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    A collocation is a natural grouping of words that often go together. The document provides examples of collocations like "make breakfast", "powerful engine", and "pitch dark". It also lists intensifiers that frequently collocate with adjectives such as "deeply ashamed", "ridiculously cheap", and "highly controversial". The document demonstrates how analyzing collocations can provide insight into how words are commonly paired together in natural language.

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    A collocation is a natural grouping of words that often go together. The document provides examples of collocations like "make breakfast", "powerful engine", and "pitch dark". It also lists intensifiers that frequently collocate with adjectives such as "deeply ashamed", "ridiculously cheap", and "highly controversial". The document demonstrates how analyzing collocations can provide insight into how words are commonly paired together in natural language.

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    A collocation is a natural grouping of words that often go together. The document provides examples of collocations like "make breakfast", "powerful engine", and "pitch dark". It also lists intensifiers that frequently collocate with adjectives such as "deeply ashamed", "ridiculously cheap", and "highly controversial". The document demonstrates how analyzing collocations can provide insight into how words are commonly paired together in natural language.

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    1- What is a collocation?

    1. make mistakes 1. substantial meal


    2. powerful engine 2. bitterly cold
    3. have breakfast 3. pitch dark
    4. make an effort 4. strictly forbidden
    5. watch TV 5. Other possible collocations are: make breakfast, substantial breakfast
    6. ancient monument
    nostalgia
    horror

    anger
    pride
    tears
    pride

    blissfully
    fully
    proudly
    happily
    gently
    softly
    1 deeply ashamed 6 bitterly disappointing
    2 ridiculously cheap 7 strongly/utterly opposed
    3 highly controversial 8 utterly ridiculous
    4 utterly stupid 9 ridiculously easy
    5 highly successful 10 deeply concerned
    ridiculously cheap
    highly controversial

    strongly/utterly opposed
    bitterly disappointing

    deeply ashamed
    bitterly disappointing

    strongly/utterly opposed
    utterly ridiculous

    ridiculously easy

    deeply concerned
    bitterly

    deeply
    bitterly

    bitterly
    Unit 7: Everyday verbs 1
    Made a mistake

    Make a decision

    Make arrangements/
    an arrangement

    Make change

    Make choice

    Make a contribution
    do

    do

    Make/do

    make

    make

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