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HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
Absolute Absolutely have absolute confidence
1 absolute absolutely amazing
Abstract abstract /
2 abstraction abstract abstract idea /concept
Accept glad to accept / happy to
accept /
be / seem / make stg
3 accept acceptance acceptable / unacceptable acceptably acceptable
Accompany be accompanied by
4 accompany accompaniment accompanied someone
Accountable on account of
bank account
make someone / hold
account someone accountable for
5 account accountability accountable stg
Accumulate slowly / rapidly accumulate
begin to accumulate
lead to / prevent
6 accumulate accumulation accumulated accumulation
Accustomed
be / become / get
7 accustomed accustomed to something
Acknowledge openly / publicly
acknowledge
acknowledgement from
8 acknowledge acknowledgement someone
9 Additive add addition additive food additive
Adjust quickly adjust / be difficult /
hard to adjust
10 adjust adjustment adjustable fully adjustable

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Administer administer an exam
11 administer administration administrative administrative duties
Advance advance,
12 advancement advanced in advance, advanced level
13 Aircraft aircraft
Allocate allocate stg for/ to stg
14 allocate allocation allocate time / money
Allowance weekly / daily allowance
15 allow allowance get / receive allowance
Ally have an ally/ find an ally
ally yourself to/ with
16 ally ally someone
Alter make alterations / undergo
17 alter alteration alteration
Ambiguity ambiguousness ambiguous ambiguously Ambiguous smile
ambiguity Ambiguous reply
Analyst
analyse
carefully/critically/fully
in depth / detailed
/objective analysis leading
analyst / computer / business /
18 analyse analysis analytical political analyst
Ancestor common ancestry
ancestor claim / have / share
19 ancestry ancestry
Angle from an angle / angle of /
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Apologize be/feel/look/sound
apologetic
make an apology / expect
an apology
apologize for something
21 apologize apology apologetic apologize to someone
Appendix something in in the
22 appendix appendix
23 Applaud applaud applause
Appoint appoint someone to do
something / appoint
someone as something
24 appoint appointment make an appointment
Approach
approach somebody for
something
approach a problem /task
25 approach approach approachable the approach of something
26 Arch arch
27 Arise arise arise from / arise out of
28 Artificial artificial artificially artificial flowers / light
29 Ash ash
30 Atmosphere atmosphere
Attain perfectly / fully / easily
31 attain attainability attainable attainable
Attempt
attempt to do stg / attempt
at doing stg
32 attempt attempt attempted attempted murder/ suicide
33 Attorney attorney

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Attribute attribute
34 attribute attribution attributive attribute stg to s.o
Authority deny / refuse / reject /
undermine authority
35 authorize authority authoritarian / authoritative authorize sb to do stg
36 Automatic automatic automatically automatic car
37 Axe axe
38 Backbone backbone
39 Barrel barrel
Basis base stg on stg
basis for
40 base basis basic basically on a ...basis
41 Beak beak bird beak
bear to be, become bearable
42 bear bearable, unbearable to make stg bearable
43 Beast beast beastly
44 Bend bend bend over / down
45 Beneath beneath
46 Beneficiary beneficiary beneficiary of
Bias political / gender / racial
47 bias biased bias
Bid bid against / bid for
48 bid bid make / place a bid
49 Bind bind binding be bound to
50 Blade blade
Boost give sb / provide sb with
boost / boost somebody's
confidence
51 boost boost booster boosted confidence booster

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Border on the border /across the
52 border border / cross the border
53 Bother bother bother bother to do something
Bound within the bounds / out of
bounds
54 bound bound bound to do something
Boundary common / northern / state
55 boundary boundary
56 Breadth breadth breadth of stg
57 Breed breed breed rare breed / pure breed
Bribe bribe bribe someone to do stg
58 bribe bribery bribe someone with stg
59 Brief brief brief briefly
Broad broad range
60 broaden broad broaden your horizons
61 Brush brush brush brush your hair / teeth
62 Bubble bubble
63 Bulk bulk bulk of something
Bundle bundle of something
64 bundle bundle bundled in a bundle
Campaign launch / start / organise /
65 campaign campaign run / manage a campaign
66 Candidate candidate
Capable /Incapable (of) have capability
be capable of doing
67 capability capable / incapable something
68 Captain captain
Capture try to / manage to / attempt
69 capture capture, captive captured to capture

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Careless take care / provide
someone with care
care about
care become / get / grow
70 care carelessness careless carelessly careless
Carriage horse-drawn carriage, train
71 carriage carriage
Category categorize into
72 categorize category put stg into a category
Cease
declare /negotiate ceasefire
73 cease ceasefire cease to exist
Century Bride of the Century
century
Ceremony brief / formal / official
74 ceremony ceremonial ceremony
75 Chamber chamber
Cheat cheat on someone / turn
76 cheat cheat / cheater someone into a cheat
77 Chief chief chiefly chief of police / staff
Chin Chin
78 Cite cite citation cited works cited
Civil be civil to someone
79 civilian civil civil war
Clap give someone a big clap /
80 clap clap clap loudly
81 Client client
82 Cliff cliff
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Code break / write in code / a
code code of behaviour /
83 code encode coded, encoded conduct/ practice
84 Collapse collapse collapse from stg
85 Colonise colonise colony colonised establish a colony

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86 Comfort comfort comfort comfortable / comforting find / get / seek comfort
Comment have / make a comment
comment on / about
87 comment comment something to someone
Commentary radio / sports / news
88 commentary commentary
Commerce cinema / radio / TV
commercial
do / make a commercial
commerce domestic / international
89 commercial commercial commerce
Commodity basic / common / cheap
90 commodity commodity
Company accompany company Film company
Food company
Compatible
91 (with)/Incompatible compatible / incompatible compatible with
Compensate compensate for something
get / receive / gain
92 compensate compensation compensated compensation
Compile compile something from /
for stg
93 compile compilation a compilation of
94 Component component
Compose composer /
95 compose composition compose stg
Comprehensive comprehensive / extremely / fully / quite
96 comprehend comprehension comprehensible comprehensive
97 Comprise comprise comprised be comprised of

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Compromise
agree on / arrive at / come
98 compromise compromise compromised to / reach a compromise

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99 Concern concern concern concerned concerned about
100 concrete concrete concretely concrete evidence
Conclude come to a conclusion / in
101 conclude conclusion conclusive conclusion
Confirm wait for / have / get
102 confirm confirmation confirmed confirmation
Conform conformity,
103 conform conformist conform to
104 Conscience conscience
Conscious consciously /
105 consciousness conscious / unconscious unconsciously be conscious of stg
Consensus arrive at / reach a
106 consensus consensus
107 Conservative conservatism conservative
Consistent /Inconsistent consistency Consistent /Inconsistent
108 inconsistency consistent with
109 Constant constant remain / stay constant
Constitute draw up / prepare / adopt /
110 constitute constitution enact a constitution
111 Constrain constrain constraint constrained constraint on
Consult consultation /
112 consult consultant consult sb about stg
Contest contest /
113 contestant
114 Continent continent
115 Contradict contradict contradiction
Contrary Contrariness Contrary Contrarily On the contrary
Controversial Controversial
116 controversy cause / create controversy
Convene annual / international
117 convene convention conventional conventionally convention
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Coordinate coordinate with / lack of
coordination
118 coordinate coordination coordinated color coordinated
119 Corporate corporate
120 Correspond correspond correspondence correspond to
121 Cotton cotton
122 Coverage cover coverage live coverage
123 Crack crack crack
124 Craft craft
Creation
creation / creativity
125 create / creator creative creatively
126 Creature creature
127 Criteria Criteria Criterion(pl)
128 Crown crown
129 Crucial crucial crucial for / crucial to
130 Cultivate cultivate cultivation cultivated
131 Curse curse curse curse for
132 cynical cynical
Dare How dare you ! I dare
133 dare dare daring you to ...
134 dam dam build a dam
135 Data data collect data
Debate debate about / on
debate between
136 debate debate debatable have a debate
137 Decade decade
138 Deceive deceive deception deceptive
139 Deed deed
139 Deer deer
140 Defeat defeat defeat (un)defeated accept / admit defeat
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141 Defend defend defense defensive defend against
142 Delicate delicacy delicate
143 Derive derive derive from
Depress Depressible, depressive depressively
144 Deserve deserve
145 Desire desire desire desire for stg
Despair despair /
146 desperation in / with despair
Detect detection/
147 detect detective
148 Deviate deviate deviation deviate from
diagnose to diagnose correctly,
wrongly to
make / give diagnosis
correct/ right / tentative
149 diagnose diagnosis diagnosis
distract distract
somebody/something from
150 distract distraction distracted something
Devote devote yourself to stg
devoted to
151 devote devotion devoted show devotion
Differentiate differentiate between
152 differentiate different differentiate from
153 Dig dig digger dig for stg
154 Dimension dimension dimensional in two / three dimensions
155 Diminish diminish
156 Dine dine dinner dine out
Direct direct a film / film director
be extremely / very / quite
157 direct director direct direct
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Discriminate
positively/ unfairly
discriminate discriminate
against age / class /
gender / race religious
discrimination against
158 discriminate discrimination somebody
Dismiss dismissal of somebody
reason for dismissal
class / meeting is
159 dismiss dismissal dismissive, dismissed dismissed
Disobey
disobedience to somebody
disobedience / punish somebody for
160 disobey / obey obedience obedient/disobedient disobedience
Display clearly, prominently,
161 display display proudly display
Dispose rubbish, sewage, waste
disposal
162 dispose disposal disposable dispose of stg
Disregard demonstrate / show
163 disregard disregard disregard for / of stg
Disrespect Disrespectful/respectful
have, show, treat
164 disrespect disrespect somebody with disrespect
Dissimilar be / appear / look dissimilar
165 dissimilar / similar from / to
Dissolve Dissolve Dissolver, Dissolvable
dissolvent

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Distinct become / remain distinct
crucial, important, main
166 distinction distinct / distinctive distinction between

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Distort seriously, severely distort
stg
cause, create, lead to
167 distort distortion distortion of stg
168 Ditch ditch ditch deep, wide shallow ditch
Diversity growing, considerable
ethnic, genetic diversity
169 diversify diversity diverse diversely diversity in / of stg
170 Domain domain private / public domain
Domestic domestic market, economy,
171 domesticate domestic / domesticated pets
Dominate
achieve, assert dominance
over seem,
become, remain dominant
largely, increasingly
dominate
complete, cultural,
dominance / economic, political
172 dominate domination dominant dominantly domination
173 Dove dove peace dove
174 Downward downward downwards
175 Drag drag
176 Drawer drawer open, pull a drawer
177 Drugstore drugstore
178 Eager eager eagerly appear, seem eager
Ease great, remarkable ease in
179 ease ease easy easily begin to , try to ease
180 Edge edge on the edge
181 Elastic elastic elastic band

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Element basic, crucial, essential
182 element element
183 Eliminate eliminate elimination eliminate from
Emerge emerge from, into
184 emerge emergence emergence of
emit
carbon dioxide emissions,
emission levels
185 emit emission to cut, reduce emissions
Emphasis place, emphasis on
considerable, great
emphasis
186 emphasize emphasis emphatic strongly emphasize
187 Enable enable enabling enable sb / stg to do stg
Endurance endurance test
188 endure endurance endurable endure doing stg
Enemy defeat, destroy, confront,
189 enemy face an enemy
Energetic renewable, nuclear, solar
energy
generate, supply, consume
190 energise energy energetic energy
Enforce

fully, strictly enforced

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

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Engage
engage s in stg
previous, prior engagement
192 engage engagement engaged / engaging deeply, heavily engaged
Entitle be entitled to do stg
entitle sb to do stg
entitlement to
holiday,benefit, pension
193 entitle entitlement entitled entitlement
194 Essence essence real, true essence
Estimate
estimate, difficult to, hard to estimate
overestimate, estimate / (under, early, initial estimate
195 underestimate over)estimation (under, over)estimated make an estimate
Ethics Ethical/Unethical personal, business medical
196 ethics (un)ethically ethics
Ethnic ethnic origin, ethnic
197 ethnic violence
evidence convincing, decisive
evidence
198 evidence evident evidently it is evident that ...
Evolution gradual, rapid, natural
evolution
199 evolve evolution evolved evolve from, evolve into
Examine fully, properly examine
careful, detailed, full
200 examine examination examination
Exceed expected to, likely to
201 exceed exceed
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Executive
Chief Executive Officer
203 execute executive executive (CEO), executive decision
Exhibit small, important, major
exhibition exhibit
204 exhibit exhibition symptoms
205 Exit exit exit
Expense leading, medical, travel
206 expense expensive expenses
Expertise lack, need , require
207 expertise, expert expertise
Exploit military, sexual exploit
b open to, be vulnerable to
208 exploit exploitation exploitation
Export Export Exportability Exportable

Facilitate facilitation,
209 facilitate facilitator further facilitate
Facility
210 facility childcare, leisure facilities
Fade quickly fade, fade away,
211 fade begin to fade
feasible economically/technically/pol
212 feasibility feasible, infeasible itically feasible
213 Feast feast have a feast
214 Fellow fellow fellow fellow traveller
Fierce fierce attack, opposition,
215 fierce fiercely criticism
File alphabetically file
216 file file fat, thick, secret, case file
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Finite/Infinite Finite/Infinite finite resources infinity
217 infinity of stg

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218 Fitness fitness fit
219 Flame flame
220 Flesh flesh
221 Flood flood flood flooded
Fluctuate
sharply, considerably
fluctuate, fluctuate between
222 fluctuate fluctuation cause fluctuation
Fond be fond of great,
223 fondness fond special fondness
Forever forever and ever
224 forever go on forever
Foundation The British Heart
225 found foundation founded Foundation
226 Frozen freeze freezer frozen freeze to death
Fundamental
seem, remain, consider stg,
regard stg as fundamental
227 fundamental truly, fairly fundamental
228 Funeral funeral funeral ceremony, service
Fur
229 fur furry thick, soft, artificial, fake fur
Furnish fully furnished, garden
230 furnish furniture furnished furniture
231 Furthermore furthermore
Gain gain control, power,
reputation
232 gain gain financial, economic gain
233 Gap gap gap between

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Gentle appear, look, seem gentle
perfect, real, true
234 gentleman gentle gently gentleman
235 Gifted gift gifted be gifted in
Glove gardening, surgical, oven
236 glove gloves
237 Glue glue glue put on glue
238 Grab grab try to, manage to grab
239 Grain grain
Grease covered in grease, remove,
240 grease dissolve grease
Grand grandness grand grandly Grand Canyon
241 Grind grind grinder
242 Guarantee guarantee guarantee guaranteed full, life time guarantee
practical, clear, helpful
guidelines
develop, draw up, offer,
243 Guideline guide guideline guided stick to guidelines
Hang hang upside down, hang
244 hang from a place
Hardship
cause, endure, experience,
245 hardship hard face hardships
246 Harvest harvest harvest, harvester good, large , rich harvest
Haste frantic, great haste
247 haste hasty hastily with / without haste
248 Hay hay
249 Heel heel high-heels
250 Hence hence
Hero great, brave hero
251 hero / heroin become, turn into a hero
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Hierarchy hierarchical structure,
252 hierarchy hierarchical hierarchically organisation
Hinder be likely to, tend to hinder
253 hinder hindrance without hindrance
254 Hip hip
Hire hire charge, cost, for hire
hire locally, by the day, by
255 hire hire hired the week
Historian contemporary, early, recent
history
throughout history
change the course of
256 historian, history historical historically history
257 Hollow hollow dark, natural, deep hallow
258 Holy holy holy city, man, book
259 Hook hook hooked be, become, get hooked
Hopeless /Hopeful Hopeless /Hopeful hope for, look seem
260 hope hope hopefully hopeless
261 hostile hostility hostile hostile to/towards
Horizon northern, southern, distant
horizon
broaden, expand, widen
262 horizon horizons
Horizontal/Vertical Horizontal/Vertical Horizontally/Verticall Horizontal/Vertical line
263 y
Humble in my humble opinion,
264 humble humbly humble apologies
humid a humid climate, high, low
humidity
265 humidify humidity humid humidity level

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Hunger extreme hunger, feel
hunger
become, get, make sb
266 hunger hungry hungry
Hunt fox, seal, tiger hunt
massive, nationwide hunt
267 hunt hunter, hunting treasure hunt
Hypothetical Hypothetical Hypothetically acceptable, working
hypothesis
entirely, purely, totally
268 hypothesis hypothetical
Identical look, seem identical
269 identical identically identical to / with
Ideological Ideology Ideological Ideologically
dominant, official, capitalist,
270 socialist ideology
Idle remain, leave stg, make stg
271 idle idly idle
Ignorant Ignorant show ignorance
appear, seem, seem,
272 ignore ignorance remain ignorant
Illegal /Legal Illegal /Legal become, be legal
challenge, question, assert,
273 legality recognise legality
Imitate accurate, good, poor
274 imitate imitation imitated imitation
275 Immense Immense Immensely

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Immigrant Immigrate Immigrant, illegal, foreign, Italian
Immigration immigrant
illegal, large-scale,
immigration
immigration rules, officer,
service
276 immigrate from / to
Implication be implicated in stg
considerable, crucial,
major, important
277 implicate implication implications
Import imported
import importation
Imprison falsely, wrongly, temporarily
imprison ten years,
immediate , life
278 imprison imprisonment imprisonment
Improbable/probable Improbable/probable highly probable
probable outcome, result,
279 probability probably consequence
280 Improper/Proper Improper/Proper properly proper way, place
Impure/Pure Impure/Pure
pure silk
pure chance, coincidence
281 purity / impurity purely purity of tap water
Inaccessible/Accessible access, (in) Inaccessible/Accessible make stg, become, remain
282 access accessibility accessible
Incentive Incentive big, considerable, sufficient,
more, less, financial
283 incentive

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Incident Incident ,
284 incidence incidental incidentally major, serious incident

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Inherit inheritance inheritance from sb
285 inherit large, small inheritance
Inclusive Inclusive, included possible inclusion
286 include inclusion all inclusive
Incorporate Incorporate
287 incorporated incorporate stg into / in stg
288 Incurable/curable cure cure Incurable/curable incurable disease, illness
289 Indefinite /definite Indefinite /definite (in)definitely Indefinite/definite article
Independence Independence Independent Independently
become, feel, make
somebody independent
full, total independence
290 enjoy, value independence
291 Indirect Indirect indirectly Indirect speech
Inevitable Inevitable inevitable result,
292 inevitably consequence
293 Infrastructure Infrastructure
294 Inherent Inherent Inherently be inherent in stg
Inhibit Inhibit tend to, severely inhibit
295 inhibition inhibit someone from stg
Initiate Initiate Initiative take the initiative, have
296 initiative
297 Inner Inner
Innovate Innovate Innovation Innovative successful, scientific
298 innovation
Inordinate Inordinateness Inordinate Inordinately Inordinate amount of time
Inordinate number of
problems
Insight Insight
299 have, gain, get insight into

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Insist Insist insist on
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Inspect Inspect Inspection, carefully, thoroughly
inspector inspect
carry out, make, conduct
301 inspection
Instruct carefully, explicitly instruct
proper formal,
instruction, individualized, private
302 instruct instructor instruction
Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficiently/Suffici
303 ently prove insufficient
Integral Integrate Integral integrate into / with
encourage, achieve, speed
up, require, lead to
integration
304 integration integral part of stg
Intense Intensity Intensive, intense Intensively
tend to, be likely to intensify
high, low intensity
intensive care, labour
305 intensify intensive
Internal /External Internal /External Internally
306 /Externally
intervene
to intervene directly, a
307 intervene intervention police, military intervention
Invade military invasion
fear of invasion
308 invade invasion, invader invaded invasion of privacy
Invaluable Invaluable, valuable remain, make stg
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Irrational/rational Irrational/rational Irrationally/rationally
310 quite, totally irrational
Isolate political, complete, social
isolation isolate
somebody from somebody /
311 isolate isolation isolated stg
312 Jaw jaw
313 Jewel jewel, jewellery
314 Joint joint knee, hip, elbow joint
315 Kingdom kingdom
316 Lab lab, laboratory
Label put a label on stg
correctly, falsely, properly,
317 label label wrongly label
Labour physical, hard labour
318 labour, labourer cheap, child labour
319 Ladder ladder climb a ladder
320 Lately late lately
321 Lay lay lay eggs, lay stg out
322 Layer layer thin, thick layer
League at the bottom / top of the
league, be in a different
323 league league
Lean lean on somebody
324 lean lean towards
Liberal liberal leader, party
personal, political, religious
325 liberate liberty liberal liberty
326 Lid lid put a lid on stg
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Lifetime in your lifetime
lifetime income,
328 lifetime employment, experience
329 Likewise likewise
330 Limb limb broken, injured, stiff limb
331 Load load load loaded heavy, work, full load
332 Lodging lodging lodging house
333 Log log keep a log, web log
Logic logic Logical, Illogical logically
334 Lord Lord Good Lord!
Loyal extremely, very loyal
335 loyalty loyal show loyalty to, for, from
Magic pure, black magic
truly, totally magical
336 magic, magician magical magically do magic
Major big, vast majority, majority
337 majority major of
338 Mall mall shopping mall
Manipulate easily, deliberately
manipulate
manipulation, careful, clever, deliberate
339 manipulate manipulator manipulative manipulation
340 Mankind mankind history of mankind
341 Marker marker board marker
Massive enormous , huge, large
mass massive
heart attack
342 mass, masses massive massive argument
Master master and servant
343 master master master the art of stg
344 Mat mat yoga mat
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345 Mate mate class, team, work mate
Maximum maximum amount, number
maximise opportunities,
346 maximise maximum maximum chances
347 Meantime meantime in the meantime
348 Meanwhile meanwhile
Mechanism locking, steering
mechanism
mechanism, avoidance, control, defence
349 mechanic mechanical mechanically mechanism
350 Melt melt melting, melted melt away
Memorial memorial ceremony,
351 memorial memorial service
Mentality mentality of teenagers,
youth
352 mentality mental mentally mental illness
Merchant merchant, rich, powerful merchant
353 merchandise buy, sell merchandise
Mere mere coincidence, mere
354 mere merely fact
Messenger messenger,
355 message message don't shoot the messenger
356 Midst midst in the midst of
Migrate migrant worker, migrate
357 migrate migration, migrant from, into, to
358 Mild mild mildly mild weather, illness
Military military forces,military
359 military military militarily action
360 Minimal minimal
361 Minimum maximum

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Mining mining, mine,
362 miner coal mine
Minority belong to, discriminate
363 minority minority against minority
Mixed ethnically, socially racially
364 mix mixture mixed mixed
365 Mode mode normal mode
Moderate in moderation
366 moderation moderate moderate amount of stg
367 Modest modesty modest modestly show modesty
Modify
368 modify modification modified genetically- modified food
Monitor monitor monitor monitorial baby monitor
monitorship
Motionless absolutely, virtually
369 motion motionless motionless
Motivate poor, low motivation, lack,
370 motivate motivation motivated lose motivation
371 Motive motive motive behind, for stg
372 Multiple multiple multiple choice
373 Multiply multiply multiplication multiplied
374 Muscle muscle
Mutual mutual trust, respect,
375 mutual mutually understanding
376 Namely namely
377 Neat neatness neat neatly
Neglect be accused of, guilty of
378 neglect negligence neglected, negligent negligence
379 Neutral neutral remain, stay neutral
380 Nevertheless nevertheless
381 Noble noble noble family, blood
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Norm become the norm, social,
383 norm normal cultural norms
Notable notion of stg
note notable example,
384 note notion notable notably achievement, success
385 Nuclear nuclear nuclear power
386 Nuisance Nuisance awful, terrible nuisance
387 Numerous number number numerous numerous occasions
388 Nut nut
Obedience (dis)Obedience Obedient/disobedient Obediently/disobedi
389 (dis)obey ently obedience to
obliged obligation obliged, obligatory
to be, feel obliged to do stg
to be obligatory for sb to do
390 stg
391 Omit omit omission
392
393 Ongoing ongoing ongoing project, research
394 Operate operate operation Operate (machinery)
395 Option option optional have an option
396 Otherwise Otherwise
397 Outbreak outbreak outbreak of disease
398 Outcome outcome major outcome
Outlook outlook
399 Outwards outward Outwards facing, looking outwards
400 Overlap overlap overlap overlapping overlap with
401 Pan pan
402 Parallel parallel parallel to
Paste
403 paste paste copy and paste, tooth-paste
404 Patriotic patriotism, patriot patriotic
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405 Pattern pattern pattern of stg
406 Pearl pearl
407 Peculiar peculiarity peculiar become, remain peculiar
408 Periodical periodical
Persist
409 persist persistence persistent persist in, show persistence
410 Pile pile a pile of
411 Pinch pinch a pinch of
412 Pipe pipe water pipe
413 Pitch pitch football pitch
414 Plot plot plot of a film, story
415 Plough plough plough plough through
416 Plug plug plug plugged / unplugged pull the plug, plug stg in
Policy foreign, economic, public
417 policy policy
Pose
418 pose pose a threat, danger, risk
Possess Possess Possession family, personal, private
419 possessive possession
Potential reach, realize, fulfil
420 potential potential potentially potential
Poverty reduce, eliminate poverty
extreme, severe,
widespread, rural, urban
421 poverty poor poverty
422 Powder powder gun powder
Practical practical person
423 practicality practical practically practicalities of stg
424 Precious precious precious stone
Prejudice prejudice prejudice Prejudicial

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Preliminary preliminary stages
425 preliminary preliminary as a preliminary
Premises on the premises, off the
426 premises premises
Preservation Preserve Preservation environmental, building
preservation
food, wood, artificial
preservative
427 preservative preserve stg for stg
Presumably Presume Presumably
rightly, wrongly presume
strong, general
428 presumption presumption about, against
429 Pretend pretend pretension pretentious pretentiously pretend to be
430 Pride pride pride proud proudly have pride, out of pride
431 Primarily primary primary Primarily primary care
Prior Priority Prior
high, major, top, immediate
432 , low priority Prior to stg
Prize get, receive, take, accept a
433 prize prize
Procedure Procedure complex, complicated
434 simple procedure
Proceed decide to, intend to
proceed
criminal,justice, legal
435 proceed proceedings proceedings

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Prohibit Prohibit prohibit from
impose, abolish , lift
prohibitions
436 prohibition prohibitory prohibition against, of
Projection Project
Projection

Promote promote stg, widely

promoted, efforts to
promoter, promote
437 promote promotion get a promotion
438 Prompt promptness Prompt Promptly prompt action
Proof
prove to be innocent, guilty
439 prove proof proven be proof against stg
Properly (im)Properly proper name, behaviour,
place
improper conduct,
440 proper / improper behaviour
441 Proportion Proportion proportion of stg
Proposal marriage proposal
propose doing stg
442 propose proposal propose an idea
Prospective Prospective Prospective
(buyers/employers)
443 prospect job, career prospects
Protection protect against, from
be protective against,
towards protection
444 protect protection protective against, from
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445 Radical Radical Radical radical changes, ideas
Random
446 random randomly random sample, selection

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Rank rank high, low
be ranked fourth, number
447 rank rank one
448 Ratio ratio ratio between
449 Raw raw raw material / food
450 Reactor react reactor nuclear reactor
rebel rebel against stg
451 rebel rebel, rebellion rebellious rebel forces/soldiers
Recall recall clearly, vividly, well
452 recall recall total recall
453 Reckon reckon reckoning reckon stg to be stg
Reform go through reform
carry out , implement, put
reform, into practice reforms
reformation, attempt to, seek to, try to
454 reform reformist reform
455 Refresh refresh Refreshments refreshing, refreshed
Refuse Refuse Refusal refuse to do stg, refusal to
456 do stg
Regard regard stg as stg
show, pay, considerable,
great regard
457 regard regard regarding, regardless regardless of
Regime new, old, current, socialist
458 regime regime
Regulate Regulate Regulation strict, tight, government,
459 regulated school regulations
Reinforce positive, negative
460 reinforce reinforcement reinforced reinforcement
Rejoice Rejoice rejoicer Rejoicing, rejoiceful Rejoicingly

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HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
Relate Relatively
relate stg to stg
461 relate relation, relative related relation between / with / to
Relief considerable, deep,
enormous relief a
sense of relief, tears of
462 relieve relief relief
Reluctant be reluctant to / reluctance
463 reluctance reluctant reluctantly to
464 Remark remark make a remark
465 Reproduce reproduce reproduction reproductory reproductory organs
466 Request request request make a request
467 Rescue rescue rescue
Residence residents of a place
residential home, course,
468 reside residence, resident residential neighbourhood
Resign resign from
announce, accept, reject
469 resign resignation resignation
Resist Resistance popular army, organised,
470 resist irresistible political resistance
Resolve
an attempt to resolve,
471 resolve resolution resolved resolve stg through / by stg
Resource financial, limited, natural
472 resource resourceful resources
473 Restless restless
Restrain restrain from
considerable, great,
474 restrain restraint restrained remarkable restraint

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Restrict
without restriction
restrict yourself/somebody
to (doing) something
475 restrict restriction restrictive, restricted restricted access, area
Retain retain employees
retain land
retain old customs
retain retainment retainable
Reverse reversal of stg
reverse a
476 reverse reversal reversible decision/verdict/policy
Revenue Revenue
Rigid be, appear , seem rigid
academic, intellectual,
477 rigour rigid logical rigour
478 Rival rival, rivalry rival company/firm/team
479 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks
480 Rough rough roughly
481 Route route scenic route
482 Rubber rubber rubber gloves
Rumour
483 rumour spread,hear, start a rumour
484 Rural /urban urbanization rural / urban rural area
Rush do something in a rush
485 rush rush rush to do something
Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice make sacrifices
sacrifice something for
486 something
487 Sand sand
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Scare care the life/living
489 scare scare Scared daylights/hell etc out of
somebody
a bomb scare
a health scare
Scarce Scarcity

Scenario Scenario worst-case/nightmare

490 scenario
Schedule /Scheme Schedule /Scheme
491 make a schedule
Scope beyond/outside/within the
492 scope scope of something
493 Seal seal seal hunt
494 Sector sector sectoral public/private sector
Seek eek refuge/asylum/shelter
seek
revenge/damages/compens
ation
job/attention/publicity etc
495 seek seeker seeker
Seize seize something from
496 seize somebody
497 Senior senior senior management.
Sequence Sequence in a ... Sequence
out of sequence
498 sequential sequentially sequence of events
499 Session session
Settle Settlement, settler
500 settle settled in

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Shift shift shift

Shot Shot Shot of …

501 Siblings Siblings

502 Simultaneous Simultaneous Simultaneously

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Shade
503 shade shaded in the shade (of something)
504 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp sharp edge
505 Sheet (of paper) Sheet Sheet of paper
Shelter Shelter
animal shelter shelter
somebody/something from
somebody/something
506 shelter
Shield Shield Shield

shield against shield

somebody/something from
507 somebody/something
Shift shift
508 shift shift attention/emphasis/focus
Shoot shoot somebody in the
leg/head etc a
509 shoot shoot photo shoot
510 Shore Shore sea shore
Shortage Shortage water/food/housing etc
shortage
511 shortage of
sin sin to commit, confess a sin
512 it is a sin to do stg
513 Sincere sincerity Sincere Sincerely
514 Slight Slight Slightly
515 Smart smart
516 So called So called
517 Soil soil

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518 Sole sole solely solely responsible
519 Solid solid
520 Sow sow sowing the seeds of
521 Specialist Specialize Specialist specialised Specially specialize in
522 Sphere sphere spherical
523 Spill spill spill spilt cry over spilt milk
524 Spin spin
525 Spit spit
Spite Spite Spite Spiteful In spite of
526 Splendid Splendid splendidly
527 Split Split
528 Spot Spot spot the difference
Stable in a stable condition
shut/close the stable door
after the horse has bolted
529 stable stable British English
530 Stare (at) Stare Stare (at)
531 Stem stem stem Stem (from)
532 Sticky stick sticky stick to
533 Stiff Stiff Stiff joints
Sting A bee, wasp, scorpion can
534 sting sting
Stir stir something with
something
stir something in/into
535 stir something
536 Stocking stockings
537 Stove stove
538 Straw straw the last straw
539 Stretch stretch
540 Strict Strict Strictly
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Strike Strike Strike strike something with
541 something
542 Substance Substance Substantial substantially substantial amount of stg
543 Suburb Suburbs
544 Suck suck
545 Superior superiority Superior superiority complex
546 Surround Surround Surrounding
Suspend Suspend Suspended
total, temporary, immediate
suspension suspend
547 suspension somebody from something
Sustain Sustain Sustainable
548 sustainability environmentally sustainable
549 Swing swing swing swing back and forth
550 Sword sword
Tackle tackle somebody about
551 tackle something
talent talent for stg
artistic / unique talent
to have / demonstrate
talent to be very
552 talent talented talented
553 Temple temple
Tempt Tempt Temptation tempt somebody into doing
554 tempting something
555 Tension tension tense
Terminate termination, early, sudden termination
556 terminate terminator terminated terminate a contract
557 terrify terrify terrified, terrifying
558 Thereby thereby thereby doing something

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Threat Threaten Threatening threaten to do something
threaten somebody with
something life-
threatening pose
559 threat a threat
560 Tight /Loose tighten / loosen Tight /Loose Tightly /Loosely
561 Timeless time Timeless
Timely
562 time in a timely manner/fashion
tolerate
563 tolerate tolerance tolerant, intolerant tolerance of/towards/for / to
Trace trace something (back) to
564 trace trace something
565 Tradition Tradition Traditional
566 Transit transit transit passengers
Transmit disease Transmit disease
the transmission of disease
567 transmit transmission
Trap be/feel trapped
trap somebody into (doing)
568 trap trap something
Treat Treat Treat treat somebody like/as
something
badly treated/well treated
treat somebody with
respect/contempt/courtesy
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Treatment Treat treatment treatment of/for
get/receive treatment
treat somebody with
570 something
571 Tremble tremble trembling tremble with anger/fear
Trigger Trigger Trigger trigger a memory
trigger the alarm
572 pull the trigger
Trouble
have trouble with , ask for
troubling trouble, trouble somebody
573 trouble trouble with something
574 Tube tube take/catch the tube
Underestimate Underestimate, Underestimated underestimate the
estimate importance/extent/effect/
575 estimation power etc of something
576 Undergo operation Undergo Undergo operation
Undertake Undertake Undertake (responsibility)
577 (responsibility)
578 Uneasy Uneasy uneasily uneasy about
United Unity United economic unity , economic
579 unity
580 Upward upward upward trend/movement
Urge upward trend/movement
581 urge urge urge to do something
582 Utilise Utilise Utility utilizable utility room
583 Vain vain in vain
584 Vast vast vast majority
585 Vehicle Vehicle motor vehicle
586 Veil veil

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587 Vessel vessel
Violate Violate Violation, violator violate rights, privacy
588 violated violation of
589 Virtual virtual virtually
590 Virtue virtue virtuous virtuously
Vision
good/normal/poor etc vision
591 vision have visions of something
592 Visual visual visually
Vital vital to do something
593 vital vital organs
594 Waist waist
Whisper whisper something to
595 whisper whisper somebody
Wing wing

Widespread Widespread widespread

support/acceptance/criticis
596 m
Wonder wonder how
technological wonders
the Seven Wonders of the
597 wonder wonder World
598 Worm worm book worm
599 Worship worship
600 Wreck wreck ship wreck

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