copy _noun

1-) something that is or look exactly like something else

ADJECTIVES & NOUNS

good, close, accurate
・It’s not an original painting, but it’s a very good copy.

faithful 
・The statue is a faithful copy of one in the palace gardens.

exact, identical, perfect 
・She had a ring made that was an exact copy of her grandmother’s.

bad, poor 
・All he has done is produce poor copies of other people’s work.

cheap
・A market stall was selling cheap copies of designer handbags.

illegal
・They warned us about buying illegal copies of the software.

hard 
・I like to see hard copy of important documents.

back-up
・Be sure you regularly make back-up copies of your data.

draft 
・He showed me a draft copy of the contract.

master 
・All the documents were printed from this master copy.

electronic 
・We keep electronic copies of all the documents.

paper, printed 
・I need a paper copy of the email.

VERBS

make, create 
・Make a copy of the letter before you send it.

take
・He asked his secretary to take a copy of the letter.

keep, save
・Did you keep a copy of the email?

send, email
・Could you send me a copy of the agreement?

attach 
・I’m attaching a copy of the schedule.

enclose
・I enclose a copy of my resume.

download 
・You can download a copy of the contract from our website.

print, run off 
・She printed a copy of the email and put it in a file.

PREPOSITIONS

of
・The rug is a copy of a fine Chinese carpet.

2-) a single example of many books, newspapers, etc.

VERBS

sell
・The book has sold millions of copies.

print, produce 
・The publishers printed 30,000 copies of the magazine.

distribute, circulate 
・Someone has been circulating copies of the leaflet among students.

ADJECTIVES & NOUNS

free, complimentary
・He was handing out free copies of his latest book.

spare
・Do you have a spare copy of the disk?

own, personal 
・Each student has their own copy of the book.

hardback, paperback 
・Paperback copies are available from bookshops.

signed 
・She sent me a signed copy of her autobiography.

advance 
・The publishers sent me an advance copy of the book.

back 
・He searched through back copies of the newspaper.

well-thumbed 
・A well-thumbed copy of the Bible lay on the desk.

pristine 
・In the box were 20 pristine copies of Vogue magazine.

copy _verb 

1-) to make something that is exactly like something else

NOUNS

file, CD, DVD 
・Press control and ‘C’ on your keyboard to copy a file.

letter, document, photograph 
・Please could you copy this letter for me?

painting, sculpture 
・I tried to copy his paintings to learn how to paint.

ADVERBS

illegally
・The films they were selling had been copied illegally.

widely
・Michelangelo’s statues were widely copied.

PREPOSITIONS

onto
・Copy the file onto your hard disk.

from
・DNA is copied from one cell to another.

PHRASES

copy and paste
・You can copy and paste the file onto your hard drive.

2-) to do something as someone else do

NOUNS

idea
・Be creative – don’t just copy other people’s ideas.

work
・If the teacher sees you copying anyone else’s work, you will be in trouble.

style
・Many young photographers have copied his style.

ADVERBS

blatantly 
・The idea was blatantly copied from the company’s competitors.

blindly, slavishly 
・His designs have been slavishly copied by other fashion designers.

VERBS

accuse
・They have been accused of copying other bands.

catch 
・Any student caught copying will fail the test.

PREPOSITIONS

from 
・David had copied from the girl next to him.

3-) to write down words or numbers exactly as you read or hear them

NOUNS

address, phone number 
・I copied the address in my notebook.

information, details 
・She copied all the relevant information from the website.
・Copy all the details onto a blank sheet of paper.

ADVERBS

carefully
・He copied her name carefully into his address book.

laboriously, meticulously 
・He had meticulously copied hundreds of names.

faithfully 
・I have faithfully copied his words.

accurately
・It is important to copy the place names accurately.

word for word, verbatim 
・Students need to learn to write using their own words, rather than just copying verbatim from books.

PREPOSITIONS

from
・Copy the vocabulary list from the whiteboard.
・The children just copy from textbooks.

into 
・He copied the number into his notebook.