Vocabulary

He said he would throw us out, but it was just a(n) ....... threat

They rushed the victim to hospital, in the .......hope of saving her life.

The government is encountering .......... criticism of its policies

I tried to persuade her but I’m afraid I failed .......

..

• desperately

• miserably

• wholeheartedly

The horse was ......... at the mouth, so we called the vet.

• fuming

• foaming

• fainting

.......is one in which the words are very closely associated with each other.

• Strong collacation

• Weak collacation

• Fixed collacation

.......are made up of words that collocate with a wide range of other

words.

• Strong collacation

• Weak collacation

• Fixed collacation

......are collocations so strong that they cannot be changed in any way.

• Strong collacation

• Weak collacation

• Fixed collacation

......are collocations so strong that they cannot be changed in any way.

• Strong collacation

• Weak collacation

• Fixed collacation

Suddenly, without warning, Marta ....... into song

• busted

• bustled

• bursts