Collocations in English

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CollocationsDefinition:

A collocation is made up of two or more words that are commonly used together in English.

There are different kinds of collocations in English. Strong collocations are word pairings that are

expected to come together. Good collocation examples of this type of word pairing are

combinations with 'make' and 'do'. ou make a cup of tea! but do your homework. Collocations

are "ery common in business settings when certain nouns are routinely combined with certain

"erbs or ad#ecti"es. $or example! draw up a contract! set a price! conduct negotiations! etc.

This feature points to all the "ocabulary learning pages on this site which focus on collocation

examples. Each page points out key collocations for "arious areas and includes a number of

collocation examples to pro"ide context.

A good way to learn collocations is to group collocations beginning with a noun. For example,

take the noun 'contract' and create a list of commonly used verbs with contract.

Contract -> draw up, sign, negotiate, etc.

Pronunciation: %k!lo"#ke$% n%&

Also Known As: word pairing! word partnership! set phrase

Examples:

&t's important to learn strong collocations when learning a new noun. y learning the "erbs and

ad#ecti"es that are commonly used with a noun! you can greatly expand your "ocabulary.

Question: (hat is Collocation)

Collocation refers to words that generally go together. E"en though it is possible to use otherword combinations! understanding collocations help English learners impro"e their fluency.

Answer: (hat is collocation)

ollocation refers to a group of two or more words that usually go together. A good way to think

of collocation is to look at the word collocation. o - meaning together - location - meaning place.

ollocations are words that are located together. A good answer to ()hat is collocation*( is+



ollocation is a group of two or more words that like to hang out together. ere are some

examples of common collocations that you might know+

make tea - made a cup of tea for lunch.

do homework - did all of my homework yesterday.

Make and Do - A Good Starting Place for Collocation

begin with make and do because they provide perfect examples of why collocation is so

important. enerally, make refers to things that are created and do refers to tasks. owever,

there are plenty of exceptions to this rule - especially with the verb 'make'.

I made the bed. - Did I construct a bed? NO!

She made an exception. - An exception is allowance to breaking a rule, not a thing.

/ake and 0o are perfect examples of verbs that go together with speci1c nouns. A verb 2 nouncombination that always go together are considered collocations.

/ore information and examples on make and do collocations

Why Do Words Collocate?

3here is often no reason for a collocation. 4eople 5ust put certain words together more often than

they put other words together. n fact, the use of collocations has become popular in 6nglish and

language teaching because of corpus linguistics. orpus linguistics study huge volumes of data

of spoken and written 6nglish to come up with statistics on how often people use certain words

and word combinations. 3hrough this study, corpus linguistics has been able to de1ne what are

strong and weak collocations.

Strong Collocations

7trong collocations refer to words that almost always go together. t's possible that people might

understand you if you don't use a strong collocation. owever, if you do not use a strong

collocation it will sound funny to native speakers. 8et's return to our example of 'make' and 'do'.

f you say+

I did a cup of coee.

native speakers will understand that you mean+

I ade a cup of coee.

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Correct use of strong collocations shows an excellent command of the nglish

language, and can certainly help impress native speakers' of your ability to speak 6nglish well.

9f course, if you are speaking to other non-native speakers the ability to use collocations

correctly all the time becomes less important. 3hat doesn't mean that correct collocation use is

not important, it's 5ust not A7 important as something like correct tense. mage for a moment

that you are speaking about a future meeting+

Our eeting was on "rida# at four o$clock.

I$%e done an appointent at four o$clock for the eeting roo on "rida#.

n both of these sentences, there are mistakes. owever, in the 1rst sentence instead of using a

future tense, the past tense is used. f you want your colleagues to come to the meeting, this

mistake is very serious and will lead to no one coming to the meeting.

n the second sentence 'do an appointment' is a misuse of a strong collocation. owever, the

meaning is clear+ :ou have scheduled a room at four o'clock. n this case, a mistake in

collocations is not nearly as important as a mistake in tense usage.

ere are examples of strong collocations that you might not be familiar with+

high earnings &not big earnings'

long-range planning &not long-tie planning'

urban guerrilla &not cit# guerrilla'

*ore information! lists and learning materials on strong collocations

(h# are )ollocations Iportant?

3here is an entire world of collocations to explore. 8earning collocations is important because you

begin to learn words in larger groups or 'chunks' of language. Putting together these chunks

of language leads to more !uent nglish.

Verb Collocations

These sheets pro"ide a matching game with some of the most common "erb + noun collocations

used in e"eryday situations. ,ere are some examples of the types of "erb collocations you will

learn-

to feel free

to come prepared

to sa"e time

to find a replacement

to make progress

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to do the washing up

etc.

Business Collocations

These collocation sheets pro"ide common collocations used in business and work settings. There

are a number of forms including ad#ecti"es! nouns and other "erbs that combine with these key

words. Each sheet includes a number of collocation examples to illustrate usage. ,ere are some

of the collocation examples you will find on these pages-

to key in a &/

to deposit a check

hard0earned money

protection money

counterfeit money

etc.

Take Hae Break

a break

a le!

a "ea#ac"e

a win#ow

a "aircut

an exam

a seat

breakfast

t"e law

a "oli#a$

a taxi

a worl# recor#

someone%s "eart

a bat"

someone%s temperature

a relations"ip

a look

a promise

a c"ance

a #rink

t"e rules

--



notes

time

a "abit

t"e ice

a rest

a rest

someone%s place

t"e news to someone

a problem

Catc" Pa$ Keep

a cold

attention

a pet

a bus

control

the bill

a promise

interest

someone's attention

a ball calm the price



someone's place

by check

a thief

someone a "ist

a fright

an appointment

by surprise

a salary

1uiet

fire

cash

a secret

a diary

someone a compliment

someone's eye

a mouse the change wages



&ae 'in# (otime

a partner

mad

wild

time

money

the answer

cra2y

someone's life

energy

happiness

white

abroad

the money

someone a seat



oneself trouble

a solution

missing

1uiet

electricity

space

one's strength

a way

bad

space

dark

a replacement

a cure

a penalty

o"erseas

Come (et 'eel



first

ready

tense

comfortable

married

last

right back

happy

started

free

di"orced

early

close

burnt

ner"ous

prepared

drunk

old



disappointed

angry

late

proud

lost

second

complete with

sleepy

worried

direct

wet

hurt

)iss (et Do )akea goal

home

homework

progress

an effort

the shopping

a chance

frightened



the sack

the point

money

the housework

someone a fa"or

permission

a flight

a mess

business

a surprise

one's family

a mistake

nothing

furniture

the message

a lesson

one's home

a noise

the washing up

lost

ready trouble an opportunity the cooking



a #ob

peace

an appointment

a #ob

nowhere

a change

someone's help

one's best

An important step to improin! $our ocabular$ is to not only learn the

appropriate terms! but to learn the words that commonly go together with

those terms. These word combinations are often! ad#ecti"e + noun! "erb + noun! and noun +

"erb pairs. Each of these collocation sheets pro"ide collocations for commonly used words

arranged into categories. Each collocation is illustrated with an example sentence.

A#*ecties + ,)one$,

The following list includes ad#ecti"es that are commonly used with the noun 'money'. Ad#ecti"es

that are similar in meaning are grouped together. Each ad#ecti"e or ad#ecti"e group has an

example sentence to illustrate usage.

easy

,e thinks working in marketing is eas$ mone$. & think he'll find it's 1uite a different story.

bonus, extra

&f you complete the pro#ect before next Tuesday! there'll be some bonus mone$.

hard-earned

The best way to feel good about any purchase is if it's been made with "ar#-earne# mone$.



government, public, taxpayers'

&t's not right to waste taxpa$ers% mone$ on pro#ects that benefit those who are already

wealthy.

pocket, spending

(ould you like a little extra pocket mone$ this weekend)

gas, lunch, petrol, rent, etc

Could you lend me some lunc" mone$ today)

prize, grant, scholarship

They won a lot of !rant mone$ for their research into 3/A.

stolen, dirty, bribe, ransom

& don't want your #irt$ mone$4

hush, protection

That gang is demanding protection mone$ from e"ery store on the street. &t's scandalous4

pension, retirement

(e plan to mo"e to ,awaii with our retirement mone$.

counterfeit, fake

The police disco"ered more than 56 million in fake mone$.

Verb + ,)one$,

The following list includes "erbs that are commonly followed by the noun 'money' or an amount

of a particular type of money or currency. 7erbs that are similar in meaning are grouped

together. Each "erb or "erb group has an example sentence to illustrate usage.

coin, print

The go"ernment printe# a lot of mone$ in 6889.

count

:et's count $our mone$ and see if you ha"e enough to buy that.



bring in, earn, make,

The company brou!"t in more t"an ./ million.

borrow

Could & borrow some mone$ for this weekend)

lend

&'ll len# $ou some mone$ until next month.

bank, deposit, pay in, pay into the bank, put in the bank

& #eposite# a lar!e amount of mone$ last $riday.

draw out, get out, take out, withdraw

She took .011 out of our account.

pay out, shell out, spend

They pai# out more t"an .211 #ollars for that lamp.

fritter away, squander, throw away

& hate it when you s3uan#er our sain!s4

hoard, save, set aside, stash away

They set asi#e .411 each week for sa"ings.

contribute, donate, give

They #onate# more t"an .4115111 to charity last year.

give back, pay back, refund, repay

&'ll pa$ $ou back t"e mone$ by the end of next week.

owe

She owes T"omas a lot of mone$.

share

:et's s"are t"e mone$ we'"e found4



accept, take

&'m afraid & can't accept $our mone$.

be worth

That painting is wort" a lot of mone$.

change, exchange

&'d like to c"an!e twent$ #ollars please. Could you gi"e me four fi"e dollar bills)

allocate, earmark

The committee decided to allocate .015111 for t"e pro*ect.

channel, direct, funnel

The program #irects more t"an .0 billion to help the homeless.

embezzle, extort, siphon off, steal

,e was charged with embe66lin! mone$ from the company.

launder

They used the internet to laun#er t"e stolen mone$.

,)one$, + Verb

The following list includes "erbs that commonly follow the noun 'money'. 7erbs that are similar

in meaning are grouped together. Each "erb or "erb group has an example sentence to illustrate

usage.

come from something

*oney for the exhibit comes from #onations to the museum.

go to something

The money !oes to researc".

come in , flow in, pour in

The money #ust kept pourin! in4 &t was ama2ing4

buy something



(ho says that money can%t bu$ "appiness)

,)one$, + 7oun

The following list includes nouns that commonly follow the noun 'money'. /ouns that are similar

in meaning are grouped together. Each noun or noun group has an example sentence to

illustrate usage.

management, manager

& think you should hire a mone$ mana!er for your sa"ings.

supply

The mone$ suppl$ is "ery tight at the moment.

order

ou can pay by mone$ or#er.

P"rases wit" ,)one$,

The following list includes phrases made with the noun 'money'. Each phrase has an example

sentence to illustrate usage.

bet money on something

:et's bet ./11 #ollars on t"e race.

get money off something

Ask if you can !et some mone$ off t"e #ispla$ mo#el.

get your money's worth

*ake sure to spend the whole day at the park to !et $our mone$%s wort".

on the money

our pre#iction was on t"e mone$8

the smart money is on

The smart mone$ is on Tom for the director's position.

throw money at something



3on't #ust t"row mone$ at t"e pro*ect. *ake sure you demand results.

throw your money around

eter t"rows "is mone$ aroun# like it meant nothing.

A#*ecties + ,E3uipment,

The following list are ad#ecti"es that are commonly used with the noun 'e1uipment'. Each

ad#ecti"e has an example sentence to illustrate usage.

the latest

,e always buys t"e latest fis"in! e3uipment to make sure he catches the most fish.

modern

They'"e got 1uite a bit of mo#ern computer e1uipment in the house.

state-of-the-art

The lab uses only state-of-t"e-art e3uipment.

up-to-date

;ur e3uipment is up-to-#ate! but not state0of0the0art.

high tech

& lo"e browsing in stores with lots of "i!" tec" e3uipment.

sophisticated

(e use sop"isticate# e3uipment to track weather across the region.

technical

;ur tec"nical e3uipment is e1ual to any task.

sensitive

e careful when you use that e1uipment. &t's "ery sensitie.



essential

e sure to gather all the essential e3uipment before you begin the experiment.

faulty

(e need to get rid of that fault$ e3uipment and buy the latest.

gym

The school bought state-of-t"e-art !$m e3uipment this year.

office

9ffice e3uipment manufacturers do billions in business each year.

scientific

The laboratory employs a wide range of scientific e3uipment.

electronic

The studio pro"ides a wi#e ran!e of electronic e3uipment for your needs.

Verbs + ,E3uipment,

buy, purchase

&'"e been sa"ing to purc"ase t"e new e3uipment.

sell

est uy sells a wi#e ran!e of au#io e3uipment.

provide, supply

;ur company supplies a number of leading hospitals wit" me#ical e3uipment.

install

ou'll need to ask a specialist to install t"is e3uipment.



upgrade

(e need to up!ra#e our scientific e3uipment.

operate

ou don't need to be a genius to operate t"is e3uipment.

require

This profession re3uires a wi#e ran!e of e3uipment.

,E3uipment, + Verbs

consist of something

The re1uired e3uipment consists of two transformers and a switch.

work

The e3uipment is workin! now.

malfunction

<nfortunately! t"e e3uipment is malfunctionin! at the moment.

,E3uipment, + 7ouns

maker, manufacturer

There are a number of high tech e3uipment manufacturers in the area.

supplier, vendor

The best computer e3uipment en#or is down the street.

rental

&t's best to go with e3uipment rental for that pro#ect. uying that technical e1uipment is far

too expensi"e.



P"rases + ,E3uipment,

the right

3on't try that experiment without t"e ri!"t e3uipment.

the proper

*ake sure to ha"e all the proper e3uipment before you begin.

Banking Vocabulary Collocations Quiz

*atch the "erbs and nouns concerning banking. Click on the arrow to check your answer.

;. transfer<. check

=. order

. pay

?. follow

@. key in

. sign

B. deposit

C. make

;D. pay into

a raise a problem #ob applicants a meeting a room a ser"ice merchandise

a conference ad"ice a product line a new employee

*atch the "erbs and nouns concerning "arious important business acti"ities. Click on the arrowto check your answer.

;. inter"iew

<. gi"e

=. attend

. organi2e

?. book

@. pro"ide

. deal with

B. manage

C. de"elop;D. manufacture

;;. ask for

;<. hire

a raisea problem #ob applicants a meeting a room a ser"ice merchandisea conference ad"ice a product line a new employee



Common Expressions

Collocations are often used as short expressions to describe "ow someone feels

about a situation. &n this case! collocations can be used in t"e a#*ectie form! or also

as emp"atic expressions usin! an intensifier an# a erb. ,ere are a few examples using

some of these collocation examples-

(e'd like to positiel$ encoura!e you to buy this stock.

& #eepl$ re!ret t"e loss of your lo"ed one.

Tom%s in an utter fur$ oer t"e misun#erstan#in! with his wife.

,e went to a !reat len!t" to explain the situation.

0o or /ake 6xplained

The two "erbs 'do' and 'make' are often confused. The meanings are similar! but there aredifferences.

%Do% for Actiities

<se the "erb 'do' to express daily acti"ities or #obs. /otice that these are usually acti"ities that

produce no physical ob#ect.

do homework

do housework

do the ironing

do the dishes

do a job

%Do% for (eneral #eas

<se the "erb 'do' when speaking about things in general. &n other words! when we do not

exactly name an acti"ity. This form is often used with the words 'something! nothing! anything!

e"erything! etc.'

I'm not doing anything today

!e does everything for his mother

"he's doing nothing at the moment

mportant Expressions wit" %Do%



There are a number of standard expressions that take the "erb 'do'. These are standard

collocations ="erb + noun combinations> that are used in English.

do one's best

do good

do harmdo a favour

do business

%)ake% for Constructin!5 Buil#in!5 Creatin!

<se 'make' to express an acti"ity that creates something that you can touch.

make food

make a cup of tea # coffee

make a mess

mportant Expressions wit" %)ake%

There are a number of standard expressions that take the "erb 'make'. &n a number of cases the

"erb 'do' seems more appropriate. These are standard collocations ="erb + noun combinations>

that are used in English.

make plans

make an exception

make arrangements

make a telephone call

ake a decision

make a mistake

make noise

make money

make an excuse

make an effort

/ext! take the Eui testing 'do' or 'make'.

C;**;/ A3?ECT&7E C;::;CAT&;/S

ntensifying Ad5ectives

(hen #escribin! p"$sical ob*ects you can use a wide "ariety of ad#ecti"es such as- large!

big! tiny! minuscule! small! etc. ,owe"er! w"en #escribin! nouns t"at are not p"$sical ;e<!<

*o$5 an!er5 wealt"= $ou nee# to pa$ careful attention to t"e c"oice of intensif$in!

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a#*ecties< This feature pro"ides a guide to the use of the most common

intensif$in! a#*ecties for non-p"$sical nouns<

Absolute > Complete > Total > ?tter

$bsolute, complete, total and utter are use# to express stron! feelin!s! extreme situations!

and other e"ents 0 especially negati"e experiences.

absolute agony

complete astonishment

total bliss

=an> utter catastrophe

absolute despair

total ecstasy

utter fury

a complete idiot

utter loathing

total madness

nothing loath loathsome "e loath to (loath to admit a mistake(G loathing

Bi!

%ig tends to describe a "appenin! or a t$pe of person< &t is not usually used with uncountable

nouns.

Happenings

a big decision

a big disappointment

a big impro"ement

a big mistake

a big surprise

Types of Persons

a big eater

a big dreamer

a big drinker

a big spender

a big talker



(reat

&reat usually describes nouns which express feelin!s or 3ualities.

great admiration

great angerin great detail

=a> great disappointment

great en#oyment

great excitement

a great failure

great fun

great happiness

great #oy

at great length

a great number =of>

great powergreat pride

a great 1uantity =of>

great sensiti"ity

great skill

great strength

great understanding

great wealth

@ar!e

arge is often use# wit" nouns concernin! numbers an# measurements. &t is not usuallyused with uncountable nouns.

a large amount

a large number =of>

a large population

a large proportion

a large 1uantity

a large scale

6mphatic 6xpressions - 7trong ollocations

A#erb intensifiers can be use# to emp"asi6e erbs. These emphatic

expressions are used in formal En!lis" in written #ocuments an# w"en speakin! at



formal occasions such as business meetings and gi"ing presentations. ,ere is a list of some of

the most common of these intensifiers.

ntensifiers

categorically 0 in e"ery manner! without reser"e

deeply 0 strongly! with much feeling

enthusiastically 0 with great #oy

freely 0 without hesitation

fully 0 completely! without any doubt

honestly 0 truly belie"ing

positi"ely 0 without any doubt

readily 0 without hesitation

sincerely 0 with best wishes

strongly 0 with con"iction

totally 0 without any doubt

utterly 0 without any doubt

These are generally used with specific "erbs to create emphatic expressions. T"ese intensifier

+ erb combinations are stron! collocations< Collocations are words that are always or

often used together. ,ere is a list of the intensifier + "erb combinations which make up the

emphatic expressions-

ntensifier + Verb Collocations Emp"atic Expression

cate!oricall$ #en$ 0 &n no way did & do something.

#eepl$ re!ret 0 & am strongly sorry for my actions.

ent"usiasticall$ en#orse 0 & happily! and with my whole heart belie"e in something.

freel$ appreciate 0 & certainly understand something.

full$ reco!ni6e 0 & am aware of some situation.

"onestl$ beliee 0 & think something is true without any doubt.

positiel$ encoura!e 0 & hope that you do something "ery strongly.

rea#il$ en#orse 0 & belie"e in something someone else does without hesitation.

sincerel$ "ope 0 & honestly want something for someone else.

stron!l$ recommen# 0 & really think you should do something.

totall$ re*ect 0 & refuse to belie"e or do in any case.

utterl$ refuse 0 & completely do not want to do or belie"e.

,ere are example sentences for each of these emphatic expressions-

(e cate!oricall$ #en$ any in"ol"ement in the scandal.

& #eepl$ re!ret the loss of your lo"ed one.

& ent"usiasticall$ en#orse the local cancer society.

(e freel$ appreciate the current difficulties in this market.

& full$ reco!ni6e your need to impro"e your career.

& "onestl$ beliee he is telling the truth.

(e'd like to positiel$ encoura!e you to buy this stock.



;ur company rea#il$ en#orses his run for office.

& sincerel$ "ope you are able to find employment soon.

&'d like to stron!l$ recommen# you "isit an employment specialist.

They totall$ re*ect any compromise in these negotiations.

&'m afraid & utterl$ refuse to belie"e anything he says.

;nce you feel comfortable with these emphatic expressions! take the strong collocations Euito

test your understanding.

)e HHHHH deny any involvement in the scandal.

• utterly

• categorically

• sincerely

HHHHH regret the loss of your loved one.

• strongly

• freely

• deeply

HHHHH endorse the local cancer society.

• enthusiastically

• honestly

• freely

)e HHHHH appreciate the current diIculties in this market.

• freely

• readily

• categorically

HHHHH recognie your need to improve your career.

• fully

•

positively• strongly

HHHHH believe he is telling the truth.

• utterly

• categorically

• honestly

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)e'd like to HHHHH encourage you to buy this stock.

• positively

• utterly

• totally

9ur company HHHHH endorses his run for oIce.

• readily

• honestly

• deeply

HHHHH hope you are able to 1nd employment soon.

• deeply

•sincerely

• utterly

'd like to HHHHH recommend you visit an employment specialist.

• strongly

• categorically

• freely

3hey HHHHH re5ect any compromise in these negotiations.

• enthusiastically

• positively

• totally

'm afraid HHHHH refuse to believe anything he says.

• utterly

• sincerely

• readily

•

nternet 3ools to mprove Jocabulary in 6nglish

:esson lan

•

8earning in vocabulary in 6nglish is about much more than 5ust learning the right word. A broad

grasp of vocabulary in 6nglish is based on understanding im#ortant ex#ressions and



word com"inations. 3hese common word combinations are often referred to as collocations

in academic discussions of vocabulary in 6nglish. 3here are a number of tools to help out with

learning vocabulary in 6nglish. 3here are excellent collocation dictionaries available, but, in my

opinion, the most useful tools can be found online for free. 3his lesson plan focuses on "uilding

$oca"ulary in nglish "y le$eraging Google and an online concordance tool.

3hese technologies are simple to use and, with a computer in class which is connected to the

internet, easy to access when learning vocabulary in 6nglish.

Aim% 0evelop skills at using internet resources to identify important collocations

Acti$ity% ollocation consciousness raising K internet tool discovery

&e$el% ntermediate to advanced

'utline%

• ave students gather in small groups around the computerLsM in class.

• ntroduce the concept of collocations to students. For lower levels, start oN easy by using

examples with 'make' and 'do'. For higher level learners, suggest focusing on business

collocations such as strong collocations used with money.

• 9nce the concept of collocations, set expressions, word combinations and their

importance to learning vocabulary in 6nglish is understood, ask them to choose a topic in

which they'd like to improve their vocabulary in 6nglish - the more narrow the topic, the

better.

• (m#ro$e )our *oca"ulary in nglish +echni,ue + Ask students to open a browser

and navigate to oogle.

• 9n the left hand of the page in oogle, you'll see '/ore 7earch 3ools'. lick on the drop

down menu, and then click on 'related searches' from the list provided.

• 7tudents enter terms from the list they have made, and take note of 'related searches for

HHHH'. 3hese results provide an treasure trove of important word combinations related to the

topic for which they have chosen to improve their vocabulary in 6nglish.

• (m#ro$e )our *oca"ulary in nglish +echni,ue .+ Ask students to navigate

to orpus oncordance 6nglish.

• ave students enter keywords and choose a corpus Lthere are more than ;D to choose

from at this site - and it's absolutely freeOM.

• 7tudents will see their keyword underlined. ave students scan the list for recurring word

groups. For example, searching on '3J' clearly shows that 3J sets, 3J, shows, 3J comedy, 3J

series, etc. are important word combinations.

omonyms! homophones! and homographs are words that are easily confused because they

look alike or sound alike =or both> but ha"e different meanings. These charts00which list some of

the most common homonyms! homophones! and homographs00should help you to recogni2e the

differences between many commonly confused words.

;. acce#t/exce#t to "uy/"y/"ye LbelowM

<. ca#ital/ca#itol to eminent/imminent Lpage twoM



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=. fair/fare to lie/lye Lpage threeM

. meat/meet/mete to role/roll Lpage fourM

?. scene/seen to whine/wine Lpage 1veM

Homon$ms5 Homop"ones5 Homo!rap"s ;A - B=

acce#t 0 take in except 0 other than

a# 0 ad"ertisement a## 0 #oin! combine

ad$ice 0 guidance a#ise 0 recommend

aid 0 assist! assistance ai#e 0 one who gi"es assistance

ail 0 to suffer poor health ale 0 a be"erage

air 0 atmosphere "eir 0 one who inherits property

aisle 0 a passage %ll 0 contraction of I will isle 0 island

allusion 0 an indirect reference illusion 0 false appearance

altar 0 table in a church alter 0 to change

ate 0 past tense of eat ei!"t 0 the number @

bail 0 to clear water bail 0 release of a prisoner bale 0 a large bundle

ban# 0 a ring! something that

binds

ban# 0 a group banne# 0 prohibited

bare 0 unco"ered bear 0 large animal bear 0 support! yield

bases 0 starting points bases 0 four stations on a baseball

field

basis 0 a basic principle

beat 0 to strike! o"ercome beat 0 exhausted beet 0 a plant with red

roots

blew 0 past tense of blow blue 0 the color

brea# 0 baked food item bre# 0 produced

bu$ 0 purchase b$ 0 near! through b$e 0 goodbye




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