Collocations These are common collocations for the vocabulary presented in the units. Unit 1 People and relationships: client a firm's clients advise/represent a client a prospective client parent the parents of someone a foster/adoptive/birth/single/lone parent sibling a younger/elder sibling sibling rivalry Adjectives to describe people: autonomous an autonomous individual an autonomous region/republic/province/unit fiercely/relatively/largely autonomous consistent a consistent player/performer consistent with something consistent with a finding/hypothesis entirely/fairly/broadly/remarkably consistent conventional conventional wisdom/thinking/treatment/ methods conventional forces/weapons co-operative a co-operative approach/effort/relationship efficient an efficient use of something an efficient way of doing something an efficient manner highly/extremely efficient fuel/energy efficient flexible a flexible approach/system/arrangement flexible working/working hours a flexible rate/market idealistic an idealistic notion/vision/view tolerant tolerant of something a tolerant society/country/attitude racially tolerant vulnerable vulnerable to something vulnerable to attack/damage/fire vulnerable children/women/people a vulnerable position esped^^ly^/highly/increasingly vulnerable Unit 2 Health problems: addiction addiction to something drug/heroin/cocaine/nicotine/alcohol addiction a long-term/chronic/serious addiction cure/treat/overcome/fight against/feed an addiction an addiction problem/clinic/counsellor allergy an allergy to something develop/diagnooe/treatftrigger/cause an allergy a s/vere/common/s/rious/ life-threatening allergy a food/peanut/peniallm/skin allergy allergy sufferers/symptoms dehydration avoid/prevent/cause/suffer from dehydration severe/mild/extreme dehydration disease a fatal/deadly/chronic disease heart/lung/kidney disease transmit/contract/develop a disease prevent/treat/cure/fight a disease diagnose/spread/cause a disease infection a viral/bacterial/urinary/respiratory infection a chest/ear/lung infection contract/transmit/spread an infection prevent/combat/fight/treat/cure/ detect an infection infection control/prevention oaesity tackle/prevent/fight/reduce/cause oaesity the oaesity epidemic/rate/proaiem childhood/child/adult oaesity moraid/extreme/severe oaesity stroke a suspected/minor/severe/fatal/mini stroke a stroke victim/patient/unit suffer/have/prevent a stroke Verbs associated with /rea/men/: administer administered ay someone/something administer something to someone administer a dose/injection/vaccine/drug administer medi^^^ionj/antiaiotics^morphine orally/intravenously administered diagnose someone is diagnosed with something someone/something is diagnosed as something diagnosed with cancer/diaaetes/leukaemia diagnosed with a disorder/disease/tumour diagnosed as epileptic/diaaetic examine a doctor/psychiatrist/specialist examines someone examine a patient examine someone carefully examined ay someone screen screen for something screen for a disease/aanormality/condition screen for TB/diaaetes/cancer screen a patient/donor routinely/properly screen vaccinate vaccinated against something vaccinated against smallpox/measles/ flu/raaies fully vaccinated children/adults/animals are vaccinated have someone vaccinated Unit 3 Academic su^gc/s: archaeology an archaeology student/professor/ lecturer/department maritime/aialital/industпal/tlassital archaeology astronomy an astronomy professor/enthusiast/ mission planetary/optical/theoretical/modern astronomy economics an economics professor/degree/department Keynesian/classicd/experimental/ free-market economics developmenlt/market economics geology the geology of somewhere the geology of the area/region/island/earth linguistics modern/historical/applied linguistics psychology educational/evolutionary psychology tli/ical/cog/itive psychology sociology the sociology of something the sociology of religion/science a sociology professor/lecturer/department/student Academic activities: analyse analyse data/statistics/results/trends analyse a sample analyse something critically/ carefully/scientifically claim cla i m falsely/rig htly/wrongly/repeatedly a true/false claim define define something as/in terms of something define a term/concept a rule/law defines something clearly/narrowly/aroadly defined evaluate evaluate a situation/impact/risk evaluate the effectiveness of something evaluate the performance of someone carefully evaluate something investigate investigate a link/case/incident/complaint/ allegation thoroughly/fully/properly investigate Nouns associated with research: evidence evidence of/for something find/gather/collect evidence present/produce evidence evidence suggests/shows clear/strong/conclusive evidence hypothesis test/support/confirm/propose a hypothesis a null/testable/alternative hypothesis theory a theory of something the theory of evolution/relativity develop/propose//ormutate/test/ prove/apply a theory a scientific/an evolutionary theory Unit U Verbs associated with travel and adventure: accompany accompanied by someone accompanied by a bodyguard/adult/escort accompany a text/illustration/article delay delay the onset/start of something encounter encounter resistance/opposition encounter a difficulty/problem overcome overcome a problem/difficulty/ injury/deficit/obstacle seek seek something from someone be sought for something seek help/advice/refuge/treatment seek approval/permission/compensation actively/eagerly/urgently/desperately/ unsuccessfully seek Nouns associated with travel and adventure: challenge present/pose/accept/face/meet a challenge a serious/real/major/great challenge a legal challenge destination a tourist/holiday/travel/popular/ favourite destination a final/ultimate destination route a route to/from somewhere take/follow/choose/travel a route a main/direct/circuitous/alternative/ scenic route a trade/escape/supply/bus route a route map/network Adjectives to describe experiences: intense intense heat/pain/pressure/scrutiny/ fighting intense debate/speculation/negotiations intense competition/rivalry pivotal pivotal in something a pivotal role/moment/figure/point/ position potentially/absolutely pivotal prove/become pivotal profound a profound sense of something a profound change/impact/effect/ influence/implication profound shock/sadness
