Collocations with Acquaintance – 2 noun knowledge of sb/sth   ADJECTIVE nodding, passing, slight – .a man with whom I had a passing acquaintance brief, short – close, intimate – chance –   VERB + ACQUAINTANCE (make sb’s/sth’s (= become...

 Collocations with Acquaintance – 1 noun person you know   ADJECTIVE casual – .I ran into a casual acquaintance in town new – close, old – business, childhood, mutual, personal, social –   VERB + ACQUAINTANCE bump into (especially BrE),...

 Collocations with Acknowledgement noun   ADJECTIVE brief – explicit – tacit – open, public – formal, official –   VERB + ACKNOWLEDGEMENT amount to, be – .This amounted to an acknowledgement that she had been wrong get, receive – .I...

 Collocations with Acknowledge verb   ADVERB fully – freely, readily – grudgingly, reluctantly – clearly, explicitly – effectively, implicitly, tacitly – .The peace settlement effectively acknowledged the country’s independence formally, officially – openly, publicly – .He acknowledged publicly that he...

2 – Collocations with Achievement noun Act of achieving sth   ADJECTIVE high – .two years of consistently high achievement individual, personal – human – .The moon landing of 1969 was seen as a high point of human achievement academic,...

1 – Collocations with Achievement noun thing done successfully   ADJECTIVE ,amazing, considerable (especially BrE), extraordinary, fine, great, important – impressive, major, monumental, no mean (especially BrE), notable, outstanding, real, remarkable, significant, tremendous .It’s a monumental achievement for such a...

Collocations with Achieve verb VERB + ACHIEVE fail to – .The present law has failed to achieve its objectives be able to – try to – be designed to – be difficult to, be easy to, be impossible to, be...

Collocations with Ache – 2 noun Great sorrow   ADJECTIVE deep – dull – nagging –   VERB+Ache Feel – have – .She kept feeling the nagging ache in her heart   Preposition In – .She could hardly speak for...

Collocations with Ache – 1 noun Physical pain   ADJECTIVE Dull, nagging, throbbing – familiar – muscular, stomach, tummy –   VERB+Ache Be aware of,fell – .I felt the familiar ache in my lower back Ease – .He changed his...

Collocations with Accustomed adjective accustomed to sth ADVERB quite, well – .He was well accustomed to hard work   VERBS be – become, get, grow – .She had grown accustomed to his long absences

Collocations with Accuse verb ADVERB falsely, unjustly, wrongfully, wrongly – angrily – openly, publicly – .They openly accused her of dishonesty practically, virtually – !She practically accused me of starting the fire   VERB + ACCUSE cannot – .You couldn’t...

Collocations with Accusation noun VERB + ACCUSATION  hurl, level at/against, make – They have the nerve to level these accusations against one of our most respected members  face – .Their father now faces an accusation of murder  deny, dismiss, refute,...

Collocations with Accurate adjective   VERBS be, prove – .His predictions proved accurate   ADVERB .extremely, fairly, very, etc – deadly, highly – amazingly, remarkably, surprisingly, uncannily – .Her assessment turned out to be remarkably accurate completely, perfectly, totally –...

Collocations with Accuracy noun   ADJECTIVE absolute, complete, deadly, perfect, pinpoint, total, unerring – .The needle has to be positioned with pinpoint accuracy amazing, considerable, great, high (technical), remarkable, uncanny – .He predicted the election results with uncanny accuracy reasonable,...

Collocations with Accumulation noun   ADJECTIVE rapid – gradual, steady – .the steady accumulation of evidence by the police slow – great, large, massive – .a massive accumulation of facts about the motor industry (capital (finance –   VERB +...

Collocations with Accumulate verb   ADVERB gradually, slowly – steadily – quickly, rapidly –   VERB + ACCUMULATE begin to – be allowed to – .Dirt must not be allowed to accumulate tend to – .Toxic chemicals tend to accumulate...

Collocations with Accountant noun   ADJECTIVE (certified public (AmE), chartered (BrE – (professional, qualified (especially BrE – (trainee (BrE – (independent, self-employed (especially BrE – company, corporate – tax – chief – .We talked to the company’s chief accountant (management...

Collocations with Accountancy (especially BrE) (AmE usually accounting) noun   ADJECTIVE (chartered (BrE – (public (AmE – creative – It had taken considerable creative accountancy on my part to produce a set of figures that showed us making any profit...

Collocations with Accountability noun   ADJECTIVE greater, increased – local, public – demands for greater public accountability in the police service individual, personal – direct – moral – corporate, financial, professional – democratic, government, parliamentary (especially BrE), political – police...

Collocations with Accountable adjective   ADVERB fully, properly – personally – directly – .Senior managers are directly accountable to the Board of Directors ultimately – .Someone has to be held ultimately accountable for the accident publicly – .Local authorities should...