Collocations
After her marriage broke up, she looked for / sought refuge with friends.
sought
Look out for the Picasso drawings when you ______ the exhibition.
go round
The formal synonym of brothers and sisters is ______.
siblings
I told a white ______ because I didn’t want to upset him.
lie
What’s a synonym for happy?
glad / jouful/ pleased
To our full / complete amazement, our daughter passed all her exams.
complete
We should ______ off the meeting till next week.
put
The informal synonym of man is ______.
guy
He’s a really nice guy – very down to ______.
earth
What’s the opposite of lazy?
hard-working / dilligent
My grandfather has quite a fast / quick temper.
quick
She finally ______ up with a brilliant solution.
came
The formal synonym of need is ______.
require
Let’s not focus on the details. We need to see the big ______.
picture
Give a phrasal verb that means cancel.
call off
I’m sorry if I hurt / damaged your feelings.
hurt
The book sounded fascinating, but it turned ______ to be dull.
out
The formal synonym of quit is ______.
resign
This printer is such a pain in the ______.
neck
Give a collocation with decision.
make a decision / tough decision
I haven’t really planned my trip yet, but I have an approximate / a rough itinerary.
rough
A thousand workers were ______ off when the factory closed.
laid
The formal synonym of ill-fated is ______.
unfortunate
Jack’s got his nose to the ______, revising for his exams.
grindstone
What idiom means “to stop trying”?
throw in the towel / give up