- Against the odds

- CV
- Foresee
- Half-hearted
- Master’s degree
- Networking
- Portfolio
- Scrape through
- Shadow (v)
- Vital

Colocations:
Adjectives + nouns:
- High salary.
- Main priority.
- Tight deadlines.
- Heavy workload.
- Close-knit community.
- Wide variety.

Verbs + nouns:
- Take something/someone severely – to treat as being important and deserving attention or
respect.
- Make the opportunity for something.
- Take a list to do something – a list of things that one wants to get done or that need to get
done.
- Hand in your business.
- Do a good impression.
- Have a speech.

Phrasal verbs and expressions with take:

- Take something in your stride – deal with something difficult or unpleasant in a calm and
accepting way.
- Be taken aback by someone – to surprise or shock (someone).
- Take no notice of something/someone – to ignore someone or something
- Take pleasure in something – to enjoy doing something,
- Take pity on someone – to feel pity for (a person or animal) and do something to help.
- Take advantage of something/someone.
- Take exception to something – to feel or express disagreement with or opposition to
something.
- Take pride in something/someone – to be proud of.

Passive voice:
Subject (=agent) – verb – object.
- All the data thrown at the students overwhelmed them – active voice.
- The students seemed overwhelmed by all the data thrown at them – passive voice.