Collocations in Use – Part 36

.Choose the correct collocation

.N1. After the accident the traffic failed / tailed / held back for more than five miles
.N2. The traffic didn’t die back/ up/ down until long after the rock concert
N3. Traffic is being disrupted / dispensed / diverted onto the B2534 because of an accident on the M73 motorway
N4. The traffic starts rising up / building up / massing up in the city centre around 4pm
N5. When the lorry broke down, traffic was severely disrupted / diverted / disturbed for several hours
N6. When you come into the town, hold / maintain / keep to the left, then bear / drive / hold left at the first roundabout

:Answers

N1. Tailed
N2. Down
N3. Diverted
N4. building up
N5. disrupted
N6. keep – bear