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hi guys today we are going to be looking

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at particular

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collocations collocations are when we

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put certain words together to make a

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phrase or an expression which is

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regularly used in everyday speech in

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different

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situations these can be difficult to

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learn not only just to learn but to use

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in the correct situation it's a

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challenge but let's have a look at some

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of them here because the more advance

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that your English starts to become the

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more you will start to rely on these

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particular collocations and idiomatic

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expressions behind me on the board I

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have written

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four it's there in black and white her

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private life is a noo

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area this toic is causing me

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excruciating pain the suspense is

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palpable okay in each of these

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sentences there is a different

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collocation being

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used but what do they

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mean it's there in black and white it's

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clear you cannot argue with it the facts

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are St

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her private life is a noggo area if

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something is a

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noggo area it means it is totally off

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limits and should not be talked

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about this toothache is causing me

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excruciating pain that's a lovely

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cocation which we do use quite a lot it

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means the pain is very extreme and you

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can barely stand it

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excruciating pain

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and finally the suspense is

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palpable can you take the Pulse of the

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suspense and feel it not literally but

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we use this expression to talk about a

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situation which is so tense and

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containing so much suspense that you can

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almost feel

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it these types of

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collocations will be found everywhere

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you can see them in different advert Ms

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you can read them in books you see them

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on the television you hear them on the

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street they are so important and they

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make up a massive part of the English

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language challenge yourself how many

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more can you find I'm sure it's all out

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there in black and white good

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luck