Phrases & Expressions

Given or received in return for something else.

• I'll fix your bike in exchange for a home-cooked meal.
• They offered money in exchange for silence.

Supporting or agreeing with someone or something.

• I'm in favor of the plan.
• Most members voted in favor of the new rules.

With honest intentions and no wish to deceive anyone.

• We are negotiating in good faith to find a solution.
• He made the offer in good faith, hoping it would be accepted.

wearing handcuffs

• He was led away in handcuffs.
• Suspects in handcuffs.

In order to show respect for someone or to celebrate something.

• They held a dinner in honor of the retiring professor.
• The city named a park in honor of the famous scientist.

As a way of remembering a person who has died.

• They planted a tree in memory of their grandmother.
• The song was written in memory of a lost friend.

To some extent, but not completely.

• In part, it's my fault.
• The delay was caused in part by the bad weather.

Especially; more than others.

• I like fruit, oranges in particular.
• The whole team worked hard, Anna in particular.

In reality, not just in theory.

• The plan looked simple, but in practice it was much harder.
• In practice, the law doesn't work.

Trying to find something or someone.

• Many young people move to cities in search of work.
• They travelled across Asia in search of adventure.