Collocation

Question 1

Foreseeable

Answer 1

Foreseeable future

Question 2

Golden

Answer 2

Golden opportunity

Question 3

Lame

Answer 3

Lame excuse

Question 4

Radical

Answer 4

Radical change

Question 5

Recent

Answer 5

Recent past

Question 6

Small talk

Answer 6

To make small talk

Question 7

A great speech

Answer 7

Delivered a great speech

Question 8

A conversation going

Answer 8

To keep a conversation going

Question 9

Chat

Answer 9

To have a chat

Question 10

Debate

Answer 10

To hold debates

Question 11

Presentations

Answer 11

To make presentations

Question 12

Column

Answer 12

Gossip column

Question 13

Debate

Answer 13

Intelectual debate

Question 14

Presentations.

Answer 14

Professional presentation

Question 15

Idea

Answer 15

Controversial idea

Question 16

Wi-Fi connection

Answer 16

Dodgy WiFi connection

Question 17

Chat

Answer 17

To have a chat

Question 18

Conversation

Answer 18

To make ( initiate )
To have 

A conversation

To keep sth going (the conversation )

Question 19

Debate

Answer 19

To have 
To hold (formal )

A debate about sth
To stimulate debate

Question 20

gossip

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To have a gossipy about sth

Question 21

rumours

Answer 21

To start / to create

Question 22

Presentation

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To give
To make

a presentation

Question 23

Speech

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To give
To make
To prepare
To deliver

A speech

Question 24

Statement

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To make a statement

1) Official verbal report
2) showing your beliefs / principles

Question 25

Talk

Answer 25

To have a talk To give a talk To make small talk

Question 26

Discussion

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To lead a discussion

Question 27

Complication

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To run into encounter a complication

Question 28

To come to terms with sth the loss of your wife .

Answer 28

To accept / be used to some from | Of tragedy

Question 29

To join in a activity

Answer 29

To take part in a activity (transitive) To play a part in a activity To participate in an activity transitive

Question 30

To play

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By the rules

Question 31

To take heart

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Don’t worry Take heart everything will be better soon. Don’t worry just have a little confidence

Question 32

Difference

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To make a difference

Question 33

To pour money into sth

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To invest a lot in sth

Question 34

To be taken for granted

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To be taken advantage of | When you’re not appreciated for all the work you do

Question 35

To be deluged with work

Answer 35

To be snowed under with work | Be up to one’s ears in work

Question 36

To have a row with sb

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Sth/sb makes you flip =angry To seethe with rage / anger To reach the end of one’s tether = I reached = the limit To lose one’s cool = suddenly explode in public

Question 37

Mystery

Answer 37

Create a mystery

Question 38

Old people | keep up with

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Old people | keep up with the times

Question 39

It’s time to call it a | Let’s call it a

Answer 39

It’s time to call it a day Let’s call it a day Stop working for the day and resume tomorrow

Question 40

Sth marks the end of

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Sth marks the end of an era

Question 41

Sth / sb was before my time

Answer 41

Popular before I was born

Question 42

Sth is as old as the hills

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Very very old

Question 43

A few home

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A few home truths

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Life

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Life expectancy

Question 45

To reach

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An age one’s 90 birthday

Question 46

Achieve

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Achieve a goal

Question 47

To drive

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Sb to do

Question 48

To push

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Sb to do

Question 49

To light

Answer 49

To light fire with sth (propelant) | I.e. gasoline

Question 50

To decide

Answer 50

To decide that + clause (s+v)

Question 51

To achieve

Answer 51

To achieve a goal

Question 52

On the grounds of

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Because

Question 53

Delegate

Answer 53

Responsibility to sb

Question 54

Injury

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To suffer Sustain Receive Injuries (Get)

Question 55

More often than

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More often than not

Question 56

To go mad

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Became addicted

Question 57

To get a whiff

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To get a whiff of cake | A quick smell

Question 58

Explosive

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Explosive diarrhea

Question 59

To makeshift

Answer 59

To makeshift — a solution | — tent / shelter