far away | downstairs | nearby | upstairs

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 48 in ADVERBS/as modifiers is defined as:

an increasing range of adverbs and adverb phrases (‘near’, ‘far away’, ‘upstairs’, ‘downstairs’) to indicate place


An iWeb search for:

_VV far away

1 STAY FAR AWAY 1252

I suggest you stay far away from me. (covered by B2 grammar when followed by a prepositional phrase)

 

You want some free advice about this one?
Stay far away.

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2 LIVE FAR AWAY 1205
3 SEEMS FAR AWAY 249
4 LIVES FAR AWAY 245
5 SEEM FAR AWAY 209
6 GO FAR AWAY 161
7 LOCATED FAR AWAY 135
8 STAYING FAR AWAY 135
9 GET FAR AWAY 126

_VV downstairs|nearby|upstairs

1 GO UPSTAIRS 4065
2 LOCATED NEARBY 3271
3 WENT UPSTAIRS 3036
4 LIVE NEARBY 2675
5 GO DOWNSTAIRS 2621
6 WENT DOWNSTAIRS 2307
7 LIVES NEARBY 1438
8 LIVING NEARBY 1385
9 LIVED NEARBY 1381
10 FOUND NEARBY 1365

11 STANDING NEARBY 1358

  Newport News Times
Bobbie’s Beat: Miss Berry and the boots
Miss Berry was standing nearby on the playground.

 

 


12 HEAD UPSTAIRS 1129
13 CAME DOWNSTAIRS 1007
14 FIND NEARBY 978
15 VISIT NEARBY 868
16 RAN UPSTAIRS 824
17 HEAD DOWNSTAIRS 791
18 GOING UPSTAIRS 790
19 COME DOWNSTAIRS 738
20 LOCATED UPSTAIRS 698
21 SITTING NEARBY 653
22 PARKED NEARBY 618
23 RAN DOWNSTAIRS 547
24 EXPLORE NEARBY 536
25 GOING DOWNSTAIRS 509
26 COME UPSTAIRS 472
27 BUILT NEARBY 451
28 GOES UPSTAIRS 451
29 STAY NEARBY 444
30 COMES DOWNSTAIRS 428
31 STOOD NEARBY 415
32 RUN UPSTAIRS 372
33 LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS 370
34 WALK UPSTAIRS 349
35 CAME UPSTAIRS 347
36 LIVED UPSTAIRS 343
37 WORKING NEARBY 330
38 GET UPSTAIRS 311
39 STANDS NEARBY 310
40 WALK DOWNSTAIRS 306
41 WALKED DOWNSTAIRS 295
42 HEADED UPSTAIRS 284
43 SITUATED NEARBY 282
44 RUN DOWNSTAIRS 264
45 SEE NEARBY 258
46 GOES DOWNSTAIRS 248
47 LURKING NEARBY 243
48 WORK NEARBY 243
49 EXPLORING NEARBY 242
50 HEADED DOWNSTAIRS 242
51 HEADING UPSTAIRS 241
52 ENJOY NEARBY 239
53 LIVE UPSTAIRS 238
54 STAND NEARBY 229
55 GROWING NEARBY 225
56 WALKED UPSTAIRS 225
57 PLACED NEARBY 223
58 MOVED UPSTAIRS 216
59 COMING DOWNSTAIRS 214
60 WALKING UPSTAIRS 213
61 VISITING NEARBY 210
62 BURIED NEARBY 207
63 PLAYING NEARBY 207
64 SITS NEARBY 205
65 LIVES UPSTAIRS 203
66 SAT NEARBY 201
67 GET DOWNSTAIRS 193
68 LOCATE NEARBY 191
69 STAYING NEARBY 182
70 SHOPPING NEARBY 180
71 GONE UPSTAIRS 178
72 RUNNING UPSTAIRS 176
73 DAMAGE NEARBY 175
74 RIDING NEARBY 174
75 SIT NEARBY 172
76 LIVING UPSTAIRS 170
77 MOVING UPSTAIRS 167
78 PRACTICES NEARBY 167
79 HEADING DOWNSTAIRS 166
80 KEEP NEARBY 161
81 LYING NEARBY 161
82 SEATED NEARBY 161
83 WAITING NEARBY 161
84 TRAILS NEARBY 160
85 EAT NEARBY 159
86 STATIONED NEARBY 159
87 WALKING NEARBY 158
88 STOP NEARBY 156
89 MOVE UPSTAIRS 151
90 SLEPT UPSTAIRS 148
91 PARK NEARBY 145
92 SLEEP UPSTAIRS 144
93 DISCOVERED NEARBY 143
94 RUNS UPSTAIRS 143
95 USE NEARBY 142
96 HOVERING NEARBY 141
97 OPENED NEARBY 141
98 GOT DOWNSTAIRS 140
99 USING NEARBY 140
100 WALKING DOWNSTAIRS 139

A2 vocabulary:

built, downstairs, growing, keep, lying, move, moved, moving, parked, practices, stand, standing, stands, stood

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