Emma felt frustrated. Why was English so tricky?
Emma smiled and pulled the blue book from her bag. “I learned that words have friends,” she said. “You have to use them together.”
“I have a opinion about coffee,” she joked. “This book is a powerful tool!” collocations in use elementary
From that day on, Emma not only passed her exams with high marks — she with English itself. And whenever a new student asked for advice, she always said the same thing:
“Start with Collocations in Use Elementary . It will and make a difference .” Emma felt frustrated
Emma was a dedicated English student. She knew thousands of individual words: make , do , strong , heavy , tell , say . But when she tried to speak, her sentences sounded strange.
She opened it. The introduction said: “A collocation is a pair or group of words that are often used together. For example, we say ‘heavy rain,’ not ‘strong rain.’” “I learned that words have friends,” she said
Her teacher smiled gently. “Actually, we say , not ‘do a mistake’.”