TY - BOOK AU - O'Dell,Felicity AU - McCarthy,Michael TI - English Collocations in Use (Advanced) : How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English : Self-Study and Classroom Use SN - 9781316629956 (Student book) AV - PE1460 .O338 2017 U1 - 428.2/4 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Idioms KW - Collocation (Linguistics) KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Advanced N1 - "First published 2008"--Title page verso; Includes index; "Collocations are combinations of words which frequently appear together. This book provides explanations and practice of English collocations for advanced-level (C1-C2) learners of English. Perfect for both self-study and classroom activities ; Increase your knowledge of collocations and how to use them, with easy to understand explanations and practice exercises ; Learn collocations in context, with lots of different topics, including 'Social English', 'Marketing' and 'Writing essays, assignments and reports' ; Be confident about what you are learning, thanks to Cambridge research into how English is really spoken and written ; Be better prepared for English exams such as IELTS and Cambridge English Advanced and Proficiency, which often test knowledge of collocations ; Get better at studying by yourself, with study tips, follow-up activities and an easy to use answer key." (Book Cover); CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Using this book; Learning about collocations ; 1. What is a collocation? -- 2. Strong, fixed and weak collocations - 3. Grammatical categories of collocation -- 4. Finding and working on collocations in texts -- 5. Register; Varieties of collocations ; 6. Metaphor (foot the bill, heavy burden, run into trouble) ; 7. Intensifying and softening adverbs (deeply offensive, spotlessly clean, wildly inaccurate) ; 8. Make and verbs that mean make (make a contribution, make a habit of, turn a profit) ; 9. Communicating (generally speaking, talk business, get a message across) ; 10. Collocations with phrasal verbs (take up office, work up an appetite, see off an intruder); Topics: work and study; 11. Working life (make a living, take up a post, move up the ladder) ; 12. New employment (fit the job description, land a new job, menial tasks) ; 13. Thoughts and ideas (bear in mind, widespread belief, jump to conclusions) ; 14. Business reports (fierce competition, stimulate growth, hike in prices) ; 15. Marketing (consumer demands. product development, market share) ; 16. Customer services ; 17. Student life ; 18. Writing essays, assignments and reports; Topics: leisure and lifestyle ; 19. Social life (call for a celebration, social whirl, play host to) ; 20. Talking (juicy gossip, broach the subject, opening gambit) ; 21. In the news (declare independence, reach agreement, bow to pressure) ; 22. Current affairs (refuse point-blank, decline to comment, gauge reaction) ; 23. Festivals and celebrations (date back to, movable feast, propose a toast) ; 24. Cosmetics and fashion (flawless complexion, set the trend, fashion victim) ; 25. Commuting (traffic gridlock, rail network, lengthy tailbacks) ; 26. Travel and adventure (get itchy feet, off the beaten track, leg of the journey) ; 27. Sport (keep in shape, reach fever pitch, score an own goal) ; 28. Plans and decisions (toy with an idea, tentative suggestion, deciding factor) ; 29. Film and book reviews (star-studded cast, glowing reviews, hold one's attention); Topics: the modern world ; 30. Regulations and authority (minimise danger, grant permission, faceless bureaucrats) ; 31. The environment (dump waste, searing heat, offset carbon emissions) ; 32. Town and country life (back of beyond, rural idyll, urban regeneration) ; 33. Personal finance (clear one's debts, agreed credit limit, identity theft) ; 34. The economy (curb inflation, safeguard one's interests, plummeting profits) ; 35. Social issues (antisocial behaviour, dysfunctional family, unfit for human habitation) ; 36. Science and technology (harness technology, cutting-edge design, Wi-Fi hotspots) ; 37. Health and medicine (build up resistance, adverse reaction, shake off a cold) ; 38. Criminal justice (custodial sentences, trumped-up charges, beyond reasonable doubt ; 39. War and peace (deploy troops, pre-emptive strike, collateral damage); Topics: people ; 40. Friendship (lifelong friends, platonic relationship, moral support) ; 41. Youth and age (child prodigy, go through a midlife crisis, senior moment) ; 42. Celebrities and heroes (lavish lifestyle, meteoric rise to fame, heap prise on) ; 43. Negative opinions about people (bone idle, poison the atmosphere, nasty piece of work) ; 44. References (act as a referee, accumulate experience, financial acumen) ; 45. Personality and behaviour (stubborn streak, boundless energy, act one's age); Basic concepts ; 46. Space and time (cramped conditions, waste of space, go down in history) ; 47. Sound (husky voice, incessant noise, let out a cry) ; 48. Making things easier (viable options, simplicity itself, take the easy way out) ; 49. Difficulty (sever blow, hinder progress, encounter difficulty) ; 50. Quantity and size (finite number, endless supply, unknown quantity) ; 51. Change (sweeping changes, would make a change, sudden shift); Functions ; 52. Stopping and starting (bring a halt to, close off a street, dispel rumours) ; 53. Cause and effect (root cause, provoke an outcry, dire consequences) ; 54. Describing groups and amounts (swarm of bees, flurry of activity, stroke of genius) ; 55. Comparing and contrasting (bear little resemblance to, polar opposites, draw a comparison between) ; 56. Making an effort (give it one's best shot, abortive attempt, hard slog) ; 57. Social English (not lose any sleep, to be brutally honest, be on the go) ; 58. Discussing issues (make a commitment, give a straight answer, miss the point) ; 59. Negative situations and feelings (nasty shock, take exception to, suffer at the hands of) ; 60. Positive situations and feelings (sense of achievement, state of euphoria, derive pleasure from); Key; Index UR - https://www.cambridge.org/ca/cambridgeenglish/catalog/grammar-vocabulary-and-pronunciation/english-collocations-use-advanced-2nd-edition ER -