English Vocabulary for learners
Collocations with examples of use.
Collocations are two or more words that are commonly used together by native speakers of English.
For example, a native speaker would say 'heavy rain', not 'strong rain', a 'quick shower',
not a 'fast shower'.
Collocations can be combinations of all kinds of words such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs...
Lists of Collocations :
- Collocations adjective + noun. (for example: 'big mistake')
- Collocations adjective + preposition. (for example: 'afraid of')
- Collocations adverb + adjective (for example: 'absolutely delighted')
- Collocations adverb + verb (for example: 'deeply regret')
- Collocations noun + preposition (for example: a solution to')
- Collocations verb + adverb (for example: 'drive carefully')
- Collocations verb + preposition (for example: 'argue about')
- Collocations verbs + nouns (for example: 'draw attention')
- Collocations with 'get' (get angry, get better, get dark...)
- Collocations with 'go' (go -go on - go for - go to...)
- Collocations with 'great', 'strong' and 'heavy' ('great danger', 'strong belief', 'heavy blow'...)
- Collocations with ' take, 'give' and 'have' ('take action', 'give advice', 'have a headache'...)
- Collocations/expressions with 'out' (for example: 'out and about')
see also:
English idiomatic expressions
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