Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with try in American Collocation
try
verb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/traɪ/
with a lot of effort
desperately
frantically
hard
He was desperately trying to keep himself hidden.
without being successful
unsuccessfully
vainly
United spent the second half unsuccessfully trying to break down the Milan defence.
I tried in vain to persuade her to come.
always, or again and again
always
constantly
continually
repeatedly
Scientists are constantly trying to find new ways to protect people from this disease.
deliberately
actively
deliberately
She found out that her business partner was deliberately trying to defraud her.
only
merely
simply
I could see that Virginia was merely trying to preserve an aura of hospitality.