#️⃣#several /ˈsevərəl/


📚#Thesaurus:

⚪️several ➡️ more than a few people or things, but not a large number:

✨She’s been to Japan several times.

✨I’ve read several of his books.

⚪️a number of something several. A number of sounds more formal than several:

✨We have received a number of complaints about last night’s programme.

✨There are a number of different airlines to choose from.

⚪️quite a few ➡️ several – used when emphasizing that there are rather a lot of people, things etc. Quite a few sounds more informal than several and is more commonly used in spoken English:

✨Quite a few people were already in the pool.

✨She made quite a few enemies.

✨It took him quite a few days to make up his mind.


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🌟 #Behave /bɪˈheɪv/ #verb


💢behave towards

🔹I think he behaved disgracefully towards you.

💢behave like

🔹grown men behaving like schoolboys

💢behave as if/though

🔹He was a little boy, but he behaved as if he was an adult.

💢(also behave yourself) ➡️ to not do things that annoy or offend people OPP misbehave:

🔹Will you children please behave!

🔹I hope Nicholas behaved himself at the party.

💢well-behaved/badly-behaved

🔹a badly-behaved class

💢[always + adverb / preposition] ➡️ if something behaves in a particular way, it does those things:

🔹Quantum mechanics is the study of the way atoms behave.


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#️⃣#Habit /ˈhæbət, ˈhæbɪt/ #noun

📚#Common_collocations with “habit”:

📘verbs

🔵have a habit (of doing something)

✨He has a habit of being late.

🔵something becomes a habit

✨Once you you have been driving for a few weeks, it becomes a habit.

🔵get into a habit (=start doing something regularly or often)

✨Try to get into the habit of walking for 30 minutes each day.

🔵get out of a habit (=stop doing something regularly or often)

✨She couldn’t get out of the habit of saying 'sorry'.

🔵break / kick a habit (=stop doing something that is bad for you)

✨I’ve smoked for years, but I really want to kick the habit.

🔵develop / form a habit

✨I developed a habit of eating porridge for breakfast.

🔵change your habits

✨It's sometimes difficult for people to change their habits.


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💢shake down #phrasal_verb

1️⃣shake somebody down #American_English #informal ➡️ to get money from someone by using threats:

🔹Corrupt officials were shaking down local business owners.

2️⃣shake somebody/something down #American_English #informal ➡️ to search a person or place thoroughly

3️⃣if a new situation or arrangement shakes down, people start to get used to it and it becomes more effective:

🔹The restructure has shaken down, and staff are showing a new sense of purpose.

💢shake somebody/something off #phrasal_verb

1️⃣to get rid of an illness, problem etc:

🔹I can’t seem to shake off this cold.

💢shake off your image/reputation as something

🔹Outside investment has helped Sheridan to shake off its image as a depressed industrial town.

2️⃣to escape from someone who is chasing you:

🔹I think we’ve shaken them off.

💢shake out #phrasal_verb

1️⃣shake something out ➡️ to shake a cloth, a bag, a sheet etc so that any small pieces of dirt, dust etc come off:

🔹He shook out the handkerchief and put it back in his pocket.

2️⃣if an organization or industry shakes out, it becomes calmer after a difficult period of time:

🔹He’ll look for bargains after the real estate market shakes out.

3️⃣shake something out ➡️ to change a situation by removing things from it that are not useful or that do not make a profit:

🔹As the airline industry shakes out all but the very fittest, catering companies could face serious troubles.

💢shake somebody/something up #phrasal_verb

1️⃣to give someone a very unpleasant shock, so that they feel very upset and frightened:

🔹She was badly shaken up by the accident.

2️⃣to make changes to an organization in order to make it more effective SYN overhaul:

🔹the government’s plans to shake up the educational system


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#️⃣#Experience /ɪkˈspɪəriəns $ -ˈspɪr-/ #noun


📚#Common_collocations with “experience”:

📘verbs

🔵have experience

✨Applicants must have experience of working with children.

🔵get/gain experience

✨He suggested that I should gain some experience in a related industry like travel.

🔵lack experience (=not have enough experience)

✨Some students lack experience writing essays.

🔵broaden/widen your experience (=increase the amount of different experience you have)

✨After six years with the bank, he went to work in New York to broaden his experience.

🔵know/learn from experience

✨Janet knew from experience that love doesn't always last.

🔵speak from experience

✨The miners spoke from experience about the dangers of their work.

🔵lack experience

✨Many men in their twenties lack experience and social skills.

🔵experience suggests/shows something

✨Experience suggests that children who commit crimes will continue to offend as adults.


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#️⃣#likely /ˈlaɪkli/ BrE AmE #adjective

• comparative: likelier
• superlative: likeliest

1️⃣something that is likely will probably happen or is probably true OPP unlikely:

💥Snow showers are likely tomorrow.

🔘likely outcome/effects/consequences etc

💥What are the likely effects of the law going to be?

💥the most likely cause of the problem

🔘likely to do/be something

💥Children who live in the country’s rural areas are very likely to be poor.

🔘more/less/most/least likely

💥Young drivers are far more likely to have accidents than older drivers.

💥It is more than likely (=almost certain) the votes will have to be counted again.

💥It could have been an accident, but that was hardly likely (=not very likely).

💥He could offer no likely explanation when I asked him.

2️⃣[only before noun] ▶️ suitable for a particular purpose:

💥the three most likely candidates for president

💥One likely source of energy is wind power.

3️⃣a likely story #spoken ▶️ used to tell someone you do not believe what they have just said


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#️⃣#Advantage /ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ $ ədˈvæn-/ #noun


📚#Common_collocations with “advantage”

📘verbs

🔵have an advantage (also enjoy an advantage #formal)

✨Our parents didn’t have all the advantages that we have.
✨Western countries enjoyed considerable advantages in terms of technology.

🔵get/gain an advantage

✨Both teams tried to get an advantage.

🔵give somebody an advantage

✨His height gives him a big advantage.

🔵work to your advantage (=make you have an advantage – often used when this is unexpected)

✨Sometimes a lack of experience can work to your advantage.

🔵see the advantage (=understand the advantage)

✨I can see the advantage of living near the station.

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#️⃣#Cause /kɔːz $ kɒːz/ #verb


📚#Common_collocations with “cause”

📙nouns

🔸cause a problem

✨The heavy rain has been causing serious problems on the roads.

🔸cause trouble

✨I decided not to complain because I didn’t want to cause trouble.

🔸cause damage

✨A fire had broken out and caused severe damage to the roof.

🔸cause (a) disease

✨Scientists are trying to find out what causes the disease.

🔸cause injury

✨Rugby is one of the sports that are most likely to cause injury.

🔸cause pain

✨The infection can cause severe pain.

🔸cause death

✨The famine caused the death of up to 400,000 people.

🔸cause (a) delay

✨Bad weather caused delays at many airports.

🔸cause an accident

✨75% of accidents are caused by speeding.

🔸cause chaos/disruption

✨Floods caused chaos across much of the country.

🔸cause concern/alarm

✨Environmental issues are causing widespread concern.

🔸cause confusion

✨Teachers say the reforms will cause confusion in schools.

🔸cause offence/embarrassment (=offend/embarrass someone)

✨How can I refuse the invitation without causing offence?

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#Weather /ˈweðə $ -ər/ noun


📚#Common_collocations with “weather”:

📕adjectives

🔴good/nice/lovely weather (=not wet)

✨We’ll go out if the weather is good.

🔴glorious/beautiful/perfect

✨It was glorious weather, so we decided to go for a picnic.

🔴bad weather (=wet or stormy)

✨Several flights were cancelled owing to bad weather.

🔴awful/dreadful/terrible weather

✨We came home early because of the awful weather.

🔴hot weather

✨Drink lots of water in hot weather.

🔴cold weather

✨The weather was cold and grey.

🔴fine/sunny/fair/dry weather

✨If the weather is fine, we’ll eat outside.
✨Water pot plants daily during spells of dry weather.

🔴wet/rainy weather

✨I’m so sick of this wet weather.

🔴windy/stormy weather

✨In windy weather, water from the fountain is blown onto the paths.

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📚#Common_collocations with “difference”:

📕ADJECTIVES/NOUN + difference

🔴a big/major/huge difference

✨I think you’ll notice a big difference.

🔴an important/significant/crucial difference

✨A study of the two groups of students showed a significant difference.

🔴a slight/small/minor difference

✨There’s only a slight difference between the male and the female bird.

🔴a marked/dramatic difference (=very noticeable)

✨There was a marked difference between the two sets of results.

🔴a subtle difference (=not obvious)

✨There’s a subtle difference in flavour between these coffees.

🔴an essential/fundamental difference (=a very basic one)

✨The fundamental differences between the two sides slowly emerged.

🔴cultural/political/regional etc differences

✨the major cultural differences between the west and the east

🔴class differences (=between different classes of society)

✨People’s answers to the questions showed clear class differences.

🔴sex/gender differences (=between men and women)

✨gender differences in levels of criminality

🔴individual differences (=between one person and another)

✨We respect the children’s individual differences.

📘verbs

🔵show a difference

✨Our data showed considerable national differences.

🔵know the difference (=know how two things are different)

✨If you don’t know the difference between two words, your dictionary can help.

🔵can tell/see the difference (=can recognize how two things are different)

✨I can’t really see the difference between these two colours.

🔵notice a difference

✨She has noticed a dramatic difference in her energy levels.

🔵spot the difference (=see the difference)

✨It’s easy to spot the difference between real and imitation leather.


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#️⃣#Accept /əkˈsept/ BrE AmE #verb


📚#Common_collocations with “accept”

📙nouns

🔸accept an offer
✨In the end I had to accept his offer of £4,500.

🔸accept an invitation
✨Are you going to accept their invitation to the wedding?

🔸accept help
✨Don’t be afraid to accept help if you need it.

🔸accept aid
✨Egypt gratefully accepted American economic aid.

🔸accept assistance
✨They were ready to accept French military assistance.

🔸accept a challenge
✨To protect the environment we must accept some difficult challenges.

🔸accept an award
✨Miller accepted the award for best comedy show.

🔸accept an opportunity
✨I wish that I’d accepted the opportunity to retire when it was offered.

🔸accept a gift/present
✨Accepting presents from him made her feel uncomfortable.

🔸accept a job
✨She was desperate for money so she accepted the job.

🔸accept a lift #British_English, accept a ride #American_English
✨I had been taught not to accept lifts from strangers.

🔸accept a bribe
✨The president’s family and friends accepted massive bribes in exchange for official favours.

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📚#Common_collocations with “rock”

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🚩throw something back in someone’s face
🚩throw the book at someone
🚩throw good money after bad
🚩throw money at something
🚩throw money down the drain
🚩throw a party
🚩throw a punch
🚩throw your voice
🚩throw your weight about/around
🚩throw your weight behind someone/something
🚩throw yourself at someone
🚩throw yourself into something
🚩throw your toys out of the pram

📚#PHRASAL_VERBS:

🔘throw aside
🔘throw away
🔘throw back
🔘throw back on
🔘throw in
🔘throw off
🔘throw off at
🔘throw on
🔘throw out
🔘throw over
🔘throw together
🔘throw up

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