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Frotytota Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Collocations
Peace be upon all of you , I'am Fatma , And I need your help in finding
examples of collocations in English , I'am from Egypt and I know some
Arabic collocations more that the English ones . All what I know about
the examples of English collocation are very few , such as (Knife &
Fork ) ( Husband & Wife ) and (Ladies & Gentelmen ) . So please
I need your help .
examples of collocations in English , I'am from Egypt and I know some
Arabic collocations more that the English ones . All what I know about
the examples of English collocation are very few , such as (Knife &
Fork ) ( Husband & Wife ) and (Ladies & Gentelmen ) . So please
I need your help .
Top answer
Collocations are any words that appear frequently together, Fatma-- like blue sky and happy days ; but of the collocational pairs, I can give you several, of various sorts and uses: bread & butter salt & pepper ins & outs ups & downs boys & girls swing & sway (with Danny Kaye) nuts & bolts sixes & sevens give & take hide & seek search & rescue R & R over & OUT
- Collocations are any words that appear frequently together, Fatma-- like blue sky and happy days ; but of the collocational pairs, I can give you several, of various sorts and uses: bread & butter salt & pepper ins & outs ups & downs boys & girls swing & sway (with Danny Kaye) nuts & bolts sixes & sevens give & take hide & seek search & rescue R & R over & OUT
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Collocations are any words that appear frequently together, Fatma-- like blue sky and happy days; but of the collocational pairs, I can give you several, of various sorts and uses:
bread & butter
salt & pepper
ins & outs
ups & downs
boys & girls
swing & sway (with Danny Kaye)
nuts & bolts
sixes & sevens
give & take
hi
bread & butter
salt & pepper
ins & outs
ups & downs
boys & girls
swing & sway (with Danny Kaye)
nuts & bolts
sixes & sevens
give & take
hi
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Thanks alot Mister Micawber for your help & your explanation . But may I ask more ,......... . Actually the professor asked us to write as many collocations as we can .
I know that i disturb you but i have to get more .
I know that i disturb you but i have to get more .
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Different kinds of collocation
A collocation can be made up of two or more words:
verb + noun make a mistake
adj + noun heavy traffic
adv + verb totally misunderstand
adv + adj extremely generous
adj + prep guilty of ....ing
noun + noun a ceasefire agreement
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A collocation can be made up of two or more words:
verb + noun make a mistake
adj + noun heavy traffic
adv + verb totally misunderstand
adv + adj extremely generous
adj + prep guilty of ....ing
noun + noun a ceasefire agreement
....
- adjective + noun
a huge profit
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