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Collocations are made from a group of simple words that appear together to produce a specific meaning. It’s important to remember
no grammatical rules
word meanings and word associations
weak verbs (do, make, have, get, take )
simple adjective (hard, cold, strong, weak) combinations make up many many collocations
General Collocations for Work
The following collocations are used for all kinds of work.
Collocation Grammatical Pattern
- to get / find work. … (verb + noun)
- to apply for a job. … (verb + noun)
- to do shift work (verb + adjective + noun)
- to go/be on strike. … (verb + noun)
- to be fired (more formal) … (verb + adverb)
- manual labor/manual work. (adj + noun)
- good, hard, productive, motivated worker (adj + noun)
fast, slow, professional, average, unemployed,
voluntary, migrant, seasonal …
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