Collocations in Use – Part 8

Rewrite the underlined part of each sentence using a collocation from the opposite page

N1. The American writer Mark Twain is famous for commenting that reports of his death had been over-exaggerated
.N2. This restaurant is recommended by many different people
N3. The exam was extremely easy: everyone got high marks. make this informal
N4. The musical West Side Story is kind of based on the plot of Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. make this less informal
.N5. The idea of the boss singing Happy Birthday to me struck me as a little bit ridiculous
N6. The success of the Wimbledon tennis tournament is 100% dependent on the weather. give two answers
.N7. I really enjoyed the days I spent at your lovely house in the country
.N8. I was just a little surprised by her decision to quit her job so soon
.N9. I was really delighted when they told me I’d got the job
.N10. The new model of this camera is a little bit different from the old one

:Answers

N1. wildly exaggerated
N2. highly recommended
N3. dead easy
N4. loosely based on
N5. faintly/mildly ridiculous
N6. completely/totally/entirely dependent
N7. thoroughly enjoyed
N8. mildly surprised
N9. absolutely delighted
N10. slightly different