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WORDS TOGETHER
Students frequently worry about the meaning of individual words. However,
English language is far from putting together strings of individual words
because English language uses collocations, lexical chunks and idiom that
frequently occur together in pair of groups.
Examples:
 do business
 do the cooking
 get married
 save money
 catch a bus
 take a taxi
COLLOCATIONS
It refers to a group of two or more words that usually go together. However,
there is often no reason for collocation.
CO meaning together.
LOCATION meaning place.
Verb+Noun combination= COLLOCATIONS
LEXICAL CHUNKS
They are strings of words which behave almost as one unit.
Some of these are fixed (which means you cannot chane any word)
 Over the moon
 Out of the blue
Some of them are semi-fixed (which means you can change some words
Nice to see you
Good to see you
Great to see you
IDIOM
It is a lexical phrase where the meaning of the whole phrase may not be
comprenhensible even if we know the meaning of each individual
word.
Examples:
 Full of beans = Energetic
As plain as the nose on your face = Obvious
Many phrasal and multi-word verbs cause problems for learners precisely
because they are idiomatic.

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Words together 2

  • 1. WORDS TOGETHER Students frequently worry about the meaning of individual words. However, English language is far from putting together strings of individual words because English language uses collocations, lexical chunks and idiom that frequently occur together in pair of groups.
  • 2. Examples:  do business  do the cooking  get married  save money  catch a bus  take a taxi COLLOCATIONS It refers to a group of two or more words that usually go together. However, there is often no reason for collocation. CO meaning together. LOCATION meaning place. Verb+Noun combination= COLLOCATIONS
  • 3. LEXICAL CHUNKS They are strings of words which behave almost as one unit. Some of these are fixed (which means you cannot chane any word)  Over the moon  Out of the blue Some of them are semi-fixed (which means you can change some words Nice to see you Good to see you Great to see you
  • 4. IDIOM It is a lexical phrase where the meaning of the whole phrase may not be comprenhensible even if we know the meaning of each individual word. Examples:  Full of beans = Energetic As plain as the nose on your face = Obvious Many phrasal and multi-word verbs cause problems for learners precisely because they are idiomatic.