ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS IN USE (ADVANCED)
UNIT 10
Collocations with phrasal verbs
A
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News
items
1 (formal)
accept the decision
2 (formal) start
work in an official position
3 a secret
warning
4 made an official
request for a divorce
5 punish very
severely
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B
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Everyday
conversation
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C
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Other
phrasal verbs with strong collocations
burst into laughter/tears [suddenly
start to laugh/cry]
When she saw the damage the floods had
done to her house, she burst into tears.
dip into savings/funds [spend
part of some money which was being saved]
The club had to dip into their
emergency funds to pay for the repairs to the roof.
jot down an address / a phone
number / a room number [write down quickly]
Can I jot down your email address?
see off an intruder/opponent [get
rid of, defeat]
He’s a tough guy. He saw off several
intruders who were trying to break into his house.
adhere to principles / beliefs /
ideals / a philosophy [formal: continue to maintain a belief]
It’s difficult to adhere to one’s
beliefs when one is being constantly attacked.
Tip
It is oft en difficult to remember the
meanings of phrasal verbs. When a phrasal verb has a set of collocations as
in the examples in C, write them down together. This is a good way of remembering
their meaning.
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EXERCISES
10.1
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Complete the collocations using
prepositions from the box.
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10.2
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Complete each sentence using a
collocation from 10.1 in the appropriate form.
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10.3
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Answer these questions using
collocations from the opposite page.
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10.4
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Correct the collocation errors in these
sentences.
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10.5
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Answer these questions. Write full
sentences using the word in brackets in a collocation from the opposite page.
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ANSWER KEY
10.1
1 for
2 up with
3 up
4 to
5 up to
6 by
7 down
8 in with
10.2
1 didn’t live up to
2 come up with
3 jot down
4 take up
5 abide by
6 adhere to
7 fit in with
8 filed for
10.3
1 dip into them
2 adhere to them
3 keep it up
4 see them off
10.4
1 Everyone burst into laughter when she told the story.
2 We had a run along the beach to work up an appetite before lunch.
3 The police have said they intend to come down heavily on anyone carrying
an offensive weapon at the match.
4 Do you think you could free up some time to have a quick
meeting this afternoon?
5 The police acted on a tip-off and managed to avert a
possible disaster. (A rip-off is a colloquial word meaning something that is
not worth what you paid for it, e.g. That meal was an absolute rip-off.)
6 I hope the party will live up to your expectations.
7 We sat on our hotel balcony, soaking up the atmosphere of the
carnival.
8 Tanya quickly saw off her opponent in the
semi-final and now goes on to the final.
10.5
Possible answers:
1 I’ll keep it up by watching
English-language TV and reading news items on the Internet.
2 The last Bond film didn’t live up
to my expectations.
3 I might be tempted to dip into my
savings for a special holiday.
4 I’d try to come up with an
alternative means of transport.
5 I’d do my best to fit in with the
plans they had already made.
6 I sometimes find it very hard to adhere
to my principles.
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