This episode of making this is all about collocation, collocative words, and colloquial expressions. I’ll also include a technique that will assist you in developing this ability to naturally express yourself in English and to comprehend more of what you read and more of what you hear.

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collocation - the habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
as opposed to - used to refer to something that is different from what has just been mentioned; in contrast to.
to sustain - to keep up, prolong...
to lead the way - to be the first person to go somewhere. to fight a fire - to put forth an effort to extinguish a fire. to keep in touch - to continue to talk to or write to someone.to attend - to be present at; to go to.to hit the nail on the head - to be exactly right; to describeexactly what is causing a situation or problem.stand-alone - complete in itself, complete as is.
to emphasize - to place special consideration of or stress or insistence on something; to stress, to place emphasis.aches and pains - general way to refer to minor pains in the body.
law and order - the safe, civil, and orderly functioning of society viewed especially as a result of the enactment and strict enforcement of laws. black eye - an area of bruised skin around the eye resulting from a blow. sweeping generalization - a general rule applied to a specific situation (list of fallacies) to jot down - write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of... to hone in on - to move toward or focus attention on an objective; to find and go directly toward...

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