unit 1 Flashcards
hair
blond, auburn
arouse
interest, curiosity, suspicion
seminar
attend a seminar, lead a seminar, give a seminar on smth,
what are appropriate adverbs for different and contradict?
fundamentally different, flatly contradict
give an example of noun+noun collocation
a lick of paint ( also: words of wisdom, a team of experts)
a spate of attacks/thefts, a barrage of insults/questions, a stroke of luck , a snippet of information
collocations with the following words:
suggestion, bus, bill, principles, drive, market
come up with a suggestion, alight from the bus, run up a bill, adhere to your principles, go on an economy drive, play the stock market
what is the use of studying collocations?(with examples)
Make fewer mistakes.(of GREAT importance)
Exploit a wider range of language and gain more marks in an exam.( have a blissfully happy holiday, a picturesque little village, spectacular mountains, take stunning photographs, sample the mouth-watering local cuisine)
Understand when a skillful writer departs from normal patterns of collocations.
Collocations for the following words:
happy, meeting, circumstances, weather
deliriously happy, adjourn/cancel/call/hold/schedule a meeting, mitigating circumstances/factors, inclement weather
collocations for the word BROAD
shoulders, smile, avenue, hint, accent, in broad agreement(with)
…. a living
do for a living, make/scrape a living
let smn off - meaning
Because there were mitigating circumstances, the judge let him off with a warning
examples of verb+noun collocations and noun+verb ones
draw up a list/contract, withstand the impact/pressure, pass up a chance/an opportunity
opportunity arise, standards slip
transform into collocations:simply a threat, unlikely to be fulfilled hope, growing concern,truth
an idle threat, vain hope, mounting concern, simple/plain truth
drive, fail, foam, sing,
drive recklessly, fail miserably, foam at the mouth, burst into song(tears, laughter)
give examples of complex collocations
put the past behind you, take it easy for a while
collocations with disease, teeth, wind, smoke, evidence
disease spreads, teeth chatter, wind howls, smoke rises, evidence suggests
collocations with challenge, thoughts, qualify, respect, battle, milestone
face/pose a challenge, rise to the challenge, a direct/serious challenge,, turn your thoughts to, newly qualified, qualify fully, gain the respect of, win the battle, pass a milestone
collocations with PENDING
pending the results/outcomes, pending a successful result
hard to place
difficult to pin down
supple, translate, bilingual, do smth important,
lissome and lithe, provide simultaneous translation, make a difference, have a gift for languages
Describe London for tourists
Street buskers , provide no-cost entertainment in a car-free setting, have got the chance of being plucked from the street to help out with a trick, underestimate the value of, source of fun/amusement, grab a seat
collocations with chance
pass up a chance, miss a chance , jump at the chance, stand a chance
How to learn collocations?
make an effort, get hold of, do your best, make/avoid mistakes, commit to memory, make a point of, make/take a note of
different ways of saying investigate
look into, probe, be subject to investigation, conduct and investigation, dig out info about
