Collocation in Use - Inter

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STT
WORD
Intensifying adverbs
HIGHLY
Un(likely)
Unusual
Successful
Competitive
Profitable
Effective
Controversial
recommended
ABSOLUTELY/UTTERLY
Ridiculous
Stupid
Impossible
Wrong
Alone
Appalled
Convinced
Devastated
miserable
BITTERLY/DEEPLY/RIDICULOUSLY/STRO
NGLY
Bitterly-disappointing/disappointed
Resent
Criticize
Regret
Complain
Cry
Weep
MEANING
Is used with some

probability words
Deeply ashamed
Concerned
Shocked
Committed
Moved
Affected
Hurt
Regret
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Care
Religious
unhappy
Ridiculously - Cheap
Expensive easy low
High long short small large early
Strongly oppose influence believe deny
Recommend support condemn suggest
Feel argue object
EVERYDAY VERBS
MAKE
make arrangements for
make a change / changes
make a choice
make 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 noise
make 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
To have an argument/a row
To have break = To take break
Have a conversation/chat
Have difficulty (in)
Have a dream/nightmare
Have an experience
Have a feeling
Have fun/a good time
To have a look (at)
Have a party
Have a problem/problems (with)
To have a try/go
TAKE
Take a holiday
Take a trip
Take a train
Take a liking to
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ngh gii lao
ni chuyn
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tri nghim
cm gic rng
xem th, xem qua, ngm
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Take a nus
Take a risk
Take an interest in
Take photos
Take a chance
Take a dislike to
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Take advantage of
Take action/step/measure
PAY
To pay attention to
To pay sb a compliment
To pay ones last respects to sb
To pay tribute to sth
To pay price for
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khen tng (ai)
cu chc knh cn
bi t lng bit n, knh
trng, knh ngng
Tr gi 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
ACCOMMODATION
Family-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 view
Spectacular 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 areas
Industrial 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 come to terms with
To reveal your true character
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Round face
Chubby cheeks
Droopy moustache
Pointed face
Straight nose
Oval face
Unturned nose
Slender waist
To lose my temper,
become angry
To accept sth
psychologically
Opposite conceal/hide
your true character
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 divorce
Bitter/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 proposal
To 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 rain
Driving rain
Hard frost
High/strong/light/biting winds
The wind picks up >< dies down
The wind blows/whistles
EXTREME CONDITIONS
Freak
Freak weather conditions hit
Gale-force winds
To cause a lot of damage to sth
Buildings are destroyed
Roofs were torn off
Fences were blown down
To burst their banks
FEELING AND EMOTIONS
FEELING HAPPY
Blissfully happy
The happy couple
Lasting happiness
Hay occasions
Very unusual or
unexpected
Struck, bad affected
Extremely strong winds
Rivers flooded
FEELING SET/UPSET
Deeply sad/ deeply depressed
To feel great sadness
Sad occasion
Bitterly disappointed
To let me down badly
To express disappointment
To 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)
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 house
Dilapidated building
Draughty hall
Chilly corridor
In a bad emotional state
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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 appetite
Set 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, chess
Go 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
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
Sn nh
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 disease
To 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)
injuries
FITNESS 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

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 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 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 carry out/conduct a research project into sth
To enroll on/take a course
To study for/take a degree in
To study/take history
To write an essay/assignment
To give a lecture on sth
To obtain/be awarded a diploma in
A copy on paper
To find your way around
= to get rid of/destroy a

file
To do an exam
To do research/a research
project
To do course
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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
Leading authorities
To meet the entry requirements for the university
entrance
Mature students
To show a marked improvement
To enroll on a course
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 career
At the height/peak of your career
Ones career lasted
To climb the career ladder
To 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 appointment
To 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 goals
To 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
Business would fold
To go bankrupt
To win a contract
Failing financially
Close because of failure
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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 launch a new product
To set a high value on customer service
After-sales service
To run successful business
To float the company
To 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 that
ACADEMIC COLLOCATIONS
Strong tendency
To gather evidence
To conduct marker
research (F)
To start selling shares in a

business for the first time
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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 regard
To 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

To follow the rules
The regulations require/stipulate (F)
To comply with the regulations (F)
To bend the rules (Inf)
The rules are for

To do what the rule say
To do what the rules say
that
To do what the regulations
say
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 punished
To 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 offences
To 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 crime
To 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 of
To 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 declared
All-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 pollution
Exhaust 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 toll massive
Sexual 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 sth
To 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 21st century
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
A rumble of thunder
The wind is whistling
The waves crashing
Babbling stream
Bird sings
Piercing cry
Strange in a frightening
and mysterious way
Low, continuous noise of

water flowing over stones
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 people
Plump/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 with
Yellow 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
Add colour to sth
green issues
To blacken name
To Shed/throw some light on sth
To cast a shadow over
Under the shadow of sth
TEXTURE
Dry/greasy hair
Dry/oily skin
An unclear area
To destroy reputation
To make it less
happy/cheerful
To get less attention
NGUYN KHC THC
30
DANANG 2014

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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 meat
Sharp pencil/knife # blunt pencil/knife
VERB
Ice melts
Snow melts/thaws
Fruits goes soft
Bread goes brand
A voice softens or hardens
An attitude softens or hardens
Matt finish and gloss finish
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 COLLOCATIONS
Bitter coffee
Milk goes sour
To gets more/less friendly

To get less/more severe
Matt paint/gloss paint
NGUYN KHC THC
31
DANANG 2014

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Acrid smoke/
noxious fumes
Body odour
Strong smell
To have a taste
To have a smell
To smell off
Overpowering stink
To give off a smell
Revolting stench
A whiff of perfume
METAPHORICAL
To leave a bad/unpleasant taste in mouths
Strong smelling, causing a

burning feeling in throat
Poisonous
An unpleasant smell on
persons body that is
caused by sweat
Stench = a stronger/more
extreme word than stink
Revolting extremely
unpleasant/disgusting
Slight smell
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
NGUYN KHC THC
32
DANANG 2014

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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
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 conversation
To take a few steps forward
To go astray
CHANGE
Carelessly fast and

dangerous
To get lost
NGUYN KHC THC
33
DANANG 2014

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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 . Grows
A 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 word
Delicate subject
Lengthy discussion
To raise the subject
NGUYN KHC THC
34
DANANG 2014

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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
During a full in the conversation
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 cautiously
To stride angrily/confidently/purposefully
WALKING THROUGH LIFE
To walk exam (Inf)
To start
Quiet period
NGUYN KHC THC
35
DANANG 2014

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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 of
To pass exam
To guarantee success
To make a good progress
NGUYN KHC THC
36
DANANG 2014

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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 nerve
To miss the point
CAUSE
To cause chaos/havoc/a lot of damage
To cause alarm/concern
To cause ones great anxiety/a lot of embarrassment
To 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 results
CAUSE AND EFFECTS
The immediate cause
To reduce/minimize the impact of
NGUYN KHC THC
37
DANANG 2014

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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 face
Completely 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 tension
To have a feeling that
To trust intuition
Ridiculously over-sensitive
NGUYN KHC THC
38
DANANG 2014

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Sensitive to heat
Sensitive to light
Sensitive skin/teeth
To go numb
Acute sense of smell
Acute hearing
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 view
To see ones point
To 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
BELIEF/OPINION
Firmly believe
To share opinion
A great believer
Popular belief
To have reason to believe
Poles apart
A matter of opinion
To lose all feeling

Sharp, very good
To understand
To arouse a great deal of

controversy.
NGUYN KHC THC
39
DANANG 2014

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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 judgement
To defend decision to
To reserve jusgement
To make a choice
NGUYN KHC THC
40
DANANG 2014

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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 with
DENYING
Strongly denied claims of
To deny the charges
NGUYN KHC THC
41
DANANG 2014

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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 belief
Contradictory 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 of
To 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
NGUYN KHC THC
42
DANANG 2014

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Warmly congratulate
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 sb
To 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
CRITICISING
To come in for criticism
To counter the criticism
To deserve praise
To criticize ones critic
back
To response to criticism
To dismiss the criticism
To show sb disapproval/To express ones
disapproval
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)
NGUYN KHC THC
43
DANANG 2014

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Knowledge comes from learning.

Wisdom comes from living

GOOD LUCK! KEEP VISITING AND TRYING

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In a bad emotional state

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To relax and make

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To review the book/film

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WINNING AND LOSING

HEALTH AND ILLNESS

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

Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living

To print out your work

To find your way around

= to get rid of/destroy a

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To receive/ne given an A-grade

Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living

To have a natural talents for

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A career takes off

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To start selling shares in a

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To carry out the detailed study of

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The rules/regulations apply to

The rules are for

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To have a good/great time

Low, continuous noise of

To hear the pattern of rain

Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living

Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living

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Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living

Smooth skin/surface/complexion # rough

To gets more/less friendly

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