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Cambrdge CAE > Collocation > Flashcards

Collocation Flashcards

1
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Foreseeable

A

Foreseeable future

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Golden

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Golden opportunity

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Lame

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Lame excuse

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Radical

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Radical change

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Recent

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Recent past

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Small talk

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To make small talk

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A great speech

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Delivered a great speech

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A conversation going

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To keep a conversation going

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Chat

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To have a chat

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Debate

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To hold debates

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Presentations

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To make presentations

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Column

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Gossip column

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Debate

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Intelectual debate

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Presentations.

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Professional presentation

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Idea

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Controversial idea

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16
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Wi-Fi connection

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Dodgy WiFi connection

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17
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Chat

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To have a chat

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Conversation

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To make ( initiate )
To have

A conversation

To keep sth going (the conversation )

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Debate

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To have 
To hold (formal )

A debate about sth
To stimulate debate

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gossip

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To have a gossipy about sth

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rumours

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To start / to create

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Presentation

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To give
To make

a presentation

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Speech

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To give
To make
To prepare
To deliver

A speech

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Statement

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To make a statement

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

25
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Talk

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

26
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Discussion

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To lead a discussion

27
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Complication

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To run into encounter a complication

28
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To come to terms with sth

the loss of your wife .

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To accept / be used to some from

Of tragedy

29
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To join in a activity

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

To participate in an activity transitive

30
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To play

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By the rules

31
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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

32
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Difference

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To make a difference

33
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To pour money into sth

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To invest a lot in sth

34
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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

35
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To be deluged with work

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To be snowed under with work

Be up to one’s ears in work

36
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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

37
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Mystery

A

Create a mystery

38
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Old people

keep up with

A

Old people

keep up with the times

39
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It’s time to call it a

Let’s call it a

A

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

Stop working for the day and resume tomorrow

40
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Sth marks the end of

A

Sth marks the end of an era

41
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Sth / sb was before my time

A

Popular before I was born

42
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Sth is as old as the hills

A

Very very old

43
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A few home

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A few home truths

44
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Life

A

Life expectancy

45
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To reach

A

An age one’s 90 birthday

46
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Achieve

A

Achieve a goal

47
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To drive

A

Sb to do

48
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To push

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Sb to do

49
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To light

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To light fire with sth (propelant)

I.e. gasoline

50
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To decide

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To decide that + clause (s+v)

51
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To achieve

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To achieve a goal

52
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On the grounds of

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Because

53
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Delegate

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Responsibility to sb

54
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Injury

A

To suffer
Sustain
Receive Injuries
(Get)

55
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More often than

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More often than not

56
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To go mad

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Became addicted

57
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To get a whiff

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To get a whiff of cake

A quick smell

58
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Explosive

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Explosive diarrhea

59
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To makeshift

A

To makeshift — a solution

— tent / shelter

Cambrdge CAE (10 decks)

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