TM 6 COLLOCATIONS

I. Translate into English.

1. . 2. 5% . 3. , . 4. . 5. . 6. . 7.

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8. . 9. . 10. . 11. . 12. -. 13. . 14. .

II. Match the words from column A with those from column B. One word may collocate with more than one other word.

A B 1. obtain . interest(s) 2. keep B. tribute 3. lay C. permission 4. charge D. weight 5. cater to E. pace 6. further F. ones respects 7. lend G. a visit 8. pay H. emphasis on

III. Fill in the blanks with a suitable phrase from the ones below.

pull ones weight, attach weight, a load/weight off ones mind, be worth ones weight in gold, take the weight off ones feet, carry weight, throw ones weight about/around, put on/gain weight, have someones interests at heart, pay lip-service

1. Cantona scores two-nil! What a goal! Really, this boy . . 2. The boss bluntly told the workers to . 3. Hes been . since he came back from America, telling us how old-fashioned we

are and trying to impress us with his new ideas. 4. You dont have to stand while you are waiting! . for a while and have a cup of

tea. 5. The news that he had finally told the truth was really . 6. Do not let us . to the policy and then leave it to the other fellows to carry it out. 7. He . to the fact that Nixon had started off the events that led to the merger. 8. That argument no longer . Your facts are outdated.

9. Joe Weiders new bodybuilding programme for . Takes three months of hard training and the use of protein supplements to your diet is imperative.

10. I didnt mean to make any profit out of this, I did it for you. I started because I .

IV. One of these collocations may be incorrect. Underline the wrong word if any.

VERB+INTEREST VERB+INTERESTS ADJ+HAIR ADJ+MEMORY revive defend sandy retentive develop perform yellow long show promote flaxen short express represent silky good arouse serve lofty bad run further thick visual sustain sparse bitter attract

thin

induce

unruly

maintain

grizzled

plastered