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Collocation, fixed expression and Idiom
Presented by Arif Lecturer : Budi Hammudin, M.AEnglish department of faculty of education and teachers training Lancang Kuning university
WHAT IS COLLOCATION ?
THE FAST TRAIN = QUICK TRAIN
FAST FOOD = QUICK FOOD
WHY LEARN COLLOCATION ?
Natural and easily understood Richer ways of expressing Easier to remember
TYPES OF COLLOCATION
1. adverb + adjectiveit has been widely discussed all over the world
2. adjective + nounThe doctor ordered him to take regular exercise.
3. 3. noun + nounMr. Smith closes mirror of car
4. noun + verbThe bomb went off when he started the car engine.
5. verb + nounI always try to do my homework in the morning, after making my bed.
6. verb + expression with prepositionWe had to return home because we had run out of money.
7. verb + adverbI still remember vividly my years in America.
FIXED EXPRESSIONS A fixed expression is a little like a
secret code that allows access to a club that not everyone can enter.
Those are the examples:
Don’t teach your grandmother to suck the egg.
He will come to no good.
You are still green.
Let’s forgive and forget .
All of a sudden.
IDIOMS
a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words.
Examples :
Don’t give me any of your lip
She caught my eye
He has one foot in the grave
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