Common Phrases and Collocations 2

"Have"  and "Make" are rich verbs in English and there are a lof of colocations with them. See some common ones:

Have a look
Have a good time
Have a go
Have a try
Have an argument (with someone over/about something)
Have a word with someone
Have something to do

Make an appearance
Make an apology
Make a mess of something
Make an appointment
Make an assumption
Make a choice
Make a decision
Make a difference
Make a date
Make a discovery
Make a mistake
Make a profit
Make a start
Make a fool of someone/oneself
Make the most of something
Make a promise
Make sense of
Make sure of something
Make do with

Common Phrases and Collocations 1

 
As I said before collocations help you improve your English and make it sounds much better. Here there is a list of some common ones:


Break a promise
Break the ice

Change your mind

Draw a conclusion

Do someone good
Do someone a favor
Do yourself justice
Do something for a living

Find it difficult to do something
Find difficulty in doing something
Finf fault with

Get a move on
Get the impression

Give a description
Give birth to
Give a choice
Give an example
Give a hand
Give the impression
Give someone a call
Give someone the sack
Give your word

Verb and Preposition Collocations

Collocation is a combination of words in a language that happens very often and more frequently than would happen by chance. Being proficient in a language means mastering some of its subtleties.

 

What follows is a list of some of the most common ones.

accuse (someone) of ([doing] something)
add (something) to (something else)
admire (someone) for ([doing] something)
agree on (topic)
agree with (someone)
apologize to (someone) for ([doing] something)
apply to (a place) for (something)
approve of (something)
argue with (someone) about (topic)
arrive at (a building, room, site, event)
arrive in (a city, country)
ask (someone) about (someone/topic)
ask (someone) for (something) 

believe in (something)
belong to (someone)
blame (someone) for ([doing] something)
borrow (something) from (someone) 

care about (someone/something/topic)
comment on (topic)
compare (something) to/with (something else)
complain to (someone) about (something)
concentrate on ([doing] something)
congratulate (someone) for/on ([doing] something)
consist of (some things)
consent to ([doing] something)
contribute to (something)
count on (someone) to (do something)
cover (something) with (something else) 

decide on (topic)
depend on (someone) for (something)
discuss (something) with (someone)
distinguish (something) from (something else)
dream about/of (someone/something) 

escape from (somewhere)
explain (topic) to (someone)
excuse (someone) for ([doing] something) 

forgive (someone for ([doing] something)

get rid of (something)
graduate from (a place) 

happen to (someone)
help (someone) with (something)
hide (something) from (someone) 

insist (up)on (something)
introduce (someone) to (someone else)
invite (someone) to (an event) 

keep (something) for (someone) 

matter to (someone) 

object to (something) 

participate in (something)
pay (price) for (something)
pray for (someone/something)
prefer (something) to (something else)
prevent (someone) from ([doing] something)
prohibit (someone) from ([doing] something)
protect (someone) from (something)
provide (someone) with (something) 

recover from (something)
rely (up)on (someone/something)
remind (someone) of (something)
rescue (someone) from (something)
respond to (someone/something) 

save (someone) from (something)
search for (something)
separate (something) from (something else)
scold (someone) for ([doing] something)
smile at (someone) for ([doing] something)
speak to/with (someone) about (topic)

stare at (something/someone)
stop (someone) from ([doing] something)
subscribe to (something)
substitute (something) for (something else/someone)
subtract (something) from (something else)
succeed in ([doing] something)
suffer from (something) 

take advantage of (someone/something/ situation)
take care of (something/someone)
talk to/with (someone) about (topic)
thank (someone) for ([doing] something)
travel to (somewhere) 

vote for (someone)
vouch for (someone) 

wait for (someone/something)
wish for (something)
work for (company/something/someone)