collocations: do

It doesn't matter if you fail, just do your best. I did my best to ignore all the shouting. He was doing his best to avoid situations that stressed him.

Exposure to the sun does damage to the cells of your skin. Whatever course of action we take will do damage to some section of society.

You're not just doing an experiment on me, are you? Maybe someone could do an experiment to see if that is right. I want to do an experiment with my students. The boy put the stones back in the pouch and decided to do an experiment.

Why is it important to do exercises for low back pain? She was then forced to do exercises with the rest of the girls. I had also gone back into conditioning, running and doing exercises.

synonim do someone a favour

I was only trying to do her a good turn. Tom did me a good turn earlier this year and I wanted to repay him. A friend of mine had done me a good turn and I wanted to say thank you. I think she thought she was doing me a good turn.

Getting involved at this stage would do more harm than good. Modernizing historic buildings often does more harm than good. And like a force of nature, they can sometimes do harm. But he bit back the words that would only do harm.

Why aren't they doing their homework now?

It's your turn to do the cleaning. We need to do the shopping first. She hates doing the ironing.

He did some work for us a few years ago. I have to do some work today.

synonim about-turn

He has done an about-face on both issues. After her stint in jail for drug possession, she's done an about-face and gotten clean. He did a complete about-face and said there would be no awards. I had to do an about-face and turn right instead of left.

It was a hot sunny day and the ice cream sellers were doing a roaring trade. Supermarkets and stores which open on the seventh day are doing a roaring trade. The cafés and restaurants, on the other hand, did a roaring trade all that day, Sunday.

synonim; do a moonlight flit

Her dad did a runner soon after she was born. They were arrested after doing a runner from an expensive restaurant.

She's always helping people and doing good deeds. I felt I was doing a good deed by offering to do her shopping for her.

synonim; do vanishing act

Tina always does a vanishing act when my mother comes to stay. Eventually it was time for a visitor to do a disappearing act and go back to the office.

They'd done a bunk without paying the rent. There was no sign of Green anywhere. He'd done a bunk. Surely if he'd done a bunk, he'd have taken a few belongings with him. Her father had done a bunk before she was even born.

And yet everyone keeps telling me their secrets, so I must be doing something right.

Our firm does a lot of business with overseas customers. He cautions against doing business with contractors who promise to make repairs but ask to be paid up front.

synonim: wash the dishes

Have you done/washed the dishes? Whose turn is it to do the dishes? I put away the dishes this morning before work.

I'll go shopping when I've done my chores (= done the jobs in or around the house). I find writing reports a real chore (= very boring).

synonim; carry out research conduct research

They are carrying out/conducting/doing some fascinating research into/on the language of dolphins.

Her last public appearance was doing interviews to promote the new show in June. As I have done these interviews, people have asked me many of the same questions.

Many small businesses are doing badly because of the economic situation. The dollar is doing badly in the international currency markets.

He decided to do as he was told and not say anything. These people are all under contract and they will do as they are told. Tina was furious, but she had to do as she was told.

These ridiculous rules should have been done away. Computerization has enabled us to do away with a lot of paperwork. How could they do away with old building like that and put a car park there instead? I pay you good money if you do away with that rat.