Collocations Lab — Words That Travel Together
150 high-value English collocations in five patterns. Collocations are why 'make a decision' is English and 'do a decision' is not — nobody can explain it, everybody must learn it. Learn the partnerships and your English stops sounding translated.
Verb + Noun
make a decision · take a break · do homework — the verb is the trap: English chooses it, logic doesn't.
Make & Do Essentials
10 collocations — The make/do battlefield — the ten partnerships that fix the most common mistake in English.
OpenTake & Have Partnerships
10 collocations — Breaks, risks, photos, and responsibility — take and have carry everyday English.
OpenPay, Give, Keep & Catch
10 collocations — Attention, promises, secrets, and colds — the advanced everyday partnerships.
OpenAdjective + Noun
heavy rain · strong argument · a golden opportunity — adjectives have partners, not synonyms.
Weather & Nature Pairs
10 collocations — Rain is heavy, wind is strong, and cold is bitter — weather has strict partners.
OpenOpinions, Arguments & Priorities
10 collocations — The adjective partnerships of debates, essays, and boardrooms.
OpenEveryday Descriptions
10 collocations — Coffee, sleep, smokers, and welcomes — how natives actually describe daily life.
OpenAdverb + Adjective
deeply concerned · highly unlikely · fully aware — the intensifier must match the adjective.
Certainty & Probability
10 collocations — How likely, how recommended, how known — precision pairs for advanced speech.
OpenFeelings & States
10 collocations — Concern, gratitude, disappointment — feelings need exact intensifiers.
OpenDegree & Extent
10 collocations — The C1 intensifier system — certainty, availability, and popularity, precisely paired.
OpenVerb + Adverb
explain clearly · whisper softly · change dramatically — how the action is done.
Speaking & Thinking Adverbs
10 collocations — How you say it: clearly, sincerely, fluently — the manner partnerships.
OpenChange & Movement Adverbs
10 collocations — Sharply, steadily, dramatically — how changes actually move in reports and news.
OpenEffort & Attitude Adverbs
10 collocations — Believe firmly, regret deeply, take seriously — attitude lives in these pairs.
OpenNoun + Noun
traffic jam · coffee shop · job interview — two nouns fuse into one idea.
City & Transport Compounds
10 collocations — Two nouns, one idea — the compounds that name the modern city.
OpenWork & Business Compounds
10 collocations — Interviews, accounts, and offers — the compound nouns of office life.
OpenHome & Media Compounds
10 collocations — Coffee shops and weather forecasts — the compounds of home and screens.
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