Collocations

academy noun

adjective

military , naval , police

training

verb + academy

attend , be at , enter , go to , join

graduate from , leave

preposition

at an/the   ~

He specialized in naval history at the Naval Academy.

accelerate verb

1 go faster

adverb

hard , quickly

smoothly

The runners ~d smoothly around the bend.

suddenly

away ( esp. BrE )

The car purred into life and ~d away.

2 develop quickly

adverb

dramatically , greatly , rapidly , sharply

The epidemic is accelerating dramatically.

significantly

Accelerate is used with these nouns as the subject: car

Accelerate is used with these nouns as the object: decline , development , effort , growth , implementation , innovation , integration , introduction , process , progress , progression , rate , recovery , reform , transformation

accent noun

adjective

broad ( esp. BrE ) , heavy , marked , pronounced , strong , thick

She had a pronounced Southern ~.

slight

country , foreign , local , regional ( esp. BrE )

American , British ( AmE ) , English , French , etc.

northern , southern , etc.

middle-class ( BrE )

cut-glass ( BrE ) , posh ( BrE ) , public-school ( BrE ) , RP

He spoke with a cut-glass English ~.

cockney , hick ( informal , esp. AmE ) , Midwestern , Valley Girl , etc.

… of accent

hint , trace

Her French was excellent, without a trace of an ~.

verb + accent

have , speak in , speak with

acquire ( esp. BrE )

adopt , affect , assume , put on

She put on a Southern ~ when she answered the phone.

fake , imitate , mimic

cultivate

drop , lose

He lost his ~ after moving to the capital.

place

Where are you from? I can't place your ~.

preposition

in an   ~

She spoke in a strong Jamaican ~.

with an   ~ , without an   ~

a tall man with a Canadian ~

accept verb

1 take/receive

adverb

eagerly , gladly , graciously , gratefully , willingly

She graciously ~ed my apology.

reluctantly

verb + accept

be glad to , be happy to

be reluctant to , be unwilling to

be unable to

I am unfortunately unable to ~ your kind invitation.

preposition

from

She ~ed a bribe from an undercover policeman.

2 agree/admit

adverb

happily , readily

Some people readily ~ that they may have to pay for medical treatment.

fully

blindly , uncritically , unquestioningly

grudgingly

verb + accept

be happy to , be prepared to , be ready to , be willing to

be reluctant to , be unwilling to

be unable to , refuse to

can , will

cannot , will not

The college cannot ~ responsibility for items lost or stolen on its premises.

be forced to , have to

learn to

phrases

be commonly ~ed , be generally ~ed , be universally ~ed , be widely ~ed

It is generally ~ed that people are motivated by success.

~ sth at face value

These figures should not be ~ed at face value.

have no choice but to ~

I had no choice but to ~ the committee's decision.

Accept is used with these nouns as the subject: judge , tribunal , union

Accept is used with these nouns as the object: 

~advice , ~ amendment , apology , application , appointment , argument , arrangement , assertion , assignment , assumption , assurance , authority , award , bet , bid , blame , booking , bribe , card , ceasefire , challenge , charity , cheque , claim , commission , compensation , compliment , compromise , condition , condolences , congratulations , consequence , counsel , credit card , criticism , crown , cut , deal , defeat , definition , delivery , destiny , diploma , doctrine , dogma , donation , embrace , employment , excuse , existence , explanation , fact , fate , fault , favour , gift , guideline , help , honour , hospitality , hypothesis , idea , immigrant , implication , importance , inclusion , inevitability , input , instruction , invitation , job , kiss , liability , lift , limit , limitation , logic , manuscript , mediation , money , motion , need , nomination , notion , offer , offering , package , payment , penalty , petition , plea , point of view , position , possibility , prize , proposal , proposition , punishment , quotation , quote , reality , reasoning , rebuke , recommendation , reduction , redundancy , reform , refugee , refusal , registration , report , request , reservation , resignation , responsibility , restriction , ride , risk , role , rule , settlement , situation , submission , suggestion , surrender , teaching , tender , term , thanks , theory , thesis , thing , treatment , treaty , truth , ultimatum , validity , verdict , view , wage , wisdom