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Upper-Interm Ediate Word Headword Verb Noun Adjective Adverb Collocation
Upper-Interm Ediate Word Headword Verb Noun Adjective Adverb Collocation
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to be forced to abandon to abandon stg
1 Abandon abandon abandonment abandoned completely/entirely
2 Absorb absorb absorbent to absorb quickly/rapidly
to be abused
emotionally/physically/sexually/verbally
3 Abuse abuse abuse abuser abusive to be/become abusive
4 Accelerate accelerate acceleration quickly accelerate rapid acceleration
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to consist of to consist
116 Consist (of) consist entirely/mainly/largely of sth
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to deny firmly/strongly/consistently
153 Deny deny denial in denial firm/strong denial
154 Deposit deposit give/leave/pay a deposit
to descend from sb/sth
to be descended from sb/sth
distant/remote descendant to be a descendant
155 Descend descend descendant of sb
to greatly desire sth
to have/express a desire for sth
a burning/strong desire to be/become/seem
desirable desirable a desired
156 Desire desire desire desired effect/result
detection
158 Detect detect detective
a balanced/good/healthy diet
to have a diet strict/weight-loss
diet to follow/go on a diet to be on a
159 Diet diet diet diet
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to differ considerably/enormously/greatly
to differ from sth to differentiate
clearly to differentiate between sth and sth
to be/appear different to be
very/significantly different
differ big/huge/political difference between sth/sb
160 Differ differentiate difference different differently difference in sth
be in a dilemma face a dilemma
resolve a dilemma create a
dilemma put somebody in a
161 Dilemma dilemma dilemma
to add a new dimension to sth
162 Dimension dimension essential/important dimension
to dip into to dip into now and
163 Dip (into) dip then
to impose/enforce discipline
to have/lack discipline strong/harsh
discipline
164 Discipline discipline disciplined a disciplined army
to have/suffer/experience discomfort
to complain of discomfort great/severe
165 Discomfort discomfort discomfort
166 disorder disorder mental/ a blood disorder
to cause/lead to a growing dissatisfaction
among people
dissatisfaction about/over sth
deep/increasing/public dissatisfaction
to feel/have satisfaction complete/deep/great
satisfaction
dissatisfy dissatisfaction dissatisfied to be/feel dissatisfied with sth
167 Dissatisfy/Satisfy satisfy satisfaction satisfied to be/feel satisfied with sth
to distinguish clearly/easily to distinguish
between sth and sth to be
distinguishable clearly distinguishable a
168 Distinguish distinguish distinguished distinguished writer
to distribute fairly/equally equal/regional
169 Distribute distribute distribution distribution
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serious/major/considerable disturbance
to cause disturbance to be/become
disturbing disturbing very/extremely/slightly disturbing
170 Disturb disturb disturbance disturbed to be/become/seem seriously disturbed
great/wide/immense diversity
ethnic diversity to create/protect
171 Diverse diversity diverse diversity to be/become diverse
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to elect annually/democratically/freely
to be elected fair/democratic
election election takes place
186 Elect elect election election campaign
187 Elsewhere elsewhere
severe/total/slight embarrassment
to feel/hide embarrassment
to blush/flush with embarrassment
embarrassing to be embarrassing to be feel/look
188 Embarrass embarrass embarrassment embarrassed embarrassed about sth
to increase employment
employment opportunities/possibilities/prospects
unemployment full-time/part-time employee
employer employed to recruit an employee to be
189 Employ employ employee unemployed temporarily/permanently employed
190 Enclose (attach) enclose enclosure enclosed to enclose completely/fully/totally
to be likely to encounter a
191 Encounter encounter encounter chance/unexpected encounter
to be highly endangered endangered
192 Endanger endanger endangered species/plants
193 Enhance enhance enhancement
enquire enquiry to enquire about to carry
194 Enquire (about)/ Inquire inquire inquiry out/conduct enquiry
195 Entire entire entirely
to envy greatly to show extreme
196 Envy envy envy envious envy to be envious
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deep/great/terrible fear to
experience/have/feel fear
the fear of sth
to really fear to be/appear/look
fearful fearful to be extremely/very fearful about
229 Fear fear fear fearless fearfully sth to be/seem fearless
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237 Finance finance finance financial financially to finance largely/partially a financial adviser
to flash sth at sb to notice/see a
238 Flash flash flash bright flash
to have flexibility to have
considerably/enormous/great flexibility
flexible to be/seem flexible to be
239 Flexible/ Inflexible flexibility inflexible extremely/highly flexible
240 Flour flour
to forbid strictly
241 Forbid forbid forbidden to be forbidden from doing sth
to formulate plan/legislation
242 Formulate formulate formulation to formulate carefully
243 Forthcoming forthcoming to be forthcoming
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to gamble on sth a
gamble big/huge/desperate gamble
gambling compulsive/illegal gambling a
252 Gamble gamble gambler compulsive/heavy gambler
253 Gear gear fishing/camping gear
gender differences/inequality gender
254 Gender gender identity/role
genetically modified food genetic
255 gene gene genetics genetic genetically disorder/defect/inheritance
generation to generate electricity electricity/gas
256 Generate generate generator generation electrical generator
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to ignore completely/totally/consistently
to be widely ignored to ignore the
fact that + sentence
complete/total ignorance ignorance
about sth to show ignorance
to live in ignorance
to be ignorant of sth to
be/appear/seem ignorant
284 Ignore ignore ignorance ignorant completely/entirely/totally ignorant
to illustrate well/nicely
good/excellent/perfect illustration
285 Illustrate illustrate illustration to give/provide an illustration
to create a positive/negative/macho image
286 Image image to improve image
287 Immediate immediate immediately immediate response/effect
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to implement fully/properly to be
forced/obliged to implement
to implement successfully/effectively
to implement a law/system/plan
Implement (a effective/successful/complete/full
292 law/system/plan) implement implementation implementation
to clearly/usually imply to have a
clear/obvious implication
the implication is/was that + sentence
to have/understand/assess implications
to have serious implications for sth
to have considerable/crucial/enormous
293 Imply imply implication implications
to impose sth to impose on sb
294 Impose impose to impose a ban/tax
to impress sb with sth to really
impress an attempt to impress
to form/gain/get/have a strong impression
about sth/sb to have the
impression that + sentence
to make a bad/good/wrong/right impression
to make/create/leave a lasting impression
impressive an impressive performance/view to
295 Impress impress impression impressed impressively be/feel/seem impressed about sth
Incident Incident , incidence
296 incidental incidentally major, serious incident
a steep incline to be inclined towards
297 Incline incline inclined sth
to have/receive income
high/large/low/small income
298 Income income to depend on income
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great/sheer inspiration to
find/get/gain inspiration to give
sb inspiration to lack inspiration
an inspirational talk to
be/seem inspiring to be
inspirational deeply/very/really inspiring to
inspiring be/feel inspired to feel
308 Inspiration inspire inspiration inspired inspired to do sth
an instant success instant
coffee instant
309 Instant instant instantly messaging
first instinct have a deep/powerful/strong instinct
310 Instinct instinct instinctive instinctively for sth totally instinctive
a mental institution a
financial/research/educational institution
311 Institution institution institutional the institution of marriage
312 Insufficient/Sufficient insufficient/sufficient insufficiently/ sufficiently prove insufficient
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to insult publicly a
bad/terrible/deliberate insult to sb
to be/seem/sound insulting to
be very/highly/quite insulting
insulting an insulting remark to be/feel
313 Insult insult insult insulted deeply insulted
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great/natural/unexpected kindness
to show sb kindness to receive
kindness
kindness kind kindly to be (un)kind to sb to kindly offer
332 Kindness unkindness unkind unkindly sth
333 Kneel kneel knee to kneel down
334 Latter /Former latter/former latterly/formerly the former president/wife/employer
335 Launch launch launch the launch of the space shuttle
336 Lay lay to lay eggs to lay the table
to lead to sth to lead the way
a born/natural/charismatic leader
lead leader leading to show/provide effective/strong leadership
337 Lead mislead leadership misleading misleading information/statements
to fight to protect liberty to lose/win
338 Liberty liberty liberty
339 Literary literature literary
live a lively conversation/debate a lively
340 Lively liveliness lively child
to loan sth to sb a bank loan
to apply for/ask for loan a
341 Loan loan loan large/massive/long-term/short-term loan
to locate accurately/precisely the
precise/exact/specific location
locate location to show the location to dislocate
342 Locate dislocate dislocation a shoulder
logical logically to understand the logic behind sth
343 Logic logic illogical illogically to be/seem/sound (il)logical
Loyal extremely, very loyal show loyalty to, for,
344 loyalty loyal from
345 Lung lung lung cancer
mail to mail to sb
346 Mail mail e-mail junk mail voice mail
to maintain order to be difficult
to maintain to maintain
properly/well/poorly
annual/regular/routine maintenance
to carry out/need/require maintenance
347 Maintain maintain maintenance preventative/careful maintenance
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manual labour/work
instruction manual to
348 Manual manual manual manually check/consult a manual
to manufacture products to start to
manufacture large-scale/industrial
manufacture manufacturing
manufacturing big/large/leading manufacturer
349 Manufacture manufacture manufacturer car/food manufacturing
mass of sth
enormous/great/huge/large mass of sth
mass production/destruction mass
mass murderer a massive
350 Mass mass massive massively building massive debts
351 Mayor mayor to elect sb as mayor local mayor
media coverage/reports/interest
local/national media
media news/print/visual media the medium
352 Media medium of instruction
modern/traditional medicine
to take medicine
powerful/strong medicine
353 Medical medicine medical medically medical advice/books
mental health/illness a mentally ill
354 Mental mental mentally person
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to occur commonly/frequently to
be likely to occur a common
384 Occur occur occurrence occurrence to predict an occurrence
to be/feel/seem odd It's odd that +
385 Odd odd oddly sentence to find sth odd
to offend deeply/gravely/greatly to be
likely to offend major/serious offence
to cause/give offence a
persistent offender to
appear/be/seem offensive
offence offensive extremely offensive to feel/look
386 Offend offend offender offended offended
to offer kindly/generously
a job offer to refuse/accept
387 Offer offer offer an offer
a dangerous/main opponent
388 Opponent opponent a political opponent
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to originate in + place to be
extremely/highly original
origin to have/display originality
390 Origin originate originality original originally great/startling originality in sth
391 Ornament ornament ornamental to be highly/very ornamental
392 Outcome outcome major outcome
to be outstanding to consider sth
outstanding particularly/really
outstanding to be
393 Outstanding outstanding outstandingly outstandingly successful
to overcome completely/successfully
394 Overcome overcome to overcome a main/major obstacle
an overseas student to live/work
395 Overseas overseas overseas overseas
to owe sb an apology/explanation to
396 Owe owe owe money
the pace of sth to
397 Pace pace increase/decrease/maintain pace
398 parade parade hold a parade fashion/colorful parade
parliament to approve sth current
399 Parliament parliament parliament
to be partial partially
400 Partial partial partially cooked
401 Particular particular particularly
passage
402 Passage passageway long/short/narrow passage
to arouse/awaken passion grand/great
passionate passion to be passionate about sth
403 Passion passion passionless passionately a passionless marriage
to pause briefly to pause for a
moment to take a
404 Pause pause pause brief/momentary/short/long pause
405 Peak peak peak to reach a peak high/rocky peak
to live on state pension to get/receive a
406 Pension pension pension
to perceive clearly /easily/readily
to have/gain perception
407 Perceive perceive perception clear/common/widely-held perception
to be permanent to make sth
408 Permanent permanent permanently permanent
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425 pros and cons pros and cons pros and cons of sth pros of living in a big city
the prospect of sth
426 Prospect prospect prospective a prospective buyer
to punch hard/lightly to throw a
powerful/knockout punch a punch on the
427 Punch punch punch nose
428 Punctual punctuality punctual punctually to be punctual
to purchase sth to purchase
429 Purchase purchase purchase sth in advance cash/credit purchase
purity
430 Pure purify purification pure purely to purify water/the air purity of voice
to pursue a career in + a field
to pursue effectively/successfully
431 Pursue pursue pursuit the pursuit of happiness
to have/hold a qualification
formal/recognized qualification
to improve quality
qualification excellent/good/low/poor quality
432 Qualify qualify quality qualified to be qualified
to quarrel about/over sth to quarrel
bitterly/fiercely
to have a quarrel about sth to have a quarrel
with sb a serious/violent/family
433 Quarrel quarrel quarrel quarrelsome quarrel
434 Quote quote quotation to take a quotation
to range from X to Y to range
enormously/widely to have range
broad/enormous/extensive range
435 Range range range a wide range of sth
to be/seem rapid
436 Rapid rapid rapidly rapid change/growth
437 Rarely rare rarely to be rare
438 Rate rate rate to go at a tremendous rate
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to recover completely/fully/partially
to make a recovery
amazing/full/fast/slow recovery
to make a recovery from sth
441 Recover recover recovery to show signs of recovery
to reflect on sth
to reflect back
to gaze/stare at a reflection
clear/fain reflection to be highly
442 Reflect reflect reflection reflective reflective
a refugee camp be a refugee
443 refugee refugee arrive in a country as a refugee
444 Region region regional regionally a regional accent/dialect/newspaper
to regret doing sth to regret that +
sentence to regret deeply/greatly
to have/feel regret
regretful regretfully big/deep/great regret a regretful
445 Regret regret regret regrettable regrettably glance/smile
regulation to regulate carefully/closely
446 Regulation regulate regulator strict/tight regulation
447 Reject reject rejection to reject firmly
to release quickly/eventually/accidentally
448 Release release release early release from prison
relevance relevant to have/lack/lose relevance to
449 Relevant /Irrelevant irrelevance irrelevant be/seem/become relevant
to rely heavily/strongly on sth
to assess/ensure reliability
reliable high/poor reliability to be very
450 Reliable /unreliable rely reliability unreliable reliably reliable
451 Remain remain remains remaining the remains of sth
remarkable
452 Remarkable unremarkable remarkably
an effective remedy for sth to
453 Remedy remedy need/take remedy
454 Reproduce reproduce reproduction reproductory reproductory organs
to have a worldwide reputation for sth
to destroy a reputation to have
reputable a good/bad reputation
455 Reputation reputation disreputable reputably to be highly/very reputable
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511 sponsor sponsor sponsor(ship) major sponsor a sponsor for sth sponsor sbd
spray
512 Spray spray sprayer hair spray
to be badly/heavily/slightly stained
513 Stain stain stain stainless stubborn/dark stain stainless steel
starve to death face starvation/die of
514 starve starve starvation starvation starvation wage/diet
to state clearly/exactly to be in a
good/healthy state a
state state of shock to make
515 State state statement statement brief/short statement
516 Statue statue a statue of sth
steady to be/seem steady
517 Steady /unsteady steadiness unsteady remarkably/very steady
518 Steam steam steam steaming to generate/produce steam
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stainless steel to
519 Steel steel produce/manufacture steel
steep hill steep rise
to be/look steep to rise
520 Steep steepness steep steeply steeply
521 Steer steer to steer a car
to make/take/follow a step
522 Step step step big/considerable/huge/small step
to be stocked to stock
523 Stocks stock stocks plentifully/well/fully
heavy/hard stone precious
524 Stone stone stone
525 Straightforward straightforward to be/look straightforward
to strain hard to
526 Strain strain strain strained be/feel strained
to be/feel/seem strange a
complete stranger to behave
527 Stranger stranger strange strangely strangely
effective/good/successful strategy
528 Strategy strategy strategic strategically strategic planning
529 Stream stream stream
to strike hard/firmly
It struck me that + sentence
to be struck by lightning to go
on strike to be striking
530 Strike strike strike striking a striking resemblance
to have/suffer a stroke
531 Stroke stroke serious/minor/fatal stroke
to struggle with sth to struggle
desperately/hard to
struggle badly great/life-and-
532 Struggle struggle struggle death struggle
533 Studio studio a recording studio
534 subjective subjective a subjective idea
to submit formally
535 Submit submit submission complete/total submission
to substitute for sth a substitute
536 Substitute substitute substitute teacher
537 subtract subtract subtraction subtract sth from sth
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to suit fine/well to be
suitable for sb to be/look
suitable to be
538 Suitable suit suitable suitably suitably dressed
to survey carefully to carry
out/conduct a survey
detailed/extensive survey survey to
539 Survey survey survey find out sth
to suspect that + sentence to be
widely suspected
to have a suspicion that + sentence
the prime suspect to be/feel
suspicion suspicious to be suspicious about sth
540 Suspect suspect suspect suspicious suspiciously a suspicious-looking car/van
541 Sustain sustain sustainability sustainable environmentally sustainable
542 Swallow swallow to swallow quickly/accidentally
543 swap swap swap places
to swear at sb to use a
swear word a bad/strong/mild
544 Swear swear swear word swear word
sweat to sweat a lot/heavily to make sb
sweats sweat to drip /pour with sweat
sweatshirt heavy/cold sweat to be/feel/look
545 Sweat sweat sweater sweaty sweaty
546 Sweep sweep sweep up
an artificial sweetener
sweetness to be/smell/taste sweet to be
547 Sweet sweeten sweetener sweet very/extremely sweet to look terribly sweet
to switch easily/readily a
sudden/immediate switch
548 Switch switch switch to make a switch
to sympathize really/deeply to
feel/have/express sympathy
deep/great/genuine sympathy
549 Sympathy sympathize sympathy sympathetic sympathetically to be sympathetic
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to target carefully/deliberately/particularly
to target sb to aim at a
target obvious/potential
551 Target target target target
a bad temper to
555 Temper temper bad-tempered have/control/lose temper to be bad-tempered
a temporary job temporary
556 Temporary temporary temporarily housing
to tend to do sth to have a
557 Tendency tend tendency tendency to do sth
a tender kiss/look to feel/show
tenderness extreme/great/infinite
558 Tender tenderness tender tenderness
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a unique opportunity
590 Unique uniqueness unique uniquely to be unique to sth
likely to be (un)likely to do sth It's likely that +
591 Unlikely unlikely sentence
to predict accurately/successfully to
predict that + sentence to make correct
predictable prediction to
592 Unpredictable predict prediction unpredictable be/seem predictable
suitable to be suitable for sb
593 Unsuitable unsuitable suitably to be suitably dressed
to be sure that + sentence to be unsure
sure about sth to be unsure of yourself
594 Unsure unsure surely to make sure that + sentence
wanted
595 Unwanted want unwanted to want badly/desperately
596 Upright upright to sit/stand upright
597 Upside (down) upside down upside down to turn sth upside down
a matter of great urgency
an urgent message to be increasingly
598 Urgent urgency urgent urgently urgent to be in urgent need of sth
valid
599 Valid invalid a valid argument
to vary widely to offer
great/huge variety
variety extreme/great/wide variability
600 Various vary variability various variously various reasons
601 verbal verbal verbal abuse/agreement
602 Victim victim helpless/innocent victim
famous/glorious/historic victory
603 Victory victory victorious a victorious army
clear/good/excellent visibility
visibility visible visibly to be barely/hardly visible to be visible
604 Visible invisibility invisible invisibly to the naked eye
605 Volume volume volume of sth
to volunteer to do sth unpaid
volunteer voluntary
work/organizations to leave
606 Volunteer volunteer volunteer voluntary voluntarily voluntarily
vote to vote for sb to vote against
607 Vote vote voter sth to persuade voter
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wander
608 Wander wander wanderer to wander slowly/aimlessly
to warn clearly/firmly to warn
constantly/repeatedly to warn that +
sentence to warn to do sth
to give (sb) a strong warning
609 Warn warn warning to receive a warning
to have/possess wealth
great/enormous wealth to be/look
610 Wealth wealth wealthy wealthy
a lethal/powerful weapon to use/carry
a weapon to be armed with a weapon
611 Weapon weapon nuclear weapons
to promote/improve welfare
612 Welfare welfare child/community welfare
613 Western west western
614 Wheat wheat to grow wheat
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