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COMPETITION, OPPOSITION, DISAGREEMENT
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COMPETITION, OPPOSITION, DISAGREEMENT
1. Collocation – a number of verbs and adjectives collocate with competition and opposition:
We encountered fierce competition in the opening stages of the tournament.
The market economy is designed to stimulate competition.
The proposal to allow heavy lorries on the narrow road met stiff opposition.
The scheme aroused / came up against considerable opposition.
Local residents voiced their opposition to the scheme.
We can also use some adverb / adjective collocations to describe competition and opposition:
My youngest son is fiercely competitive.
I am vehemently opposed to any alteration of the original proposals.
2. Prepositions – note the prepositions that we use after these verbs and nouns:
compete compete in a tournament / championship / race
compete with / against somebody
compete for business
competition competition between rivals
opposition opposition to that idea
oppose I’m opposed to that idea.
I opposed to scheme. (= no preposition)
disagree disagree with you / your idea
disagreement have a disagreement with the others on the team
have a disagreement over unimportant issues
fight fight against the new road scheme
fight somebody (= no preposition)
beat I beat him. (= no preposition)
PRACTICE
1. Fill the gaps in the following sentences with the most suitable word listed.
1. My father was …………… opposed to my decision to join the army.
a. extremely b. formidably c. bitterly
2. Unfortunately we are facing …………… competition from our rivals.
a. arm-breaking b. cut-throat c. one-armed
2. Put the corresponding letter of the right word into the blank of each sentence.
1. The two countries have been ……… for months over the issue of trade.
a. face to face b. at loggerheads c. eye to eye d. on tenterhooks
2. I find myself at ……… with most of my colleagues on what is the best way forward.
a. conflict b. disagreement c. odds d. friction
3. The issue of European unity remains a bone of ……… among many political parties.
a. discussion b. controversy c. division d. contention
4. There are still a number of apparently ……… differences between the two sides in the dispute.
5. The ……… over pay that erupted over the summer was both petty and prolonged.
a. negotiation b. disobedience c. dispute d. talks
6. His ideas on urban regeneration run ……… to mainstream thought.
a. counter b. against c. opposite d. deviate
7. I feel I really must take ……… with your assertion that I am overpaid.
a. dispute b. differ c. issue d. discussion
8. Your results are at ……… with the official figures.
a. difference b. disagreement c. variance d. non-alignment
9. The advancing army wrecked terrible ……… for their previous defeats.
a. vengeance b. reprisal c. retaliation d. vindictiveness
10. It was a furious argument and they ……… into each other without mercy.
a. argued b. laid c. attacked d. crashed
3. Underline one or both of the pairs of words on the right that collocate with the words (a-j) on the left.
a. close competition / opposition
b. voice competition / opposition
c. all-out competition / opposition
d. take on the competition / the opposition
e. strongly competitive / opposed
f. vehemently competitive / opposed
g. a fearsome competitor / opponent
h. raise an objection / a complaint
i. head-on confrontation / difference
j. sweeping condemnation / disapproval
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