Collocation in Use - Inter

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STT WORD MEANING

Intensifying adverbs

HIGHLY

Un(likely)

Unusual

SuccessfulCompetitive

Profitable

Effective

Controversial

recommended

Is used with some

probability words

ABSOLUTELY/UTTERLY

Ridiculous

Stupid

Impossible

WrongAlone

Appalled

Convinced

Devastated

miserable

BITTERLY/DEEPLY/RIDICULOUSLY/STRO

NGLY

Bitterly-disappointing/disappointed

Resent

CriticizeRegret

Complain

Cry

Weep

DeeplyashamedConcerned

Shocked

Committed

MovedAffected

Hurt

Regret
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Care

Religious

unhappy

Ridiculously - Cheap

Expensive easy lowHigh long short small large early

Stronglyoppose influence believe denyRecommend support condemn suggest

Feel argue object

EVERYDAY VERBS

MAKE

make arrangements for

make a change / changes

make a choicemake a comment / comments (on)

make a contribution to

make a decision

make an effort

make friends

make an improvement

make a mistake

make a phone call

make progress

make noisemake a journey/ a trip / journeys

make a promise

make an inquiry / inquiries

make a remark

make a speech

make a fuss of / over sb

make a fuss / kick up a fuss (about something)

make a plan / plans

make a demand / demands (on)

make an exception:

make a wish

DO


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Do your best

Do damage

Do an experiment

Do exercises

Do sb a good turn

Do sb a favor

Do harm

Do your hair

Do your homework

Do the ironing/shopping/washing

Do some work

HAVE

To have an accident gp tai nnTo have an argument/a row ci cTo have break = To take break nghgii laoHave a conversation/chat ni chuynHave difficulty (in) gp kh khnHave a dream/nightmare

Have an experience tri nghimHave a feeling cm gic rngHave fun/a good time

To have a look (at) xem th, xem qua, ngmnhn

Have a party

Have a problem/problems (with)

To have a try/go thTAKE

Take a holiday

Take a trip

Take a train

Take a liking to

Take a nus

Take a risk

Take an interest inTake photos

Take a chance

Take a dislike to


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Take advantage of

Take action/step/measure

PAY

To pay attention to ch nTo pay sb a compliment khen tng (ai)

To pay ones last respects to sb cu chc knh cnTo pay tribute to sth bi tlng bit n, knh

trng, knh ngngTo pay price for Trgi cho hnh ng g

(ngha bng)

TRAVEL, JOURNEY, TRIP

To make travel arrangements for

Travel agents

Business travel

Tiring journey

Return journey

Business trip

A day trip

To take a boat trip

Safe journey

To get travel brochures

Camping trips

Overnight journey

FLIGHTS

In-light entertainment

In-light magazine

To fasten your seatbelts

Connecting flights

A window seat

An aisle seat

To get a charter flight

Scheduled flight

To anticipate a smooth flight to

ACCOMMODATIONFamily-run hotel

Run-down hotel

Luxury hotel


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Smart hotels

Budget accommodation (very cheap)

To make reservation

To get fully booked

COUNTRYSIDE

Surrounding countryside

Familiar landscape

Gentle landscape

Open fields

To follow a path

To turn a cover

To catch a glimpse off

To take a picture of

To cat sight of sb

To round a bend

Bleak landscape

Rocky mountains

To come into view

To fall into ruin

To lie in ruins

To be well worth seeing

Dramatic setting

Steep slope

Fast-flowing river

Mountains towering

Unspoilt countryside

Dense forest

To block the view of sth

Snow-covered mountains

Stream winds

To destroy the countryside

To protect the environment

LANGUAGE OF TOURISM

Uninterrupted view

Panoramic viewSpectacular view

To enjoy/admire a view


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Breathtaking scenery

To dominate the landscape

Beach stretches

Sandy beach

Secluded beach

golden sands

Peaceful/tranquil countryside (F)

CITIES/TOWNS

City skyline

Cobbled streets

Conservation area

Quaint old buildings

Upmarket shops

Pricey

Overpriced

Restaurants

To offer good value

Relaxed atmosphere

Royal Avenue runs

Lined with shops

Lively bars

Fashionable clubs

Pavement cafes

Free-lined avenues

Residential areas

High-rise flats

Inner city

Imposing buildings

PROBLEMRS OF CITIES

Urban wasteland

Inner-city areas

No-go areas

Straw with litter

Run-down buildings

Deprived areasIndustrial zones

Sprawling city

Bumper-to-bumper traffic


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Exhaust fumes

Volume of traffic

Incessant roar

Comfortable suburbs

Shanty towns

CHARACTER / BEHAVIOUR

Good company

To have a selfish streak

To have an outgoing personality

To have a good sense of humour

To have a vivid imagination

To lose your temper

Highly intelligent

To set high standards for

Fiercely loyal

The best aspect of your personality

To play a joke/trick

To take a joke

To swallow your pride

To throw a tantrum

To lose your patience To lose my temper,

become angry

To come to terms with To accept sth

psychologically

To reveal your true character Oppositeconceal/hideyour true character

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Round face

Chubby cheeks

Droopy moustache

Pointed face

Straight nose

Oval face

Unturned nose

Slender waist Rather formal, poetic

word/ Attractively slim

Lovely complexion

Sleek shoulder-length hair


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Immaculately groomed

Coarse hair

Broad hips

Well-built

Broad shoulders

Going bald

Youthful appearance

Thick hair

Bushy eyebrows

Tiny tot

Drack hair

Jet-black hair

Wen grey

Fair hair

Ginger hair

Dummy woman

Portly gentleman

Lanky youth

Disheveled hair

To bear a striking resemblance to sth

To have a very striking appearance

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Nuclear/extended families

Close relatives

Distant relatives

Second cousins

Distant cousins

Close/immediate family

Blood relatives

Close-knit family

Respectable, dysfunctional

Late husband/wife

Estranged (f) husband/wife

Trial separation

To get a divorceBitter/acrimonious divorce

Ex-husband/wife

Broken home


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Stable home

Deprived home

Confirmed bachelor

PARENS AND CHILDREN

To start a family

To have children

To expect a baby

To have a baby

The baby is due

Single parent/mother

To raise/bring up children/family

To apply for custody of give/grant custody F

To provide for your family

To set up home

RELATIONSHIPS

To make friend

Strike up friendship

To form/develop a friendship

To cement/spoil a friendship

Close/special friends

Mutual friends

A casual acquaintance

To have good relationship with sb

To keep/lose in touch with/contact

MORE THAN JUST GOOD FRIENDS

To feel madly in love with sb

To love at first sight

The love of my life

Love was returned

Desperately in love with sb

To make a commitment

To accept ones proposalTo love each other unconditionally

To have an affair with sb

WEATHER

Weather deteriorates

(opposite/improves)


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Thick/dense fog

Patches of fog/mist

A blanket of fog

Fog/mist comes down

Strong sun

Heavy rainDriving rain

Hard frost

High/strong/light/biting winds

The wind picks up >< dies down

The wind blows/whistles

EXTREME CONDITIONS

Freak Very unusual or

unexpected

Freak weather conditions hit Struck, bad affected

Gale-force winds Extremely strong windsTo cause a lot of damage to sth

Buildings are destroyed

Roofs were torn off

Fences were blown down

To burst their banks Rivers flooded

FEELING AND EMOTIONS

FEELING HAPPY

Blissfully happy

The happy couple

Lasting happiness

Hay occasions

FEELING SET/UPSET

Deeply sad/ deeply depressed

To feel great sadness

Sad occasion

Bitterly disappointed

To let me down badly

To express disappointmentTo show my feelings

A huge disappointment to sb

To feel increasingly anxious


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Worried sick

ANGER

Mounting/growing anger

Widespread condemnation

To arouse feelings of

To lose my temper

To seethe with anger

Highly emotional experience

To give a pure emotional response

Emotional involvement

Emotional impact on

Emotional wreck (Inf) In a bad emotional state

WHERE TO LIVE

Short-let accommodation

Studio flats

To move into a flat/house

Suitable accommodation

Newly-build apartment

Fully-fitted kitchen

Off-road parking

Fully furnished

Available to rent

Residential area

YOUR ROOM/FLAT/HOUSE

Dream home

Four-storey house

Spacious living room

To have a wonderful view of

Cosy study

Light, airy bedrooms

To overlook the garden

To turn into a granny flat

To add an extension

Completely refurbished

To do up an old houseDilapidated building

Draughty hall

Chilly corridor


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Cramped room

A place of my own

Affordable housing

To take out mortgage

Invite sb to your house-warming party

COLLOCATIONS with HOME

To leave home

To feel homesick

To welcome him home

To make yourself at home To relax and make

yourself comfortable

Second home

TYPES OF FOOD

Junk food

Nourishing food

Fresh produce

(in)organic food

Ready meals

Food additives

Processed food

GM food

Perishable food

Food poisoning

EATING AND DRINKING

Light meal

Substantial meal

Slap-up meal

Gourmet meal

Home-cooked food

To have a quick snack

Refreshing drink

Square meal

Hearty breakfast

Soft drink

To spoil your appetiteSet menu is reasonably priced

FILMS AND BOOKS

Book/film comes out


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To review the book/film

Book reviewers/film critics

Book/film review

To give it a bad review

Based on a true story

A book/film captures

A book/film deals with a topic

The opening/closing scenes of a film

The opening/closing chapter of a book

Central characters

To have a happy ending

To recommend a book/film

Highly recommended

FILMS/ACTING

To go on the stage

The big screen

Special effects

Male mead

To play the role of

Cameo role

To be nominated for an Oscar

Box-office hit

BOOKS

To be engrossed/absorbed in a book

Compulsive reading

Bedtime reading

An easy read

To take out/borrow/return/renew a library book

Flick/skim through a nook

Beautifully written

SPORTS

Do gymnastics, judo, weightlifting, aerobics,

yoga, wrestling, circuit training, archery, athletics

Play games, badmintons, billiards, hockey, bowls,

golf, table tennis. Cricket, baseball, chessGo fishing, skiing, bowling, cycling,

skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, hang gliding,

swimming, climbing, hill walking, sailing, jogging.


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WINNING AND LOSING

To win/lose matches

To deserve to win

To get narrowly defeated/beaten

To go in for/enter a competition

To train hard

To attend/do training sessions

To put up a fight to gain/get a place in the next

stage/round of the competition

To break the world record

To set a new world record

To become a world record holder

To come up against fierce/intense competition

To achieve their ambition

To have a burning ambition

To achieve a personal best

FOOTBALL

To play/have a football match/gam of tooball

Home ground Sn nh

To score a goal

To tackle an opponent

To take possession of the ball

To foul your opponent

To blow his whistle

To take a penalty

To take a free kick

To drop the player

To bring on a substitute

To take the lead To be in a winning

position

HEALTH AND ILLNESS

To catch/a cold/ the flu/ a chill/ pneumonia

To contract (F) a disease/ malaria/ typhoid

To develop (F) (lung/breast) cancer/ diabetes/

AIDS/ arthritis/ Alzheimers diseaseTo suffer from asthma/ hay fever/ backache/

headache


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To have an attack of bronchitis/ asthma/ hay fever/

diarrhoea

To be diagnosed with cancer/ AIDS/

leukaemia/autism

To suffer/sustain (F) (major/minor/serious/head)

injuriesFITNESS AND GOOD HEALTH

To take regular vigorous exercise

To care about healthy eating

To follow fitness programme

To stick to your programme

To keep fit

SICKNESS/PAIN

Terminally ill

Excruciating/unbearable pain

Incurable illness

Trivial/minor ailments

Serious illness

Life-threatening

Acutely/intensely painful

A dull ache

To prescribe sb some tablets

To relieve/alleviate the pain

To be taken ill

To have a heavy cold/ Slight cold

Splitting headache

COMPUTERS

EMAIL AND THE INTERNET

To go online

To be connected to the Internet

To send/receive/check email

To browse the web

The search engine

To enter the web address

To reply to this email

To compose message

To forward message

Home address


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To print out your work A copy on paper

To download picture

To save it to a disk

To send attachment with email

To visit a chat room

To select this option

AD + DIS OF COMPUTERS

To access information

To receive a lot of spam/junk emails

To navigate websites To find your way around

To hack into computers

To maintain the web pages

Crash computer

Reinstall programs

Broadband connections

Online shopping

Computers seems to be down/not working

Back up your work

To delete/erase a file = to get rid of/destroy a

file

To hold record

MOBILE PHONE

To use predictive text

To display images

To fantastic ring tones

To record video clops

To access emails

To download games with great graphics

STUDY AND LEARNING

To sit/take an exam To do an exam

To carry out/conduct a research project into sth To do research/a research

project

To enroll on/take a course To do course

To study for/take a degree in

To study/take historyTo write an essay/assignment

To give a lecture on sth

To obtain/be awarded a diploma in


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To receive/ne given an A-grade

To obtain/acquire a qualification in

To receive a basic education

To go to all the lectures

To attend the lectures to complete the course

To hand in essays

To submit application

To leave the course

To withdraw from the course

First draft

To give sb feedback

Continuous assessment

Mid-term/final term examination/test

To provide training for sb

Higher/tertiary education

Further education

To recognize qualification

STUDENTS LIFE

COURSES/QUALIFICATION

Mental agility

Gifted children/students

To win/obtain a scholarship

To attend a course

To secure a place

Seats of learning

Academic year/school year

To set texts

Distinguished scholars

To graduate from

To sign up for a course To enroll on a course

Leading authorities

To meet the entry requirements for the university

entrance

Mature studentsTo show a marked improvement

Attention wanders


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To have a natural talents for

To achieve full marks

Room for improvement

To learn sth by heart

To have a thirst for knowledge

A quick learner

Concentrations in class wavers

To demonstrate an ability

To have proven ability

To show initiative

To play truant

WORK/JOB/CAREER

JOB

A fulfilling job

A demanding job

A steady job

To offer sb a job

A high-powered job

To apply for a job

A permanent job

A well-paid job

A job with high salary

WORK

To carry out work

To complete work

To supervise work

To work closely with

Available to start work

To take on work

CAREER

To wreck/ruin sbs careerAt the height/peak of your career

Ones career lasted

To climb the career ladderTo embark on a career

To have a career in (medicine)

A brilliant career


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A career takes off

JOB ADVERTS

To have a good knowledge of

To have experience in

A good team player

A stimulating work environment

Integral part

Close team

Job satisfaction

Generous benefits

Vacancy must be filled

DOING AT WORK

To take charge of

Nothing goes wrong

To make appointment for sb

To keep ones appointmentTo answer the telephone

To fielding telephone calls

To make the reservations

To make photocopies of sth

To arrange meetings

To take the minutes

To keep a record of

To achieve ones goalsTo set target

To make a list of sth

To take early retirement

To hand in my notice

BUSINESS

To go into business

To set up business

To go into membership with sb

To make a loss

To make profit

Businesses are going under Failing financiallyBusiness would fold Close because of failure

To go bankrupt

To win a contract


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Stiff competition

To create job for sb

To take on staff

To have annual turnover

Secret of success

To carry out market research To conduct markerresearch (F)

To launch a new product

To set a high value on customer service

After-sales service

To run successful business

To float the company To start selling shares in a

business for the first timeTo go public

Stock market

ACADEMIC WRITING

Ground/breaking research

To make a significant contribution to sth

To set out powerful arguments

To shape out thinking

Strenuously defends

To come under attack

To play a central/key role in

To go into a great detail to support argument

To give an account of

To provide evidence to support the claim that

To offer a concise summary

To establish connection

To offer irrefutable proof

To show any significant trends

STATE YOUR OPINION

The key factor

A perfect example

A clear illustration

Tentative explanation

Broadly support the view thatACADEMIC COLLOCATIONS

Strong tendency

To gather evidence


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To carry out the detailed study of

To play a role/part

To change the theory of

To acknowledge your sources

To support argument/evidence

To commit plagiarism

STRUCTURING AN ARGUMENT

To fall into category

To draw a distinction between

To raise questions

To touch on issues

To take into consideration

To make case for

REINFORCING ARGUMENTS

To access the significance of

To lay emphasis on examining

To lend the support to the view that

Firmly to hold to the belief that

Firmly hold the view that

REFFERING TO ARGUMENTS

To draw an analogy

To draw parallels

To present the case for

To put forward the argument

To take up/adopt the position

To state the opinion

To argue convincingly

To draw attention to research

To summarize briefly

To draw the conclusion

To disagree profoundly

LAWS

To obey (LF)/observe the law (F)

To introduce/pass the law

To act within the law as regardTo uphold/enforce the law

The law forbids/prohibit

The rules allow/permit sb to do sth


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The rules/regulations apply to The rules are for

To follow the rules To do what the rule say

The regulations require/stipulate (F) To do what the rules say

that

To comply with the regulations (F) To do what the regulations

sayTo bend the rules (Inf) To break the law

inconsiderably

PUNISHMENTS

To carry out an investigation into

To appear in court

To go on trial

To reach a verdict

A fair trial

To be severely punishedTo pay/face a heavy fine

To face the death penalty/capital punishment

To act as deterrent

To suffer the consequences

A harsh penalty/sentence

A hard legal battle

To win a case

CRIMINALS

Hardened criminal

To commit serious offencesTo serve a sentence of 5 years

Political prisoners

Common criminals

To commit acts of terrorism

A convicted criminal

to have a conviction for robbery

POLITICIANS ON CRIME

In fight against crime

To target serious crime

Street/vehicle crimeTo break into house

To steal car


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To rob you

To tackle/combat crime

Crime rate

Juvenile crime

Crime wave

Petty crime

Crime figures

Spate of burglaries

Vehicle thief

Drug abuse

A staggering increase

Mindless vandalism

NEWSPAPERS

A (news) story breaks

News comes in

News leaks out

To hit the headlines

To make headlines

Front-page headline

The latest news

To be headline/front-page news

Item of news

To run a story/publish a story

To flick through the newspaper

NEWS STORIES

To give the go-ahead

Turns of events

To hold talks

Top job

To attract attention

Controversial decision

To outline plans

To launch campaign

To take hostage

Seize control ofTo lose control of

To keep a close watch on sth

To keep you informed as the news develops


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No loss of life

SPENDING MONEY

To spend money on

To save money

Waster/squander money in

Change money

Throw money around

Throw money at

Donate money to

PRICES

The world price

Rock-bottom prices

Increase price

Prices go down/rise

To be reasonably priced

A ridiculous price

GETTING MONEY

Money was always tight

In short supply for sb

Steady income

To earn a good/high salary

To make big money

To be seriously rich

To make money

To earn money

To made a withdrawal from

To raise enough money

To get a really good deal

To make a small fortunate

To be tied up

To going cheap

WAR AND PEACE

War broke out

To join the army

War was declaredAll-out war

Minor incidents

Within firing range


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Opened fire

Taken prisoner

Battle raged

Army went into action

Decisive battle

Fighting the war

Peacekeeping forces

The horrors of war

To avert war

PEACE

To bring about peace

Negotiate a peace agreement

Call a truce/ceasefire

To sing a peace treaty

Lasting peace

Peace activist

To keep the peace

To restore order

WAR EXPRESSIONS IN EVERYDAY

LANGUAGE

A running battle

To put up a heroic fight against

To lose the battle

To offer resistance

To fight for his life

GLOBAL PROBLEMS

THE ENVIRONMENT

Climate change

Rising sea levels

Greenhouse effects

To disturb ecological balance

Fish stocks

To deplete the ozone layer

To embrace green politics

To tackle pollutionExhaust fumes

Irreplaceable damage to

Crops fail


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Devastating famines/floods to

Natural disasters

POVERTY

To escape poverty

To live below the poverty line

To lift sb out of poverty

No simple solution

Widening gulf

Deprived regions

Margins of society

Sleeping rough

Street children

In desperate need

The global economy

To combat poverty

To eradicate poverty

To alleviate poverty

OTHERS

To seek political asylum

Asylum seekers

Economic migrants

To take to the streets

Third-word debt repayments

Earthquake hit

The death tollmassiveSexual exploitation

World-wide problem

Child labour

TIME

To spend time

To waste/save time

To tell sb the time

Free/spare time

To have time to do sth

To make time for sthTo kill time

T take your time

To bring/dead/right on time


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To have a good/great time

To have the time of

As time goes by/As time passes

To run out of time

PAST AND FUTURE

The past few weeks

On the early/late 21stcentury

In prehistoric times

To set their time for

The alarm goes off

From dawn till dusk

The small hours

Ungodly hours

To take them ages

To be worth their while

To have a great future ahead

In the not too distant future

The future holds

SOUND

Eerie silence Strange in a frightening

and mysterious way

A rumble of thunder

The wind is whistling

The waves crashing

Babbling stream Low, continuous noise of

water flowing over stones

Bird sings

Piercing cry High, cloud and

unpleasant

To hear the pattern of rain

To break the silence of

Two shots rang out

EVERYDAY SOUNDS

Deafening

Ear-splitting

Excessive

background

Muffled


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Shrill

Raucous

Dull

Grating

Loud/almighty

Roar

Music/radio

machine

VERBS OF SOUNDS

Give a sigh/laugh/loud cry

A cry of pain/surprise/alarm

A gasp

A groan

To make a scratching/clicking/rustling/crackling

sound

DISTANCE AND SIZE

DISTANCE

A considerable/long/short distance from

Within commuting/walking distance

Cover/travel (a distance of ) x kilometres

Far-off/far-lung places

At close range

Neighboring town/country/area

LITTLE/SMALL AN LARGE

Low prices/wages/levels

Small quantities/numbers/amounts/increase

# large

On a large/small scale

A large scale map

Poor/dear/nice little + N

A little brother # a big brother

A lot of little things

OTHER SIZES

Fat/slim books

Fat/slim peoplePlump/skinny/painfully thin

A great deal of + Nuncount


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Major/minor

difference/change/effect/difficulty/point/issue/factor

COLOUR AND LIGHT

COLOURS

Bright colours/yellow

Colour goes well withYellow trousers to match the jacket

To pale blue short

The clour rain

Colour fades

To wear subdued colours Not very bright

Touch of colour

LIGHT

Grown dark

Candle flickered

Beam of light

Ray of sunlight on face

To wake sb up

Soon the glare of the sun

Pitch dark

Faint glow

To be tinged with gold

Stars twinkle

A pinpoint of light in the distance

METAPHORICAL

A grey area An unclear area

Add colour to sth

green issues

To blacken name To destroy reputation

To Shed/throw some light on sth

To cast a shadow over To make it less

happy/cheerful

Under the shadow of sth To get less attention

TEXTUREDry/greasy hair

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Smooth skin/surface/complexion # rough

skin/surface/complexion

Smooth water/sea # choppy/rough water/sea

Soft pillow/bed/ground # hard or firm

pillow/bed/ground

Tender meat # tough meatSharp pencil/knife # blunt pencil/knife

VERB

Ice melts

Snow melts/thaws

Fruits goes soft

Bread goes brand

A voice softens or hardens To gets more/less friendly

An attitude softens or hardens To get less/more severe

Matt finish and gloss finish Matt paint/gloss paint

Finely choppy

Coarse grain

Crushed garlic

Glossy hair

Greasy hands

Sticky fingers

To go smoothy

To have a sharp tongue

Sticky situation (Inf)

Coarse jokes

Velvety sky

TASTE AND SMELL

FOOD AND RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Fragrant perfume

Distinctive aroma

Smell of wafting

An acquired taste

Subtle flavor

Fresh scent

NEGATIVE COLLOCATIONSBitter coffee

Milk goes sour


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Acrid smoke/ Strong smelling, causing a

burning feeling in throat

noxious fumes Poisonous

Body odour An unpleasant smell on

persons body that iscaused by sweat

Strong smell

To have a taste

To have a smell

To smell off

Overpowering stink

To give off a smell

Revolting stench Stench = a stronger/more

extreme word than stink

Revoltingextremelyunpleasant/disgusting

A whiff of perfume Slight smell

METAPHORICAL

To leave a bad/unpleasant taste in mouths To leave an unpleasant

memory

To taste freedom

To share the same taste in

To develop a taste for

To smell danger

To get the flavor of

NUMBER AND FREQUENCY

Enormous/considerable/tiny/significant/

minute/surprising/substantial + amount/number

An odd number

An Even number

Decline in the number of

Increase in the number of

It comes to a total of

The birth rate has been falling

Unit of currency

FREQUENCY

Widespread support/damage/poverty

Rare/disease/bird/species/stamps


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To keep asking/interrupting/hitting

Constant/continual interruptions/complaining

CHARTS/GRAPHS

To rise/fall sharply/steeply

A dramatic rise/fall

To increase steadily/gradually

To remain constant/steady

MOVEMENT AND SPEED

SYNONYSM OF FAST

Fast car/train/lane/computer/pace

Quick look/glance/answer/decision/shower/lunch

Rapid growth/decline/change/(F)

progress/increase/movement

Speedy recovery/conclusion/response/access (F)

Swift action/response/reaction/recovery (F)

Prompt payment/reply/response (F)

Brisk walk/peace/business/efficiency

Hasty decision/exit/conclusion/words

To have a stop speed of

At breakneck speed Carelessly fast and

dangerous

SLOW MOVEMENT

Slow-moving traffic

To slow to a crawl

To come to a standstill

In an unhurried manner

Leisurely breakfast

Painfully slow

CHANGES IN MOVEMENT

To gather/pick up speed

To take a shortcut

To make/take a detour

To lose balance

To lose my footing

To steer the conversationTo take a few steps forward

To go astray To get lost

CHANGE


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To make a few adjustments to

To make slight alteration to

To make a few modifications to

To a new approach to

To have some of my clothes altered

MAJOR CHANGES

To break a habit

To kick the habit (Inf)

To have revolutionized the way

To convert to Christianity

To have the power to transform

Change places/seats

Change jobs/schools/doctors/ but Move house

Change my mind

Change the subject

Change the beds

Change the baby

Change clothes

To exchange money/address/ideas

To become available

To become successful

Standard of living is rising/improving

Interest in . GrowsA big improvement in

Problems arose

WAY OF SPEAKING

To make a speech

To get to the point

To tell story

To give sb my word

To crack jokes

To tell jokes

To wish sb luck

A brief chat

Quick wordDelicate subject

Lengthy discussion

To raise the subject


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To speak off the record

To challenge directly

To drop a hint

The tone of her voice

To plead ignorance

To have a word with sb

To make it clear

To change the subject

To tell sb the truth

To ask sb a favour

To get into conversation

To join in a conversation

To make polite conversation

To make an interesting observation

To address people politely

To apologise profusely

To strike up a conversation To start

During a full in the conversation Quiet period

To tell a lie

To whisper softly

KEY WALKING COLLOCATION

To go on foot

To go for a walk

To take a stroll with

To go for a run

To go jogging

To go running

A brisk walk

A pacing up and down

WALIKING

An easy/a gentle walk

Heavy/light steps

A leisurely/gentle stroll

To walk briskly/swiftly

To pick your way cautiouslyTo stride angrily/confidently/purposefully

WALKING THROUGH LIFE

To walk exam (Inf)


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A walking encyclopaedia

To run into problems

Different words of life

To rush headlong into sth

To take first faltering steps at

To make great strides

To run up against some opposition

To get off on the wrong foot with sb

STARTING AND FINISHING

To make the beginning of the end

The end result

A perfect end

To make a start/to get started

To come an end

To draw to a close

An abrupt end to sth

STARTING

To make a promising part

To make an early start to

Absolute beginners

To go off to a good start

FINISHING

Close finish

To put the finishing touches to

To bring to and end

A nail-biting finish

SUCCESS & FAILURE

SUCCESS

To make a breakthrough

A remarkable achievement

Crowning achievement

A dramatic improvement in

To have excellent grasp of

To come in useful for

To take advantage ofTo pass exam

To guarantee success

To make a good progress


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To gain good marks

A great success

Highly effective

To make useful contributions

To have ability to do sth

A brilliant success

To enjoy the fruits of hard work

To bring out the best

FAILURE

To fail miserably

A spectacular failure

To play second

Hopes were dashed

To fail exam

To go badly wrong

To be doomed to failure

A dismal failure

To go out of business

To be a recipe for disaster

To lose ones nerveTo miss the point

CAUSE

To cause chaos/havoc/a lot of damage

To cause alarm/concern

To cause ones great anxiety/a lot of embarrassmentTo bring about a revolution/transformation

To bring out the downfall/collapse

To create awareness of

To create problems for

To spark off riots/demonstration

To spark off rumours

To attract a lot of criticism/interest

To attract support from

To produce the opposite effect to sth

To produce any resultsCAUSE AND EFFECTS

The immediate cause

To reduce/minimize the impact of


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To have an unexpected/unforeseen outcome

The positive/beneficial effects of

The direct/inevitable result of

The underlying cause of

To strengthen/increase the impact of

The predictable/inevitable outcome

The negative/adverse effects

Indirect/unforeseen result of

To cause an uproar

To suffer consequences

To have a huge effect on

To have a major impact on

To make/create a bad/great impression

To have a lot of influence

To cause a sensation

REMEMBERING

Long/short-term memory

To give sb a clue

To remind sb strongly of

Vaguely remember

Clean forgotten

Mind went blank

To Remember ones faceCompletely forget name

Memory comes flooding back

Distinctly remember

To blot out that memory

Unforgettable experience

To remember rightly

To remember it well

Memories fade

Painful memories

SENSING

To have/get the impression

To sense tensionTo have a feeling that

To trust intuition

Ridiculously over-sensitive


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Sensitive to heat

Sensitive to light

Sensitive skin/teeth

To go numb To lose all feeling

Acute sense of smell

Acute hearing Sharp, very good

AGREEING & DISAGREEING

To go along with an idea/a view

To be in complete agreement

To tend to agree/disagree

To Share an opinion/share

Appreciate sbs point of viewTo see ones point To understandTo enter into an argument

Differences arise/exist

To come to/reach a compromise

To settle a dispute/difference

To agree to differ/agree to have different opinion

Entirely/partly/wholeheartedly agree with

To agree up to a point

Fundamentally/totally/strongly

To have a head-on clash with

The bitter dispute

To have a heated argument about

To have a fundamental disagreement

To reach a unanimous agreement on

Controversy exist/rage over

A conflict of opinion

The question whether S V is a controversial issue/ a

contentious one/ a heated debate

To arouse a great deal of

controversy.

BELIEF/OPINION

Firmly believe

To share opinion

A great believer

Popular beliefTo have reason to believe

Poles apart

A matter of opinion


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To have a difference of opinion

To have a sneaking suspicion

MORE FORMAL WAYS

To make assumption

An unshakeable belief

To set of belief

To colour judgement

To lead sb to conclude

Evidence is based on

To attach importance

To trust judgement

To cast doubt on

Opinion on this issue are divided

Considerable opinion

To have serious misgivings about

To have doubts about

To hope you will come

To give up hope of

Think hard

To leave sb alone

To hold the view/opinion that

To have strong opinion on

DECIDING AND CHOOSING

To make a decision

A big decision

To put off making decisions

To detect a slight hesitation

To have second thoughts

To take the decision to

Unanimous decision

A degree of uncertainty

A wise decision

Arrive at a decision aout

A sensible decision

Sound judgementTo defend decision to

To reserve jusgement

To make a choice


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To give a chance of

The opportunity of lifetime

To have a burning desire/ambition to do sth

Much prefer to do sth

To consider the options

Strongly advise

To have a choice

A tough choice

To take the soft option

To pass up the opportunity of

To face difficult choices

To reject sth out of hand

To weigh up the options

To come to a final decision

CLAIMING AND DENYING

MAKING ACCUSATIONS

To face accusations of taking bribes

Heavy hints about

Clearly imply

To drop broad hints

A leaked document

To make serious allegations

Openly accuse sb of sth

To issue a statement

The claims are unfounded

Long-running battle

Wrongly accused

PUTTING FORWARD AN OPINION

To put forward theory of

To back up argument

Fully accepting

To make the point

Widely acknowledged

To state clearly

Substantiating claims withDENYING

Strongly denied claims of

To deny the charges


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To deny all the rumours/ an allegation/an

accusation

To disclaim all responsibility

To refuse an invitation/offer

To reject suggestions/an idea

Run contrary to popular beliefContradictory evidence

LIKING AND DISLIKING

To have a particular/genuine liking for sht

Great/passionate love of

To have the greatest regard for

To have highest regard for

The sheer/great enjoyment of

A huge/great pleasure

To have/express a clear/strong preference

To have an intense dislike of

To take an instant dislike to sb

To have a huge/strong aversion to sb/sth

To have a deep /deep-rotted hatred

To state preference

To take pride in

Dont relish the thought ofTo take pleasure in

To take offence

To give sb a warm welcome

Absolute/all-time favorite

Ardent/dedicated fan of

To fill sb with admiration

To give sb pleasure

PRAISING AND CRITICSING

PRAISING

To have nothing but praise for

To offer congratulations to sb

The thunderous applause

Performance is richly deserved

To put on a dazzling performance

To take full credit for


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To receive critical acclaim

To justify deserves the rave reviews

To give credit to

To win a lot of praise for

To receive a standing ovation for

To think the world of sb

To sing ones praises to sbTo speak well/highly of sb

Warmly/heartily approve of

To give one blessing to

To give sb a big clap/a round of applause

To deserve a par on the back To deserve praise

CRITICISING

To come in for criticism

To counter the criticism To criticize ones criticback

To response to criticism

To dismiss the criticism

To show sb disapproval/To express onesdisapproval

To give a look of disapproval

With a frown of disapproval

Harsh/strong, constant, constructive/useful criticism

Highly/sharply Critical

To criticize roundly (thoroughly)/fiercely/bitterly

A harsh/outspoken critic

Strongly/highly disapprove of

Severely condemn

Wholesale/universal (almost everyone)

condemnation

Strongly/strenuously object to (with a lot of effort)

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