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COMMON COLLOCATIONS IN USE


Using words correctly and applying more collocations related to the topic given enable you
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WORD
ILLNESS

COLLOCATIONS

MEANING

have an illness/suffer from an illness


recover from an illness
serious illness
minor illness
short/long illness
childhood illness
acute illness (=an illness that
becomes serious very quickly)
chronic illness (=an illness that lasts
a long time and cannot be cured)
fatal illness (=an illness which
causes death)
terminal illness (=an illness which
cannot be cured and that causes
death, often slowly)
mental illness
the symptoms of an illness (=the
things that show that someone has
it)
through illness (=because of illness)

DISEASES

have/suffer from a disease

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heart/liver/brain etc disease


a disease of the brain/stomach etc
catch a disease
contract a
disease
formal (=catch a disease)
a disease spreads/the spread of a
disease
infectious/contagious disease (=one
that spreads quickly from one
person to another)
a fatal/deadly disease (=one that
causes death)
an incurable disease (=one that
cannot be cured)
a degenerative disease (=one that
gradually gets worse and worse)
a cure for a disease
the symptoms of a disease (=the
things that show that someone has
it)
OPPORTUNITY

opportunity to do something
ideal/perfect opportunity
rare/unique opportunity
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
ample opportunity

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golden opportunity (=a very good


opportunity)
wasted/lost/missed opportunity
(=one you do not use)
take/seize/use an opportunity
provide/present/open up an
opportunity
an opportunity comes (along/up)
an opportunity arises
take the/this opportunity to do
something (=use a chance to say
something you want to say)
at the first/earliest opportunity (=as
soon as possible)
at every (possible) opportunity
(=whenever possible)
land of opportunity (=a country
where you have a lot of good
opportunities)
window of opportunity (=a time
when you can do something)
PROBLEM

have a problem
big/serious/major problem
cause a problem
deal with/sort out a problem
solve/fix/overcome a problem
address/tackle a problem

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pose/present a probem
a problem arises/occurs/comes up
(=it happens)
economic/financial problems
personal problem (=a problem in
someone's private life)
money/family problems
drink/drug problem (=when
someone drinks too much alcohol or
takes too many drugs)
thorny/knotty problem (=a difficult
problem)
KNOWLEDGE

have knowledge
acquire/gain knowledge (=learn
something)
technical/scientific knowledge
in-depth knowledge
detailed knowledge
specialist knowledge (=knowledge
about a particular subject)
first-hand/personal knowledge
(=knowledge from experiencing
something for yourself)
background knowledge
(=knowledge you need to
understand or do something)

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general knowledge (=knowledge


about a lot of different subjects)
a thirst for knowledge (=when you
want very much to learn things)
UNDERSTANDIN have an understanding/some
understanding of something
G
have little/no understanding of
something
gain/get an understanding of
something
a better/greater/deeper
understanding of something
a clear understanding of something
a thorough/proper/full understanding
of something
a basic understanding of something
CHANCE

there's a chance (that) (=it is


possible that)
there's every chance (that) (=it is
very likely)
some chance
little chance
no chance
a good/fair chance (=something is
likely)
a slight/slim/outside chance
(=something is unlikely)

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a fifty-fifty chance (=the possibility


of something happening or not
happening is equal)
a million to one chance/a one in a
million chance (=something is
extremely unlikely to happen)
lessen/minimize/reduce the
chance(s) of something (=make it
less likely)
increase/improve the chance(s) of
something (=make it more likely)
chances are (=it is likely)
POSSIBILITY

possibility (that)
possibility of (doing) something
a strong/real/distinct possibility
(=something that is quite likely to
happen)
a remote/faint possibility
(=something that is very unlikely to
happen)
not beyond the bounds/realms of
possibility (=not impossible, but
unlikely)
within the bounds/realms of
possibility (=possible)
raise the possibility (=say or show
that something may be possible)

ISSUE

the issue of something

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raise an issue (=say that an issue


should be discussed)
address an issue (=discuss or deal
with an issue)
resolve an issue
avoid/dodge/duck/evade an issue
(=avoid discussing an issue)
confuse/cloud an issue (=make an
issue more difficult by talking about
things not related to it)
important/key/major/big issue
thorny/vexed issue (=difficult issue)
complex issue
sensitive issue
political/social/economic/environme
ntal issues
something is not the
issue
spoken (=used to say that something
is not the important part of what you
are discussing)
LAW

break the law (=do something


illegal)
obey the law
become law (=officially be made a
law)

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enforce the law (=make people obey


the law)
by law (=according to the law)
be against the law (=be illegal)
within the law (=legal or legally)
tax/copyright/divorce etc law (=all
the laws about tax etc)
criminal law
civil law
international law
federal
law
American English (=the law of the
US, not of a particular state)
SUBJECT

change the subject (=start talking


about something different)
get onto a subject (=start talking
about something)
get off a subject (=stop talking about
something)
keep/stay off a subject (=not talk
about something)
drop the subject (=stop talking about
something)
raise a subject (=mention a subject
and start talking about it)

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broach a subject (=start talking


about something that people may be
sensitive about)
on the subject of something
(=talking about something)
subject of
discussion/debate
also subject for discussion/debate
touchy subject (=something people
are sensitive about)
subject area
VIEW

have strong views (about something)


have different/conflicting/opposing
views
share somebody's view/this view etc
(=think the same as someone else)
express a view
take the view that (=think that)
hold a view
strongly/deeply/widely held views
in somebody's view (=used to show
whose opinion it is)
support a view (=help show that it is
right)
an exchange of views (=when
people say what they think)

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the general view (=what most


people think)
IDEA

have an idea
get an idea
give somebody an idea
come up with/hit on an idea (=think
of a new idea)
the idea of (doing) something
good/great/brilliant idea
bad/stupid/crazy idea
it is a good/bad idea to do something
be full of
ideas
also be bursting with ideas (=have a
lot of ideas)
toy with an idea (=think about a
plan, but not very seriously)
exchange/share
ideas
also an exchange of ideas
fire ideas off each other (=discuss
each other's ideas and think of good
new ones)

OPINION

in somebody's opinion
general/popular opinion (=what
most people think about something)

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public opinion (=what ordinary


people think about something)
somebody's personal opinion
difference of opinion
a matter of opinion
ask (for) somebody's opinion
express/give/state an opinion
strong opinion
keep your opinions to yourself (=not
say what you really think)
contrary to popular opinion
(=despite what most people think)
ADVANTAGE

have an advantage
give somebody an advantage
big/great/major/distinct advantage
unfair advantage
enjoy an advantage (=have an
advantage)
be at an advantage (=have an
advantage)
be to your advantage/work to your
advantage (=something gives you an
advantage)

RISK

risk (that)
reduce/minimize the risk of
something

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increase the risk of something


carry/pose a risk
not be worth the risk
high/low risk
increased/reduced risk (=a higher or
lower risk than usual)
a real risk
a calculated risk (=a risk you think
will have a good result)
an element of risk (=some risk, but
not much)
the risks involved in/associated with
something
risk factor
the benefits outweigh the risks
BENEFIT

be of benefit (to somebody) (=be


useful to someone)
have the benefit of something
get/gain/derive benefit (from
something)
reap the benefits (of something)
(=enjoy the advantages of
something)
the full benefit (of something)
for somebody's benefit
be to the benefit of somebody

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mutual benefit (=useful to two or


more people)
with/without the benefit (of
something) (=using/not using
something)
economic/financial/social benefits
health benefits
something outweighs the benefits of
something (=something is more
important than the benefits)
HARM

do harm (to something)/do


something harm
cause (somebody/something) harm
suffer harm
do more harm than good (=cause
more problems rather than
improving the situation)
serious harm
physical harm
psychological/emotional harm
there is no harm in (doing)
something (=used to say that
something seems reasonable)
where's the harm in
that?
spoken (=used when you think that
something seems reasonable,
although other people may not)

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no harm
done
spoken (=used to tell someone not to
worry about something they have
done)
INSPIRATION

provide inspiration (for something)


seek/look for inspiration
draw/take inspiration (from
somebody/something) (=get
inspiration from someone or
something)
inspiration comes from
somebody/something
have an inspiration
flash of inspiration
source of inspiration (for/to
somebody)
divine inspiration (=inspiration from
God)
creative/poetic/artistic inspiration
chieve/fulfil/realize an ambition
lifelong ambition
He always had this burning ambition
(=very strong
desire)
an ambition to do something/of
doing something

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cherish/nurse/harbour an ambition
(=have it secretly for a long time)
TALENT

have talent
show talent
talent contest/show/competition (=a
competition in which people show
how well they can sing, dance etc)
(a) natural talent
a hidden talent
musical/artistic/creative etc talent
a man/woman of many talents
(=someone who can do many things
well)
a wealth of talent (=when there are a
lot of people with talent)

WAR

win/lose a war
fight a war/wage (a) war (=used
about countries or groups)
fight in a war (=used about people)
be at war (with somebody)
go to war (with somebody)
declare war (on somebody)
war breaks
out
also the outbreak of war

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civil war (=a war between opposing


groups within a country)
world war
nuclear war
the war years
JOB

apply for a job


offer somebody a job
get/find a job (as something)
land a
job
informal (=get a job)
take a job (=accept a job that you are
offered)
hold down a job (=keep a job when
this is difficult)
lose a job
leave/quit a job
be out of a job (=not have a job)
temporary job
permanent job
part-time job
full-time job
steady job (=a job that is likely to
continue)

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job satisfaction (=the enjoyment you


get from your job)
job security (=how permanent your
job is likely to be)
HABIT

good/bad habit
become a habit
be in the habit of doing something
also have a/the habit of doing
something (=do something
regularly)
get into/in the habit (of doing
something) (=start doing something
regularly)
get out of the habit (of doing
something) (=stop doing something
regularly)
develop/form a habit
change a habit
break/kick a habit (=stop doing
something which is bad for you)
change/break the habit(s) of a
lifetime (=stop doing what you have
done for many years)
out of habit/from habit (=because it
is a habit)
(by/from) force of habit (=because it
is a habit which is difficult to
change)

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eating/drinking habits (=the kinds of


things you eat or drink regularly)
buying/spending habits (=the kinds
of things you buy regularly)
viewing habits (=the kind of
television shows you regularly
watch)
social habits
CONTROL

have control (over/of something)


take/gain control (of/over
something)
fight/struggle for control (of/over
something)
lose control (of/over something)
be under control
keep something under control
(=keep something happening in the
way you want)
get/go out of control (=stop
happening in the way you want)
beyond/outside somebody's control
(=impossible for someone to
control)
full/total control

LUCK

not have much/any luck


have no luck
have good luck

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have more/better luck


have the luck to do something
can't believe your luck
sheer luck (=used to emphasize
something happened only by luck)
a piece of luck
a stroke of luck (=very good luck)
an element of luck (=used to say that
luck is involved in something)
dumb
luck
American English (=good luck that
happens by chance, without you
planning it at all)
DEBATE

heated/fierce/intense debate (=one in


which people express strong and
very different opinions)
widespread debate
lively debate
public debate
a debate rages (=it happens over a
period of time and people have
strong feelings about it)
long-running debate
ongoing debate (=continuing debate)

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provoke/trigger/spark off a debate


(=cause a debate)
DISPUTE

be involved in a dispute
get into a dispute (=become
involved)
settle/resolve a dispute
bitter dispute
long-running dispute (=one that lasts
a long time)
political/legal dispute
pay dispute
industrial dispute British English
labor dispute American English
(=between workers and employers)
territorial dispute (=about land)
domestic dispute (=between a
couple who live together)
be in dispute with somebody (=be
involved in a dispute)
a dispute arises (=it starts)

CRIME

commit crime
combat/fight crime
turn to crime (=start committing
crimes)
crime rate (=the amount of crime
that happens somewhere)

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crime figures/statistics
crime prevention
violent crime
serious crime
petty crime (=crime that is not very
serious)
car
crime
British English
street crime
victim of crime
juvenile/youth crime (=by children
and teenagers)
tough on crime (=always punishing
crime severely)
HEALTH

damage your health


improve your health
good/excellent health
poor/ill health
failing health (=when someone is
becoming more ill)
be in good/excellent/the best of
health
be in poor health
be good/bad for your health

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somebody's state of health


mental health
health care
health problem
health benefits (of something)
health risk/hazard (=something that
could damage your health)
health warning (=a warning printed
on a product that can harm you)
LANGUAGE

speak a language
master a language (=succeed in
learning a language)
language teacher/student/learner
foreign language
somebody's first language/native
language (=the first language
someone learned)
somebody's second language
somebody's command of a language
(=someone's ability to speak a
language)
the language barrier (=the problem
of communicating with people who
speak a different language)
the English/Japanese/German etc
language
the official language

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modern languages (=languages that


are still spoken)
dead language (=a language that is
no longer spoken)
SCHOOL

go to school
attend
school
formal (=go to school)
a new school (=a school that you are
going to for the first time)
somebody's old school (=the school
someone used to go to)
school children/pupils/teacher
school uniform
school playground/library/bus etc
school
meal/dinner
British English
school
holiday(s)

MONEY

spend money
make/earn money
make money (=make a profit)

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lose money (=not make a profit, so


that a business owes more than it
earns)
cost money/cost a lot of money
save money
lend/borrow/owe money
waste money (on something)
be a waste of money
charge (somebody) money
raise money
pay money (for something)
give somebody their money
back/refund somebody's money
a sum/an amount of money
get/earn good money (=be paid good
wages)
FAMILY

the whole family/all the family


member of a family/family member
a family of three/four/five etc
a close/close-knit family (=a family
whose members have a close
relationship)
immediate family (=closest
relations)

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nuclear family (=a family consisting


of a mother, a father, and their
children)
family background (=the sort of
family someone comes from)
one-parent family/single-parent
family
the Royal Family (=the King or
Queen and their family)
family home/car/holiday etc
a family film/show etc (=that is
suitable for children as well as
adults)
family life
family resemblance (=when
members of the same family look
like each other)
family gathering (=when members
of a family who do not live together
arrange to meet)
family unit
BEHAVIOUR

good/bad behaviour
violent/aggressive/criminal etc
behaviour
human/social behaviour
pattern of behaviour/behaviour
pattern

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behaviour problem (=when someone


often behaves badly)
change/modify your behaviour
influence somebody's behaviour
FRIEND

a friend of mine/yours/Billy's etc


best friend (=the friend you like the
most)
good/close friend (=one of the
friends you like the most)
old friend (=a friend you have
known for a long time)
trusted friend
lifelong friend (=someone who is
your friend for the whole of your
life)
friend of a friend
circle of friends (=all the friends
someone has)
a mutual friend (=someone who is a
friend of both you and someone
else)
a childhood/boyhood/girlhood friend

DUTY

do your duty
it is somebody's duty to do
something
have a duty to do something

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have a duty to somebody/owe


somebody a duty
sense of duty
moral duty
legal duty
fail in your duty (=fail to do
something that you should do for
someone)
be duty-bound to do something
formal (=have a duty to do
something)
INTEREST

have an interest in something


show interest (in something)
express (an) interest (in something)
(=say that you are interested in
something or want to buy it)
take an interest (in something) (=be
interested in something)
have no interest in something
lose interest (in something) (=stop
being interested)
arouse/generate/attract interest
(=make people interested)
pique somebody's
interest
American English (=make someone
interested)

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great/keen interest
abiding interest (=an interest you
have had for a long time)
lack of interest
with interest
LACK

a complete/total lack of something


an apparent lack of something
for lack of something (=because
something is not present or does not
exist)
a distinct/marked lack of something
no lack of something (=plenty of
something)
a relative/comparative lack of
something
no lack of something (=plenty of
something

REASONS

reason (that)
reason why
reason for (doing) something
reason to do something
a good reason
a compelling reason (=a reason that
persuades you)
give a reason (for something)

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for some reason (or other/or


another) (=for a reason that you do
not know)
for personal reasons
for sentimental reasons (=because of
your feelings, not for practical
reasons)
for the simple reason (that)
for obvious reasons
for reasons of something
for reasons best known to
himself/themselves etc (=used when
someone does something surprising)
no/any reason whatsoever
have your reasons (=have a secret
reason for doing something)
see no reason why/to do something
by reason of something formal
(=because of something)
FLOW

serious/severe/major blow
shattering/devastating/bitter blow
(=something that makes you
extremely disappointed and upset)
cruel/heavy/grievous blow
deal a blow (to
somebody/something)/deal
(somebody/something) a blow

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strike a blow
suffer/receive a blow
come as a blow (to somebody)
fatal/final/mortal blow (=one that
ends something)
CONDITION

COLLOCATIONS
lay down/impose/set conditions
(=say what must be done)
strict condition
meet/satisfy/fulfil a condition (=do
what has been agreed)
terms and conditions (=what a
contract says must be done)
on condition that/on one condition
(=only if a particular thing is agreed
to)
subject to conditions (=if particular
things are agreed to)

INCREASE

tax increase
wage/pay/salary increase
price increase
fare increase
substantial/large increase
huge/massive increase (=a very
large increase)

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dramatic/sharp increase (=a sudden


large increase)
significant/marked increase (=a
definite and noticeable increase)
slight/small/modest increase
gradual increase
threefold/fourfold/fivefold etc
increase (=an increase by three, four
etc times)
be on the increase (=be increasing)
DISASTER

air disaster
nuclear disaster
natural disaster (=caused by nature)
ecological/environmental disaster
(=one that causes great damage to
nature)
end in disaster
spell disaster (=mean that there will
be disaster)
disaster strikes (=it happens)
on the brink of disaster
prevent/avert a disaster
something is a disaster waiting to
happen

WEIGHT

put on/gain weight (=get fatter)


lose weight (=get thinner)

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watch your weight (=try not to get


fatter, by eating the correct foods)
get/keep your weight
down
also get/keep the weight off
(=become thinner or stay thin)
weight problem (=a tendency to be
too fat)
weight gain/loss
weight control (=ways of not getting
too fat)
somebody's ideal weight
ROLE

have/play a role in (doing)


something
an important/key/vital/crucial role
a leading/major/central role
an active role
a dual role (=two functions)
take a role

OBSTACLE

put/place obstacles in the way (of


something)
overcome an obstacle
remove an obstacle
main/biggest/greatest obstacle
major/serious obstacle

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insuperable obstacle (=one that


makes it impossible to achieve
something)
formidable obstacle (=a very
difficult obstacle)
legal obstacle
political obstacle
OBLIGATION

have an obligation (to do something)


be under an obligation (to do
something) (=have an obligation)
be under no obligation (to do
something)
meet/fulfil an obligation (=do
something that is your duty)
honour an obligation F (=meet an
obligation)
impose an obligation F (=make
someone have an obligation)
owe somebody an obligation F
(=feel that you must do something
for someone)
moral/legal/social obligation
contractual obligation (=something
that a contract says you must do)
a sense of obligation

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