Phrases, patterns and collocations |
| act |
act in good/bad faith, act out of desperation/necessity, act the part/role of, act on sb's advice/orders/behalf, put on an act, get your act together, in the act (of doing) |
| behaviour |
behaviour towards, pattern of behaviour, on your best behaviour, aggressive/antisocial/violent/bad/ good/ exemplary behaviour |
| consequence |
accept/face the consequences, consequence of, serious/disastrous/dire consequences, as a consequence, in consequence, of no/little consequence |
| cry |
cry with pain/happiness/relief, cry over/about, cry for help, cry yourself to sleep, cry your eyes/heart out, cry on sb's shoulder, have a (good) cry, cry of, a far cry from |
| dead |
go dead, drop dead, dead (set) against (doing), in dead trouble, dead and buried, dead silence, dead centre, dead and gone, dead tired, dead ahead |
| effect |
have an/no/little/some effect (on), come into effect, put/bring sth into effect, adverse/beneficial effect, for effect, in effect, with effect from |
| feel |
get/have a feel for, feel free, feel like (doing), feel as if / as though, feel strongly about, feel the effects/ benefits of, feel guilty, feel your way, feel at home |
| health |
good/bad for your health, in good/poor health, ill health, health and safety, health hazard/risk, health centre, health club, health food, health service |
| ill |
fall / be taken ill (with), critically/seriously/terminally ill |
| kind |
kind of sb to do, respond in kind, kind(s) of, of some/any kind, of a/the kind, kind regards |
| laugh |
laugh at/about, laugh in sb's face, make sb laugh, have a good laugh, have the last laugh, don't make me laugh, for a laugh, a laugh a minute |
| life |
put sb's life at risk, lose a life, bring sth to life, come to life, not on your life, save sb's life, take your own life, that's life, this is the life, quality of life |
| live |
live a life of crime/luxury, live to the age of, can live with, live and let live, live and learn, live beyond/within your means, live in hope, live a lie, live to tell the tale |
| medicine |
take medicine, alternative/ complementary/ herbal medicine, medicine cabinet |
| polite |
polite to, polite of, just/only being polite, polite conversation, polite company, polite society |
| react |
react to, react by doing, react accordingly/appropriately, react with, react against |
| reaction |
cause/produce/provoke/trigger a reaction (to), reaction against, adverse/gut/immediate reaction, chain reaction |
| response |
response to, in response to, response from, no response, response time |
| sick |
call in sick, feel sick, make sb sick, sick as a parrot, worried sick, sick and tired (of), sick with fear/worry/etc, sick at heart, sick bag |
| treat |
treat cruelly/badly/fairly/unjustly, treat sb with, treat sb for, treat sb like, treat sb to, treat a/an illness/disease/ patient/etc, in for a treat |
