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Collocations

A collocation is two or more words that often go together. Collocations
tell us which words can come before or after other words. These
combinations just sound ‛right’ to native speakers, who use them all the
time. On the other hand, other combinations may be unnatural and just
sound ‛wrong’.

fast food but quick meal. It would not be normal to say quick food
or fast meal.
strong wind but heavy rain. It would not be normal to say heavy wind
or strong rain.
make a mistake but do exercise. It would not be normal to say do a
mistake or make exercise.

Or in the Reading, you can see the following collocations:

read a newspaper (NOT study a newspaper)
sit on the sofa (NOT sit at the sofa)
hard of hearing (NOT difficult of hearing)

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