A COLLECTION OF PHRASES

AND COLLOCATIONS

( EDITION) ISSUE : 2

EDITOR & COMPILER : O P YADAV { M.A.(ENGLISH)}, CTE, PGCTE

Abroad :
Have advice from abroad; send money from abroad to somebody ;
go abroad ; send somebody abroad ; be studying abroad ;come from abroad ; live
abroad

Absent :
Be regularly absent ; be absent without

Absorb :
Absorb all the candidates in one’s company ; be absorbed in
something ; be absorbed with one’s Mathematics book ; be completely absorbed in
one’s games

Absolute :
Tell somebody something in absolute confidence ; an absolute
disgrace ; an absolute ruler ;an absolute darling ; an absolute disaster ; have
absolute power ; discuss something in absolute terms

Absolutely :
Be absolutely convinced ; be absolutely delicious ; absolutely
excellent ; find / tell something absolutely essential ; absolutely incredible ;
absolutely necessary ;absolutely sure ; absolutely awful ; absolutely the best

Absolve :
Absolve a country for lack of evidence ; absolve somebody from
responsibility/ blame

Abuse :
Be open to abuse ; let out abuse ; receive abuse ; yell abuse at
somebody ; diabolical abuse ; blatant abuse of the system ; a fierce tirade of abuse
a torrent of abuse ; scream a stream of abuse at somebody ; sexually abuse
somebody in orgies with one’s colleagues ; abuse somebody’s trust ; abuse one’s
position/power ;abuse of legal authority

Accept :
Hurriedly accept something ; passively accept something
;accept responsibility for something ; accept something easily accept delivery of
something ;accept something with argument ; accept gratefully

Access :
Gain access ; have access to something ; deny somebody
access ; access to a community