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Absolute
NOUN
1
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Absolutely
absolute
abstract /
abstraction
abstract
accept
acceptance
acceptable / unacceptable
accompany
accompaniment
accompanied
account
account
accountability
accountable
accumulate
accumulation
accumulated
Abstract
2
Accept
3
Accompany
4
Accountable
5
Accumulate
6
acceptably
COLLOCATION
have absolute confidence
absolutely amazing
abstract idea /concept
glad to accept / happy to
accept /
be / seem / make stg
acceptable
be accompanied by
someone
on account of
bank account
make someone / hold
someone accountable for
stg
slowly / rapidly accumulate
begin to accumulate
lead to / prevent
accumulation
Accustomed
7
accustomed
Acknowledge
8
9 Additive
Adjust
10
acknowledge
add
acknowledgement
addition
additive
adjust
adjustment
adjustable
1
be / become / get
accustomed to something
openly / publicly
acknowledge
acknowledgement from
someone
food additive
quickly adjust / be difficult /
hard to adjust
fully adjustable
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Administer
11
administer
Advance
12
13 Aircraft
Allocate
14
allocate
Allowance
15
allow
Ally
16
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
administration
advance,
advancement
aircraft
administrative
COLLOCATION
administer an exam
administrative duties
advanced
in advance, advanced level
allocate stg for/ to stg
allocate time / money
weekly / daily allowance
get / receive allowance
have an ally/ find an ally
ally yourself to/ with
someone
make alterations / undergo
alteration
allocation
allowance
ally
ally
alter
alteration
Alter
17
ADVERB
Analyst
18
analyse
analyst
analysis
analytical
Ancestor
ancestor
ancestry
19
Angle
20
angle
2
analyse
carefully/critically/fully
in depth / detailed
/objective analysis
leading / computer /
business / political analyst
common ancestry
claim / have / share
ancestry
from an angle / angle of /
angle between
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Apologize
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
apologize
apology
apologetic
22
23 Applaud
Appoint
applaud
appendix
applause
24
appoint
21
ADVERB
Appendix
COLLOCATION
be/feel/look/sound
apologetic
make an apology / expect
an apology
apologize for something
apologize to someone
something in in the
appendix
appoint someone to do
something / appoint
someone as something
make an appointment
appointment
Approach
25
26 Arch
27 Arise
28 Artificial
29 Ash
30 Atmosphere
Attain
31
Attempt
32
33 Attorney
approach
approach
arch
approachable
approach somebody for
something
approach a problem /task
the approach of something
artificial
arise from / arise out of
artificial flowers / light
arise
artificially
ash
atmosphere
attain
attempt
attainability
attempt
attorney
attainable
perfectly / fully / easily
attainable
attempted
attempt to do stg / attempt
at doing stg
attempted murder/ suicide
3
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Attribute
34
attribute
Authority
35
36 Automatic
37 Axe
38 Backbone
39 Barrel
Basis
authorize
40
41 Beak
bear
42
43 Beast
44 Bend
45 Beneath
46 Beneficiary
Bias
47
Bid
48
49 Bind
50 Blade
Boost
base
51
NOUN
attribute
attribution
authority
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
attributive
authoritarian / authoritative
automatic
automatically
COLLOCATION
attribute stg to s.o
deny / refuse / reject /
undermine authority
authorize sb to do stg
automatic car
axe
backbone
barrel
basis
beak
bear
beast
basic
basically
bearable, unbearable
beastly
bend
base stg on stg
basis for
on a ...basis
bird beak
to be, become bearable
to make stg bearable
bend over / down
beneath
beneficiary
bias
bid
bind
biased
bid
binding
beneficiary of
political / gender / racial
bias
bid against / bid for
make / place a bid
be bound to
blade
boost
boost
booster boosted
4
give sb / provide sb with
boost / boost somebody's
confidence
confidence booster
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Border
NOUN
52
53 Bother
Bound
bother
border
bother
54
bound
bound
breed
boundary
breadth
breed
bribe
bribery
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
brief
briefly
Boundary
55
56 Breadth
57 Breed
Bribe
58
59 Brief
Broad
60
61 Brush
62 Bubble
63 Bulk
Bundle
64
Campaign
65
66 Candidate
Capable /Incapable (of)
67
68 Captain
Capture
69
bribe
brief
broaden
brush
bundle
campaign
campaign
candidate
capability
captain
capture
broad
broad range
broaden your horizons
brush your hair / teeth
bundled
bulk of something
bundle of something
in a bundle
launch / start / organise /
run / manage a campaign
brush
bubble
bulk
bundle
capture, captive
COLLOCATION
on the border /across the
border / cross the border
bother to do something
within the bounds / out of
bounds
bound to do something
common / northern / state
boundary
breadth of stg
rare breed / pure breed
bribe someone to do stg
bribe someone with stg
capable / incapable
have capability
be capable of doing
something
captured
try to / manage to / attempt
to capture
5
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Careless
70
care
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
care
carelessness
careless
carelessly
Carriage
71
carriage
Category
72
categorize
category
cease
ceasefire
COLLOCATION
take care / provide
someone with care
care about
become / get / grow
careless
horse-drawn carriage, train
carriage
categorize into
put stg into a category
Cease
73
declare /negotiate ceasefire
cease to exist
brief / formal / official
ceremony
Ceremony
74
75 Chamber
Cheat
76
77 Chief
78 Cite
Civil
79
Clap
80
81 Client
82 Cliff
Code
83
84 Collapse
85 Colonise
ceremony
chamber
cheat
cite
clap
code
collapse
colonise
ceremonial
cheat / cheater
chief
citation
cited
civilian
civil
chiefly
clap
client
cliff
code
encode
coded, encoded
colony
colonised
6
cheat on someone / turn
someone into a cheat
chief of police / staff
works cited
be civil to someone
civil war
give someone a big clap /
clap loudly
break / write in code / a
code of behaviour /
conduct/ practice
collapse from stg
establish a colony
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86 Comfort
comfort
Comment
87
comment
NOUN
comfort
ADJECTIVE
comfortable / comforting
comment
Commentary
88
commentary
Commerce
commerce
commercial
89
commercial
Commodity
90
commodity
Compatible
91 (with)/Incompatible
Compensate
92
compatible / incompatible
compensate
compensation
compile
compilation
component
composer /
composition
compensated
Compile
93
94 Component
Compose
95
Comprehensive
96
97 Comprise
Compromise
98
compose
comprehend
comprise
compromise
comprehension
compromise
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
find / get / seek comfort
have / make a comment
comment on / about
something to someone
radio / sports / news
commentary
cinema / radio / TV
commercial
do / make a commercial
domestic / international
commerce
basic / common / cheap
commodity
compatible with
compensate for something
get / receive / gain
compensation
compile something from /
for stg
a compilation of
comprehensive /
comprehensible
comprised
compose stg
extremely / fully / quite
comprehensive
be comprised of
compromised
agree on / arrive at / come
to / reach a compromise
7
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99 Concern
100 concrete
Conclude
101
Confirm
102
Conform
103
104 Conscience
Conscious
105
Consensus
106
107 Conservative
Consistent /Inconsistent
108
109 Constant
Constitute
110
111 Constrain
Consult
112
Contest
113
114 Continent
115 Contradict
Controversial
116
Convene
117
VERB
concern
NOUN
concern
ADJECTIVE
concerned
concrete
conclude
conclusion
conclusive
confirm
confirmation
conformity,
conformist
conscience
confirmed
conform
ADVERB
concretely
conform to
consciousness
conscious / unconscious
consensus
conservatism
consistency
inconsistency
conservative
Consistent /Inconsistent
consciously /
unconsciously
consult
contradict
constitution
constraint
consultation /
consultant
contest /
contestant
continent
contradiction
be conscious of stg
arrive at / reach a
consensus
consistent with
remain / stay constant
draw up / prepare / adopt /
enact a constitution
constraint on
constant
constitute
constrain
COLLOCATION
concerned about
concrete evidence
come to a conclusion / in
conclusion
wait for / have / get
confirmation
constrained
consult sb about stg
Controversial
controversy
convene
convention
conventional
8
conventionally
cause / create controversy
annual / international
convention
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Coordinate
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
Corporate
Correspond
Cotton
Coverage
Crack
Craft
Creation
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
coordinate
coordination
coordinated
corporate
correspond
correspondence
cotton
coverage
crack
craft
cover
crack
create
Creature
Criteria
Crown
Crucial
Cultivate
Curse
cynical
Dare
cultivate
curse
live coverage
creation / creativity
/ creator
creative
creature
criteria
crown
crucial
cultivation
cultivated
curse
cynical
dare
dare
dam
data
daring
136
137
138
139
140
debate
debate
decade
deception
deer
defeat
debatable
deceive
defeat
COLLOCATION
coordinate with / lack of
coordination
color coordinated
correspond to
133
134 dam
135 Data
Debate
Decade
Deceive
Deer
Defeat
ADVERB
creatively
crucial for / crucial to
curse for
How dare you !
I dare
you to ...
build a dam
collect data
debate about / on
debate between
have a debate
deceptive
(un)defeated
9
accept / admit defeat
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142
143
144
145
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Defend
Delicate
Derive
Deserve
Desire
Despair
VERB
defend
NOUN
defence
delicacy
ADJECTIVE
defensive
delicate
derive
Detect
147
148 Deviate
diagnose
detect
deviate
149
diagnose
diagnosis
distract
distraction
distracted
devote
devotion
devoted
146
desire for stg
in / with despair
dimensional
deviate from
to diagnose correctly,
wrongly
to
make / give diagnosis
correct/ right / tentative
diagnosis
distract
somebody/something from
something
devote yourself to stg
devoted to
show devotion
differentiate between
differentiate from
dig for stg
in two / three dimensions
direct
dine out
direct a film / film director
be extremely / very / quite
direct
distract
150
Devote
151
Differentiate
152
153 Dig
154 Dimension
155 Diminish
156 Dine
Direct
157
differentiate
dig
COLLOCATION
defend against
derive from
deserve
desire
despair /
desperation
detection/
detective
deviation
desire
ADVERB
different
digger
dimension
diminish
dine
dinner
direct
director
10
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Discriminate
158
NOUN
discriminate
discrimination
dismiss
dismissal
ADJECTIVE
Dismiss
159
dismissive, dismissed
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
positively/ unfairly
discriminate discriminate
against
age / class /
gender / race religious
discrimination against
somebody
dismissal of somebody
reason for dismissal
class / meeting is
dismissed
Disobey
160
disobey / obey
disobedience /
obedience
display
display
dispose
disposal
disregard
disregard
obedient/disobedient
Display
161
Dispose
162
disposable
Disregard
163
Disrespect
164
Disrespectful/respectful
disrespect
disrespect
Dissimilar
165
dissimilar / similar
Distinct
166
disobedience to somebody
punish somebody for
disobedience
clearly, prominently,
proudly display
rubbish, sewage, waste
disposal
dispose of stg
demonstrate / show
disregard for / of stg
distinction
distinct / distinctive
11
have, show, treat
somebody with disrespect
be / appear / look dissimilar
from / to
become / remain distinct
crucial, important, main
distinction between
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Distort
NOUN
167
168 Ditch
Diversity
distort
ditch
distortion
ditch
169
170 Domain
Domestic
171
Dominate
diversify
diversity
domain
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
domesticate
dominate
Dove
Downward
Drag
Drawer
Drugstore
Eager
Ease
179
180 Edge
181 Elastic
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
diverse
diversely
domestic / domesticated
dominance /
domination
dove
dominant
dominantly
downward
downwards
COLLOCATION
seriously, severely distort
stg
cause, create, lead to
distortion of stg
deep, wide shallow ditch
growing, considerable
ethnic, genetic diversity
diversity in / of stg
private / public domain
domestic market, economy,
pets
achieve, assert dominance
over
seem,
become, remain dominant
largely, increasingly
dominate
complete, cultural,
economic, political
domination
peace dove
drag
drawer
drugstore
ease
ease
edge
open, pull a drawer
eager
eagerly
easy
easily
elastic
12
appear, seem eager
great, remarkable ease in
begin to , try to ease
on the edge
elastic band
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Element
182
183 Eliminate
Emerge
184
emit
185
NOUN
eliminate
element
elimination
emerge
emergence
ADJECTIVE
COLLOCATION
basic, crucial, essential
element
eliminate from
emerge from, into
emergence of
energetic
carbon dioxide emissions,
emission levels
to cut, reduce emissions
place, emphasis on
considerable, great
emphasis
strongly emphasize
enable sb / stg to do stg
endurance test
endure doing stg
defeat, destroy, confront,
face an enemy
renewable, nuclear, solar
energy
generate, supply, consume
energy
enforced
fully, strictly enforced
strict, effective enforcement
law, legal, police
enforcement
enforce a law / rule / policy
emit
emission
186
187 Enable
Endurance
188
Enemy
189
Energetic
emphasize
enable
emphasis
emphatic
enabling
endure
endurance
endurable
190
energise
Emphasis
enemy
energy
ADVERB
Enforce
191
enforce
enforcement
13
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Engage
192
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
engage
engagement
engaged / engaging
entitle
entitlement
essence
entitled
ADVERB
engage s in stg
previous, prior engagement
deeply, heavily engaged
be entitled to do stg
entitle sb to do stg
entitlement to
holiday,benefit, pension
entitlement
real, true essence
Entitle
193
194 Essence
Estimate
estimate,
overestimate,
underestimate
195
estimate / (under,
over)estimation
Ethics
196
(under, over)estimated
Ethical/Unethical
(un)ethically
ethics
Ethnic
197
ethnic
evidence
198
evidence
evident
evolve
evolution
evolved
examine
examination
Evolution
199
Examine
200
Exceed
201
202 Excess
exceed
excess
excessive
14
COLLOCATION
evidently
difficult to, hard to estimate
early, initial estimate
make an estimate
personal, business medical
ethics
ethnic origin, ethnic
violence
convincing, decisive
evidence
it is evident that ...
gradual, rapid, natural
evolution
evolve from, evolve into
fully, properly examine
careful, detailed, full
examination
expected to, likely to
exceed
excess of
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Executive
203
NOUN
execute
executive
204
205 Exit
Expense
206
Expertise
207
Exploit
exhibit
exit
exhibition
exit
208
exploit
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), executive decision
small, important, major
exhibition
exhibit
symptoms
executive
Exhibit
expense
209
leading, medical, travel
expenses
lack, need , require
expertise
military, sexual exploit
b open to, be vulnerable to
exploitation
expensive
expertise, expert
Facilitate
facilitate
COLLOCATION
exploitation
facilitation,
facilitator
further facilitate
Facility
210
facility
Fade
211
fade
feasible
212
213 Feast
214 Fellow
Fierce
215
File
216
Finite/Infinite
217
feasibility
feast
fellow
feasible, infeasible
fellow
fierce
file
file
Finite/Infinite
infinity
15
fiercely
childcare, leisure facilities
quickly fade, fade away,
begin to fade
economically/technically/pol
itically feasible
have a feast
fellow traveller
fierce attack, opposition,
criticism
alphabetically file
fat, thick, secret, case file
finite resources
infinity
of stg
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219
220
221
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Fitness
Flame
Flesh
Flood
flood
Fluctuate
222
fluctuate
NOUN
fitness
flame
flesh
flood
ADJECTIVE
fit
ADVERB
flooded
fluctuation
Fond
223
fondness
fond
Forever
224
forever
Foundation
225
226 Frozen
Fundamental
227
228 Funeral
Fur
229
Furnish
230
231 Furthermore
Gain
232
233 Gap
found
freeze
foundation
freezer
founded
frozen
fundamental
fur
furry
furniture
furnished
sharply, considerably
fluctuate, fluctuate between
cause fluctuation
be fond of
great,
special fondness
forever and ever
go on forever
The British Heart
Foundation
freeze to death
seem, remain, consider stg,
regard stg as fundamental
truly, fairly fundamental
funeral ceremony, service
funeral
furnish
COLLOCATION
thick, soft, artificial, fake fur
fully furnished, garden
furniture
furthermore
gain
gain control, power,
reputation
financial, economic gain
gap between
gain
gap
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Gentle
234
235 Gifted
Glove
236
237 Glue
238 Grab
239 Grain
Grease
240
241 Grind
242 Guarantee
243 Guideline
Hang
244
Hardship
245
246 Harvest
Haste
247
248 Hay
249 Heel
250 Hence
Hero
251
glue
grab
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
gentleman
gift
gentle
gifted
gently
glove
glue
COLLOCATION
appear, look, seem gentle
perfect, real, true
gentleman
be gifted in
gardening, surgical, oven
gloves
put on glue
try to, manage to grab
grain
covered in grease, remove,
dissolve grease
grind
guarantee
grease
grinder
guarantee
guaranteed
guide
guideline
guided
full, life time guarantee
practical, clear, helpful
guidelines
develop, draw up, offer,
stick to guidelines
hang upside down, hang
from a place
hang
harvest
hardship
hard
harvest, harvester
haste
hay
heel
hasty
hastily
cause, endure, experience,
face hardships
good, large , rich harvest
frantic, great haste
with / without haste
high-heels
hence
great, brave hero
become, turn into a hero
hero / heroin
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Hierarchy
252
Hinder
253
254 Hip
Hire
255
hinder
hire
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
hierarchy
hierarchical
hierarchically
hindrance
hip
hire
hired
historian, history
historical
hollow
holy
hooked
Hopeless /Hopeful
Historian
256
257 Hollow
258 Holy
259 Hook
Hopeless /Hopeful
260
261 hostile
Horizon
hook
hope
262
hope
hostility
hostile
horizon
Horizontal/Vertical
Horizontal/Vertical
263
Humble
264
humble
humid
265
humidify
humidity
humid
18
COLLOCATION
hierarchical structure,
organisation
be likely to, tend to hinder
without hindrance
hire charge, cost, for hire
hire locally, by the day, by
the week
contemporary, early, recent
history
throughout history
change the course of
historically
history
dark, natural, deep hallow
holy city, man, book
be, become, get hooked
hope for, look seem
hopefully
hopeless
hostile to/towards
northern, southern, distant
horizon
broaden, expand, widen
horizons
Horizontally/Verticall Horizontal/Vertical line
y
in my humble opinion,
humbly
humble apologies
a humid climate, high, low
humidity
humidity level
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Hunger
266
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
hunger
hungry
ADVERB
Hunt
267
hunt
hunter, hunting
Hypothetical
268
Hypothetical
Hypothetically
identical
Ideological
identically
Ideologically
hypothesis
Identical
269
Ideological
Ideology
270
Idle
271
idle
Ignorant
Ignorant
272
ignore
Illegal
ignorance
/Legal
Illegal
273
Imitate
274
275 Immense
idly
/Legal
legality
imitate
imitation
imitated
Immense
19
Immensely
COLLOCATION
extreme hunger, feel
hunger
become, get, make sb
hungry
fox, seal, tiger hunt
massive, nationwide hunt
treasure hunt
acceptable, working
hypothesis
entirely, purely, totally
hypothetical
look, seem identical
identical to / with
dominant, official, capitalist,
socialist ideology
remain, leave stg, make stg
idle
show ignorance
appear, seem, seem,
remain ignorant
become, be legal
challenge, question, assert,
recognise legality
accurate, good, poor
imitation
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Immigrant
Immigrate
NOUN
Immigrant,
Immigration
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
276
Implication
277
implicate
implication
imprison
imprisonment
Imprison
278
Improbable/probable
Improbable/probable
279
280 Improper/Proper
Impure/Pure
probability
Improper/Proper
Impure/Pure
281
Inaccessible/Accessible
282
access
Incentive
purity / impurity
access, (in)
accessibility
Incentive
probably
properly
purely
Inaccessible/Accessible
283
Incident
284
Incident ,
incidence
incidental
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incidentally
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illegal, foreign, Italian
immigrant
illegal, large-scale,
immigration
immigration rules, officer,
service
immigrate from / to
be implicated in stg
considerable, crucial,
major, important
implications
falsely, wrongly, temporarily
imprison
ten years,
immediate , life
imprisonment
highly probable
probable outcome, result,
consequence
proper way, place
pure silk
pure chance, coincidence
purity of tap water
make stg, become, remain
accessible
big, considerable, sufficient,
more, less, financial
incentive
major, serious incident
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Inherit
285
inherit
Inclusive
286
include
Incorporate
Incorporate
287
288 Incurable/curable
cure
289 Indefinite /definite
Independence
290
291 Indirect
Inevitable
292
293 Infrastructure
294 Inherent
Inhibit
295
Initiate
296
297 Inner
Innovate
298
Insight
299
Insist (on)
300
NOUN
inheritance
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Inclusive, included
inclusion
cure
Independence
incorporated
Incurable/curable
Indefinite /definite
Independent
Indirect
Inevitable
(in)definitely
Independently
indirectly
inevitably
COLLOCATION
inheritance from sb
large, small inheritance
possible inclusion
all inclusive
incorporate stg into / in stg
incurable disease, illness
Indefinite/definite article
become, feel, make
somebody independent
full, total independence
enjoy, value independence
Indirect speech
inevitable result,
consequence
Infrastructure
Inherent
Inherently
Inhibit
Initiate
Innovate
inhibition
Initiative
Innovation
Inner
Innovative
be inherent in stg
tend to, severely inhibit
inhibit someone from stg
take the initiative, have
initiative
successful, scientific
innovation
Insight
Insist
insistence
insistent
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insistently
have, gain, get insight into
insist on
become, remain insistent
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Inspect
Inspect
NOUN
Inspection,
inspector
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Insufficient/Sufficient
Insufficiently/Suffici
prove insufficient
ently
integrate into / with
encourage, achieve, speed
up, require, lead to
integration
integral part of stg
Intensively
tend to, be likely to intensify
high, low intensity
intensive care, labour
intensive
Internally
/Externally
301
Instruct
302
instruct
instruction,
instructor
Insufficient/Sufficient
303
Integral
Integrate
304
integration
Intensity
Intense
305
Integral
Intensive, intense
intensify
Internal /External
Internal /External
306
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carefully, thoroughly
inspect
carry out, make, conduct
inspection
carefully, explicitly instruct
proper formal,
individualized, private
instruction
intervene
307
intervene
intervention
invade
invasion, invader
value
value
Invade
308
Invaluable
309
invaded
Invaluable, valuable
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to intervene directly, a
police, military intervention
military invasion
fear of invasion
invasion of privacy
remain, make stg
invaluable
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Irrational/rational
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
Irrational/rational
isolation
jaw
jewel, jewellery
joint
kingdom
lab, laboratory
isolated
310
Isolate
311
312
313
314
315
316
isolate
Jaw
Jewel
Joint
Kingdom
Lab
Label
317
label
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
Irrationally/rationally
quite, totally irrational
political, complete, social
isolation
isolate
somebody from somebody /
stg
knee, hip, elbow joint
put a label on stg
correctly, falsely, properly,
wrongly label
physical, hard labour
cheap, child labour
climb a ladder
label
Labour
318
319
320
321
322
Ladder
Lately
Lay
Layer
League
labour, labourer
ladder
late
lay
layer
323
league
Lean
324
lean
Liberal
325
326 Lid
327 Lifelong
liberate
liberty
lid
liberal
lifelong
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lately
lay eggs, lay stg out
thin, thick layer
at the bottom / top of the
league, be in a different
league
lean on somebody
lean towards
liberal leader, party
personal, political, religious
liberty
put a lid on stg
lifelong learning
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Lifetime
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
lifetime
Likewise
Limb
Load
Lodging
Log
Lord
Loyal
likewise
load
335
limb
load
lodging
log
Lord
loaded
loyalty
loyal
magic, magician
magical
majority
mall
major
Magic
336
Major
337
338 Mall
Manipulate
339
340 Mankind
341 Marker
Massive
manipulate
342
manipulation,
manipulator
mankind
marker
mass, masses
manipulative
massive
Master
343
344 Mat
COLLOCATION
in your lifetime
lifetime income,
employment, experience
master
master
mat
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magically
broken, injured, stiff limb
heavy, work, full load
lodging house
keep a log, web log
Good Lord!
extremely, very loyal
show loyalty to, for, from
pure, black magic
truly, totally magical
do magic
big, vast majority, majority
of
shopping mall
easily, deliberately
manipulate
careful, clever, deliberate
manipulation
history of mankind
board marker
enormous , huge, large
mass
massive
heart attack
massive argument
master and servant
master the art of stg
yoga mat
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345 Mate
Maximum
346
347 Meantime
348 Meanwhile
Mechanism
349
350 Melt
Memorial
351
Mentality
maximise
NOUN
mate
ADJECTIVE
maximum
maximum
ADVERB
meantime
meanwhile
mechanism,
mechanic
melt
352
Merchant
353
mechanical
melting, melted
mechanically
memorial
memorial
mentality
merchant,
merchandise
mental
mentally
mere
merely
Mere
354
message
messenger,
message
midst
migrate
migration, migrant
Messenger
355
356 Midst
Migrate
357
358 Mild
Military
359
360 Minimal
361 Minimum
military
mild
mildly
military
minimal
maximum
militarily
25
COLLOCATION
class, team, work mate
maximum amount, number
maximise opportunities,
chances
in the meantime
locking, steering
mechanism
avoidance, control, defence
mechanism
melt away
memorial ceremony,
service
mentality of teenagers,
youth
mental illness
rich, powerful merchant
buy, sell merchandise
mere coincidence, mere
fact
don't shoot the messenger
in the midst of
migrant worker, migrate
from, into, to
mild weather, illness
military forces,military
action
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Mining
362
NOUN
mining, mine,
miner
ADJECTIVE
minority
minority
mixture
mode
mixed
moderation
modesty
moderate
modest
modification
modified
motion
motionless
motivation
motive
motivated
ADVERB
COLLOCATION
modestly
coal mine
belong to, discriminate
against minority
ethnically, socially racially
mixed
normal mode
in moderation
moderate amount of stg
show modesty
Minority
363
Mixed
364
365 Mode
Moderate
366
367 Modest
Modify
368
Motionless
369
Motivate
370
371 Motive
372 Multiple
373 Multiply
374 Muscle
Mutual
375
376 Namely
377 Neat
Neglect
378
379 Neutral
380 Nevertheless
381 Noble
382 Nonetheless
mix
modify
motivate
multiply
multiplication
muscle
multiple
multiplied
mutual
neatness
neglect
negligence
genetically- modified food
absolutely, virtually
motionless
poor, low motivation, lack,
lose motivation
motive behind, for stg
multiple choice
neat
mutually
namely
neatly
mutual trust, respect,
understanding
be accused of, guilty of
negligence
remain, stay neutral
neglected, negligent
neutral
nevertheless
noble
noble family, blood
nonetheless
nobility
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Norm
383
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
norm
normal
notion
notable
nuclear
ADVERB
Notable
384
385
386
387
388
Nuclear
Nuisance
Numerous
Nut
Obedience
389
number
numerous
Obedient/disobedient
(dis)obey
obliged
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
Nuisance
number
nut
(dis)Obedience
obligation
notably
COLLOCATION
become the norm, social,
cultural norms
notion of stg
notable example,
achievement, success
nuclear power
awful, terrible nuisance
numerous occasions
Obediently/disobedi
obedience to
ently
obliged, obligatory
to be, feel obliged to do stg
to be obligatory for sb to do
stg
Omit
On the contrary
Ongoing
Operate
Option
Otherwise
Outbreak
Outcome
Outwards
Overlap
Pan
Parallel
Paste
403
404 Patriotic
omit
omission
On the contrary
ongoing
operate
operation
option
ongoing project, research
Operate (machinery)
have an option
optional
Otherwise
outbreak
outcome
overlap
overlap
pan
outward
overlapping
parallel
paste
paste
patriotism, patriot
Outwards
outbreak of disease
major outcome
facing, looking outwards
overlap with
parallel to
copy and paste, tooth-paste
patriotic
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405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
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HEADWORD
VERB
Pattern
Pearl
Peculiar
Periodical
Persist
persist
Pile
Pinch
Pipe
Pitch
Plot
Plough
plough
Plug
plug
Policy
417
NOUN
pattern
pearl
peculiarity
periodical
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
peculiar
become, remain peculiar
persistence
pile
pinch
pipe
pitch
plot
plough
plug
persistent
persist in, show persistence
a pile of
a pinch of
water pipe
football pitch
plot of a film, story
plough through
pull the plug, plug stg in
foreign, economic, public
policy
plugged / unplugged
policy
COLLOCATION
pattern of stg
Pose
418
Possess
pose
Possess
Possession
419
possessive
Potential
420
potential
potential
poverty
powder
poor
practicality
practical
precious
potentially
Poverty
421
422 Powder
Practical
423
424 Precious
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practically
pose a threat, danger, risk
family, personal, private
possession
reach, realize, fulfil
potential
reduce, eliminate poverty
extreme, severe,
widespread, rural, urban
poverty
gun powder
practical person
practicalities of stg
precious stone
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Preliminary
425
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
preliminary
preliminary
ADVERB
Premises
426
Preservation
Preserve
premises
Preservation
427
preservative
Presumably
428
429 Pretend
430 Pride
431 Primarily
Prior
Presume
pretend
pride
Presumably
presumption
pretension
pride
primary
Priority
pretentious
proud
primary
Prior
Prize
prize
Procedure
Procedure
434
Proceed
435
proceed
pretentiously
proudly
Primarily
rightly, wrongly presume
strong, general
presumption about, against
pretend to be
have pride, out of pride
primary care
high, major, top, immediate
, low priority
Prior to stg
get, receive, take, accept a
prize
complex, complicated
simple procedure
decide to, intend to
proceed
criminal,justice, legal
proceedings
432
433
COLLOCATION
preliminary stages
as a preliminary
on the premises, off the
premises
environmental, building
preservation
food, wood, artificial
preservative
preserve stg for stg
proceedings
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VERB
Prohibit
Prohibit
436
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
prohibition
prohibitory
promoter,
promotion
promptness
Prompt
proof
proven
ADVERB
Promote
437
438 Prompt
Proof
promote
439
prove
Properly
(im)Properly
440
441 Proportion
Proposal
442
Promptly
proper / improper
Proportion
propose
proposal
Prospective
Prospective
443
prospect
Protection
444
445 Radical
Random
446
protect
protection
Radical
protective
Radical
random
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randomly
COLLOCATION
prohibit from
impose, abolish , lift
prohibitions
prohibition against, of
promote stg, widely
promoted, efforts to
promote
get a promotion
prompt action
prove to be innocent, guilty
be proof against stg
proper name, behaviour,
place
improper conduct,
behaviour
proportion of stg
marriage proposal
propose doing stg
propose an idea
Prospective
(buyers/employers)
job, career prospects
protect against, from
be protective against,
towards
protection
against, from
radical changes, ideas
random sample, selection
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Rank
447
448 Ratio
449 Raw
450 Reactor
rebel
451
Recall
452
453 Reckon
Reform
rank
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
rank
ratio
raw
reactor
rebel
rebel, rebellion
recall
reckon
recall
rebellious
reckoning
454
455 Refresh
Refuse
456
Regard
reform
refresh
Refuse
reform,
reformation,
reformist
Refreshments
Refusal
457
regard
regard
Regulate
regime
Regulation
Regulate
459
regarding, regardless
regulated
Reinforce
460
reinforce
reinforcement
COLLOCATION
rank high, low
be ranked fourth, number
one
ratio between
raw material / food
nuclear reactor
rebel against stg
rebel forces/soldiers
recall clearly, vividly, well
total recall
reckon stg to be stg
go through reform
carry out , implement, put
into practice reforms
attempt to, seek to, try to
reform
refreshing, refreshed
Regime
458
ADVERB
reinforced
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refuse to do stg, refusal to
do stg
regard stg as stg
show, pay, considerable,
great regard
regardless of
new, old, current, socialist
regime
strict, tight, government,
school regulations
positive, negative
reinforcement
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Relate
461
NOUN
relate
relation, relative
relieve
relief
reproduce
request
rescue
reluctance
remark
reproduction
request
rescue
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Relatively
related
Relief
462
Reluctant
463
464
465
466
467
Remark
Reproduce
Request
Rescue
Residence
468
reluctant
reproductory
reside
residence, resident residential
resign
resignation
Resistance
Resign
469
Resist
470
resist
irresistible
reluctantly
COLLOCATION
relate stg to stg
relation between / with / to
considerable, deep,
enormous relief
a
sense of relief, tears of
relief
be reluctant to / reluctance
to
make a remark
reproductory organs
make a request
residents of a place
residential home, course,
neighbourhood
resign from
announce, accept, reject
resignation
popular army, organised,
political resistance
Resolve
471
resolve
Resource
472
473 Restless
Restrain
474
restrain
resolution
resolved
resource
resourceful
restless
restraint
restrained
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an attempt to resolve,
resolve stg through / by stg
financial, limited, natural
resources
restrain from
considerable, great,
remarkable restraint
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Restrict
475
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
restrict
restriction
restrictive, restricted
reverse
reversal
reversible
rigour
rival, rivalry
rose
rigid
ADVERB
without restriction
restrict yourself/somebody
to (doing) something
restricted access, area
reversal of stg
reverse a
decision/verdict/policy
be, appear , seem rigid
academic, intellectual,
logical rigour
rival company/firm/team
rosy cheeks
Reverse
476
Rigid
477
478
479
480
481
482
Rival
Rose
Rough
Route
Rubber
Rumour
483
484 Rural /urban
Rush
485
Sacrifice
486
487 Sand
488 Scale
rush
Sacrifice
rosy
rough
COLLOCATION
roughly
route
rubber
scenic route
rubber gloves
rumour
urbanization
spread,hear, start a rumour
rural area
do something in a rush
rush to do something
make sacrifices
sacrifice something for
something
rural / urban
rush
Sacrifice
sand
scale
on a large scale
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VERB
Scare
489
scare
NOUN
Scenario
scare
Scenario
Schedule /Scheme
Schedule /Scheme
ADJECTIVE
Scared
ADVERB
490
491
Scope
492
493 Seal
494 Sector
Seek
495
scope
seal
sector
seek
sectoral
seeker
Seize
496
497 Senior
Sequence
498
499 Session
Settle
500
501 siblings
502 simultaneous
seize
senior
Sequence
sequential
sequentially
COLLOCATION
care the life/living
daylights/hell etc out of
somebody
a
bomb scare
a health scare
worst-case/nightmare
scenario
make a schedule
beyond/outside/within the
scope of something
seal hunt
public/private sector
eek refuge/asylum/shelter
seek
revenge/damages/compens
ation
job/attention/publicity etc
seeker
seize something from
somebody
senior management.
in a ... Sequence
out of sequence
sequence of events
session
Settlement, settler
settle
settled in
siblings
simultaneous
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simultaneously
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HEADWORD
VERB
Shade
503
504 Sharp
505 Sheet (of paper)
Shelter
506
Shield
sharpen
shelter
Shield
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
shade
sharpener
Sheet
Shelter
shaded
sharp
ADVERB
in the shade (of something)
sharp edge
Sheet of paper
animal shelter
shelter
somebody/something from
somebody/something
Shield
shield against
shield
somebody/something from
somebody/something
shift
attention/emphasis/focus
shoot somebody in the
leg/head etc
a
photo shoot
sea shore
water/food/housing etc
shortage
shortage of
to commit, confess a sin
it is a sin to do stg
507
Shift
508
shift
shift
shoot
shoot
Shore
Shortage
Shoot
509
510 Shore
Shortage
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
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sin
sin
Sincere
Slight
Smart
So called
Soil
sincerity
Sincere
Slight
smart
So called
soil
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Sincerely
Slightly
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518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
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Sole
Solid
Sow
Specialist
Sphere
Spill
Spin
Spit
Splendid
Split
Spot
Stable
VERB
Specialize
spill
spin
spit
NOUN
sow
Specialist
sphere
spill
534
ADVERB
solely
COLLOCATION
solely responsible
specialised
spherical
spilt
Specially
sowing the seeds of
specialize in
Splendid
splendidly
cry over spilt milk
Split
Spot
stable
Stare (at)
Stem
Sticky
Stiff
Sting
ADJECTIVE
sole
solid
Stare
stem
stick
spot the difference
in a stable condition
shut/close the stable door
after the horse has bolted
British English
Stare (at)
Stem (from)
stick to
Stiff joints
A bee, wasp, scorpion can
sting
stir something with
something
stir something in/into
something
stable
stem
sticky
Stiff
sting
Stir
535
536
537
538
539
540
stir
Stocking
Stove
Straw
Stretch
Strict
stockings
stove
straw
the last straw
stretch
Strict
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Strictly
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VERB
Strike
Strike
541
542
543
544
545
546
Substance
Suburb
Suck
Superior
Surround (go around)
Suspend
NOUN
Strike
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Substance
Suburbs
Substantial
substantially
superiority
Surrounding
Superior
suck
Surround
Suspend
547
superiority complex
Suspended
total, temporary, immediate
suspension
suspend
somebody from something
suspension
Sustain
548
549 Swing
550 Sword
Tackle
551
talent
552
553 Temple
Tempt
554
555 Tension
Terminate
556
557 terrify
558 Thereby
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strike something with
something
substantial amount of stg
Sustainable
Sustain
swing
environmentally sustainable
swing back and forth
sustainability
swing
sword
tackle somebody about
something
talent for stg
artistic / unique talent
to have / demonstrate
talent
to be very
talented
tackle
Tempt
terminate
terrify
talent
temple
Temptation
tension
termination,
terminator
talented
tempt somebody into doing
something
tempting
tense
early, sudden termination
terminate a contract
terminated
terrified, terrifying
thereby
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thereby doing something
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Threat
Threaten
559
560 Tight /Loose
561 Timeless
Timely
562
tolerate
563
Trace
564
565 Tradition
566 Transit
Transmit disease
567
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
Threatening
ADVERB
Tight /Loose
Timeless
Tightly /Loosely
threat
tighten / loosen
time
time
in a timely manner/fashion
tolerate
tolerance
tolerant, intolerant
trace
trace
Tradition
transit
Traditional
transmit
Treat
trap
Treat
tolerance of/towards/for / to
trace something (back) to
something
transit passengers
Transmit disease
the transmission of disease
transmission
be/feel trapped
trap somebody into (doing)
something
treat somebody like/as
something
badly treated/well treated
treat somebody with
respect/contempt/courtesy
my treat
Trap
568
COLLOCATION
threaten to do something
threaten somebody with
something
lifethreatening
pose
a threat
trap
Treat
569
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VERB
Treatment
Treat
570
571 Tremble
Trigger
tremble
Trigger
NOUN
treatment
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
trembling
Trigger
572
COLLOCATION
treatment of/for
get/receive treatment
treat somebody with
something
tremble with anger/fear
trigger a memory
trigger the alarm
pull the trigger
Trouble
573
574 Tube
Underestimate
575
576 Undergo operation
Undertake
577 (responsibility)
578 Uneasy
United
579
580 Upward
Urge
581
582 Utilise
583 Vain
584 Vast
585 Vehicle
586 Veil
trouble
have trouble with , ask for
trouble, trouble somebody
with something
take/catch the tube
underestimate the
importance/extent/effect/
power etc of something
Undergo operation
Undertake (responsibility)
trouble
tube
Underestimate,
estimate
Underestimated
estimation
Undergo
Undertake
Unity
Uneasy
United
upward
urge
Utilise
urge
Utility
vain
utilizable
vast
Vehicle
veil
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uneasily
uneasy about
economic unity , economic
unity
upward trend/movement
upward trend/movement
urge to do something
utility room
in vain
vast majority
motor vehicle
PRE‐FACULTY WORD LIST
PRE-FACULTY WORD
LIST
HEADWORD
VERB
587 Vessel
Violate
Violate
588
589 Virtual
590 Virtue
Vision
591
592 Visual
Vital
593
594 Waist
Whisper
595
Widespread
NOUN
vessel
Violation, violator
virtue
ADJECTIVE
violated
virtual
virtuous
COLLOCATION
violate rights, privacy
violation of
virtually
virtuously
good/normal/poor etc vision
have visions of something
vision
visual
vital
visually
vital to do something
vital organs
waist
whisper
wonder
worm
whisper something to
somebody
widespread
support/acceptance/criticis
m
wonder how
technological wonders
the Seven Wonders of the
World
book worm
wreck
ship wreck
whisper
Widespread
596
Wonder
597
598 Worm
599 Worship
600 Wreck
ADVERB
wonder
worship
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