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Absolute

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB
Absolutely

absolute
abstract /
abstraction

abstract

accept

acceptance

acceptable / unacceptable

accompany

accompaniment

accompanied

account

account
accountability

accountable

accumulate

accumulation

accumulated

Abstract
2
Accept

3
Accompany
4
Accountable

5
Accumulate

acceptably

COLLOCATION
have absolute confidence
absolutely amazing
abstract idea /concept
glad to accept / happy to
accept /
be / seem / make stg
acceptable
be accompanied by
someone
on account of
bank account
make someone / hold
someone accountable for
stg
slowly / rapidly accumulate
begin to accumulate
lead to / prevent
accumulation

Accustomed
7

accustomed
Acknowledge

8
9 Additive
Adjust
10

acknowledge
add

acknowledgement
addition
additive

adjust

adjustment

adjustable
1

be / become / get
accustomed to something
openly / publicly
acknowledge
acknowledgement from
someone
food additive
quickly adjust / be difficult /
hard to adjust
fully adjustable

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VERB
Administer
11
administer
Advance
12
13 Aircraft
Allocate
14
allocate
Allowance
15
allow
Ally
16

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

administration
advance,
advancement
aircraft

administrative

COLLOCATION
administer an exam
administrative duties

advanced

in advance, advanced level

allocate stg for/ to stg
allocate time / money
weekly / daily allowance
get / receive allowance
have an ally/ find an ally
ally yourself to/ with
someone
make alterations / undergo
alteration

allocation
allowance

ally

ally

alter

alteration

Alter
17

ADVERB

Analyst

18

analyse

analyst
analysis

analytical

Ancestor
ancestor
ancestry

19
Angle
20

angle

analyse
carefully/critically/fully
in depth / detailed
/objective analysis
leading / computer /
business / political analyst
common ancestry
claim / have / share
ancestry
from an angle / angle of /
angle between

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Apologize

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

apologize

apology

apologetic

22
23 Applaud
Appoint

applaud

appendix
applause

24

appoint

21

ADVERB

Appendix

COLLOCATION
be/feel/look/sound
apologetic
make an apology / expect
an apology
apologize for something
apologize to someone
something in in the
appendix
appoint someone to do
something / appoint
someone as something
make an appointment

appointment

Approach

25
26 Arch
27 Arise
28 Artificial
29 Ash
30 Atmosphere
Attain
31
Attempt

32
33 Attorney

approach

approach
arch

approachable

approach somebody for

something
approach a problem /task
the approach of something

artificial

arise from / arise out of

artificial flowers / light

arise
artificially

ash
atmosphere
attain

attempt

attainability

attempt
attorney

attainable

perfectly / fully / easily

attainable

attempted

attempt to do stg / attempt

at doing stg
attempted murder/ suicide

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Attribute
34
attribute
Authority
35
36 Automatic
37 Axe
38 Backbone
39 Barrel
Basis

authorize

40
41 Beak
bear
42
43 Beast
44 Bend
45 Beneath
46 Beneficiary
Bias
47
Bid
48
49 Bind
50 Blade
Boost

base

51

NOUN
attribute
attribution

authority

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

attributive

authoritarian / authoritative
automatic
automatically

COLLOCATION
attribute stg to s.o
deny / refuse / reject /
undermine authority
authorize sb to do stg
automatic car

axe
backbone
barrel

basis
beak

bear
beast

basic

basically

bearable, unbearable
beastly

bend

base stg on stg

basis for
on a ...basis
bird beak
to be, become bearable
to make stg bearable
bend over / down

beneath
beneficiary
bias
bid
bind

biased

bid
binding

beneficiary of
political / gender / racial
bias
bid against / bid for
make / place a bid
be bound to

blade

boost

boost

booster boosted

give sb / provide sb with

boost / boost somebody's
confidence
confidence booster

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Border

NOUN

52
53 Bother
Bound

bother

border
bother

54

bound

bound

breed

boundary
breadth
breed
bribe
bribery

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

brief

briefly

Boundary
55
56 Breadth
57 Breed
Bribe
58
59 Brief
Broad
60
61 Brush
62 Bubble
63 Bulk
Bundle
64
Campaign
65
66 Candidate
Capable /Incapable (of)
67
68 Captain
Capture
69

bribe
brief
broaden
brush

bundle

campaign

campaign
candidate

capability
captain
capture

broad

broad range
broaden your horizons
brush your hair / teeth

bundled

bulk of something
bundle of something
in a bundle
launch / start / organise /
run / manage a campaign

brush
bubble
bulk

bundle

capture, captive

COLLOCATION
on the border /across the
border / cross the border
bother to do something
within the bounds / out of
bounds
bound to do something
common / northern / state
boundary
breadth of stg
rare breed / pure breed
bribe someone to do stg
bribe someone with stg

capable / incapable

have capability
be capable of doing
something

captured

try to / manage to / attempt

to capture

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Careless

70

care

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

care
carelessness

careless

carelessly

Carriage
71

carriage
Category

72

categorize

category

cease

ceasefire

COLLOCATION
take care / provide
someone with care
care about
become / get / grow
careless
horse-drawn carriage, train
carriage
categorize into
put stg into a category

Cease
73

declare /negotiate ceasefire

cease to exist
brief / formal / official
ceremony

Ceremony
74
75 Chamber
Cheat
76
77 Chief
78 Cite
Civil
79
Clap
80
81 Client
82 Cliff
Code
83
84 Collapse
85 Colonise

ceremony
chamber
cheat
cite

clap

code
collapse
colonise

ceremonial

cheat / cheater
chief
citation

cited

civilian

civil

chiefly

clap
client
cliff
code
encode

coded, encoded

colony

colonised
6

cheat on someone / turn

someone into a cheat
chief of police / staff
works cited
be civil to someone
civil war
give someone a big clap /
clap loudly

break / write in code / a

code of behaviour /
conduct/ practice
collapse from stg
establish a colony

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86 Comfort
comfort
Comment
87

comment

NOUN
comfort

ADJECTIVE
comfortable / comforting

comment

Commentary
88

commentary
Commerce

commerce
commercial

89

commercial

Commodity
90

commodity

Compatible
91 (with)/Incompatible
Compensate
92

compatible / incompatible

compensate

compensation

compile

compilation
component
composer /
composition

compensated

Compile
93
94 Component
Compose
95
Comprehensive
96
97 Comprise
Compromise
98

compose
comprehend
comprise

compromise

comprehension

compromise

ADVERB

COLLOCATION
find / get / seek comfort
have / make a comment
comment on / about
something to someone
radio / sports / news
commentary
cinema / radio / TV
commercial
do / make a commercial
domestic / international
commerce
basic / common / cheap
commodity
compatible with
compensate for something
get / receive / gain
compensation
compile something from /
for stg
a compilation of

comprehensive /
comprehensible
comprised

compose stg
extremely / fully / quite
comprehensive
be comprised of

compromised

agree on / arrive at / come

to / reach a compromise

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99 Concern
100 concrete
Conclude
101
Confirm
102
Conform
103
104 Conscience
Conscious
105
Consensus
106
107 Conservative
Consistent /Inconsistent
108
109 Constant
Constitute
110
111 Constrain
Consult
112
Contest
113
114 Continent
115 Contradict
Controversial
116
Convene
117

VERB
concern

NOUN
concern

ADJECTIVE
concerned
concrete

conclude

conclusion

conclusive

confirm

confirmation
conformity,
conformist
conscience

confirmed

conform

ADVERB
concretely

conform to

consciousness

conscious / unconscious

consensus
conservatism
consistency
inconsistency

conservative
Consistent /Inconsistent

consciously /
unconsciously

consult

contradict

constitution
constraint
consultation /
consultant
contest /
contestant
continent
contradiction

be conscious of stg
arrive at / reach a
consensus

consistent with
remain / stay constant
draw up / prepare / adopt /
enact a constitution
constraint on

constant
constitute
constrain

COLLOCATION
concerned about
concrete evidence
come to a conclusion / in
conclusion
wait for / have / get
confirmation

constrained

consult sb about stg

Controversial
controversy
convene

convention

conventional
8

conventionally

cause / create controversy

annual / international
convention

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Coordinate
118
119
120
121
122
123
124

125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132

Corporate
Correspond
Cotton
Coverage
Crack
Craft
Creation

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

coordinate

coordination

coordinated
corporate

correspond

correspondence
cotton
coverage
crack
craft

cover
crack

create
Creature
Criteria
Crown
Crucial
Cultivate
Curse
cynical
Dare

cultivate
curse

live coverage

creation / creativity
/ creator
creative
creature
criteria
crown
crucial
cultivation
cultivated
curse
cynical

dare

dare
dam
data

daring

136
137
138
139
140

debate

debate
decade
deception
deer
defeat

debatable

deceive
defeat

COLLOCATION
coordinate with / lack of
coordination
color coordinated
correspond to

133
134 dam
135 Data
Debate

Decade
Deceive
Deer
Defeat

ADVERB

creatively

crucial for / crucial to

curse for
How dare you !
I dare
you to ...
build a dam
collect data
debate about / on
debate between
have a debate

deceptive
(un)defeated
9

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142
143
144
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Defend
Delicate
Derive
Deserve
Desire
Despair

VERB
defend

NOUN
defence
delicacy

ADJECTIVE
defensive
delicate

derive

Detect
147
148 Deviate
diagnose

detect
deviate

149

diagnose

diagnosis

distract

distraction

distracted

devote

devotion

devoted

146

desire for stg

in / with despair

dimensional

deviate from
to diagnose correctly,
wrongly
to
make / give diagnosis
correct/ right / tentative
diagnosis
distract
somebody/something from
something
devote yourself to stg
devoted to
show devotion
differentiate between
differentiate from
dig for stg
in two / three dimensions

direct

dine out
direct a film / film director
be extremely / very / quite
direct

distract
150
Devote
151
Differentiate
152
153 Dig
154 Dimension
155 Diminish
156 Dine
Direct
157

differentiate
dig

COLLOCATION
defend against
derive from

deserve
desire
despair /
desperation
detection/
detective
deviation

desire

ADVERB

different
digger
dimension

diminish
dine

dinner

direct

director

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Discriminate

158

NOUN

discriminate

discrimination

dismiss

dismissal

ADJECTIVE

Dismiss

159

dismissive, dismissed

ADVERB

COLLOCATION
positively/ unfairly
discriminate discriminate
against
age / class /
gender / race religious
discrimination against
somebody
dismissal of somebody
reason for dismissal
class / meeting is
dismissed

Disobey

160

disobey / obey

disobedience /
obedience

display

display

dispose

disposal

disregard

disregard

obedient/disobedient

Display
161
Dispose
162

disposable

Disregard
163
Disrespect
164

Disrespectful/respectful
disrespect

disrespect

Dissimilar
165

dissimilar / similar
Distinct

166

disobedience to somebody
punish somebody for
disobedience
clearly, prominently,
proudly display
rubbish, sewage, waste
disposal
dispose of stg
demonstrate / show
disregard for / of stg

distinction

distinct / distinctive
11

have, show, treat

somebody with disrespect
be / appear / look dissimilar
from / to
become / remain distinct
crucial, important, main
distinction between

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Distort

NOUN

167
168 Ditch
Diversity

distort
ditch

distortion
ditch

169
170 Domain
Domestic
171
Dominate

diversify

diversity
domain

172
173
174
175
176
177
178

domesticate

dominate
Dove
Downward
Drag
Drawer
Drugstore
Eager
Ease

179
180 Edge
181 Elastic

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

diverse

diversely

domestic / domesticated

dominance /
domination
dove

dominant

dominantly

downward

downwards

COLLOCATION
seriously, severely distort
stg
cause, create, lead to
distortion of stg
deep, wide shallow ditch
growing, considerable
ethnic, genetic diversity
diversity in / of stg
private / public domain
domestic market, economy,
pets
achieve, assert dominance
over
seem,
become, remain dominant
largely, increasingly
dominate
complete, cultural,
economic, political
domination
peace dove

drag
drawer
drugstore

ease

ease
edge

open, pull a drawer

eager

eagerly

easy

easily

elastic
12

appear, seem eager

great, remarkable ease in
begin to , try to ease
on the edge
elastic band

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Element
182
183 Eliminate
Emerge
184
emit

185

NOUN

eliminate

element
elimination

emerge

emergence

ADJECTIVE

COLLOCATION
basic, crucial, essential
element
eliminate from
emerge from, into
emergence of

energetic

carbon dioxide emissions,

emission levels
to cut, reduce emissions
place, emphasis on
considerable, great
emphasis
strongly emphasize
enable sb / stg to do stg
endurance test
endure doing stg
defeat, destroy, confront,
face an enemy
renewable, nuclear, solar
energy
generate, supply, consume
energy

enforced

fully, strictly enforced

strict, effective enforcement
law, legal, police
enforcement
enforce a law / rule / policy

emit

emission

186
187 Enable
Endurance
188
Enemy
189
Energetic

emphasize
enable

emphasis

emphatic
enabling

endure

endurance

endurable

190

energise

Emphasis

enemy

energy

ADVERB

Enforce

191

enforce

enforcement

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Engage

192

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

engage

engagement

engaged / engaging

entitle

entitlement
essence

entitled

ADVERB

engage s in stg
previous, prior engagement
deeply, heavily engaged
be entitled to do stg
entitle sb to do stg
entitlement to
holiday,benefit, pension
entitlement
real, true essence

Entitle

193
194 Essence
Estimate

estimate,
overestimate,
underestimate

195

estimate / (under,
over)estimation

Ethics
196

(under, over)estimated
Ethical/Unethical
(un)ethically

ethics
Ethnic

197

ethnic
evidence

198

evidence

evident

evolve

evolution

evolved

examine

examination

Evolution
199
Examine
200
Exceed
201
202 Excess

exceed
excess

excessive
14

COLLOCATION

evidently

difficult to, hard to estimate

early, initial estimate
make an estimate
personal, business medical
ethics
ethnic origin, ethnic
violence
convincing, decisive
evidence
it is evident that ...
gradual, rapid, natural
evolution
evolve from, evolve into
fully, properly examine
careful, detailed, full
examination
expected to, likely to
exceed
excess of

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Executive
203

NOUN

execute

executive

204
205 Exit
Expense
206
Expertise
207
Exploit

exhibit
exit

exhibition
exit

208

exploit

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

Chief Executive Officer

(CEO), executive decision
small, important, major
exhibition
exhibit
symptoms

executive

Exhibit

expense

209

leading, medical, travel

expenses
lack, need , require
expertise
military, sexual exploit
b open to, be vulnerable to
exploitation

expensive

expertise, expert

Facilitate
facilitate

COLLOCATION

exploitation
facilitation,
facilitator

further facilitate

Facility
210

facility
Fade

211

fade
feasible

212
213 Feast
214 Fellow
Fierce
215
File
216
Finite/Infinite
217

feasibility
feast
fellow

feasible, infeasible
fellow
fierce

file

file
Finite/Infinite
infinity
15

fiercely

childcare, leisure facilities

quickly fade, fade away,
begin to fade
economically/technically/pol
itically feasible
have a feast
fellow traveller
fierce attack, opposition,
criticism
alphabetically file
fat, thick, secret, case file
finite resources
infinity
of stg

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Fitness
Flame
Flesh
Flood
flood
Fluctuate

222

fluctuate

NOUN
fitness
flame
flesh
flood

ADJECTIVE
fit

ADVERB

flooded

fluctuation

Fond
223

fondness

fond

Forever
224

forever
Foundation

225
226 Frozen
Fundamental

227
228 Funeral
Fur
229
Furnish
230
231 Furthermore
Gain
232
233 Gap

found
freeze

foundation
freezer

founded
frozen

fundamental

fur

furry

furniture

furnished

sharply, considerably
fluctuate, fluctuate between
cause fluctuation
be fond of
great,
special fondness
forever and ever
go on forever
The British Heart
Foundation
freeze to death
seem, remain, consider stg,
regard stg as fundamental
truly, fairly fundamental
funeral ceremony, service

funeral

furnish

COLLOCATION

thick, soft, artificial, fake fur

fully furnished, garden
furniture
furthermore

gain

gain control, power,

reputation
financial, economic gain
gap between

gain
gap

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Gentle
234
235 Gifted
Glove
236
237 Glue
238 Grab
239 Grain
Grease
240
241 Grind
242 Guarantee

243 Guideline
Hang
244
Hardship
245
246 Harvest
Haste
247
248 Hay
249 Heel
250 Hence
Hero
251

glue
grab

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

gentleman
gift

gentle
gifted

gently

glove
glue

COLLOCATION
appear, look, seem gentle
perfect, real, true
gentleman
be gifted in
gardening, surgical, oven
gloves
put on glue
try to, manage to grab

grain
covered in grease, remove,
dissolve grease

grind
guarantee

grease
grinder
guarantee

guaranteed

guide

guideline

guided

full, life time guarantee

practical, clear, helpful
guidelines
develop, draw up, offer,
stick to guidelines
hang upside down, hang
from a place

hang

harvest

hardship
hard
harvest, harvester
haste
hay
heel

hasty

hastily

cause, endure, experience,

face hardships
good, large , rich harvest
frantic, great haste
with / without haste
high-heels

hence
great, brave hero
become, turn into a hero

hero / heroin
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Hierarchy
252
Hinder
253
254 Hip
Hire
255

hinder

hire

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

hierarchy

hierarchical

hierarchically

hindrance
hip

hire

hired

historian, history

historical
hollow
holy
hooked
Hopeless /Hopeful

Historian

256
257 Hollow
258 Holy
259 Hook
Hopeless /Hopeful
260
261 hostile
Horizon

hook
hope

262

hope
hostility

hostile

horizon
Horizontal/Vertical

Horizontal/Vertical

263
Humble
264

humble
humid

265

humidify

humidity

humid
18

COLLOCATION
hierarchical structure,
organisation
be likely to, tend to hinder
without hindrance

hire charge, cost, for hire

hire locally, by the day, by
the week
contemporary, early, recent
history
throughout history
change the course of
historically
history
dark, natural, deep hallow
holy city, man, book
be, become, get hooked
hope for, look seem
hopefully
hopeless
hostile to/towards
northern, southern, distant
horizon
broaden, expand, widen
horizons
Horizontally/Verticall Horizontal/Vertical line
y
in my humble opinion,
humbly
humble apologies
a humid climate, high, low
humidity
humidity level

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Hunger

266

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

hunger

hungry

ADVERB

Hunt
267

hunt

hunter, hunting

Hypothetical

268

Hypothetical

Hypothetically

identical
Ideological

identically
Ideologically

hypothesis
Identical

269
Ideological

Ideology

270
Idle
271

idle
Ignorant

Ignorant
272

ignore
Illegal

ignorance

/Legal

Illegal

273
Imitate
274
275 Immense

idly

/Legal

legality
imitate

imitation

imitated
Immense

19

Immensely

COLLOCATION
extreme hunger, feel
hunger
become, get, make sb
hungry
fox, seal, tiger hunt
massive, nationwide hunt
treasure hunt
acceptable, working
hypothesis
entirely, purely, totally
hypothetical
look, seem identical
identical to / with
dominant, official, capitalist,
socialist ideology
remain, leave stg, make stg
idle
show ignorance
appear, seem, seem,
remain ignorant
become, be legal
challenge, question, assert,
recognise legality
accurate, good, poor
imitation

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Immigrant
Immigrate

NOUN
Immigrant,
Immigration

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

276
Implication

277

implicate

implication

imprison

imprisonment

Imprison

278

Improbable/probable

Improbable/probable
279
280 Improper/Proper
Impure/Pure

probability
Improper/Proper
Impure/Pure

281
Inaccessible/Accessible
282

access
Incentive

purity / impurity
access, (in)
accessibility
Incentive

probably
properly

purely
Inaccessible/Accessible

283
Incident
284

Incident ,
incidence

incidental
20

incidentally

COLLOCATION
illegal, foreign, Italian
immigrant
illegal, large-scale,
immigration
immigration rules, officer,
service
immigrate from / to
be implicated in stg
considerable, crucial,
major, important
implications
falsely, wrongly, temporarily
imprison
ten years,
immediate , life
imprisonment
highly probable
probable outcome, result,
consequence
proper way, place
pure silk
pure chance, coincidence
purity of tap water
make stg, become, remain
accessible
big, considerable, sufficient,
more, less, financial
incentive
major, serious incident

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Inherit
285
inherit
Inclusive
286
include
Incorporate
Incorporate
287
288 Incurable/curable
cure
289 Indefinite /definite
Independence

290
291 Indirect
Inevitable
292
293 Infrastructure
294 Inherent
Inhibit
295
Initiate
296
297 Inner
Innovate
298
Insight
299
Insist (on)
300

NOUN
inheritance

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

Inclusive, included
inclusion

cure
Independence

incorporated
Incurable/curable
Indefinite /definite
Independent

Indirect
Inevitable

(in)definitely
Independently

indirectly
inevitably

COLLOCATION
inheritance from sb
large, small inheritance
possible inclusion
all inclusive
incorporate stg into / in stg
incurable disease, illness
Indefinite/definite article
become, feel, make
somebody independent
full, total independence
enjoy, value independence
Indirect speech
inevitable result,
consequence

Infrastructure
Inherent

Inherently

Inhibit
Initiate

Innovate

inhibition
Initiative

Innovation

Inner
Innovative

be inherent in stg
tend to, severely inhibit
inhibit someone from stg
take the initiative, have
initiative
successful, scientific
innovation

Insight
Insist
insistence

insistent

21

insistently

have, gain, get insight into

insist on
become, remain insistent

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VERB
Inspect
Inspect

NOUN
Inspection,
inspector

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

Insufficient/Sufficient

Insufficiently/Suffici
prove insufficient
ently
integrate into / with
encourage, achieve, speed
up, require, lead to
integration
integral part of stg
Intensively
tend to, be likely to intensify
high, low intensity
intensive care, labour
intensive
Internally
/Externally

301
Instruct

302

instruct

instruction,
instructor

Insufficient/Sufficient
303
Integral

Integrate

304

integration
Intensity

Intense

305

Integral

Intensive, intense

intensify
Internal /External

Internal /External

306

COLLOCATION
carefully, thoroughly
inspect
carry out, make, conduct
inspection
carefully, explicitly instruct
proper formal,
individualized, private
instruction

intervene
307

intervene

intervention

invade

invasion, invader

value

value

Invade
308
Invaluable
309

invaded
Invaluable, valuable

22

to intervene directly, a
police, military intervention
military invasion
fear of invasion
invasion of privacy
remain, make stg
invaluable

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VERB
Irrational/rational

NOUN

ADJECTIVE
Irrational/rational

isolation
jaw
jewel, jewellery
joint
kingdom
lab, laboratory

isolated

310
Isolate

311
312
313
314
315
316

isolate
Jaw
Jewel
Joint
Kingdom
Lab
Label

317

label

ADVERB
COLLOCATION
Irrationally/rationally
quite, totally irrational
political, complete, social
isolation
isolate
somebody from somebody /
stg

knee, hip, elbow joint

put a label on stg

correctly, falsely, properly,
wrongly label
physical, hard labour
cheap, child labour
climb a ladder

label

Labour
318
319
320
321
322

Ladder
Lately
Lay
Layer
League

labour, labourer
ladder
late
lay
layer

323

league
Lean

324

lean
Liberal

325
326 Lid
327 Lifelong

liberate

liberty
lid

liberal
lifelong
23

lately
lay eggs, lay stg out
thin, thick layer
at the bottom / top of the
league, be in a different
league
lean on somebody
lean towards
liberal leader, party
personal, political, religious
liberty
put a lid on stg
lifelong learning

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Lifetime
328
329
330
331
332
333
334

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

lifetime
Likewise
Limb
Load
Lodging
Log
Lord
Loyal

likewise
load

335

limb
load
lodging
log
Lord

loaded

loyalty

loyal

magic, magician

magical

majority
mall

major

Magic
336
Major
337
338 Mall
Manipulate

339
340 Mankind
341 Marker
Massive

manipulate

342

manipulation,
manipulator
mankind
marker

mass, masses

manipulative

massive

Master
343
344 Mat

COLLOCATION
in your lifetime
lifetime income,
employment, experience

master

master
mat
24

magically

broken, injured, stiff limb

heavy, work, full load
lodging house
keep a log, web log
Good Lord!
extremely, very loyal
show loyalty to, for, from
pure, black magic
truly, totally magical
do magic
big, vast majority, majority
of
shopping mall
easily, deliberately
manipulate
careful, clever, deliberate
manipulation
history of mankind
board marker
enormous , huge, large
mass
massive
heart attack
massive argument
master and servant
master the art of stg
yoga mat

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345 Mate
Maximum
346
347 Meantime
348 Meanwhile
Mechanism

349
350 Melt
Memorial
351
Mentality

maximise

NOUN
mate

ADJECTIVE

maximum

maximum

ADVERB

meantime
meanwhile

mechanism,
mechanic
melt

352
Merchant
353

mechanical
melting, melted

mechanically

memorial

memorial

mentality
merchant,
merchandise

mental

mentally

mere

merely

Mere
354
message

messenger,
message
midst

migrate

migration, migrant

Messenger
355
356 Midst
Migrate
357
358 Mild
Military
359
360 Minimal
361 Minimum

military

mild

mildly

military
minimal
maximum

militarily

25

COLLOCATION
class, team, work mate
maximum amount, number
maximise opportunities,
chances
in the meantime
locking, steering
mechanism
avoidance, control, defence
mechanism
melt away
memorial ceremony,
service
mentality of teenagers,
youth
mental illness
rich, powerful merchant
buy, sell merchandise
mere coincidence, mere
fact
don't shoot the messenger
in the midst of
migrant worker, migrate
from, into, to
mild weather, illness
military forces,military
action

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VERB
Mining
362

NOUN
mining, mine,
miner

ADJECTIVE

minority

minority

mixture
mode

mixed

moderation
modesty

moderate
modest

modification

modified

motion

motionless

motivation
motive

motivated

ADVERB

COLLOCATION

modestly

coal mine
belong to, discriminate
against minority
ethnically, socially racially
mixed
normal mode
in moderation
moderate amount of stg
show modesty

Minority
363
Mixed
364
365 Mode
Moderate
366
367 Modest
Modify
368
Motionless
369
Motivate
370
371 Motive
372 Multiple
373 Multiply
374 Muscle
Mutual
375
376 Namely
377 Neat
Neglect
378
379 Neutral
380 Nevertheless
381 Noble
382 Nonetheless

mix

modify

motivate

multiply

multiplication
muscle

multiple
multiplied

mutual
neatness
neglect

negligence

genetically- modified food

absolutely, virtually
motionless
poor, low motivation, lack,
lose motivation
motive behind, for stg
multiple choice

neat

mutually
namely
neatly

mutual trust, respect,

understanding

be accused of, guilty of

negligence
remain, stay neutral

neglected, negligent
neutral
nevertheless
noble

noble family, blood

nonetheless

nobility
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Norm
383

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

norm

normal

notion

notable
nuclear

ADVERB

Notable
384
385
386
387
388

Nuclear
Nuisance
Numerous
Nut
Obedience

389

number

numerous
Obedient/disobedient

(dis)obey
obliged

390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402

Nuisance
number
nut
(dis)Obedience
obligation

notably

COLLOCATION
become the norm, social,
cultural norms
notion of stg
notable example,
achievement, success
nuclear power
awful, terrible nuisance
numerous occasions

Obediently/disobedi
obedience to
ently

obliged, obligatory
to be, feel obliged to do stg
to be obligatory for sb to do
stg

Omit
On the contrary
Ongoing
Operate
Option
Otherwise
Outbreak
Outcome
Outwards
Overlap
Pan
Parallel
Paste

403
404 Patriotic

omit

omission
On the contrary
ongoing

operate

operation
option

ongoing project, research

Operate (machinery)
have an option

optional
Otherwise

outbreak
outcome
overlap

overlap
pan

outward
overlapping
parallel

paste

paste
patriotism, patriot

Outwards

outbreak of disease
major outcome
facing, looking outwards
overlap with
parallel to
copy and paste, tooth-paste

patriotic
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406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416

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VERB
Pattern
Pearl
Peculiar
Periodical
Persist
persist
Pile
Pinch
Pipe
Pitch
Plot
Plough
plough
Plug
plug
Policy

417

NOUN
pattern
pearl
peculiarity
periodical

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

peculiar

become, remain peculiar

persistence
pile
pinch
pipe
pitch
plot
plough
plug

persistent

persist in, show persistence

a pile of
a pinch of
water pipe
football pitch
plot of a film, story
plough through
pull the plug, plug stg in
foreign, economic, public
policy

plugged / unplugged

policy

COLLOCATION
pattern of stg

Pose
418
Possess

pose
Possess

Possession

419

possessive
Potential

420

potential

potential

poverty
powder

poor

practicality

practical
precious

potentially

Poverty

421
422 Powder
Practical
423
424 Precious

28

practically

pose a threat, danger, risk

family, personal, private
possession
reach, realize, fulfil
potential
reduce, eliminate poverty
extreme, severe,
widespread, rural, urban
poverty
gun powder
practical person
practicalities of stg
precious stone

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Preliminary
425

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

preliminary

preliminary

ADVERB

Premises
426
Preservation

Preserve

premises
Preservation

427

preservative
Presumably

428
429 Pretend
430 Pride
431 Primarily
Prior

Presume

pretend
pride

Presumably

presumption
pretension
pride
primary
Priority

pretentious
proud
primary
Prior

Prize
prize
Procedure

Procedure
434
Proceed

435

proceed

pretentiously
proudly
Primarily

rightly, wrongly presume

strong, general
presumption about, against
pretend to be
have pride, out of pride
primary care
high, major, top, immediate
, low priority
Prior to stg
get, receive, take, accept a
prize
complex, complicated
simple procedure
decide to, intend to
proceed
criminal,justice, legal
proceedings

432
433

COLLOCATION
preliminary stages
as a preliminary
on the premises, off the
premises
environmental, building
preservation
food, wood, artificial
preservative
preserve stg for stg

proceedings

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Prohibit
Prohibit

436

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

prohibition

prohibitory

promoter,
promotion
promptness

Prompt

proof

proven

ADVERB

Promote

437
438 Prompt
Proof

promote

439

prove
Properly

(im)Properly

440
441 Proportion
Proposal
442

Promptly

proper / improper
Proportion

propose

proposal

Prospective

Prospective

443

prospect
Protection

444
445 Radical
Random
446

protect

protection
Radical

protective
Radical
random
30

randomly

COLLOCATION
prohibit from
impose, abolish , lift
prohibitions
prohibition against, of
promote stg, widely
promoted, efforts to
promote
get a promotion
prompt action
prove to be innocent, guilty
be proof against stg
proper name, behaviour,
place
improper conduct,
behaviour
proportion of stg
marriage proposal
propose doing stg
propose an idea
Prospective
(buyers/employers)
job, career prospects
protect against, from
be protective against,
towards
protection
against, from
radical changes, ideas
random sample, selection

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Rank
447
448 Ratio
449 Raw
450 Reactor
rebel
451
Recall
452
453 Reckon
Reform

rank

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

rank
ratio
raw
reactor

rebel

rebel, rebellion

recall
reckon

recall

rebellious

reckoning

454
455 Refresh
Refuse
456
Regard

reform
refresh
Refuse

reform,
reformation,
reformist
Refreshments
Refusal

457

regard

regard

Regulate

regime
Regulation

Regulate
459

regarding, regardless

regulated
Reinforce

460

reinforce

reinforcement

COLLOCATION
rank high, low
be ranked fourth, number
one
ratio between
raw material / food
nuclear reactor
rebel against stg
rebel forces/soldiers
recall clearly, vividly, well
total recall
reckon stg to be stg
go through reform
carry out , implement, put
into practice reforms
attempt to, seek to, try to
reform

refreshing, refreshed

Regime
458

ADVERB

reinforced

31

refuse to do stg, refusal to

do stg
regard stg as stg
show, pay, considerable,
great regard
regardless of
new, old, current, socialist
regime
strict, tight, government,
school regulations
positive, negative
reinforcement

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Relate
461

NOUN

relate

relation, relative

relieve

relief

reproduce
request
rescue

reluctance
remark
reproduction
request
rescue

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB
Relatively

related

Relief

462
Reluctant
463
464
465
466
467

Remark
Reproduce
Request
Rescue
Residence

468

reluctant
reproductory

reside

residence, resident residential

resign

resignation
Resistance

Resign
469
Resist
470

resist

irresistible

reluctantly

COLLOCATION
relate stg to stg
relation between / with / to
considerable, deep,
enormous relief
a
sense of relief, tears of
relief
be reluctant to / reluctance
to
make a remark
reproductory organs
make a request
residents of a place
residential home, course,
neighbourhood
resign from
announce, accept, reject
resignation
popular army, organised,
political resistance

Resolve
471

resolve

Resource
472
473 Restless
Restrain
474

restrain

resolution

resolved

resource

resourceful
restless

restraint

restrained
32

an attempt to resolve,
resolve stg through / by stg
financial, limited, natural
resources
restrain from
considerable, great,
remarkable restraint

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Restrict

475

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

restrict

restriction

restrictive, restricted

reverse

reversal

reversible

rigour
rival, rivalry
rose

rigid

ADVERB

without restriction
restrict yourself/somebody
to (doing) something
restricted access, area
reversal of stg
reverse a
decision/verdict/policy
be, appear , seem rigid
academic, intellectual,
logical rigour
rival company/firm/team
rosy cheeks

Reverse
476
Rigid
477
478
479
480
481
482

Rival
Rose
Rough
Route
Rubber
Rumour

483
484 Rural /urban
Rush
485
Sacrifice
486
487 Sand
488 Scale

rush
Sacrifice

rosy
rough

COLLOCATION

roughly

route
rubber

scenic route
rubber gloves

rumour
urbanization

spread,hear, start a rumour

rural area
do something in a rush
rush to do something
make sacrifices
sacrifice something for
something

rural / urban

rush
Sacrifice

sand
scale

on a large scale

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Scare

489

scare

NOUN

Scenario

scare
Scenario

Schedule /Scheme

Schedule /Scheme

ADJECTIVE
Scared

ADVERB

490
491
Scope
492
493 Seal
494 Sector
Seek

495

scope
seal
sector

seek

sectoral

seeker

Seize
496
497 Senior
Sequence
498
499 Session
Settle
500
501 siblings
502 simultaneous

seize
senior
Sequence
sequential

sequentially

COLLOCATION
care the life/living
daylights/hell etc out of
somebody
a
bomb scare
a health scare
worst-case/nightmare
scenario
make a schedule
beyond/outside/within the
scope of something
seal hunt
public/private sector
eek refuge/asylum/shelter
seek
revenge/damages/compens
ation
job/attention/publicity etc
seeker
seize something from
somebody
senior management.
in a ... Sequence
out of sequence
sequence of events

session
Settlement, settler
settle

settled in
siblings
simultaneous
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Shade
503
504 Sharp
505 Sheet (of paper)
Shelter

506
Shield

sharpen

shelter
Shield

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

shade
sharpener
Sheet
Shelter

shaded
sharp

ADVERB

in the shade (of something)

sharp edge
Sheet of paper
animal shelter
shelter
somebody/something from
somebody/something

Shield
shield against
shield
somebody/something from
somebody/something
shift
attention/emphasis/focus
shoot somebody in the
leg/head etc
a
photo shoot
sea shore
water/food/housing etc
shortage
shortage of
to commit, confess a sin
it is a sin to do stg

507
Shift
508

shift

shift

shoot

shoot
Shore
Shortage

Shoot
509
510 Shore
Shortage
511
512
513
514
515
516
517

COLLOCATION

sin

sin

Sincere
Slight
Smart
So called
Soil

sincerity

Sincere
Slight
smart
So called

soil
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Sincerely
Slightly

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519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528

529
530
531
532
533

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Sole
Solid
Sow
Specialist
Sphere
Spill
Spin
Spit
Splendid
Split
Spot
Stable

VERB

Specialize
spill
spin
spit

NOUN

sow
Specialist
sphere
spill

534

ADVERB
solely

COLLOCATION
solely responsible

specialised
spherical
spilt

Specially

sowing the seeds of

specialize in

Splendid

splendidly

cry over spilt milk

Split
Spot

stable
Stare (at)
Stem
Sticky
Stiff
Sting

ADJECTIVE
sole
solid

Stare
stem
stick

spot the difference

in a stable condition
shut/close the stable door
after the horse has bolted
British English
Stare (at)
Stem (from)
stick to
Stiff joints
A bee, wasp, scorpion can
sting
stir something with
something
stir something in/into
something

stable

stem
sticky
Stiff

sting
Stir

535
536
537
538
539
540

stir
Stocking
Stove
Straw
Stretch
Strict

stockings
stove
straw

the last straw

stretch
Strict
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Strike
Strike
541
542
543
544
545
546

Substance
Suburb
Suck
Superior
Surround (go around)
Suspend

NOUN
Strike

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

Substance
Suburbs

Substantial

substantially

superiority
Surrounding

Superior

suck
Surround
Suspend

547

superiority complex

Suspended
total, temporary, immediate
suspension
suspend
somebody from something

suspension
Sustain

548
549 Swing
550 Sword
Tackle
551
talent

552
553 Temple
Tempt
554
555 Tension
Terminate
556
557 terrify
558 Thereby

COLLOCATION
strike something with
something
substantial amount of stg

Sustainable

Sustain
swing

environmentally sustainable
swing back and forth

sustainability
swing
sword

tackle somebody about

something
talent for stg
artistic / unique talent
to have / demonstrate
talent
to be very
talented

tackle

Tempt

terminate
terrify

talent
temple
Temptation
tension
termination,
terminator

talented

tempt somebody into doing

something

tempting
tense

early, sudden termination

terminate a contract

terminated
terrified, terrifying
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Threat
Threaten

559
560 Tight /Loose
561 Timeless
Timely
562
tolerate
563
Trace
564
565 Tradition
566 Transit
Transmit disease
567

NOUN

ADJECTIVE
Threatening

ADVERB

Tight /Loose
Timeless

Tightly /Loosely

threat
tighten / loosen
time
time

in a timely manner/fashion

tolerate

tolerance

tolerant, intolerant

trace

trace
Tradition
transit

Traditional

transmit

Treat

trap
Treat

tolerance of/towards/for / to
trace something (back) to
something
transit passengers
Transmit disease
the transmission of disease

transmission
be/feel trapped
trap somebody into (doing)
something
treat somebody like/as
something
badly treated/well treated
treat somebody with
respect/contempt/courtesy
my treat

Trap
568

COLLOCATION
threaten to do something
threaten somebody with
something
lifethreatening
pose
a threat

trap
Treat

569

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Treatment
Treat

570
571 Tremble
Trigger

tremble
Trigger

NOUN
treatment

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

trembling
Trigger

572

COLLOCATION
treatment of/for
get/receive treatment
treat somebody with
something
tremble with anger/fear
trigger a memory
trigger the alarm
pull the trigger

Trouble

573
574 Tube
Underestimate
575
576 Undergo operation
Undertake
577 (responsibility)
578 Uneasy
United
579
580 Upward
Urge
581
582 Utilise
583 Vain
584 Vast
585 Vehicle
586 Veil

trouble

have trouble with , ask for

trouble, trouble somebody
with something
take/catch the tube
underestimate the
importance/extent/effect/
power etc of something
Undergo operation
Undertake (responsibility)

trouble
tube

Underestimate,
estimate

Underestimated
estimation

Undergo
Undertake

Unity

Uneasy
United
upward

urge
Utilise

urge
Utility
vain

utilizable
vast

Vehicle
veil
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uneasily

uneasy about
economic unity , economic
unity
upward trend/movement
upward trend/movement
urge to do something
utility room
in vain
vast majority
motor vehicle

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PRE-FACULTY WORD
LIST
HEADWORD
VERB
587 Vessel
Violate
Violate
588
589 Virtual
590 Virtue
Vision
591
592 Visual
Vital
593
594 Waist
Whisper
595
Widespread

NOUN
vessel
Violation, violator

virtue

ADJECTIVE

violated
virtual
virtuous

COLLOCATION
violate rights, privacy
violation of

virtually
virtuously
good/normal/poor etc vision
have visions of something

vision
visual
vital

visually
vital to do something
vital organs

waist
whisper

wonder
worm

whisper something to
somebody
widespread
support/acceptance/criticis
m
wonder how
technological wonders
the Seven Wonders of the
World
book worm

wreck

ship wreck

whisper
Widespread

596
Wonder

597
598 Worm
599 Worship
600 Wreck

ADVERB

wonder
worship

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