Collocations

Collocations are words that naturally go together in English, so they sound familiar and correct to native speakers. We usually say make a decision, not do a decision, and heavy rain rather than strong rain. These pairings and phrases may seem small, but they shape the rhythm and precision of everyday English. Some collocations are very common, such as take a break or pay attention, while others are tied to particular topics, like commit a crime or pose a threat. Learning them helps you notice how English really works beyond single-word meanings.

Collocations matter because they make your writing sound more natural and your speaking more fluent. If you choose the right combination of words, your ideas are easier to understand and more convincing to read or hear. By contrast, unusual word pairings can sound awkward even when the grammar is correct. Use this page to build your vocabulary in a practical way: explore common collocations, compare similar expressions, and pay attention to how each one is used in context. The more you meet and reuse them, the more confidently you will write, speak, and recognise natural English in everyday situations.

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Academic English

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basis
on the basis oftheoretical basisempirical basisfirm basiscommon basis

"The conclusion was drawn on the basis of several experiments."

research
conduct researchcarry out researchresearch findingsresearch methodsresearch paper

"The team conducted research on student motivation."

authority
cite authorityacademic authorityrecognized authorityofficial authorityexpert authority

"She is widely regarded as an expert authority on medieval history."

context
historical contextsocial contextin contextbroader contextacademic context

"The term should be understood in its historical context."

study
conduct a studyin-depth studycase studystudy resultsstudy design

"The article presents the study results in detail."

background
provide backgroundacademic backgroundhistorical backgroundtheoretical backgroundbackground information

"The introduction provides background information on the topic."

paragraph
topic paragraphopening paragraphconcluding paragraphbody paragraphwell-developed paragraph

"The opening paragraph introduces the central claim."

bias
avoid biasreduce biaspotential biassystematic biasresearch bias

"The study was designed to reduce bias in the results."

analysis
data analysistext analysiscritical analysisstatistical analysisanalysis shows

"The report includes a careful data analysis."

phenomenon
social phenomenoncultural phenomenonobservable phenomenoncomplex phenomenonwidespread phenomenon

"The rise in online learning is a widespread phenomenon."

evidence
strong evidenceclear evidenceempirical evidenceprovide evidencesupport the evidence

"The experiment provides strong evidence for the theory."

concept
introduce a conceptkey conceptabstract conceptcentral concepttheoretical concept

"The lecture introduced a key concept in linguistics."

debate
ongoing debateacademic debatepublic debatedebate continuessettle the debate

"There is still an ongoing debate about the cause of the decline."

theory
theory suggestsdevelop a theorytheoretical frameworksupport a theorytest a theory

"The theory suggests a new way to explain the data."

practice
best practiceacademic practiceteaching practicecommon practicecurrent practice

"Group work is a common practice in many classrooms."

definition
clear definitionworking definitiondictionary definitionprecise definitionformal definition

"The paper begins with a clear definition of the term."

method
research methodmethod of analysismethod sectionteaching methodsystematic method

"The method section describes how the study was done."

scope
within the scopelimited scopescope of the studybroader scopenarrow scope

"The topic falls within the scope of this paper."

description
detailed descriptionbrief descriptionaccurate descriptionclear descriptionfull description

"The article gives a detailed description of the experiment."

result
study resultsresearch resultsproduce resultsshow resultssignificant results

"The study results were published last month."

style
academic styleformal stylewriting stylecitation styleclear style

"The article is written in a clear academic style."

finding
main findingkey findingresearch findingssignificant findingpresent findings

"One key finding was that practice improved performance."

example
provide an exampleclear exampletypical examplereal exampleconcrete example

"The professor provided a clear example of the theory in practice."

volume
high volumelow volumea volume of workvolume of datalarge volume

"The researchers handled a large volume of data."

writing
academic writingformal writingclear writingwriting skillswriting assignment

"Academic writing requires clear structure and precise language."

data
collect dataanalyze datadata setdata collectionraw data

"We collected data from three separate classes."

explanation
clear explanationdetailed explanationsimple explanationpossible explanationbrief explanation

"The author offers a simple explanation for a complex issue."

knowledge
prior knowledgebackground knowledgesubject knowledgecommon knowledgebuild knowledge

"Prior knowledge can help students understand new concepts more quickly."

function
primary functionmain functionsocial functionimportant functionpractical function

"The main function of the appendix is to provide supporting material."

evidence-based
evidence-based practiceevidence-based approachevidence-based policyevidence-based researchevidence-based decision

"The school adopted an evidence-based approach to teaching."

goal
research goalmain goallong term goalspecific goalacademic goal

"Our main goal is to identify the factors affecting success."

framework
theoretical frameworkconceptual frameworkanalytical frameworkpolicy frameworkframe the discussion

"The paper uses a conceptual framework to organize the ideas."

implication
practical implicationstheoretical implicationspolicy implicationsbroader implicationsimportant implications

"The findings have important implications for future research."

argument
make an argumentstrong argumentdevelop an argumentacademic argumentargument suggests

"The author makes a strong argument for reform."

interpretation
multiple interpretationsalternative interpretationcareful interpretationtextual interpretationcommon interpretation

"There is another possible interpretation of the data."

discussion
class discussiongroup discussiondiscussion sectiontopic of discussionopen discussion

"The discussion section explains the limitations of the study."

conclusion
draw a conclusionreach a conclusionfinal conclusionconclusion sectiontentative conclusion

"We can draw a clear conclusion from the evidence."

issue
important issuemajor issuekey issueraise an issueaddress an issue

"The paper raises an important issue about equality in education."

model
conceptual modeltheoretical modeleconomic modelcomputational modelpredictive model

"The article presents a predictive model of student performance."

objective
research objectivelearning objectivemain objectiveclear objectivespecific objective

"The main objective was to compare two teaching methods."

hypothesis
test a hypothesisform a hypothesisreject a hypothesissupport a hypothesisworking hypothesis

"The experiment was designed to test a hypothesis."

pattern
clear patternrecurring patternbehavioral patterncommon patterndistinct pattern

"The data reveal a recurring pattern across all groups."

perspective
critical perspectivehistorical perspectiveglobal perspectivetheoretical perspectivedifferent perspective

"The course encourages a global perspective on environmental issues."

variable
dependent variableindependent variablecontrol variableimportant variablemeasure a variable

"Age was treated as an independent variable."

principle
basic principleguiding principlescientific principlemoral principlegeneral principle

"Honesty is a basic principle of academic work."

population
target populationstudy populationgeneral populationstudent populationpopulation sample

"The study population included first year students."

sample
random samplesmall samplerepresentative samplesample sizedraw a sample

"The survey used a random sample of 200 students."

process
research processlearning processdecision making processwriting processsystematic process

"Peer review is part of the research process."

survey
conduct a surveysurvey respondentssurvey datasurvey resultsonline survey

"They conducted a survey of undergraduate students."

role
important rolecentral roleactive rolesupporting rolekey role

"Teachers play a key role in student motivation."

section
discussion sectionmethods sectionresults sectionintroduction sectionconclusion section

"The methods section explains how the data were collected."

questionnaire
questionnaire itemsquestionnaire surveycomplete a questionnairequestionnaire designdistribute a questionnaire

"Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire."

topic
research topicclass topiccurrent topicrelated topicimportant topic

"Climate change is a common topic in academic writing."

interview
conduct an interviewinterview datainterview questionsin-depth interviewstructured interview

"The researcher conducted an interview with each participant."

observation
classroom observationparticipant observationdirect observationmake an observationobservation notes

"Classroom observation showed clear differences in participation."

validity
internal validityexternal validitytest validityface validityconstruct validity

"The researchers discussed the validity of the survey instrument."

literature
literature reviewacademic literatureexisting literaturerelated literaturereview the literature

"The literature review highlights earlier studies in the field."

article
research articlejournal articlearticle abstractarticle submissionarticle title

"She wrote a research article for a leading journal."

journal
academic journalpeer reviewed journaljournal articlejournal editorsubmit to a journal

"The paper was accepted by a peer reviewed journal."

chapter
chapter headingchapter outlinethesis chapterchapter summaryintroductory chapter

"The introductory chapter explains the purpose of the thesis."

thesis
write a thesisthesis statementthesis topicthesis supervisorthesis defense

"Her thesis topic focuses on language learning."

dissertation
doctoral dissertationdissertation proposaldissertation researchcomplete a dissertationdissertation committee

"He is finishing his doctoral dissertation this spring."

citation
in text citationcitation styleproper citationcitation formatcitation count

"Always check the citation style before submitting your paper."

reference
reference listreference sectionreference sourcein the referencereference materials

"Please add the source to the reference list."

source
primary sourcesecondary sourcereliable sourcesource materialsource of data

"The archive is an important primary source."

plagiarism
avoid plagiarismplagiarism policyplagiarism detectionplagiarism casesaccused of plagiarism

"Students must avoid plagiarism in all assignments."

assignment
course assignmentwritten assignmentassignment deadlineassignment instructionssubmit an assignment

"The written assignment is due next Friday."

essay
write an essayessay questionessay structureessay topicshort essay

"The essay compares two historical events."

presentation
give a presentationoral presentationpresentation slidespresentation skillsclass presentation

"She gave an oral presentation on climate change."

lecture
attend a lecturelecture noteslecture hallguest lecturelecture series

"I took notes during the lecture."

seminar
seminar discussionseminar paperattend a seminarseminar topicgraduate seminar

"The seminar discussion focused on urban policy."

workshop
academic workshopwriting workshopworkshop sessionattend a workshopresearch workshop

"He attended a writing workshop last week."

curriculum
curriculum developmentcurriculum designcurriculum reformschool curriculumhidden curriculum

"The school is updating its curriculum design."

assessment
formative assessmentsummative assessmentassessment criteriaassessment taskstudent assessment

"The course uses formative assessment throughout the term."

evaluation
program evaluationcourse evaluationevaluation criteriaevaluation reportobjective evaluation

"The evaluation report was submitted to the department."

performance
academic performancestudent performancejob performanceimprove performancemeasure performance

"Regular feedback can improve student performance."

achievement
academic achievementstudent achievementhigh achievementachievement gapmeasure achievement

"The program aims to improve academic achievement."

skill
academic skillsresearch skillswriting skillscritical thinking skillsdevelop skills

"The course helps students develop writing skills."

summary
brief summarysummary sectionsummary of findingsexecutive summaryprovide a summary

"The report ends with a brief summary of the findings."

Adjective + Noun

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decision
important decisiontough decisionquick decisionfinal decisionpersonal decision

"It was a tough decision for her."

way
right wayeasy waybest waydifferent wayquick way

"This is the best way to solve the problem."

new
new carnew jobnew schoolnew lifenew idea

"He started a new job last Monday."

high
high pricehigh schoolhigh qualityhigh riskhigh level

"The high price surprised everyone."

case
serious casespecial caseworst caseclear casetypical case

"This is a serious case that needs immediate attention."

letter
short letterlong letterformal letterlove letterbusiness letter

"I wrote a formal letter."

low
low costlow pricelow voicelow levellow income

"We chose the low cost option."

language
native languageforeign languagecommon languagespoken languagewritten language

"English is my native language."

problem
big problemserious problemcommon problemtechnical problemmajor problem

"We have a serious problem with the system."

idea
good ideagreat ideanew ideasimple ideabrilliant idea

"That is a great idea for the meeting."

warm
warm welcomewarm weatherwarm clotheswarm drinkwarm color

"They gave us a warm welcome."

loud
loud noiseloud voiceloud musicloud applauseloud alarm

"The loud noise woke the baby."

place
safe placepublic placequiet placespecial placelocal place

"We found a quiet place to study."

life
daily lifereal lifeprivate lifemodern lifebusy life

"Modern life can be very stressful."

quick
quick responsequick lookquick decisionquick mealquick visit

"She gave a quick response to the email."

work
hard workfull time workoffice workcreative workregular work

"Her hard work finally paid off."

heavy
heavy rainheavy trafficheavy weightheavy priceheavy schedule

"Heavy rain kept us indoors."

light
light rainlight meallight touchlight colorlight traffic

"We had a light meal before the meeting."

thing
good thingbad thinguseful thingimportant thingsimple thing

"The important thing is to stay calm."

part
important partmajor partsmall partlarge partintegral part

"Exercise is an important part of health."

sweet
sweet tastesweet smellsweet voicesweet dreamssweet child

"The cake has a sweet taste."

number
large numbersmall numberhuge numberlimited numbertotal number

"A large number of people attended."

sharp
sharp knifesharp painsharp contrastsharp risesharp focus

"The doctor asked about the sharp pain."

deep
deep sleepdeep waterdeep breathdeep sensedeep thought

"He took a deep breath before speaking."

group
small grouplarge groupsocial grouptarget grouplocal group

"A small group met after class."

wide
wide rangewide areawide smilewide gapwide view

"The shop offers a wide range of books."

system
new systemcomputer systemfinancial systemsimple systemefficient system

"They installed a new system at work."

service
public servicecustomer servicemedical servicelocal servicegood service

"The hotel offers good service."

narrow
narrow roadnarrow escapenarrow marginnarrow viewnarrow opening

"We drove down a narrow road."

full
full listfull supportfull mealfull housefull attention

"The hall was a full house last night."

state
current statefinal statemental stategeneral statestable state

"She was in a very bad mental state."

empty
empty roomempty bottleempty streetsempty promiseempty seat

"The empty room echoed when he spoke."

family
close familyextended familyyoung familyhappy familytraditional family

"They are a close family."

major
major problemmajor changemajor rolemajor issuemajor concern

"Climate change is a major concern."

government
local governmentcentral governmentfederal governmentnew governmentnational government

"The local government approved the plan."

money
easy moneyextra moneyspare moneygood moneyreal money

"She saved some spare money each month."

minor
minor problemminor injuryminor roleminor changeminor detail

"It was only a minor injury."

final
final decisionfinal answerfinal stagefinal roundfinal result

"The final decision was announced yesterday."

course
short courseonline coursecollege coursetraining coursefull course

"I took a short course in photography."

public
public opinionpublic transportpublic placepublic healthpublic attention

"Public transport is cheaper than driving."

road
main roadbusy roadcountry roadnarrow roadsafe road

"The car stopped on a narrow road."

car
new carsmall carcompany carelectric carfast car

"He bought a new car last week."

private
private lifeprivate schoolprivate roomprivate matterprivate sector

"This is a private matter."

real
real lifereal chancereal problemreal reasonreal value

"That was a real problem for the team."

music
classical musicpopular musiclive musicbackground musicsoft music

"They played soft music during dinner."

food
good foodfresh foodfast foodhealthy foodhot food

"Fresh food is usually more expensive."

job
full time jobpart time jobgood jobnew jobhard job

"She found a part time job at the store."

school
primary schoolhigh schoolpublic schoollocal schoolnew school

"My sister goes to a local school."

house
big housesmall houseold housemodern housefamily house

"They live in a small house by the river."

door
front dooropen doorclosed doorheavy doorback door

"Please close the front door."

room
small roomlarge roomempty roomprivate roomquiet room

"The hotel gave us a quiet room."

world
modern worldreal worldwide worldoutside worldnatural world

"The real world is often more complicated."

mind
open mindclear mindbusy mindsharp mindpeaceful mind

"Try to keep an open mind."

voice
loud voicesoft voicecalm voiceclear voiceyoung voice

"She spoke in a calm voice."

face
new facefamiliar faceserious facehappy faceblank face

"He had a serious face during the meeting."

doorway
narrow doorwaydark doorwayopen doorwayfront doorwayside doorway

"She stood in the open doorway."

question
important questionsimple questiondifficult questionbasic questionopen question

"That is an important question."

answer
simple answerright answerbest answerquick answercorrect answer

"There was no simple answer to the problem."

reason
good reasonclear reasonmain reasonsimple reasonobvious reason

"There was no clear reason for the delay."

support
strong supportpublic supportfinancial supportmoral supportlocal support

"She received strong support from her team."

help
great helpuseful helpextra helpdirect helpquick help

"Your quick help was very useful."

change
major changesmall changerapid changebig changepositive change

"The company made a major change in policy."

position
good positionhigh positionstrong positionofficial positionsafe position

"He is in a good position to win."

power
great powerpolitical powerfull powerrenewable powerlocal power

"The king had great power."

chance
good chancesmall chancereal chancefair chancelimited chance

"We have a good chance of success."

Adverb + Adjective

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important
very importantextremely importanthighly importantespecially importantparticularly important

"This meeting is very important for the whole team."

patient
very patientquite patientrather patientextremely patientremarkably patient

"The teacher was very patient with the class."

very
very importantvery differentvery goodvery difficultvery likely

"The meeting was very important for the whole team."

lucky
very luckyquite luckyreally luckyextremely luckyremarkably lucky

"We were really lucky to find parking."

really
really goodreally nicereally hardreally importantreally easy

"That was a really good idea."

different
very differentquite differentcompletely differenttotally differententirely different

"Her opinion is completely different from mine."

unlucky
very unluckyquite unluckyrather unluckyextremely unluckyterribly unlucky

"He was terribly unlucky in the match."

good
very goodreally goodpretty goodquite goodso good

"The soup was really good."

quite
quite differentquite goodquite commonquite simplequite clear

"The answer was quite clear."

bad
very badreally badpretty badquite badso bad

"The weather was really bad last night."

extremely
extremely difficultextremely importantextremely rareextremely dangerousextremely helpful

"It was an extremely difficult decision."

popular
very popularquite popularextremely popularhighly popularwidely popular

"The band is very popular."

big
very bigreally bigpretty bigquite bigso big

"They bought a really big house."

highly
highly recommendedhighly unlikelyhighly effectivehighly successfulhighly respected

"The book is highly recommended."

famous
very famousquite famousextremely famouswidely famousworld famous

"The actor is world famous."

small
very smallreally smallpretty smallquite smallso small

"The room was quite small but comfortable."

deeply
deeply concerneddeeply sorrydeeply gratefuldeeply involveddeeply committed

"She was deeply sorry for the mistake."

healthy
very healthyquite healthyextremely healthyreasonably healthysurprisingly healthy

"This meal is very healthy."

unhealthy
very unhealthyquite unhealthyextremely unhealthyrather unhealthyincreasingly unhealthy

"Too much sugar is very unhealthy."

late
very latereally latepretty latequite lateso late

"We arrived very late to the party."

strongly
strongly believestrongly supportstrongly opposedstrongly recommendedstrongly recommend

"We strongly support the new plan."

early
very earlyreally earlyquite earlypretty earlyso early

"She woke up very early for work."

simple
very simplequite simplerather simpleremarkably simplefairly simple

"The explanation was remarkably simple."

totally
totally differenttotally wrongtotally convincedtotally newtotally safe

"Your idea is totally different from mine."

close
very closereally closequite closepretty closeso close

"The two cities are very close to each other."

completely
completely differentcompletely satisfiedcompletely wrongcompletely safecompletely new

"The results were completely different from what we expected."

complex
very complexquite complexrather complexhighly complexextremely complex

"The issue is highly complex."

far
very farreally farquite farpretty farso far

"The station is quite far from here."

absolutely
absolutely necessaryabsolutely rightabsolutely clearabsolutely certainabsolutely amazing

"It is absolutely necessary to finish on time."

beautiful
very beautifulquite beautifulextremely beautifultruly beautifulremarkably beautiful

"The garden is truly beautiful."

ugly
very uglyquite uglyrather uglyextremely uglyreally ugly

"The wall had a really ugly stain."

busy
very busyreally busyquite busypretty busyso busy

"I have been very busy all week."

utterly
utterly impossibleutterly ridiculousutterly uselessutterly wrongutterly convincing

"The excuse sounded utterly ridiculous."

easy
very easyreally easyquite easypretty easyso easy

"The test was really easy."

perfectly
perfectly normalperfectly clearperfectly safeperfectly happyperfectly reasonable

"Your concern is perfectly normal."

hard
very hardreally hardquite hardpretty hardso hard

"The job is very hard sometimes."

fairly
fairly easyfairly commonfairly goodfairly simplefairly sure

"The test was fairly easy."

happy
very happyreally happyquite happyso happyextremely happy

"She was very happy with the results."

reasonably
reasonably pricedreasonably goodreasonably safereasonably clearreasonably common

"The hotel was reasonably priced."

sad
very sadreally sadquite sadso saddeeply sad

"He felt very sad after the news."

somewhat
somewhat differentsomewhat surprisingsomewhat difficultsomewhat unclearsomewhat odd

"The new plan is somewhat different."

fast
very fastreally fastpretty fastquite fastso fast

"The car was very fast."

slightly
slightly differentslightly betterslightly largerslightly unusualslightly late

"The second version is slightly better."

barely
barely visiblebarely enoughbarely possiblebarely awakebarely noticeable

"The mark was barely visible."

slow
very slowreally slowpretty slowquite slowso slow

"The internet is really slow today."

hardly
hardly possiblehardly surprisinghardly fairhardly noticeablehardly ever

"It is hardly possible to finish today."

cold
very coldreally coldquite coldso coldextremely cold

"It was very cold outside."

hot
very hotreally hotquite hotso hotextremely hot

"The coffee is really hot."

almost
almost impossiblealmost certainalmost readyalmost identicalalmost empty

"We are almost ready to leave."

nearly
nearly impossiblenearly identicalnearly finishednearly emptynearly perfect

"The two photos are nearly identical."

nice
very nicereally nicequite nicepretty niceso nice

"That was a really nice gesture."

seriously
seriously illseriously injuredseriously damagedseriously concernedseriously affected

"He was seriously injured in the accident."

clear
very clearreally clearquite clearperfectly clearextremely clear

"The instructions were very clear."

fully
fully awarefully preparedfully qualifiedfully satisfiedfully responsible

"I am fully aware of the risks."

large
very largereally largequite largepretty largeso large

"They own a very large garden."

well
well knownwell awarewell preparedwell organizedwell suited

"She is well known in the city."

little
very littlereally littlequite littleso littlefar too little

"We have very little time left."

long
very longreally longquite longso longfar too long

"The line was very long at the store."

badly
badly damagedbadly injuredbadly neededbadly behavedbadly affected

"The bridge was badly damaged."

short
very shortreally shortquite shortso shorttoo short

"The movie was too short for us."

newly
newly builtnewly marriednewly electednewly formednewly discovered

"They moved into a newly built house."

freshly
freshly bakedfreshly madefreshly cookedfreshly paintedfreshly cut

"The bakery sells freshly baked bread."

strong
very strongreally strongquite strongso strongextremely strong

"He has a very strong voice."

recently
recently publishedrecently electedrecently renovatedrecently discoveredrecently widowed

"The museum was recently renovated."

weak
very weakreally weakquite weakso weakextremely weak

"After the flu, she felt very weak."

widely
widely usedwidely knownwidely acceptedwidely believedwidely available

"This method is widely used in schools."

young
very youngreally youngquite youngso youngextremely young

"He was very young when he started school."

generally
generally acceptedgenerally availablegenerally regardedgenerally usefulgenerally positive

"The plan received a generally positive response."

old
very oldreally oldquite oldso oldextremely old

"That is a very old building."

greatly
greatly appreciatedgreatly improvedgreatly reducedgreatly respectedgreatly admired

"Your help is greatly appreciated."

tired
very tiredreally tiredquite tiredso tiredextremely tired

"I am very tired after work."

richly
richly decoratedrichly detailedrichly coloredrichly rewardedrichly deserved

"The hall was richly decorated."

safe
very safereally safequite safepretty safeso safe

"This neighborhood feels very safe."

dangerous
very dangerousreally dangerousquite dangerousextremely dangeroushighly dangerous

"That road can be very dangerous in winter."

plainly
plainly visibleplainly obviousplainly statedplainly wrongplainly better

"The problem was plainly obvious."

helpful
very helpfulreally helpfulquite helpfulextremely helpfulespecially helpful

"Your advice was very helpful."

clearly
clearly visibleclearly markedclearly definedclearly differentclearly understood

"The signs were clearly visible."

useful
very usefulreally usefulquite usefulextremely usefulhighly useful

"This app is very useful for travelers."

closely
closely relatedclosely linkedclosely watchedclosely connectedclosely packed

"The two issues are closely related."

firmly
firmly convincedfirmly establishedfirmly rootedfirmly fixedfirmly closed

"She was firmly convinced that he was right."

careful
very carefulreally carefulquite carefulextra carefulso careful

"Be very careful with that knife."

mildly
mildly annoyedmildly surprisedmildly amusedmildly interestedmildly embarrassing

"He was mildly surprised by the news."

careless
very carelessreally carelessquite carelessextremely carelessso careless

"It was a very careless mistake."

remarkably
remarkably similarremarkably goodremarkably strongremarkably easyremarkably clear

"The results were remarkably good."

expensive
very expensivereally expensivequite expensiverather expensivetoo expensive

"That car is too expensive for me."

incredibly
incredibly difficultincredibly easyincredibly beautifulincredibly usefulincredibly fast

"The test was incredibly difficult."

cheap
very cheapreally cheapquite cheappretty cheapso cheap

"We found a really cheap hotel."

rich
very richreally richquite richextremely richfairly rich

"The sauce is very rich and creamy."

surprisingly
surprisingly easysurprisingly difficultsurprisingly goodsurprisingly commonsurprisingly calm

"The problem was surprisingly easy to solve."

poor
very poorreally poorquite poorextremely poorrather poor

"The service was really poor."

unusually
unusually quietunusually difficultunusually highunusually clearunusually warm

"The office was unusually quiet today."

quiet
very quietreally quietquite quietsurprisingly quietso quiet

"The library was very quiet."

exceptionally
exceptionally goodexceptionally highexceptionally clearexceptionally brightexceptionally rare

"She gave an exceptionally good presentation."

painfully
painfully awarepainfully obviouspainfully slowpainfully shypainfully difficult

"The mistake was painfully obvious."

quietly
completely quietalmost quietfairly quietremarkably quietvery quiet

"The house was very quiet after midnight."

clean
very cleanreally cleanquite cleanspotlessly cleanperfectly clean

"The kitchen is spotlessly clean."

dirty
very dirtyreally dirtyquite dirtyextremely dirtypretty dirty

"His shoes were really dirty."

bright
very brightreally brightquite brightextremely brightsurprisingly bright

"The room is very bright in the morning."

dark
very darkreally darkquite darkpitch darkalmost dark

"It was pitch dark in the forest."

fresh
very freshreally freshquite freshextremely freshsuper fresh

"The bread is very fresh."

easygoing
very easygoingreally easygoingquite easygoingfairly easygoingremarkably easygoing

"He has a very easygoing personality."

serious
very seriousreally seriousquite seriousextremely seriousfairly serious

"The situation is very serious."

Break & Fix

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fix
fix a problemfix a mistakefix a datefix a meetingfix the issue

"We need to fix a meeting for next week."

Business English

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business
business planbusiness modelbusiness strategybusiness partnerbusiness growth

"They revised the business plan before seeking investors."

plan
action planbusiness planplan aheadplan implementation

"We need an action plan before the launch."

invoice
invoice numberinvoice paymentinvoice amountinvoice dateinvoice sent

"Please check the invoice number before paying."

target
target audiencetarget marketsales targettarget price

"The target audience responded well to the campaign."

company
company policycompany culturecompany performancecompany profitscompany leadership

"The company policy requires all travel to be approved in advance."

payment
payment termspayment methodpayment deadlinepayment schedulepayment request

"The payment deadline is next Friday."

loss
financial lossloss of revenueloss leaderloss making

"The factory closure caused a major financial loss."

project
project deadlineproject managerproject teamproject planproject budget

"The project manager asked everyone to update their tasks."

branch
branch officebranch managerbranch networkbranch locationbranch expansion

"Our branch office opens at eight."

supply
supply chainsupply agreementsupply shortagesupply network

"The supply chain was disrupted by the storm."

client
client relationshipclient requestclient meetingclient feedbackclient base

"We had a client meeting to discuss the new contract."

trend
market trendindustry trendupward trendcurrent trendtrend analysis

"We noticed an upward trend in demand."

customer
customer servicecustomer satisfactioncustomer demandcustomer supportcustomer loyalty

"Good customer service can increase repeat sales."

demand
customer demandmarket demandhigh demandsupply and demand

"There is strong demand for skilled workers."

discuss
discuss the issuediscuss the matterdiscuss optionsdiscuss a proposaldiscuss the details

"We need to discuss the proposal before Friday."

negotiate
negotiate termsnegotiate a dealnegotiate a contractnegotiate a pricenegotiate with

"They will negotiate the final price tomorrow."

quality
high qualityquality controlquality standardsquality assurance

"Quality control is checked at every stage."

sales
sales targetsales reportsales teamsales growthsales figures

"The sales team exceeded its target this quarter."

market
market sharemarket researchmarket demandmarket trendsmarket value

"The company used market research to guide the launch."

efficiency
work efficiencyoperational efficiencyimprove efficiencyefficiency gains

"The new system improved operational efficiency."

productivity
worker productivityincrease productivityproductivity levelproductivity growth

"Flexible hours can increase productivity."

price
price increaseprice reductionprice rangeprice listprice cut

"A price increase is expected next month."

expense
business expensetravel expenseexpense accountexpense report

"Please submit your expense report by Friday."

profit
profit marginprofit growthprofit lossprofit forecastprofit target

"The profit margin improved after costs were reduced."

cost
cost reductioncost estimatecost controlcost structurecost savings

"Cost reduction was a major goal for the finance team."

income
annual incomedisposable incomeincome statementincome tax

"The income statement was reviewed by the accountant."

asset
company assetsfixed assetsvaluable assetasset management

"The building is one of the company's most valuable assets."

budget
budget planbudget cutbudget approvalbudget constraintsbudget allocation

"The department waited for budget approval before hiring."

liability
financial liabilitylimited liabilitypotential liabilityliability insurance

"The lawyer warned them about potential liability."

revenue
revenue streamrevenue growthrevenue forecastrevenue sourcerevenue target

"Online sales became an important revenue stream."

investment
investment planinvestment strategyinvestment decisioninvestment opportunityinvestment risk

"They studied the investment opportunity carefully."

capital
working capitalcapital investmentrisk capitalcapital gains

"The startup needed more working capital."

share
market shareshare priceshareholder valueshare capital

"The company increased its market share last year."

trade
trade agreementtrade deficittrade partnertrade relationstrade barriers

"The two countries signed a new trade agreement."

account
account balanceaccount manageraccount detailsaccount statementaccount holder

"The account manager called to confirm the renewal."

stakeholder
key stakeholderstakeholder meetingstakeholder interestsstakeholder feedback

"We held a stakeholder meeting before making the decision."

cash
cash flowcash paymentcash reservecash shortagecash advance

"The startup struggled with cash flow in its early months."

leader
team leadermarket leaderindustry leaderthought leader

"The company became a market leader in online retail."

credit
credit cardcredit limitcredit ratingcredit termscredit line

"The bank reviewed their credit rating before approving the loan."

partner
business partnerstrategic partnerpartner companypartner agreement

"They signed a partner agreement yesterday."

launch
product launchlaunch datelaunch campaignlaunch a business

"The product launch attracted a lot of media attention."

debt
debt repaymentdebt burdendebt leveldebt managementdebt financing

"The company introduced a debt repayment plan."

loan
loan applicationloan approvalloan repaymentloan termsloan amount

"Their loan application was approved quickly."

contract
contract termscontract renewalcontract negotiationscontract agreementcontract signing

"The contract terms were changed during negotiations."

agreement
agreement termsagreement signedagreement reachedagreement clauseagreement draft

"Both sides finally reached an agreement."

order
order formorder statusorder confirmationorder volumeorder processing

"We sent the order confirmation this morning."

delivery
delivery datedelivery servicedelivery scheduledelivery addressdelivery delay

"The delivery date was moved to Friday."

shipment
shipment delayshipment trackingshipment arrivalshipment costshipment details

"Shipment tracking showed that the package had left the warehouse."

supplier
supplier relationshipsupplier contractsupplier paymentsupplier networksupplier list

"The supplier relationship has improved over the last year."

employee
employee handbookemployee benefitsemployee trainingemployee performanceemployee turnover

"The employee handbook explains the holiday policy."

staff
staff meetingstaff trainingstaff memberstaff shortagestaff morale

"A staff meeting was held on Monday morning."

manager
manager meetingmanager approvalmanager supportmanager rolemanager feedback

"The manager approval was needed before the release."

director
director generaldirector positiondirector boarddirector reportdirector responsibility

"The director board met to discuss strategy."

department
department headdepartment budgetdepartment storedepartment meetingdepartment goals

"Each department head submitted a report."

office
office hoursoffice spaceoffice equipmentoffice manageroffice policy

"The office hours have changed for the summer."

team
team meetingteam effortteam leaderteam memberteam performance

"This project required a strong team effort."

strategy
strategy planstrategy meetingstrategy sessionstrategy shiftstrategy development

"They held a strategy meeting before the launch."

policy
policy changepolicy decisionpolicy updatepolicy issuepolicy review

"The policy change will affect all employees."

report
report writingreport deadlinereport findingsreport summaryreport format

"Please send the report summary by noon."

growth
growth rategrowth strategygrowth potentialgrowth targetgrowth market

"The growth rate slowed in the second quarter."

development
development plandevelopment teamdevelopment stagedevelopment projectdevelopment process

"The development team is testing the new feature."

expansion
expansion planexpansion strategyexpansion marketexpansion effortexpansion project

"The expansion plan includes three new offices."

leadership
leadership styleleadership teamleadership roleleadership skillsleadership training

"Strong leadership skills are essential in business."

communication
communication skillscommunication channelcommunication strategycommunication gapcommunication plan

"Clear communication skills help prevent misunderstandings."

negotiation
negotiation processnegotiation skillsnegotiation tablenegotiation roundnegotiation strategy

"The negotiation process lasted several weeks."

opportunity
opportunity costopportunity to growjob opportunitybusiness opportunityinvestment opportunity

"The merger created a new business opportunity."

risk
risk managementrisk factorrisk assessmentrisk levelrisk exposure

"Risk management is a key part of financial planning."

Come & Go

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come
come and gocome backcome income oncome upcome out

"Please come in and take a seat."

arrive
arrive on timearrive latearrive safelyarrive in personarrive at a decision

"We arrived on time for the meeting."

go
go awaygo backgo outgo aheadgo ongo down

"You can go ahead with your plan."

leave
leave earlyleave behindleave for homeleave the roomleave a message

"Please leave a message if I am not here."

enter
enter the roomenter into a contractenter a raceenter the buildingenter quietly

"She entered the room quietly."

exit
exit the buildingexit a programexit quicklyexit through the doorexit the stage

"Please exit the building by the nearest door."

depart
depart fromdepart earlydepart on scheduledepart fordepart quietly

"The train will depart on schedule."

return
return homereturn to workreturn safelyreturn soonreturn again

"She will return home tomorrow."

approach
approach a problemapproach closelyapproach carefullyapproach the subjectapproach the issue

"We need to approach the problem carefully."

visit
visit a friendvisit the doctorvisit oftenvisit in personvisit again

"I will visit the doctor this afternoon."

stroll
stroll alongstroll throughstroll aroundstroll backstroll together

"We like to stroll through the park."

wander
wander aroundwander offwander throughwander backwander aimlessly

"The child began to wander around the garden."

glide
glide acrossglide alongglide pastglide smoothlyglide away

"The boat seemed to glide across the water."

drift
drift awaydrift offdrift alongdrift apartdrift slowly

"The conversation began to drift away from the topic."

cycle
cycle to workcycle aroundcycle throughcycle safelycycle daily

"He likes to cycle to work."

hurry
hurry uphurry awayhurry backhurry alonghurry home

"We need to hurry up before the store closes."

dash
dash offdash outdash backdash overdash away

"He had to dash off to catch the train."

rush
rush inrush outrush throughrush backrush ahead

"Do not rush in without thinking."

slide
slide openslide shutslide acrossslide offslide into

"The door will slide open automatically."

swing
swing openswing shutswing byswing aroundswing back

"The gate will swing open with a push."

bounce
bounce backbounce aroundbounce offbounce awaybounce in

"She can bounce back quickly after setbacks."

skip
skip aheadskip overskip aroundskip outskip along

"You can skip ahead to the next chapter."

step
step instep outstep upstep backstep aside

"Please step aside so others can pass."

saunter
saunter insaunter oversaunter alongsaunter awaysaunter through

"They sauntered along the beach after dinner."

march
march inmarch outmarch forwardmarch togethermarch ahead

"The team will march in the parade."

stray
stray awaystray fromstray offstray farstray briefly

"Try not to stray from the main path."

bolt
bolt outbolt awaybolt throughbolt uprightbolt for

"The dog seemed ready to bolt out the door."

flee
flee the sceneflee from dangerflee abroadflee quicklyflee in fear

"The villagers had to flee from danger."

dart
dart outdart indart acrossdart awaydart past

"A cat darted across the road."

venture
venture outventure intoventure forthventure beyondventure alone

"We decided to venture out despite the rain."

roam
roam freelyroam aroundroam the streetsroam farroam wild

"The horses roam freely in the field."

sauntering
sauntering alongsauntering insauntering pastsauntering oversauntering away

"He kept sauntering along as if he had no hurry."

coming
coming and goingcoming in and outcoming backcoming homecoming soon

"People have been coming and going all morning."

going
going outgoing backgoing awaygoing throughgoing around

"She is going through a hard time."

in
in and outin the come and goin motionin transitin and out of town

"He is in and out of town all week."

out
out and aboutout of sightout of townout in the openout on the road

"I was out of town last weekend."

away
away from homeaway for workaway from dangeraway all dayaway and back

"She is away for work until Friday."

forth
forth and backforth withforth into the worldforth fromforth at once

"The boats moved forth into the world beyond the harbor."

around
around and aroundaround the corneraround townaround the blockaround here

"We walked around the block after dinner."

through
through and throughthrough the doorthrough townthrough the nightthrough with

"She worked through the night to finish the report."

Food & Cooking

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heat
heat the panheat oilheat gentlyheat throughheat over medium heat

"Heat the pan before adding the oil."

recipe
follow a recipeadjust a recipetry a recipeshare a recipewrite a recipe

"I decided to follow a recipe for vegetable soup."

salt
add saltsprinkle salta pinch of salttable saltseason with salt

"Add salt to taste before serving."

cool
cool downcool completelycool in the fridgecool before servingcool to room temperature

"Let the cake cool completely before slicing it."

ingredients
fresh ingredientsbasic ingredientskey ingredientscombine ingredientssource ingredients

"Fresh ingredients make the dish taste better."

sugar
add sugara spoonful of sugargranulated sugarbrown sugarsugar in the recipe

"The cake needs a spoonful of sugar."

spread
spread butterspread on breadspread evenlyspread the fillingspread with jam

"Spread butter on the toast while it is warm."

oil
olive oilvegetable oildrizzle oilheat the oilcooking oil

"Heat the oil before adding the onions."

flavor
rich flavorstrong flavoradd flavorbring out flavorenhance flavor

"A little garlic can add flavor to the sauce."

taste
sweet tastesalty tastetaste goodtaste freshleave a taste

"The soup tastes fresh and light."

milk
a glass of milkwhole milkskim milkadd milkmilk and cereal

"Add milk to the batter and stir well."

pour
pour waterpour in the milkpour carefullypour over the pastapour into a bowl

"Pour the sauce over the pasta."

cook
cook dinnercook from scratchcook over high heatcook evenlycook quickly

"She likes to cook dinner for her family."

crumb
bread crumbscookie crumbscrumb toppingcrumb mixturefine crumbs

"Sprinkle bread crumbs on top of the casserole."

eggs
scramble eggsboil eggsfried eggsa dozen eggsbeat eggs

"Beat eggs in a bowl until smooth."

bake
bake a cakebake breadbake in the ovenbake until goldenbake at 350 degrees

"We are going to bake a cake for her birthday."

flesh
fruit fleshtender fleshwhite fleshflesh of the fruitsoft flesh

"The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy."

chicken
grilled chickenroasted chickenchicken breastfried chickenseason the chicken

"Season the chicken with salt and pepper."

stuff
stuff the turkeystuff peppersstuff with cheesestuff the doughstuff loosely

"We decided to stuff the peppers with rice and vegetables."

boil
boil waterbring to a boilboil overboil gentlyboil the pasta

"First, bring the water to a boil."

beef
ground beefroast beefbeef stewbeef brothsliced beef

"Ground beef is perfect for the sauce."

fry
deep frypan fryfry an eggfry onionsfry until crisp

"He likes to fry an egg for breakfast."

cake
bake a cakeslice of cakechocolate cakecake batterlayer cake

"She baked a cake for his birthday."

drain
drain the pastadrain off the waterdrain welldrain in a colanderdrain excess oil

"Drain the pasta in a colander before adding the sauce."

chill
chill in the fridgechill the doughchill before servingchill overnightchill thoroughly

"Chill the dessert in the fridge for two hours."

grill
grill meatgrill vegetablesgrill over charcoalgrill until donegrill outdoors

"We grill vegetables in the summer."

cookie
bake cookieschocolate chip cookiecookie doughhomemade cookiesfreshly baked cookies

"The kitchen smelled like freshly baked cookies."

freeze
freeze leftoversfreeze the soupfreeze solidfreeze in portionsfreeze overnight

"You can freeze leftovers for another day."

roast
roast chickenroast vegetablesroast in the ovenroast slowlyroast until tender

"They roasted a chicken for Sunday dinner."

pie
apple piepumpkin piepie crustslice of piebake a pie

"They served apple pie with vanilla ice cream."

steam
steam vegetablessteam ricesteam for five minutessteam gentlysteam until soft

"You can steam the broccoli for a few minutes."

flour
all purpose floursift flourdust with flourflour mixturea cup of flour

"Sift the flour before mixing it with the eggs."

thaw
thaw frozen foodthaw the meatthaw in the fridgethaw completelythaw before cooking

"Thaw the meat in the fridge overnight."

pepper
black pepperground peppera pinch of pepperseason with pepperpepper and salt

"Season the soup with pepper and salt."

pickle
pickle cucumberspickle vegetablespickle in vinegarpickle overnightpickle in jars

"My grandmother likes to pickle cucumbers in vinegar."

saute
saute onionssaute garlicsaute in buttersaute lightlysaute the vegetables

"Saute the onions before adding the tomatoes."

cream
heavy creamwhipped creamstir in creama splash of creamcream sauce

"Stir in cream to make the sauce richer."

braise
braise the beefbraise slowlybraise in stockbraise until tenderbraise with vegetables

"They braise the beef until it is very tender."

mix
mix wellmix togethermix the battermix ingredientsmix in sugar

"Mix the ingredients well before cooking."

garlic
minced garlicgarlic clovesgarlic breadgarlic powderroast garlic

"Minced garlic adds a lot of flavor to the dish."

toast
toast breadtoast the nutstoast lightlytoast until goldentoast in a pan

"Toast the bread before making the sandwich."

stir
stir constantlystir gentlystir the soupstir in flourstir well

"Stir the soup gently while it simmers."

chop
chop onionschop finelychop into pieceschop vegetablesroughly chop

"Please chop the onions before we start cooking."

onion
chop an onionsliced onionred onionfry the onioncaramelized onion

"Chop an onion and add it to the pan."

dough
pizza doughbread doughknead the doughroll out the doughlet the dough rise

"Let the dough rise for an hour."

tomato
fresh tomatoestomato saucesliced tomatochopped tomatoripe tomato

"The salad tastes better with a ripe tomato."

ingredient
main ingredientfresh ingredientskey ingredientingredients listdry ingredients

"Flour is the main ingredient in this recipe."

slice
slice breadslice thinlyslice into piecesslice the cheeseslice up

"Slice the bread before serving it."

herb
fresh herbsdried herbsmix in herbsherb seasoninga blend of herbs

"Fresh herbs brighten the flavor of the soup."

dice
dice potatoesdice finelydice vegetablesdice the onionsmall dice

"Dice the potatoes and add them to the pan."

pan
fry in a panhot pannonstick pangrease the panpan sauce

"Grease the pan before pouring in the batter."

peel
peel an applepeel the skinpeel vegetablespeel and choppeel carefully

"You need to peel the carrots first."

grate
grate cheesegrate gingergrate finelygrate the carrotsfreshly grated

"She grated some cheese over the pasta."

pot
boil in a potlarge potsauce potstock potbring to a boil in the pot

"Bring the water to a boil in the pot."

oven
preheat the ovenhot ovenoven temperaturebake in the ovenoven door

"Preheat the oven to 350 degrees."

spice
add spiceblend spicesspice upmild spicewarm spice

"You can spice up the sauce with chili powder."

marinate
marinate the meatmarinate overnightmarinate in oilmarinate with herbsquick marinade

"Marinate the chicken overnight for extra flavor."

serve
serve hotserve with riceserve immediatelyserve at room temperatureserve a meal

"Serve the pasta hot with grated cheese."

prepare
prepare a mealprepare aheadprepare ingredientsprepare foodprepare for dinner

"I like to prepare lunch the night before."

set
set the tableset asideset a timerset the ovenset the dish

"Could you set the table for dinner?"

preheat
preheat the ovenpreheat to 180 degreespreheat before bakingfully preheatpreheat the grill

"Preheat the oven before you start mixing the batter."

simmer
simmer gentlysimmer the saucesimmer for ten minuteslet simmersimmer on low heat

"Let the soup simmer for twenty minutes."

blend
blend until smoothblend ingredientsblend togetherblend the mixtureblend in

"Blend the soup until smooth."

whisk
whisk eggswhisk togetherwhisk until fluffywhisk in milklightly whisk

"Whisk the eggs with a little milk."

knead
knead the doughknead wellknead by handknead for ten minutesknead until smooth

"Knead the dough until it feels smooth."

proof
proof the doughproof breadproof in a warm placelet proofproper proofing

"Let the dough proof in a warm place."

caramelize
caramelize onionscaramelize sugarcaramelize slowlycaramelize the edgesdeeply caramelize

"Caramelize the onions for a sweeter flavor."

drizzle
drizzle with oildrizzle over topdrizzle honeylight drizzledrizzle the sauce

"Drizzle olive oil over the salad."

garnish
garnish with herbsgarnish the plategarnish lightlysimple garnishgarnish before serving

"Garnish the dish with fresh parsley."

broth
chicken brothvegetable brothrich brothsimmer in brothclear broth

"Add the noodles to the chicken broth."

sauce
tomato saucemake a saucethick saucepour saucetoss in sauce

"The pasta was served with tomato sauce."

salad
green saladtoss a saladsalad dressingfresh saladside salad

"We had a side salad with our meal."

soup
make souphot soupsoup bowlsoup recipesoup simmer

"A hot soup is perfect on a cold day."

bread
fresh breadslice of breadmake breadbread doughbread crust

"The smell of fresh bread filled the kitchen."

butter
spread buttermelt buttera pat of butterbutter the panwhipped butter

"Spread butter on the toast."

cheese
grated cheesemelted cheesecheese saucecheese plattershredded cheese

"We added grated cheese on top of the noodles."

egg
boiled eggfried eggscramble an eggegg whiteswhisk eggs

"I had a boiled egg for breakfast."

meat
lean meatground meatmeat tendercook meatslice the meat

"Use lean meat for a lighter dish."

fish
fresh fishcook fishbaked fishfish filletfish sauce

"Fresh fish tastes best when simply cooked."

rice
white ricecook riceserve with ricesteamed ricerice bowl

"Serve the curry with steamed rice."

pasta
fresh pastacook pastapasta saucepasta dishdrain the pasta

"Cook the pasta until it is al dente."

dessert
make dessertserve dessertsweet dessertdessert menudessert course

"We saved room for dessert after dinner."

Have & Get

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have
have a breakhave a chathave a drinkhave a mealhave a rest

"We decided to have a break after the long meeting."

get
get a chanceget a jobget a callget a rideget a message

"I got a chance to speak at the conference."

Health & Body

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brain
brain functionbrain damagebrain activitybrain scanbrain health

"Sleep is important for brain function."

eyes
eye straineye careeye contacteye dropseye exam

"I need an eye exam before I renew my glasses."

health
good healthpoor healthpublic healthmental healthhealth care

"Regular exercise is important for good health."

body
human bodybody weightbody languagebody temperaturebody fat

"The doctor checked his body temperature."

lung
lung diseaselung functionlung cancerlung capacitylung infection

"Smoking can damage lung function."

ears
ear infectionear painear canalear dropsear ache

"The doctor said the child had an ear infection."

lungs
lung functionlung diseaselung cancerlung capacitylung infection

"Smoking can damage lung function."

exercise
regular exercisedaily exerciselight exerciseexercise routineexercise program

"She follows a regular exercise routine."

liver
liver diseaseliver damageliver functionliver transplantliver health

"The doctor ordered a test to check liver function."

kidney
kidney diseasekidney stonekidney functionkidney failurekidney transplant

"Drinking water can help reduce the risk of a kidney stone."

diet
balanced diethealthy dietstrict dietlow-fat dietpoor diet

"A balanced diet helps you stay energetic."

fitness
physical fitnessfitness levelfitness routinefitness centerfitness goals

"She goes to the fitness center three times a week."

sleep
enough sleepdeep sleepgood sleeplack of sleepsleep pattern

"I felt better after a full night of good sleep."

teeth
brush teethhealthy teethteeth whiteningteeth cleaningteeth sensitivity

"You should brush teeth twice a day."

energy
high energylow energyenergy levelenergy boostenergy drink

"I need a good breakfast for more energy."

rest
take restrest periodrest dayrest and recoveryrest time

"The doctor told her to take rest for two days."

joint
joint painjoint healthjoint injuryjoint replacementjoint stiffness

"Morning joint stiffness can be a sign of arthritis."

weight
lose weightput on weightbody weightideal weightweight loss

"He wants to lose weight before summer."

nerve
nerve painnerve damagenerve cellnerve disordernerve ending

"The injury caused nerve pain in his hand."

muscle
build musclemuscle strengthmuscle painmuscle tissuemuscle mass

"Swimming can help you build muscle."

strength
muscle strengthphysical strengthinner strengthupper body strengthstrength training

"Strength training can improve your posture."

bone
broken bonebone densitybone structurebone marrowbone health

"Calcium is important for bone health."

spine
spine surgeryspine injuryspine alignmentspine healthspine pain

"Good posture supports spine health."

hygiene
personal hygienegood hygienehand hygieneoral hygienehygiene habits

"Good hygiene helps prevent the spread of germs."

hip
hip painhip jointhip replacementhip injuryhip bone

"She felt hip pain after the long hike."

heart
heart rateheart diseaseheart attackheart failurehealthy heart

"Running can improve your heart rate."

care
health caremedical careself careaftercarecare plan

"Self care includes eating well and sleeping enough."

blood
high blood pressureblood sugarblood testblood circulationblood clot

"The nurse took a blood test this morning."

test
blood testfitness testmedical testtest resultstest kit

"The doctor ordered a blood test to check my iron level."

fever
high feverfever symptomsfever medicinefeverish feelingbreak a fever

"The child had a high fever overnight."

skin
clear skindry skinsensitive skinskin careskin rash

"She uses a gentle skin care product."

scan
brain scanbody scanCT scanscan resultscan image

"The CT scan showed no serious damage."

cough
dry coughbad coughcough syrupcough medicinechronic cough

"A dry cough can linger after a virus."

hair
long haircurly hairhair losshair colorhair care

"He noticed some hair loss last year."

treatment
medical treatmenttreatment plantreatment optiontreatment centertreatment side effects

"The treatment plan worked better than expected."

germ
germ spreadgerm protectiongerm controlgerm theorygerm growth

"Handwashing helps stop germ spread."

flu
flu shotflu symptomsflu seasonflu virusflu vaccine

"The flu shot can help protect older adults."

eye
eye contacteye straineye doctoreye infectioneye care

"Too much screen time can cause eye strain."

ear
ear infectionear painear canalear waxhearing ear

"My son had an ear infection last winter."

nose
runny nosestuffy nosenosebleednose bridgeblocked nose

"I had a runny nose all morning."

mouth
dry mouthmouth ulcermouth cavitymouth breathingmouth care

"Stress can sometimes cause dry mouth."

throat
sore throatthroat infectionthroat painthroat irritationclear throat

"I woke up with a sore throat."

stomach
stomach achestomach painstomach ulcerstomach bugempty stomach

"He skipped breakfast on an empty stomach."

back
back painlower backback injuryback supportback muscles

"Poor posture often causes back pain."

neck
neck painneck injuryneck musclesneck stiffnessneck strain

"She complained of neck stiffness after sleeping badly."

arm
upper armarm musclesarm painarm injuryarm strength

"He lifted the box with his left arm."

leg
leg painleg musclesleg injuryleg crampsleg strength

"Long walks can improve leg strength."

hand
wash handshand hygienehand carehand painhand injury

"Wash your hands before eating."

foot
foot painfoot injuryfoot massagefoot careflat feet

"He needed new shoes because of foot pain."

knee
knee painknee injuryknee capknee jointbent knee

"She fell and hurt her knee."

shoulder
broad shouldersshoulder painshoulder injuryshoulder musclesshrug shoulders

"The heavy bag caused shoulder pain."

chest
chest painchest infectionchest x raychest musclestight chest

"He went to the doctor because of chest pain."

waist
small waistwaist sizewaist linewaist beltslim waist

"The dress fit her waist perfectly."

pulse
check pulserapid pulseslow pulsepulse rateweak pulse

"The doctor checked his pulse rate."

pressure
blood pressurehigh pressurelow pressurepressure readingnormal pressure

"Her blood pressure was slightly high."

temperature
body temperaturehigh temperatureroom temperaturetemperature checkfever temperature

"A high temperature can be a sign of illness."

pain
chronic painback painsharp painpain reliefpain scale

"The medicine provided quick pain relief."

injury
sports injuryminor injuryserious injuryhead injuryinjury treatment

"He missed the game because of a sports injury."

illness
serious illnesslong illnessmental illnessminor illnessrecover from illness

"She returned to work after a long illness."

disease
heart diseaseinfectious diseasechronic diseaselung diseaseprevent disease

"Exercise can help prevent heart disease."

virus
flu virusvirus infectiondangerous virusspread virusdeadly virus

"The flu virus spreads easily in winter."

infection
ear infectionviral infectionbacterial infectionserious infectioninfection control

"The doctor prescribed medicine for the infection."

medicine
take medicineprescription medicineover the counter medicinestrong medicinecold medicine

"Take the medicine after dinner."

doctor
family doctorsee a doctordoctor appointmentdoctor visitmedical doctor

"You should see a doctor if the fever continues."

nurse
registered nursenurse stationnurse practitionerhead nursenurse call

"The nurse checked my temperature."

hospital
local hospitalhospital wardhospital stayhospital bedhospital treatment

"He spent two days in the hospital."

clinic
medical clinichealth clinicwalk in clinicclinic visitclinic appointment

"She went to the clinic for a checkup."

surgery
minor surgerymajor surgerysurgery roomsurgery datesurgery recovery

"He needed minor surgery on his knee."

therapy
physical therapyspeech therapyoccupational therapygroup therapytherapy session

"Physical therapy helped her walk again."

checkup
routine checkupmedical checkupannual checkupdoctor checkuphealth checkup

"I have a routine checkup next week."

symptom
common symptomearly symptomflu symptomsymptom reliefwarning symptom

"Coughing is a common symptom of colds."

recovery
full recoveryquick recoveryslow recoveryrecovery timerecovery room

"He made a full recovery after the operation."

vaccination
childhood vaccinationflu vaccinationmass vaccinationvaccination programvaccination shot

"The school recommends flu vaccination for students."

Keep & Hold

2
keep
keep a promisekeep a secretkeep quietkeep an eye onkeep in touch

"Please keep a promise if you make one."

hold
hold a meetinghold a handhold a grudgehold a positionhold a conversation

"They will hold a meeting tomorrow morning."

Make & Do

2
Make
make a decisionmake a mistakemake progressmake an effortmake a plan

"We need to make a decision today."

Do
do homeworkdo houseworkdo businessdo a favordo your best

"I need to do my homework before dinner."

Noun + Noun

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book
book coverbook reviewbook clubbook titlebook store

"Our book club meets on Friday nights."

home
home pagehome officehome addresshome townhome game

"I updated the home page this morning."

town
town centertown halltown squaretown lifetown council

"The town square was full of visitors."

head
head officehead teacherhead starthead counthead gear

"The company moved its head office downtown."

window
window seatwindow framewindow glasswindow displaywindow shade

"She sat by the window seat on the train."

baby
baby foodbaby showerbaby stepsbaby sitterbaby monitor

"We bought a baby monitor before the trip."

parent
parent companyparent groupparent supportparent meetingparent feedback

"The school held a parent meeting on Tuesday."

point
point systempoint guardpoint of viewpoint valuepoint source

"I understand your point of view."

table
table clothtable settingtable toptable lamptable tennis

"He bought a new table lamp for the study."

city
city centercity councilcity streetcity lifecity limit

"We walked around the city center after dinner."

class
class roomclass timeclass workclass projectclass size

"The class project took two weeks to finish."

line
line managerline breakline itemline graphline dance

"The line graph shows sales growth."

page
page numberpage turnerpage layoutpage viewpage break

"This novel is a real page turner."

country
country roadcountry musiccountry housecountry clubcountry border

"They drove along a quiet country road."

lesson
lesson planlesson timelesson booklesson noteslesson structure

"She wrote a clear lesson plan for the class."

picture
picture framepicture bookpicture qualitypicture gallerypicture card

"The picture frame matched the wall color."

water
water bottlewater supplywater levelwater pollutionwater pressure

"Bring a water bottle for the hike."

street
street marketstreet lightstreet signstreet foodstreet address

"The street market opens on Saturday morning."

air
air qualityair travelair pressureair conditioningair traffic

"The office air conditioning was too cold."

chair
chair liftchair coverchair personchair backchair rail

"The chair lift carried us to the top of the hill."

fire
fire alarmfire safetyfire departmentfire drillfire pit

"We heard the fire alarm during the meeting."

shop
shop windowshop ownershop assistantshop floorshop sign

"The shop window was decorated for the holidays."

coffee
coffee cupcoffee shopcoffee breakcoffee machinecoffee table

"Let's meet at the coffee shop at noon."

plane
plane ticketplane seatplane tripplane crashplane ride

"She booked a plane ticket for Friday."

tea
tea bagtea cuptea roomtea timetea leaves

"She put a tea bag in the mug."

child
child carechild developmentchild laborchild supportchild safety

"The city offers child care for working parents."

news
news reportnews storynews channelnews updatenews conference

"The news report covered the election results."

woman
woman doctorwoman leaderwoman artistwoman managerwoman power

"The panel included a woman leader from Kenya."

story
story linestory bookstory tellerstory boardstory plot

"The story line kept getting more interesting."

man
man caveman powerman hoursman lifeman kind

"The project took many man hours to complete."

paper
paper workpaper bagpaper towelpaper trailpaper mill

"He filled out the paper work quickly."

glass
glass doorglass bottleglass jarglass topglass case

"She stored the jam in a glass jar."

friend
friend requestfriend groupfriend circlefriend zonefriend list

"He accepted my friend request right away."

student
student loanstudent lifestudent unionstudent visastudent council

"He applied for a student loan."

teacher
teacher trainingteacher payteacher shortageteacher evaluationteacher lounge

"The school is dealing with a teacher shortage."

bank
bank accountbank cardbank loanbank statementbank branch

"I checked my bank account online."

game
game plangame roomgame consolegame timegame show

"They changed their game plan after halftime."

meal
meal planmeal timemeal ticketmeal prepmeal service

"We followed the meal plan all week."

bed
bed roombed sheetbed framebed sidebed time

"It's already bed time for the kids."

Pay & Spend

2
pay
pay the billpay in cashpay by credit cardpay taxespay a fine

"We pay the bill at the end of each month."

spend
spend moneyspend timespend lessspend wiselyspend a lot

"We try to spend money wisely."

Take & Give

2
take
take a breaktake a looktake caretake parttake responsibility

"Please take a break before you continue."

give
give advicegive permissiongive a speechgive supportgive way

"She was happy to give advice to the new team."

Technology

68
algorithm
search algorithmsorting algorithmmachine learning algorithmalgorithm designalgorithm efficiency

"The search algorithm returned the best results first."

technology
advanced technologymodern technologycutting-edge technologydigital technologyemerging technology

"Modern technology has changed the way people communicate."

information
important informationpersonal informationuseful informationinformation technologyinformation system

"Please enter your personal information carefully."

automation
factory automationprocess automationautomation softwareautomation systemincrease automation

"Factory automation has improved production speed."

tech
high techlow techtech startuptech industrytech company

"The tech industry is growing quickly."

privacy
online privacyuser privacyprivacy settingsprivacy policyprivacy protection

"Check your privacy settings before posting anything public."

software
software updatesoftware developmentsoftware programsoftware engineersoftware company

"We need a software update before the meeting."

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence toolsartificial intelligence systemartificial intelligence researchartificial intelligence modelartificial intelligence applications

"Artificial intelligence tools are becoming more common in schools."

machine
machine learningmachine codemachine toolsmachine visionmachine performance

"Machine learning is used to improve search results."

machine learning
machine learning modelmachine learning algorithmmachine learning systemmachine learning researchmachine learning applications

"The company built a machine learning model to predict demand."

mouse
computer mousewireless mousemouse pointermouse clickmouse pad

"The wireless mouse stopped working during the presentation."

hardware
computer hardwarehardware storehardware componentshardware devicehardware upgrade

"The computer hardware was replaced last week."

computerized
computerized systemcomputerized recordscomputerized controlcomputerized processcomputerized database

"The hospital uses computerized records for patients."

feature
key featurenew featurespecial featuresecurity featurebuilt-in feature

"A new security feature was added to the app."

computer
desktop computerlaptop computercomputer screencomputer programcomputer system

"She works on a laptop computer every day."

interactive
interactive softwareinteractive lessoninteractive platforminteractive displayinteractive feature

"The museum has an interactive display for children."

high-speed
high-speed internethigh-speed connectionhigh-speed networkhigh-speed datahigh-speed access

"High-speed access is needed for video streaming."

phone
smart phonemobile phonephone appphone callphone screen

"I missed your phone call this morning."

internet
high speed internetinternet connectioninternet accessinternet serviceinternet search

"The hotel offers free internet access."

portable
portable deviceportable computerportable chargerportable speakerportable technology

"A portable charger is useful on long trips."

cutting-edge
cutting-edge technologycutting-edge softwarecutting-edge researchcutting-edge designcutting-edge tools

"The lab is known for cutting-edge technology."

network
computer networkwireless networknetwork securitynetwork connectionnetwork infrastructure

"The office uses a secure wireless network."

touchscreen
touchscreen displaytouchscreen devicetouchscreen interfacetouchscreen phonetouchscreen controls

"The new car has a touchscreen display on the dashboard."

application
mobile applicationsoftware applicationpractical applicationonline applicationapplication development

"This mobile application helps users track expenses."

broadband
broadband internetbroadband connectionbroadband servicebroadband speedbroadband provider

"We switched to a faster broadband internet plan."

browser
web browserbrowser historybrowser settingsbrowser extensionbrowser tab

"Clear your browser history before sharing the computer."

device
mobile deviceelectronic devicesmart deviceoutput deviceinput device

"Please turn off your mobile device during class."

website
official websitecompany websitewebsite designwebsite trafficwebsite builder

"The company website lists all of its services."

gadget
tech gadgetnew gadgetcool gadgetgadget reviewgadget accessory

"He bought a new gadget for his desk."

platform
online platformdigital platformsocial platforme learning platformstreaming platform

"The course is available on an e learning platform."

sensor
motion sensortemperature sensorsensor datasensor technologysensor system

"The motion sensor turned on the lights automatically."

cloud
cloud storagecloud computingcloud servicecloud platformcloud backup

"We keep all files in cloud storage."

chip
computer chipmicrochipchip designchip manufacturerchip technology

"The computer chip improved the device performance."

screen
computer screentouch screenscreen timescreen resolutionscreen display

"The computer screen is too small for detailed work."

security
cyber securitydata securitynetwork securitysecurity softwaresecurity breach

"The company invested in cyber security."

keyboard
computer keyboardwireless keyboardkeyboard shortcutkeyboard layoutkeyboard input

"Use the keyboard shortcut to save the file quickly."

innovation
technological innovationproduct innovationinnovation strategyinnovation hubinnovation center

"Technological innovation drives the industry forward."

update
software updatesystem updatesecurity updatelatest updateautomatic update

"An automatic update fixed the problem."

battery
battery lifebattery powerbattery chargerbattery levelbattery performance

"The phone battery life is much better now."

display
display screendisplay paneldisplay settingsdisplay resolutiondisplay technology

"The display panel shows bright, clear colors."

upgrade
system upgradehardware upgradesoftware upgrademajor upgradefree upgrade

"We installed a hardware upgrade on the server."

cable
power cabledata cablecable connectioncable managementcable length

"The laptop needs a new power cable."

download
free downloadquick downloaddownload speeddownload filedownload link

"The file is available for free download."

connectivity
internet connectivitynetwork connectivitywireless connectivityconnectivity issuesconnectivity problem

"The hotel has poor internet connectivity in some rooms."

upload
upload fileupload speedupload photoupload contentupload data

"Please upload the photo to the website."

interface
user interfaceinterface designinterface layoutinterface featureinterface menu

"The user interface is simple and easy to use."

program
computer programtraining programsoftware programcustom programoperating program

"The computer program runs without errors."

code
source codeclean codewrite codecode editorcode review

"The developer checked the source code carefully."

app
mobile appfree appuse an appapp storeapp developer

"I use a mobile app to order groceries."

search
search engineweb searchsearch resultsearch querysearch function

"I found the answer with a quick web search."

server
web serverserver roomserver maintenanceserver errorserver upgrade

"The server error stopped the site for an hour."

database
online databasedatabase managementdatabase systemdatabase recorddatabase search

"The company keeps customer records in an online database."

connection
internet connectionwireless connectionnetwork connectionconnection speedsecure connection

"The internet connection was too slow for the call."

streaming
streaming servicestreaming platformlive streamingvideo streamingstreaming quality

"We watched the match on a streaming service."

digital
digital technologydigital cameradigital mediadigital contentdigital transformation

"The business is going through digital transformation."

mobile
mobile appmobile devicemobile paymentmobile networkmobile technology

"Mobile payment is very convenient in stores."

wireless
wireless networkwireless connectionwireless internetwireless devicewireless technology

"The cafe offers wireless internet for customers."

online
online shoppingonline platformonline serviceonline accountonline learning

"Online learning became more common during the pandemic."

virtual
virtual realityvirtual meetingvirtual classroomvirtual tourvirtual assistant

"We joined the meeting in a virtual classroom."

automated
automated systemautomated processautomated machineautomated responseautomated testing

"The warehouse uses an automated system."

smart
smart phonesmart devicesmart homesmart technologysmart system

"The smart home lights turn on automatically."

electronic
electronic deviceelectronic mailelectronic signatureelectronic paymentelectronic equipment

"She used an electronic signature to approve the document."

engineering
software engineeringcomputer engineeringsystems engineeringengineering solutionengineering team

"He studied software engineering at university."

repair
computer repairdevice repairrepair servicerepair shoprepair technician

"I took my laptop to the repair shop."

maintenance
system maintenanceserver maintenanceroutine maintenancemaintenance workmaintenance schedule

"The website is down for routine maintenance."

backup
data backupsystem backupbackup copybackup planbackup file

"Always keep a backup copy of important files."

storage
data storagecloud storagestorage devicestorage capacitystorage space

"The phone has plenty of storage space."

access
internet accessremote accesseasy accessaccess controlaccess point

"Students have internet access in the library."

Time Expressions

73
time
on timein timeall the timetake your timespare time

"The train arrived on time."

noon
at noonaround noonjust before noonby noonnoon break

"Please send the report by noon."

now
right nowfrom now onjust nowup to now

"We need an answer right now."

soon
very soonas soon as possiblesoon aftertoo soon

"Please reply as soon as possible."

day
every daythe next dayday by dayday offday and night

"I exercise every day."

midnight
at midnightbefore midnightafter midnightby midnightpast midnight

"The train arrived just after midnight."

term
for a long termin the long termshort termlong termterm of office

"This plan is better in the long term."

later
see you latera little latermuch latersooner or later

"I will call you later."

week
next weeklast weekthis weekweek by weekweek after week

"We will meet next week."

month
next monthlast monththis monthmonth after monthmonth by month

"She starts the new job next month."

before
before longjust beforethe day beforelong before

"She left just before noon."

pause
take a pausebrief pauseshort pausepause for breathpause briefly

"She gave a brief pause before answering."

after
soon afterafter thatthe day afternot long after

"We went home soon after the movie."

year
next yearlast yearthis yearyear after yearyear by year

"They moved here last year."

timing
perfect timingbad timinggood timingtiming is everythingtiming window

"Your call had perfect timing."

hour
an hour laterfor hoursrush hourhour by hourthe hour of

"We sat there for hours."

while
for a whilein a whilea little whileafter a while

"Let's wait for a while."

decade
last decadenext decadeover the decadedecade by decadethe past decade

"The city has changed a lot over the past decade."

present
at presentfor the presentpresent daypresent time

"At present, the store is closed."

century
last centurynext centuryturn of the centurycentury oldthe twenty first century

"The building is over a century old."

minute
a minute agoin a minuteat the last minutewait a minuteminute by minute

"He left a minute ago."

past
in the pastgo back in the pastthe recent pastover the past

"In the past, we used paper maps."

advance
in advancewell in advanceadvance noticeadvance paymentplan in advance

"We booked the tickets well in advance."

moment
for a momentat the momentthe momentin a momentlast moment

"I am busy at the moment."

second
in a seconda second laterlast secondevery secondsplit second

"I will be there in a second."

future
in the futurethe near futurea bright futurefuture plans

"In the future, I want to travel more."

current
current timecurrent yearcurrent situationcurrent periodup to the current date

"The current situation requires careful planning."

date
set a datedue datedate of birthcurrent date

"Please set a date for the meeting."

morning
this morningtomorrow morningearly morningmorning rushin the morning

"She called me this morning."

recent
recent yearsrecent monthsrecentlyquite recentrecent past

"There has been a lot of change in recent years."

lately
latelyof latelately seenup latelynot lately

"I have been feeling tired lately."

afternoon
this afternoontomorrow afternoonlate afternoonafternoon breakin the afternoon

"We have a meeting this afternoon."

hourly
hourly ratehourly basishourly reporthourly wage

"She is paid an hourly wage."

evening
this eveningtomorrow eveningearly eveningin the eveninggood evening

"They are coming this evening."

daily
daily routinedaily lifedaily basisdaily news

"Exercise is part of my daily routine."

weekly
weekly reportweekly meetingweekly scheduleweekly basis

"We have a weekly meeting on Monday."

night
last nighttonightlate at nightnight after nightall night

"I could not sleep last night."

today
later todayas of todaytoday and tomorrowfor todaytoday only

"I need to finish it today."

monthly
monthly billmonthly paymentmonthly reportmonthly basis

"The monthly bill arrives by email."

tomorrow
by tomorrowuntil tomorrowtomorrow morningtomorrow nighttomorrow and beyond

"Please send the report by tomorrow."

yearly
yearly reportyearly incomeyearly basisyearly review

"We do a yearly review of the accounts."

annual
annual meetingannual reportannual leaveannual event

"The annual meeting is next month."

yesterday
since yesterdayyesterday morningyesterday afternoonyesterday eveningthe day before yesterday

"It rained yesterday afternoon."

timely
timely mannertimely responsetimely warningtimely fashion

"Thank you for the timely response."

weekend
this weekendnext weekendover the weekendweekend tripweekend plans

"We are going on a weekend trip."

prompt
prompt replyprompt actionprompt paymentprompt service

"Please send a prompt reply."

weekday
on weekdaysweekday morningweekday afternoonweekday routineweekday hours

"The office is open on weekdays."

rapid
rapid changerapid growthrapid pacerapid response

"The city is growing at a rapid pace."

season
this seasonnext seasonholiday seasonseason after seasonseasonal time

"The team is stronger this season."

spring
in springearly springspring breakspring cleaningspringtime

"Flowers bloom in spring."

instant
instant messageinstant coffeeinstant replyinstant reaction

"She sent me an instant message."

summer
in summerlate summersummer vacationsummer timepeak summer

"We usually travel in summer."

brief
brief momentbrief pausebrief timebrief period

"There was a brief pause before he answered."

autumn
in autumnearly autumnautumn leavesautumn seasonautumn months

"The trees turn red in autumn."

lengthy
lengthy delaylengthy processlengthy periodlengthy wait

"We had a lengthy wait at the airport."

winter
in winterlate winterwinter breakwinter seasonwinter months

"It gets very cold in winter."

holiday
on holidayholiday seasonpublic holidaybank holidayholiday time

"They are on holiday in Spain."

deadline
meet the deadlinemiss the deadlinedeadline extensiontight deadlinedeadline pressure

"We must meet the deadline."

schedule
on schedulebehind scheduleahead of scheduleschedule changetight schedule

"The project is ahead of schedule."

appointment
make an appointmentcancel an appointmentappointment timemedical appointmentappointment slot

"I have a dentist appointment tomorrow."

meeting
schedule a meetingattend a meetingmeeting timestaff meetingbusiness meeting

"The staff meeting starts at nine."

break
coffee breaklunch breakshort breaktake a breakbreak time

"Let's take a short break."

interval
short intervaltime intervalregular intervalsat intervalsbrief interval

"The checks are done at regular intervals."

period
time periodperiod of timeshort periodlong periodfixed period

"She lived there for a short period."

era
in the modern erathe digital eraa new eraend of an eraera of

"We are living in the digital era."

age
at a young ageat an early ageage of twoage-oldthe information age

"He learned to read at an early age."

momentum
build momentumlose momentummomentum shiftgather momentummomentum over time

"The campaign began to build momentum."

pace
keep paceslow pacerapid paceat a steady pacepace of change

"The city is growing at a rapid pace."

rhythm
daily rhythmnatural rhythmwork rhythmset the rhythmrhythm of life

"Travel can disrupt your daily rhythm."

tempo
set the tempoquick temposlow temposteady tempotempo of life

"The speaker set a quick tempo."

duration
short durationlong durationduration of stayduration of the eventfixed duration

"The flight has a short duration."

clock
clock timearound the clockagainst the clockclock inclock out

"We worked around the clock."

calendar
calendar yearcalendar monthcalendar datecalendar weekcalendar event

"Please mark the date on your calendar."

Travel & Transport

64
journeying
journeying northjourneying by footjourneying throughjourneying acrossjourneying alone

"They spent months journeying across the desert."

travel
travel abroadtravel lighttravel by traintravel far and widetravel plans

"We plan to travel by train across the country."

transport
public transportlocal transporttransport systemtransport coststransport links

"Public transport is very reliable here."

vehicle
private vehiclemotor vehicleroad vehiclecommercial vehiclevehicle registration

"The parking lot is for private vehicles only."

trip
take a tripshort tripbusiness tripday triproad trip

"We took a day trip to the coast."

tour
guided tourtour aroundtour the citybook a tourtake a tour

"We booked a guided tour of the old castle."

journey
long journeysafe journeymake the journeybegin a journeyjourney home

"It was a long journey, but we arrived safely."

motorbike
ride a motorbikemotorbike helmetmotorbike tourmotorbike ridermotorbike engine

"He rented a motorbike for the island tour."

transfer
airport transferhotel transfermake a transferdirect transferfree transfer

"The package includes a free airport transfer."

scooter
ride a scooterelectric scooterscooter rentalscooter lanescooter ride

"They used an electric scooter to get around."

flight
book a flighttake a flightdirect flightdelayed flightreturn flight

"Our flight was delayed for two hours."

check in
check in earlycheck in onlinecheck in at the hotelcheck in baggagecheck in desk

"We checked in online before leaving for the airport."

sail
set sailsail acrosssail awaygo sailingsail by

"The boat will set sail at sunrise."

passport
passport controlpassport numbervalid passportpassport holderpassport renewal

"You need a valid passport to enter the country."

train
catch a traintake the traintrain stationtrain rideexpress train

"I caught the train just before it left."

bus
catch a busbus stopbus routebus farebus service

"The bus stop is right outside the hotel."

cruise
cruise shipgo on a cruisecruise alongcruise holidaycruise line

"They went on a cruise around the Mediterranean."

visa
apply for a visatourist visawork visavisa applicationvisa requirements

"She applied for a tourist visa last week."

drive
drive carefullydrive homedrive throughlong drivedrive a car

"We had a long drive back after the concert."

travel time
travel timesave travel timelong travel timeshort travel timeaverage travel time

"The new road has cut travel time in half."

customs
customs controlcustoms declarationcustoms officercustoms checkpass customs

"We passed through customs quickly."

immigration
immigration controlimmigration officerimmigration formimmigration checkimmigration line

"The immigration line was very long."

ride
take a ridebike ridetaxi ridesmooth ridehorse ride

"We enjoyed a bike ride along the river."

ticket
buy a ticketone-way ticketreturn ticketticket officeticket machine

"I bought a return ticket to London."

gate
boarding gatedeparture gategate numbergate areagate change

"We waited near the boarding gate."

seat
window seataisle seatbook a seatreserve a seatseat belt

"I always choose a window seat."

passenger
passenger seatpassenger trainpassenger planepassenger safetypassenger list

"Please keep your seat belt fastened for passenger safety."

farewell
farewell partyfarewell speechsay farewellfarewell giftfarewell trip

"We said farewell at the airport."

station
train stationbus stationcentral stationstation platformstation master

"Let's meet at the train station at noon."

shuttle
airport shuttleshuttle busshuttle serviceshuttle rideshuttle transfer

"The hotel offers a free airport shuttle."

airport
airport terminalairport shuttleairport loungeairport securityairport transfer

"The airport shuttle runs every fifteen minutes."

terminal
airport terminalbus terminalterminal buildingterminal gateterminal transfer

"We met at the main airport terminal."

route
take a routedirect routebus routescenic routeroute map

"We took a scenic route through the mountains."

dock
dock a shipdock areadock workersdock sidedock terminal

"The ship will dock early in the morning."

destination
final destinationpopular destinationholiday destinationtravel destinationreach your destination

"Paris is a popular holiday destination."

luggage
pack luggagecheck luggagecarry luggagelost luggagelight luggage

"Please pack your luggage before you leave."

baggage
baggage claimchecked baggagecarry-on baggagebaggage allowancelost baggage

"We waited at baggage claim for our suitcases."

suitcase
pack a suitcaseopen a suitcasecarry a suitcaselarge suitcaseroll a suitcase

"She packed a suitcase for the weekend."

backpack
pack a backpackcarry a backpacktravel backpacklightweight backpackbackpack trip

"He carried a backpack on the hiking trip."

map
read a maproad maproute mapmap outfold a map

"We used a map to find the hotel."

taxi
take a taxihail a taxitaxi ridetaxi ranktaxi driver

"We took a taxi to the station."

cab
hail a cabtake a cabcab drivercab farecab ride

"She hailed a cab after the meeting."

boat
take a boatboat tripboat rideboat toursmall boat

"We took a boat trip on the lake."

ship
cargo shipcruise shipship terminalboard a shipship voyage

"The cruise ship left the harbor at sunset."

ferry
take a ferryferry crossingferry terminalferry serviceferry schedule

"We took a ferry across the bay."

coach
coach journeytour coachcoach stationsleeping coachcoach trip

"The coach journey took nearly six hours."

motorcycle
ride a motorcyclemotorcycle helmetmotorcycle tripmotorcycle lanemotorcycle accident

"He always wears a motorcycle helmet."

bicycle
ride a bicyclebicycle lanebicycle tripbicycle tourbicycle repair

"There is a new bicycle lane on the street."

bike
ride a bikebike ridebike pathbike helmetbike rental

"We went for a bike ride after dinner."

tram
take a tramtram stoptram linetram ridetram service

"The tram stop is close to the museum."

subway
take the subwaysubway stationsubway linesubway mapsubway ride

"We took the subway to downtown."

metro
metro stationmetro linetake the metrometro cardmetro system

"The metro station is just around the corner."

itinerary
travel itinerarydetailed itineraryplan an itinerarychange the itineraryholiday itinerary

"I emailed the travel itinerary to everyone."

reservation
make a reservationhotel reservationflight reservationadvance reservationreservation desk

"We made a reservation at the airport hotel."

booking
make a bookingonline bookingadvance bookingdouble bookingbooking confirmation

"I received a booking confirmation by email."

check-in
airport check-inhotel check-inonline check-incheck-in deskcheck-in time

"Online check-in saved us a lot of time."

boarding
boarding passboarding gateboarding timeboarding areaboarding call

"Please have your boarding pass ready."

departure
departure loungedeparture timedeparture gatedeparture boardscheduled departure

"The departure board showed a two hour delay."

arrival
arrival timearrival hallarrival gatearrival datelate arrival

"Her arrival time was listed on the ticket."

delay
flight delaytraffic delaycause a delaydelay the tripdelay in departure

"A storm caused a flight delay."

traffic
heavy traffictraffic jamtraffic lightstraffic flowtraffic congestion

"We were stuck in heavy traffic."

fuel
save fuelfuel pricefuel tankfuel consumptionrun out of fuel

"The car uses less fuel than our old one."

speed
speed limithigh speedtravel speedspeed upsafe speed

"Please drive within the speed limit."

fare
bus faretaxi farecheap farefare increasefare payment

"The bus fare was lower than I expected."

Verb + Adverb

37
say
say clearlysay politelysay brieflysay softlysay openly

"Please say clearly so everyone can hear you."

put
put awayput backput offput onput up

"Please put away your books before dinner."

act
act quicklyact calmlyact responsiblyact decisivelyact appropriately

"The manager acted quickly to solve the problem."

reply
reply quicklyreply politelyreply directlyreply honestlyreply promptly

"He replied quickly to the email."

turn
turn aroundturn backturn downturn offturn on

"Turn off the lights when you leave."

talk
talk freelytalk openlytalk brieflytalk constantlytalk quietly

"We talked briefly after the meeting."

smile
smile warmlysmile broadlysmile happilysmile politelysmile faintly

"She smiled warmly when she saw her old friend."

feel
feel stronglyfeel deeplyfeel betterfeel freefeel personally

"I feel strongly about this issue."

look
look afterlook aroundlook backlook downlook up

"I need to look after the kids this afternoon."

bring
bring aboutbring backbring downbring inbring up

"The new policy could bring about major changes."

laugh
laugh loudlylaugh heartilylaugh happilylaugh nervouslylaugh softly

"The children laughed loudly at the joke."

explain
explain clearlyexplain brieflyexplain carefullyexplain fullyexplain simply

"The guide explained everything clearly."

call
call backcall offcall oncall outcall up

"They called off the match בגלל the rain."

behave
behave properlybehave politelybehave badlybehave wellbehave calmly

"The children behaved well during the trip."

cry
cry loudlycry silentlycry bitterlycry softlycry helplessly

"The baby cried loudly all night."

wait
wait patientlywait quietlywait longwait eagerlywait calmly

"They waited patiently for the doctor to arrive."

perform
perform wellperform badlyperform consistentlyperform liveperform publicly

"The team performed well under pressure."

carry
carry oncarry outcarry throughcarry overcarry off

"Please carry on with your work."

pick
pick uppick outpick offpick overpick through

"Could you pick up some groceries on your way back?"

grow
grow quicklygrow slowlygrow steadilygrow wellgrow naturally

"The company grew quickly last year."

greet
greet warmlygreet politelygreet cheerfullygreet casuallygreet formally

"They greeted us warmly at the door."

move
move inmove outmove onmove backmove ahead

"They plan to move in next month."

decrease
decrease steadilydecrease graduallydecrease slightlydecrease sharplydecrease significantly

"The number of visitors decreased sharply after the holiday."

sort
sort outsort throughsort oversort awaysort off

"We need to sort out the problem before Monday."

rise
rise sharplyrise steadilyrise slowlyrise graduallyrise dramatically

"Temperatures rose sharply overnight."

think
think overthink throughthink outthink aheadthink back

"You should think it over before deciding."

develop
develop quicklydevelop graduallydevelop steadilydevelop fullydevelop naturally

"The project developed quickly once funding arrived."

speak
speak upspeak outspeak backspeak onspeak down

"If you disagree, please speak up."

respond
respond quicklyrespond calmlyrespond politelyrespond directlyrespond effectively

"It is important to respond quickly in an emergency."

react
react quicklyreact calmlyreact stronglyreact badlyreact immediately

"He reacted calmly to the bad news."

walk
walk awaywalk backwalk inwalk outwalk through

"He walked away without saying a word."

push
push aheadpush forwardpush backpush throughpush down

"We need to push ahead with the plan."

escape
escape easilyescape quicklyescape safelyescape completelyescape narrowly

"The prisoner escaped narrowly from the guards."

pull
pull awaypull backpull outpull overpull through

"The driver pulled over to answer the phone."

recover
recover quicklyrecover fullyrecover slowlyrecover wellrecover gradually

"She recovered quickly after the surgery."

stand
stand bystand outstand upstand backstand down

"Her bright idea really stood out."

understand
understand clearlyunderstand fullyunderstand easilyunderstand quicklyunderstand perfectly

"I understand perfectly what you mean."

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