What are Collocations?

Accompanying blog post: https://intrepidenglish.co.uk/what-is-a-collocation/

A collocation is when two or more words often go together. For example, in English we usually say use the verb ‘strike’ before the noun ‘deal’. So the collocation is ‘strike a deal’ which means to succeed in securing a deal with a company. Although you could say we ‘hit a deal’ it sounds unnatural, when to ‘strike a deal’ is a natural example.  Some common verbs used in collocations are: have, go, make, do, take, break, catch, save, keep, pay, among many others. 

In today's podcast, Tom  introduces some common English collocations.

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