CHUYÊN ĐỀ 20: CỤM TỪ CỐ ĐỊNH (COLLOCATIONS)

Complete each sentence using the collocation from exercise 1 in the appropriate form.

He was furious, and…………to continue with the programme.

For about two weeks afterward, the patient experiences extremely sensitive skin, as their new grafts toughen up to………….

People feel educational…………when the government cuts finances.

Most of the…………have already been discussed at length.

The explosion also caused a massive plume of…………to…………from the building.

The scientific…………that human beings first emerged in Africa.

The…………as she settled against the far wall to wait out the storm.

Tuberculosis is a highly infectious bacterial   by…………coughing.

It was so cold that I couldn’t stop my…………from………….

An excellent career…………has now…………with a leading recruitment agency.

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

Two children became ill and briefly…………comas after eating the product, though both fully recovered.

With this research he hoped to track solar constant in order to make weather………… predictions.

His…………teeth slipped from his mouth during a particularly big snore.

With his speed, I think he'll break a…………for running before he graduates from high school.

He is living in a(n)…………family that includes his relatives such as his grandparents, his uncles.

I really thought she’d be here to help me, but it seems that she’s just a(n)…………friend.

When you…………minutes of a meeting, it is useful to report the ideas, rather than every sentence.

My wife and I first met on a…………date arranged by her sister.

The university…………the school-leaving exams of most other countries.

The government has decided to…………a levy on commercial waste collection in order to encourage recycling.