I fell in love with this melody right at the first time I happened to hear it. And for many years since, this song has never failed to...

DIFFICULTY A. ADJ + N COLLOCATIONS Life seems to have been a constant struggle for her ever since she left home When the electricity went...

QUANTITY AND SIZE A. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY A good/fair few A good/fair number A substantial/significant...

CHANGE A. COLLOCATIONS WITH CHANGE AS A NOUN There have been dramatic changes in the climate of the Artic region in the last decade The...

STOPPING AND STARTING A. STOPPING The accident brought traffic to a halt for several hours => bring traffic to a halt /hôlt/ The union...

CAUSE & EFFECT A. COLLOCATIONS WITH CAUSE & EFFECT We have yet to establish the cause of this latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease...

DESCRIBING GROUPS & AMOUNTS A. GROUPS OF ANIMALS A pack of dogs/wolves A herd if cattle/elephant A swarm of bees A flock of birds/sheep A...

COMPARING & CONTRASTING A. COMPARING TWO PLACES The two towns bear very little resemblance to each other ...entirely different This is in...

My career journey in Rohto-Mentholatum Vietnam marked its one-year anniversary in August this year. Now is the time to take a serious...

MAKING AN EFFORT A. ADJ + N COLLOCATIONS A determined effort => Mike has made a determined effort to save money A concerted effort => We...

The word "art" could refer to anything from literature, music to paintings, sculpture. For centuries, people have never ceased to argue...

We act more irrationally than we might think. We push ourselves to make everything fit on a small screen for a long time - writing...