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CAE Advanced Trainer - Collocations

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MAKE a difference / sense / trouble / research

DO research

10

DO someone a favour / a reservation / harm / your best

MAKE a reservation

10

HAVE a row / an effect on / harm / patience

DO harm

10

KEEP in touch / a promise / pity on someone / a diary

TAKE pity on someone

10

SET an alarm / a date / an excuse / fire to

MAKE an excuse

10

PUT your mind to something / a mess / pressure on someone / an end to something

MAKE a mess

10

GIVE a talk / someone your word / something for granted / credit to someone

TAKE something for granted

10

Research suggested that regular exercise and a feeling of being happy are ...... linked. (Nearly / Finely / Exactly / Closely)

CLOSELY

10

The decision to build a new bridge across the river was ....... controversial. (Solidly / Firmly / Highly / Strongly)

HIGHLY

10

Advice on how to invest your savings is much more ....... available than it used to be. (Thoroughly / Largely / Highly / Widely)

WIDELY

10

Camile was ...... disappointed when she only came third in the 800 metre race. (Sharply / Bitterly / Fiercely / Crossly)

BITTERLY

10

Public transport in the region is ....... subsidised by the government. (Firmly / Heavily / Thickly / Solidly)

HEAVILY

10

TAKE a nap / steps / part in / sail

SET sail

10

LAY claim to / the blame on / your heart on something / down the law

SET your heart on something

10

PAY a fine / someone a visit / someone posted / someone back

KEEP someone posted

10

SIT an exam / cross-legged / upright / trial

STAND trial

10