SPLENDID COLLOCATIONS

In each newsletter we’ll give you some essential collocational
phrases based around a particular word. Which one word can be used
to complete all of the following three sentences? The answer
appears below.

1. She caught a/an …….. flight to Edinburgh because it was much
faster than going there by train or road.
2. The man who was attacked by thugs sustained some horrific
…….. injuries in addition to severe bruising.
3. Has everyone seen the chairman’s ……… memo? It was sent to
the whole department last week.

Learn Colloquial vocabulary

Interested in improving your use of colloquial vocabulary? How many of the missing words below do you know? Visit our website on the dates below and use our three-stage quiz to help you learn the key words, understand the meaning and, most of all, remember the expression so you can recognise and/or use it later. Print this newsletter, then each day during week beginning 15 June 2009 fill in the gaps of any new expressions you come across. You can do the quiz here (Click ‘Today’s Vocabulary Quiz’ – make sure your computer allows popups): http://www.splendid-speaking.com/products/index.html _________________________________________________ Monday 15 June 2009. Topic: Money _________________________________________________ 1) You can bet your …….. dollar that Peter won’t be in today. He always seems to have Wednesday off work. 2) That new cafe in town must be making money hand over …….. Have you seen the queue of people they always have? 3) Do you know that man who’s always in the club ……… his money around? Someone told me he’s gone out of business. _________________________________________________ Tuesday 16 June 2009. Work _________________________________________________ 4) Bob got his …….. orders for having too much time off work. 5) Their interview process isn’t at all fair. It’s set up to give jobs for the …….. . 6) Her father used to work in the same profession and taught her all the …….. of the trade. _________________________________________________