English collocations in use /
O'Dell, Felicity, 1947-
English collocations in use / Felicity O'Dell, Michael McCarthy. - 188 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Learning about collocations -- Introducing collocations -- Strong -- Fixed and weak collocations -- Grammatical categories of collocation -- Using your dictionary and other resources -- Finding and working on collocations in texts -- Register -- Varieties of collocations -- Metaphor -- Foot the bill -- Heavy burden -- Run into trouble -- Intensifying and softening adverbs -- Deeply offensive -- Spotlessly clean -- Wildly inaccurate -- Make and verbs that mean make -- Make a contribution -- Make a habit of -- Turn in a profit -- Communicating -- Generally speaking -- Talk business -- Get a message across -- Collocations with phrasal verbs -- Take up office -- Work up an appetite -- See off an -- Intruder -- Topics: work and study -- Working life -- Make a living -- Take up a post -- Move up the ladder -- New employment -- Fit the job description -- Land a new job -- Menial tasks -- Thoughts and ideas -- Bear in mind -- Widespread belief -- Jump to conclusions -- Business reports -- Fierce competition -- Stimulate growth -- Hike in prices -- Customer services -- Fit for purpose -- Kick up a fuss -- Grounds for complaint -- Student life -- Gifted child -- Mature student -- Thirst for knowledge -- Writing essays -- Assignments and working hypothesis -- Confront issues -- Critical analysis -- Reports -- Topics: leisure and lifestyle -- Social life -- Call for a celebration -- Social whirl -- Play host to -- Talking -- Juicy gossip -- Broach the subject -- Opening gambit -- News -- Declare independence -- Reach agreement -- Bow to pressure -- Current affairs -- Refuse point-blank -- Decline to comment -- Gauge reaction -- Festivals and celebrations -- Date back to -- Movable feast -- Propose a toast -- Advertisements and fashion -- Set the trend -- Fashion victim -- Fl awless complexion -- Traffic and driving -- Lengthy delays -- Grind the gears -- Bear left -- Travel and adventure -- Get itchy feet -- Off the beaten track -- Leg of the journey -- Sport -- Keep in shape -- Reach fever pitch -- Score an own goal -- Plans and decisions -- Toy with an idea -- Tentative suggestion -- Deciding factor -- Film and book reviews -- Star-studded cast -- Glowing reviews -- Hold one’s attention -- Topics: the modern world -- Regulations and authority -- Minimise danger -- Grant permission -- Faceless bureaucrats -- The environment -- Dump waste -- Searing heat -- Offset carbon emissions -- Town and country life -- Back of beyond -- Rural idyll -- Urban regeneration -- Personal finance -- Clear one’s debts -- Agreed credit limit -- Identity theft -- The economy curb infl ation -- Safeguard one’s interests -- Plummeting profits -- Social issues -- Antisocial behaviour -- Dysfunctional family -- Unfit for human habitation -- Science and technology harness technology -- Cutting edge design -- Wireless hotspots -- Health and medicine -- Build up resistance -- Adverse reaction -- Shake off a cold -- Criminal justice custodial sentences -- Beyond reasonable doubt -- Trumped-up charges -- War and peace -- Deploy troops -- Pre-emptive strike -- Collateral damage -- Topics: people -- Friendship -- Lifelong friends -- Platonic relationship -- Heal the rift -- Youth and age -- Child prodigy -- Go through a midlife crisis -- Senior moment -- Celebrities and heroes -- Go into rehab -- Kiss and tell -- Heap praise on -- Criticising people -- Bone idle -- Poison the atmosphere -- Nasty piece of work -- References -- Act as a referee -- Accumulate experience -- Financial acumen -- Appearance and personality -- Boundless energy -- Stubborn streak -- Act one’s age -- Basic concepts -- Time and space -- Cramped conditions -- Waste of space -- Go down in history -- Sound -- Husky voice -- Incessant noise -- Let out a cry -- Making things easier -- Viable options -- Simplicity itself -- Take the easy way out -- Difficulty -- Severe blow -- Hinder progress -- Encounter difficulties -- Quantity and size -- Finite number -- Endless supply -- Unknown quantity -- Change -- Sweeping changes -- Would make a change -- Sudden shift -- Functions -- Stopping and starting -- Bring a halt to -- Close off a street -- Dispel rumours -- Cause and effect -- Root cause -- Provoke an outcry -- Dire consequences -- Describing groups and amounts -- Swarm of bees -- Flurry of activity -- Stroke of genius -- Comparing and contrasting -- Bear little resemblance to -- Polar opposites -- Draw a comparison between -- Making an effort -- Give it one’s best shot -- Abortive attempt -- Worth a try -- Social English -- Not lose any sleep -- To be brutally honest -- Be on the go -- Discussing issues -- Make a commitment -- Give a straight answer -- Miss the point -- Negative situations and feelings -- Nasty shock -- Take exception to -- Suffer at the hands of -- Positive situations and feelings -- Sense of achievement -- State of euphoria -- Derive pleasure from. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 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9780521707800 (pbk.) 0521707803 (pbk.)
GBA870832 bnb
014626900 Uk
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Collocation (Linguistics)
PE1460 / .O34 2008
428.24
English collocations in use / Felicity O'Dell, Michael McCarthy. - 188 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Learning about collocations -- Introducing collocations -- Strong -- Fixed and weak collocations -- Grammatical categories of collocation -- Using your dictionary and other resources -- Finding and working on collocations in texts -- Register -- Varieties of collocations -- Metaphor -- Foot the bill -- Heavy burden -- Run into trouble -- Intensifying and softening adverbs -- Deeply offensive -- Spotlessly clean -- Wildly inaccurate -- Make and verbs that mean make -- Make a contribution -- Make a habit of -- Turn in a profit -- Communicating -- Generally speaking -- Talk business -- Get a message across -- Collocations with phrasal verbs -- Take up office -- Work up an appetite -- See off an -- Intruder -- Topics: work and study -- Working life -- Make a living -- Take up a post -- Move up the ladder -- New employment -- Fit the job description -- Land a new job -- Menial tasks -- Thoughts and ideas -- Bear in mind -- Widespread belief -- Jump to conclusions -- Business reports -- Fierce competition -- Stimulate growth -- Hike in prices -- Customer services -- Fit for purpose -- Kick up a fuss -- Grounds for complaint -- Student life -- Gifted child -- Mature student -- Thirst for knowledge -- Writing essays -- Assignments and working hypothesis -- Confront issues -- Critical analysis -- Reports -- Topics: leisure and lifestyle -- Social life -- Call for a celebration -- Social whirl -- Play host to -- Talking -- Juicy gossip -- Broach the subject -- Opening gambit -- News -- Declare independence -- Reach agreement -- Bow to pressure -- Current affairs -- Refuse point-blank -- Decline to comment -- Gauge reaction -- Festivals and celebrations -- Date back to -- Movable feast -- Propose a toast -- Advertisements and fashion -- Set the trend -- Fashion victim -- Fl awless complexion -- Traffic and driving -- Lengthy delays -- Grind the gears -- Bear left -- Travel and adventure -- Get itchy feet -- Off the beaten track -- Leg of the journey -- Sport -- Keep in shape -- Reach fever pitch -- Score an own goal -- Plans and decisions -- Toy with an idea -- Tentative suggestion -- Deciding factor -- Film and book reviews -- Star-studded cast -- Glowing reviews -- Hold one’s attention -- Topics: the modern world -- Regulations and authority -- Minimise danger -- Grant permission -- Faceless bureaucrats -- The environment -- Dump waste -- Searing heat -- Offset carbon emissions -- Town and country life -- Back of beyond -- Rural idyll -- Urban regeneration -- Personal finance -- Clear one’s debts -- Agreed credit limit -- Identity theft -- The economy curb infl ation -- Safeguard one’s interests -- Plummeting profits -- Social issues -- Antisocial behaviour -- Dysfunctional family -- Unfit for human habitation -- Science and technology harness technology -- Cutting edge design -- Wireless hotspots -- Health and medicine -- Build up resistance -- Adverse reaction -- Shake off a cold -- Criminal justice custodial sentences -- Beyond reasonable doubt -- Trumped-up charges -- War and peace -- Deploy troops -- Pre-emptive strike -- Collateral damage -- Topics: people -- Friendship -- Lifelong friends -- Platonic relationship -- Heal the rift -- Youth and age -- Child prodigy -- Go through a midlife crisis -- Senior moment -- Celebrities and heroes -- Go into rehab -- Kiss and tell -- Heap praise on -- Criticising people -- Bone idle -- Poison the atmosphere -- Nasty piece of work -- References -- Act as a referee -- Accumulate experience -- Financial acumen -- Appearance and personality -- Boundless energy -- Stubborn streak -- Act one’s age -- Basic concepts -- Time and space -- Cramped conditions -- Waste of space -- Go down in history -- Sound -- Husky voice -- Incessant noise -- Let out a cry -- Making things easier -- Viable options -- Simplicity itself -- Take the easy way out -- Difficulty -- Severe blow -- Hinder progress -- Encounter difficulties -- Quantity and size -- Finite number -- Endless supply -- Unknown quantity -- Change -- Sweeping changes -- Would make a change -- Sudden shift -- Functions -- Stopping and starting -- Bring a halt to -- Close off a street -- Dispel rumours -- Cause and effect -- Root cause -- Provoke an outcry -- Dire consequences -- Describing groups and amounts -- Swarm of bees -- Flurry of activity -- Stroke of genius -- Comparing and contrasting -- Bear little resemblance to -- Polar opposites -- Draw a comparison between -- Making an effort -- Give it one’s best shot -- Abortive attempt -- Worth a try -- Social English -- Not lose any sleep -- To be brutally honest -- Be on the go -- Discussing issues -- Make a commitment -- Give a straight answer -- Miss the point -- Negative situations and feelings -- Nasty shock -- Take exception to -- Suffer at the hands of -- Positive situations and feelings -- Sense of achievement -- State of euphoria -- Derive pleasure from. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
9780521707800 (pbk.) 0521707803 (pbk.)
GBA870832 bnb
014626900 Uk
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Collocation (Linguistics)
PE1460 / .O34 2008
428.24