english collocations advanced in use unit 46

Confined space

không gian hạn chế

You can’t keep kids in a _ for long.

waste of space

a person or thing that is not useful or helpful:

That man is a total _.

vacant

not filled or occupied; available to be used:

• The hospital has no _ beds.

• There isn’t any _ parking spaces in this town left.

over the course of time

after a period of time:

• I assume they plan to have children _.

• _, and once her parents' estate was settled, she received a small inheritance.

go down

to be remembered or recorded in a particular way:

• This will _ as a day that changed everything.

• Hurricane Katrina will _ in the record books as the costliest storm ever faced by insurers.

• He came up with an ad campaign that will _ in history.

golden age

a period of time, sometimes imaginary, when everyone was happy, or when a particular art, business, etc. was very successful:

• Adults often look back on their childhood as _.

• She was an actress from the _ of cinema.

posterity

the people who will exist in the future:

Every attempt is being made to ensure that these works of art are preserved for _.

bygone era

a time in the past:

• The old photographs depict a _ when everyone wore a hat.

• She's like someone from a _ with her manner and attitudes.

someone's/something's former glory

the beauty or ability that something or someone had in the past and has lost:

• The painting was then restored to its _.

• The chapel has now been returned to its _.

dim and distant

from the past and not clearly remembered:

The times of huge profits are now a _ memory.

in the not-too-distant future

quite soon:

• They plan to have children _.

• I think we'll probably move house _.

in/for the foreseeable future

as far into the future as you can imagine or plan for:

• I'll be living here for _.

• He asked me if there was any point _ when I'd like to have children.

within living memory

If something has happened ~, it can be remembered by some people who are still alive:

There is possibly less chance of another world war while the last one is _.