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1	time		small
	long		dark
	spend
	short	7	day
	waste		all (N long)
	take		present
	spare		spent
	give		final
	present		full
	working		working
			whole
2	year		start
	past		(have a) nice
	coming
	full	8	days
	start		early
	take		past (few/number N)
	spent		old
			spent
3	people		working
	ordinary		take
	working
	elderly	9	thing
	disabled		whole
			(do the) right
4	way		real
	long		(do the) wrong
	go
	find	10	child
	get		only
	make (someone's N)		expecting
	come
	easy	11	government
			coalition
5	ways		interim
	separate		elected
	find
	alternative	12	part
	explore		take (N)
	develop		play (the/a)
	subtle		integral
			large
6	man		major
	big		essential
	tall		small

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	vital		made
	form		put
	significant		take
	full		clear
			strong
13	parts		extreme
	spare
	component	17	cases
	constituent		severe
	played		court
	separate		extreme
			serious
14	life		criminal
	real		injury
	family
	everyday	18	woman
	whole		beautiful
	private		attractive
	normal		pretty
	live		tall
	saved		(good) looking
	personal
	public	19	work
	early		hard
	spent		do
	daily		started
	lead		voluntary
			charity
15	lives		carried (out)
	save		find
	past		paid
	live		major
	lost		community
	private
	claimed (a number of)	20	system
	risk		welfare
	lead
	cost	21	group
	daily		small
	spend		ethnic (minority N)
	everyday		largest
	separate		formed
	ordinary		minority
	normal		leading
			single
16	case		research
	court
	present	22	number
	particular		large
	(a N) adjourned		small
	prosecution		increasing

 

 

 

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	growing		overcome
	limited		common
	total		faced
	increased		arises
	significant		cause
	greater		resolve
	reduce		sort (out)
	considerable		address
	substantial
	high	28	service
			free
23	world		telephone
	real		provide
	whole		memorial
	modern		intelligence
	developing		advisory
			delivery
24	area		full
	particular		postal
	play		security
	surrounding		regular
	residential
	wide	29	hand
	central		held
	major		took
			shook
25	course		wash
	(in) due		raised
	training		waved
	main		lifted
	designed		helping
	first		stretched out (his/her…+N)
	take		extended
	completed		strong
	ordinary
	followed	30	hands
	full		shook
	start		holding
			clasped
26	company		wash
	owned		raised
			rubbed
27	problem		folded
	solve
	real	31	party
	major		ruling
	serious		opposition
	big		led
	particular
	lies
	tackle

 

 

 

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32	school	39	end
	left		west
	medical		east
	went		came
	whole		put
			far
33	place		brought (to an N)
	take		reached
	wrong		bottom
	(final) resting N
	safe	40	ends
	right		loose
	put		achieve
	secure		opposite
34	point	41	word
	made		use
	reached		say
	whole		spread
	prove		key
	raised		final
35	house	42	example
	detached		set
	family		give
	moved +N		classic
			perfect
36	country		take (the)
	whole		typical
	leave		prime
	foreign		follow
			provides
37	week		simple
	past		obvious
	spent		recent
	previous		extreme
	whole		striking
	coming		outstanding
			notable
38	member		specific
	family
	former	43	family
	senior		whole
	leading		extended
	active		close
	elected		entire
	union		large
	full		nuclear
			big

 

 

 

 

 

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44	families	51	sides
	(lone/one/ single) parent		opposite
	one-parent		N + agreed
	lone		take
	single-parent
	low-income	52	night
			spent
45	fact		stay
	actual		opening
	simple		dark
	N + remains		early
	mere
	face	53	nights
			sleepless
46	facts		spent
	relevant
	stated	54	eye
	known		keep
	hard		public
	basic		watchful
	true		naked
	face		cast
	full		look (in the N)
			twinkle
47	state		critical
	mental
	declared	55	eyes
	announced		wide
			fixed
48	home		bright
	come		rolled
	family		turned
	stay		filled (with)
	return		pale
	left		narrowed
	ideal		raised
	get		held
	made
	feel	56	head
	matrimonial		shook
			turned
49	month		bowed
	past		raised
	spent		bent
			lifted
50	side		held (N high)
	(left-right) hand		jerked
	wrong		lowered
	dark		nodded
			clear
			pulled (N back)

 

 

 

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	threw (back)		exercise
	tilted		increase
			vested
57	information		full
	further		held
	provide
	detailed	61	money
	additional		spend
	relevant		save
	obtained		get
	confidential		make
	exchange		raise
	collected		waste
	supplied		earn
	contain		give
	background		(pay) good
	valuable
	gathering	62	change
			significant
58	question		radical
	answer		major
	ask		global
	simple		make
	raised		dramatic
	N + remains		fundamental
	whole		rapid
	posed		sudden
	real		real
	address		subject to
	begs		N + occurred
	crucial
	central	63	changes
	relevant		make
	fundamental		major
			proposed
59	business		dramatic
	small		occur
	doing		radical
	whole		significant
	family		sweeping
	running		necessary
	serious		introduced
	private		minor
	conduct		rapid
	successful	64	interest
60	power		public
	use		special
	labour		lower
	real		high
	seized		mortgage

 

 

 

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	real		main
	fixed		TV
	particular
	shown	70	water
	take (an N in)		fresh
	expressed		deep
	vested		running
	common		clean
	strong		salt
			still
65	interests		shallow
	(in the) best
	protect	71	form
	outside		application
	vested		order
	varied		booking
	serve		complete (verb)
	pursue		claim
	defend		fill
			registration
66	order		take
	make		(in) good
	keep
	maintain	72	car
	standing		park (verb)
	restore		hire
	pecking		drive
	rigid		police
	working		racing
	good		crashed
	put
	established	73	level
	take		high
			low
67	book		top
	latest		reached
	illustrated		intermediate
	reference		current
			water
68	development		achieved
	child
	sustainable	74	policy
	curriculum		foreign
	career		monetary
	further		common
	rapid		made
			adopted

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75	line	80	use
	direct		drug
	railway		make
	draw (verb)		good (make good/full N of)
	straight		widespread
	crossed		full
	fine		extensive
	take
	dividing	81	uses
76	need		common
	urgent	82	idea
	feel		whole
	desperate		give (an)
	meet		get
	stressed		rejected
	N + arises		original
			faintest
77	needs		simple
	meet (verb)		wrong
	individual		put (forward/aside the + N)
	suit (verb)		form
	satisfy		developed
	strong	83	ideas
78	effect		exchange
	have		original
	cause+ N		fresh
	take		bright
	knock-on
	direct	84	study
	immediate		present + N
	dramatic		N + found
	desired		recent
	beneficial		pilot
	profound		showed
	devastating		carried
	opposite		conducted
	overall		research
	adverse		major
	detrimental		reported
			undertaken
79	effects		designed
	long-term		significant
	harmful
	adverse	85	lot
	direct		awful
	beneficial		whole
	damaging
	profound

 

 

 

 

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86	job
	do	91	body
	good		upper
	get		dead
	part-time		N + lay
	lost		naked
	find		lower
	quit
	full-time	92	friend
	finish		best
	leave		close
	proper		old
			family
87	jobs		made N in
	create
	lost	93	friends
	temporary		family
	do		close
	odd		old
	save		make
	shed (number)		became
	secure		real
	permanent
	unskilled	94	right
	full-time		vote + N
88	name	95	rights
	real		pension
	given		full
	put		minority
	full
	proper	96	authority
	second		given (give + N)
	last		exercise + N or someone's + N
89	names		legitimate
	give	97	view
	call (someone's N)		take (the + N)
			shared
90	result		full
	direct		expressed
	final		support
	net		give
	achieve		clear
	inevitable		held
	produce		(give) a true (and fair)
	overall		accept
	further
	poor	98	report
	significant		full
	desired		final

 

 

 

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	N+ released	105	law
	issued		breaking
			passed
99	bit		enforce
	wee (Scottish)	106	door
100	face		knock
	pale		slammed
	slap + (someone's) + N		N + swung (open)
	pretty		pushed
	turned		pulled
	round		flung (open) N
	flushed
	beautiful	107	court
	smiling		told (the N)
	handsome		heard
			ruled
101	market		appear (in)
	free		held
	housing		take obj to
	major	108	office
102	hour		took
	spent		held
	took
	late	109	war
	early		end
	N + passed		declared
	finest		N+ broke (out)
103	hours		fought
	spent	110	reason
	early (N of the morning)		(for the) simple
	working		(there is) real
	long		(for no) apparent
	took		given a reason
	permitted		major
	small		sufficient
	normal		(for some) unknown
	daylight
	school	111	minister
	put in		appointed
	late		junior
	flying		elected
104	rate	112	person
	fixed		missing
	Inflation		average
	low		single
			disabled
			elderly

 

 

 

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	authorised		raised
			clear
113	terms		husky
	practical		harsh
	general		hoarse
	agreed (to the N)		cracked
	broad		sharp
	(on) equal
	(in) absolute	120	police
	accept		called
	relative		questioned
114	sorts	121	price
	all		high
			retail
115	period		average
	minimum		low
	extended		increase
	trial		expected
	limited		full
	prolonged		fixed
	considerable		reasonable
	maximum		fair
			put
116	society		reduced
	modern		competitive
	whole
	classless	122	action
	high		take
			further
117	process		call for N
	whole		immediate
	involved		strike
	decision-making		direct
	continuous		appropriate
	complete		urgent
	gradual		drastic
	lengthy		libel
			joint
118	mother		remedial
	single
	foster	123	issue
			big
119	voice		major
	low		raised (an N)
	loud		key
	soft		sensitive
	deep		central
	quiet		take N
	high		crucial
	lowered		fundamental

 

 

 

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	controversial	128	figures
	serious		released
	complex		official
	N was resolved		leading
124	position		public
	strong	129	type
	hold		particular
	difficult		certain
	marginal		common
	dominant		media
	placed (in)
	maintain	130	research
	privileged		shows
	competitive		done
	leading		suggests
	strengthen		further
	reached		carried
			conducted
125	cost		future
	low
	effective	131	education
	extra		further
	total		public
	high
	cover	132	programme
	estimated		major
	additional		full
	meet		launched
	reduced		extensive
	reasonable		current
			completed
126	matter		run
	simple		ambitious
	further
	serious	133	minute
	referred		hang
	raised		take
	resolved		hold
127	figure		full
	leading	134	moment
	tall		right
	central		long
	high		paused
	public		took
	major		brief
	low		precise
	increase

 

 

 

 

 

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135	girl		fair
	beautiful
	pretty	141	health
			mental
136	age		poor
	early		medical
	golden		improve
	retirement
	maternal	142	decision
	reached		made
			final
137	ages		taken
	dark		court
			announced
138	centre		conscious
	entertainment		unanimous
	(day) care		follows
			reached
139	control		support
	take		came
	lost		reversed
	have
	complete	143	force
	total		use
	gain		military
	regain		driving
	full		peacekeeping
	keep		excessive
	effective		full
	direct		dominant
	exercise		powerful
	tight		strong
	retain		armed
	strict		brute
	overall
	maintain	144	forces
			security
140	value		joined
	good N (for money)		opposition
	great
	added	145	condition
	total		good
	real		serious
	high		medical
	equal		critical
	increase		stable
	full		excellent
	add		poor
	true		immaculate
	estimated		sufficient
	critical		deteriorated

 

 

 

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	perfect		came (to/into N)
146	conditions	154	team
	weather		dream
	living		national
	working		winning
	improve		N + won
	appalling		led
	poor		beat
	satisfied (verb)		support + N
	favourable
	impose	155	experience
	prevailing		previous
	adverse		practical
	meet		gain
	fulfilled		learning
			relevant
147	paper		working
	printed		extensive
			past
148	section		direct
	previous		valuable
	final
	separate	156	death
	further		sudden
			accidental
149	patients		caused
	treated		tragic
150	road	157	act
	main		criminal
	cross		passed
	busy		amended
	major
	line (the N with people)	158	sense
			make
151	table		strong
	league		real
	lay the N		false
152	church		true
	whole	159	staff
	established		trained
			support
153	mind		extra
	bear		permanent
	keep		qualified
	open (adj)		experienced
	had
	crossed
	conscious

 

 

 

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160	student
	former	168	evidence
			give
161	language		N + suggests
	foreign		presented
	use		hard
	speak		provide
	modern		strong
	native		N + shows
	official		sufficient
			conclusive
162	morning		considerable
	early		supporting
	late		ample
	spent		circumstantial
	bright		insufficient
			growing
163	plan		indicates
	peace
	action	169	foot
	radical		set
	approved
	strategic	170	feet
	drawn up		bare
	adopted		rose (to her N)
	ambitious
	prepare	171	boy
			bad
164	product		small
	final		good
	make		big
	launch+ N
	competitive	172	game
	created		win
165	city		final
	capital	173	food
	ancient		fresh
	beautiful		delicious
166	ground		diet
	common	174	role
	lost		play
	open		key
	gaining		leading
			major
167	letter		active
	quick		central
	post		vital
	business		starring
	resignation		crucial

 

 

 

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	take		complete
	traditional
	supporting	181	stage
	prominent		early
	passive		final
	essential		reached
	minor		retirement
175	practice		further
	common	182	meeting
	private (doctors)		annual
	medical		held
	classroom		summit
			emergency
176	bank		called
	collapsed		arranged
177	support		adjourned
	strong	183	art
	public		modern
	provide		contemporary
	received		great
	family		ancient
	technical
	giving	184	club
	emotional		join
	substantial		exclusive
178	event	185	arm
	major		put (someone's N around)
	unlikely		upper
	sporting		grabbed
	big		broken
	held		broke
	annual		raised
	history		grasped
	final	186	history
179	building		family
	main		medical
	tall
	house	187	parent
			single
180	range		elderly
	wide
	long	188	parents
	full		foster
	offers		adoptive
	free		working
	broad		single
	vast

 

 

 

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189	land
	housing	197	account
	held		taken (into)
	open		opened
	work (verb)
	native	198	difference
	farming		make
	waste		big
			tell
190	trade		little
	world		see
	foreign		significant
	retail		potential
			real
191	situation		fundamental
	current		marked (adj)
	present		showed
	improve
	desperate	199	material
	remedy		raw
	impossible
	intolerable	200	materials
192	teacher		building
	former	201	air
	primary (school)		fresh
			open
193	record		clean
	world		clear
	set the record		breathe
	breaking		thick
	unbeaten		heavy
	criminal
	keeping	202	wife
	poor		second
	impressive		left + N
	held		former
	achieved		estranged
194	relation	203	project
	bear		whole
	close		completed
			complete
195	field		ambitious
	visual		run
196	window	204	sales
	front		retail
	back		increased
	smashed		record
	rear		rose

 

 

 

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	annual		private
	boost		home
	total		nursing
	direct		provide
	potential		family
	expected		domiciliary
205	relationship	208	rule
	close		(as a) general
	loving		golden
	special		established
	working
	lasting	209	story
	love		tell
	serious		true
	direct		full
	strong		main
	establish		real
	developed		big
	inverse
	causal	210	quality
	intimate		high
	to end		good
	see		top
	public		poor
	maintain		improve
			excellent
206	light		air
	bright		superb
	shed		low
	natural		total
	low
	throw	211	tax
	switch (on/off)		increases
	turned (on/off)		gross
	strong
	cast	212	nature
	flashing		human
	soft		N+ calls
	cold
	shining	213	structure
	pale		family
	full
	fading	214	data
	flickering		collected
	clear		suggest
			support
207	care		present
	take
	medical	215	method
	primary		use

 

 

 

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	payment	224	hospital
	effective		general
	simple		(to be) admitted (to N)
	alternative		mental
	traditional		go
	adopted		transferred
	applied
	preferred	225	chapter
	provide		discussed
			previous
216	unit		contains
	family		examines
	hospital		preceding
217	bed		covered
	get (into/out of/off the N)	226	scheme
	lying		training
	double		launched
	(four) poster		successful
	go		designed
	single		devised
	make	227	theory
218	union		critical
	join	228	property
219	movement		private
	rights N		commercial
			land
220	detail		owned
	greater		(to) purchase
	(in) fine
	considerable	229	officer
	sufficient		chief
	further		army
221	details		prison
	further	230	charge
	full		free (of)
	give		take
	provide		extra
			additional
222	model		initial
	following (verb)		minimum
	developed		made
	top		put (in/on)
223	computer		fixed
	running	231	charges
	using		bank

 

 

 

 

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232	director		increased
	general		outstanding
	film
	appointed	237	son
	theatre		eldest
			baby
233	approach		oldest
	cautious		illegitimate
	adopted
	taken	238	operation
	alternative		rescue
	made		police
	fresh		major
	radical		successful
	effective		performed
			underwent
234	chance		military
	have		emergency
	get
	given	239	opportunity
	stand a N		given
	take		equal
	great		take
	second		provide
	little		unique
	missed		golden
	offered		missed
	big		perfect
	fair		offered
	came		rare
	reasonable		ideal
	jumped (at the N)		seize
			the N presented itself
235	application		excellent
	complete		ample
	made		real
236	amount		arose
	certain	240	leader
	small		opposition
	enormous
	huge	241	look
	fair		take
	tremendous		have
	large		quick
	considerable		closer
	minimum		hard
	full		gave
	reasonable		shot
	maximum		(take a ) fresh N (at)
	substantial

 

 

 

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collocations

 

242	production		entered (into)
	increase		come
	stage		draft
	theatre		mutual
			final
243	picture		N + provided (for)
	exclusive		broad
	complete		failed (to reach N)
	taken		end
	shows		make
	clear		(in) full
	overall		voluntary
	N + emerges		binding
	accurate		common
	mental		complete
	presented
	similar	248	site
	full		( a + number) acre + N
			caravan
244	source		archaeological
	major		suitable
	single		construction
	primary
	valuable	249	labour
	constant		female
	principal		temporary
245	security	250	test
	top		fitness
	maximum		passed
	increased		final
			failed
			have
246	contract		put (to the N)
	signed		take
	expires		showed
	won		pilot
	awarded		standard
	agreed
	binding	251	loss
	terminate		weight
			memory
247	agreement		suffered
	reached		hair
	signed		caused
	peace		total
	(free) trade		made N
	co-operation		reported
	nodded (in) N		blood
	concluded		hearing
	ceasefire		great

 

 

 

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collocations

 

	job		pounding (adj)
	lead (to N)		suffered
	consequential		stopping
	felt		lies (at the N of)
	considerable		thumping
	cover (the N)		heavy
	substantial		thudding
	serious
	severe	258	election
	incurred		general
	major		won
	complete		held
			following
252	colour		lost
	full		fought
	add		forthcoming
	light
	dark	259	elections
	bright		general
	pale		national
	give		municipal
	high
	strong	260	purpose
			serve
253	shop		sole
	gift		general
	pet		specific
	run		primary
	antique		useful
	video		real
	High (Street)		special
	souvenir		intended
254	benefit		dual
	housing	261	standard
	get		high
	maximum		poor
	marginal		set
	claim		required
	receive		double
	invalidity		reasonable
			maintain
255	benefits		meet
	enjoy		improve
			low
256	animal		minimum
	wild		acceptable
257	heart	262	standards
	broken		safety
	beating		meet

 

 

 

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collocations

 

	raise	267	factor
	minimum		major
			key
263	secretary		risk
	former		significant
	private		crucial
	appointed		determining
			contributory
264	date		deciding
	closing		limiting
	blind		time
	set		common
	effective		critical
	due		contributing
	fixed		decisive
	target		vital
	early		N + influencing
	agreed		cost
			human
265	music		additional
	played
	classical	268	pattern
	live		follow
	popular		set
	traditional		established
	loud		regular
	contemporary		shows
	make		complex
	written		common
	composed		repeated
266	hair	269	front
	blonde		house
	blond
	curly	270	evening
	thick		early
	dyed		late
	facial		spent
	fair
	cropped	271	population
	dye		civilian
	straight		large
	wash		entire
	brushed		total
	soft		whole
	permed		overall
	ginger
	auburn	272	plant
			processing
			reprocessing

 

 

 

 

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collocations

 

273	pressure		expert
	put N on		N + gained
	high		full
	increasing		working
	(peer) group		special
	intense		true
	enormous		professional
	growing		intimate
	low		specific
	applied		wide
	came (under N)
	considerable	278	design
	exerted		interior
	take N off		garden
	strong		original
	constant		art
	heavy		research
	severe
274	response	279	page
	immediate		blank
	positive		turn
	sexual		printed
	public		(on the) opposite
	initial		previous
	poor
	emotional	280	rest
	given		spend (the)
	rapid		have
	quick		get
			take
275	street		give
	side
	walking (up/down the N)	281	basis
	busy		regular
			daily
276	performance		(on a) day(-to-day)
	strong		form
	poor		weekly
	improve		individual
	outstanding		provide
	live		permanent
	impressive		annual
	give		temporary
			voluntary
277	knowledge		monthly
	common		firm
	prior		casual
	acquired
	required
	background

 

 

 

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collocations

 

282	size	286	success
	small		huge
	full		achieved
	large		enjoyed
	fits		make
	increase		considerable
	half (the N)		major
	standard		ensure
	average		early
	medium		guarantee
	reduce		relative
			continuing
283	environment		outstanding
	natural		likely
	protect		immediate
	safe
	work	287	thought
	home		spare (a  N)
	damage		given
	improve		bear
	stable		( a N )struck
	hostile		(a N) occurred
	healthy		deep
			careful
284	fire		N came (to me/mind)
	opened N on		serious
	set N to / obj on N		conscious
	caught		modern
	friendly
	started	288	thoughts
	(fire) burning		on second
	N + broke (out)		interrupted
	light (verb)
	caused	289	list
	make		long
	spread		full
	control		make
			complete
285	series		drawn (up)
	whole		compiled
	drama
	comedy	290	future
	documentary		near
	produced		foreseeable
	launched		bright
	final		uncertain
	successful		secure (verb)
	present		immediate
	runs		(N) holds
			discuss
			distant

 

 

 

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collocations

 

	(N+) lies		monthly
	long-term		released
	face
	bleak	296	attention
			pay
291	analysis		draw
	detailed		turned
	data N		focused
	showed		attract
	provide		media
	performed		special
	carried		medical
	suggests		public
	careful		particular
	full		close
	(a) developed		brought
			given
292	space		caught
	storage		divert
	open		received
	parking		N is/should be directed
	limited		full
	living		careful
	extra		considerable
	empty		serious
	little		concentrated
	use		distract
	free		hold
			constant
293	tv		urgent
	watching
	live	297	love
	colour		making
			fall
294	demand		true
	meet		real
	increase		young
	huge		passionate
	consumer's		wonderful
	strong
	high	298	principle
	growing		general
	made		basic
	satisfy + N		fundamental
	reduce		established
295	statement		underlying
	issued	299	principles
	N+ said		basic
	made		general
	joint		fundamental

 

 

 

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collocations

 

	apply		unique
	underlying		dominant
	established
	guiding	304	couple
	broad		happy
300	set		elderly
	complete	305	step
	full		take
	whole		further
	standard		big
	single		major
			unusual
301	doctor		positive
	see		necessary
	hospital		significant
	consult		essential
	medical
	went	306	machine
	called		use
	local
	visit	307	income
	examined		low
			annual
302	choice		high
	have		current
	make		disposable
	wide		family
	given		taxable
	offer		average
	obvious		guaranteed
	personal		fixed
	free		regular
	consumer		national
	limited		paid
	possible		gross
	natural		extra
	informed		additional
303	feature		(to) supplement
	regular	308	training
	striking		job
	distinctive		youth
	major		teacher
	particular		vocational
	prominent		professional
	attractive		staff
	significant		military
	characteristic		management
	notable		provide
	unusual		formal

 

 

 

27

List of frequent

 

collocations

 

	intensive	314	news
	further		good
	college		radio
	do (some)		national
	in-service		world
	initial		bad
	given		told
	quality		daily
	received		brief
	business		today
	full		latest
			broke (the N to)
309	film		television
	making		heard
	directed		tonight
			N + reached
310	effort		spread
	make
	put
	relief
	concerted	315	difficulty
	required		have
	considerable		considerable
	involved		overcome
	conscious		increasing
	major
	ensure	316	cell
	extra		prison
	joint
	minimum	317	energy
	tremendous		saving
			low
311	player		high
	former		renewable
	outstanding		waste
			supply
312	award		alternative
	won		reduce
	presented
	received	318	degree
	given		(to a) greater
	prestigious		high
			(to a) certain
313	village		joint
	fishing		considerable
	pretty		lesser
	situated		honorary
	picturesque		awarded
	quiet		remarkable
	deserted		obtained
	attractive

 

 

 

28

List of frequent

 

collocations

 

319	means	323	task
	provide		impossible
	effective		daunting
	use		simple
	possible		tough
	alternative		set (himself)
	private		perform
	necessary		take (on/over)
			carry out
320	growth		completed (verb)
	rapid		faced
	strong		undertake
	potential		formidable
	employment		hard
	personal
	high	324	provision
	slow		made
	continued		adequate
	major
	overall	325	behaviour
	unemployment		bad
			good
321	treatment		learned
	have		responsible
	medical		disruptive
	hospital
	further	326	function
	require		perform
	receiving		primary
	drug		brain
	given		fulfil
	emergency
	effective	327	resource
	preferential		human
	prescribed		valuable
	surgical		natural
	undergoing
	following	328	resources
			natural
322	sound		human
	heard		available
	poor		limited
	made		energy
	loud		required
	distant		existing
	turned (down/up/off)		increase
	soft
	deep	329	defence
	produce		made

 

 

 

 

 

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List of frequent

 

collocations

 

330	garden
	back	336	horse
	vegetable		riding
	secret
	front	337	answer
	walled		simple
	herb		give
	flower		lies
	rose		get
	do		right
	rear		provide
	pretty		correct
	attractive		obvious
			clear
331	floor		wrong
	top		straight
	upper		satisfactory
	reach	338	user
332	technology		allows
	new
	latest	339	funds
	advanced		raise
	using
	developed	340	character
			central
333	style		main
	traditional		great
	classic		strong
	unique		distinctive
	adopt	341	risk
334	feeling		high
	get		reduce
	strong		take
	general		increased
	strange		run
	gave		put
	bad		serious
	sinking		potential
	deep		involved
	gut		significant
	growing		minimise
	experienced		grave
335	doubt	342	dog
	cast		walking (a N)
	reasonable		pet
	put (in/beyond)
	serious	343	army
	leave (no/little)		joined

 

 

 

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collocations

 

			convincing
344	station		powerful
	radio
	tv	353	show
			put (on a N)
345	glass		live
	broken		quiz
			open
346	glasses		go (on N)
	wearing		held
			run
347	cup		annual
	win
	make (a N of)	354	responsibility
	played		take
	nice N of tea		accept
			personal
348	husband		full
	estranged		moral
	N + left		assume
	former		given
	lost
	second	355	deal
			great
349	capital		good
	foreign		peace
	current		struck
	major		signed
			fair
350	note		agreed
	take		get
	made (a mental)		make
	left
	mental	356	economy
	delivery		slowing
			planned
351	season		boost
	start		strong
352	argument	357	element
	put (forward)		key
	further		essential
	cited		strong
	additional		major
	strong		significant
	made
	rejected	358	duty
	support		heavy
	accept
	logical
	presented

 

 

 

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collocations

 

359	attempt		substantial
	made		marked
	serious		large
	desperate		real
	failed (+ N)		dramatic
	deliberate		massive
	unsuccessful		small
	vain		further
			rapid
360	investment		sharp
	foreign		considerable
	capital		caused
	business		major
	made		modest
	increase		big
	major
	direct	366	help
	attract		seek
	massive		professional
361	brother		great
	younger		provide
	older		give
	elder		offers
	big		medical
	little		receive
			call (for)
362	title		appealed (for)
	world		domestic
	won		require
	national
	defend	367	summer
	retain		late
	full		spent
	took		early
			dry
363	hotel		full
	luxury
	stay	368	daughter
	(family-) run		eldest
	comfortable		youngest
	family		only
	elegant
	booked	369	baby
			expecting
364	aspect		unborn
	particular		lost
	further	370	sea
365	increase		open
	huge		calm
	significant

 

 

 

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collocations

 

371	skill		small
	required
	considerable	379	division
			top
372	claim		made
	make		major
	rejected
	compensation (claim)	380	procedure
	unfair		followed
			standard
373	concern		using
	expressed		normal
	cause		adopted
	growing		complaints + N
	major
	public	381	king
	deep		crowned
	real		late
	increasing		appointed
	considerable
	voiced	382	image
			public
374	discussion		improve
	open		clean (up)
	further		presented
	considerable
	major	383	oil
			virgin
375	customer		cooking
	particular	384	circumstance
376	box		causal
	gift
	(tick the) appropriate N	385	circumstances
			certain
377	conference		(in/under) normal
	peace		surrounding
	party		exceptional
	told		changing
	annual		personal
	called		suspicious
	planned		unusual
	hold		causal
	major		extreme
	opened		favourable
378	profit	386	proposal
	net		rejected
	make		made
	increase		accepted
	gross		original

 

 

 

33

List of frequent

 

collocations

 

	approved		take
			rear
387	sector		driver's
	voluntary		driving
			parliamentary
388	direction		marginal
	(in the) right
	opposite	395	president
	(in the) wrong		former
	future		elected
	reverse		re-elected
389	sign	396	goal
	(a) good		scored
	shows		(the) winning N
	little		early
	gave		ultimate
	(a) sure		achieve
	visible		N + disallowed
	made (a/no N)	397	affair
390	measure		whole
	(in) large
	temporary	398	affairs
	(in) small		state
	(in) equal		current
	give
	provide	399	technique
	(in) full		using
			developed
391	attitude		useful
	adopted		applied
	right		simple
			effective
392	disease		employed
	chronic
	cause	400	respect
	transmitted		mutual
	severe		great
	serious		due
393	commission		earned
	set (up) + N	401	respects
	appointed + N		pay
	N + established
	take	402	item
394	seat		news
	back	403	version
	front		film
	passenger		original

 

 

 

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List of frequent

 

collocations

 

	final	410	advantage
	current		take
	launched		full
			great
404	ability		(to the) best
	develop		added
	limited		gain
			unfair
405	good		give
	do		big
	public		major
	common		significant
			distinct
406	goods		special
	manufactured		additional
	deliver	411	memory
407	campaign		short-term
	election		stored
	launched		long
	bombing		used
	run		working
	media		short
	mounted		visual
	fought		long-term
	waged		recent
	conducted	412	memories
408	advice		childhood
	give		brought (back)
	seek		happy
	expert		past
	free		fond
	offer		vivid
	professional		old
	practical		long
	take
	provide	413	culture
	sound		popular
	further		western
	followed		dominant
409	pupil		traditional
	former	414	blood
			infected
			give

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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