COLLOCATIONS

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Flashcards on COLLOCATIONS , created by Florenci Molla on 09/11/2014.
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Flashcards by Florenci Molla, updated more than 1 year ago
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TAKE work home
HAVE time to relax
WORK long hours
WORK overtime Extra time that you work after your usual working hours "I have to work overtime tonight"
BE a workaholic Someone whi works too much "Chris is a real workaholic. He never does anything else"
MEET/HIT deadlines A deadline is the time when work must be finished "The deadline for this report is 9 a.m. tomorrow"
TAKE time off work MAKE a break
BE under (a lot of) pressure at work difficult situations or problems that make you feel worried or unhappy
SPEND a lot of time at work
HAVE good working conditions things which affect the quality of your job (working hours, the place you work, holidays, sick pay,etc.)
FALL ASLEEP
WAKE UP
GET TO SLEEP Start to sleeping, often with some difficulty "It usually takes me half an hour to get to sleep"
GET BACK TO SLEEP Start sleeping again after you have woken up "It took me a long time to get back to sleep"
BE WIDE ASLEEP Be completely awake "I was wide awake at 3 a.m. last night"
BE FAST ASLEEP Be completely asleep "The children were fast asleep when we got home"
SNORE
HAVE TROUBLE SLEPING Find it difficult to sleep well "I've had trouble sleeping since I lost my job"
HAVE insomnia
TAKE a sleeping pill Take a pill hat heps you sleep
HAVE a dream
HAVE a nightmare
BE a light/heavy sleeer Be someone who wakes up easily/doesn't wake up easily
HAVE a nap
DO/PLAY a concert/a gig
BE a big fan of a singer/band
RELEASE a new single/album/CD
DO an encore An extra song or piece of music that is performed at the end of the show, usually because shouts for it
DOWNLOAD a track onto my phone
BE/GO on tour
HAVE an album/a CD in the charts
SEE someone play live
BE/GO onstage
PAY OFF a debt
TAKE PART in a demonstration
PROTEST against something
TAKE somebody to the hospital somebody to the hospital
PUBLISHED a report
MEET a target
DISCOVER something new
ACCEPT/REJECT an offer
GO on strike
CALL OFF a strike Cancel something that was planned
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