Bài 14: COLLOCATIONS (Phần 2)

Contents
- Noun collocations
- Verb collocations
- Common expressions

Noun collocations
secret, mess, difference, temper, breath
1. I made a complete ......... of one exam, and had to take it again. (mess)
2. When I swim underwater I can hold my ......... for two minutes. (breath)
3. Can you tell the ......... between butter and margarine? (difference)
4. When I stepped on Helen's foot again, she tried not to lose her ......... (temper)
5. I'll tell you, but only because I know you can keep a ......... (secret)

Verb collocations
threw, took, made, spent, burst
1. Peter's father ......... lots of money by selling old cars. (made)
2. Sophie ......... a party last week and most of her friends came. (threw)
3. I ......... some very good photos of our dog with my new camera. (took)
4. Dave ......... a lot of money on rebuiding his motorbike. (spent)
5. The ending of the film was so sad that many people ......... into tears. (burst)

Common expressions
Now that my summer holidays have begun I feel as free as a bird.

Without my glasses, I'm as blind as a bat.

After our search, suddenly David turned up as large as life!

As cool as a cucumber, the robber asked for all the money in the bank!

It's extremely important. In fact, it's matter of ......... and death. (life)

Ann is great fun, and is always the life and ......... of the party. (soul)

The police have been searching far and ........ for the stolen jewels. (wide)

We were completely lost, and drove round and ......... for hours. (round)

I'm really tired. I'm going to go to bed before it gets late.

I'm going to have an early night.

I think we should prepare ourselves for the trip as early as we can.

I think we should get ready.

I felt ill last Tuesday, so I decided to stay at home and not go to work.

I decided to take a day off.