45. Watch,slap,band
46. Curious,fur,bag
47. Pan,mob,light
48. Mark,charge,reserve
49. Peak,blow,Somalia
50. Bush,retreat,lose
51. Work,mind,reference
52. Course,helmet,market
53. Card,cake,success
54. Trade,pot,car
55. Water,run,blow
Express, Express Lane
Tender-Tender your resignation-offer resignation,tender age--young,
Tender is in itself a quotatio
Cloud-Cloudy--unclear/ Transparent
clear, Internet Cloud servers, Cloud
Nine--feel High
Pride --group of lions, ego-- Pride
synonyms, Group of peacocks--pride
Spot-Spot of bother, Spot offer, spot
less
Commit-Commit a crime, Committed
in marriage, Commit to something-be devoted to it
Wrist-Wrist-watch, Slap on the wrist-moderate punishment, wrist band
Cat-curiosity killed the cat, Cat--fur,
Let the Cat out of the bag
Flash- pan--Something that shows
potential in the beginning but fails to
deliver, flash mob, flash light
Book-Book mark, Book for a crime-charge, Book a seat--reserve
Horn-Horn--top most point=peak,
Blow a horn, Somalia--Horn of Africa
Beat-Beat about the bush,Beat
Retreat--leave in haste, Beat
someone in an event
Frame-frame work, Frame of mind,
Frame of Reference--Its a relative
term, comparing something with
other
Crash-Crash course, Crash helmet,
Market Crash
Pan- pan card, pan cake, Pan out-succeed
Jack-jack of all trades, Jack pot, A
lever to lift a car--jack
Dry- Drywater(a m emulsion of air
and water surrounded by silica), dry
56. Belt,out,divide
57. Spread,fire,book
58. Out,poke,iron
59. Bag, hire, sleep
60. Play,king,yard
61. Space,green,rest
62. String,bird,fly
63. Token,blue,shoulder
64. Aspect,side,book
65. Reduce,expel,cancel
66. Carry,stand,yield
67. Filled,rush,control
68. Remain,view,head
69. Stop,gold,deal
70. Blow,paper,fruit
71. Case,record,iron
run--rehearsal, dry something by
Blowing--or a hair drier
Zone-A specific belt/location--Zone,
Zone out--sort of daydream, Divide
into Zones
Cover-spread = cover , cover fire is
military jargon and book cover
Pig-Pig out---Eat hastily,Pig in a poke-offered in such a way in order to
obscure d real nature, pig iron
Sack-Sack--bag,Sack someone--Fire
him, Hit the sack---sleep
Court- a playing court for sports,
king’s court,courtyard
Room-Make Room= Make Space,
Green Room, Restroom
Kite- kite attached to a string, kite a
type of bird, a kite flies
Chip-Chip on the shoulder, Blue Chip
Company, Chip/Token
Face-a different face of anything--diff
aspect,Face of a cube/building,
Facebook
Drop-Drop your voice--reduce, Drop
from team, Drop charges
Bear-bear the responsibility--carry, I
can't stand him--bear, tree bears
fruits--yields
Charge-Charge is a synonym for fill,
to charge = to rush, in charge = in
control
Stand-The decision stands--remains,
What is your stand--view, head stand
Strike-Stop work--Strike,strike gold-discover something, strike a deal
Punch-paper punch is punch
machine...blow= punch...fruit punch
drink
File-file a case,file of records,iron
file(tool)
72. Field,flow,chain
73. Force,campaign,zeal
74. Coffin,bite,iron
75. Tackle,care,door
76. Gun,slot,time
77. Pair,common,equal
78. Air,schedule,lip
79. Confine,train,reaction
80. Parliament,wise,night
81. Create,bit,gold
82. Yearn,forest,apple
83. Bone,blue,shirt
84. Group,computer,organize
85. Seek,find,skin
Stream-field of subject(stream),
Chain of things is something in
continuation----Stream of things is d
same
Drive- a driving force, campaign and
zeal syn. Of drive
Nail- Another/final nail in the coffin,
bite one’s nails, iron
nails(composition)
Handle-tackle means handle, handle
with care, and door handle
Machine-machine gun, slot machine
and time machine
Match-match-pair, matchingcommon, match someone-try and be
equal
Tight- air tight, a tight schedule,
tight-lipped
Chain- to restrict or confine with a
chain,chain reaction, pull chain in a
train
Owl- a group of owl = parliament,
wise as an owl, a night owl (a person
who tends to stay up until late at
night)
Coin- to coin is to create, bitcoin
(digital currency), gold coin(coin
made of gold)
Pine- pine syn. Of yearn(to miss or
long for), Pine forest(A forest of pine
trees), pineapple
Collar- collar bone, blue
collar(working class person), collar of
a shirt
System-river system-group,
Computer-system, Organize-maintain
a system/systematic
Hide-hide and seek, find something
hidden, hide(A hide is an animal skin
treated for human use)
86. Tube,dream,smoke
87. Follow,race,rail
88. Long,guard,shelf
89. Flour,wind currency
90. Air,bite,story
91. Wave,shoulder,blood
92. Engine,stop,food
93. Sin,eye,pie
94. Work,take,tough
95. Start,size,epilepsy
96. Fever,press,mustard
97. Kill,plant,mail
98. Thames,alarm,light
99. Hold,burn,light
100. Horse,hand,big
101. Look,knife,go
102. Stem,boot,case
103. Ear,beat,stick
Pipe-pipe syn. For tube, pipe
dream(A fantastic notion or vain
hope.), a smoking pipe
Track-follow in someone's tracks, a
race track, a railway track
Life- life long, life guard, shelf life
Mill-flour mill,wind-mill and Mill is
one Thousandth of a dollar
Love- love is in the air, love
bite(hickey), love story
Cold- cold wave,cold shoulder,cold
blooded
Stall-stall means to stop.A stall of an
engine refers to a sudden stopping of
the engine. A food stall
Apple-apple the original sin,apple of
my eye,an apple pie
Task- task is a piece of work, Take
something to task,tough task
Fit-By fits and starts—irregular,a fit
size, fit syn. Of seizure/epilepsy
Yellow- yellow fever,yellow
press(Journalism that exploits,
distorts, or exaggerates),mustard is a
dark yellow color
Shoot- shoot to kill, Shoots are new
plant growth,shoot a mail
Fire-To set the Thames on fire-impossible task,fire alarm, light a fire
Candle-To be fit to hold a candle,
candle--burns, light --candle
Mouth-look a gift horse in the
mouth--criticize a gift, hand to
mouth, big mouth
Kill-if looks could kill,kil with a
knife,go for the kill
Trunk-Stem of a tree--trunk, Boot
space of car--trunk, Box, Case--trunk
Drum-ear drum,drum beats,drum
sticks
104. Battle,bench,runner
105. Guy,snow,asleep
106. Over,promise,blue
107. Foot,check,money
108. Cutter,danger,trees
109. Bird,steps,air
110. Age,diamond,drug
111. Instrument,width,rock
112. Horse,weed,food
113. Ice,dance,leg
114. Touch,white,brain
115. Mountain,fail,difficult
116. Draft,rely,border,world
117. Pass,bucket,grave
118. Time,eye,follow,tower
119. Ignite, Theory, Fix, Octet
120. Eye ,Shape,Corn,Funnel
121. Basket,detergent,dirty
Front-battle front,front bench, Front
runner
Fall Guy--scape goat, snow fall, fall
asleep
Moon-over the moon, promise the
moon, Blue moon
Bill-Foot the Bill, Check Please= Bill
Please, paper money is called bill
Wood-Wood Cutter, Knock on Wood,
Trees give Wood
Flight-birds fly, flight of stairs, the
action or process of flying through
the air.
Stone-stone age,diamond is a
precious stone, When u get drugged
it is called getting stoned
Band-instruments in a band,
bandwidth, a rock band
Sea-seahorse,sea weed,sea food
Break-Ice Breaker, Break dance,
Break a leg--Good luck
Feather-Feather touch, show White
feather---show Cowardice, Feather
brain---foolish person
Pass-mountain pass, fail opp. of pass,
To come to a pass---difficult situation
Bank- bank draft, bank syn. Of rely,
Border of a river is called Bank,world
bank
Death-Pass away means die, To kick a
bucket---means to die,grave-used as
an allusive term for death
Watch- wear watch to keep time, a
watch tower,keep close watch on
means to follow someone
Set-Set fire-Ignite, Set theory, set
synonym of fix, set of 8 is an octet
Cone-eye-cones/rods,cone
shape,corn cone,funnel-cone shaped
Laundry- laundry basket, laundry
detergent(washing powder),dirty
laundry(personal matters that could
be embarrassing if made public)
122. Abstract,Integrity,Policy
Honesty is abstrct,Honesty &
,Deceit
integrity,honesty best policy,honesty-deceit..opp
123. Treasure,barrier,easter
Island-treasure island, a coastal
landform and a type of barrier
system, are relatively narrow strips of
sand that are parallel to the mainland
coast,easter island
124. Crier,down,ghost
Town-downtown, town crier , town
of ghosts
125. Leader,western,labour
Union-leader of an union,western
union,labour union
126. Public,second,poll
Opinion-public opinion,second
opinion,opinion poll
127. Fire,wrestling,chair
Arm- firearm(a gun),arm
wrestling,arm chair
128. pin, bag, plane, round
Paper- paper pin(paper clip),paper
bag, paper plane,paper round(the
route taken when delivering
newspapers every day)
129. Ascend,measure,large,wage Scale-ascend is to climb(scale),scale
is used to measure sth,large-scale,
Minimum wage is also called Scale.. if
someone works for minimum wage,
he works for a scale
130. Face,kind,writer,cast
Type-Type face(family of fonts), Type
-- kind , type writer , type cast
131. Surge,heat,ride,curve
Wave-to rise and move in waves or
billow(surge),heat wave, Ride the
wave -- to make use of a popular
opinion,wave is in the form of a curve
132. Short,tooth,revenge,kind
Sweet-short and sweet,have a sweet
tooth,sweet revenge(aterm which
generally states that taking revenge
gives satisfaction),syn. Of kind
133. Feel,strike,hammer,stretch Home-feel at home,strike
home(reach an intended
target),hammer home - to try
extremely hard to make someone
understand or realize something,
Home stretch -- last part of any
difficult activity