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treat
adverbs
well
• The majority of workers are well treated.
badly
• Why did he treat me so badly?
fairly/unfairly
• I just want to be treated fairly.
equally
• All people should be treated equally, whatever their age.
differently
• Should girls be treated differently from boys in school?
harshly
• The guards treated the prisoners harshly.
kindly
• The world had not treated him kindly.
phrases
treat somebody with respect/contempt/suspicion etc
• When you treat the kids with respect, they act responsibly.
treat somebody like dirt
informal (= very badly and with no respect )
• He treated this wife like dirt.
transnet.ir
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noun ADJ. great, real, special | little I like to give the girls a little treat every now and then. | occasional, rare | anniversary, birthday, Christmas, holiday | family | tasty Snails are a tasty treat for hedgehogs. VERB + TREAT give sb | deserve PREP. as/for a ~ We took the kids to the zoo for a special treat. PHRASES be in for a treat/have a treat in store If their latest album is half as good as their last one, we've a real treat in store., verb handle sb/sth in a particular way ADV. equitably, fairly, humanely, kindly, leniently, sympathetically, well | abominably, badly, harshly, roughly, shabbily, unfairly, unjustly They treat their animals quite badly. | seriously These allegations are being treated very seriously indeed. | differently | separately VERB + TREAT tend to Parents still tend to treat boys differently from girls. PREP. as the tendency to treat older people as helpless and dependent | like Don't treat me like a child! | with He treated the idea with suspicion. PHRASES a tendency to treat sb/sth give sb medical treatment ADV. easily | successfully | surgically VERB + TREAT be difficult to | use sth to PREP. for She was treated for cuts and bruises. | with We can treat this condition quite successfully with antibiotics. use a substance to protect sth ADV. chemically Chemically treated hair can become dry and brittle. PREP. for You need to treat this wood for woodworm. | with The timber has been treated with chemicals to preserve it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): treat someone (for something) (with something)
to attempt to cure someone’s illness, injury, or disease with something. • The doctor treated me for the flu with aspirin. It didn’t work, but it was cheap. • They treated him for his broken bones. • Ann treated him with the appropriate therapy.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs