COLLOCATIONS PRACTICE

BORROW ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   SOMEONE

• SOMETHING
• FROM
• OF

APPROVE ​ ​ (a)   SOMEONE

• OF
• WITH
• TO

COMMENT _____ SOMETHING

BEG _____ SOMETHING

• FOR

• TO

• WITH

Reorder the following:

SOMETHING SPECIALIZE IN

• IN

• SPECIALIZE

• SOMETHING

I SAW MY FRIEND ​ (a)   AT SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY. I WAS WORRIED ​ (b)   WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A ​ (c)   WITH SOMEONE AND IT DIDN'T OCCUR ​ (d)   ME THAT HE PROBABLY WHAT HE MEANT ​ (e)   IT WAS THAT HE WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT PERSON BY SURPRISE.

• SHOUTING
• ABOUT
• FIGHT
• TO
• BY

FIND THE MEANING OF THESE COLLOCATIONS:

• BORROW FROM

• HAVE EXPERTISE

• BEG FOR

• TAKE MONEY NOW AND PAY LATER

• DON'T APPROVE OF

• ASK IN A DESPERATE OR ANXIOUS WAY

• SPECIALIZE IN

• TO THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA

WHAT IS...

a thing of value, especially property, that a person or company owns

WHAT IS...

a group of people who have power to make decisions and control a company or other organization

WHAT IS...

morally correct or acceptable