... pain to be racked with pain to cause pain
to complain of pain to ease pain to experience pain to feel pain
to inflict pain to lessen pain to relieve pain to soothe pain pain subsides
making ... connected with gaining, winning and achieving
Note these typical collocations connected with 'gaining' or 'achieving'.
verb
gain
gain
[formal]
win
win
earn
make
ach...
... talk about the opening/closing scenes of a film and the opening/closing chapters
of a book. We talk about the beginning and end of a book/film (NOT start and finish). If
everything works out well ... had no time to
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Houses, flats and rooms
Finding somewhere to live
Look at these notices on a university notice-board. Useful collocations are...
... temper7.
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Feelings and emotions
Feeling happy
Look at these messages in cards sent to Brian and Helen on their wedding day. Note the
collocations in bold.
H-ave ... of the collocations
from this unit.
Read some English language women's magazines and note down any other interesting family
collocations that you find.
English...
... motorway and was soon stopped by the police.
(carelessly fast and dangerous]
Slow movement and stopping
It was fascinating to see the winning goal again in slow motion.
We were stuck in slow-moving ...
51 is an odd number - 50 is an even
number
There's been a recent decline in the
number of boys joining the army.
The increase in the number of
homeless people...
...
greasy hands and
sticky fingers.
some today.
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1 You can paint your walls using either matt paint or gloss paint. Gloss paint and gloss photos
have a shinier finish than matt. 2 cut into small ... burglaries in this
part of the city, vehicle theft, drug abuse and so on, and police have reported a staggering
increase in the number of acts of mindless vandalism. It is time...
... chops 7 oily skin (also greasy skin)
4 blunt penknife 8 bumpy flight
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Deciding and choosing
Decisions and judgements
Note the collocations in bold in these e-mails ...
share an opinion
enter into an argument
agree to differ
appreciate others' points of view
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Claiming and denying
Making ac...
... be used in extra, interesting ways.
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Synonyms and confusable words 2
Verbs connected with gaining, winning and achieving
Note these typical collocations connected ... love (b) interest (c) violence?
I 2.5 Use a dictionary to find collocations using these words in a metaphorical way.
1 bright 2 warm 3 cold
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