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detract 
/
dɪˈtrækt/ Verb
if something 
detracts from something else, it makes it 
seem worse than it really is
Collocates: detract from something
this should not detract from the reality of the change 
that is happening | we mustn’t let this detract from our 
other achievements | attempts to cut costs without 
detracting from the level of service provided
Noun: 
detractor
his policies have many detractors (people who say they 
are not good) | the move was welcomed even by the 
president’s detractors 
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dispute 
/
dɪˈspjuːt/ Noun
if there is a 
dispute about something, people cannot 
agree about it and so they argue about it
Collocates: a dispute over/about something | a dispute 
between people | a pay dispute | a major/minor dispute 
| a bitter/fierce dispute | be in dispute with someone | 
settle a dispute
if there’s any dispute, call me and I’ll sort it out | an 
industrial dispute at a factory in London | a dispute 
between the two parents | efforts to settle the dispute | a 
dispute over a piece of land | the facts are not in dispute 
(everyone agrees about them)
Verb: 
dispute | Adjective: disputed
Collocates: a disputed territory/border/region
his client disputed the fee | you have already disputed 
this point with me five or six times already | the contract 
was disputed but the payments continued for another 
year | the result of disputed elections | disputed territory 
(land that two different countries claim to own)
elbow 
/
ˈelbəʊ/ Noun
your 
elbow is the joint in the middle of your arm, which 
makes your arm able to bend
I banged my elbow on the door | she fell and injured 
her elbow | take your elbows off the table (because it’s 
considered rude to rest your elbows on a dining table in 
Britain) | can you bend your elbow, or is it too stiff?