Collocations
- Expressing Extents (Little, Some, Half, a lot, Most, All)
– barely audible / visible
– virtually invisible/ depleted/
– significantly
– somewhat
– completely
– extensively
– globally
– Specifically
– Unusually
–
- Expressing feelings
– scream/ cry hysterically
– shout loudly/ hysterically/ angrily
– love passionately / unconditionally
– argue endlessly
– apologise profusely
– worry deeply
– gaze longingly
– want desperately
- Describing a bad situation
– deeply regret
– severely affected
– fatally injured
– severely criticised
– virtually impossible
– sorely missed
– interminably long
– wrongly accused
- Describing a good situation
– flying high
– doing fine
– useful purpose
– Functioning effectively
– gratefully accepted
– graciously accepted
– universally accepted/ acceptable
- Society
– acceptable norms
– socially acceptable
– conventional norms
– restrictive conformity
– function effectively
– mutual understanding
– mutual respect
– universally accepted
– differing viewpoints/ values
– soundest basis
– useful purpose
- Working collocations
– function effectively
– use appropriately
– work diligently
– operate effectively
– operate efficiently
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- Exercise collocations
- Leisure collocations
- Politics
- Economics
– labour shortage
– skills shortage
– fuel shortage
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- Science & Research
