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CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL
ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS
64. MEMORY AND FORGETFULNESS
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A. Correct the mistakes in these expressions.
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Example:
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It’s worth bearing in the
mind.
It’s
worth bearing in mind.
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Come to think it, you’re right.
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I’ve got a mood memory of faces.
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This
music carries it all back, doesn’t it?
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Sorry I forgot – it completely slipped my brain.
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You
remember me of an old friend.
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It seems like yesterday for me.
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B. Choose the most suitable word.
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memory
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note
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memorial
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souvenir
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blank
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reminder
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I put all my bills on a notice board by
my desk. It serves as a useful _________ of when I need to pay them.
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He committed all the irregular verb forms in English to pay ______________.
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This
monument will serve as a lasting ______________ to the courage of all the
men who fought so bravely.
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I brought his T-shirt back as a ______________ of my holiday.
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I tried
to remember where I’d met him but I drew a ______________.
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I made a mental ______________ to ask Pete to bring the book in
for me tomorrow.
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C. Choose the most natural answer to complete
these sentences.
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I vaguely/
slightly remember meeting him about ten years ago.
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I understand/ recognise
the face but the name escapes/
avoids me.
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Now that
you say/ mention it, I think I saw
him in the office.
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Phil will be able to tell you. He’s got a photo/ photographic memory.
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We were
looking at some old photos and the memories came flooding/ running back.
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I’d completely forgotten her name, but then something you said jogged/ awoke my memory.
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