collocations Flashcards
______ a TV programme
Show / present / schedule
______ a photo to a magazine
Submit / send in / contribute
____ the news on TV
Broadcast / read / report the news on TV
________ a newspaper story
Carry / print / feature a newspaper story
_______ a magazine article
Draft / edit / research a magazine article
_______ a news story on TV
Run / cover / tell a news story on TV
_____ events
Capture - events
______ Networks
Social - Networks
_____ of images
Sources - of images
_____ Images
Posted - Images
_____ interest
Strong - interest
____ role
play - role
_____ taken
steps - taken
_____ sought
permission - sought
para poner fin a las cosas
to bring things to an end
to wait until you have all the available information about a situation before you take any action
find out/see how the land lies
prestar atención a algo
to pay attention to something/subject
parecerse a
to take after sb
tener pasión por algo
to have a passion for something
agarrar
to grip sb
llamar la atención de alguien
to grab sb attention
____ dispute
in dispute
to maintain ______
to maintain (health/warmth/ tidiness)
full _____
full (efficiency/ power/ impact)
achieve _____
achieve (goal)
complete _____
complete (task)
reach _____
reach (goal)
acquire _____
acquire (information)
negative connotation (of madness/ violence…)
episodes
Friend
Close / School / True / Childhood / Fair-weather / family / personal / mutual
Parents
Lone / adoptive / single / foster (tutor legal) / step / absent
Partner
New / Marriage / Previous / Dancing / Former
family
Two-parents / Close-knit / extended / nuclear / dysfunctional
relative
Immediate / Distant / blood / close / living
relationship
Stable / lifelong / stormy / long-term / close / brief / strong
dar algo por sentado
to take smth for granted
prefer
Would rather + inf
decidir
to make up your mind
retomar
to brush up smth
mantener / poner a alguien en la imagen
to keep / put sb in the picture
hacer fuego desde cero
make fire from scratch
in order to do something
With a view
except
Other than
much less
Let alone (after a negative statement)
in the first place
For a start
in general
By and large
more than anything else
First and foremost
forever
For good
for now but not permanently
For the time being
acclaimed
generally / highly / widely
anticipated
eagerly/ widely / generally
appalling
completely / totally/ absolutely / utterly
distinctive
highly
enjoyable
wonderfully / highly / totally
hilarious (gracioso)
absolutely / totally / utterly
imaginative
wonderfully / deeply / highly
overrated
highly / totally / utterly / dreadfully
pointless
completely / totally / absolutely / utterly / generally
talented
wonderfully / highly
tedious
utterly/ dreadfully / highly
unconventional
highly / totally / utterly