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Collocation List 12 PDF
Collocation List 12 PDF
1 time small
long dark
spend
short 7 day
waste all (N long)
take present
spare spent
give final
present full
working working
whole
2 year start
past (have a) nice
coming
full 8 days
start early
take past (few/number N)
spent old
spent
3 people working
ordinary take
working
elderly 9 thing
disabled whole
(do the) right
4 way real
long (do the) wrong
go
find 10 child
get only
make (someone's N) expecting
come
easy 11 government
coalition
5 ways interim
separate elected
find
alternative 12 part
explore take (N)
develop play (the/a)
subtle integral
large
6 man major
big essential
tall small
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vital made
form put
significant take
full clear
strong
13 parts extreme
spare
component 17 cases
constituent severe
played court
separate extreme
serious
14 life criminal
real injury
family
everyday 18 woman
whole beautiful
private attractive
normal pretty
live tall
saved (good) looking
personal
public 19 work
early hard
spent do
daily started
lead voluntary
charity
15 lives carried (out)
save find
past paid
live major
lost community
private
claimed (a number of) 20 system
risk welfare
lead
cost 21 group
daily small
spend ethnic (minority N)
everyday largest
separate formed
ordinary minority
normal leading
single
16 case research
court
present 22 number
particular large
(a N) adjourned small
prosecution increasing
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growing overcome
limited common
total faced
increased arises
significant cause
greater resolve
reduce sort (out)
considerable address
substantial
high 28 service
free
23 world telephone
real provide
whole memorial
modern intelligence
developing advisory
delivery
24 area full
particular postal
play security
surrounding regular
residential
wide 29 hand
central held
major took
shook
25 course wash
(in) due raised
training waved
main lifted
designed helping
first stretched out (his/her…+N)
take extended
completed strong
ordinary
followed 30 hands
full shook
start holding
clasped
26 company wash
owned raised
rubbed
27 problem folded
solve
real 31 party
major ruling
serious opposition
big led
particular
lies
tackle
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32 school 39 end
left west
medical east
went came
whole put
far
33 place brought (to an N)
take reached
wrong bottom
(final) resting N
safe 40 ends
right loose
put achieve
secure opposite
34 point 41 word
made use
reached say
whole spread
prove key
raised final
35 house 42 example
detached set
family give
moved +N classic
perfect
36 country take (the)
whole typical
leave prime
foreign follow
provides
37 week simple
past obvious
spent recent
previous extreme
whole striking
coming outstanding
notable
38 member specific
family
former 43 family
senior whole
leading extended
active close
elected entire
union large
full nuclear
big
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44 families 51 sides
(lone/one/ single) parent opposite
one-parent N + agreed
lone take
single-parent
low-income 52 night
spent
45 fact stay
actual opening
simple dark
N + remains early
mere
face 53 nights
sleepless
46 facts spent
relevant
stated 54 eye
known keep
hard public
basic watchful
true naked
face cast
full look (in the N)
twinkle
47 state critical
mental
declared 55 eyes
announced wide
fixed
48 home bright
come rolled
family turned
stay filled (with)
return pale
left narrowed
ideal raised
get held
made
feel 56 head
matrimonial shook
turned
49 month bowed
past raised
spent bent
lifted
50 side held (N high)
(left-right) hand jerked
wrong lowered
dark nodded
clear
pulled (N back)
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real main
fixed TV
particular
shown 70 water
take (an N in) fresh
expressed deep
vested running
common clean
strong salt
still
65 interests shallow
(in the) best
protect 71 form
outside application
vested order
varied booking
serve complete (verb)
pursue claim
defend fill
registration
66 order take
make (in) good
keep
maintain 72 car
standing park (verb)
restore hire
pecking drive
rigid police
working racing
good crashed
put
established 73 level
take high
low
67 book top
latest reached
illustrated intermediate
reference current
water
68 development achieved
child
sustainable 74 policy
curriculum foreign
career monetary
further common
rapid made
adopted
69 room
double
single
leave
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75 line 80 use
direct drug
railway make
draw (verb) good (make good/full N of)
straight widespread
crossed full
fine extensive
take
dividing 81 uses
common
76 need
urgent 82 idea
feel whole
desperate give (an)
meet get
stressed rejected
N + arises original
faintest
77 needs simple
meet (verb) wrong
individual put (forward/aside the + N)
suit (verb) form
satisfy developed
strong
83 ideas
78 effect exchange
have original
cause+ N fresh
take bright
knock-on
direct 84 study
immediate present + N
dramatic N + found
desired recent
beneficial pilot
profound showed
devastating carried
opposite conducted
overall research
adverse major
detrimental reported
undertaken
79 effects designed
long-term significant
harmful
adverse 85 lot
direct awful
beneficial whole
damaging
profound
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86 job
do 91 body
good upper
get dead
part-time N + lay
lost naked
find lower
quit
full-time 92 friend
finish best
leave close
proper old
family
87 jobs made N in
create
lost 93 friends
temporary family
do close
odd old
save make
shed (number) became
secure real
permanent
unskilled 94 right
full-time vote + N
88 name 95 rights
real pension
given full
put minority
full
proper 96 authority
second given (give + N)
last exercise + N or someone's + N
legitimate
89 names
give 97 view
call (someone's N) take (the + N)
shared
90 result full
direct expressed
final support
net give
achieve clear
inevitable held
produce (give) a true (and fair)
overall accept
further
poor 98 report
significant full
desired final
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authorised raised
clear
113 terms husky
practical harsh
general hoarse
agreed (to the N) cracked
broad sharp
(on) equal
(in) absolute 120 police
accept called
relative questioned
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160 student
former 168 evidence
give
161 language N + suggests
foreign presented
use hard
speak provide
modern strong
native N + shows
official sufficient
conclusive
162 morning considerable
early supporting
late ample
spent circumstantial
bright insufficient
growing
163 plan indicates
peace
action 169 foot
radical set
approved
strategic 170 feet
drawn up bare
adopted rose (to her N)
ambitious
prepare 171 boy
bad
164 product small
final good
make big
launch+ N
competitive 172 game
created win
final
165 city
capital 173 food
ancient fresh
beautiful delicious
diet
166 ground
common 174 role
lost play
open key
gaining leading
major
167 letter active
quick central
post vital
business starring
resignation crucial
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take complete
traditional
supporting 181 stage
prominent early
passive final
essential reached
minor retirement
further
175 practice
common 182 meeting
private (doctors) annual
medical held
classroom summit
emergency
176 bank called
collapsed arranged
adjourned
177 support
strong 183 art
public modern
provide contemporary
received great
family ancient
technical
giving 184 club
emotional join
substantial exclusive
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189 land
housing 197 account
held taken (into)
open opened
work (verb)
native 198 difference
farming make
waste big
tell
190 trade little
world see
foreign significant
retail potential
real
191 situation fundamental
current marked (adj)
present showed
improve
desperate 199 material
remedy raw
impossible
intolerable 200 materials
building
192 teacher
former 201 air
primary (school) fresh
open
193 record clean
world clear
set the record breathe
breaking thick
unbeaten heavy
criminal
keeping 202 wife
poor second
impressive left + N
held former
achieved estranged
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annual private
boost home
total nursing
direct provide
potential family
expected domiciliary
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apply unique
underlying dominant
established
guiding 304 couple
broad happy
elderly
300 set
complete 305 step
full take
whole further
standard big
single major
unusual
301 doctor positive
see necessary
hospital significant
consult essential
medical
went 306 machine
called use
local
visit 307 income
examined low
annual
302 choice high
have current
make disposable
wide family
given taxable
offer average
obvious guaranteed
personal fixed
free regular
consumer national
limited paid
possible gross
natural extra
informed additional
(to) supplement
303 feature
regular 308 training
striking job
distinctive youth
major teacher
particular vocational
prominent professional
attractive staff
significant military
characteristic management
notable provide
unusual formal
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330 garden
back 336 horse
vegetable riding
secret
front 337 answer
walled simple
herb give
flower lies
rose get
do right
rear provide
pretty correct
attractive obvious
clear
331 floor wrong
top straight
upper satisfactory
reach
338 user
332 technology allows
new
latest 339 funds
advanced raise
using
developed 340 character
central
333 style main
traditional great
classic strong
unique distinctive
adopt
341 risk
334 feeling high
get reduce
strong take
general increased
strange run
gave put
bad serious
sinking potential
deep involved
gut significant
growing minimise
experienced grave
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convincing
344 station powerful
radio
tv 353 show
put (on a N)
345 glass live
broken quiz
open
346 glasses go (on N)
wearing held
run
347 cup annual
win
make (a N of) 354 responsibility
played take
nice N of tea accept
personal
348 husband full
estranged moral
N + left assume
former given
lost
second 355 deal
great
349 capital good
foreign peace
current struck
major signed
fair
350 note agreed
take get
made (a mental) make
left
mental 356 economy
delivery slowing
planned
351 season boost
start strong
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approved take
rear
387 sector driver's
voluntary driving
parliamentary
388 direction marginal
(in the) right
opposite 395 president
(in the) wrong former
future elected
reverse re-elected
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