Natural word partnerships and common idioms. · about 13 minutes
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What is it? A collocation is a pair of words that naturally go together: make a decision, heavy rain, do homework. An idiom is a phrase whose meaning is not the sum of its words: a piece of cake (very easy).
Why does it matter? Using natural collocations and well-chosen idioms makes your English sound fluent and expressive.
Where do we use it? "I need to make a decision." "The exam was a piece of cake." "She was over the moon."
In this lesson you will:
