left

left
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noun
1 side
ADJECTIVE
▪ extreme, far
▪

My dad's in the front row, on the extreme left of the picture.

▪ bottom, top
VERB + LEFT
▪ turn to
▪

If you turn to your left you will see the site of the fort.

PREPOSITION
▪ from the left
▪

The car came from the left.

▪ on the/your left
▪

The bank is on the left, just after the post office.

▪

As you go in the door, you'll see it on your left.

▪ on the left of
▪

The icon is on the left of the screen.

▪ to the/your left
▪

He looked to the left and then crossed.

▪ to the left of
▪

My office is just to the left of the main door.

PHRASES
▪ from left to right, from right to left
▪

Arabic script reads from right to left.

2 the left political groups
ADJECTIVE
▪ extreme, far
PREPOSITION
▪ of the left
▪

In recent years the country has been ruled only by governments of the left.

▪ on the left
▪

They're both on the extreme left of the party.

▪ to the left
▪

The party has moved further to the left.

▪

He is somewhat to the left of the previous leader.

{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}
adj.
Left is used with these nouns: ↑arm, ↑arrow, ↑brain, ↑click, ↑corner, ↑ear, ↑edge, ↑elbow, ↑eye, ↑fist, ↑flank, ↑foot, ↑fork, ↑half, ↑hand, ↑jab, ↑knee, ↑lane, ↑leg, ↑margin, ↑palm, ↑side, ↑sleeve, ↑speaker, ↑tackle, ↑temple, ↑turn, ↑wing

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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