COLLOCATIONS UNIT 9-1 (Upstream advanced)
Text 1 – ‘Something of an oddity’ – (CB - pp.192-193)
Eccentric
juvenile
bold
restrained
rebellious
clichéd /ˈkli:ʃeɪd/ adjective
oddity
pursuit
dominated by
tacticks
flight of fancy / imagination
inhabit
eternal
display
deliberate
restraint
touch (of something)
denim
regime/reɪˈʒi:m/ noun [ C ]
imperative /ɪmˈperətɪv/adjective
pick sth out
committee
run the home
yen (for sth )
follow someone into something
the rag trade
outmanoeuvre
wayward
collective(n)
Down to earth
Amputate
Confined to
pass
a great deal of sth
underestimate
consultant
come full circle
rarity
by any measure
bunkrupcy
cult
attract
celebrity
buzz(n)
label
incredibly
turn away
high /haɪ/ noun
Recession
Contemporary(n)
go under(of a company)
earn/gain the respect of sb
stay at the top of sth
tacky
trite /traɪt/ adjective
take over
go downhill
range /reɪndʒ/ noun
ultimate
fuchsia(colour)
at the expense of
perspective
enamoured (of/with sth)
slender
vaguely
sit-in
fancy(sth)
ego
otherwise
none the ‘less = nonetheless = nevertheless
fortuitously
textile
textiles [pl.]
mess about with sth
cloth
durability
fabric
Text 2 – ‘More than Meets the Lens…’ – CB (pp.200-2001)
Imply
Confirmed
Hoaxer
Genuine
Depict
Give rise to sth
Myth
certify
spot(v)
phenomenon /fəˈnɒmɪnən/ noun [ C ] plural phenomena
capture
spook
poltergeist
(in)snapshot
There is more to sth than meets the eye
Photogenetic
Phantom
Paranormal
Alleged
one-time adjective
a one-time teacher/doctor/cleaner, etc. -
resident
Manor
Sight(v)
Subsequent
shoot
on a shoot
reportedly
staircase
undetected
hail sb/sth (as) sth
undeniably
investigative
analyst
fake(v)
superimpose
engraver
dabble (in sth)
advance
ethereal
exposure
Duplicate(v)
medium /ˈmi:diəm/ noun
sitter
Exorbitant
Doctor(v)
Deceased
Insert
Assassinate
Trickery
successor
fanfare
crumble
word
get out
spectre
recognizably
townsfolk
trial
charged with
fraud
surface(v)
pasted-in
compelling
reputed
sceptic /ˈskeptɪk/ noun
develop(v) (of pictures)
under sb’s supervision
fake(adj.)
irrefutable
debunker
disingenuous
faded
long-lost
succumb(to sth)
toxic
(gas) fumes
Cargo tank
Burial (at sea)
trail /treɪl/ verb
plainly
intact
dissipate
blank
rough outline
approximate(v)
demise
tightly-knit
suggestible
communal delusion
swirl noun
Foam
canvas
cinematic
release
circulate
motionless
rumour
haunt
(sth) in question
Soundstage
Cast(n)
Life-size
Cardboard cutout
On (the)set
Prop sth up
prank
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