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HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

ability able to have a natural/great ability
inability unable to be (un)able to do sth
1 Ability/inability disability disabled to be disabled
absenteeism limit
to have an absenteeism limit
to be absent to
2 Absent absenteeism absent be absent from school/work
a military/police academy
3 Academic academy academic academic year
to have an accent to
speak with an accent
a regional/local accent
4 Accent accent a strong accent
glad to accept / happy
acceptable to accept / be / seem / make stg
5 Accept accept acceptance unacceptable acceptably acceptable
to have access to sth
accessible to have easy access to sth
6 Access access access inaccessible to be (in)accessible

7 Accommodate accommodate accommodation to provide/offer accommodation

absolute/complete accuracy
accurate to be (in)accurate
8 Accurate/ inaccurate accuracy inaccurate accurately very/extremely/highly accurate
to be difficult to achieve
great/important achievement
9 Achieve achieve achievement achievable an achievable goal
10 Actual actual actually the actual number

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to make additions to sth

11 Addition add addition In addition
to admire greatly/really
to be full of admiration
to feel admiration
great/deep admiration
admiration to have an admirer
12 Admire admire admirer admirable great/secret admirer
to adopt a child/an animal
adopted an adopted son/daughter
13 Adopt (a child) adopt adoption adoptive adoptive parents
to be an adult a
young adult
adult to reach adulthood
14 Adult adulthood during/in adulthood

to advertise sth widely

to show an advertisement
good/misleading advertisement
advertisement a television/radio advertisement
15 Advert (Advertisement) advertise advert a magazine/newspaper advert

to affect greatly
to have an effect on sth to
have a strong/significant effect
16 Affect affect effect effective effectively to be/seem effective
an advertising agency
travel agency real
estate agency a real
agency estate agent
17 Agency agent an FBI agent

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act of aggression aggression by

sb against sb/sth
extreme aggression
to be/look/seem aggressive
extremely aggressive aggressive
behaviour aggressive marketing/
campaign/techniques
18 Aggressive aggression aggressive aggresively to behave aggressively
to work in agriculture
modern/organic agriculture
19 Agriculture agriculture agricultural to depend on agriculture
to ask for aid
food/medical aid
20 Aid aid aid give / provide aid
alarm clock
fire/smoke/burglar alarm
21 Alarm alarm to set/activate an / the alarm
to look alike
to be very alike
22 Alike alike alike to think alike

to allow to do sth
to have an allowance
a large/small allowance
23 Allow allow allowance a daily/weekly/monthly allowance
to have an alternative
24 Alternative alternative alternatively alternative medicine
to be/look/sound amazing
amazing to be really amazing
25 Amaze amaze amazement amazed to be/look amazed by sth

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the amount of sth

to pay regular amounts of money
to sb/sth a
huge/large/enormous amount of
sth to
increase/decrease the amount of
26 Amount amount sth
to feel anger at/over sth
to be angry at/with sb
to be angry about sth
27 Anger anger angry angrily to look/appear angry

to celebrate an / our anniversary

first/second etc. anniversary
28 Anniversary anniversary wedding anniversary
to announce that + sentence
29 Announce announce announcement to make an announcement
30 Annual annual annually an annual meeting/report
31 Apart apart apart from
to appear on television
appear appearance physical appearance
32 Appear/Disappear disappear disappearance attractive appearance

appropriate appropriately to be (in)appropriate to

33 Appropriate/Inappropriate inappropriate inappropriately be (in)appropriate for children
to (dis)approve of sth
approve approval to approve strongly
34 Approve/Disapprove disapprove disapproval to need approval

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to argue fiercely/ heatedly to

argue about/over sth
to argue with sb
to argue strongly/ forcefully/
sensibly
to argue against/for
a big/violent argument an
argument about/ over sth
an argument with sb /between
35 Argue argue argument argumentative people
36 Army army to have a powerful army
to arrange easily/with difficulty
to make arrangements
37 Arrange arrange arrangement arranged arranged marriage
to arrive early/late
to arrive at + place
early/late arrival
38 Arrival arrive arrival to be the first/last to arrive
39 Artificial artificial artifically artificial flowers / light
to be/feel/look ashamed
to be ashamed of sth
to be deeply/very ashamed
ashamed shameless behaviour/lies
40 Ashamed shame shameless What a shame!
assessment
41 Assess (performance) assess assessor to assess performance/skills

reading assignment to
42 Assign assign assignment hand out / hand in an assignment
to assume that + sentence
43 Assume assume assumption to make assumptions about sth
to attach sth to sth to
44 Attach attach attachment open the attachment

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attempt to do stg
attempt at doing stg
45 Attempt attempt attempt attempted attempted murder/ suicide

attitude towards sth the

writer's attitude towards sth ---
46 Attitude attitude have a positive / negative attitude
to attract attention/interest
to feel a strong attraction
to/towards sb
to be/look attractive
very/extremely attractive
attraction attractive to find sb attractive
47 Attract attract attractiveness unattractive attractively to make sb/sth attractive
48 Audience audience
49 Average average
avoidable to avoid sth to
50 Avoid avoid unavoidable be (un)avoidable
wake to
51 Awake wake up awake be/lie awake
to be/look awkward
very awkward an
52 Awkward awkward awkward question
53 Backwards backwards to walk backwards
harmful/beneficial bacteria
54 Bacteria bacteria bacterial bacterial infections
55 Baggage baggage baggage allowance
56 Ban ban ban to ban officially
to wear/remove a bandage
57 Bandage bandage bandage a tight/loose bandage
58 Barber barber
59 Bargain bargain bargain to bargain about sth with sb
to base sth on sth
60 Base base to be based on sth

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61 Basic basic basically

62 Basin basin

to carry a basket
a basket of flowers/fruit
basket to play/watch basketball
63 Basket basketball basketball player/star/team/match
to charge a battery
to be powered by battery
64 Battery battery battery goes dead
to beat badly/violently
to beat fast/rapidly a
regular beat a
65 Beat beat beat heart beat
to behave well/properly
good/bad/(un)acceptable
behaviour
behaviour towards sb
a badly-behaved child
66 Behave behave behaviour a well-behaved child
to believe that + sentence
believable / to believe in sth
67 Belief believe belief unbelievable to have/hold belief
68 Belong belong belongings personal belongings
to have enormous/great benefit
69 Benefit benefit benefit beneficial to be beneficial to sb/sth
70 Bin bin a rubbish/wastepaper bin
biology biology department
71 Biology (Dep) biologist biological biological weapons
72 Bite bite bite a mosquito bite
73 Blame blame blame to blame sb for sth
to fill in the blanks
74 Blank blank blank a blank page

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to bleed badly
bleeding to stop bleeding
75 Bleed bleed blood to lose blood
block
76 Block block blockage a block of ice/stone/wood
77 Blow blow to blow strongly
78 Bold bold to be bold
to bomb heavily
79 Bomb bomb bomb atomic bomb
80 Bottom bottom to be at the bottom of the page
81 Bow bow bow
82 Breast breast to breast feed
to breathe in/out
to take a deep breath to
83 Breath breathe breath hold your breath
broadcast to broadcast live a
84 Broadcast broadcast broadcast news broadcast
85 Bucket bucket a bucket of water
86 Budget budget annual budget
building
87 Builder build builder to build a house/wall
88 Burst (into tears) burst to burst into tears/laughter
89 Button button button to button your coat
90 Cage cage a bird cage
calculation
calculate miscalculation to calculate accurately
91 Calculate miscalculate calculator an accurate/exact calculation
92 Canal canal the Panama Canal
93 Cancel cancel cancellation a last-minute cancellation
have capability be capable of
94 Capable/incapable (of) capability capable/incapable doing something
categorize into
95 Category categorize category put stg into a category

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a deep/large cave
96 Cave cave to explore a cave
97 Ceiling ceiling a high/low ceiling

an exam certificate
98 Certificate certificate a marriage/death/birth certificate

to challenge sb
99 Challenge challenge challenge challenging to be extremely/very challenging

to have little chance of doing sth

to get a chance to do sth
to give sb a chance to do sth
100 Chance chance to do sth by chance
chapter of a book
101 Chapter chapter chapter in history
102 Charge (money) charge to charge money
to donate/give money to charity
to live on charity
103 Charity (organization) charity charitable a charitable event
104 Cheek cheek
to draw a circle a
complete/full circle
105 Circle circle circle to sit in a circle
ancient/early civilisations
the end/collapse/decline/ of a
civilisation
106 Civilization/civilisation civilisation civilised civilized society/world
107 Click click to click on sth
a piece of cloth to
cloth wear clothes to
108 Cloth clothes put on/take off clothes
109 Cloud cloud cloudy to be cloudy
110 Coin coin

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111 Coincidence coincidence an amazing/strange coincidence

112 Collar collar a shirt collar
113 Colleague colleague
coloured
colourful coloured cloth
114 Coloured colour colour colourless a colourful painting
a combination of X and Y
115 Combine combine combination a perfect/strange combination
comfortable/
comforting/
116 Comfort comfort comfort uncomfortable find / get / seek comfort

to comment on/about sth to sb --

to have/ make a comment
a brief/negative/critical comment
117 Comment comment comment a comment about/on sth
to communicate
effectively/successfully
to communicate with sb
to have good/effective
communication
communication between sb and
118 Communicate communicate communication communicative sb
119 Community (college) community a community college
to compete against/with sb/sth
to have competition
competition to win/lose a competition
120 Compete (against/with) compete competitor competitive to be/become competitive
121 Concrete (=cement) concrete
122 Condition condition to be in good condition
to go to a conference
123 Conference conference annual/international conference

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to have/lack/build up/boost
confidence
to have full/total confidence
enormous/great confidence
to acquire/gain/lose/restore
confidence
confidence confident to be/appear/look confident
124 Confidence self-confidence self-confident to be very/completely confident
125 Conflict conflict conflict to be in conflict with sth/sb

to easily confuse sb with sb

to cause/create/result in
confusion --- confusion
about/over sth
to be/become/seem confused
about sth
confusing to be/sound/look confusing
126 Confuse confuse confusion confused extremely/highly/slightly confusing
connection
127 Connect connect connection between X and Y
consider considerate to consider carefully/seriously
128 Consider/Reconsider reconsider inconsiderate to consider doing sth
129 Contain contain container
130 Context context
to have a contract
long-term/short-term contract
131 Contract contract permanent contract

to contribute to sth to
make a contribution an
132 Contribute (to) contribute contribution important/big/major contribution
convenience convenient
133 Convenient inconvenience inconvenient

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to convince that + sentence

convinced to convince sb to do sth
134 Convince convince convincing to be convinced that + sentence
135 Cookie cookie
136 Cotton cotton
a bad cough
137 Cough cough cough cough medicine
to encourage sb to do sth
to have the courage to do sth
courage to need encouragement from sb---
138 Courage encourage encouragement courageous to be courageous
cover
139 Cover uncover coverage media coverage
to criticize heavily
to express/make criticism
a theatre/film critic
criticism harsh/heavy/serious criticism
140 Criticize criticize critic critical critically critical thinking
to grow/produce crop
141 Crop crop agricultural crop
to cure completely
to develop/discover cure
curable an effective cure
142 Cure cure cure incurable to be (in)curable
to have curiosity out
of curiosity
to be curious about sth
143 Curious curiosity curious curiously to look curiously
144 Current current currently
145 Cushion cushion soft cushion
146 Custom (tradition) custom

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to damage
badly/seriously/severely
to cause/do damage
great/enormous damage
147 Damage damage damage damaging to be/become damaging
to die of sth
148 Dead die death dead deadly a deadly virus/weapon
149 Deaf deafness deaf to be deaf
to deal with sth/sb
to do/make a deal
150 Deal (with) deal deal a good/fair deal

to deduce that + sentence

to deduce easily to
deduce meaning from context
to make a deduction
Deduce (meaning from a brilliant/logical deduction about
151 context) deduce deduction sth
deep a deep cave
152 Deep/Shallow shallow deep/shallow water
153 Defend defend defence defensive defend against
define
154 Define/Redefine redefine definition
to have a degree in a field
155 Degree degree Master's degree
156 Deliver deliver delivery
to demand that + sentence
a demand for sth
157 Demand demand demand demanding to be demanding
dependable
dependence dependent to depend on sth
158 Depend (on) depend independence independent to be dependent on sb

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to destroy completely/entirely an
attempt--- to destroy sth
total/mass destruction
to cause/lead to/result in
destruction
159 Destroy destroy destruction destructive to be/become very destructive
160 Detail detail detailed to explain in detail
to have determination
to be full of determination
161 Determine determine determination determined to be determined to do sth

162 Device device a useful/electronic/hi-tech device

163 Diagram diagram
164 Director direct director

disappointing to be disappointing/disappointed
165 Disappoint disappoint disappointment disappointed to feel disappointment over sth
166 Discount discount
to discover suddenly
an amazing/big discovery
167 Discover discover discovery to make a discovery

to feel/show disgust
great disgust
disgusting to be/look/smell/taste disgusting
168 Disgusting disgust disgust disgusted to be/look disgusted
169 Dishes dishes to wash the dishes
honest
170 Dishonest/Honest honesty dishonest to be (dis)honest
to (dis)like doing sth
to feel/have dislike
like to express/show dislike
171 Dislike dislike dislike deep/great dislike

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the distance between X and Y

to be within walking distance
to travel/walk/go a
considerable/huge distance
in the far distance
172 Distance distance distant to be/become distant
173 District district
174 Divide divide division to divide equally
to prepare a document
175 Document document an important/key document
176 Dollar dollar
to doubt that + sentence
to have doubts about sth
It is doubtful that + sentence
to seriously doubt
to have/express doubt
doubtfully serious/severe doubt
doubtless to be/look/seem doubtful
177 Doubt doubt doubt doubtful undoubtedly about sth
downstairs
178 Downstairs upstairs to go downstairs/upstairs
179 Draft draft the first draft
180 Drown drown drowning
181 Dump dump dump
182 Duration duration
dust
183 Dust dustbin dusty
184 Eastern east eastern
economic to develop/improve economy
185 Economy economy economical economically to be very economical
a new edition the
edition first edition limited/special
186 Edit edit editor edition

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to affect greatly/significantly to
have a dramatic/ important/
longterm effect
to check the overall effectiveness
effect effective of sth to be/seem effective
187 Effective/ ineffective affect effectiveness ineffective effectively highly/very/extremely effective

to enhance/achieve great
efficiency
energy/cost efficiency
efficient to be/look efficient
188 Efficient/ inefficient efficiency inefficient efficiently highly/extremely/really efficient

189 Either either

old
older
elder
190 Elder elderly elder brother / sister
to
produce/provide electricity
electricity electrical appliances/goods
191 Electricity electrician electrical an electrical engineer
192 Electronic electronic
to have/lack elegance
to be/look elegant
193 Elegant elegance elegant elegantly to be very/extremely elegant
emergency exit
194 Emergency emergency emergency room

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195 Emotion emotion emotional to be/look emotional

196 Enable enable enabling enable sb / stg to do stg
defeat, destroy, confront, face an
197 Enemy enemy enemy
198 Enter enter entry
to keep sb entertained popular
entertainment
entertainment form of entertainment
199 Entertain entertain entertainer entertaining to be extremely entertaining
200 Enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiastic enthusiastically to be enthusiastic about sth
201 Envelope envelope
equality equal to have equality to
202 Equal inequality unequal be/become equal
203 Equipment equipment electrical equipment
204 Error error to make an error
to write an essay an
205 Essay essay essay on/about sth
206 Essential essential
207 Establish establish establishment
208 Estimate estimate estimation to estimate that + sentence
209 Euro Euro
an important event
to witness an event
an event occurs/happens
210 Event event an event takes place
211 Exact exact exactly

212 Exchange- rate exchange-rate

to expand greatly/rapidly
213 Expand expand expansion expansion occurs/takes place
to have expectations
214 Expect expect expectation expected expected result

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to carry out/conduct/do an
experiment
215 Experiment experiment experiment to experiment with sth

to be an expert in/on/at sth

recognized/leading/real expert
216 Expert expert to take advice/consult an expert
217 Explode explode explosion explosive an explosive device

to carry out exploration

exploration exploration to take place
218 Explore explore explorer a great explorer
219 Extend (arms) extend extension to extend arms
a textile factory
220 Factory factory to set up a factory
221 Fail fail failure complete failure
fair a fair competition
222 Fair (just)/Unfair unfair fairly it is fair to do something
to be (un)familiar with sth
familiarity with sth
to be/look/seem familiar
familiar to familiarize yourself with
223 Familiar/unfamiliar familiarize familiarity unfamiliar sth
fasten
224 Fasten unfasten to fasten seat belt
to do sb a favour
to ask a favour
225 Favour favour favour to be in favour of something
university fee
226 Fee fee registration fee

227 Fetch fetch

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to have fever to
suffer from a fever
228 Fever fever high/slight fever
229 Figure figure to have a good/beautiful figure
230 Fix fix
to have a salty/sweet/bitter/spicy
231 Flavour flavour flavour flavour
232 Float float to float on water
233 Flow flow flow
234 Focus (on) focus focus to focus on sth
235 Fold fold to fold carefully/neatly
236 Fool fool
237 Force force to force sb to do sth
to destroy forest
238 Forest forest natural forest
to forgive sb for doing sth
239 Forgive forgive forgiveness to ask/beg for forgiveness
240 Format format
to have freedom
to be/feel free
241 Freedom freedom free to be free to do sth
242 Freeze freeze freezing to be/look freezing
to be frequent
243 Frequent frequent frequently to be very/extremely frequent
to become friends
to establish a friendship
a close friendship
friend friendly a friendly face/smile
244 Friendship friendship unfriendly to be friendly to sb
fuel
245 Fuel/Gas gas
garbage
246 Garbage garbageman garbage truck
to gather ideas a
247 Gather (ideas) gather gathering social gathering

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248 Generation generation future generations

249 Giant giant giant a giant spider
250 Global global a global problem
to have a goal to
set goals
a long-term goal
goal the main/major goal
251 Goal (sports/aim) goalkeeper to score a goal
consumer/electrical/ household/
luxury goods
to produce/buy goods
252 Goods goods to import/export goods
to grade papers
to grade carefully
exam grade
253 Grade (Mark/class) grade grade to get good grades

to greet cheerfully/enthusiastically
254 Greet greet greeting formal/friendly greeting
255 Grocery grocery
256 Guest guest to invite guests
257 Handkerchief handkerchief
258 Handwriting handwriting to have good/poor handwriting
259 Harbour harbour
260 Hardly hard hardly
261 Heading heading
262 Heal heal to heal completely/well
263 Heat heat heat to heat up the food
264 Height height high a high building/mountain
265 Hide hide
266 Highlight highlight highlight highlights of the match
history a historical novel
267 Historic/Historical historian historical historical documents
268 Hole hole

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household bills/expenses
269 Household household household household products/goods
human
270 Human (being) human being
extreme hunger, feel hunger
271 Hunger hunger hungry become, get, make sb hungry
hunter fox, seal, tiger hunt massive,
272 Hunt hunt hunting nationwide hunt treasure hunt
273 Hut hut to build hut
to be ideal
ideal opportunity
274 Ideal ideal ideally ideal job
identity to identify correctly/falsely
275 Identify identify identification identified / unidentified identity card

to imagine that + sentence

to have/show/lack imagination
great/creative imagination
imaginative to be very/extremely imaginative
276 Imagination imagine imagination imaginary imaginary character
mature
277 Immature/Mature maturity immature to be very (im)mature
to lose patience
to have/show patience
patience patient patiently to be (im)patient about sth
278 Impatient/Patient impatience impatient impatiently to wait patiently
to be (in)correct
correct a (in)correct answer
279 Incorrect/Correct incorrect correctly to pronounce correctly
to increase rapidly/sharply
to increase greatly
to decrease dramatically
a huge/enormous increase in sth
increase increase a decrease in sth
280 Increase/Decrease decrease decrease a sharp/dramatic decrease

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281 Index index

to indicate clearly
to indicate that + sentence
282 Indicate indicate indication clear indication
283 Individual individual individual
important/key/major industry
284 Industry industry industrial the industrial revolution
to be infected with virus
to suffer from/have an infection
a serious/mild infection
an infectious patient
285 Infect infect infection infectious infected an infected wound/cut

286 Infer infer inference to make/draw inference

to influence greatly/ adversely
to have a good/bad influence on
sb
great/significant influence
to influence considerably/
deeply/greatly
to have great/enormous/
significant influence on sth
to be/become deeply/ extremely/
highly influential
to be influential in sth
287 Influence influence influence influential an influential figure in a field
288 Inform inform information correct/false information

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289 Ingredient ingredient

290 Ink ink to write in ink
291 Inn inn
292 Insect insect a swarm of bees/ants
293 Insert (card) insert to insert a card
294 Install install installation to install properly
295 Institute institute
296 Interact (with) interact interaction interactive to interact with sb
297
to interrupt impatiently/rudely
298 Interrupt interrupt interruption to work without interruption
299 Interval interval
300
invention
301 Invent invent inventor
visible
302 Invisible invisible to be visible to the naked eye
303 Involve involve involvement
responsibility responsible
304 Irresponsible/Responsible irresponsibility irresponsible to be responsible for sth
305 Item item
to cause jealousy
306 Jealous jealousy jealous to be jealous of sb/sth

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to joke about sth

307 Joke joke joke to make a joke
308 Joy joy joyful joyful news
junior high
junior year
309 Junior junior junior football club
310 Keen keen to be keen on sth/Ving
to kick hard
311 Kick kick kick to give sb a kick
to knit a jumper
to do knitting
312 Knit knit knitting hand/machine knitting
to knock on the door
313 Knock (on the door) knock knock to knock sb down
to know very well
knowledgeable to have great knowledge
314 Knowledge know knowledge unknown / known to be knowledgeable about sth
to lack confidence
315 Lack lack lack lack of food/money
to change lane
the inside/middle/outside lane
316 Lane lane the fast/slow lane
317 Last last
late
318 Later later late to be late for work/class/school
to lead the way a
319 Lead lead leader natural/charismatic leader
320 Leaf leaf an oak leaf
a lecture on sth to
go to/attend a lecture
lecture an interesting/boring lecture
321 Lecture lecturer a college/university lecturer

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become, be legal challenge,

legal question, assert, recognise
322 Legal/ illegal legality illegal legality
323 Length length long
324 Level level
to lie about sth
to lie to sb
to tell a lie a
lie big/white lie to
325 Liar lie liar be a good liar
likely to be (un)likely to do sth
326 Likely unlikely It's (un)likely that + sentence
to limit strictly
maximum/lower limit
to reach/cross the limit
to be at/above the limit
to break the speed limit
327 Limit limit limit limited limited edition
328 Link link link a link between X and Y
lock to lock the door
329 Lock/Unlock unlock lock safety locks
330 Loose loose a loose dress/sweater
to drive a lorry
331 Lorry lorry lorry driver
to lose the keys to
lose interest in sth
loss of
loss memory/appetite/confidence
332 Loss lose loser lost to get lost
sheer/absolute madness
to be mad at/with sb
to drive/make sb mad
333 Mad madness mad madly to cheer madly
management
334 Manage manage manager to manage successfully

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to have an aggressive/friendly
335 Manner manner manner good / bad manners
336 Margin margin to leave a wide margin
maximum, minimum
337 Maximum / Minimum maximum maximum / minimum amount/number
338 Measure measure to measure accurately
339 Melt melt melting, melted melt away
340 Memory memory memory loss
341 Mention mention to mention that + sentence
342 Metal metal
to use a method
an effective/good method
various methods
343 Method method the best method of/for sth
moral
344 Moral morality immoral immoral behaviour
most
345 Mostly mostly
poor, low motivation, lack, lose
346 Motivate motivate motivation motivated motivation

347 Movement move movement to move to another room/country

to be covered in mud a
348 Mud mud mud hut
an unsolved mystery
349 Mystery mystery mysterious mysteriously to disappear mysteriously
a narrow lane/street
350 Narrow narrow a narrow escape
nation national to create a new nation
351 Nation nationality international to have dual nationality
to be natural
352 Natural nature natural natural beauty

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next-door neighbours
a friendly neighbourhood
neighbour a poor/middle-class
353 Neighbour neighbourhood neighbourhood
neither
354 Neither/Nor nor neither X nor Y
355 Nest nest a bird's nest
a rail/road network a
356 Network network large network of friends
357 Northern north northern the North Pole
to note carefully to
leave a note to sb a
358 Note note note Post-it note

to notice that + sentence

to take any notice of sb's advice
359 Notice notice notice noticeable a noticeable difference
obey obedience obedient
360 Obey disobey disobedience disobedient an obedient child/dog
to
361 Objective objective achieve an objective
362 Obvious obvious obviously It's obvious that + sentence
a special occasion
363 Occasions occasion occasional occasionally to meet occasionally
364 Ocean ocean ocean current
365 Old-fashioned old-fashioned old-fashioned cloths/furniture
to have an opportunity
to miss an opportunity
366 Opportunity opportunity a unique/golden opportunity
ordinary life an
367 Ordinary ordinary ordinary day

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to organise a meeting/wedding
to organise successfully/badly
organised a large/voluntary organiation
368 Organisation organise organisation disorganised to be very organised
369 Original original originally to have original ideas
an outbreak of flu a
serious outbreak
370 Outbreak outbreak outbreak occurs
371 Outline outline outline the outline of the essay
372 Overall overall overall
373 Package pack package to pack your bags

a constant/sharp pain
to experience/feel pain
to suffer from pain
to be/seem/look painful
to be completely/entirely painless
374 Pain pain painful, painless painfully to die slowly and painfully
375 Pale pale to have a pale complexion

376 Panel (Discussion) panel panel discussion

377 Pants pants
participation
378 Participate participate participant to participate in sth
379 Path path a garden path
380 Peaceful peace peaceful a peaceful protest
381 Percent percent percent
performance to perform successfully
382 Perform perform performer a live performance

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383 Period period

to persuade sb to do sth
384 Persuade persuade persuasion persuasive to be persuasive
philosophy of
385 Philosophy (of something) philosophy education/religion/science
to take a pill
386 Pill pill diet/sleeping/vitamin pill
387 Pin (Code) pin pin code
388 Plain plain plain yoghurt
389 Plastic plastic to produce/manufacture plastic
to poison sb
a strong/deadly poison
poison to die from/of poisoning
390 Poison poison poisoning poisonous poisonous gas
391 Pollution pollute pollution to control/reduce pollution
392 Poorly poverty poor to live in poverty
393 Port port
394 Poster poster cinema/circus poster
395 Postpone postpone to postpone doing sth
a flower pot
a pot of coffee/tea
396 Pot pot cooking pot
397 Pour pour to pour carefully
reduce, eliminate poverty
extreme, severe, widespread,
398 Poverty poverty poor rural, urban poverty
399 Praise praise praise to praise sb for sth
to pray that + sentence
to pray silently/regularly
400 Pray pray prayer to say a prayer
401 Precise precise precisely to be precise about sth
to predict correctly/successfully
to make predictions about sth
402 Predict predict prediction predictable to be predictable

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a normal/difficult pregnancy
pregnancy test
403 Pregnant pregnancy pregnant to be/become pregnant

presentation to give a presentation

404 Presentation present presenter an interesting/short presentation
to be under pressure
to put sb under pressure
to cope with pressure to put
405 Pressure pressure pressure on somebody
to prevent accidents/crime
to prevent sb from doing sth
406 Prevent prevent prevention preventable a preventable disease
to have pride to be
407 Pride pride proud proudly proud of sb
408 Priest priest a Catholic priest
a prime number
409 Prime (number) prime prime minister
prince
410 Prince princess
school principal
411 Principal principal basic principal
print
412 Print print printer

413 Prize prize get, receive, take, accept a prize

to go through a process
414 Process process a long/slow/difficult process
production mass/annual production
415 Produce produce product to buy/sell products

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to profit from sth

to earn/make a profit
to be/seem profitable
big/small/fat/high profit
a profitable business
to achieve high/low
profitability
a decline/fall in profitability
extremely/highly/very
profitable
profit to trade profitably
416 Profit profit profitability profitable profitably to use time profitably
to promise to do sth
to make a promise
417 Promise promise promise to keep/break a promise

to pronounce correctly
good/bad pronunciation
correct pronunciation
418 Pronounce pronounce pronunciation pronunciation exercises
419 Proper proper properly a proper meal
protect against, from
be protective against, towards
420 Protection protect protection protective protection against, from
to protest peacefully
protest to organize protest
421 Protest protest protester protest demonstration

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to have proof
concrete/absolute proof
prove to be innocent, guilty
422 Prove prove proof proven be proof against stg
423 Provide provide to provide sth/sb with sth
424 Public public public transport
publisher newspaper/book publishing
425 Publish publish publishing publishing house
426 Pull pull pull to pull hard
427 Pump pump pump a gas/petrol pump
to punish sb for sth
to punish severely
428 Punish punish punishment heavy punishment
main/primary purpose to
429 Purpose purpose have/lack purpose
430 Push push push to push hard
good/high quality
431 Quality quality poor/low quality
432 Quick quick quickly to be quick to do sth
433 Quiet quiet quietly to be/become quiet
434 Quit quit quitter to quit + Ving
rail ticket rail
disaster rail
rail travel to
435 Rail railway travel by rail
to raise your hand to
436 Raise raise raise children
437 Rather (than) rather rather than
ray of light
438 Ray (of light) ray the rays of the sun
439 Reach reach to reach an agreement
to react strongly
440 React react reaction to react to sth
441 Realise realise realisation to realise that + sentence

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real
442 Realistic realistic to be real
reasonable to be reasonable
443 Reasonable unreasonable to be reasonable to do sth
444 Receipt receipt
445 Receive receive
446 Recent recent recently
reception area/desk
447 Reception reception a hotel receptionist
448 Recognise recognise
to make a recommendation
449 Recommend recommend recommendation about/on sth
450 Reduce reduce reduction
451 Refer refer to refer to sth
refuse to do stg
452 Refuse refuse refusal refusal to do stg
to register for class
453 Register register registration to require registration
relation to relate sth to/with sth
relationship the relation between X and Y
454 Relation relate relative related to be related to sth
455 Remind remind reminder
456 Remote remote
457 Remove remove removal
458 Replace replace replacement
459 Report report report, reporter a news/weather report
460 Represent represent to represent well/poorly
461 Republic republic
462 Require require requirement
463 Reserve reserve reservation to make a reservation
respectful/ to respect deeply/greatly
disrespectful to show respect for sb
464 Respect respect respect respected to have deep/great respect

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to respond quickly a
465 Respond respond response great response
financial, limited, natural
466 Resource resource resourceful resources
to revise notes to
need a lot of revision to
467 Revise revise revision do revision
468 Rhythm rhythm slow/fast rhythm
469 Ridiculous ridiculous ridiculously to be/look/sound ridiculous
to rise dramatically/sharply
470 Rise rise rise a rise in sth
471 Roll (the ball) roll to roll the ball
472 Roof roof
473 Root root deep/shallow root
474 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks
475 Royal royalty royal the royal family
to put the rubbish out
476 Rubbish rubbish rubbish bin
477 Rug rug
to set out rules
to obey/follow rules
478 Rule rule to break the rules
to run fast a
479 Runner run runner fast/good runner
to pay/earn salary good/high/low
480 Salary salary salary
481 Saucer saucer
scene beautiful/breathtaking/spectacular
482 Scenery scenery scenery
483 Scissors scissors
484 Score score score high/low score
to scratch badly
to have a scratch a
485 Scratch scratch scratch scratch mark

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486 Scream scream scream to scream loudly

487 Screen screen
488 Section section
489 Seem seem It seems that + sentence
490 Sense sense
491 Separate separate separation separate
492 Series series television series
servant
493 Serve serve service
494 Set (the table) set to set the table
severe pain/illness
severe headache
severe weather conditions
495 Severe (pain/illness) severe severely to be severely injured
496 Sew sew
497 Sex sex opposite sex
to make a shadow
498 Shadow shadow dark shadow
499 Shake shake to shake hands
500 Shape shape
501 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp sharp edge
502 Shave shave shave to have a shave
503 Shortly (after) shortly shortly after/before sth
504 Shoulder shoulder a shoulder to cry on
to see clearly to
505 Sight see sight have good/poor sight
sign
506 Sign sign signature
507 Signal signal signal to give a/the signal
significant significance of, attach
508 Significant/insignificant significance insignificant significance to
509 Silly silly to be/look silly
510 Since since

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to sink slowly/fast
511 Sink sink sink a kitchen/bathroom sink
512 Site site historical sites
513 Situated (in/on/by) situated to be situated in/on/by
to have a skill
skilled great/necessary skill
514 Skill skill skillful to be very skilled at/in sth
skin cancer
515 Skin skin dark/fair/pale/tanned skin

slave
516 Slave slavery

517 Sleeve sleeve to roll your sleeves up

518 Slip slip
519 Smell smell smell to have a nice/sweet smell
soap
520 Soap soap opera a bar of soap
to be/look soft a
soft pillow
521 Softly soft softly to speak softly
to solve a problem
to solve a mystery/puzzle
522 Solution solve solution a solution to the problem
523 Somehow somehow
speech
524 Speaker speak speaker a brilliant/good speaker
525 Specific specific specifically a specific example
speed limit
526 Speed speed maximum speed
to add spice
527 Spice spice spicy to be/smell/taste spicy

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to spread fast/rapidly to
encourage/prevent/limit spread
528 Spread spread spread great/gradual/rapid/slow spread
529 Squeeze squeeze
to go through a stage
a difficult/critical stage
530 Stage stage to be on stage
to state that + sentence to
531 Statement state statement make a statement about sth
to have/acquire status great/high
532 Status status status
533 Stick stick stick
534 Stock (Market) stock stock market
535 Stuff stuff stuff
536 Stupid stupid to be/look stupid
537 Style style
successful to achieve/have success
538 Succeed succeed success unsuccessful successfully to be successful at/in sth
to suffer from sth
to suffer badly/a lot/greatly
sufferer to cause great/intense/terrible
539 Suffer suffer suffering suffering
to come up with some
suggestions to
540 Suggest suggest suggestion give sb some suggestions to

to pack a suitcase
541 Suitcase suitcase heavy/light suitcase
542 Summary summary to write a summary

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to supply well/adequately
to keep sb/sth supplied with sth---
a supply of sth
supply to bring supplies medical/plentiful
supplies supplies big/leading/main/largest
543 Supply supply supplier supplier
544 Support support support to support well

545 Suppose suppose to suppose that + sentence

546 Surface surface

to survive well
to barely/narrowly survive
to be likely to survive
survival chances/rate
a battle/fight/struggle for survival
survival against sth
survival great survivor
547 Survive survive survivor the only survivor
548 Symbol symbol

549 System system

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550 Tablet tablet to take sleeping/vitamin tablets

551 Tank (water) tank a petrol/water tank
tap water to
552 Tap (water) tap turn a tap on/off
553 Task task to complete a challenging task
tax
554 Tax taxpayer to pay tax
to tend to do sth to
555 Tendency tend tendency have a tendency to do sth
556 Term (terminology) term a technical term
557 Theatre theatre theatrical
558 Theme theme
559 Theory theory
560 Thumb thumb
561 Thunder thunder loud thunder
562 Tip tip
563 Tool tool to use tools
564 Topic topic
565 Total total totally
566 Towel towel clean/wet towel
to trade openly/successfully with
sb
to do/carry out/conduct trade
trade profitable trade
567 Trade trade trading fair trade
568 Tradition tradition traditional

to translate correctly
to translate from one language
translation into another language
569 Translate translate translator to do translation
transport
570 Transport/transportation transportation to use public transport

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treat somebody like/as something

badly treated/well treated -- my
treat
treat somebody with respect/
571 Treat treat treat contempt/courtesy
572 Trend trend trendy trendy clothes
a native tribe
573 Tribe tribe tribal tribal dress
574 Trick trick trick to play a trick on sb
to drive a truck a
575 Truck truck heavy/big truck
576 Tunnel tunnel to go into a tunnel
577 Ugly ugly to be/look very ugly
578 Underwater underwater an underwater camera
579 Underwear underwear
580 Universe universe universal in the entire/whole universe
necessary
581 Unnecessary/Necessary unnecessary necessarily It is necessary to do sth

to give/get/take pleasure from sth

to be pleased to do sth
to be pleased that + sentence
pleased to be pleased about sth
pleasant a pleasant day/surprise
582 Unpleasant/ Pleasant pleasure unpleasant an unpleasant experience
583 Urban urbanisation urban urban areas/development
584 Vacation vacation to take a vacation
585 Valley valley
to place value
586 Value value value valuable high/low value
587 Van van
588 Variety vary variety various to vary greatly
589 Vehicle vehicle motor vehicle

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the original version of the film

590 Version version current/latest version

to have different views about/on

view sth In my view,
591 View view viewer + sentence TV viewer
to use violence
great/extreme violence
592 Violent violence violent to be/become violent
a deadly virus to
593 Virus virus be infected with virus
vowel
594 Vowel/Consonant consonant
weekly wages
the minimum wage to
595 Wage wage earn/pay wages
to wave at sb
596 Wave wave wave to hear the waves
web spider's web to
597 Web website design a website
to weigh carefully
to be about average height and
weight to lose a
598 Weigh weigh weight bit of weight
wheel
599 Wheel wheelchair to use a wheelchair
a wide river/road
600 Wide wide widely to vary widely
widespread support/
601 Widespread widespread acceptance/criticism
strong/terrible wind
602 Wind wind wind to blow
a piece of wood
603 Wood wood wooden a wooden chair

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604 Worth worth to be worth it

to wrap firmly/tightly to
wrap in a blanket
605 Wrap wrap wrap to wrap a present
606 Yard yard
607 Yawn yawn yawn

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