Collocations: Word Pairs

I didn't understand everything she said, just

• now and again

• bits and pieces

• sooner or later

• dead or alive

I can't use chopsticks, so at Chinese restaurants I ask for a

• bed and breakfast

• cup and saucer

• law and order

• knife and fork

She went to the countryside to get some

• thunder and lightning

• safe and sound

• peace and quiet

• bits and pieces

When they asked whether there would be a reading exam, the teacher replied

• "More or less."

• "Give and take."

• "Bread and butter."

• "Wait and see."

I have tried crocodile _______________, but I don't eat it often.

• now or never

• sooner or later

• dead or alive

• once or twice

There is no ______________ answer; we're just brainstorming right now.

• all or nothing

• safe and sound

• right or wrong

• salt and pepper

"It's now or __________; go tell her how you feel before she gets on that airplane!"

• never

• again

• nothing

• later

He's a dangerous criminal; he is wanted by the police dead or

• not dead

• dying

• alive

• living

"We aren't officially dating, but she's more or __________ my girlfriend."

• moreover

• more

• less

• less than

She texted me when she had arrived back home safe and __________.

• sound

• sane

• salty

• noisy