Collocations Flashcards
Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner
Eat - have
Traffic
Heavy traffic
Homework
Do homework
Phone call
Make a phone call
Shopping
Go shopping
Coffee
Have coffee - Brew coffee
Sandwich
Make a sandwich
Restaurant
Visit a restaurant - Go to a restaurant
Menu
Look at the menu - Browse the menu
Recipe
Follow a recipe
Sunrise - sunset
Watch the sunrise - watch the sunset
Temperature
High temperature - low temperature
Check the temperature
Wind
Strong wind
Rain - snow
Heavy rain - heavy snow
Light rain - light snow
Meeting
Schedule a meeting - arrange a meeting
Appointment (+)
Schedule an appointment - arrange an appointment - attend an appointment
Appointment (+/-)
Pospone an appointment - delay an appointment - put off an appointment
Appointment (-)
Cancel an appointment - call off an appointment
Appointment (after)
Follow up after an appointment
Call
Set up a call - schedule a call - arrange a call - take a call - hop on a call (informal)
Goal
Set a goal - meet a goal - fail to meet a goal - achieve a goal - fail to achieve a goal
Campaign
Run a campaign
Result
Deliver a result - achieve a result
Food
Fast food
Shower
Take a shower
Decision
Make a decision
News
Break the news
Attention
Catch someone’s attention
Time
Save time
Advice
Give someone advice
Break
Take a break
Promise
Keep a promise
Idea
Bright idea
Difficult
Quite difficult
Engine
Car engine
Believe
Believe in
Depend
Depend on
Interested
Interested in
Good
Good at
Famous
Famous for
Angry
Become angry
Tired
Get tired
Time
Time flies
The sun
The sun sets
The clock
The clock ticks
Heights
Afraid of heights
Success
Capable of success
Definition of collocations
Common pairing of particular words that naturally go together.
