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COLLOCATIONS, FIXED EXPRESSIONS & IDIOMS

VIDEO và LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT chỉ có tại website MOON.VN

[Truy cập tab Tiếng Anh – Khóa: Từ vựng]

1 What are collocations?

1.1 Definition

Collocation is ‘the grammar of words’ – how words go together with other words Collocation tells us which words can come before or after other words

Examples:

 Verbs with SUN: The sun rises, comes up, comes out, shines, sets, then goes down

 Adjectives with ROAD: Roads can be clear or busy; they can be wide or narrow; they can be icy; they can be main roads

 Verbs with BOTTLE: You can shake a bottle, then open it You can pass a bottle to someone You can recycle bottles

1.2 Types of collocations

- Adjective + noun:

 Jean always wears red or yellow or some other bright colour

 We had a brief chat about the exams but didn’t have time to discuss them properly

 Unemployment is a major problem for the government at the moment

- Noun + verb:

 The economy boomed in the 1990s

 The two companies merged in 2003 and now form one very large corporation

 The Internet has created opportunities for our business

 The price increase poses a problem for us

- Noun + noun:

 As Sam read the lies about him, he felt a surge of anger

 Every parent feels a sense of pride when their child does well or wins something

 I felt a pang of nostalgia when I saw the old photos of the village where I grew up

- Verb + preposition:

 As Jack went on stage to receive his gold medal for the judo competitiion you could see his

parents swelling with pride

 I was filled with horror when I read the newspaper report of the explosion

- Verb + adverb:

 She pulled steadily on the rope and helped him to safety

 He placed the beautiful vase gently in the window ledge

 ‘I love you and want to marry you,’ Derek whispered softly to Marsha

 She smiled proudly as she looked at the photos of her new grandson

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- Adverb + adjective:

 They are happily married

 I am fully aware that there are serious problems

 Harry was blissfully unaware that he was in danger

2 What are fixed expressions?

A fixed expression (Quán ngữ) is a form of expression that has taken on a more specific meaning than

the words themselves It is the standard way of expressing a concept or an idea; it is something we ordinarily say in certain situations

Examples:

 Pleased to meet you

 All of a sudden

 On the other hand

 May as well

3 What are idioms?

An idiom (Thành ngữ) is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own

Examples:

 A can of worms (a complicated problem)

 To rain cats and dogs (to rain heavily)

 To be out for the count (to be sleeping peacefully)

 Rub someone the wrong way (annoy or bother someone)

 Pull someone’s leg (tease someone by trying to make them believe something that is not true