Doctor Comparison
An English doctor says
‘Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks.’
A German doctor says
‘That is nothing, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks.
A Russian doctor says
‘In my country, medicine is so far progressed that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks.’
The Texas doctor, not to be outdone, says
‘You guys are way behind, we recently took a man with no brains, out from Texas, put him in the White House for eight years, and now half the country is looking for work.’
Definition:
A collocation is made up of two or more words that are commonly used together in English. There are different kinds of collocations in English. Strong collocations are word pairings that are expected to come together. Good collocation examples of this type of word pairing are combinations with 'make' and 'do'. You make a cup of tea, but do your homework. Collocations are very common in business settings when certain nouns are routinely combined with certain verbs or adjectives. For example, draw up a contract, set a price, conduct negotiations, etc.
common Adjective Collocations
a big decision
a big disappointment
a big improvement
a big mistake
a big surprise
a big eater
a big dreamer
a big drinker
a big spender
a big talker
Great usually describes nouns which express feelings or qualities.
a large amount
a large number (of)
a large population
a large proportion
a large quantity
a large scaledeep sleep
in deep thought
in deep trouble
Heavy
a heavy drinker
heavy rain
a heavy sleeper
a heavy smoker
heavy snow
heavy traffic
High - Low. Notice that a number of nouns (but not all) which take 'high' also take 'low'.
high - or low - cost
high - or low - density
high - or low - energy
high - or low - esteem
a high - or low - expectation of
a high - or low - level of
a high - or low - opinion of someone or something
high - or low - pressure
a - or low - high price
high quality
high speed
Strong
strong criticism
strong denial
a strong feeling
a strong opinion (about something)
a strong sense (of)
a strong smell
a strong taste