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

final 
draft 28
find
~ a way 2
~ your way 2
fine 
noun 
face a ~ 34 
heavy ~ 34 
pay a ~ 34
fine 
adjective
~ grain 44
finely 
chopped 44
sticky 
fingers 
44
finish 
noun
close ~ 51
gloss ~ 44
matt ~ 44
nail-biting ~ 51
finish 
verb
~ your homework 10
put the 
finishing 
touches to 51
fire
catch ~ 36
open ~ 38
within 
firing 
range 38
firm
~ bed 44
~ ground 44
~ pillow 44
firmly
~ believe 56 
hold ~ to 33
first
~ draft 28
love at ~ sight 20 
put others ~ 17
first-time 
buyer 22
fish 
stocks 39
go 
fishing 
25
keep 
fit 
26
follow a 
fitness 
programme 26
flare
tempers ~ 12 
troubles ~ up 12 
violence flares up 12
flat
basement ~ 21
granny ~ 21
high-rise flats 16 
move into a ~ 21 
move out of a ~ 21 
studio ~ 21
turn into a ~ 22
flavour
get the ~ of 45 
subtle ~ 45
flick
~ through a book 23
~ through a newspaper 36 
candle 
flickers 
43
flight
bumpy ~ 14, 44
charter ~ 14
connecting ~ 14
domestic ~ 14
scheduled ~ 14
smooth ~ 14, 44
float 
the company 31
flood 
noun
battle against floods 5 
devastating ~ 39
floods hit 5
~ of tears 12
flood 
verb
memories come flooding 
back 54
play 
flops 
52
flow
ideas ~ 12
conversation flows 12 
catch (the) 
flu 
26
fog
blanket of ~ 13 
dense ~ 13
~ comes down 13
~ lifts 13 
patches of ~ 13 
thick ~ 13
follow
~ a fitness programme 26
~ a path 15
~ the rules 34 
huge 
following 
24 
food
Chinese/Mexican/French ~ 22
fast ~ 1
~ additives 22
~ poisoning 22
GM ~ 22
home-cooked ~ 22
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international ~ 22
junk ~ 22
organic ~ 22
perishable ~ 22
processed ~ 22
make a 
fool 
out of someone 17
foot
get off on the wrong ~ 50 
go on ~ 50
football
have a ~ game 25 
have a game of ~ 25 
have a ~ match 25 
play a ~ game 25 
play a game of ~ 25 
play a ~ match 25
lose your 
footing 
47
strictly
 forbidden
1, 6
law 
forbids 
34
gale 
force 
winds 13 
peacekeeping 
forces 
38
dense 
forest 
15
forget
clean ~ 54
completely ~ 54
~ your homework 54
~ someone’s name 54 
form 
a friendship 20 
make a small 
fortune 
37 
fossil 
fuels 39
foul 
your opponent 25
foul-smelling
~ chemicals 45
~ factory 45
four-storey 
house 21
fragrant 
perfume 45
freak
~ storms 13
~ weather conditions 13
free
~ time 40
take a ~ kick 25
taste 
freedom 
45
freezing 
cold 13
fresh
~ produce 22
~ scent 45
~ snow 13
friend
close ~ 20
make friends 7, 8, 20
mutual friends 20
old ~ 10
special ~ 20
friendship 
cement a ~ 20 
develop a ~ 20 
form a ~ 20
~ grows 20 
spoil a ~ 20 
strike up a ~ 20
front-page
~ headline 36 
be ~ news 36
frost
hard ~ 13
light ~ 13
frown 
of disapproval 60
fruit 
goes soft 44 
enjoy the 
fruits 
of 52 
fossil 
fuels 
39
fulfilling 
job 30
full
~ house 23
take ~ credit for 60 
fully
~ accept 58
~ aware 4
~ booked 14
~ furnished 21
fully-fitted 
kitchen 21
fumes
exhaust ~ 16, 39
noxious ~ 45
have 
fun 
9
fundamental 
disagreement 55
disagree 
fundamentally 
55
fully 
furnished 
21
antique 
furniture 
10
further 
education 28
future 
noun
~ holds 40
have a great ~ ahead 40 
in the not too distant ~ 40
future 
adjective
~ employer
gain
~ access 11
~ an advantage 11
~ control 11
~ good marks 52
~ a place 25
~ power 11
~ publicity 11
~ recognition 11
~ a reputation 11 
gale 
force winds 13 
game
have a football ~ 25 
have a ~ of 25
have a ~ of football 25 
play a football ~ 25 
play a ~ of 25
play a ~ of football 25 
play computer games 25 
play games 25
overlook the 
garden 
22 
crushed 
garlic 
44
greenhouse 
gases 
39 
give a 
gasp 
41 
gather
~ evidence 32
~ speed 47
generous 
benefits 30
gentle
~ landscape 15
~ stroll 50
~ walk 50
portly 
gentleman 
18
place 
gently 
4
genuine 
liking 59
get
~ angry 8
~ bored 8
~ into conversation 49
~ a degree 28
~ depressed 8
~ a diploma 28
~ a divorce 19
~ divorced 2
~ an education 28
~ excited 8
~ the flavour of 45
~ a grade 28
~ impatient 8
~ the impression 54
~ involved 8
~ a job 1
~ a place 25
~ to the point 49
~ pregnant 8
~ a qualification 28
~ a really good deal 37
~ started 51
~ upset 8
~ violent 8
~ in someone’s way 2 
weather gets worse 13
get off
~ on the wrong foot 50
~ to a good start 51 
get on 
a plane 5 
ginger
~ cat 4
~ hair 18
give
be given the chance 57
~ an account of 32
~ your blessing 60
~ a book a bad review 23
~ credit 60
~ a cry 41
~ custody to 19
~ feedback 28
~ a film a bad review 23
~ a gasp 41
~ a grade 28
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~ a groan 41
~ the go-ahead 36
~ the impression 17
~ a laugh 41
~ a lecture 2, 28
~ a loud cry 41
~ a performance 23, 24, 60
~ a presentation 30
~ a sigh 41
~ someone a big clap 60
~ someone a call 2
~ someone a clue 54
~ someone instructions 49
~ someone a lift 2
~ someone pleasure 59
~ someone a ring 2, 5
~ someone a warm welcome 59
~ someone your word 49
~ a talk 28
~ (the teacher) an essay 28
~ way to 2
give off 
a smell 45 
give up 
hope 56 
quick 
glance 
1, 47
glare 
of the sun 43 
catch a 
glimpse 
of 15 
glittering 
career 30
global 
economy 39 
blaze of 
glory 
12 
gloss
~ finish 44
~ paint 44
glossy 
hair 44
faint 
glow 
43
GM 
food 22
go 
verb
alarm goes off 40
army goes into action 38 
bread goes hard 44 
colour goes well with 43 
fruit goes soft 44
~ astray 47
~ bald 8, 18
~ blind 8
~ bowling 25
~ cheap 37
~ climbing 25
~ crazy 8
~ cycling 25
~ dark 8
~ deaf 8
~ fishing 25
~ for a run 50
~ for a walk 50
~ grey 8, 18
~ hang-gliding 25
~ hill walking 25
~ into great detail 32
~ into partnership with 5
~ jogging 25
~ mad 8
~ numb 54
~ on foot 50
~ on the stage 23
~ on tour 24
~ on trial 34
~ out of business 52
~ red 8
~ running 50
~ sailing 25
~ skateboarding 25
~ skiing 25
~ smoothly 44
~ snowboarding 25
~ solo 24
~ surfing 25
~ to aerobics 25
~ to judo 25
~ to karate 25
~ to a lecture 28
~ to war 38
~ to yoga 25
~ wrong 30
~ badly wrong 52
~ yellow 8
milk goes sour 45 
mind goes blank 54 
time goes by 40
go along with
~ an idea 55
~ a view 55
price 
goes down 
37
go in for 
a competition 25 
price 
goes up 
37
go 
noun
have a ~ 9
give the 
go-ahead 
36 
score a 
goal 
25
achieve your 
goals 
11, 30
gold
tinged with ~ 43 
turn ~ 8
golden
~ opportunity 39
~ sands 15
play 
golf 
25
good
do someone a ~ turn 7 
earn a ~ salary 37
gain ~ marks 52
get off to a ~ start 51 
get a really ~ deal 37
~ company 17
~ sense of humour 17
~ team player 30
~ value 16
have a ~ knowledge of 30 
have a ~ memory 54
have a ~ relationship with 
someone 20
have a ~ time 9, 40
in ~ shape 26
make a ~ impression 2 
make ~ progress 52
gourmet 
meal 22
grade
get a ~ 28
be given a ~ 28 
receive a ~ 28
increase 
gradually 
46
grain
coarse ~ 44
fine ~ 44
granny 
flat 21 
grant 
custody to 19 
grasp
excellent ~ of 52 
have a ~ of 52
grating
~ noise 41
~ sound 41
greasy
~ hair 44
~ hands 44
great
go into ~ detail 32
~ believer in 56
~ deal of 42
~ deal of energy 42
~ deal of enthusiasm 42
~ deal of money 42
~ deal of time 42
~ enjoyment 59
~ love 59
~ lover 59
~ pleasure 59
~ sadness 21
~ success 52
have a ~ future ahead 40 
have a ~ time 40
make ~ strides 50 
greatest 
regard 59 
green
dark ~ 43
~ issue 43
~ politics 39
greenhouse 
gases 39
grey
go ~ 8, 18
~ area 43
give a 
groan 
41 
immaculately 
groomed 
18 
ground
firm ~ 44
hard ~ 44
home ~ 25
soft ~ 44
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groundbreaking 
research 32
grow
company grows 4
friendship grows 20
~ crops 10
~ dark 43
~ louder 8
~ older 8
~ plants 10
rapid 
growth 
47
bear a 
grudge 
17 
guarantee 
success 52 
guitar
play the ~ 1 
strum a ~ 24 
take up the ~ 24
widening 
gulf 
39
do 
gymnastics 
25
habit
break a ~ 48 
kick the ~ 48
hack 
into someone’s computer 27
hair
auburn ~ 18
coarse ~ 18
dark ~ 18
dishevelled ~ 18
dry ~ 44
do your ~ 7 
fair ~ 18
ginger ~ 18
glossy ~ 44
greasy ~ 44
jet-black ~ 18
shoulder-length ~ 18
sleek ~ 18
thick ~ 18
draughty 
hall 
21
hand
~ gestures 29
greasy hands 44 
raise your ~ 48
reject something out of ~ 57
hand in
~ an essay 28
~ your notice 30
prepare 
handouts
29
go 
hang-gliding 
25
happily 
married 4
lasting 
happiness 
21
happy
blissfully ~ 4, 21
~ couple 21
~ occasion 21 have 
a ~ ending 24
hard 
adjective
bread goes ~ 44
~ bed 44
~ frost 13
~ ground 44
~ legal battle 34
~ pillow 44
~ work 52
learn the ~ way 2