collocations Flashcards

(61 cards)

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______ a TV programme

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Show / present / schedule

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______ a photo to a magazine

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Submit / send in / contribute

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____ the news on TV

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Broadcast / read / report the news on TV

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________ a newspaper story

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Carry / print / feature a newspaper story

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_______ a magazine article

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Draft / edit / research a magazine article

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_______ a news story on TV

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Run / cover / tell a news story on TV

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_____ events

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Capture - events

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______ Networks

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Social - Networks

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_____ of images

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Sources - of images

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_____ Images

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Posted - Images

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_____ interest

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Strong - interest

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____ role

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play - role

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_____ taken

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steps - taken

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_____ sought

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permission - sought

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para poner fin a las cosas

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to bring things to an end

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to wait until you have all the available information about a situation before you take any action

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find out/see how the land lies

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prestar atención a algo

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to pay attention to something/subject

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parecerse a

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to take after sb

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tener pasión por algo

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to have a passion for something

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agarrar

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to grip sb

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llamar la atención de alguien

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to grab sb attention

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____ dispute

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in dispute

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to maintain ______

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to maintain (health/warmth/ tidiness)

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full _____

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full (efficiency/ power/ impact)

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achieve _____
achieve (goal)
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complete _____
complete (task)
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reach _____
reach (goal)
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acquire _____
acquire (information)
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negative connotation (of madness/ violence…)
episodes
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Friend
Close / School / True / Childhood / Fair-weather / family / personal / mutual
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Parents
Lone / adoptive / single / foster (tutor legal) / step / absent
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Partner
New / Marriage / Previous / Dancing / Former
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family
Two-parents / Close-knit / extended / nuclear / dysfunctional
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relative
Immediate / Distant / blood / close / living
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relationship
Stable / lifelong / stormy / long-term / close / brief / strong
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dar algo por sentado
to take smth for granted
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prefer
Would rather + inf
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decidir
to make up your mind
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retomar
to brush up smth
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mantener / poner a alguien en la imagen
to keep / put sb in the picture
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hacer fuego desde cero
make fire from scratch
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in order to do something
With a view
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except
Other than
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much less
Let alone (after a negative statement)
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in the first place
For a start
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in general
By and large
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more than anything else
First and foremost
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forever
For good
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for now but not permanently
For the time being
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acclaimed
generally / highly / widely
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anticipated
eagerly/ widely / generally
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appalling
completely / totally/ absolutely / utterly
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distinctive
highly
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enjoyable
wonderfully / highly / totally
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hilarious (gracioso)
absolutely / totally / utterly
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imaginative
wonderfully / deeply / highly
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overrated
highly / totally / utterly / dreadfully
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pointless
completely / totally / absolutely / utterly / generally
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talented
wonderfully / highly
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tedious
utterly/ dreadfully / highly
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unconventional
highly / totally / utterly