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    <span class="badge text-bg-primary">Vocabulary</span>
    <span class="badge text-bg-light border">Collocations</span>
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  <p class="text-muted">Natural word partnerships: verb–noun, adjective–noun, adverb–adjective, and prepositional patterns.</p>
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          <h4 class="card-title mb-2">What is a collocation?</h4>
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            A <strong>collocation</strong> is a pair or group of words that <em>sound natural together</em> to native speakers.
            We <em>make</em> a decision (not *do* a decision), <em>heavy</em> rain (not *strong* rain), <em>highly</em> unlikely (not *strongly* unlikely).
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            <strong>Quick idea:</strong> Collocations are “habitual neighbors.” Memorize them as <em>chunks</em>, not individual words.
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                  <th>Pattern</th>
                  <th>Natural</th>
                  <th>Unnatural / Less common</th>
                  <th>Note</th>
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                  <td><strong>verb + noun</strong></td>
                  <td>make progress, do homework, take notes</td>
                  <td>*do progress, *make homework, *write notes (generic)</td>
                  <td><em>make</em> with results; <em>do</em> with tasks; <em>take</em> with quick actions.</td>
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                  <td><strong>adjective + noun</strong></td>
                  <td>strong coffee, heavy rain, keen interest</td>
                  <td>*powerful coffee, *strong rain</td>
                  <td>Intensity words pair idiosyncratically.</td>
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                  <td><strong>adverb + adjective</strong></td>
                  <td>highly unlikely, deeply concerned, fully aware</td>
                  <td>*strongly unlikely, *very aware (ok but weaker)</td>
                  <td>Amplifiers often fixed: <em>highly</em>, <em>deeply</em>, <em>utterly</em>.</td>
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                  <td><strong>noun + noun</strong></td>
                  <td>traffic jam, data breach, decision maker</td>
                  <td>*traffic block, *data break</td>
                  <td>Lexicalized compounds; memorize.</td>
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                  <td><strong>verb + preposition</strong></td>
                  <td>depend on, consist of, focus on</td>
                  <td>*depend of, *consist in (different meaning)</td>
                  <td>Prepositions are <em>sticky</em> partners.</td>
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            <p class="mb-3">“Fluent writing is built from fluent collocations.”</p>
            <footer class="blockquote-footer">Usage Tip</footer>
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            <li>Learn words in <strong>chunks</strong>.</li>
            <li>Some partners are <strong>fixed</strong> (strong coffee).</li>
            <li>Prepositions often decide correctness.</li>
            <li>Register matters (e.g., <em>launch an inquiry</em>).</li>
          </ul>
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            <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary me-1 mb-1">chunking</span>
            <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary me-1 mb-1">register</span>
            <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary me-1 mb-1">prepositions</span>
            <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary me-1 mb-1">fluency</span>
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          <h4 class="card-title mb-2">Types &amp; Strength of Collocation</h4>
          <p class="mb-3">Common pairings and how “strong” they are (fixed → flexible):</p>
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                <h6 class="mb-1">Strong (fixed)</h6>
                <p class="small mb-2">Rarely replaced</p>
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                  <li>utter disaster</li>
                  <li>bitterly disappointed</li>
                  <li>fast asleep</li>
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                <h6 class="mb-1">Medium</h6>
                <p class="small mb-2">Some variation possible</p>
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                  <li>make a mistake / error</li>
                  <li>raise / pose a question</li>
                  <li>reach / arrive at a decision</li>
                </ul>
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                <h6 class="mb-1">Weak</h6>
                <p class="small mb-2">Many options</p>
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                  <li>good idea / plan / point</li>
                  <li>important decision / issue</li>
                  <li>small change / amount</li>
                </ul>
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                <h6 class="mb-1">Register-bound</h6>
                <p class="small mb-2">Context specific</p>
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                  <li>file a lawsuit (legal)</li>
                  <li>hold talks (diplomacy)</li>
                  <li>scale up (business/tech)</li>
                </ul>
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            <strong>Rule:</strong> If a phrase feels “right,” check a collocation dictionary or corpus. Trust usage over literal logic.
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                <div class="fw-semibold">MAKE / DO</div>
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                  <strong>make</strong>: make a decision, make an effort, make arrangements<br>
                  <strong>do</strong>: do homework, do research, do the dishes
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                <div class="fw-semibold">TAKE / HAVE / GIVE</div>
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                  take notes, take a risk, have a look, have breakfast, give advice, give permission
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                <div class="fw-semibold">INTENSIFIERS</div>
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                  deeply concerned, highly unlikely, perfectly clear, utterly ridiculous
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                <div class="fw-semibold">BUSINESS</div>
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                  meet a deadline, hold a meeting, generate revenue, file a patent
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          <p class="small text-muted mt-2 mb-0">Remember them as ready-to-use chunks.</p>
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          Visual placeholder. Replace with a mind-map of key collocation families.
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          <h5 class="card-title">A) Multiple Choice</h5>
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              Choose the best collocation:
              <em>We must ________ a decision by Friday.</em>
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                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">do</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">make</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">create</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">perform</span>
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              Pick the natural phrase:
              <em>It’s ________ unlikely that the event will be canceled.</em>
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                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">strongly</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">highly</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">greatly</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">strong</span>
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            <li class="mb-2">
              Best collocation for weather:
              <em>Expect ________ rain this evening.</em>
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                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">powerful</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">strong</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">heavy</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light border me-1">hard</span>
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          <h5 class="card-title">B) Fill in the Blanks</h5>
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            <li class="mb-2">She has a ________ interest in neuroscience. <em>(keen / sharp / intense)</em></li>
            <li class="mb-2">Please ________ your homework before class. <em>(do / make / take)</em></li>
            <li class="mb-2">The CEO will ________ a statement later today. <em>(give / do / make)</em></li>
            <li class="mb-2">We need to ________ a deadline for Phase 2. <em>(set / fix / decide)</em></li>
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          <h5 class="card-title mb-2">C) Micro-rewrite</h5>
          <p class="mb-2">Improve the collocations without changing the meaning:</p>
          <pre class="mb-0"><code>We did a decision to start the project. The team is very aware of the risks
and will create a statement soon. We met the time limit by doing strong efforts.</code></pre>
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          <h5 class="card-title">Short Reading</h5>
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            To improve fluency quickly, keep a notebook of collocation <strong>families</strong>.
            For the verb <em>take</em>: take a break, take a chance, take responsibility, take shape, take effect.
            Review five families a week and use each collocation in a sentence.
          </p>
          <p class="small text-muted mb-0">Task: Add two more natural partners for <em>take</em> and use them in sentences.</p>
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        <summary class="p-3 fw-semibold">Show Suggested Answers</summary>
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          <h6 class="fw-semibold">MCQ</h6>
          <ol>
            <li><strong>make</strong></li>
            <li><strong>highly</strong></li>
            <li><strong>heavy</strong></li>
          </ol>
          <h6 class="fw-semibold">Fill in the Blanks</h6>
          <ol>
            <li><strong>keen</strong></li>
            <li><strong>do</strong></li>
            <li><strong>make</strong> (also “issue a statement” in formal contexts)</li>
            <li><strong>set</strong></li>
          </ol>
          <h6 class="fw-semibold">Micro-rewrite</h6>
          <p class="mb-0 small">
            We <em>made</em> a decision to start the project. The team is <em>fully aware</em> of the risks
            and will <em>issue</em>/<em>make</em> a statement soon. We met the deadline by making
            <em>great</em>/<em>considerable</em> efforts.
          </p>
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          <h6 class="text-uppercase text-muted">Exam tips</h6>
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            <li>Study verbs in families (take/give/make/do).</li>
            <li>Learn strong intensifiers (<em>utterly, deeply, highly</em>).</li>
            <li>Memorize prepositions with the verb.</li>
            <li>Keep a personal collocation bank.</li>
          </ul>
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