pressure

1. air/blood/water pressure

2. Competitive pressure will force the company to sell off its factories.

3. They put a lot of pressure on him to resign.

4. I like this job – there’s not so much pressure to produce every day.

5. He put too much pressure on the door handle and it snapped.

6. You can stop bleeding by applying pressure close to the injured area.

7. gas/water pressure

8. The new material allows the company to make gas pipes which withstand higher pressure

9. The gas is stored under pressure (= in a container which keeps it at a higher pressure than it would usually have).

10. public/political pressure

11. Teachers are under increasing pressure to work longer hours.

12. [ + to infinitive ] pressure to abandon the new motorway is increasing.

13. The government is facing pressure from environmental activists.

14. The Defence Secretary resigned under pressure from the Prime Minister (= because the Prime Ministerforced him to).

15. She's putting pressure on him (= trying to persuade him) to get married.

16. formal The international community is trying to bring pressure to bear on the government (= trying to persuade them) to resolve the situation.

17. She's got a lot of pressure on her at work just now.

18. Be nice to him - he's been under a lot of pressure recently.

19. Can you work well under pressure ?

20. the pressure of work

21. "These exams are the most important of all." "Oh, so no pressure then!"

22. Ryan Giggs put the home defence under pressure

23. Playing four forwards puts too much pressure on the defence.

24. She was pressure into joining the club.