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1 Agree
VERB
NOUN
agree
agreement
ability
2 Able
3 Abroad
4 Absolutely
5 Accept
6 Accident
7 Accountant
8 Active
9 Activity
10 Actress
11 Actually
12 Advantage
13 Adventure
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
able
abroad
absolutely
acceptable /
unacceptable
accept
COLLOCATION
agree with
agree to do something
come to / reach an
agreement
athletic/musical/artistic etc
ability
be
able to do something
live, go, travel abroad
accept a gift, offer,
invitation
road/car/traffic etc accident
by accident
accident
accountant
active
active life/lifestyle
leisure/recreation/outdoor/c
ultural etc activities
activity
Actress
actual
Actually
advantage of stg
have an advantage
give somebody an
advantage
a great adventure
advantage
adventure
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14 Advertise
15
16
17
18
19
Advice
Afraid
Afterwards
Alcohol
Alive
VERB
NOUN
Advertise
advertisement,
advertiser
Advise
Advice
ADJECTIVE
COLLOCATION
advertise (something) on
television/in a newspaper
a newspaper/
television/radio
advertisement
a
full-page/half-page/twopage advertisement a job
advertisement
advice on/about
follow/take somebody's
advice
advise somebody to do
something
be afraid of stg
afraid
Afterwards
Alcohol , alcoholic
live
alcoholic
alive
alcoholic drinks
stay alive, be alive
almost
20 Almost
21 Alone
22 Already
23 Altogether
24 Amazed
ADVERB
Alone
almost all/every/everything
live alone
feel alone
Already
Altogether
amazement
amazed, amazing
2
amazed to
see/find/discover
something
to somebody's amazement
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25
26
27
28
VERB
Ambition
Ambulance
Angry
Ankle
29 Annoy
30 Anymore
31 Apologise
32 Apply
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
ambition
ambulance
ambitious
COLLOCATION
an ambition to do
something/of doing
something
angry
angry with / at
Annoyed , annoying
be annoyed at/with
somebody
be annoyed about/by
something
Ankle
Annoy
Anymore
Apologise
apply
apologize for (doing)
something
apologize to somebody
letter of apology written
apology formal apology
apology
apply for a job
job application fill in/out an
application application form
make/put in/submit an
application
have an appointment make
an appointment an
appointment to do
something
no-smoking area
dining area
application
33 Appointment
Appointment
34 Area
35 Arm
area
arm
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VERB
bake
48 Beginning
begin
baby
baker, bakery
band
bar
bean
beard
beautiful
natural beauty
products.
well-behaved/badlybehaved
believable /
unbelievable
since the beginning (of
something) at the
beginning (of something)
from the beginning in the
beginning
good/bad behaviour
behaviour problem
a strong/firm belief
popular belief
Beginning
49 Behavior
behave
behavior
50 Believe
believe
belief
COLLOCATION
newspaper, magazine
article
have a baby
give birth to a baby
newborn/new baby
premature baby
baby boy/girl
bake a cake
music band
in a band
beauty
beer
46 Beauty
47 Beer
ADVERB
pay attention (to
somebody/something)
attention
author
38 Attention
39 Author
Baby
Bake
Band (Music)
Bar
Bean
Beard
ADJECTIVE
article
artist
36 Article
37 Artist
40
41
42
43
44
45
NOUN
4
beauty
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51 Bell
52 Belt
VERB
Blind
Body
Book
Boot
58 Borrow
59 Boss
60 Bowl
Brilliant
Bunch
Calm
Camera
Camp
Crash
ADVERB
blind
COLLOCATION
ring the bell
seat belt
place of birth
time of birth
totally/completely/almost/p
artially blind
body
book
book a room
wear boots
borrow something from
somebody
boot
borrow
boss
bowl
a soup/salad/cereal bowl
the right/left hemisphere of
the brain
brain
bravery
61 Brain
62 Brave
63
64
65
66
67
68
ADJECTIVE
birth
53 Birth
54
55
56
57
NOUN
bell
belt
brave
brilliant
bunch
calm
camp
crash
camera
camping
calmly
brilliant idea
brilliant career
a bunch of flowers
remain/stay/keep calm
go camping
car crash
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69
70
71
72
73
74
Care
Career
Carrot
Carry
Case
Castle
VERB
care
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
care
career
carrot
caring
case
castle
a
just in case
Edinburgh Castle
cause and effect
natural causes
cause
Cell phone
77 Central
Central
America/Asia/Europe
Central
78 Certain
Change
Chapter
Chat
Cheque
COLLOCATION
take care of
somebody/something
day care, health care,
intensive care
care about
warm and caring man
a caring attitude
make a career
carrot juice
carry
75 Cause
76 Cell phone
79
80
81
82
ADVERB
Certain
change
chat
change
chapter
chat
cheque
6
Certainly
it is/seems certain (that)
it is certainly true/possible
social/political/economic
change
do you have change?
change (from something)
to something
chapter 5
have a friendly chat
pay by cheque
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83 Childhood
84 Chin
85
86
87
88
89
Choice
Church
Cigarette
Circle
Classical
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
Childhood , child
chin
choose
circle
choice
church
Cigarette
circle
Classical
clear
90 Clear
climate
91 Climate
92 Coach
93 Coast
94 Collect
95 College
96 Comb
ADVERB
coach
coach
collect
coast
collection
comb
college
comb
7
clearly
COLLOCATION
in/during/since
(somebody's) childhood
childhood
home/friend/experience
have no choice
make a choice
a choice of / between
at church
smoke a cigarette
circle round/above/over
classical music
make something clear
clear idea
Please
speak clearly
climate change
climate of a place
a tennis coach
coach somebody for
something
coast of
on the coast
off the coast
a stamp collection
college graduates
a college education
college campus
comb your hair
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97 Common
98 Competition
99 Completely
compete
ADVERB
common
commonly
complete
completely
competition,
competitor
100 Contact
101 Continue
contact
continue
contact
102 Control
control
control
cool
103 Cool
104 Copy
copy
copy
105 Correct
correct
correction
correct / incorrect
8
correctly
COLLOCATION
it's common for somebody
to do something
competition
between/among
compete with/against
be/get/stay/keep in contact
(with somebody)
contact person
continue to do something
have control (over/of
something)
take/gain control (of/over
something)
lose control (of/over
something)
be under control
keep something under
control
keep/stay cool
cool temperature
copy of stg
copy (something) from
something
correct yourself, correct
mistakes
make
corrections
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106
107
108
109
110
VERB
ADJECTIVE
couple
Couple
Crazy
Cream
Credit Card
Crime
111 Cross
NOUN
crazy
cream
Credit Card
crime, criminal
cross
112 Crowd
crowd
crowded
113 Culture
culture
cultural, cultured
114 Curtain
curtain
115 Danger
danger
116 Death
death
117 Decide
118 Decorate
decide
decorate
dangerous
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
a couple of
the couple next door
crazy idea , go crazy
put cream on stg
commit crime
cross (over) the
road/street/river
a crowded room
a crowded street
cultural activities
cultured woman
Western/American/Japane
se culture
draw/close/pull the curtains
draw back/open the
curtains
in danger
dangerous for somebody
death of somebody
death from an illness
make a decision
take a decision
reach/come to a decision
a big/major decision
decide to do something
decision
decoration
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119 Definite
VERB
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
definite
120 Delayed
delay
delay
delayed
long/considerable/slight
delay
Delighted
delighted to do something
121 Delighted
122 Department
123 Depressed
Department
depression
Depressed
124 Description
describe
description
125 Design
design
design, designer
detailed
die
detail
diary
death
129 Difference
130 Dirty
Difference
different
dirty
131 Disadvantages
Disadvantage
126 Details
127 Diary
128 Die
dead
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ADVERB
definitely
COLLOCATION
the personnel department ,
Department Store
depressed about
describe how/why/what
brief/short/full/complete
description
description of
graphic design
design something for
something
interior designer
further/more details
detailed description
keep a diary
die of/from
big/major/important/signific
ant difference small/minor
difference
difference between
dirty clothes
social/economic/education
al disadvantage
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132 Disappointed
VERB
ADJECTIVE
disappoint
Disappointed
discuss
Discussion
Dishes
136 Divorced
137 Dream
138 Drivers License
Divorced
dream
drive
dream
driver
ear
economy,
economics
Electrician
139 Ear
140 Economics (Department)
141 Electrician
142 Enormous
143 Enough
144 Entrance
145 Envelop
ADVERB
disaster
133 Disaster
134 Discuss
135 Dishes
NOUN
Economics (Department)
Enormous
enormously
enough
enter
COLLOCATION
disappoint somebody's
hopes/plans
nuclear disaster, natural
disaster
discuss something with
somebody
discussion about
wash the dishes
Are you married, single, or
divorced?
dream of/about (doing)
something
have
a dream
Drivers License
whisper/say (something) in
somebody's ear
entrance
Envelop
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enormous amount of
bad/difficult/hard etc
enough
front/back/side entrance
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146 Environment
147 Especially
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
environmental
Environment
148 Even
149 Event
150 Exactly
event
151 Example
Example
152 Exchange
exchange
153 Exhibition
Exhibition
154 Expect
expect
expectation
155 Explain
explain
explanation
156 Express
express
expression
express
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ADVERB
COLLOCATION
working/learning
environment
good
for the environment:
environmentally environmentally friendly
Especially
even
even bigger/better/brighter
Exactly
sequence of events
charity/fund-raising event
It's exactly half past five.
for example, an example of
exchange rate (money),
exchange student
an exhibition of (black and
white photographs)
expect
somebody/something to do
something
explain something to
somebody
explanation of/for
express train/coach/bus
express your
views/opinions
an expression of surprise
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157 Extra
158 Extremely
159 Eye
160 Face
161 Fail
extra
COLLOCATION
an extra ten minutes/three
metres
extreme
extreme weather/conditions
extreme sports
fail
fail to do something
fail a test
failure to do something
heart/kidney/liver failure
failure
famous
163 Farmer
fame
farmer, farm,
farming
164 Fashion
fashion
Fashionable
feel
feeling
feet, foot
166 Feet
few
167 Few
168 Fight
Extremely
eye
face
162 Fame
165 Feeling
ADVERB
fight
win/achieve/gain/find fame
international/worldwide/nati
onal fame
a pig/dairy/cattle farm
Fashion model , fashion
magazine
feeling of
have/get a feeling (that)
bare feet , front/back/hind
feet , wipe your feet
quite a few/a good few/not
a few
(have a )fight against/with
fight about/over/for
fight
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169 Final
170 Finger
171 Fire
172 Firstly
fire
173 Fish
174 Fit
fish
175 Flight attendant
176 Flu
fly
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
final
finger
final
finally
first
firstly
fire
Fish and Chips
go
fishing
physically fit.
Flight attendant
book a flight catch a flight ,
miss a flight
have, get, catch flu
fish
fit
follow
flight
flu
follower
foreigner
following
Foreign
179 Formal
formality
formal / informal
180 Fortunately
fortune
fortune
177 Follow
178 Foreign
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COLLOCATION
final decision/say
sit/take your finals
cross your fingers
fire a gun/weapon/rifle
start a fire
put out a fire
forest fire
Fortunately
follow somebody follower
of
the following
afternoon/month/page/cha
pter
foreign policy
formal
education/training/qualificat
ions
have a good fortune, tell
somebody's fortune
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Frightened, frightening
181 Frightened
fun
182 Fun
183 Further
funny
further
184 Generally
185 Generous
generosity
general
generous
186 Geography
Geography
geographical
gold
glad
golden
187 Glad
188 Gold
189 Government
190 Grey
191 Grocery
Government
192 Ground
ground
193 Guard
ADVERB
grey
grocery
Guard
generally
generously
COLLOCATION
frightened of
be frightened to do
something
it is frightening (to do
something)
have fun good/great fun
a lot of fun
further details
general idea
as a
general rule
generosity to/towards
geographical
area/location/position
glad to do something
glad to see/hear
a golden opportunity
local government, central
government
dark/light grey
grocery store
above/below/under ground
security guards
guard
somebody/something
against something
Guard
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194 Guess
195 Guest
guess
guess
guest
196 Guide
197 Guy
guide
guide
guy
198 Hall
hall
199 Happiness
Happiness
200 Head
201 Headache
head
Headache
202 Health
Health
203 Heart
heart
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
guess right/correctly/wrong
make a guess (at
something) have a guess
(at something) , take a
guess (at something)
dinner/wedding guests
tour guide
guide somebody
along/through
happy / unhappy
Healthy / unhealthy
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happily
city hall , concert hall,
dance hall, music hall
happy to do something
happy in your work/job
happily married
turn your head shake your
head , nod your head
have a headache
damage your health
improve your health
good/excellent health
poor/ill health
healthy diet
heart trouble/problems a
heart condition ,
somebody's heart rate
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204 Heat
VERB
NOUN
heat
heat, heating
205 Historical
206 Hold
hold
207 Hope
208 Horror
209 Host
hope
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
history
Historical
historically
hope
Horror
host / hostess
hopeful
hopefully
huge
210 Huge
human (being)
211 Human
212 Hurry
213 Ice
hurry
human
hurry
ice
17
COLLOCATION
heat something up
the heat of the day
central heating
throughout history
recent/modern history
early/ancient history
hold something in your
hand/arms
hope to do something
hope for
be full of hope
give/offer hope to
somebody
hopeful about
horror film, story
a huge
amount/sum/quantity
the human body , the
human brain, human being
hurry up, hurry to do
something, be in a hurry to
do something
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214 Imagine
215 Immediately
VERB
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
imagine
imagination
imaginative
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
imagine somebody doing
something
it is
difficult/easy/possible/impo
ssible to imagine
use your imagination
Immediately
216 Impossible
217 Improve
Improve
218 Include
include
possibility
improvement
Impossible / possible
instead
219 Instead
220 Instructions
Instructions
221 Intelligent
222 Internet
intelligence
Internet
intelligent
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a strong/real/distinct
possibility
it is impossible (for
somebody) to do
something
make something
impossible
find it impossible to do
something
see an improvement
include something in/on
something
instead of
somebody/something
read the instructions
high/low , artificial
intelligence
on the Internet
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223 Item
item
224 Jam
jam
225 Join
226
227
228
229
230
231
Jump
Just
Keyboard
Kill
King
Knee
232 Knock
235 Landscape Design
236 Last
237 Laugh
ADVERB
jump
just
kill
knock
Keyboard
killer
King
knee
knock
strawberry jam, traffic jam
join the army, a group, a
party
jump over/across/onto
something
just you, me
a computer keyboard
serial killer
King of England
on your knees
knock at/on, a loud knock
at the door
research laboratory,
laboratory
tests/experiments/studies
land on/in/at (the plane)
dry land
Laboratory
land
COLLOCATION
item on the
agenda/list/menu
item of
clothing/furniture/jewellery
join
233 Laboratory
234 Land
ADJECTIVE
land
Landscape Design
last
laugh
laughter
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last of all, last year
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238 Law
239 Lazy
VERB
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
Line
Lip
Liquid
Literature
Loaf
Local
Lonely
Look forward
257 Luck
ADVERB
lazy
lazily
less
lie
COLLOCATION
political/military/religious
leader
lend
243 Lend
244 Less
Level
Liar
Librarian
Lift
ADJECTIVE
leader
leather
leg
240 Leader
241 Leather
242 Leg
245
246
247
248
NOUN
law, lawyer
laziness
level
liar
Librarian, library
lift (elevator)
lend something to
somebody
less (...) than
lie to somebody, lie about
something
use the lift, take the lift
straight line, stand in a line,
cut in line, next in line
line
lip
liquid
literature
loaf
locals
loneliness
local
lonely
luck
lucky
look forward
20
works of literature
a loaf of bread
local hospital
lonely life
look forward to doing stg
not have much/any luck ,
have no luck, have good
luck , be lucky to do/be
something
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259
260
261
HEADWORD
Main
Make-up
Male-Female
Mark
262 Marry
263 Math
264 Maybe
VERB
NOUN
ADVERB
make-up
Male-Female
mark
marry
COLLOCATION
main campus
put on make-up
good/high mark
get married, happily
married
math problems
married
Math
maybe
265 Meaning
266 Medicine
mean
meaning
medicine
267 Meeting
meet
meeting
268 Mend
269 Mess
mend
270 Message
271 Mineral Water
ADJECTIVE
main
meaningful,
meaningful
What does ...mean? The
meaning of ....
take your medicine
have/hold a meeting , go
to/attend a meeting, be
in/at a meeting
a complete mess, make a
mess
mess
get/receive a message,
leave a message, send a
message, take a message
message
Mineral Water
272 Miserable
273 Missing
misery
Miserable
missing
274 Mistake
mistake
mistaken
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feel miserable, make life
miserable
go missing
make a mistake, be full of
mistakes, spelling mistake,
silly mistake
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275 Mountain /Mount
VERB
276 Move
move
277 Movie
278 Nearly
279 Necessary
280 Neck
281 Neighbour
282 Nervous
283 Noise
NOUN
Mountain /Mount
ADJECTIVE
Movie
Necessary /
unnecessary
neck
Neighbour ,
neighbourhood
nervousness
noise
nervous
noisy
nervously
nose
286 Novel
287 Nowadays
novel, novelist
it is necessary (for
somebody) to do
something
around somebody's neck
next-door neighbours, in
the neighbourhood
nervous about
make a noise
it is normal (for somebody)
to do something
normal
285 Nose
290 Official
COLLOCATION
Mount Everest
move quickly/slowly, move
to/into/from
watch/see a movie , go to a
movie
nearly
284 Normal
288 Obviously
289 Occupation
ADVERB
blow your nose , wipe your
nose, pick your nose
detective/romantic/historica
l novel
Nowadays
obvious
Obviously
obvious example
The obvious question is -
Occupation
Official
Official
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a government official, an
official visit/engagement
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NOUN
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291 Opinion
292 Own
own
Opinion
owner
own
293 Paint
paint
painter, painting
294
295
296
297
Pair
Parcel
Pass
Passive
passive
patient
patient
photo, photography,
photographer
Photocopy
phrase
patiently
perhaps
pass an exam,
(active / passive)
AIDS patient, be patient
with, wait patiently
take a photo
make a photocopy
physical
303 Physical
304 Physics
305 Pick
306 Piece
pair of
trousers/scissors/glasses
pass
Photocopy
COLLOCATION
in somebody's opinion ,
general/popular opinion
,public opinion
paint something (in)
blue/red/green
pair
parcel
298 Patient
299 Perhaps
300 Photo
301 Photocopy
302 Phrase
ADVERB
physical appearance
physical fitness
Physics
pick somebody/something
for something, pick flowers
a piece of
pick
piece
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308
309
310
HEADWORD
VERB
NOUN
Plant
Plastic
Pleased
Poet
plant
plant
plastic
311 Point
312
313
314
315
316
Poison
Politician
Population
Possibility
Poster
317 Prepare
318 Present
319 Pretty
320 Printer
321 Prison
322 Probably
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
pleased
poet, poetry
point
point
poison
poison, poisoning
Politician, Politics
Population
Possibility
poster
prepare
poisonous
Possible
COLLOCATION
plant trees, water the
plants
made of plastic
be pleased with
write poetry
a good point, point at
somebody
poison somebody with
something, foodpoisoning, poisonous
snake.
national/local politics
population of
Possibly
preparation
make a poster
prepare the meal, make
preparations
present
birthday/Christmas present
pretty
print
printer, printing
prison, prisoner
probably
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Printing Press
out of prison , put
somebody in prison/send
somebody to prison ,
release somebody from
prison/let somebody out of
prison
most probably
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323 Programme
VERB
NOUN
programme
324 Promise
325 Psychology
promise
promise
Psychology
COLLOCATION
see/watch a programme
promise to do something,
make, keep, break a
promise
psychology department
pupil
pull somebody/something
into/away from/over
something
star pupil (student)
326 Pull
327 Pupil
pull
328 Push
329 Puzzle
330 Quiet
push
331
332
333
334
Race
Radio
Real
Reason
335 Record
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
puzzle
quiet
race
record
race
radio
reality
reason
real / unreal
quietly
push somebody/something
away/back/aside
make a puzzle
as quiet as a mouse
take part in a race, win a
race, race against
real reason
real reason
keep a record ,
medical/dental records ,
school records , historical
records, a written record /
break/beat a record , hold
a record/ listening to
records
record
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336 Regularly
VERB
337 Relationship
338 Reporter
339 Research
340 Retire
341
342
343
344
Review
Ring
Roast
Rock (Music)
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
regular / irregular
Relationship
reporter
research
retire
research
review
review
ring
retired
roast
rock
345 Row
346 Rude
347 Ruler
row
348 Sad
349 Sale
350 Save
sadness
sale
rude
ruler
sad
save
scared
351 Scared
352 Scene
353 Science
scene
science, scientist
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ADVERB
Regularly
COLLOCATION
personal/family/social
relationships
a news reporter
do/conduct research,
research into
scientific/medical/historical
research
retire from, retire early
good/bad/mixed review,
publish a review
review books, films
wedding ring
roast chicken
Rock (Music)
a row of houses, row of
trees
it is rude to do something
measure with a ruler
feel/look/sound sad, be sad
to hear/see/read
on sale
save lives, money
scared of (doing)
something
opening scene, battle
scenes, love scenes
science and technology
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354 Search
355 Seatbelt
VERB
search
359
360
361
362
Share
Shave
Shelf
Ship
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
search for
Seatbelt
secret
356 Secret
357 Serve
358 Several
NOUN
serve
secret
service
secret
ingredient/recipe/formula
tell somebody a secret
keep a secret
serve
breakfast/lunch/dinner,
serve something to
somebody
several
share something with
somebody
share something
between/among somebody
share
shave
shelf
ship
363 Shock
364 Sick
shock
365 Side
side
shocked
sick
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on the shelf
by ship, cruise ship
get/have the shock of your
life
shocked by
get sick
n this/one side (of
somebody/something)
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NOUN
366 Similar
similarity
367 Situation
368 Size
situation
size
369 Skills
370 Slice
skill
slice
371 Smile
372
373
374
375
smile
379 Star
similar
skilled
smile
social
Social
Society
Socks
Sore throat
376 Sound
377 Staff
378 Stairs
ADJECTIVE
society
socks
Sore throat
sound
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
similar to
close/great/strong similarity
similarity to, between, of,
with, in
n a ... situation ,
difficult/dangerous
situation, impossible
situation
the size of
develop/acquire/learn a
skill
a slice of
smile at somebody, smile
about something
a smile on your face/lips
social skills, social life,
social class
members of society
a pair of socks
sound of something, sound
like
sound
staff
stairs
up/down the stairs
under the stars,
movie/film/Hollywood star
star
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state
Statistics
stomach
straight
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
384 Strange
stranger
strange
strangely
385 Stress
386 Subject
stress
subject
stressful
380
381
382
383
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
HEADWORD
State
Statistics (Dep)
Stomach
Straight
VERB
Suddenly
Sun
Supper
Sure
Surprise
Swollen
Symbol
Tailor
Technology
Telephone
sudden
sunny
sun
supper
sure
Surprise
surprise
symbolize
symbol
tailor
technology
telephone
phone
surprised
swollen
technological
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Suddenly
COLLOCATION
State Verbs
Statistics (Department)
stomach ache
straight line, hair
perfect/complete/total
stranger
under stress, stressful
experience
Subject - Object
a sudden change, all of a
sudden
have super
are you sure?
it surprises somebody to
see/find/know
surprise
visit/announcement/attack
have a swollen head
symbol of something
modern technology
phone somebody
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NOUN
397
398
399
400
Temperature
Tense
Terrible
Theatre
temperature
tenses
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
Thick
Thief
Thin
Tidy
Tiny
Title
Toe
thickness
thief, theft
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
terrible
terribly
theatre
thick
title
toe
go to the toilet, flush the
toilet, toilet paper
toilet
tongue
408 Toilet
409 Tongue
too
410 Too
411 Touch
3 feet/1cm/two inches thick
a car/jewel thief, car theft
thin arms/legs/lip
neat and tidy, tidy up
a tiny baby
a title of
thin
tidy / untidy
tiny
tidy
COLLOCATION
at a temperature of
something, high
temperature, low
temperature, a rise in
temperature, a fall/drop in
temperature, a
temperature change/a
change in temperature
tenses in English
terribly sorry
an open-air theatre
touch
tough
412 Tough
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too ... for
something/somebody
touch somebody on the
arm/leg
tough questions, be tough
on/with somebody
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VERB
NOUN
413 Tour
414 Train
tour
tour
train
415 Traveller
travel
traveller
416 Trouble
trouble
417 Truth
418 Try
truth
419
420
421
422
423
424
Turn
Twice
Twin
Type
Tyre
Unfortunately
425 Uniform
426 Unusual
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
try
turn
turn
twice
twin
type
tyre
COLLOCATION
city tour, a
walking/cycling/sightseeing
tour
by train
travel by train/car/air, travel
the world/country, travel
abroad
have trouble (with
something), have (no)
trouble doing something,
without any/too much
trouble , cause trouble,
serious trouble
find out/discover/get to the
truth
try to do something
turn around/round/away,
turn left/right, take turns
doing something, your turn
twice a day/week/year
identical twin
type of
flat tyre , spare tyre
Unfortunately
uniform
school/army/police uniform
Unusual / Usual
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427 Upset
upset
428 Useful
429 Video
use
Wait
Wall
Wallet
Website
436 Wedding
437 Well-dressed
ADJECTIVE
upset
use
video
Useful
wait
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
upset by/about/at , be
upset with somebody, an
upset stomach
useful
information/advice/tip
useful way of doing
something, it is useful to
do something, find
something useful
loud voice
quiet/soft/low/small voice
deep/low voice
Vowel/Consonant
voice
Vowel/Consonant
430 Voice
431 Vowel/Consonant
432
433
434
435
NOUN
wait for
somebody/something to do
something, wait tables
stone/brick/concrete wall
in your wallet
on a website
a wedding present, cake,
dress, ceremony
waiter/ waitress
wall
wallet
website
wedding
Well-dressed
whole
wild
438 Whole
439 Wild
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the whole
school/country/village
wild animals, flowers
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ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
wind
wine
440 Wind
441 Wine
442 Writer
443 Yet
NOUN
write
writer
yet
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COLLOCATION
strong/high winds, the wind
blows
red/white wine
a writer of children's stories
not yet