Writing Collocations

Part 02
51. Display + collection, information, skill, talent
52. Disregard + advice, pain, statement, suffering, warning
53. Disrupt + activity, attempt, life, meeting, operation, peace, plan,
process, service
54. Distract + attention, mind, thought
55. Distribute + goods, information, material, power, product
56. Earn + credit, degree, income, salary, wage, money, livelihood,
place, praise, profit, reputation, respect, return
57. Ease + burden, crisis, difficulty, fear, grip, mind, pain, plight,
pressure, problem, restriction, shortage, strain, tension, worry
58. Eliminate + discrimination, gap, habit, need, pest, possibility,
problem, risk, use
59. Emphasise + contribution, fact, importance, point, role
60. Employ + method, people, staff, strategy, system, tactic,
technique, worker
61. Encounter + difficulty, opposition, problem, resistance, situation
62. Enforce + ban, control, law, limit, requirement, rule, standard
63. Enhance + ability, appearance, chance, environment, image,
performance, prestige, quality, relationship, role, skill, status, value
64. Enrich + experience, performance, relationship, life
65. Establish + business, creditability, link, network, relationship,
reputation, rule
66. Examine + effect, evidence, implication, issue, nature, policy,
problem, progress
67. Exercise + authority, care, choice, control, discretion, influence,
judgement, option, power, responsibility, restraint, right, skill
68. Exhibit + behaviour, characteristic, degree, level, pattern,
property, range, sign, symptom, tendency, variety, work
69. Expand + activity, base, business, capacity, horizon, operation,
range, scope
70. Exploit + advantage, loophole, market, opportunity, position,
possibility, potential, power, situation, technology, weakness
71. Explore + area, detail, idea, issue, nature, opportunity, option,
possibility, potential, relationship, world
72. Express + anger, appreciation, belief, concern, disappointment,
doubt, emotion, fear, gratitude, interest, opinion, preference, regret,
satisfaction, support, sympathy, thanks, thought, view, wish
73. Extend + credit, hand, invitation, lead, life, period, plan, system
74. Evaluate + evidence, impact, option, performance, policy,
position, quality, work
75. Facilitate + change, communication, development, exchange,
flow, learning, transfer
76. Follow + advice, example, footstep, guideline, instruction, lead,
path, pattern, procedure, route, rule, track
77. Form + basis, company, government, partnership, relationship,
society
78. Forge + bond, career, friendship, identity, link, partnership,
relationship, signature
79. Foster + attitude, competition, culture, development,
discrimination, relationship, spirit
80. Fulfil + aim, ambition, criteria, demand, desire, dream,
expectation, need, obligation, potential, requirement, responsibility,
role, task
81. Gain + acceptance, access, advantage, approval, attention,
benefit, confidence, control, currency, degree, experience, ground,
impression, independence, information, insight, knowledge,
momentum,
opportunity, popularity, power, qualification, recognition,
reputation, respect, support, understanding
82. Gather + crowd, evidence, information, momentum, pace, people
83. Generate + cash, demand, electricity, energy, growth, heat,
income, interest, job, power, profit, revenue, support
84. Guarantee + freedom, future, payment, quality, safety, security,
success
85. Hamper + ability, effort, plan, search, development
86. Handle + affair, business, crisis, issue, matter, problem, situation
87. Harness + energy, investment, power, revolution, technology
88. Hold + belief, breath, election, exhibition, hope, meeting,
position, post, seat, view
89. Ignore + advice, evidence, fact, issue, need, problem, protest,
question, sign, warning
90. Imitate + accent, attitude, custom, sound, style, voice
91. Impair + ability, efficiency, function, health, performance
92. Implement + ban, change, contract, decision, law, plan, policy,
practice, principle, recommendation, reform, strategy, tax
93. Impose + ban, burden, constraint, control, deadline, duty, fine,
law, limit, punishment, requirement, restraint, restriction, rule,
sentence, tax
94. Improve + appearance, chance, education, efficiency, effort,
environment, facility, health, image, life, performance, productivity,
quality, safety, service, situation, skill, standard, system
95. Increase + amount, capacity, chance, demand, productivity,
profit, rate, risk, sale, share, tax
96. Initiate + action, campaign, change, contact, debate,
development, discussion, investigation, policy, programme, reform,
request, research, review, study, talk
97. Integrate + approach, policy, service, technology
98. Lay + base, emphasis, figure, foundation, groundwork, hand,
stress
99. Limit + ability, access, choice, growth, unemployment, use
100. Lose + altitude, appetite, balance, chance, confidence, grip,
hearing, home, hope, interest, job, memory, mind, money,
opportunity, sense, sight,
speed, temper, voice
101. Maintain + balance, contact, control, environment, interest,
momentum, position, quality, relationship, standard, status, tradition
102. Make + arrangement, attempt, call, change, choice, comment,
contribution, decision, difference, distinction, effort, mistake,
money, noise, progress, speech, statement, trip
103. Match + description, expectation, need, pace, performance
104. Meet + challenge, criteria, deadline, demand, friend, goal, need,
objective, obligation, requirement, standard, target
105. Merit + attention, consideration, mention
106. Nurture + child, hatred, ideal, relationship, talent
107. Obey + command, instruction, law, obligation, order, parent,
rule
108. Obtain + advice, benefit, consent, degree, detail, evidence,
information, permission, result, service, solution
109. Offer + advice, assistance, chance, choice, discount,
explanation, help, job, money, opportunity, resistance, service,
support
110. Offset + advantage, benefit, cost, decline, demand, effect, gain,
growth, impact, increase, loss, problem, profit, reduction, revenue,
sale, tax