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CHAPTER 5 COLLOCATION

this chapter INTERESTING!!!



*COLLOCATION a.k.a IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION (IDIOM)
such as mind your manners, break a leg!, blow your
own trumpet
PRACTICE 1
BEND
1. Around the bend
2. Above one's bend
3. Bend someone's ear
4. Bend someone out of shape
5. Bend the rules
RAISE
1. Raise eyebrows
2. Raise your game
3. Raise the devil
4. Raise the roof
5. Raise the bar
WAVE
1. Catch the next wave
2. Wave the flag
3. Wave at someone
4. Ride on a wave
5. Wave a magic wand
NOD
1. Land of Nod
2. A nod is as good as a wink
3. Give somebody the nod
4. Get the nod
5. Nod off


IDEA
1. Bright idea
2. Rough idea
3. Flirt with the idea of doing something
4. The very idea!
5. What's the big idea?
MOVIE
1. A snuff movie
TERRIBLY
1. Terribly wounded
2. I'm terribly sorry
3. Would you mind terribly if...
4. You're terribly kind
PRETTY
1. Pretty as a picture
2. Sitting pretty
3. Come to a pretty pass
4. Cost a pretty penny
5. Pretty pickle
PRACTICE 2
1. Finished
2. Do
3. Did
4. Leaving/made
5. Make
6. Made
7. Free
8. Running/are
9. Save
10. Spend
CONSOLIDATION EXERCISE
1. Management
2. Level
3. Romance
4. Drain
5. Lashing
6. Signals
7. Job
8. Room
9. Relative
10. Complex

(Instead of just giving answers, it is better to know what actually
the meaning of those idiom words in practice 1 right?)

SCROLL DOWN ;D

Word Idioms Meaning Example
Bend 1. Around the
bend
crazy; having
lost sanity
I think this job
is sending me
around the
bend.
2. Above one's
bend
beyond one's
ability
Fixing those
new cars with
computers in
them is above
my bend.
3. Bend
someone's
ear
To talk to
someone,
perhaps
annoyingly.
I'm sorry. I
didn't mean to
bend your ear
for an hour.
4. Bend
someone out
of shape
To make
someone angry.
The cheating
that was going
on really bent
Joe out of
shape.

5. Bend the
rules

to do something
or to allow
someone to do
something
which is not
usually allowed
We don't
usually let
students take
books away,
but I'm willing
to bend the
rules on this
occasion.
Raise 1. Raise
eyebrows
to shock or
surprise people
Anna's
miniskirt raised
eyebrows at
the board
meeting.
2. Raise your
game
to make an
effort to
improve the
way that you
play a game
They're going
to have to
raise their
game if they
want to stay in
the Premier
Division this
season.
3. Raise the
devil
to cause
trouble with
something.
The onions
raised the devil
with my
stomach
4. Raise the
roof
to show great
enthusiasm
The whole
college is ready
to raise the
roof at next
weekend's
homecoming
celebrations
5. Raise the
bar

to make a task
a little more
difficult
Just as I was
getting
accustomed to
my job, the
manager raised
the bar and I
had to perform
even better.
Wave 1. Catch the
next wave
to follow the
next fad
He has no
purpose in life.
He sits around
strumming his
guitar and
waiting to
catch the next
wave.
2. Wave the
flag
to defend and
support
someone or
something
Marsalis waves
the flag better
than anyone
and attracts
new fans to
jazz all the
time.
3. Wave at
someone
to move an
upraised hand
in such a way
as to signal
recognition to
someone.
The people in
the boat waved
at us.
4. Ride on a
wave
to become
involved with
and get
advantages
from opinions
or activities
which have
become very
common or
popular
She came to
power riding on
a wave of
personal
popularity
5. Wave a
magic wand

to solve a
difficult
problem with no
effort
Unfortunately,
you can't just
wave a magic
wand and get
rid of poverty.
Nod 1. Land of Nod a state of
sleep
The baby is in
the land of
Nod.

2. A nod is as
good as a
wink
something that
you say when
you have
understood
what was
meant by
something
although it was
not expressed
in a direct way
I know when
I'm not
wanted, so
don't try to
say anything
more - a nod's
as good as a
wink.
3. Give
somebody
the nod
to give someone
permission to
do something
We're just
waiting for the
council to give
us the nod
then we'll
start building.
4. Get the nod to be approved
or chosen for
something
Martinez got
the nod from
the manager to
be the starting
pitcher in
tomorrow's
game.

5. Nod off

to go to sleep,
esp. when not
in bed or
intending to
sleep
I nodded off
once or twice
during the
movie.
Idea 1. Bright idea a clever
thought or new
idea.
Now and then
I get a bright
idea. John
hardly ever
gets a bright
idea.
2. Rough idea a general idea;
an estimate.
I need to get
a rough idea of
how many
people will be
there.
3. Flirt with
the idea of
doing
something
to think about
doing
something, to
toy with an
idea, to
consider
something but
not too
seriously.
I flirted with
the idea of
going to Europe
for two weeks.
4. The very
idea!
I do not
approve!, That
is outrageous!
Resignation?
The very idea!
The very idea!
Absolutely not!
5. What's the
big idea?

something that
you say when
you want to
know why
someone has
done something
that annoys you
What's the big
idea? That's
my lunch
you're eating.
Movie A snuff movie A film that is
intended to be
sexually
exciting which
shows a person
being murdered
In May '92 he
was arrested
and charged
with importing
snuff movies
into the
country.
Terribly 1. Terribly In a terrible
manner
Terribly
wounded
2. I'm
terribly
Extremely,
very
Im terribly
sorry
3. Would you
mind
terribly
if...
To a great
extent, very
much
Would you mind
terribly if I
opened the
window?
4. You're
terribly

in a terrible
manner
(intensifier)

Youre terribly
kind
Pretty 1. Pretty as a
picture
very pretty Sweet little
Mary is as
pretty as a
picture.
2. Sitting
pretty
living in
comfort or
luxury; living in
a good
situation.
Now that I
have a good-
paying job, I'm
sitting pretty.
3. Come to a
pretty pass
to encounter a
difficult
situation.
This project
has come to a
pretty pass. I
don't know how
we can possibly
finish on time.
4. Cost a
pretty
penny
to be
expensive; to
cost a lot of
money.
Mary's dress
is real silk. It
must have cost
a pretty
penny.
5. Pretty
pickle

a difficult
situation.
Well, this is a
pretty pickle
you've gotten
us into.

Enjoy teaching and learning teachers!

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