ADVANCED WORDLIST

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

Absolute Absolutely have absolute confidence
1 absolute absolutely amazing
Abstract abstract /
2 abstraction abstract abstract idea /concept
Accept glad to accept / happy to
accept /
3 be / seem / make stg acceptable
accept acceptance acceptable / unacceptable acceptably
Accompany be accompanied by
4 accompany accompaniment accompanied someone
Accountable on account of bank
account
make someone / hold someone
accountablefor stg
account
5 account accountability accountable
Accumulate slowly / rapidly accumulate
begin to accumulate lead to /
prevent accumulation

6
accumulate accumulation accumulated
Accustomed
be / become / get accustomed to
something
7 accustomed
Acknowledge openly / publicly
acknowledge acknowledgement from
someone

8
acknowledge acknowledgement
9 Additive add addition additive food additive
 Adjust quickly adjust / be difficult /
hard to adjust fully
adjustable
10
adjust adjustment adjustable

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

Administer administer an exam
11 administer administration administrative administrative duties
12 address address address an issue
address the audience
Advance advance,
13 advancement advanced in advance, advanced level
14 Aircraft aircraft
Allocate allocate stg for/ to stg
15 allocate allocation allocate time / money
Allowance weekly / daily allowance get
16 allow allowance / receive allowance
Ally have an ally/ find an ally ally
yourself to/ with someone
17
ally ally
Alter make alterations / undergo
18 alter alteration alteration
19 Ambiguity ambiguousness ambiguous ambiguously Ambiguous smile
ambiguity Ambiguous reply
20 Analyst analyse analyst analytical
analysis analyse carefully/critically/fully in
depth / detailed
/objective analysis leading / computer /
business / political analyst

21 Ancestor ancestor common ancestry

ancestry claim / have / share ancestry
22 Angle angle from an angle / angle of /
angle between

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

Apologize be/feel/look/sound
apologetic
23 apologize apology apologetic make an apology / expect
an apology apologize for
something apologize to
someone

Appendix something in in the

24 appendix appendix
25 Applaud applaud applause
Appoint appoint someone to do
26 something / appoint someone as
something make an appointment
appoint appointment

Approach
approach somebody for
27 something approach a
approach approach approachable problem /task the approach
of something

28 Arch arch
29 Arise arise arise from / arise out of
30 Artificial artificial artificially artificial flowers / light
31 Ash ash
32 Atmosphere atmosphere
Attain perfectly / fully / easily
33 attain attainability attainable attainable
Attempt
34 attempt to do stg / attempt at doing
attempt attempt attempted stg
attempted murder/ suicide
35 Attorney attorney
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Attribute attribute
36 attribute attribution attributive attribute stg to s.o
Authority deny / refuse / reject /
undermine authority authorize
37 sb to do stg
authorize authority authoritarian / authoritative
38 Automatic automatic automatically automatic car

39 Axe axe

40 Backbone backbone

41 Barrel barrel

Basis base stg on

42 stg basis for
on a ...basis
base basis basic basically
43 Beak beak bird beak

bear to be, become bearable

44 bear bearable, unbearable to make stg bearable
45 Beast beast beastly

46 Bend bend bend over / down

47 Beneath beneath

48 Beneficiary beneficiary beneficiary of

49 Bet bet

Bias political / gender / racial

50 bias biased bias
Bid bid against / bid for
51 bid bid make / place a bid
 52 Bind bind binding be bound to

53 Blade blade

Boost give sb / provide sb with

54 boost / boost
somebody's confidence
confidence booster
boost boost booster boosted

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

55 Border on the border /across the
border border / cross the border
56 Bother bother bother bother to do something
Bound within the bounds / out of
bounds
57 bound to do something
bound bound

Boundary common / northern / state

58 boundary boundary
59 Breadth breadth breadth of stg
60 Breed breed breed rare breed / pure breed
Bribe bribe bribe someone to do stg
61 bribe bribery bribe someone with stg
62 Brief brief brief briefly
Broad broad range broaden
63 broaden broad your horizons
64 Brush brush brush brush your hair / teeth
65 Bubble bubble
66 Bulk bulk bulk of something
Bundle bundle of something
67 bundle bundle bundled in a bundle
Campaign launch / start / organise /
68 campaign campaign run / manage a campaign

69 Candidate candidate
 Capable /Incapable (of) have capability be
capable of doing
something
70
capability capable / incapable
71 Captain captain
Capture try to / manage to / attempt
72 capture capture, captive captured to capture

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

Careless care care careless carelessly take care / provide someone with care /
carelessness care about
become / get / grow careless
73

Carriage carriage horse-drawn carriage, train

carriage
74
Category categorize category categorize into put
75 stg into a category
76 Cease cease ceasefire declare /negotiate ceasefire cease to
exist
77 Century century Bride of the Century

78 Ceremony brief / formal / official

ceremony ceremonial ceremony
79 Chamber chamber
Cheat cheat on someone / turn
80 cheat cheat / cheater someone into a cheat
81 Chief chief chiefly chief of police / staff
82 Chin Chin
83 Cite cite citation cited works cited
Civil be civil to someone
84 civilian civil civil war
Clap give someone a big clap /
85 clap clap clap loudly
86 Client client
 87 Cliff cliff
88 Coal Coal
Code code code coded, encoded break / write in code / a code
89 encode of behaviour / conduct/
practice

Collapse collapse collapse from stg

90
91 collaborate collaborate collaboration collaborative collaborate with someone
/ on something collaborate
in doing sth

92 colonise colony colonised

Colonise establish a colony

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

93 Comfort comfort comfort comfortable / comforting find / get / seek comfort
94 Comment have / make a comment
comment on / about something
to someone
comment comment
Commentary radio / sports / news commentary
95 commentary
Commerce cinema / radio / TV
commercial
do / make a commercial domestic
commerce commercial / international commerce

96 commercial
Commodity basic / common / cheap commodity
97 commodity
Company accompany company Film company
98 Food company
Compatible
99 (with)/Incompatible compatible / incompatible compatible with
100 Compensate compensate for something
get / receive / gain
compensation
compensate compensation compensated
Compile compile something from /
for stg a
101 compilation of
compile compilation
102 Component component
103 Compose composer /
compose composition compose stg
104 Comprehensive comprehensive / extremely / fully / quite
comprehend comprehension comprehensible comprehensive
105 Comprise comprise comprised be comprised of
Compromise
agree on / arrive at / come to / reach
a compromise
106 compromise compromise compromised

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

107 Concern concern concern concerned concerned about
108 concrete concrete concretely concrete evidence
109 Conclude come to a conclusion / in
conclude conclusion conclusive conclusion
110 Confirm wait for / have / get
confirm confirmation confirmed confirmation
111 Conform conformity, conformist
conform conform to
112 Conscience conscience
113 Conscious consciously /
consciousness conscious / unconscious unconsciously be conscious of stg
114 Consensus arrive at / reach a
consensus consensus
115 Conservative conservatism conservative
116 Consistent /Inconsistent consistency Consistent /Inconsistent
inconsistency consistent with
117 Constant constant remain / stay constant
118 Constitute draw up / prepare / adopt /
constitute constitution enact a constitution
119 Constrain constrain constraint constrained constraint on
120 Consult consultation /
consult consultant consult sb about stg
121 contaminate contaminate contamination contaminated

122 Contest contest /

contestant
123 Continent continent
124 Contradict contradict contradiction
125 Contrary Contrariness Contrary Contrarily On the contrary
126 Controversial Controversial
controversy cause / create controversy
127 Convene annual / international
convene convention conventional conventionally convention

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

128 Coordinate coordinate with / lack of
coordination
color coordinated
coordinate coordination coordinated
129 Corporate corporate
130 Correspond correspond correspondence correspond to
131 Cotton cotton
132 Coverage cover coverage live coverage
133 Crack crack crack
134 Craft craft
 135 Creation
creation / creativity /
creator
create creative creatively
136 Creature creature
137 Criteria Criteria (pl)
Criterion(sg)

138 Crown
crown
139 Crucial crucial crucial for / crucial to
140 Cultivate cultivate cultivation cultivated
141 Curse curse curse curse for
142 cynical cynical
143 Dare How dare you !
dare dare daring I dare
144 dam dam build a dam
145 Data data collect data
146 Debate debate about / on
debate between have a
debate
debate debate debatable
147 Decade decade
148 Deceive deceive deception / deceit deceptive
149 Deed deed
150 Deer deer
151 Defeat defeat defeat (un)defeated accept / admit defeat

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

152 Defend defend defense defensive defend against
153 Delicate delicacy delicate
154 Derive derive derive from
155 Depress Depressible, depressive depressively
156 Deserve deserve
157 Desire desire desire desire for stg
158 Despair despair /
desperation in / with despair
159 Detect detection/
detect detective
160 Deviate deviate deviation deviate from
diagnose diagnose diagnosis to diagnose correctly,
wrongly
to make / give diagnosis correct/ right /
tentative diagnosis
161
dispute a bitter/long-running dispute
dispute dispute disputed (border/ territory/goal) dispute over a problem a
pay/legal/trade dispute to be
in dispute with someone hotly
disputed (passive)
162
163 distract distract distraction distracted distract
somebody/something from something
164 Devote devote devotion devoted devote yourself to stg
devoted to show
devotion
165 Differentiate differentiate between
differentiate different differentiate from
166 Dig dig digger dig for stg
167 Dimension dimension dimensional in two / three dimensions
168 Diminish diminish
169 Dine dine dinner dine out
Direct direct a film / film director be
extremely / very / quite direct

170 direct director direct

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171 Discriminate discriminate discrimination positively/ unfairly discriminate
discriminate against age / class /
gender / race
religious discrimination against
somebody

172 Dismiss dismissal of somebody

reason for dismissal class /
meeting is dismissed
dismiss dismissal dismissive, dismissed
173 Disobey
disobedience to somebody punish
somebody for disobedience
disobey / obey disobedience / obedient/disobedient
obedience
174 Display clearly, prominently, proudly
display display display
175 Dispose rubbish, sewage,
waste disposal dispose
of stg
dispose disposal disposable
176 Disregard demonstrate / show
disregard disregard disregard for / of stg
177 Disrespect Disrespectful/respectful
have, show, treat somebody with
disrespect
disrespect disrespect
178 Dissimilar be / appear / look dissimilar from
dissimilar / similar / to
179 Dissolve Dissolve Dissolver, dissolvent Dissolvable

Distinct become / remain distinct

crucial, important, main
180 distinction between
distinction distinct / distinctive

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181 Distort seriously, severely distort stg
cause, create, lead to
distortion of stg

distort distortion
182 Ditch ditch ditch deep, wide shallow ditch
183 Diversity growing, considerable
ethnic, genetic diversity diversity
in / of stg
diversify diversity diverse diversely
184 Domain domain private / public domain
185 Domestic domestic market, economy,
domesticate domestic / domesticated pets
186 Dominate dominate dominance / dominant dominantly achieve, assert dominance over
domination sb/smtg
seem, become, remain
dominant largely, increasingly
dominate complete, cultural,
economic, political domination

187 Dove dove peace dove

188 Downward downward downwards
189 Drag drag
190 drawback the drawbacks of sth
191 Drawer drawer open, pull a drawer
192 Drugstore drugstore
193 Eager eager eagerly appear, seem eager
194 Ease great, remarkable ease in
ease ease easy easily begin to , try to ease

195 Edge edge on the edge

196 Elastic elastic elastic band

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

 Element element basic, crucial, essential
197 element
198 Eliminate eliminate elimination eliminate from
199 Emerge emerge from, into
emerge emergence emergence of
200 emit
carbon dioxide emissions, emission
levels
emit emission to cut, reduce emissions
201 Emphasis place, emphasis on considerable,
great
emphasis strongly
emphasize emphasis emphatic emphasize

202 Enable enable enabling enable sb / stg to do stg

203 Endurance endurance test
endure endurance endurable endure doing stg
204 Enemy defeat, destroy, confront, face
enemy an enemy
205 Energetic energise energy energetic renewable, nuclear, solar
energy
generate, supply, consume energy

Enforce enforce enforcement enforced

fully, strictly enforced
strict, effective enforcement law,
legal, police enforcement enforce
a law / rule / policy

206

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

207
engage s in stg
Engage previous, prior engagement deeply,
heavily engaged
engage engagement engaged / engaging
208 Entitle be entitled to do stg
entitle sb to do stg entitlement to
holiday,benefit, pension
entitlement

entitle entitlement entitled

209 Essence essence real, true essence
Estimate
estimate, difficult to, hard to estimate
overestimate, early, initial estimate make an
(under, over)estimated
underestimate estimate / (under, estimate
over)estimation
210 Ethics Ethical/Unethical personal, business medical
ethics (un)ethically ethics
211 Ethnic ethnic origin, ethnic
ethnic violence
212 evidence convincing, decisive
evidence it is
evident that ...
evidence evident evidently
213 Evolution gradual, rapid, natural
evolution
evolve from, evolve into
evolve evolution evolved
Examine fully, properly examine
careful, detailed, full
examination
214
examine examination
Exceed expected to, likely to
215 exceed exceed
216 Excess excess excessive excess of
 HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION
217 Executive execute executive executive Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), executive decision

Exhibit small, important, major

exhibition
exhibit symptoms
218 exhibit exhibition
219 Exit exit exit
220 Expense leading, medical, travel
expense expensive expenses
221 Expertise lack, need , require
expertise, expert expertise
Exploit exploit exploitation military, sexual exploit b
open to, be vulnerable to
exploitation
222
Export
223 Export Exportability Exportable
224 eyebrow
Facilitate facilitation,
225 facilitate facilitator further facilitate
226 Facility facility childcare, leisure facilities

227 Fade quickly fade, fade away,

fade begin to fade
228 feasible economically/technically/pol itically
feasibility feasible, infeasible feasible
229 Feast feast have a feast
230 Fellow fellow fellow fellow traveller
231 Fierce fierce attack, opposition,
fierce fiercely criticism
232 File alphabetically file fat,
file file thick, secret, case file
233 Fine fine fine fined pay a (high) fine a
library/ parking fine
234 Finite/Infinite Finite/Infinite finite resources
infinity infinity of stg

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

235 Fitness fitness fit
236 Flame flame
237 Flesh flesh
238 Flood flood flood flooded
239 Fluctuate sharply, considerably fluctuate
fluctuate between A and B
cause fluctuation
fluctuate fluctuation
240 Fond be fond of great,
fondness fond special fondness
241 Forever forever and ever go
forever on forever
242 Foundation The British Heart
found foundation founded Foundation
243 Frozen freeze freezer frozen freeze to death
244 Fundamental
seem, remain, consider stg, regard
stg as fundamental truly, fairly
fundamental

fundamental
245 Funeral funeral funeral ceremony, service
246 Fur
fur furry thick, soft, artificial, fake fur
247 Furnish fully furnished, garden
furnish furniture furnished furniture
248 Furthermore furthermore
249 Gain gain control, power,
reputation
financial, economic gain
gain gain
250 Gap gap gap between

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

251 Genius

genious
252 Gentle appear, look, seem gentle
perfect, real, true
gentleman
gentleman gentle gently
253 Gifted gift gifted be gifted in
254 Glove gardening, surgical, oven
glove gloves
255 Glue glue glue put on glue
256 Grab grab try to, manage to grab
257 Grain grain
258 Grease covered in grease, remove,
grease dissolve grease
259 Grand grandness grand grandly
260 Grind grind grinder
261 Guarantee guarantee guarantee guaranteed full, life time guarantee
practical, clear, helpful
262 Guideline guide guideline guided guidelines
develop, draw up, offer, stick to
guidelines
263 Hang hang upside down, hang from
hang a place
264 Hardship hardship hard cause, endure, experience, face
hardships
265 Harvest harvest harvest, harvester good, large , rich harvest
266 Haste frantic, great haste
haste hasty hastily with / without haste
267 Hay hay
268 Heel heel high-heels
269 Hence hence
Hero great, brave hero become,
270 hero / heroin turn into a hero

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

271 Hierarchy hierarchical structure,
hierarchy hierarchical hierarchically organisation
272 Hinder be likely to, tend to hinder without
hinder hindrance hindrance
273 Hip hip
274 Hire hire charge, cost, for hire
hire locally, by the day, by the week

hire hire hired

275 Historian contemporary, early, recent
history
throughout history change the
course of history

historian, history historical historically

276 Hollow hollow dark, natural, deep hallow
277 Holy holy holy city, man, book
278 Hook hook hooked be, become, get hooked
279 Hopeless /Hopeful Hopeless /Hopeful hope for, look seem
hope hope hopefully hopeless
280 hostile hostility hostile hostile to/towards
281 Horizon northern, southern, distant
horizon
broaden, expand, widen horizons
horizon
282 Horizontal/Vertical Horizontal/Vertical Horizontally/Verticall Horizontal/Vertical line
y
283 Humble in my humble opinion,
humble humbly humble apologies
 humid a humid climate, high, low
humidity humidity
284 level
humidify humidity humid

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

285 Hunger hunger hungry extreme hunger, feel
hunger
become, get, make sb hungry
286 Hunt fox, seal, tiger hunt
massive, nationwide hunt treasure
hunt
hunt hunter, hunting
287 Hypothetical Hypothetical Hypothetically acceptable, working
hypothesis
entirely, purely, totally
hypothetical
hypothesis
288 Identical look, seem identical identical
identical identically to / with
289 Ideological Ideology Ideological Ideologically
dominant, official, capitalist, socialist
ideology
290 Idle remain, leave stg, make stg
idle idly idle
291 Ignorant Ignorant show ignorance
appear, seem, seem, remain
ignorant
ignore ignorance
Illegal /Legal legalize Illegal /Legal become, be legal
challenge, question, assert,
recognise legality
292
legality
293 Imitate accurate, good, poor
imitate imitation imitated imitation
294 Immense Immense Immensely
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Immigrant Immigrate Immigrant, illegal, foreign,
Immigration Italian immigrant
295 illegal, large-scale,
immigration
immigration rules, officer, service
immigrate from / to

Implication implicate implication be implicated in stg

considerable, crucial, major,
important implications

297 Import imported

import importation
Imprison imprison imprisonment falsely, wrongly, temporarily imprison
ten years,
immediate , life imprisonment
Improbable/probable Improbable/probable highly probable probable
outcome, result,
consequence
299 probability probably
300 Improper/Proper Improper/Proper properly proper way, place
Impure/Pure Impure/Pure
301 pure silk
pure chance, coincidence purity of
tap water
purity / impurity purely
302 Inaccessible/Accessible access, (in) Inaccessible/Accessible make stg, become, remain
access accessibility accessible
303 Incentive Incentive big, considerable, sufficient,
more, less, financial
incentive

304 in charge
 Incident Incident , incidence
305 incidental incidentally major, serious incident
306 indifferent indifference indifferent show indifference to/towards sth

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

307 Inherit inheritance inheritance from sb
inherit large, small inheritance
308 Inclusive Inclusive, included possible inclusion
include inclusion all inclusive
309 Incorporate Incorporate
incorporated incorporate stg into / in stg
310 Incurable/curable cure cure Incurable/curable incurable disease, illness
311 Indefinite /definite Indefinite /definite (in)definitely Indefinite/definite article
312 Independence Independence Independent Independently
become, feel, make somebody
independent full, total
independence
enjoy, value independence

313 Indirect Indirect indirectly Indirect speech

314 Inevitable Inevitable inevitable result,
inevitably consequence
315 Infrastructure Infrastructure
316 Inherent Inherent Inherently be inherent in stg
317 Inhibit Inhibit tend to, severely inhibit
inhibition inhibit someone from stg
318 Initiate Initiate Initiative take the initiative, have
initiative
319 Inner Inner
320 Innovate Innovate Innovation Innovative successful, scientific
innovation
321 Inordinate Inordinateness Inordinate Inordinately Inordinate amount of time
Inordinate number of problems

322 Insight Insight

have, gain, get insight into
323 Insist Insist insist on
insistence insistent insistently become, remain insistent

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

324 Inspect Inspect Inspection, carefully, thoroughly
inspector inspect
carry out, make, conduct
inspection

325 Instruct carefully, explicitly instruct

proper formal, individualized,
private instruction
instruct instruction,
instructor
326 Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficient/Sufficient Insufficiently/ prove insufficient
Sufficiently

327 Integral Integrate integration Integral integrate into / with

encourage, achieve, speed up,
require, lead to integration
integral part of stg

328 Intense Intensity Intensive, intense Intensively

tend to, be likely to intensify high, low
intensity
intensive care, labour
intensive
intensify
329 Internal /External Internal /External Internally
/Externally
330 intervene
to intervene directly, a police, military
intervention
 intervene intervention

331 Invade military invasion

fear of invasion invasion of
privacy
invade invasion, invader invaded
Invaluable Invaluable, valuable remain, make stg invaluable
332 value value

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

333 Irrational/rational Irrational/rational Irrationally/rationally
quite, totally irrational
334 Isolate isolate isolation isolated political, complete, social
isolation isolate
somebody from somebody / stg

335 jail
336 Jaw jaw
337 Jewel jewel, jewellery
338 Joint joint knee, hip, elbow joint
339 Kingdom kingdom
340 Lab lab, laboratory
341 Label put a label on stg
correctly, falsely, properly, wrongly
label
label label
342 Labour physical, hard labour
labour, labourer cheap, child labour
343 Ladder ladder climb a ladder
344 Lately late lately
345 Lay lay lay eggs, lay stg out
346 Layer layer thin, thick layer
347 League league at the bottom / top of the
league, be in a different league
348 Lean lean on somebody
lean lean towards
349 Liberal liberal leader, party
personal, political, religious liberty

liberate liberty liberal

350 Lid lid put a lid on stg
351 life expectancy life expectancy
352 Lifelong lifelong lifelong learning

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

353 Lifetime in your lifetime
lifetime income, employment,
experience
lifetime
354 Likewise likewise
355 Limb limb broken, injured, stiff limb
356 Lift lifted the ban on sth
lift sb's spirits
357 Load load load loaded heavy, work, full load
358 Lodging lodging lodging house
359 Log log keep a log, web log
360 Logic logic Logical, Illogical logically
361 Longevity
362 Lord Lord Good Lord!
363 Loyal extremely, very loyal show
loyalty loyal loyalty to, for, from
364 Magic pure, black magic
truly, totally magical do
magic
magic, magician magical magically
365 Major big, vast majority, majority
majority major of
366 Mall mall shopping mall
367 Manipulate easily, deliberately
manipulate
careful, clever, deliberate
manipulation, manipulation

manipulate manipulator manipulative

368 Mankind mankind history of mankind
369 Marker marker board marker
370 Massive mass, masses massive enormous , huge, large mass
massive heart attack
massive argument
371 Master master and servant
master master master the art of stg
372 Mat mat yoga mat

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

373 Mate mate class, team, work mate
374 Maximum maximum amount, number maximise
opportunities, chances

maximise maximum maximum

375 Meantime meantime in the meantime
376 Meanwhile meanwhile
377 Mechanism locking, steering
mechanism
avoidance, control, defence
mechanism, mechanism
mechanical mechanically
mechanic
378 Melt melt melting, melted melt away
379 Memorial memorial ceremony,
memorial memorial service
380 Mentality mentality of teenagers,
youth mental illness

mentality mental mentally

381 Merchant merchant, rich, powerful merchant buy,
merchandise sell merchandise
382 Mere mere coincidence, mere
mere merely fact
383 Messenger messenger,
message message don't shoot the messenger
384 Midst midst in the midst of
385 Migrate migrant worker, migrate from,
migrate migration, migrant into, to
386 Mild mild mildly mild weather, illness
387 Military military forces,military
military military militarily action
388 Minimal minimal
389 Minimum maximum

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

390 Mining mining, mine, miner coal mine

391 Minority belong to, discriminate

minority minority against minority
392 Mixed mix mixture mixed ethnically, socially racially mixed
393 Mode mode normal mode
394 Moderate in moderation moderate
moderation moderate amount of stg
395 Modest modesty modest modestly show modesty
396 Modify modify modification modified genetically- modified food
397 Monitor monitor monitor monitorial baby monitor
monitorship monitor sb's cholesterol levels
398 Motionless absolutely, virtually
motion motionless motionless
399 Motivate poor, low motivation, lack,
motivate motivation motivated lose motivation
400 Motive motive motive behind, for stg
401 Multiple multiple multiple choice
402 Multiply multiply multiplication multiplied
403 Muscle muscle
404 Mutual mutual trust, respect,
mutual mutually understanding
405 Namely namely
406 Neat neatness neat neatly
407 Neglect be accused of, guilty of
neglect negligence neglected, negligent negligence
408 negotiate negotiate negotiation a negotiated negotiate with sb
negotiator agreement/settlement/ solution negotiate for a contract
negotiate an agreement
negotiate business deals

409 Neutral neutral remain, stay neutral

410 Nevertheless nevertheless
411 Noble noble noble family, blood
412 Nonetheless nobility nonetheless

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

413 Norm become the norm, social,
norm normal cultural norms
414 notion of stg
Notable note notable example, achievement,
note success
notion notable notably
415 Nuclear nuclear nuclear power
416 Nuisance Nuisance awful, terrible nuisance
417 Numerous number number numerous numerous occasions
418 Nut nut
419 Obedience (dis)Obedience Obedient/disobedient Obediently/disobedi
(dis)obey ently obedience to
420 obliged obligation obliged, obligatory to be, feel obliged to do stg to be
obligatory for sb to do stg
421 Omit omit omission
422
423 Ongoing ongoing ongoing project, research
424 Operate operate operation Operate (machinery)
425 Option option optional have an option
426 Otherwise Otherwise
427 Outbreak outbreak outbreak of disease
428 Outcome outcome major outcome
429 Outlook outlook
430 Outwards outward Outwards facing, looking outwards
431 Overlap overlap overlap overlapping overlap with
432 Pan pan
433 Parallel parallel parallel to
434 Paste copy and paste, tooth-paste
paste paste
435 Patriotic patriotism, patriot patriotic

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

436 Pattern pattern pattern of stg
437 Pearl pearl
438 Peculiar peculiarity peculiar become, remain peculiar
439 Penalty penalize Penalty pay a penalty a penalty of up to
three years in prison.

440 Periodical periodical

441 Persist
persist persistence persistent persist in, show persistence
442 Pile pile a pile of
443 Pinch pinch a pinch of
444 Pipe pipe water pipe
445 Pitch pitch football pitch
446 Plot plot plot of a film, story
447 Plough plough plough plough through
448 Plug plug plug plugged / unplugged pull the plug, plug stg in
449 Policy foreign, economic, public policy
policy
450 Pose
pose pose a threat, danger, risk
451 Possess Possess Possession family, personal, private
possessive possession
452 Potential reach, realize, fulfil
potential potential potentially potential
453 Poverty reduce, eliminate poverty extreme,
severe, widespread, rural, urban
poverty
poverty poor
454 Powder powder gun powder
455 Practical practical person
practicality practical practically practicalities of stg
456 Precious precious precious stone
457 Prejudice prejudice prejudice Prejudicial

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

458 Preliminary preliminary stages as
preliminary preliminary a preliminary
459 Premises on the premises, off the premises
premises
460 Preservation Preserve Preservation environmental, building
preservation food, wood,
artificial preservative
preserve stg for stg

preservative
461 Presumably Presume Presumably
rightly, wrongly presume strong,
general
presumption presumption about, against
462 Pretend pretend pretension pretentious pretentiously pretend to be
463 Pride pride pride proud proudly have pride, out of pride
464 Primarily primary primary Primarily primary care
 Prior prioritize Priority Prior high, major, top, immediate,
low priority Prior to stg
465
466 Prize get, receive, take, accept a
prize prize
467 Procedure Procedure complex, complicated
simple procedure
468 Proceed decide to, intend to
proceed criminal,justice, legal
proceedings

proceed proceedings

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469 Prohibit Prohibit prohibit from impose,
abolish , lift
prohibitions
prohibition against, of
prohibition prohibitory
470 Projection Project Projection

471 Promote promote stg, widely

promoted, efforts to promote
get a promotion
promoter,
promote promotion
472 Prompt promptness Prompt Promptly prompt action
473 Proof
prove to be innocent, guilty be proof
against stg
prove proof proven
474 Properly (im)Properly proper name, behaviour,
place
improper conduct,
behaviour
proper / improper
475 Proportion Proportion proportion of stg
476 Proposal marriage proposal
propose doing stg
propose an idea
propose proposal
477 Prospective Prospective Prospective
(buyers/employers)
job, career prospects
prospect
478 Protection protect against, from be
protective against, towards
protection against, from

protect protection protective

479 Radical Radical Radical radical changes, ideas

480 Random
random randomly random sample, selection

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

481 Rank rank rank rank high, low
be ranked fourth, number one
482 Ratio ratio ratio between
483 Raw raw raw material / food
484 Reactor react reactor nuclear reactor
485 rebel rebel against stg rebel
rebel rebel, rebellion rebellious forces/soldiers
486 Recall recall clearly, vividly, well total
recall recall recall
487 Reckon reckon reckoning reckon stg to be stg
488 Reform reform reform, go through reform carry out ,
reformation, implement, put into practice
reformist reforms attempt to, seek to, try
to reform

489 Refresh refresh Refreshments refreshing, refreshed

490 Refuse Refuse Refusal refuse to do stg, refusal to
do stg
491 Regard regard stg as stg
show, pay, considerable,
great regard regardless of
regard regard regarding, regardless
492 Regime new, old, current, socialist regime
regime
493 Regulate Regulate Regulation strict, tight, government,
regulated school regulations
494 Reinforce positive, negative reinforcement
reinforce reinforcement reinforced
495 Rejoice Rejoice rejoicer Rejoicing, rejoiceful Rejoicingly

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

496 Relate Relatively
relate stg to stg
relation between / with / to
relate relation, relative related
497 Relief considerable, deep,
enormous relief
a sense of relief, tears of
relief
relieve relief
498 Reluctant be reluctant to / reluctance
reluctance reluctant reluctantly to
499 Remark remark make a remark
500 Replicate Replicate replica replicate the original experiment

501 Reproduce reproduce reproduction reproductory reproductory organs

502 Request request request make a request
503 Rescue rescue rescue
504 Residence residents of a place
residential home, course,
neighbourhood
reside residence, resident residential
505 Resign resign from
announce, accept, reject
resignation
resign resignation
506 Resist Resistance popular army, organised, political
resist irresistible resistance
507 Resolve
an attempt to resolve, resolve stg
through / by stg
resolve resolution resolved
508 Resource financial, limited, natural
resource resourceful resources
509 Restless restless
510 Restrain restrain from
considerable, great,
remarkable restraint
restrain restraint restrained

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

Restrict restriction restrictive, restricted without restriction restrict
restrict yourself/somebody to (doing)
something restricted access, area

retain employees
retain land retain
retain retainment old customs
512 Retain
retainable
Reverse reversal of stg
reverse a
decision/verdict/policy
513 reverse reversal reversible
514 Revenue
Revenue
515 Rigid be, appear , seem rigid
academic, intellectual, logical
rigour
rigour rigid
516 Rival rival, rivalry rival company/firm/team
517 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks
518 Rough rough roughly
519 Route route scenic route
520 Rubber rubber rubber gloves
521 Rumour
rumour spread,hear, start a rumour
522 Rural /urban urbanization rural / urban rural area
523 Rush do something in a rush
rush rush rush to do something
524 Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice make sacrifices
sacrifice something for
something

525 Sand sand

526 sarcasm sarcastic heavy sarcasm
527 Scale scale on a large scale

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

528 Scare care the life/living
scare scare Scared daylights/hell etc out
of somebody a
bomb scare a health
scare

Scarce scarce resources

529 Scarcity the scarcity of skilled
workers

530 Scenario Scenario worst-case/nightmare

scenario
531 Schedule /Scheme Schedule /Scheme
make a schedule
532 Scope beyond/outside/within the scope
scope of something
533 Seal seal seal hunt
534 Sector sector sectoral public/private sector
535 Seek seek seeker seek refuge/asylum/shelter
seek revenge/damages/
compensation
job/attention/publicity etc seeker
536 Seize seize something from somebody
seize
537 Senior senior senior management.
538 Sentence
539 Sequence Sequence sequential sequentially in a ... Sequence out of
sequence sequence of
events
540 Session session
541 Settle settle Settlement, settler settled in
542 Shift shift shift

543 Shot Shot Shot of …

544 Siblings Siblings
545 Simultaneous Simultaneous Simultaneously

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

546 Shade
shade shaded in the shade (of something)
547 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp sharp edge
548 Sheet (of paper) Sheet Sheet of paper
549 Shelter Shelter
animal shelter
shelter sb/sth from sb/sth
shelter

550
Shield Shield hield shield against
shield somebody/something from
somebody/something

551 Shift shift

shift shift attention/emphasis/focus
552 Shoot shoot somebody in the
leg/head etc a
photo shoot
shoot shoot
553 Shore Shore sea shore
554 Shortage Shortage water/food/housing etc
shortage shortage
of

555 sin sin to commit, confess a sin

it is a sin to do stg
556 Sincere sincerity Sincere Sincerely
557 Slight Slight Slightly
558 Smart smart
559 So called So called
560 Soil soil

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

561 Sole sole solely solely responsible
562 Solid solid
563 Sow sow sowing the seeds of
564 Specialist Specialize Specialist specialised Specially specialize in
565 Sphere sphere spherical
566 Spill spill spill spilt cry over spilt milk
567 Spin spin
568 Spit spit
569 Spite Spite Spite Spiteful In spite of
570 Splendid Splendid splendidly
571 Split Split
572 Spot Spot spot the difference
573 Stable stable stable in a stable condition shut/close the
stable door after the horse has
bolted British English
574 Stare (at) Stare Stare (at)
575 Stem stem stem Stem (from)
576 Sticky stick sticky stick to
577 Stiff Stiff Stiff joints
578 Sting A bee, wasp, scorpion can
sting sting
579 Stir stir something with
something
stir something in/into
stir something

580 Stocking stockings

581 Stove stove
582 Straw straw the last straw
583 Stretch stretch
584 Strict Strict Strictly

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

585 Strike Strike Strike strike something with
something
586 Substance Substance Substantial substantially substantial amount of stg
587 Suburb Suburbs
588 Suck suck
589 Superior superiority Superior superiority complex
590 Surround Surround Surrounding
591 Suspend Suspend suspension Suspended total, temporary, immediate
suspension
suspend somebody from something

592 Sustain Sustain Sustainable

sustainability environmentally sustainable
593 Swing swing swing swing back and forth
594 Sword sword
595 Tackle tackle somebody about
tackle something
596 talent talent for stg artistic / unique
talent to have / demonstrate
talent to be very talented

talent talented
597 Temple temple
598 Tempt Tempt Temptation tempt somebody into doing
tempting something
599 Tension tension tense
600 Terminate termination, early, sudden termination terminate
terminate terminator terminated a contract
601 terrify terrify terrified, terrifying
602 Thereby thereby thereby doing something

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

603 Threat Threaten threat Threatening threaten to do something threaten
somebody with something life-
threatening
pose a threat
604 Tight /Loose tighten / loosen Tight /Loose Tightly /Loosely

605 Timeless time Timeless

606 Timely
time in a timely manner/fashion
607 tolerate
tolerate tolerance tolerant, intolerant tolerance of/towards/for / to
608 Trace trace something (back) to
trace trace something
609 Tradition Tradition Traditional
610 Transit transit transit passengers
611 Transmit disease Transmit disease the
transmission of disease

transmit transmission
612 Trait personality/character trait

613 Trap be/feel trapped

trap somebody into (doing)
something
trap trap
614 Treat Treat Treat treat somebody like/as
something
badly treated/well treated treat
somebody with
respect/contempt/courtesy my treat

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

615 Treatment Treat treatment treatment of/for
get/receive treatment treat
somebody with something

616 Tremble tremble trembling tremble with anger/fear

617 Trigger Trigger Trigger trigger a memory trigger
the alarm pull the
trigger
618
troubling have trouble with , ask for
Trouble trouble,trouble somebody with
something
trouble trouble
6199 Tube tube take/catch the tube
620 Underestimate Underestimate, Underestimated underestimate the
estimate importance/extent/effect/
power etc of something
estimation
621 Undergo operation Undergo Undergo operation
622 Undertake Undertake Undertake (responsibility)
(responsibility)
623 Uneasy Uneasy uneasily uneasy about
624 United Unity United economic unity , economic
unity
625 Upward upward upward trend/movement
626 Urge upward trend/movement urge
urge urge to do something
627 Utilise Utilise Utility utilizable utility room
628 Vain vain in vain
629 Vast vast vast majority
630 Vehicle Vehicle motor vehicle
631 Veil veil
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632 Vessel vessel
633 Violate Violate Violation, violator violate rights, privacy
violated violation of
634 Virtual virtual virtually
635 Virtue virtue virtuous virtuously
636 Vision
good/normal/poor etc vision have
visions of something
vision
637 Visual visualize visual visually
638 Vital vital to do something
vital vital organs
639 Waist waist
640 Whisper whisper something to somebody
whisper whisper
641 Wing wing

642 Widespread Widespread widespread

support/acceptance/
criticism
643 Wonder wonder how technological
wonders the Seven
Wonders of the World

wonder wonder
644 Worm worm book worm
645 Worship worship
646 Wreck wreck ship wreck
647 Zone an earthquake zone
a nuclear-free zone a
danger zone