Collocations Flashcards

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1
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Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

A

Eat - have

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Traffic

A

Heavy traffic

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Homework

A

Do homework

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Phone call

A

Make a phone call

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Shopping

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Go shopping

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Coffee

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Have coffee - Brew coffee

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Sandwich

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Make a sandwich

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Restaurant

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Visit a restaurant - Go to a restaurant

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Menu

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Look at the menu - Browse the menu

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Recipe

A

Follow a recipe

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Sunrise - sunset

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Watch the sunrise - watch the sunset

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12
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Temperature

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High temperature - low temperature

Check the temperature

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13
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Wind

A

Strong wind

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14
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Rain - snow

A

Heavy rain - heavy snow

Light rain - light snow

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Meeting

A

Schedule a meeting - arrange a meeting

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Appointment (+)

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Schedule an appointment - arrange an appointment - attend an appointment

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Appointment (+/-)

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Pospone an appointment - delay an appointment - put off an appointment

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Appointment (-)

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Cancel an appointment - call off an appointment

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Appointment (after)

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Follow up after an appointment

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Call

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Set up a call - schedule a call - arrange a call - take a call - hop on a call (informal)

21
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Goal

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Set a goal - meet a goal - fail to meet a goal - achieve a goal - fail to achieve a goal

22
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Campaign

A

Run a campaign

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Result

A

Deliver a result - achieve a result

24
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Food

A

Fast food

25
Q

Shower

A

Take a shower

26
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Decision

A

Make a decision

27
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News

A

Break the news

28
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Attention

A

Catch someone’s attention

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Time

A

Save time

30
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Advice

A

Give someone advice

31
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Break

A

Take a break

32
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Promise

A

Keep a promise

33
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Idea

A

Bright idea

34
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Difficult

A

Quite difficult

35
Q

Engine

A

Car engine

36
Q

Believe

A

Believe in

37
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Depend

A

Depend on

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Interested

A

Interested in

39
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Good

A

Good at

40
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Famous

A

Famous for

41
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Angry

A

Become angry

42
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Tired

A

Get tired

43
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Time

A

Time flies

44
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The sun

A

The sun sets

45
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The clock

A

The clock ticks

46
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Heights

A

Afraid of heights

47
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Success

A

Capable of success

48
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Definition of collocations

A

Common pairing of particular words that naturally go together.