Collocations and Idiomatic Expressions Flashcards
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Which is the correct collocation in English?
Answer: make a mistake
'Make a mistake' is the standard English collocation; 'do,' 'take,' and 'have' do not collocate with 'mistake.'
Which word correctly completes the phrase 'a ___ of evidence'?
Answer: body
'A body of evidence' is the standard collocation used in academic and legal English to refer to an accumulated set of evidence.
She paid ___ attention to every detail of the report.
Answer: close
'Close attention' is the correct collocation; while 'deep' and 'strong' modify some nouns, they do not collocate with 'attention' in standard usage.
Which of the following is NOT a correct collocation with 'make'?
Answer: make a research
'Do research' is correct; 'make' does not collocate with 'research' in standard English.
Which word correctly collocates with 'tea' to indicate its strength?
Answer: strong tea
'Strong tea' is the established collocation; 'powerful,' 'mighty,' and 'intense' do not collocate with 'tea' in standard English.
Which phrase correctly describes reaching a conclusion hastily without enough evidence?
Answer: jump to a conclusion
'Jump to a conclusion' is the idiomatic collocation meaning to make a judgment too quickly without sufficient evidence.
'Heavy' collocates with all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer: breeze
'Heavy breeze' is not a standard collocation; 'gentle breeze' or 'strong breeze' are correct, while 'heavy rain,' 'heavy traffic,' and 'heavy smoker' are all established collocations.