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aim
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collect
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concentration
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The article concentrates on the human angle (= the part that concerns people's emotions) of the story. ☊ angle ☊
She has been concentrating on her career. ☊ career ☊
concentrate (on sth/on doing sth): I can't concentrate with all that noise going on. ☊ concentrate ☊
concentrate sth: Nothing concentrates the mind better than the knowledge that you could die tomorrow (= it makes you think very clearly). ☊ concentrate ☊
concentrate sth (on sth/on doing sth): I decided to concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere to live. ☊ concentrate ☊
In this lecture I shall concentrate on the early years of Charles's reign. ☊ concentrate on sth ☊
She gave up German in order to concentrate on her French. ☊ concentrate on sth ☊
This book requires a great deal of concentration. ☊ concentration ☊
Tiredness affects your powers of concentration. ☊ concentration ☊
That guitar's been sitting gathering dust (= not being used) for years now. ☊ dust ☊
The £500 million programme is centred around energy efficiency and renewable power sources. ☊ energy ☊
They gathered soldiers to fight the invading army. ☊ fight ☊
focus (on/upon sb/sth): The discussion focused on three main problems. ☊ focus ☊
Each exercise focuses on a different grammar point. ☊ focus ☊
focus sth (on/upon sb/sth): The visit helped to focus world attention on the plight of the refugees. ☊ focus ☊
It took a few moments for her eyes to focus in the dark. ☊ focus ☊
In this scene, the camera focuses on the actor's face. ☊ focus ☊
focus sth (on sb/sth): He focused his blue eyes on her. ☊ focus ☊
I quickly focused the camera on the children. ☊ focus ☊
focus on sth: We shall maintain our focus on the needs of the customer. ☊ focus ☊
The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp focus. ☊ focus ☊
What we need now is a change of focus (= to look at things in a different way). ☊ focus ☊
The children's faces are badly out of focus (= not clearly shown) in the photograph. ☊ focus ☊
The binoculars were not in focus (= were not showing things clearly). ☊ focus ☊
The whole family gathered together at Ray's home. ☊ gather ☊
be gathered + adv.prep.: They were all gathered round the TV. ☊ gather ☊
He was feeling bad. He went to work, however, and tried to concentrate. ☊ however ☊
The report focuses on some of the more immediate problems facing us. ☊ immediate ☊
Rumours of corruption and scandal gathered pace (= increased in number). ☊ pace ☊
pack sth (with sth): Fans packed the hall to see the band. ☊ pack ☊
Great emphasis is placed on education. ☊ place ☊
The drug may affect your powers of concentration. ☊ power ☊
I couldn't concentrate, presumably because I was so tired. ☊ presumably ☊
Don't put me off when I'm trying to concentrate. ☊ put sb off ☊
He set about raising an army. ☊ raise ☊
I found it a strain having to concentrate for so long. ☊ strain ☊
This view has recently gathered strength (= become stronger or more widely held). ☊ strength ☊
The debate is centred around two conflicting theories. ☊ theory ☊
He is leaving the band to concentrate on his writing. ☊ writing ☊