English Collocations in Use Intermediate Book with Answers How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English 2nd Edition

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Ways of walking 
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collocation
example
comment
an easy / a gentle walk
It’s an 
easy walk into town
from here.
Gentle walk suggests going slowly; 
easy walk suggests it’s neither long nor 
difficult.
heavy/light steps
I could hear his 
heavy steps 
coming down the corridor.
Heavy
can suggest either that the person 
walking is large or that they are sad, 
angry or tired.
a leisurely/gentle stroll
We can go for a 
leisurely stroll 
around the park later.
Go for a stroll is more common in 
speech than 
take a stroll.
to walk briskly/swiftly
The nurse 
walked briskly over to 
the bed.
Use these adverbs sometimes instead of 
quickly
.
to pick your way 
cautiously
She 
picked her way cautiously 
along the icy pavement.
= walked carefully across a dangerous or 
difficult area
to wander aimlessly
I didn’t know what to do, so I just
wandered aimlessly around 
town all morning.
Both 
wander
and 
aimlessly
suggest 
having no particular purpose.
to stride angrily/ 
confidently/purposefully
The president 
strode 
confidently across the room.
We can also say 
took confident/angry/
purposeful strides. 
Striding
suggests 
large steps.

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Exercises
105
English Collocations in Use Intermediate
Choose the correct collocations in these comments from people on holiday.
50.1
Read the sentences in the box, then say if the statements below are true or false. If false, 
say why.
50.2
1 Jade moved quickly and cheerfully. true / False
2 Karen walked nervously and quite quickly. true / False
3 Polly walked quite quickly. true / False
4 Mick walked without any real purpose. true / False
5 Harry walked fairly slowly. true / False
Complete B’s responses using the words in brackets to make suitable collocations.
1 A: 
Is everything going oK?
B: 
no, I’m afraid we’ve 
................................................
some problems. (run)
2 A: 
Is David making progress with his maths?
B: Yes, he’s making 
................................................
. (stride)
3 A: 
Did Ed pass his exam?
B: Yes, he simply 
................................................
. (walk)
4 A: 
What sorts of people play golf? Is it just rich people?
B: 
no, not at all. There are people from all 
................................................
. (walk)
5 A: 
So James is not taking up Marta’s off er of starting a business together?
B: 
Well, he said he needs time to think. He doesn’t want to 
................................................
into it. (headlong) 
6 A: 
Is the town centre far from here?
B: 
no, it’s only ten minutes. It’s 
................................................
. (walk)
Look up the word run in your dictionary. Make a note of three or four collocations.
50.3
50.4
Bruno Duran
3 Aug at 17.25 
Cambridge is a great place, the centre is small and everything is in walk-
ing distance. I’m really enjoying being able to go everywhere on foot/on 
feet/by feet. There are lovely parks where you can go/take/walk for a stroll 
or take a brusque/brisk/brush walk. I usually take/go for/make a run every 
morning before breakfast. Will call you soon.
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3
Kyle Pearce
27 July at 18.36
Fantastic weather here. We’ve been making/going/getting for long walks 
every day and usually make/walk/take a stroll along the beach every 
evening too. Even Noah had/took/put a few steps along the beach 
yesterday, and you know how lazy he is!
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3
Katy Jackson
15 June at 14.15
I'm having a great time here, but Chris hates it and spends all day 
stepping/pacing/going up and down in the hotel room wishing he was 
home! I usually just leave him and make/do/go running in the local park!
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3
Polly strode confidently into the boss’s off ice and asked for a pay rise.
Mick just wandered aimlessly round the shops.
Jade picked her way cautiously across the muddy field.
Harry walked briskly towards the exit.
Karen took a leisurely stroll through the park.

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