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taste

feelings
influence
feelings
STRONG
PLAIN
English clothes

opponent athlete

choice cake
vocabulary culture
gap grin
WIDE RICH

variety reception colours history

night CHILLY day

possibility
coach
number heels
service bus
EXPRESS High
speed wind
post current
a gig to the
theatre
to
football
shooping

running
DO a
yoga
GO out for a
running
pizza

shooping
on a to a
gig film

computer
games a
film

a a
DVD football a
a
film
PLAY WATCH
DVD

the
guitar a gig television a
football

the
computer

a computers
pizza games

HAVE
the a
guitar DVD
friends
round
1become
2
have

GET
3
6 move/travel
understand
5 4
receive persuade

1. In which situations do you get angry?


2. When do you normally get the time to relax?
3. How do you get from one place to another?
4. What do you use to get people to do what you want?
5. Haw many texts do you get in an day?
6. Was there the subject at school that you really didn’t get ?
COLLOCATIONS With DO +

activity damage favour job task

business drawing gardening laundry test

cleaning Duty harm one’s best washing (up)

cooking exam(ination) homework painting work

course exercise ironing shopping

Nouns which combine with make+

apology coffee excuse love offer remark

assumption comment friends lunch phone call sound

bed complaint guess mess plan soup

breakfast dinner law mistake profit speech

cake effort list money progress statement

change error loss noise promise tea

They made me an interesting offer of a job in Warsaw.


Not many building firms will make a profit this year.
I have to make a phone call.
Give a call (a ring, a buzz) Give me a call to let me know you’ve arrived safely.

Give a chance Let me give a chance for the youngsters

Give a choice I was given no choice; I had to go to the boring lecture.

Give a damn She doesn’t give a damn about her job.

Give a hand He always give a hand to anyone in difficulty.

Give a headache The noise was giving her a headache.

Give a hug or kiss Come here and give me a hug!

Give a lecture or speech The president will give a long speech.


or performance

Give a ride I’ve got to get into town. Can you give me a ride?
Give somebody a lift Please give me a lift onto the saddle.

Give an advice We are here to give people advice about health issues.
Give an answer John always gives perfect answers in class.
Give an example John gave Iceland as an example of a cold country.

Give an idea He gave an idea for new project so he got a promotion.


Give the impression His body did not give the impression of age.
Give an opinion He didn’t give an opinion on the matter

Give birth I’m pregnant and I’ll give birth.

Give credit You have to give credit to her for turning the match around.

Give evidence I was asked to give evidence at the trial.

Give notice She’s given notice that she intends to leave.

Give permission The city authorities gave permission for the rally to take place.

Give priority They must also give priority to looked after children in care.

Give someone a break - Stop top criticizing the person, or stop being so
demanding/harsh to them.

Give someone a pause - to cause someone to hesitate, or to stop and think carefully. It’s a
nice car, but there are some mechanical issues that give me
pause.

Give someone a to consider that person trustworthy – thinking you can believe
credence to that person/thing.
I give credence to any claim that hasn’t been proven by science.
Give someone grief to criticize, annoy, or hassle someone.
I lost some money gambling, and my wife has been giving me
grief about it.

Give rise to They can give rise to cosmetic concerns.

Give somebody a call I’ll give you a call later in the week.

Give somebody a chance It gives me a chance to get away from soccer a little.

Give something a go I doubt if he’ll listen to advice from me, but I’ll give it a go.

Give somebody your I’ll Make a promise to someone


word
Give thought (to) Have you given any more thought to going back to school?

Give hope This book can and will give hope to the hopeless

Give way You must give way to any pedestrians on the crossing.

Give somebody a hand I gave Mark a hand to carry his bags/with his bags.
with sth. /or to do sth. ▪
Give it time when we want to tell someone to be patient, because in time things will
change.
▪ You just broke your ankle. I know you’re anxious to get back to playing
sports, but give it time.
Give it a rest We use this expression to tell someone to stop talking about a topic
that they are constantly talking about.
My uncle’s constantly complaining about his problems. I wish he’d give
it a rest!

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