List of Frequent Collocations María Moreno Jaén University of Granada

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LIST OF FREQUENT COLLOCATIONS

María Moreno Jaén

University of Granada

1 time

longspend

short

wastetake

spare

givepresent

working

2 year

past

coming

full

start

take

spent

3 people

ordinary

working

elderly

disabled

small

dark

7 day

all (N long)present

spent

finalfull

working

whole

start

(have a) nice

8 days

early

past (few/number N)

old

spent

working

take

9 thing

whole

(do the) right

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4 way long

go

find

get

make (someone's N)

come

easy

5 ways

separate

find

alternative

explore

develop

subtle

6 man

big

tall

real(do the) wrong

10 child

only

expecting

11 government

coalition

interim

elected

12 part

take (N)

play (the/a)

integral

largemajor

essential

small

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vitalform

significant

full

13 parts

spare

component

constituentplayed

separate

14 life

real

family

everydaywhole

private

normal

madeput

take

clear

strongextreme

17 cases

severecourt

extreme

seriouscriminal

injury

18 womanbeautiful

attractive

pretty



2

livesaved

personal

publicearly

spent

daily

lead

15 lives

save

past

live

lost

private

claimed (a number of)

risk

lead

cost

daily

spend

everyday

separate

ordinary

normal

16 case

court

present

particular

(a N) adjourned

prosecution

tall(good) looking

19 workhard

do

started

voluntarycharity

carried (out)

find

paid

major

community

20 system

welfare

21 group

small

ethnic (minority N)

largest

formed

minority

leading

single

research

22 number

large

small

increasing

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growing

limited

total

increasedsignificant

greater

reduce

overcome

common

faced

arisescause

resolve

sort (out)



3

considerablesubstantial

high

23 world

real

whole

modern

developing

24 area

particular

play

surrounding

residential

wide

central

major

25 course

(in) due

training

main

designed

first

take

completed

ordinary

followed

full

start

26 company

owned

27 problem

solve

real

major

serious

big

particular

lies

tackle

address

28 service

freetelephone

provide

memorial

intelligence

advisory

delivery

full

postal

security

regular

29 hand

held

took

shook

wash

raised

waved

lifted

helping

stretched out (his/her…+N)

extended

strong

30 hands

shook

holding

clasped

wash

raised

rubbed

folded

31 party

ruling

opposition

led



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32 school

left

medical

went

whole

33 place

take

wrong

(final) resting N

safe

right

put

secure

34 point

made

reached

whole

prove

raised

35 house

detached

family

moved +N

36 country

whole

leave

foreign

37 week

past

spent

previous

whole

coming

38 member

family

former

senior

leading

active

39 end

west

east

came

put

far

brought (to an N)

reached

bottom

40 ends

loose

achieve

opposite

41 word

use

say

spread

key

final

42 example

set

give

classic

perfect

take (the)

typical

prime

follow

provides

simple

obvious

recent

extreme

striking

outstanding

notable

specific

43 family

whole

extended

close



4

electedunion

full

entirelarge

nuclear

big

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44 families

(lone/one/ single) parent

one-parent

lone

single-parent

low-income

45 fact

actual

simple

N + remainsmere

face

46 factsrelevant

statedknown

hard

basictrue

face

full

47 state

mental

declaredannounced

48 home

comefamily

51 sides

opposite

N + agreed

take

52 night

spent

stay

opening

dark

early

53 nightssleepless

spent

54 eyekeep

public

watchfulnaked

cast

look (in the N)

twinklecritical

55 eyeswide

fixedbright

rolledturned



5

stayreturn

left

idealget

made

feel

matrimonial

49 month

pastspent

50 side

(left-right) handwrong

dark

filled (with)pale

narrowed

raisedheld

56 head

shookturned

bowed

raisedbent

liftedheld (N high)

jerkedlowered

noddedclear

pulled (N back)

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threw (back)tilted

57 informationfurther

provide

detailed

additionalrelevant

obtained

confidentialexchange

collectedsupplied

containbackground

valuablegathering

58 question

exerciseincrease

vested

fullheld

61 money

spendsave

get

makeraise

wasteearn

give(pay) good

62 change

significant

radical



6

answerask

simple

raisedN + remainswhole

posedreal

addressbegs

crucialcentral

relevantfundamental

59 businesssmall

doing

whole

familyrunningserious

privateconduct

successful

60 poweruselabour

real

seized

majorglobal

make

dramaticfundamentalrapid

suddenreal

subject toN + occurred

63 changes

makemajor

proposed

dramaticoccur

radical

significant

sweepingnecessaryintroduced

minorrapid

64 interest

publicspeciallower

high

mortgage

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real

fixed

particular

showntake (an N in)

expressed

vestedcommon

main

TV

70 waterfresh

deep

runningclean



7

strong

65 interests(in the) best

protectoutside

vested

variedserve

pursue

defend

66 order

make

keepmaintain

standingrestore

peckingrigid

workinggood

put

establishedtake

67 book

latestillustrated

reference

68 development

childsustainable

curriculumcareer

furtherrapid

69 roomdouble

single

leave

saltstill

shallow

71 formapplication

order

bookingcomplete (verb)

claim

fill

registrationtake

(in) good

72 car

park (verb)hire

drivepolice

racingcrashed

73 levelhigh

low

top

reachedintermediate

current

waterachieved

74 policy

foreignmonetary

commonmade

adopted



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75 line

direct

railway

draw (verb)straightcrossed

finetake

dividing

76 needurgent

feeldesperate

meet

stressedN + arises

77 needs

meet (verb)individualsuit (verb)

satisfystrong

78 effect

havecause+ Ntake

knock-on

direct

immediatedramatic

desired

beneficialprofound

devastatingopposite

overalladverse

detrimental

79 effects

long-termharmful

adverse

80 use

drug

make

good (make good/full N of)widespreadfull

extensive

81 usescommon

82 idea

wholegive (an)

get

rejectedoriginal

faintest

simple

wrongput (forward/aside the + N)form

developed

83 ideasexchange

originalfreshbright

84 study

present + NN + found

recent

pilotshowed

carriedconducted

researchmajor

reportedundertaken

designed

significant

85 lot



8

direct

beneficialdamaging

profound

awful

whole

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86 job

do

goodget

part-timelost

findquit

full-timefinish

leave

proper

87 jobs

create

losttemporary

do

oddsave

shed (number)secure

permanentunskilled

full-time

88 name

realgiven

put

full

propersecond

91 body

upperdead

N + laynaked

lower

92 friendbest

close

oldfamily

made N in

93 friendsfamily

close

oldmake

becamereal

94 right

vote + N

95 rights

pensionfull

minority

96 authoritygiven (give + N)



9

last

89 names

givecall (someone's N)

90 result

directfinal

netachieve

inevitableproduce

overallfurther

poorsignificant

desired

exercise + N or someone's + Nlegitimate

97 viewtake (the + N)

sharedfull

expressedsupport

giveclear

held(give) a true (and fair)

accept

98 reportfull

final

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N+ releasedissued

99 bitwee (Scottish)

100 facepale

slap + (someone's) + Npretty

turnedround

flushedbeautiful

smilinghandsome

101 market

freehousingmajor

105 lawbreaking

passed

enforce

106 door

knockslammed

N + swung (open)pushed

pulledflung (open) N

107 court

told (the N)heardruled

appear (in)

heldtake obj to



10

102 hourspenttooklate

earlyN + passedfinest

103 hours

spentearly (N of the morning)working

long

tookpermittedsmall

normaldaylight

schoolput in

lateflying

104 rate

fixedInflationlow

108 officetookheld

109 war

enddeclaredN+ broke (out)fought

110 reason(for the) simple(there is) real

(for no) apparent

given a reasonmajorsufficient

(for some) unknown

111 ministerappointed

juniorelected

112 person

missingaveragesingle

disabled

elderly

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authorised

113 terms

practicalgeneralagreed (to the N)

broad(on) equal

(in) absolute

raisedclear

husky

harshhoarsecracked

sharp

120 police



11

acceptrelative

114 sortsall

115 periodminimum

extended

triallimitedprolonged

considerable

maximum

116 societymodern

wholeclasslesshigh

117 process

wholeinvolveddecision-making

continuous

completegraduallengthy

118 mother

singlefoster

119 voice

lowloud

softdeepquiet

high

lowered

calledquestioned

121 pricehigh

retailaveragelow

increase

expectedfullfixed

reasonable

fairputreducedcompetitive

122 actiontakefurther

call for N

immediatestrikedirect

appropriate

urgentdrasticlibel

jointremedial

123 issue

bigmajor

raised (an N)key

sensitivecentraltake N

crucial

fundamental

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controversialserious

complexN was resolved

124 position

stronghold

difficultmarginal

dominantplaced (in)maintain

privileged

competitiveleadingstrengthen

reached

125 costloweffective

extratotalhighcover

estimated

additionalmeetreduced

reasonable

126 mattersimple

furtherserious

referredraised

resolved

127 figureleading

tallcentralhigh

public

128 figuresreleased

officialleading

public

129 typeparticular

certaincommon

media

130 research

shows

donesuggestsfurther

carried

conductedfuture

131 education

furtherpublic

132 programme

major

fulllaunchedextensive

current

completedrunambitious

133 minute

hangtake

holdfull

134 moment

rightlongpaused

took



12

majorlowincrease

briefprecise

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135 girlbeautiful

pretty

136 ageearly

goldenretirement

maternalreached

137 agesdark

138 centreentertainment(day) care

139 controltakelosthave

completetotalgainregain

full

keepeffectivedirect

exercise

tightretainstrict

fair

141 healthmental

poormedical

improve

142 decisionmade

finaltakencourt

announced

consciousunanimousfollows

reached

supportcamereversed

143 forceusemilitarydriving

peacekeeping

excessivefulldominant

powerful

strongarmedbrute



13

overallmaintain

140 value

good N (for money)greatadded

total

realhighequal

increase

fulladdtrueestimated

critical

144 forces

securityjoined

opposition

145 condition

good

seriousmedicalcritical

stable

excellentpoorimmaculatesufficient

deteriorated

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perfect

146 conditionsweather

livingworking

improveappallingpoor

satisfied (verb)

favourableimposeprevailing

adverse

meetfulfilled

147 paper

printed

148 sectionprevious

came (to/into N)

154 teamdream

nationalwinning

N + wonledbeat

support + N

155 experienceprevious

practical

gainlearningrelevantworking

extensivepastdirectvaluable



14

finalseparatefurther

149 patients

treated

150 road

maincross

busymajor

line (the N with people)

151 tableleague

lay the N

152 church

whole

established

153 mind

bear

keepopen (adj)hadcrossed

conscious

156 deathsuddenaccidental

caused

tragic

157 act

criminalpassed

amended

158 sensemake

strongreal

falsetrue

159 staff

trainedsupportextra

permanent

qualifiedexperienced

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160 studentformer

161 language

foreignuse

speakmodernnative

official

168 evidence

giveN + suggests

presentedhard

providestrongN + shows

sufficient



15

162 morningearlylate

spentbright

163 plan

peaceactionradicalapproved

strategic

drawn upadoptedambitious

prepare

164 productfinal

makelaunch+ N

competitivecreated

165 citycapital

ancient

beautiful

166 ground

common

lostopengaining

167 letterquickpostbusiness

resignation

conclusiveconsiderablesupportingample

circumstantialinsufficientgrowingindicates

169 footset

170 feet

barerose (to her N)

171 boybad

smallgood

big

172 gamewin

final

173 food

fresh

deliciousdiet

174 role

playkeyleadingmajor

activecentralvitalstarring

crucial

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taketraditional

supportingprominentpassive

essential

minor

175 practice

common

private (doctors)medicalclassroom

176 bankcollapsed

177 support

strong

publicprovidereceived

family

technicalgivingemotional

substantial

178 eventmajor

unlikelysporting

bigheld

annualhistoryfinal

179 buildingmaintall

house

180 rangewidelong

full

complete

181 stageearlyfinal

reached

retirementfurther

182 meeting

annualheldsummitemergency

calledarrangedadjourned

183 art

moderncontemporarygreat

ancient

184 clubjoin

exclusive

185 armput (someone's N around)

uppergrabbed

brokenbroke

raisedgrasped

186 history

familymedical

187 parent

singleelderly

188 parents

foster



16

offersfreebroad

vast

adoptiveworkingsingle

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189 land

housing

heldopenwork (verb)

native

farmingwaste

190 trade

worldforeignretail

191 situation

currentpresentimprove

desperate

remedyimpossibleintolerable

192 teacher

formerprimary (school)

193 record

worldset the record

breakingunbeatencriminal

keeping

poor

197 account

taken (into)opened

198 difference

makebigtelllittle

seesignificantpotentialreal

fundamental

marked (adj)showed

199 material

raw

200 materials

building

201 airfresh

openclean

clearbreathe

thickheavy

202 wife

second



17

impressiveheld

achieved

194 relationbearclose

195 fieldvisual

196 window

frontbacksmashed

rear

left + Nformer

estranged

203 projectwholecompleted

completeambitiousrun

204 sales

retailincreasedrecord

rose

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annual

boost

totaldirectpotential

expected

205 relationshipcloseloving

specialworkinglastinglove

serious

directstrongestablish

developed

inversecausalintimate

to end

private

home

nursingprovidefamily

domiciliary

208 rule(as a) generalgolden

established

209 storytell

true

fullmainreal

big

210 qualityhigh

good



18

seepublicmaintain

206 light

brightshed

naturallowthrow

switch (on/off)

turned (on/off)strongcastflashing

softcoldshiningpale

fullfadingflickeringclear

207 caretakemedical

primary

toppoorimprove

excellentair

superblow

total

211 tax

increases

gross

212 naturehuman

N+ calls

213 structurefamily

214 datacollectedsuggest

supportpresent

215 method

use

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paymenteffective

simplealternativetraditionaladopted

appliedpreferredprovide

224 hospitalgeneral

(to be) admitted (to N)mentalgotransferred

225 chapterdiscussedprevious



19

216 unit familyhospital

217 bedget (into/out of/off the N)lyingdouble

(four) postergosinglemake

218 unionjoin

219 movement

rights N

220 detail

greater

(in) fineconsiderablesufficient

further

221 detailsfurther

fullgive

provide

222 modelfollowing (verb)developed

top

223 computerrunning

using

containsexaminesprecedingcovered

226 schemetraininglaunched

successfuldesigneddevised

227 theorycritical

228 property

private

commerciallandowned

(to) purchase

229 officerchief

armyprison

230 charge

free (of)take

extraadditional

initialminimummade

put (in/on)

fixed

231 charges

bank

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232 directorgeneral

filmappointed

theatre

233 approachcautious

adoptedtaken

alternativemadefresh

radical

effective

234 chancehave

getgivenstand a Ntake

greatsecondlittlemissed

offeredbigfaircame

reasonablejumped (at the N)

235 application

completemade

236 amount

certainsmallenormoushuge

fairtremendouslargeconsiderable

minimumfull

increasedoutstanding

237 son

eldestbaby

oldestillegitimate

238 operation

rescuepolicemajor

successful

performedunderwentmilitaryemergency

239 opportunitygivenequal

takeprovideuniquegolden

missedperfectofferedrare

idealseizethe N presented itselfexcellent

amplerealarose

240 leaderopposition

241 look

takehavequickcloser

hardgave



20

reasonablemaximum

substantial

shot(take a ) fresh N (at)

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242 productionincrease

stagetheatre

243 picture

exclusivecompletetakenshows

clearoverallN + emergesaccurate

mentalpresentedsimilarfull

244 sourcemajorsingle

primary

valuableconstantprincipal

245 securitytopmaximum

increased

246 contract

signedexpires

entered (into)come

draftmutualfinalN + provided (for)

broadfailed (to reach N)endmake

(in) fullvoluntarybindingcommon

complete

248 site( a + number) acre + N

caravanarchaeologicalsuitableconstruction

249 labourfemaletemporary

250 testfitnesspassed

finalfailed

haveput (to the N)

takeshowed



21

wonawarded

agreedbindingterminate

247 agreementreachedsigned

peace

(free) tradeco-operationnodded (in) Nconcluded

ceasefire

pilotstandard

251 lossweight

memory

sufferedhaircaused

total

made Nreportedbloodhearing

great

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joblead (to N)

consequentialfelt

considerablecover (the N)

substantialserioussevere

incurred

majorcomplete

252 colour

fulladdlightdark

brightpalegivehigh

strong

pounding (adj)suffered

stoppinglies (at the N of)

thumpingheavy

thudding

258 election

general

wonheldfollowinglost

foughtforthcoming

259 elections

generalnationalmunicipal

260 purpose



22

253 shopgift

petrunantiquevideo

High (Street)souvenir

254 benefit

housinggetmaximummarginal

claimreceiveinvalidity

255 benefitsenjoy

256 animal

wild

257 heartbroken

beating

servesolegeneral

specificprimaryusefulreal

specialintendeddual

261 standardhighpoorset

requireddoublereasonablemaintain

meetimprovelowminimum

acceptable

262 standardssafety

meet

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raiseminimum

263 secretaryformerprivate

appointed

264 dateclosing

blind

267 factormajor

keyrisksignificantcrucial

determiningcontributorydecidinglimiting

time



23

seteffectivedue

fixedtargetearlyagreed

265 musicplayedclassical

live

populartraditionalloud

contemporarymake

writtencomposed

266 hair

blondeblond

curlythickdyed

facial

faircroppeddye

straight

washbrushedsoftpermed

gingerauburn

commoncriticalcontributing

decisivevitalN + influencingcost

human

additional

268 pattern

follow

setestablishedregular

showscomplex

commonrepeated

269 front

house

270 eveningearlylate

spent

271 populationcivilian

large

entiretotalwholeoverall

272 plantprocessingreprocessing

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273 pressure

put N on

highincreasing(peer) group

intense

enormousgrowinglowapplied

came (under N)considerableexertedtake N off

strongconstantheavysevere

274 responseimmediatepositive

sexualpublicinitialpoor

emotionalgivenrapidquick

275 streetsidewalking (up/down the N)

busy

276 performancestrong

poorimproveoutstandinglive

impressivegive

277 knowledge

common

prioracquired

expert

N + gained

fullworkingspecial

true

professionalintimatespecificwide

278 designinteriorgarden

originalartresearch

279 pageblankturn

printed(on the) oppositeprevious

280 restspend (the)haveget

takegive

281 basis

regulardaily(on a) day(-to-day)form

weeklyindividualprovidepermanent

annualtemporaryvoluntarymonthly

firm

casual



24

requiredbackground

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282 sizesmall

fulllargefitsincrease

half (the N)standardaveragemedium

reduce

283 environmentnatural

protect

safeworkhome

damage

improvestablehostile

healthy

284 fireopened N on

set N to / obj on Ncaught

friendlystarted

(fire) burningN + broke (out)light (verb)

caused

makespreadcontrol

286 successhuge

achievedenjoyedmakeconsiderable

majorensureearlyguarantee

relativecontinuingoutstandinglikely

immediate

287 thoughtspare (a N)

given

bear( a N )struck(a N) occurred

deepcareful

N came (to me/mind)serious

consciousmodern

288 thoughts

on secondinterrupted

289 list

longfullmake



25

285 serieswholedramacomedy

documentaryproducedlaunchedfinal

successfulpresentruns

completedrawn (up)compiled

290 future

nearforeseeablebrightuncertain

secure (verb)immediate(N) holdsdiscuss

distant

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(N+) lies

long-term

facebleak

291 analysis

detaileddata Nshowedprovide

performedcarriedsuggestscareful

full(a) developed

292 space

storageopenparkinglimited

livingextra

monthly

released

296 attentionpaydraw

turnedfocusedattractmedia

specialmedicalpublicparticular

closebroughtgivencaught

divertreceivedN is/should be directedfull

carefulconsiderable



26

emptylittle

usefree

293 tv

watchinglivecolour

294 demandmeetincreasehuge

consumer'sstronghighgrowing

made

satisfy + Nreduce

295 statement

issuedN+ saidmade

joint

seriousconcentrated

distractholdconstanturgent

297 lovemakingfall

truerealyoungpassionate

wonderful

298 principlegeneral

basic

fundamentalestablishedunderlying

299 principlesbasicgeneral

fundamental

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applyunderlying

establishedguidingbroad

300 setcompletefullwhole

standard

single

uniquedominant

304 couplehappyelderly

305 steptakefurther

big

major



27

301 doctor

see

hospitalconsultmedical

wentcalled

localvisit

examined

302 choice

have

makewidegiven

offer

obviouspersonalfreeconsumer

limitedpossiblenaturalinformed

303 featureregularstriking

distinctivemajorparticularprominent

attractivesignificantcharacteristicnotable

unusual

unusualpositive

necessary

significantessential

306 machineuse

307 income

lowannualhigh

current

disposablefamilytaxable

average

guaranteedfixedregularnational

paidgrossextraadditional

(to) supplement

308 trainingjob

youthteachervocationalprofessional

staffmilitarymanagementprovide

formal

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intensivefurther

collegedo (some)in-serviceinitial

givenqualityreceivedbusiness

full

309 filmmaking

directed

310 effortmake

putreliefconcertedrequired

considerableinvolvedconsciousmajor

ensureextrajointminimum

tremendous

311 playerformer

outstanding

312 awardwon

presented

receivedgivenprestigious

313 villagefishingpretty

situatedpicturesque

quietdeserted

314 newsgood

radionationalworldbad

tolddailybrieftoday

latestbroke (the N to)televisionheard

tonightN + reachedspread

315 difficultyhave

considerableovercomeincreasing

316 cellprison

317 energy

savinglowhighrenewable

wastesupplyalternativereduce

318 degree(to a) greaterhigh

(to a) certain

jointconsiderablelesser

honoraryawarded

remarkableobtained



28

attractive

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319 meansprovide

effectiveusepossiblealternative

private

necessary

320 growth

rapidstrong

potentialemployment

personalhigh

slowcontinued

majoroverallunemployment

321 treatmenthavemedical

hospital

furtherrequirereceivingdrug

givenemergencyeffectivepreferential

prescribedsurgicalundergoing

323 taskimpossible

dauntingsimpletoughset (himself)

perform

take (on/over)carry outcompleted (verb)

facedundertake

formidablehard

324 provision

madeadequate

325 behaviourbad

good

learnedresponsibledisruptive

326 functionperformprimarybrain

fulfil

327 resourcehuman

valuablenatural



29

following

322 soundheardpoor

madelouddistantturned (down/up/off)

softdeepproduce

328 resourcesnaturalhumanavailablelimited

energyrequiredexistingincrease

329 defencemade

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330 gardenback

vegetablesecretfrontwalled

herbflowerrosedo

rearprettyattractive

331 floortopupperreach

332 technologynewlatest

advancedusingdeveloped

336 horse

riding

337 answersimple

giveliesgetright

providecorrectobviousclear

wrongstraightsatisfactory

338 userallows

339 funds

raise

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adopt

334 feelingget

strong

generalstrangegave

bad

sinkingdeepgut

growingexperienced

335 doubt

castreasonable

put (in/beyond)serious

leave (no/little)

centralmaingreatstrongdistinctive

341 riskhighreduce

take

increasedrunput

serious

potentialinvolvedsignificant

minimisegrave

342 dog

walking (a N)pet

343 army

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radio

tv

345 glass

broken

346 glasseswearing

347 cup

win

convincingpowerful

353 showput (on a N)live

quizopen

go (on N)held

runannual



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make (a N of)playednice N of tea

348 husband

estrangedN + leftformer

lost

second

349 capitalforeign

currentmajor

350 note

takemade (a mental)leftmental

delivery

351 seasonstart

352 argumentput (forward)further

citedadditionalstrongmade

rejectedsupportacceptlogical

presented

354 responsibilitytakeacceptpersonal

full

moralassumegiven

355 dealgreatgoodpeace

strucksignedfairagreed

getmake

356 economy

slowingplannedbooststrong

357 elementkeyessential

strongmajorsignificant

358 dutyheavy

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359 attempt substantial



madeseriousdesperatefailed (+ N)deliberate

unsuccessfulvain

360 investment

foreigncapitalbusinessmade

increasemajordirectattract

massive361 brother

youngerolder

elderbiglittle

362 titleworldwonnational

defend

retainfulltook

363 hotelluxurystay

(family-) runcomfortable

familyelegant

booked

364 aspect

particular

further

365 increase

huge

significant

markedlargerealdramaticmassive

smallfurtherrapidsharp

considerablecausedmajormodest

big

366 helpseek

professionalgreatprovidegive

offersmedicalreceivecall (for)

appealed (for)domesticrequire

367 summer

latespentearly

dry

full

368 daughter

eldestyoungest

only

369 babyexpectingunborn

lost

370 seaopen

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371 skillrequired

considerable

372 claimmake

rejectedcompensation (claim)

unfair

373 concernexpressedcause

growing

majorpublicdeep

real

increasingconsiderablevoiced

374 discussionopenfurtherconsiderable

major

375 customerparticular

376 boxgift(tick the) appropriate N

377 conferencepeaceparty

small

379 divisiontop

mademajor

380 procedure

followedstandard

usingnormaladopted

complaints + N

381 kingcrowned

late

appointed

382 imagepublic

improveclean (up)presented

383 oilvirgincooking

384 circumstancecausal

385 circumstances

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toldannualcalledplanned

holdmajoropened

378 profitnetmakeincrease

gross

changingpersonalsuspiciousunusual

causalextremefavourable

386 proposalrejectedmadeaccepted

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approved

387 sectorvoluntary

388 direction

(in the) rightopposite(in the) wrongfuture

reverse

389 sign(a) good

showslittlegave(a) sure

visiblemade (a/no N)

390 measure

(in) largetemporary(in) small(in) equal

takerear

driver'sdrivingparliamentarymarginal

395 presidentformerelected

re-elected

396 goalscored

(the) winning Nearlyultimateachieve

N + disallowed

397 affairwhole

398 affairsstatecurrent



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giveprovide(in) full

391 attitudeadopted

right

392 diseasechronic

causetransmitted

severeserious

393 commission

set (up) + Nappointed + NN + established

take

394 seatbackfront

passenger

399 techniqueusingdeveloped

usefulapplied

simpleeffective

employed

400 respectmutual

greatdueearned

401 respectspay

402 item

news

403 versionfilm

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finalcurrent

launched

404 abilitydevelop

limited

405 good

do

publiccommon

406 goods

410 advantagetake

fullgreat

(to the) bestadded

gainunfairgive

big

majorsignificantdistinct

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manufactureddeliver

407 campaign

electionlaunchedbombingrun

mediamountedfoughtwaged

conducted

408 advicegive

seekexpertfreeoffer

professionalpracticaltakeprovide

soundfurtherfollowed

409 pupilformer

additional

411 memoryshort-term

storedlongusedworking

shortvisuallong-termrecent

412 memorieschildhoodbrought (back)

happypastfondvivid

oldlong

413 culture

popularwesterndominanttraditional

414 bloodinfectedgive

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