Word Families for IELTS – to tempt

to tempt             verb transitive

tempting           adj

tempted            adj

temptation        noun

[Talk about a success you’ve had]

After I quit smoking last year I felt a terrible temptation to have a cigarette for the first few weeks; but now I’m no longer tempted [by them]– not in the slightest [idiomatic language]

[Talk about a person / a question about food]

He knows I’m trying to lose weight, so he tries to tempt me with delicious desserts and Danish pastries; but I can resist the temptation.

She always prepares a plate of very tempting cakes and pastries.

I told him I he couldn’t tempt me with the chocolate cheesecake – I was determined to stick to my diet.

Being tempted was one thing, giving in to temptation was something else.

[Q about advertising]

The purpose of advertising is to tempt consumers into buying things they can’t afford.

They offered me promotion but it meant moving to Hanoi. It was tempting, but in the end I turned it down because I didn’t want to leave my family here.

[Christian prayer]

Lead us not into temptation.

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After I quit smoking last year I felt a terrible temptation to have a cigarette for the first few weeks; but now I’m no longer tempted [by them]– not in the slightest [idiomatic language]

He knows I’m trying to lose weight, so he tries to tempt me with delicious desserts and Danish pastries; but I can resist the temptation.

She always prepares a plate of very tempting cakes and pastries.

I told him I he couldn’t tempt me with the chocolate cheesecake – I was determined to stick to my diet [collocation] 

Being tempted was one thing, giving in to temptation  [collocation] was something else.

The purpose of advertising is to tempt consumers into buying things they can’t afford.

They offered me promotion but it meant moving to Hanoi. It was tempting, but in the end I turned it down because I didn’t want to leave my family here.

Lead us not into temptation [Christian prayer]

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