COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►a grant of £5,000, $8,000 etc
· The library received a grant of $20,000 to improve its computer facilities.
►grow to/reach a length of 2 metres/8 feet etc
· A blue whale can reach a length of 100 feet.
a way of writing parts of words that sound like ‘-ate’, ‘-eat’, or ‘-ait’, used especially in emails and text messages: gr8 (=great) I h8 (=hate) homework! It’s 2 l8 (=too late).