Keywords for Gender

responsibility noun

ADJECTIVE
complete , full , total

awesome , big , enormous , grave , great , heavy , huge , important , serious ,

tremendous , weighty
It is a great ~ caring for other people's children.

primary

overall , ultimate
Ultimate ~ rests with the president.

individual , personal

moral , social

childcare , domestic , family , household , parental , public

VERB + RESPONSIBILITY
have
She has ~ for public spending.

accept , acknowledge , assume , bear , carry , recognize , shoulder , take ,

take on , take over
The bank refuses to accept ~ for the mistake.
Will you take ~ for arranging the food?

assign , delegate , devolve , give sb , hand over

Responsibility is devolved down to the people who are affected.

abdicate , escape , evade , shift , duck

They wanted to shift ~ for the failure onto their employees.

RESPONSIBILITY + VERB
fall on sb , fall to sb , lie with sb , rest with sb
come with sth
With great power comes great ~.

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responsibility noun

PREPOSITION
~   for
Full ~ for the fiasco lies with the PR department.
~   towards/toward
He feels a strong sense of ~ towards / toward his parents.

PHRASES
do sth on your own ~ (= without being told to and being willing to take the blame if it
goes wrong)

difference noun

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ADJECTIVE
big , broad , considerable , dramatic , enormous , great , huge , large , major , profound ,
radical , real , sharp , substantial , vast , wide
A little extra care makes a big ~.
I noticed a real ~ in his attitude.

basic , essential , fundamental

crucial , important , key , main , significant
A small number of additional jobs can make a crucial ~ to economic conditions.
We found no significant ~ between the two groups.

clear , distinct , marked , notable , noticeable , observed , obvious , striking

There is a striking ~ between eastern and western Europe.

apparent

minor , slight , small , subtle , gender , genetic , physical , psychological

VERB + DIFFERENCE
make
The new central heating has made an enormous ~ to the house.
What ~ does it make if he doesn't have a car?

emphasize , exaggerate , focus on , highlight , stress , underline

We should be focusing on what we have in common rather than emphasizing our ~s.

appreciate , be aware of , detect , feel , find , know , note , notice , observe , perceive ,
recognize , see , spot , tell
I found very little ~ in price.
Only an expert would know the ~ between the male and the female.
Can you spot the ~ between these two photos?
It's difficult to tell the ~ between butterflies and moths.

demonstrate , exhibit ( formal ) , indicate , reveal , show

The questionnaire showed vast ~s in what kind of product people want.

DIFFERENCE + VERB
be , lie
The ~ lies in the way the fruit is prepared.
arise (from sth) , exist
The ~s in size arise from the amount of sunshine each plant gets.

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difference noun

PREPOSITION
~   among
There are few important policy ~s among the main parties.
~   between
There's a big ~ between reading about skiing and doing it yourself.
~   from
He was very aware of his ~ from the other children.
~   in
The ~ in price is not very significant.
~   of
a crucial ~ of emphasis
~   with
There is one key ~ with the earlier version of the software.
The ~ with this information service is that it's free.

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