List of Expressions with Ask

 Ask a favour
 Ask a question
 Ask about
 Ask after somebody
 Ask for advice
 Ask for directions
 Ask for something
 Ask permission
 Ask sb out
 Ask if/ whether
Examples of Collocations with ASK
Ask a favour
 Can I ask a favour?
Ask a question
 Sally interrupted me in midstream to ask a question.
Ask about
 I want to ask  you about your opinion about this book.
Ask after somebody
 Tell your father I was asking after him.
Ask for advice
 You should go to your doctor and ask for advice.
Ask for directions
 How do you ask for directions in Korea?
Ask for something
 He never speaks to me other than to  ask for something.
Ask permission
 You must ask permission if you want to leave early.
Ask sb out
 He asked her out to dinner.
Ask if/ whether
 Tom asked if  she wanted a cup of coffee.
 List of Expressions with Break
 Break a bone
 Break a code
 Break a habit
 Break a law
 Break a promise
 Break a record
 Break a window
 Break ground
 Break new ground
 Break the news
 Break one’s fall
 Break someone’s heart
 Break the rules
 Break the silence
 Break the spell
Examples of Collocations with Break
Break a bone
 Tom broke his bone  while striking his final goal.
Break a code
 Scientists worked day and night to break the code.
Break a habit
 Do you know it takes 28 days to  break a habit?
Break a law
 If you break a law, you go to prison.
Break a promise
 I know he wouldn’t  break a promise to me, so I try to keep this promise.
Break a record
 “You and me, today we’re going to break a record, ” he said.
Break a window
 I had to  break a window  to get into the house.
Break ground
 They will break ground on the new housing project next week.
Break new ground
 I don’t have to  break new ground here.
Break the news
 The police had to break the news  to the boy’s parents.
Break one’s fall
 Luckily, a bush broke his fall.
Break someone’s heart
 It would  break her heart when they’d have to leave .
Break the rules
 If you break the rules and get caught, you should be penalized.
Break the silence
 I was the first one to  break the silence  in my family.
Break the spell
 We have to make our own rules to break the spell.
 List of Expressions with Catch
 Catch (on) fire
 Catch a ball
 Catch a bus/ a train
 Catch a chill
 Catch a cold
 Catch a glimpse
 Catch a thief
 Catch a whiff
 Catch sight of
 Catch someone’s attention
 Catch someone’s eye
 Catch the flu
 Catch You Later!
 Catch your breath
Collocation Examples with Catch
Catch (on) fire
 The plane  catches fire  just as it is reaching the destination.
Catch a ball
 His son could  catch a ball coming toward his left or right.
Catch a bus/ a train
 You’d really need to  catch a bus.
Catch a chill
 If you have a small hat available, put it on the baby so it doesn’t catch a
chill.
Catch a cold
 If you get caught in the rain, you might  catch a cold.
Catch a glimpse
 Perhaps I might catch a glimpse  of Frank.
Catch a thief
 You’re here to  catch a thief.
Catch a whiff
 I caught a whiff of  peachy  perfume.
Catch sight of
 As the group turns to leave, Sayid  catches sight of  the cat.
Catch someone’s attention
 The silver plated caster on the dining table catch her attention.
Catch someone’s eye
 I caught her eye  and smiled.
Catch the flu
 Tom seems to catch the flu every year.
Catch You Later!
 See you again. Catch you later.
Catch your breath
 You never got a chance to catch your breath.