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CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL
ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS
49. WATER
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A. Choose the best word to complete these
sentences.
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If the summer is as dry as the spring we
will have another water lack/
shortage like last year.
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Your donation will help to provide clean water supplies/ provisions for a whole
village.
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Although
it’s slower to get there on water/
by sea than to fly, it’s much more interesting.
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This cream will soothe your skin, leaving it moist/ damp and supple.
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B. Match the two parts of the sentences.
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I don’t want to go out in the pouring
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cloth.
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Could you fix that dripping
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river.
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Clean it
with a damp …
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nose.
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He looked down at the fast-flowing
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rain.
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I’ve got
a really runny ….
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tap?
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C. Which of these expressions is not a natural
collocation?
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crystal clear/ ice-cold/ snow-cold/ lukewarm water
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dripping/
pouring/ soaking wet
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fizzy/ sparkling/ gassed/ still mineral water
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soaked through/ to the skin/
wet
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flood/ deep/ river waters
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bone/
powder/ drip/ dust dry
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D. Choose the most suitable word from the box.
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I need to get something to
__________________ I’m parched!
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The boat sprang a __________________ as we were crossing the
Channel.
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After
your workout try cranberry juice to __________________ your thirst.
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There was a steady __________________ from the tap.
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