IELTS35-Collocations

• assign secondary importance to

• attach importance to

• somebody/something come to power

• put something into practice

• grab the attention

• grasp the opportunity

• jump at the chance (to do something)

• take a risk

• get something out of the way

• keep track of

• keep pace with

• get out of the rat race

• put pressure on

• follow one's every move

• follow in one's footsteps

• pass down from generation to generation

• exercise power over somebody

• put somebody under supervision

• have something on good authority

• cast light on something

• pave the way for

• make way for

• force one's way through/into

• give way to

• lock horns with

• have equal rights to do something

• take charge of

• deny all responsibility for

• combat crime

• send somebody to prison

• provoke outrage

• serve a sentence (of five years)

• beyond one's power

• beyond doubt

• beyond question

• beyond one's limits

• bury your head in the sand

• take the upper hand

• pull a few strings

• take the law into your own hands