success, failure and difficulty
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Success, failure and difficulty
Succeeding
• I managed to contact him just before he left his office.manage to do something
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Succeeding
• I don’t think I can manage the whole walk. I think I'll turn back.manage something
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Succeeding
•We succeeded in persuading a lot of people to join our protest.succeed in doing something
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Succeeding
•We've achieved / accomplished a great deal in the last three yearsachieve / accomplish + quantifier
Succeeding
•The company has achieved all its goals / aims / targets for this yearachieve goalsreach objectivesmeet targets
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Succeeding
•D'you think his plan will come off?(succeed, informal)
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Matrix for some collocations with ‘succeeding’ verbs
reach attain secure realise fulfil achievean ambition
a dream
an agreement
an obligation
a target
a compromise
a goal
Failing
•Plans and projects often go wrong or misfire (don't turn out as intended)
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Failing
•Companies, clubs and societies often fold through lack of success (close down)
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Failing
•A plan or project may falter, even if it finally succeeds (go through ups and downs)
Failing
•All your plans and hard work / efforts may come to nothing / fall through
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Difficulty
• I have great difficulty in getting up this morning.
• I find it difficult to remember the names of everybody in the class.difficulty in doing somethingfind it difficult to do something
Difficulty
• It's hard / difficult to hear what's she's sayinghard /difficult to do something
Difficulty
• I often have trouble starting the car on cold morningshave trouble doing something
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Difficulty
•We've had a lot of bother with the neighbors lately
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Difficulty
•Can you cope with three more students? They've just arrived.
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Difficulty
• I've no money, my girlfriend's left me; I need help; I just can't cope any more
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Word classesverb noun adjective adverb
succeed success successful successfullyaccomplish accomplishment accomplished achieve achievement achievable attain attainment attainable fulfill fulfillment fulfilling hard hard