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

hard 
adverb
think ~ 56
train ~ 25
harden
attitude hardens 44
voice hardens 44
hardened 
criminal 35
do 
harm 
7
harsh
~ critic 60
~ criticism 60
~ penalty 34
~ sentence 34
hasty
~ conclusion 47
~ decision 47
~ exit 47
~ words 47 
wear a 
hat 
11 
hatred
deep ~ 59
deep-rooted ~ 59
haunting 
melody 24
have
~ the ability to 52
~ access to 2
~ an accident 9
~ an affair 20
~ an argument 9
~ an attack of 26
~ a baby 8, 19
~ a break 9
~ a career in 30
~ a chat 2, 9
~ a child 8
~ children 19
~ a choice 57
~ clothes altered 48
~ a conversation 9
~ difficulty 9
~ doubts 56
~ a dream 9
~ an effect on 53
~ an experience 9
~ experience in 30
~ a feeling 9, 54
~ fun 9
~ a game 25
~ a go 9
~ a good knowledge of 30
~ a good memory 54
~ a good relationship with
someone 20
~ a good time 9, 40
~ a grasp of 52
~ a great future ahead 40
~ a great time 40
~ a happy ending 24
~ a heart attack 8
~ an impact on 53
~ the impression 54
~ a job as 30
~ a liking for 59
~ a look 2, 9
~ a lot of influence 53
~ a match 25
~ misgivings about 56
~ a nightmare 9
~ no option 57
~ a party 2, 9
~ a problem 9
~ a quick snack 22
~ reason to believe 56
~ a rest 2
~ a row 9
~ second thoughts 57
~ a sharp tongue 44
~ a smell 45
~ a sneaking suspicion 56
~ a striking appearance 18
~ strong opinions 56
~ sympathy 59
~ a taste 45
~ a tendency 17
~ a think 5
~ the time of your life 40
~ time to 40
~ a try 9
~ a view of 21
~ a vivid imagination 17
~ a word 49 
cause 
havoc 
53 
hay fever
have an attack of ~ 26 
suffer from ~ 26
head 
injuries 26
head-on 
clash 55
splitting 
headache 
26
headline
front-page ~ 36
hit the headlines 36 
make headlines 36 
be ~ news 36
rush 
headlong 
into 50
healthy
~ appetite 22
~ eating 26
acute 
hearing 
54
heart attack 
have a ~ 8 
suffer a ~ 8
heartily 
approve 60
English Collocations in Use Intermediate

---

173
hearty 
breakfast 22 
sensitive to 
heat 
54 
heated
~ argument 55
~ conversation 12
~ debate 12
~ discussion 12
rain 
heavily 
13
heavy
~ cold 1, 26
~ fine 34
~ hint 58
~ rain 13
~ snow 1, 13
~ steps 50
high 
heels 
42
at the 
height 
of your career 30 
musical 
heritage 
24
slight 
hesitation 
57
high
~ heels 42
~ interest rates 42
~ jump 42
~ mountain 42
~ price 37, 42
~ tide 42
~ wind 13
ridiculously ~ 6
set ~ standards 17
high-powered 
job 30
high-rise 
flats 16
higher 
education 28
highest 
regard 59
highly
~ competitive 6
~ controversial 6
~ critical 60
~ educated 6
~ effective 6, 52
~ emotional 21
~ intelligent 17
~ likely 6
~ profitable 6
~ recommended 6, 23
~ successful 6
~ unlikely 6
~ unusual 6
speak ~ of 60
go 
hill 
walking 25
hint
broad ~ 58
drop a ~ 49, 58
heavy ~ 58
hints and tips 27
broad 
hips 
18
history
ancient ~ 10
study ~ 28
hit 
verb
earthquake hits 39
floods ~ 5
~ the headlines 36 
keep hitting 46
outbreak hits 5
weather hits 13
hit 
noun
big ~ 24
box-office ~ 23
massive ~ 24
play 
hockey 
25
hold
class is held 28 
future holds 40
~ firmly to 33
~ the opinion that 56
~ talks 36
~ the view that 56 
world record 
holder 
25 
holiday
~ ended 51 
take a ~ 9
home
broken ~ 19
deprived ~ 19
dream ~ 21 
feel at ~ 21
~ ground 25
~ match 25
leave ~ 21
leave something at ~ 54 
make yourself at ~ 21 
second ~ 21
set up ~ 19 
stable ~ 19
welcome someone ~ 21
home-cooked 
food 22
become 
homeless 
8
feel 
homesick 
21
homework
do ~ 28
do your ~ 7 
finish your ~ 10 
forget your ~ 54
brutally 
honest 
17
hope
give up ~ 56
dash someone’s hopes 52 
filled with 
horror 
4 
horrors 
of war 38
take 
hostage 
36
scorching 
hot 
13
hotel
family-run ~ 14
luxury ~ 14
run-down ~ 14
smart ~ 14
hours
the small ~ 40 
spend ~ 11
ungodly ~ 40
house
break into a ~ 35 
do up a ~ 21 
four-storey ~ 21
full ~ 23
move ~ 48
move into a ~ 21
house-warming 
party 21
affordable 
housing 
21
huge
~ aversion 59
~ disappointment 21
~ effect 53
~ following 24
~ pleasure 59
humour
good sense of ~ 17 
sense of ~ 17
machine 
hums 
41 
dying of 
hunger 
22 
hurt
deeply ~ 6
~ someone’s feelings 17
husband
late ~ 19
estranged ~ 19
ice 
melts 44
idea
exchange ideas 48
go along with an ~ 55 
ideas flow 12
reject an ~ 58
pop 
idol 
24
plead 
ignorance 
49
ill
fall ~ 8
be taken ~ 26 
terminally ~ 26
illness
incurable ~ 26
life-threatening ~ 26
serious ~ 26
clear 
illustration 
32
have a vivid 
imagination 
17 
immaculately 
groomed 18 
immediate
~ cause 53
~ family 19
impact 
emotional ~ 21 
have an ~ on 29, 53
increase the ~ 53 
major ~ 53 
make an ~ 29
minimise the ~ 53 
English Collocations in Use Intermediate

---

174
reduce the ~ 53 
strengthen the ~ 53
impatient
become ~ 8
get ~ 8
clearly 
imply 
58
attach 
importance 
to 56
imposing 
building 16 
impossible
absolutely ~ 6
utterly ~ 6
impression
create a bad ~ 53 
get the ~ 54
give the ~ 17 
have the ~ 54 
make a bad ~ 53 
make a good ~ 2
improvement
dramatic ~ 52
~ in performance 48 
make an ~ 7
make improvements 7
weather improves 13
in-flight
~ entertainment 14
~ magazine 14
incessant 
roar 16
minor 
incident 
38 
steady 
income 
37 
increase 
verb
~ gradually 46
~ the impact 53
~ steadily 46
price increases 37
increase 
noun
~ in the number of 46 
large ~ 42
rapid ~ 47
sharp ~ 2
small ~ 42
staggering ~ 35
increasingly 
anxious 21
incurable 
illness 26
indirect 
result 53
industrial 
zone 16
inevitable
~ outcome 53
~ result 53
inflict 
pain 3
have a lot of 
influence 
53 
strongly 
influence 
6
keep someone 
informed 
36 
injured 
people 10, 26 
injuries
head ~ 26
major ~ 26
minor ~ 26
serious ~ 26
suffer ~ 26
sustain ~ 26
inner 
city 16
inner-city 
area 16 
instant 
dislike 59 
rob an 
institution 
35
give someone 
instructions 
49 
tune an 
instrument 
24 
highly 
intelligent 
17
intense
come up against ~ competition 25
~ dislike 59
intensely 
painful 26
interest
attract ~ 53
high ~ rates 42
take an ~ in 9 
widespread ~ 46
interested 
party 36
international
~ cuisine 22
~ food 22
keep 
interrupting 
46
constant 
interruptions 
46
introduce 
a law 34 
trust your 
intuition 
54
carry out an 
investigation 
34 
refuse an 
invitation 
58
invite 
someone to a party 21
involved
become ~ 8
get ~ 8
emotional 
involvement 
21 
do the 
ironing 
7
irrefutable 
proof 32
issue 
noun
green ~ 43
key ~ 4
major ~ 42
minor ~ 42
touch on issues 33
issue 
verb
~ a statement 58 
item 
of news 36 
items
dispose of ~ 5 
unwanted ~ 5
trousers match a 
jacket 
43 
desperately 
jealous 
2
jet-black 
hair 18
antique 
jewellery 
10
job
apply for a ~ 30 
axe jobs 5
change jobs 48
create jobs 31
dead-end ~ 30
demanding ~ 30
fulfilling ~ 30 
get a ~ 1
have a ~ as 30 
high-powered ~ 30
~ satisfaction 30
lucrative ~ 30
offer someone a ~ 30 
permanent ~ 30
rewarding ~ 30
steady ~ 30
top ~ 36
join 
the army 38
join in 
a conversation 49
joke
coarse ~ 44
crack a ~ 49 
play a ~ on 17 
take a ~ 17 
tell a ~ 49
journey
~ ended 51
outward ~ 14
overnight ~ 14
return ~ 14
safe ~ 14
tiring ~ 14
judgement
colour someone’s ~ 56 
reserve ~ 57
sound ~ 57
trust someone’s ~ 56
judo
do ~ 25 
go to ~ 25
high 
jump 
42
junk 
food 22
justly 
deserve 60
juvenile 
crime 35 
go to 
karate 
25 
keen
dead ~ 5
extremely ~ 5
~ admirer 59
keep
~ an appointment 30
~ asking 46
~ fit 26
~ hitting 46
~ in contact 20
~ interrupting 46
~ in touch 20
~ a notebook 28
~ the peace 38
~ a record 30
~ to the rules 1
~ secrets 17
~ someone informed 36
~ your temper 17
~ a watch on 36
~ your word 17
English Collocations in Use Intermediate

---

175
key
~ factor 4, 32
~ issue 4
~ points 29
kick
~ the habit 48 
take a free ~ 25
kill 
time 40
kilometres
cover a distance of x ~ 42 
travel a distance of x ~ 42
fully-fitted 
kitchen 
21
knife
blunt ~ 44
sharp ~ 44
have a good 
knowledge 
of 30 
child 
labour 
39
climb the career 
ladder 
30
landscape
bleak ~ 15 
dominate the ~ 15 
familiar ~ 15
gentle ~ 15
fast 
lane 
47
speak a 
language 
49
lanky 
youth 18 
use a 
laptop 
11 
large
~ amount 42
~ increase 42
~ number 42
~ quantity 42
~ scale map 42
~ size 10
on a ~ scale 42 
ridiculously ~ 6
last 
adjective
~ night’s performance 60 
pay your (~) respects 9
last 
verb
career lasts 30