English Collocations in Use: How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English, Intermediate

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Within the area of corpus linguistics, collocation is defined as a sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance. Collocation comprises the restrictions on how words can be used together, for example which prepositions are used with particular verbs or which verbs and nouns are used together. Collocations are examples of lexical units and should not be confused with idioms. Unlike the majority of idioms, collocations are subject to syntactic modification. For example, we can say effective writing and write effectively. Learning collocations will help a learner speak and write English in a more natural and formal way. A native speaker listener will know what make a crime means but commit a crime is standard usage. Learning collocations increases the range of one’s English vocabulary, so as to avoid or go beyond words like very or nice by choosing a word that fits the context better and has a more precise meaning. Filled with horror– this tells you that somebody was scared, but by using the verb ‘filled’ and the preposition ‘with’ to express their ‘horror’ or ‘fear’. If you wanted to describe how somebody was feeling worried, you wouldn’t expect to see somebody saying they were ‘filled with nervousness’. Basic concepts: Time and space, Sound, Difficulty, Making things easier, Quantity and size, and Change

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Major problem– if you are trying to say that something has gone wrong, then telling somebody that you are facing a ‘major problem’ is the correct collocation. If we changed the noun instead of the adjective, you can see that describing other things as major just sounds a little odd. Saying you had a ‘major solution’ to that problem wouldn’t sound right. So you can see how some words just fit together better because they are most commonly put together, allowing us to grow used to hearing or seeing them in that way. Adjective and preposition: comfortable with, concerned with, nasty of, nervous of, nice of, furious about, guilty about… Presents and explains over 1,500 word combinations in typical contexts using tables, charts, short texts and dialogues.Other examples of collocations with adverb and adjective: fully aware, happily married, highly controversial, highly effective, highly probable, highly profitable… Adjective and Noun A good knowledge of collocations (typical word combinations) is essential for fluent and natural-sounding English. Using collocations will improve your style of written and spoken English, and knowledge of collocations is often tested in examinations such as Cambridge FCE, CAE, CPE and IELTS. Learning correct word combinations will also help you avoid common learner errors. English Collocations in Use presents and practises hundreds of collocations in typical contexts. It is ideal for students at good intermediate level and above.

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Collocation means a natural combination of words; it refers to the way English words are closely associated with each other. For example, pay and attention go together, as do commit and crime; blond goes with hair and heavy with rain. Collocations are words that are frequently placed together. So, a collocation in English is a group of two or more words that are often found together either in English speech or English writing. Collocations make it easier to avoid overused or ambiguous words like “very”, “nice”, or “beautiful”, by using a pair of words that fits the context better and has a more precise meaning. Using collocations will help your English sound naturally like a native speaker.English Collocations in Use را به خوبی کار کردید سعی کنید حداقل چندین مورد از کلمات آن درس را در چند جمله استفاده کنید. به عنوان یک تمرین بهتر حتی می توانید کلمات را در یک داستان بکار ببرید و با صدای بلند داستان را به زبان انگلیسی تعریف کنید. به عنوان مثال ممکن است اتفاقی برای شما افتاده باشد که بتوان خیلی از کلمات یک درس را برای آن داستان استفاده کرد.