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HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB AFFIX COLLOCATION

ability able to have a natural/great ability
inability unable to be (un)able to do sth
1 Ability/inability disability disabled to be disabled
absenteeism limit
to have an absenteeism limit
to be absent to
2 Absent absenteeism absent be absent from school/work
a military/police academy
3 Academic academy academic academic year
to have an accent to
speak with an accent
a regional/local accent
4 Accent accent a strong accent
glad to accept / happy
acceptable to accept / be / seem / make stg
5 Accept accept acceptance unacceptable acceptably acceptable
to have access to sth
accessible to have easy access to sth
6 Access access access inaccessible to be (in)accessible

7 Accommodate accommodate accommodation to provide/offer accommodation

absolute/complete accuracy
accurate to be (in)accurate
8 Accurate/ inaccurate accuracy inaccurate accurately very/extremely/highly accurate

9 Accuse accuse accusation

to be difficult to achieve
great/important achievement
10 Achieve achieve achievement achievable an achievable goal
11 Actual actual actually the actual number
to make additions to sth
12 Addition add addition In addition

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to admire greatly/really
to be full of admiration
to feel admiration
great/deep admiration
admiration to have an admirer
13 Admire admire admirer admirable great/secret admirer
14 Adolescent adolescent
to adopt a child/an animal
adopted an adopted son/daughter
15 Adopt (a child) adopt adoption adoptive adoptive parents
to be an adult a
young adult
adult to reach adulthood
16 Adult adulthood during/in adulthood

to advertise sth widely

to show an advertisement
good/misleading advertisement
advertisement a television/radio advertisement
17 Advert (Advertisement) advertise advert a magazine/newspaper advert

to affect greatly
to have an effect on sth to
have a strong/significant effect
18 Affect affect effect effective effectively to be/seem effective
an advertising agency
travel agency real
estate agency a real
agency estate agent
19 Agency agent an FBI agent

act of aggression aggression by

sb against sb/sth
extreme aggression
to be/look/seem aggressive
extremely aggressive aggressive
behaviour aggressive marketing/
campaign/techniques
20 Aggressive aggression aggressive aggresively to behave aggressively

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to work in agriculture
modern/organic agriculture
21 Agriculture agriculture agricultural to depend on agriculture
to ask for aid
food/medical aid
22 Aid aid aid give / provide aid
23 Aircraft aircraft
24 Airlines airlines
alarm clock
fire/smoke/burglar alarm
25 Alarm alarm to set/activate an / the alarm
26 Alien alien
to look alike
to be very alike
27 Alike alike alike to think alike

to allow to do sth
to have an allowance
a large/small allowance
28 Allow allow allowance a daily/weekly/monthly allowance
to have an alternative
29 Alternative alternative alternatively alternative medicine
to be/look/sound amazing
amazing to be really amazing
30 Amaze amaze amazement amazed to be/look amazed by sth
the amount of sth
to pay regular amounts of money
to sb/sth a
huge/large/enormous amount of
sth to
increase/decrease the amount of
31 Amount amount sth
to feel anger at/over sth
to be angry at/with sb
to be angry about sth
32 Anger anger angry angrily to look/appear angry

to celebrate an / our anniversary

first/second etc. anniversary
33 Anniversary anniversary wedding anniversary

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to announce that + sentence

34 Announce announce announcement to make an announcement
35 Annual annual annually an annual meeting/report
36 Anti anti-
37 Apart apart apart from
to appear on television
appear appearance physical appearance
38 Appear/Disappear disappear disappearance attractive appearance

appropriate appropriately to be (in)appropriate to

39 Appropriate/Inappropriate inappropriate inappropriately be (in)appropriate for children
to (dis)approve of sth
approve approval to approve strongly
40 Approve/Disapprove disapprove disapproval to need approval
architecture
41 Architecture architect
to argue fiercely/ heatedly to
argue about/over sth
to argue with sb
to argue strongly/ forcefully/
sensibly
to argue against/for
a big/violent argument an
argument about/ over sth
an argument with sb /between
42 Argue argue argument argumentative people
43 Army army to have a powerful army
to arrange easily/with difficulty
to make arrangements
44 Arrange arrange arrangement arranged arranged marriage
to arrive early/late
to arrive at + place
early/late arrival
45 Arrival arrive arrival to be the first/last to arrive
46 Artificial artificial artifically artificial flowers / light
to be/feel/look ashamed
to be ashamed of sth
to be deeply/very ashamed
ashamed shameless behaviour/lies
47 Ashamed shame shameless What a shame!

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assessment
48 Assess (performance) assess assessor to assess performance/skills

reading assignment to
49 Assign assign assignment hand out / hand in an assignment

to assume that + sentence

50 Assume assume assumption to make assumptions about sth
to attach sth to sth to
51 Attach attach attachment open the attachment
attempt to do stg
attempt at doing stg
52 Attempt attempt attempt attempted attempted murder/ suicide

attitude towards sth the

writer's attitude towards sth ---
53 Attitude attitude have a positive / negative attitude
to attract attention/interest
to feel a strong attraction
to/towards sb
to be/look attractive
very/extremely attractive
attraction attractive to find sb attractive
54 Attract attract attractiveness unattractive attractively to make sb/sth attractive
55 Audience audience
56 Autonomy autonomous
57 Average average
avoidable to avoid sth to
58 Avoid avoid unavoidable be (un)avoidable
wake to
59 Awake wake up awake be/lie awake
to be/look awkward
very awkward an
60 Awkward awkward awkward question
61 Backwards backwards to walk backwards
harmful/beneficial bacteria
62 Bacteria bacteria bacterial bacterial infections
63 Baggage baggage baggage allowance
64 Ban ban ban to ban officially
to wear/remove a bandage
65 Bandage bandage bandage a tight/loose bandage

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66 Barber barber
67 Bargain bargain bargain to bargain about sth with sb
to base sth on sth
68 Base base to be based on sth
69 Basic basic basically
70 Basin basin

to carry a basket
a basket of flowers/fruit
basket to play/watch basketball
71 Basket basketball basketball player/star/team/match
to charge a battery
to be powered by battery
72 Battery battery battery goes dead
to beat badly/violently
to beat fast/rapidly a
regular beat a
73 Beat beat beat heart beat
to behave well/properly
good/bad/(un)acceptable
behaviour
behaviour towards sb
a badly-behaved child
74 Behave behave behaviour behavioral a well-behaved child
to believe that + sentence
believable / to believe in sth
75 Belief believe belief unbelievable to have/hold belief

76 Belongings belong belongings personal belongings

to have enormous/great benefit
77 Benefit benefit benefit beneficial to be beneficial to sb/sth
78 Bin bin a rubbish/wastepaper bin
biology biology department
79 Biology (Dep) biologist biological biological weapons
80 Bite bite bite a mosquito bite
81 Blame blame blame to blame sb for sth
to fill in the blanks
82 Blank blank blank a blank page
to bleed badly
bleeding to stop bleeding
83 Bleed bleed blood to lose blood

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block
84 Block block blockage a block of ice/stone/wood
85 Blow blow to blow strongly
86 Bold bold to be bold
to bomb heavily
87 Bomb bomb bomb atomic bomb
88 Bother bother
89 Bottom bottom to be at the bottom of the page
90 Bow bow bow
91 Brand brand
92 Breast breast to breast feed
to breathe in/out
to take a deep breath to
93 Breath breathe breath hold your breath
94 Brilliant brilliance brilliant brilliantly
broadcast to broadcast live a
95 Broadcast broadcast broadcast news broadcast
96 Bucket bucket a bucket of water
97 Budget budget annual budget
building
98 Builder build builder to build a house/wall
bully
99 Bully bully bullying
100 Burst (into tears) burst to burst into tears/laughter
101 Button button button to button your coat
102 Cage cage a bird cage
calculation
calculate miscalculation to calculate accurately
103 Calculate miscalculate calculator an accurate/exact calculation
104 Canal canal the Panama Canal
105 Cancel cancel cancellation a last-minute cancellation
have capability be capable of
106 Capable/incapable (of) capability capable/incapable doing something
107 Cash cash cash cash a check
categorize into
108 Category categorize category put stg into a category
a deep/large cave
109 Cave cave to explore a cave
110 Ceiling ceiling a high/low ceiling

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an exam certificate
111 Certificate certificate a marriage/death/birth certificate

to challenge sb
112 Challenge challenge challenge challenging to be extremely/very challenging

to have little chance of doing sth

to get a chance to do sth
to give sb a chance to do sth
113 Chance chance to do sth by chance
chapter of a book
114 Chapter chapter chapter in history
115 Charge (money) charge to charge money
to donate/give money to charity
to live on charity
116 Charity (organization) charity charitable a charitable event
117 Cheek cheek
to draw a circle a
complete/full circle
118 Circle circle circle to sit in a circle
ancient/early civilisations
the end/collapse/decline/ of a
civilisation
119 Civilization/civilisation civilisation civilised civilized society/world
120 Click click to click on sth
clone
121 Clone clone cloning
a piece of cloth to
cloth wear clothes to
122 Cloth clothes put on/take off clothes
123 Cloud cloud cloudy to be cloudy
124 Clue clue
125 Cognitive cognitive cognitively
126 Coin coin

127 Coincidence coincidence an amazing/strange coincidence

128 Collar collar a shirt collar
129 Colleague colleague

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coloured
colourful coloured cloth
130 Coloured colour colour colourless a colourful painting
a combination of X and Y
131 Combine combine combination a perfect/strange combination
comfortable/
comforting/
132 Comfort comfort comfort uncomfortable find / get / seek comfort

to comment on/about sth to sb --

to have/ make a comment
a brief/negative/critical comment
133 Comment comment comment a comment about/on sth
to communicate
effectively/successfully
to communicate with sb
to have good/effective
communication
communication between sb and
134 Communicate communicate communication communicative sb
135 Community (college) community a community college
136 Compact compact
to compete against/with sb/sth
to have competition
competition to win/lose a competition
137 Compete (against/with) compete competitor competitive to be/become competitive
138 Concrete (=cement) concrete
139 Condition condition to be in good condition
to go to a conference
140 Conference conference annual/international conference

to have/lack/build up/boost
confidence
to have full/total confidence
enormous/great confidence
to acquire/gain/lose/restore
confidence
confidence confident to be/appear/look confident
141 Confidence self-confidence self-confident to be very/completely confident
142 Conflict conflict conflict to be in conflict with sth/sb

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to easily confuse sb with sb

to cause/create/result in
confusion --- confusion
about/over sth
to be/become/seem confused
about sth
to be/sound/look confusing
confusing extremely/highly/slightly
143 Confuse confuse confusion confused confusing connection
144 Connect connect connection between X and Y
consider considerate to consider carefully/seriously
145 Consider/Reconsider reconsider inconsiderate to consider doing sth
146 Contain contain container
147 Context context
to have a contract
long-term/short-term contract
148 Contract contract permanent contract

to contribute to sth to
make a contribution an
149 Contribute (to) contribute contribution important/big/major contribution
convenience convenient
150 Convenient inconvenience inconvenient

to convince that + sentence

convinced to convince sb to do sth
151 Convince convince convincing to be convinced that + sentence
152 Cookie cookie
153 Cotton cotton
a bad cough
154 Cough cough cough cough medicine
to encourage sb to do sth
to have the courage to do sth
courage to need encouragement from sb---
155 Courage encourage encouragement courageous to be courageous
cover
156 Cover uncover coverage media coverage

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to criticize heavily
to express/make criticism
a theatre/film critic
criticism harsh/heavy/serious criticism
157 Criticize criticize critic critical critically critical thinking
to grow/produce crop
158 Crop crop agricultural crop
159 Cue cue
to cure completely
to develop/discover cure
curable an effective cure to
160 Cure cure cure incurable be (in)curable
to have curiosity out
of curiosity
to be curious about sth
161 Curious curiosity curious curiously to look curiously
162 Current current currently
curricular
163 Curriculum curriculum extracurricular extracurricular activity
164 Cushion cushion soft cushion
165 Custom (tradition) custom
to damage
badly/seriously/severely
to cause/do damage
great/enormous damage
166 Damage damage damage damaging to be/become damaging
167 Database database
to die of sth
168 Dead die death dead deadly a deadly virus/weapon
169 Deaf deafness deaf to be deaf
to deal with sth/sb
to do/make a deal
170 Deal (with) deal deal a good/fair deal

to deduce that + sentence

to deduce easily to
deduce meaning from context
to make a deduction
a brilliant/logical deduction about
171 Deduce (meaning from context) deduce deduction sth
172 Deduct deduct deductive

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deep a deep cave

173 Deep/Shallow shallow deep/shallow water
174 Defend defend defence defensive defend against
define
175 Define/Redefine redefine definition
to have a degree in a field
176 Degree degree Master's degree
177 Deliver deliver delivery
to demand that + sentence
a demand for sth
178 Demand demand demand demanding to be demanding
dependable
dependence dependent to depend on sth
179 Depend (on) depend independence independent to be dependent on sb
180 Destination destination destination point
to destroy completely/entirely an
attempt--- to destroy sth
total/mass destruction
to cause/lead to/result in
destruction
181 Destroy destroy destruction destructive to be/become very destructive
182 Detail detail detailed to explain in detail
to have determination
to be full of determination
183 Determine determine determination determined to be determined to do sth
184 Developmental develop development developmental developmentally

185 Device device a useful/electronic/hi-tech device

186 Diagram diagram
187 Digest digest digestion digestive digestive system
188 Director direct director
189 Disable disable diabled

disappointing to be disappointing/disappointed
190 Disappoint disappoint disappointment disappointed to feel disappointment over sth
191 Discount discount
to discover suddenly
an amazing/big discovery
192 Discover discover discovery to make a discovery

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to feel/show disgust
great disgust
disgusting to be/look/smell/taste disgusting
193 Disgusting disgust disgust disgusted to be/look disgusted
194 Dishes dishes to wash the dishes
honest
195 Dishonest/Honest honesty dishonest to be (dis)honest
to (dis)like doing sth
to feel/have dislike
like to express/show dislike
196 Dislike dislike dislike deep/great dislike
the distance between X and Y
to be within walking distance
to travel/walk/go a
considerable/huge distance
in the far distance
197 Distance distance distant to be/become distant
198 District district
199 Divide divide division to divide equally
to prepare a document
200 Document document an important/key document
201 Dollar dollar
to doubt that + sentence
to have doubts about sth
It is doubtful that + sentence
to seriously doubt
to have/express doubt
doubtfully serious/severe doubt
doubtless to be/look/seem doubtful
202 Doubt doubt doubt doubtful undoubtedly about sth
downstairs
203 Downstairs upstairs to go downstairs/upstairs
204 Draft draft the first draft
205 Drown drown drowning
206 Dump dump dump
207 Duration duration
dust
208 Dust dustbin dusty
209 Eastern east eastern

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economic to develop/improve economy

210 Economy economy economical economically to be very economical
a new edition the
edition first edition limited/special
211 Edit edit editor edition

to affect greatly/significantly to
have a dramatic/ important/
longterm effect
to check the overall effectiveness
effect effective of sth to be/seem effective
212 Effective/ ineffective affect effectiveness ineffective effectively highly/very/extremely effective

to enhance/achieve great
efficiency
energy/cost efficiency
efficient to be/look efficient
213 Efficient/ inefficient efficiency inefficient efficiently highly/extremely/really efficient

214 Either either

old
older
elder
215 Elder elderly elder brother / sister
to
produce/provide electricity
electricity electrical appliances/goods
216 Electricity electrician electrical an electrical engineer
217 Electronic electronic
to have/lack elegance
to be/look elegant to
218 Elegant elegance elegant elegantly be very/extremely elegant
emergency exit
219 Emergency emergency emergency room
220 Emotion emotion emotional to be/look emotional

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empire
221 Empire emperor
222 Enable enable enabling enable sb / stg to do stg
defeat, destroy, confront, face an
223 Enemy enemy enemy
224 Enter enter entry
to keep sb entertained popular
entertainment
entertainment form of entertainment
225 Entertain entertain entertainer entertaining to be extremely entertaining
226 Enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiastic enthusiastically to be enthusiastic about sth
227 Envelope envelope
equality equal to have equality to
228 Equal inequality unequal be/become equal
229 Equipment equipment electrical equipment
230 Epidemic epidemic
231 Era era
232 Error error to make an error
to write an essay an
233 Essay essay essay on/about sth
234 Essential essential
235 Establish establish establishment
236 Estimate estimate estimation to estimate that + sentence
237 Euro Euro
an important event
to witness an event
an event occurs/happens
238 Event event an event takes place
239 Ex ex-
240 Exact exact exactly

241 Exchange- rate exchange-rate

to expand greatly/rapidly
242 Expand expand expansion expansion occurs/takes place
to have expectations
243 Expect expect expectation expected expected result
to carry out/conduct/do an
experiment
244 Experiment experiment experiment to experiment with sth

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to be an expert in/on/at sth

recognized/leading/real expert
245 Expert expert to take advice/consult an expert
246 Explode explode explosion explosive an explosive device

to carry out exploration

exploration exploration to take place
247 Explore explore explorer a great explorer
248 Extend (arms) extend extension to extend arms
249 Facial facial
a textile factory
250 Factory factory to set up a factory
251 Fail fail failure complete failure
fair a fair competition
252 Fair (just)/Unfair unfair fairly it is fair to do something
to be (un)familiar with sth
familiarity with sth
to be/look/seem familiar
familiar to familiarize yourself with
253 Familiar/unfamiliar familiarize familiarity unfamiliar sth
fascinating
254 Fascinate fascinate fascination fascinated
fasten
255 Fasten unfasten to fasten seat belt
to do sb a favour
to ask a favour
256 Favour favour favour to be in favour of something
university fee
257 Fee fee registration fee

258 Fetch fetch

to have fever to
suffer from a fever
259 Fever fever high/slight fever
260 Figure figure to have a good/beautiful figure
261 Fix fix
to have a salty/sweet/bitter/spicy
262 Flavour flavour flavour flavour

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263 Float float to float on water

264 Flow flow flow
265 Focus (on) focus focus to focus on sth
266 Fold fold to fold carefully/neatly
267 Fool fool
268 Force force to force sb to do sth
to destroy forest
269 Forest forest natural forest
to forgive sb for doing sth
270 Forgive forgive forgiveness to ask/beg for forgiveness
271 Format format
to have freedom
to be/feel free
272 Freedom freedom free to be free to do sth
273 Freeze freeze freezing to be/look freezing
to be frequent
274 Frequent frequent frequently to be very/extremely frequent
to become friends
to establish a friendship
a close friendship
friend friendly a friendly face/smile
275 Friendship friendship unfriendly to be friendly to sb
fuel
276 Fuel/Gas gas
277 Function function functional
278 Gallery gallery art gallery
garbage
279 Garbage garbageman garbage truck
to gather ideas a
280 Gather (ideas) gather gathering social gathering
281 Generation generation future generations
282 Giant giant giant a giant spider
283 Global global a global problem
to have a goal to
set goals
a long-term goal
goal the main/major goal
284 Goal (sports/aim) goalkeeper to score a goal
consumer/electrical/ household/
luxury goods
to produce/buy goods
285 Goods goods to import/export goods

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to grade papers
to grade carefully
exam grade
286 Grade (Mark/class) grade grade to get good grades
287 Graph graph graphic

to greet cheerfully/enthusiastically
288 Greet greet greeting formal/friendly greeting
289 Grocery grocery
290 Guest guest to invite guests
291 Handicap handicap handicapped
292 Handkerchief handkerchief
293 Handwriting handwriting to have good/poor handwriting
294 Harbour harbour
295 Hardly hard hardly
296 Heading heading
297 Heal heal to heal completely/well
298 Heat heat heat to heat up the food
299 Height height high a high building/mountain
300 Hide hide
301 Highlight highlight highlight highlights of the match
history a historical novel
302 Historic/Historical historian historical historical documents
303 Hole hole
household bills/expenses
304 Household household household household products/goods
human
305 Human (being) human being
extreme hunger, feel hunger
306 Hunger hunger hungry become, get, make sb hungry
hunter fox, seal, tiger hunt massive,
307 Hunt hunt hunting nationwide hunt treasure hunt
308 Hut hut to build hut
to be ideal
ideal opportunity
309 Ideal ideal ideally ideal job
identity to identify correctly/falsely
310 Identify identify identification identified / unidentified identity card

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to imagine that + sentence

to have/show/lack imagination
great/creative imagination
imaginative to be very/extremely imaginative
311 Imagination imagine imagination imaginary imaginary character
mature
312 Immature/Mature maturity immature to be very (im)mature
to lose patience
to have/show patience
patience patient patiently to be (im)patient about sth
313 Impatient/Patient impatience impatient impatiently to wait patiently
314 Incredible incredible
to be (in)correct
correct a (in)correct answer
315 Incorrect/Correct incorrect correctly to pronounce correctly
to increase rapidly/sharply
to increase greatly
to decrease dramatically
a huge/enormous increase in sth
increase increase a decrease in sth
316 Increase/Decrease decrease decrease a sharp/dramatic decrease
317 Index index
to indicate clearly
to indicate that + sentence
318 Indicate indicate indication clear indication
319 Individual individual individual
important/key/major industry
320 Industry industrialize industry industrial the industrial revolution
to be infected with virus
to suffer from/have an infection
a serious/mild infection
an infectious patient
321 Infect infect infection infectious infected an infected wound/cut

322 Infer infer inference to make/draw inference

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to influence greatly/ adversely

to have a good/bad influence on
sb
great/significant influence
to influence considerably/
deeply/greatly
to have great/enormous/
significant influence on sth
to be/become deeply/ extremely/
highly influential
to be influential in sth
323 Influence influence influence influential an influential figure in a field
324 Inform inform information correct/false information
325 Ingredient ingredient

326 Inject inject injection

327 Ink ink to write in ink
328 Inn inn
329 Insect insect a swarm of bees/ants
330 Insert (card) insert to insert a card
331 Install install installation to install properly
332 Institute institute
333 Interact (with) interact interaction interactive to interact with sb
334
to interrupt impatiently/rudely
335 Interrupt interrupt interruption to work without interruption
336 Interval interval
337
invention
338 Invent invent inventor
visible
339 Invisible invisible to be visible to the naked eye
340 Involve involve involvement
responsibility responsible
341 Irresponsible/Responsible irresponsibility irresponsible to be responsible for sth
342 Item item
to cause jealousy
343 Jealous jealousy jealous to be jealous of sb/sth

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to joke about sth

344 Joke joke joke to make a joke
345 Joy joy joyful joyful news
junior high
junior year
346 Junior junior junior football club
347 Keen keen to be keen on sth/Ving
to kick hard
348 Kick kick kick to give sb a kick
to knit a jumper
to do knitting
349 Knit knit knitting hand/machine knitting
to knock on the door
350 Knock (on the door) knock knock to knock sb down
to know very well
knowledgeable to have great knowledge
351 Knowledge know knowledge unknown / known to be knowledgeable about sth
to lack confidence
352 Lack lack lack lack of food/money
to change lane
the inside/middle/outside lane
353 Lane lane the fast/slow lane
354 Last last
late
355 Later later late to be late for work/class/school
356 Layout layout
to lead the way a
357 Lead lead leader natural/charismatic leader
358 Leaf leaf an oak leaf
359 Leak leak leak
a lecture on sth to
go to/attend a lecture
lecture an interesting/boring lecture
360 Lecture lecturer a college/university lecturer
become, be legal challenge,
legal question, assert, recognise
361 Legal/ illegal legality illegal legality
at one's leisure
362 Leisure leisure leisure leisure time
363 Length length long
364 Level level

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to lie about sth

to lie to sb
to tell a lie a
lie big/white lie to
365 Liar lie liar be a good liar
likely to be (un)likely to do sth
366 Likely unlikely It's (un)likely that + sentence
to limit strictly
maximum/lower limit
to reach/cross the limit
to be at/above the limit
to break the speed limit
367 Limit limit limit limited limited edition
368 Link link link a link between X and Y
369 Locally local local locally
lock to lock the door
370 Lock/Unlock unlock lock safety locks
371 Loose loose a loose dress/sweater
to drive a lorry
372 Lorry lorry lorry driver
to lose the keys to
lose interest in sth
loss of
loss memory/appetite/confidence
373 Loss lose loser lost to get lost
374 Luxury luxury luxurious luxuriously to live in luxury
sheer/absolute madness
to be mad at/with sb
to drive/make sb mad
375 Mad madness mad madly to cheer madly
management
376 Manage manage manager to manage successfully

to have an aggressive/friendly
377 Manner manner manner good / bad manners
378 Margin margin to leave a wide margin
maximum, minimum
379 Maximum / Minimum maximum maximum / minimum amount/number
380 Measure measure to measure accurately
381 Melt melt melting, melted melt away
382 Memory memory memory loss

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383 Mention mention to mention that + sentence

384 Metal metal
to use a method
an effective/good method
various methods
385 Method method the best method of/for sth
386 Miracle miracle miraculous miraculously miraculous recovery
387 Module module modular modular course
moral
388 Moral morality immoral immoral behaviour
mortal
389 Mortal mortality immortal mortal injury
most
390 Mostly mostly
poor, low motivation, lack, lose
391 Motivate motivate motivation motivated motivation

392 Movement move movement to move to another room/country

to be covered in mud a
393 Mud mud mud hut
an unsolved mystery
394 Mystery mystery mysterious mysteriously to disappear mysteriously
a narrow lane/street
395 Narrow narrow a narrow escape
nasty weather
nasty language
396 Nasty nasty nasty living conditions
nation national to create a new nation
397 Nation nationality international to have dual nationality
to be natural
398 Natural nature natural natural beauty
naughty child
399 Naughty naughty naughty jokes
next-door neighbours
a friendly neighbourhood
neighbour a poor/middle-class
400 Neighbour neighbourhood neighbourhood
neither
401 Neither/Nor nor neither X nor Y
402 Nest nest a bird's nest

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a rail/road network a
403 Network network large network of friends
404 Northern north northern the North Pole
to note carefully to
leave a note to sb a
405 Note note note Post-it note

to notice that + sentence

to take any notice of sb's advice
406 Notice notice notice noticeable a noticeable difference
nutrient nutrient
407 Nutrient nutrition nutricious
obey obedience obedient
408 Obey disobey disobedience disobedient an obedient child/dog
to
409 Objective objective achieve an objective
410 Obvious obvious obviously It's obvious that + sentence
a special occasion
411 Occasions occasion occasional occasionally to meet occasionally
412 Ocean ocean ocean current
413 Old-fashioned old-fashioned old-fashioned cloths/furniture
to have an opportunity
to miss an opportunity
414 Opportunity opportunity a unique/golden opportunity
oral presentation
415 Oral oral oral hygene
ordinary life an
416 Ordinary ordinary ordinary day
organic food
417 Organic organic organically organic farmic
418 Organism organism complex organism
to organise a meeting/wedding
to organise successfully/badly
organised a large/voluntary organiation
419 Organisation organise organisation disorganised to be very organised
420 Original original originally to have original ideas
an outbreak of flu a
serious outbreak
421 Outbreak outbreak outbreak occurs
422 Outline outline outline the outline of the essay
423 Overall overall overall

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424 Package pack package to pack your bags

a constant/sharp pain
to experience/feel pain
to suffer from pain
to be/seem/look painful
to be completely/entirely painless
425 Pain pain painful, painless painfully to die slowly and painfully
426 Pale pale to have a pale complexion
427 Panel (Discussion) panel panel discussion
panic fear
panic panic buying
428 Panic panic panic panicky to get into a panic
429 Pants pants
foster parents
parental controls
430 Parental parent parental parental advisory
participation
431 Participate participate participant to participate in sth
432 Path path a garden path
433 Peaceful peace peaceful a peaceful protest
434 Percent percent percent
performance to perform successfully
435 Perform perform performer a live performance
436 Period period
to persuade sb to do sth
437 Persuade persuade persuasion persuasive to be persuasive
438 Pesticide pesticide
philosophy of
439 Philosophy (of something) philosophy education/religion/science
to take a pill
440 Pill pill diet/sleeping/vitamin pill
441 Pin (Code) pin pin code
442 Plain plain plain yoghurt
443 Planet planet
444 Plastic plastic to produce/manufacture plastic
to poison sb a
strong/deadly poison
poison to die from/of poisoning
445 Poison poison poisoning poisonous poisonous gas
446 Pollution pollute pollution to control/reduce pollution

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447 Poorly poverty poor to live in poverty

448 Port port
449 Portrait portray portrait
450 Poster poster cinema/circus poster
451 Postpone postpone to postpone doing sth
a flower pot
a pot of coffee/tea
452 Pot pot cooking pot
453 Pour pour to pour carefully
reduce, eliminate poverty
extreme, severe, widespread,
454 Poverty poverty poor rural, urban poverty
455 Praise praise praise to praise sb for sth
to pray that + sentence
to pray silently/regularly
456 Pray pray prayer to say a prayer
457 Precise precise precisely to be precise about sth
to predict correctly/successfully
to make predictions about sth
458 Predict predict prediction predictable to be predictable
a normal/difficult pregnancy
pregnancy test
459 Pregnant pregnancy pregnant to be/become pregnant

presentation to give a presentation

460 Presentation present presenter an interesting/short presentation
to be under pressure
to put sb under pressure
to cope with pressure to put
461 Pressure pressure pressure on somebody
to prevent accidents/crime
to prevent sb from doing sth
462 Prevent prevent prevention preventable a preventable disease
to have pride to be
463 Pride pride proud proudly proud of sb
464 Priest priest a Catholic priest
a prime number
465 Prime (number) prime prime minister
prince
466 Prince princess

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school principal
467 Principal principal basic principal
print
468 Print print printer

469 Prize prize get, receive, take, accept a prize

to go through a process
470 Process process a long/slow/difficult process
production mass/annual production
471 Produce produce product to buy/sell products
to profit from sth
to earn/make a profit
to be/seem profitable
big/small/fat/high profit
a profitable business
to achieve high/low
profitability
a decline/fall in profitability
extremely/highly/very
profitable
profit to trade profitably
472 Profit profit profitability profitable profitably to use time profitably
to promise to do sth
to make a promise
473 Promise promise promise to keep/break a promise

to pronounce correctly
good/bad pronunciation
correct pronunciation
474 Pronounce pronounce pronunciation pronunciation exercises
475 Proper proper properly a proper meal
protect against, from
be protective against, towards
476 Protection protect protection protective protection against, from

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to protest peacefully
protest to organize protest
477 Protest protest protester protest
to have demonstration
proof
concrete/absolute proof
prove to be innocent, guilty
478 Prove prove proof proven be proof against stg
479 Provide provide to provide sth/sb with sth
480 Public public public transport
publisher newspaper/book publishing
481 Publish publish publishing publishing house
482 Pull pull pull to pull hard
483 Pump pump pump a gas/petrol pump
to punish sb for sth
to punish severely
484 Punish punish punishment heavy punishment
main/primary purpose to
485 Purpose purpose have/lack purpose
486 Push push push to push hard
good/high quality
487 Quality quality poor/low quality
488 Quick quick quickly to be quick to do sth
489 Quiet quiet quietly to be/become quiet
490 Quit quit quitter to quit + Ving
rail ticket rail
disaster rail
rail travel to
491 Rail railway travel by rail
to raise your hand to
492 Raise raise raise children
493 Rather (than) rather rather than
ray of light
494 Ray (of light) ray the rays of the sun
495 Reach reach to reach an agreement
to react strongly
496 React react reaction to react to sth
497 Realise realise realisation to realise that + sentence
real
498 Realistic realistic to be real
reasonable to be reasonable
499 Reasonable unreasonable to be reasonable to do sth
500 Receipt receipt

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501 Receive receive

502 Recent recent recently
reception area/desk
503 Reception reception a hotel receptionist
504 Recipe recipe
505 Recognise recognise
to make a recommendation
506 Recommend recommend recommendation about/on sth
507 Reduce reduce reduction
508 Refer refer to refer to sth
refuse to do stg
509 Refuse refuse refusal refusal to do stg
to register for class
510 Register register registration to require registration
relation to relate sth to/with sth
relationship the relation between X and Y
511 Relation relate relative related to be related to sth
512 Remind remind reminder
513 Remote remote
514 Remove remove removal
515 Replace replace replacement
516 Report report report, reporter a news/weather report
517 Represent represent to represent well/poorly
518 Republic republic
519 Require require requirement
520 Reserve reserve reservation to make a reservation
respectful/ to respect deeply/greatly
disrespectful to show respect for sb
521 Respect respect respect respected to have deep/great respect
to respond quickly a
522 Respond respond response great response
financial, limited, natural
523 Resource resource resourceful resources
to revise notes to
need a lot of revision to
524 Revise revise revision do revision
525 Rhythm rhythm slow/fast rhythm
526 Ridiculous ridiculous ridiculously to be/look/sound ridiculous
to rise dramatically/sharply
527 Rise rise rise a rise in sth
528 Roll (the ball) roll to roll the ball

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529 Roof roof

530 Root root deep/shallow root
531 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks
532 Royal royalty royal the royal family
to put the rubbish out
533 Rubbish rubbish rubbish bin
534 Rug rug
to set out rules
to obey/follow rules
535 Rule rule to break the rules
to run fast a
536 Runner run runner fast/good runner
to pay/earn salary good/high/low
537 Salary salary salary
538 Saucer saucer
scene beautiful/breathtaking/spectacular
539 Scenery scenery scenery
540 Scissors scissors
541 Score score score high/low score
to scratch badly
to have a scratch a
542 Scratch scratch scratch scratch mark
543 Scream scream scream to scream loudly
544 Screen screen
545 Section section
546 Seem seem It seems that + sentence
to make sense
sensible people
547 Sense sense sensible sensible answer
548 Separate separate separation separate
549 Series series television series
servant
550 Serve serve service
551 Set (the table) set to set the table
severe pain/illness
severe headache
severe weather conditions
552 Severe (pain/illness) severe severely to be severely injured
553 Sew sew
554 Sex sex opposite sex

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to make a shadow
555 Shadow shadow dark shadow
556 Shake shake to shake hands
557 Shape shape
558 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp sharp edge
559 Shave shave shave to have a shave
560 Shortly (after) shortly shortly after/before sth
561 Shoulder shoulder a shoulder to cry on
sign
562 Sign sign signature
563 Signal signal signal to give a/the signal
significant significance of, attach
564 Significant/insignificant significance insignificant significance to
565 Silly silly to be/look silly
566 Since since
to sink slowly/fast
567 Sink sink sink a kitchen/bathroom sink
568 Site site historical sites
569 Situated (in/on/by) situated to be situated in/on/by
to have a skill
skilled great/necessary skill
570 Skill skill skillful to be very skilled at/in sth
skin cancer
571 Skin skin dark/fair/pale/tanned skin
slave
572 Slave slavery

573 Sleeve sleeve to roll your sleeves up

574 Slip slip

575 Smell smell smell to have a nice/sweet smell
soap
576 Soap soap opera a bar of soap
to be/look soft a
soft pillow
577 Softly soft softly to speak softly
to solve a problem
to solve a mystery/puzzle
578 Solution solve solution a solution to the problem
579 Somehow somehow

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speech
580 Speaker speak speaker a brilliant/good speaker
581 Species species endangered/extinct species
582 Specific specific specifically a specific example
speed limit
583 Speed speed maximum speed
to add spice
584 Spice spice spicy to be/smell/taste spicy

to spread fast/rapidly to
encourage/prevent/limit spread
585 Spread spread spread great/gradual/rapid/slow spread
586 Squeeze squeeze
to go through a stage
a difficult/critical stage
587 Stage stage to be on stage
to state that + sentence to
588 Statement state statement make a statement about sth
to have/acquire status great/high
589 Status status status
popular/common/gender/racial
590 Stereotype stereotype stereotype stereotypical stereotype
591 Stick stick stick
592 Stock (Market) stock stock market
593 Stuff stuff stuff
594 Stupid stupid to be/look stupid
595 Style style
596 Sub sub-
successful to achieve/have success
597 Succeed succeed success unsuccessful successfully to be successful at/in sth
to suffer from sth
to suffer badly/a lot/greatly
sufferer to cause great/intense/terrible
598 Suffer suffer suffering suffering
599 Suicide suicide suicidal to commit suicide
to come up with some
suggestions to
give sb some suggestions to
600 Suggest suggest suggestion make a suggestion

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to pack a suitcase
601 Suitcase suitcase heavy/light suitcase

602 Summary summary to write a summary

to supply well/adequately
to keep sb/sth supplied with sth---
a supply of sth
supply to bring supplies medical/plentiful
supplies supplies big/leading/main/largest
603 Supply supply supplier supplier
604 Support support support to support well
605 Suppose suppose to suppose that + sentence

606 Surface surface

to survive well
to barely/narrowly survive
to be likely to survive
survival chances/rate
a battle/fight/struggle for survival
survival against sth
survival great survivor
607 Survive survive survivor the only survivor
608 Symbol symbol
609 Symptom symtom
610 System system
611 Tablet tablet to take sleeping/vitamin tablets
612 Tale tale to tell a tale
613 Tank (water) tank a petrol/water tank
tap water to
614 Tap (water) tap turn a tap on/off

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615 Task task to complete a challenging task

tax
616 Tax taxpayer to pay tax
to tend to do sth to
617 Tendency tend tendency have a tendency to do sth
618 Term (terminology) term a technical term
619 Theatre theatre theatrical
620 Theme theme
621 Theory theory
622 Therapy therapy alternative therapy
paper tissue
623 Tissue tissue healty tissue
624 Thumb thumb
625 Thunder thunder loud thunder
626 Tip tip
627 Tool tool to use tools
628 Topic topic
629 Total total totally
630 Towel towel clean/wet towel
to trade openly/successfully with
sb
to do/carry out/conduct trade
trade profitable trade
631 Trade trade trading fair trade
632 Tradition tradition traditional
to translate correctly
to translate from one language
translation into another language
633 Translate translate translator to do translation

transport
634 Transport/transportation transportation to use public transport
treat somebody like/as something
635 Treat treat treat badly treated/well treated -- my
636 Trend trend trendy trendy clothes
a native tribe
637 Tribe tribe tribal tribal dress
638 Trick trick trick to play a trick on sb
639 Truck truck to drive a truck a

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640 Tunnel tunnel to go into a tunnel

641 Ugly ugly to be/look very ugly
642 Underwater underwater an underwater camera
643 Undergraduate undergraduate undergraduate degree
644 Underwear underwear
645 Universe universe universal in the entire/whole universe
necessary
646 Unnecessary/Necessary unnecessary necessarily It is necessary to do sth

to give/get/take pleasure from sth

to be pleased to do sth
to be pleased that + sentence
pleased to be pleased about sth
pleasant a pleasant day/surprise
647 Unpleasant/ Pleasant pleasure unpleasant an unpleasant experience
to give an update
648 Update update update weekly update
649 Urban urbanisation urban urban areas/development
650 Vacuum vacuum vacuum to create/produce vacuum
651 Valley valley
to place value
652 Value value value valuable high/low value
653 Van van
vandal
654 Vandal vandalism
655 Variety vary variety various to vary greatly
656 Vehicle vehicle motor vehicle
the original version of the film
657 Version version current/latest version

to have different views about/on

sth In my view,
658 View view viewer + sentence TV viewer
to use violence
great/extreme violence
659 Violent violence violent to be/become violent
a deadly virus to
660 Virus virus be infected with virus
vowel
661 Vowel/Consonant consonant

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weekly wages
the minimum wage to
662 Wage wage earn/pay wages
to wave at sb
663 Wave wave wave to hear the waves
664 Weave weave to weave a carpet
web spider's web to
665 Web website design a website
to weigh carefully
to be about average height and
weight to lose a
666 Weigh weigh weight bit of weight
667 Weird weird to feel/sound weird
wheel
668 Wheel wheelchair to use a wheelchair
a wide river/road
669 Wide wide widely to vary widely
widespread support/
670 Widespread widespread acceptance/criticism
strong/terrible wind
671 Wind wind wind to blow
a piece of wood
672 Wood wood wooden a wooden chair
673 Worth worth to be worth it
to wrap firmly/tightly to
wrap in a blanket
674 Wrap wrap wrap to wrap a present
675 Yard yard
676 Yawn yawn yawn
677 Zone zone military/restricted zone
678
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