Collocations Flashcards
to ___ one’s goals
to reach one’s goals
to ___ one’s aims
to achieve one’s aims
to ___ experience
to gain/acquire experience
to ___ a deadline
to meet a deadline
to ___ the best of sth
to make the best of sth
to ___ in trouble
to be/get in trouble
to ___ one’s time doing/to do sth
to take one’s time doing/to do sth
to ___ time to do sth
to make time to do sth
a ___ priority
a main priority
a ___ deadline
a tight deadline
a ___ variety
a wide variety
a ___ salary
a high salary
a ___ community
a close-knit community
to ___ effort into sth
to put effort into sth
to ___ one’s heart on sth
to set one’s heart on sth
to ___ a setback
to overcome a setback
to ___ an opportunity
to seize an opportunity
to ___ a change
to make a change
to ___ pleasure in sth
to take pleasure in sth
to ___ notice of sth
to take notice of sth
to ___ the best (out) of sth
to make the best (out) of sth
to ___ an impact on sb
to have an impact on sb
to ___ an impression on sb
to make an impression on sb
a ___ relative
a close/distant relative
to ___ a role in sth
to play a role in sth
to ___ a chance
to stand/have a chance
___ accepted
widely/commonly accepted
in___ experience
invaluable experience
to travel ex___
to travel extensively
to ___ an approach
to take/adopt an approach
to ___ a fuss about sth
to make a fuss about sth
to ___ use of sth
to make use of sth
f___ evidence
false evidence
to ___ a chance
to have/stand a chance
f___ equipment
faulty equipment
a th___ revision
a thorough revision
f___ photos
fake photos
a gr___ rise/fall
a gradual rise/fall
f___ story/characters
fictional story/characters
a h___ discussion
a heated discussion
to ___ a case ___ sth
to make a case for/against sth
to d___ hints
to drop hints
to ___ sb harm/good
to do/bring sb harm/good
a spirited ___
a spirited debate/argument/defense/etc.
to instil a ___
to instil a thought/belief/confidence/etc.
to be dead ___
to be dead serious/opposed
to be ___ divided
to be deeply divided
to ___ one’s support to sb
to lend/give one’s support to sb
to r___ the benefit of sth
to reap the benefit of sth
to ___ advantage of sth
to take advantage of sth
r___ recently
relatively recently
to ___ one’s mind
to speak one’s mind
to ___ business
to talk business
to ___ what one is talking about
to know what one is talking about
to ___ some sense into sb
to talk some sense into sb
to ___ smalltalk
to make smalltalk
to ___ highly of sb
to speak highly of sb
to be ___ in a rut
to be stuck in a rut
to ___ ___ a compromise/conclusion/agreement
to come to a compromise/conclusion/agreement
to p__ ___ an explanation/a theory/a hypothesis/etc.
to put forward/forth an explanation/a theory/a hypothesis/etc.
a blatant ___
a blatant lie/hoax
to ___ a stop to sth
to put a stop to sth
a(n) ___ downturn
an economic/financial downturn
to embark upon ___
to embark upon a journey/new venture/etc.
to break into a ___
to break into a market
to ___ a research
to do/conduct a research
to c___ resemble sth
to closely resemble sth
to a___ portray sth
to accurately portray sth
to p___ feature sth
to prominently feature sth
to ___ responsibility ___ sth
to take responsibility for sth
to ___ sth worth doing
to make sth worth doing
to ___ business with sb
to do/go into business with sb
to ___ a business plan
to develop/implement a business plan
to ___ a company
to set up/build up a company
to___ a business
to wind down/buy out a business
to ___ staff
to take on/lay off staff
to ___ a contract
to break/win a contract
to ___ funds
to raise/generate funds
to ___ a market
to target/break into a market
to ___ market research
to do/conduct/carry out market research
to ___ a profit
to make/earn a profit
a ___ look at sth
a close/good look at sth
to ___ sb by sight
to know sb by sight
to ___ an opinion about sth
to form an opinion about sth
to b___ sth’s popularity
to boost sth’s popularity
to intensify ___
to intensify an effect/emotions/etc.
to d___ an idea
to develop an idea
to amplify ___
to amplify sb’s voice/a sound/an effect
