درس دوم Finding, recording and learning collocations

Question 1

After giving Mark a lift to the airport, Julie made her way home. What an exciting life he led! At times Julie felt desperately jealous of him. She spent her time doing little more than taking care of him and the children. Now her sister was getting divorced and would doubtless be making demands on her too.
Julie had promised to give her sister a call as soon as she got home but she decided to run herself a bath first. She had a sharp pain
in her side and hoped that a hot bath might ease the pain.

Answer 1

give somebody a lift
Make sb’s way home
Lead an exciting life
Feeling Desperately jealous of sb
Spend time
Take care of sb
getting divorced
making demands on sb (Expect sb to do smth)
give my boss a call
run herself a bath (take a shower)
(Acute) Sharp Pain
Ease the pain

Question 2

come across

Answer 2

face something

Question 3

You can find them in any good learner’s dictionary.
For example, if you look up the word sharp you will find some of these collocations:

Answer 3

a sharp pain
a sharp bend/turn
a sharp contrast/difference/distinction
a sharp rise/increase/drop

Question 4

I don’t have access to that kind of secret information.
Jim gave me a very useful piece of advice

Question 5

find a way

Answer 5

I must find a way to help him.
Can you find your way back to my house? مسیر برگشت
I learnt the hard way that Jack can’t be trusted. بهم ثابت شده و تجربه تلخی
Please tell me if I’m getting in your way.
You must give way to traffic from the left.
I’ve tried every possible way to get him to change his mind
Get him to change his mind: کاری کنم نظرش عوض شه

Question 6

My friend Abigail is desperately worried about her son at the moment.
He wants to enroll on a course of some sort but just can’t make a decision about what to study.

I gave Abigail a ring and we had a long chat about it last night. She said he’d like to study for a degree but is afraid he won’t meet the requirements for university entry.
Abigail thinks he should do a course in Management because he’d like to set up his own business in the future. I agreed that that would be a wise choice.

Answer 6

desperately worried
enroll on a course
Give sb a call
have a long chat
set up his own business

Question 7

Desperately

Answer 7

Desperately ill
Desperately busy
Desperately keen
Desperately in love with

Question 8

Pain

Answer 8

an acute pain
a sudden pain
to relieve pain
to put up with pain

Question 9

wise

Answer 9

a wise decision
to be older & wiser
to be wise after the event
a wise guy

Question 10

Run

Answer 10

run a business
run smoothly
buses run regularly
To run for political office

Question 11

Advice

Answer 11

give someone a good piece of advice

Question 12

Make arrangement

Answer 12

To make arrangements for something:
مقدمات چیزی را فراهم کردن
I made arrangements for my students to attend my classes.
The school can __make arrangements for__ students with special needs.

Question 13

To make a change/to make changes

Answer 13

The new manager is planning** to make some changes**.
To change something (Object shall be defined)
To make some changes

Question 14

Make To make a comment / to make comments on something

Answer 14

Do you want to make any comments?
Do you want to make any comments on the talk?
درباره سخنرانی نظری نداری

Do you want to make any comments on her presentation?
درباره ارائه اون خانوم نظری نداری

Question 15

To make a contribution to something

Answer 15

She made a useful contribution to the discussion.
کمک مفیدی به بحث کرد
They made an excellent contribution to the project.
اونا کمک خیلی شایانی به پروژه کردند

I would be delighted to make a contribution to your project/book.

Question 16

To make a decision
_ decide (verb) to make a decision
_ change (verb) To make some change:

Answer 16

I will change that for you.
I will decide whether to go or not.
I will decide whether to buy this or not.

Make changes / Decision درباره چیزای مبهم به کار میره تغییر و تصمیم درباره چی؟

To make a decision
You’re the one who needs to make a decision.

Question 17

To make an effortwith something

Answer 17

You’re really making an effort with your English.
I was really making an effort with learning to play the piano.

Question 18

To make friendsv To make friend (Wrong)

Answer 18

To make friends with someone
I’m not really good at making friends.
She was really good at making friends.

Question 19

To make progress.

Answer 19

He’s really making progress with his English.
I thought I was making some progress.
She’s making progress with her schoolwork.

Question 20

DO

Answer 20

To do harm
To do damage
آسیب زدن، ضرر رساندن
The storm did some damage to the roof.
I don’t think it will do any damageto your house.

• Changing the rules will do more harm than good.
• Too much exercise may do more harm than good.
  ورزش زیادیشم ممکنه به جای نفع ضرر داشته باشه

Damage: Single not Plural

Question 21

• Do the washing
• Do the shopping
• Do the work
• Do the washing
• Do the washing up

Answer 21

I’m gonna do some work on my project.
To do the ironing
To do the shopping
To do work on something
To do the washing
To do the washing up